In the early morning in the port of Mecklenburg, the sun has not yet risen above the sea level, so the mist is still shrouded in the entire port, and only face to face can you see each other's faces clearly, but at such an early stage, the tax collector of the port Soros is waiting at the entrance with his men, some civilians in the port who got up earlier are very curious, and several transport ships docked in the port seem to indicate some military action, the civilians and merchants in the port of Mecklenburg are no strangers to this, when fighting against the Vikings, Arold facilitated the use of sea transport to send troops to the islands of Sealand.

"Lord Soros, which force will Lord Arold send?" The Mecklenburg soldiers beside Soros who helped him ask curiously, for a soldier, since Arold issued the military merit system, even a tax collector like him guarding the port has been moved.

"Gray Law ~~~~." Facing the neighing of war horses on the road into the port of Mecklenburg, Soros and his men faced outside, but the fog was still shrouded in the moisture on the sea, and only the shadows of the trees on both sides of the road could be seen.

"Are they coming? Is it cavalry? The tax collector had a long mouth, his eyes fixed on the smoky road, and he had to squint his eyes in order to see clearly, and Soros quickly straightened his Germanic robes, and put his hands in front of him to prepare to meet Arrod's army.

"Gotta get ~~~~, sudden." But what they heard was the sound of horses' hooves on the ground, and the snorting of many horses, as if an army was approaching in the early morning fog, but the silence brought a strange sense of oppression to the people in the harbor.

"Hmm, this, what kind of monster is this." As the sound of approaching gets closer and closer. Soros saw a knight wearing a bottle helmet emerge from the mist, his helmet was thick and shiny, and the helmet was decorated with two wing-shaped ornaments, and the knight's body was covered with a white blouse, and even the war horse under his crotch was a white horse coat, and only on the knight's chest and sides of the war horse were black crosses painted. The knight is as formidable as a monster from another world.

"Gotta get ~~~." One after another, one after another of these white knights appeared in front of Soros and the others, holding long special carbines in their hands, and on the other side of the horses hung a shields with pointed bottoms, which were also painted with white and black crosses, and on their waists hung a round-tipped mace made of pure iron, one of the melee weapons they used in the honor of the Teutonic knights was this terrible blunt weapon, of course, the Teutonic knights preferred to use the sword as a chivalrous weapon.

"Soros, are the ships ready?" The knight wearing the winged bottle helmet at the head of the leader, the urn sound from the helmet was full of urn gas. Soros immediately recognized that this was Arrod's elder brother, Count Yve, the new ruler of Lauzitz, and he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his head.

"Oh, my lord, it's ready." Soros reports to Eve, who is riding on a horse.

"Good." Yves made his horses stand beside the road, and twenty-five Honorary Teutonic Knights rode into the harbor of Mecklenburg on horseback, followed by fifty Lord Infantrymen. The Lord infantry wore only cloth armor and short chain mail vests, but they wore high-topped imitation iron helmets on their heads. In his hand he held a fine spear and a pointed shield with the family coat of arms of Arod in Mecklenburg.

"Where is your destination, Lord Earl?" Soros looked at the never-before-seen army passing in front of him, and couldn't help but ask Sir Yves curiously.

"Watergaster County." Yves looked at the soldiers who barely talked to each other on the march, and felt very satisfied, these were the young men he had trained single-handedly.

"But what's the matter with this flag?" It was the first time Soros had seen the flag flying behind Ive. This is by no means the coat of arms of Mecklenburg, nor the coat of arms of Rauzitz, the fiefdom of Yves.

"This is the flag of the Teutonic Knights." Yves turned his head to look at the black cross flag on a white background behind him, the long tail of the flag fluttering in the wind, and a black ribbon wrapped around the flagpole looked very solemn.

"Teutonic Knights?"

Except for the knights and lords of the Teutonic Knights. Arold also sent them more than a hundred new Mecklenburg troops, which still used the training methods of the German mercenary regiments, and the phalanx of super-long spears was their way of fighting, these Mecklenburg new troops wore only cloth armor and trousers that were close to the legs, but they wore strong iron helmets on their heads, and their only armor was courage and strength, these new troops came from the lower classes such as commoners and peasants who wanted to gain social status through their military exploits, as well as wealth and land. Arold's system of military merit came into play.

