The army of the Duchy of Mason led by the Duke of Able marched all the way to the north, and when it was about to enter the county of Mecklenburg, the army from the three major vassals converged with it, all kinds of pennants representing knights, and the square banners of the counts, as well as the flag embroidered with gold thread by the Duke of Ebel, the sound of the army moving was enough to make anyone moved, the ancient march did not have Google Maps or detailed paper maps, relying entirely on guides who knew the road, and asked and adjusted the route along the way, In particular, the army should also restrain the soldiers to avoid looting, unless there is really no way, the general aristocracy will try to restrain their soldiers from robbing, and the reputation of the nobles in the early Middle Ages is still more important.

"It's Mecklenburg in front of you, it's not easy." Duke Abel rode to one of the carriages in the procession, and he bent down and said to the people in the carriage, in which sat none other than Her Royal Highness Princess Josie, the sister of Duke Ebel, and that Her Royal Highness had traveled thousands of miles, ah, maybe not thousands of miles, but for her, who had never left the territory of the Duchy of Mason, it was a long journey, but it was also a sight that had never been seen before.

"Is it finally here?" Princess Josie was covered with a fine hairnet made of pearls and silver chains in her hair, which she used instead of a tiara when it was not a formal occasion, and she held her hand to the door of the carriage and looked ahead with joy, and beyond a border forest was the domain of her future husband, of which she had heard from the maids of Mecklenburg, where the pagan Slavs had once ruled. It was a barren land, and the legends of the pagan Slavs who believed in the wrong gods would sacrifice their evil gods with living people brought a sense of fear to Princess Josie's heart.

"Don't worry about my sister, I heard from the merchants from Mecklenburg that this land is now very civilized under the construction of Arrod." Duke Abel knew of his sister's doubts about Princess Josie, and said to her comfortingly, but there was still a little doubt in his own heart.

"Lord Duke, ahead is Mecklenburgshire. The Count of Mecklenburg sent his knights to meet us. At this time, the guide at the front was riding a horse. Report to the Duke of Abel and Princess Josie.

"Oh, did Arjod send someone?" Duke Abel straightened up, and when he looked up, several knights in black lion robes were rushing in front of him, all dressed in shiny chain mail. The crotch horses are also covered with black fabric. Only the horse's lips are white. It appears to have been sewn from strips of white fabric, the ears and mouths of the horses protruding from the holes that had been cut out, and the swords of the knights stuck in their scabbards. Holding a pointed shield in his left hand, the shield also depicts a black lion with teeth and claws, and these knights are all heroic and wearing semi-enclosed helmets with pointed canine beak masks.

"It's the knights of Arold, and lo and behold, isn't that Sir Ron?" Princess Josie poked her head out of the carriage and said happily to her brother, Duke Able.

"Gotta, gotta, gotta ~~~." Sure enough, the knight at the head was none other than Sir Ron, who rode toward Duke Abel and Princess Josie, stopped a few paces away from them, and jumped off his horse.

"Your Excellency Duke of Ebel, and Her Royal Highness Princess Josie, I have come to meet you on the orders of Her Excellency the Count of Mecklenburg." Sir Ron, dressed in chain mail, knelt down on one knee but straightened up in front of Duke Abel and Her Royal Highness Princess Josie, he said to Duke Abel and Princess Josie.

"We sincerely accept the invitation of the Earl." Duke Abel was so pleased with Arrod's arrangement that he raised his hand and touched the edge of his helmet, which was an open iron helmet, decorated with a blue ribbon around the edge of the helmet, and the top was decorated with three long ostrich feathers, red, white, and blue, and he wore a beautiful silk cloak behind him, and even the war horse under his crotch was white, and the head of the horse was decorated with the feathers of three birds.

"Allow us to guide you, Your Excellency Duke." Sir Ron stood up and bowed slightly to Duke Abel before saying.

"Yes." Duke Abel nodded in agreement, and then Sir Ron turned his horse, and he turned his horse's head in the direction of Mecklenburg, and the other Mecklenburg knights followed him in two columns.

"Boom, boom, boom~~." The army of the Duke of Abel followed them, slowly marching into the territory of Mecklenburg County like a long snake, and when they entered Mecklenburg County, they found that the muddy road under their feet had become a solid road paved with cobblestones from the river, which was a very new thing for many soldiers and even nobles of the Duchy of Mason.