"Huhu~~~." Yang Fan set off, and five ships left the harbor and sailed towards Votkast, carrying the ambitious Teutonic knights and the new Mecklenburg army who were eager for military exploits, Soros stood in the harbor and looked at the departing young men, his expression was complicated.

"What's wrong with Lord Soros?" The tax collector at the port asked curiously.

"Look at their faces." Soros was keenly aware of the soldiers who went out, and there was neither fear nor confusion on their faces, but a kind of excitement and expectation, which made Soros feel that this was a terrible force.

When the Teutonic Knights set off for Watergast, Arold and Princess Josie enjoyed breakfast in their bedroom, and the maids put the food on plates and sent it to the bedroom.

"Oh, I feel his pulse and his heartbeat." Arold put his palm on Princess Josie's belly, and the birth of life made Arold feel so new, he felt the rhythm of the new life inside, but it made Princess Josie feel very itchy.

"Hehe, Lord Count, how do you know it's him and not her?" Princess Josie saw that Arold was so excited, and couldn't help but jokingly say to Arryd.

"Well, both boys and girls are our treasures." Arold smiled and said to Princess Josie that he did not have the idea of patriarchy, but the courtiers were very hopeful that Arold would be able to give birth to a boy, so that Mecklenburg would have a stable heir.

"But Brother Elvet, they'd like this to be a boy." Princess Josie lay on her side beside Arrod, and Princess Josie, who had grown up in the court, certainly understood how important it was to have an heir now, and this heir had the noble blood of the noble families of the Herman family and the Wendell family.

"Yes, who told me to make the rule of my country the inheritance of the primogeniture." Arold stood up and patted Princess Josie's smooth face, he still had a lot of things to do, being able to accompany his wife to breakfast was already the limit, and he had a lot to do in order to strengthen Mecklenburg.

"Go and get Lady Daphne here." When Arold left her bedroom and went to the hall of the lord or to the rest of the Mecklenburg realm, the bored Princess Josie was tired of gossiping and embroidering with her maid, and Lady Daphne, the mistress of Prince Otto, was a funny talker, so she invited the Slavic lady while Arold was in charge of business.

"It's Her Royal Highness the Princess." The maid hurriedly invited Madame Daphne to come, and Princess Josie did not want to stay in the bedroom, so she went to the courtyard of Mecklenburg surrounded by the maids, where the morning sun was shining, shining with the grass tips of the morning dew and the fragrant flowers, which made Princess Josie feel much more relaxed.

"Your Highness the Princess." As Princess Josie gazed at a blue flower, a woman's voice came from behind her, and Lady Daphne saluted Princess Josie.

"Madame, you are here, please sit down." Princess Josie's maids brought them wooden stools and cushions, and Madame Daphne was holding her son in her arms, and he was looking curiously at Princess Josie from his mother's arms.

"Allow me to take my son with me, he won't leave me for a moment." Lady Daphne sat with Princess Josie, who knew that the boy was the illegitimate son of Prince Otto and had noble royal blood.

"Let this distinguished little guest join us in the conversation and go get some dessert soaked in honey." Princess Josie didn't care about the little boy's noise, on the contrary, her motherhood at this time gave the two mothers a common topic.

Madame Daphne also enjoyed a rare quiet life at court, and when Prince Otto sent her and her children to Mecklenburg on the margins, the Slavic noblewoman thought it was Prince Otto's betrayal of her, and she fought hard to win Prince Otto's heart, but in the face of power and the expectations of Henry the Bird Catcher, Prince Otto had to make sacrifices.

"If you could only choose between family and kingdom, you should know which one I would choose?" Prince Otto looked at Daphne, who had his back to him, and said to the noble lady with whom he had first fallen in love.

"Really? In that case, what is the meaning of this qiē, that my son will be an illegitimate child who will never see the light of day, and that the faith of my ancestors will be dishonored. Daphne angrily turned to Prince Otto.

"I'm not going to let that happen to my son, but now you have to take your child to Mecklenburg, where you will be safe." Prince Otto knew that when the death of Henry the Birdcatcher was the King, all the hidden enemies would come to the surface, and they would seize the opportunity to attack Prince Otto, and Daphne and her children were one of Otto's weaknesses. (To be continued......)