"Brother, I think the carriage has become very stable, it turns out that it would be so good to lay stones on the road." Princess Josie stretched out her little tongue, feeling fresh at the strange gravel path that Arold had built in her domain.

"yes, it's nice to have no mud thrown on you." Duke Abel rode his horse and praised this cobblestone road, he turned his head and saw that the three major vassals and counts also showed surprised expressions, so he put his heart in his stomach, you must know that he had heard of this kind of road paved with small stones, but when he saw it for the first time, he was still surprised, the muddy road will make the army move slowly, and it is common for the wheels of the baggage carts to get stuck in the mud, but this solid road can make the army and the caravan move quickly, The benefits are really obvious.

If you want to build roads first, Arold can be regarded as thoroughly carrying out this matter until the Middle Ages, the new roads in the territory allow people to move quickly along the obvious roads, and the carts of merchants can quickly reach the market, the only pity is that he can build such roads in Arold's county, but when he tries to persuade the surrounding lords to build such roads, he gets only suspicion and distrust, The Count of Amart even thought that Arold was trying to encroach on his land by building roads, so the plan had to be aborted.

"All of them ~~~." When Duke Abel and Princess Josie followed the road to the outside of Mecklenburg Castle, they saw a bustling castle town, with colorful fabrics and flags hanging on both sides of the town's streets, decorated with monotonous colors, many townspeople lined up on both sides of the street, holding small colorful flags representing the two families, and at the intersection into the castle, several small drummers lined up in two columns, waving small drumsticks in their hands, and beating the drums to make a sound.

"This is to welcome your honorable Duke and the beautiful Princess Josie." Sir Ron turned to Duke Abel and Princess Josie.

"Order the soldiers to camp outside the castle, and the counts and noble knights to follow me in." Duke Abel was satisfied with his army and ordered that the soldiers were mostly civilians and peasants, so they could not be invited into the castle, and that thousands of people could not be squeezed into Mecklenburg Castle at once.

"Please rest assured, Lord Duke, the soldiers will be taken care of." Sir Ron said to Duke Able, sure enough, when the soldiers of the Duchy of Mason were stationed outside the castle, a team of baggage carts drove over, which contained some food and ale, which was enough for them to use for two days, although the Duke of Mason was to mobilize troops to protect his vassals, but Arold actually had no obligation to provide food for the soldiers, these soldiers were inferior to dry food for the Duke of Abel to serve in the military, but Arold provided them with food and wine, To these soldiers, Arold was a generous monarch, and he could not help but feel happy to be able to serve such a generous monarch.

"Woo, woo, woo~~~." When the carriage of Duke Abel and Princess Josie entered the castle of Mecklenburg, a soldier on the gatehouse of the castle puffed up his cheeks and blew the horn, the sound of the horn was relatively clear and clear, Duke Abel guessed that it was the sound of the horn to welcome the distinguished guests, and he couldn't help but be secretly amused by Arrod's so many tricks.

"Boom~~." When Duke Abel and the nobles entered the open space outside the main tower of the castle, they suddenly saw a hundred soldiers of the German mercenary regiment neatly lined up in the open space, and saw the Duke of Abel and the nobles entering, these soldiers wearing bright chain mail and black and white color smocks stood neatly together, and the roar of their boots startled the nobles of the Duchy of Mason, and some of the nobles muttered in their hearts, could it be that Arold wanted to plot against him?

"Lord Count Mecklenburg, what are you doing here?" Behind the Duke of Abel, the envoy of the Count of Lauzitz immediately stepped forward and scolded Arrod, because the Count of Lauzitz was afraid that he would be slaughtered by Arrod after he arrived on Arold's territory, so this time he only sent his own general as an envoy, and the envoy on behalf of Count Lauzitz was of course very disgusted with Arrod.

"Go down, this is the honor guard of Lord Count Mecklenburg to entertain Lord Duke Ebel." Sir Ron immediately leaned in and forced his horse back, explaining loudly.

"Oh? Honor guard. Of course, Duke Abel would not think that Arold would murder him, and he felt even more fresh when he heard Sir Ron's words, and the question of what was called a guard of honor raised in the hearts of the nobles. (To be continued......)