In a manor on the outskirts of the city of Mitava in the Livonia region, Ketler returned to his room with a complicated face after sending off the Taiping envoys.

Ketler dismissed the servants around him, went into his bedroom alone, strolled to the old-fashioned bookshelf in the bedroom, reached out and pressed it against one of the humble knights, and pressed it down so hard that in a burst of clicks the whole bookshelf flipped out of a portal with a straight downward staircase.

Cutler grimaced as he descended the stairs and closed the secret door to the bookshelf, lit the torches placed above the hallway, and slowly walked into a slightly gloomy underground room as he stroked the mottled walls around him.

The layout of this underground room is similar to that of a 13th-century aristocratic study, except that the room is filled with all kinds of old weapons and armor, as well as some strange styles of 'medals', and in the center of the room hangs a large picture scroll, showing a magnificent battle scene, a group of warriors holding aloft knightly shields with holy sword patterns, riding armored war horses in chain mail, wielding cross-swords and slashing at the infantry dressed in Arab clothing.

This painting shows the origin of the Knights of the Holy Sword - a battle during the Crusades, the birth of the Knights of the Holy Sword is closely related to the Crusades, without the invasion of Christendom by the Arab world, there would be no formation of the Knights of the Holy Sword!

"Although the glory of the holy sword has fallen, the person who has the faith of the holy sword is not dead, even if there is only a glimmer of opportunity for the light of the holy sword to return to the earth, even if it sells his soul to the devil, what does it matter?

The so-called chivalry is nothing but the magnificent appearance of the victor's mounting, and only victory and conquest can truly spread the meaning of the holy sword!

Christina, this time I may really disappoint you, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has given me a real boost, which is more beneficial than an illusory promise, the former Holy Sword Knights died on the word 'promise', and I, as the last spark of the Holy Sword Knights, will not repeat the mistakes of the past!

For the sake of the sacred sword, all people can be sacrificed!! ”

Speaking of which, the originally kind and amiable Ketler showed a morbid ferocity, and his bloodthirsty fierceness was like a hungry ghost crawling out of hell, staring at the huge picture, he dedicated his life to the continuation of the legacy of the Knights of the Holy Sword, and did everything he could to fund the bloodline of the descendants of the loyal members of the Knights of the Holy Sword, so that they would not be forced to give up the tempering of knightly skills by their livelihood.

It is precisely because of Ketler's efforts that the Knights of the Holy Sword, which has long been lost for decades, will once again gather hundreds of true knights with skilled combat skills, as well as hundreds of faithful believers who remember the mission of the Knights of the Holy Sword to rebuild and believe in it.

These people are the foundation of Ketler in the local area, and they are also the foundation of his extravagant hope to rebuild the Knights of the Holy Sword and retake the Livonian region, however, most of his life has made Ketler know that he will not be able to complete the reconstruction of the Knights of the Holy Sword no matter how he relies on his own strength in his lifetime.

Kettler knew very well that with the talents of his sons, after his death, the last cohesion of the Knights of the Holy Sword would almost be lost, and the great Polish and Lithuanian nobles in Livonia were not blind, and they did not move Ketler only because he had a high reputation and a group of loyal knights and loyalists under his command.

Once Ketler died, his popularity would not be transferred to his sons, and his sons would not have the prestige to take over the potential power that Ketler had accumulated for most of his life.

Ketler's sons are capable of keeping their direct fiefdoms, and as for continuing to maintain the flame of the Holy Sword Knights, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, and not many people in a knightly order that has been reduced for decades will remember that the knights under Ketler are not so much believing in the Holy Sword as believing in Ketler himself.

Charisma was very popular in this era, and favor was more important than the meaning of money, and it was an era that was not completely corrupted by money, because the ruler needed the loyalty of those below him above the goods, so this series of universal values was established, which is why the money-oriented businessman and the usurer-founded Jews were despised by most white Europeans.

Compared with the materialistic 21st century, this era is more pure.

Of course, this is mainly because the power is far above money at this time, the interests of merchants are not protected by the law, the lord can deprive a merchant in the territory of a lifetime of savings, the capitalist is just a group of money-making machines and war factory managers raised by the lord and nobles, and the importance of commerce and trade is that the lords collect commercial taxes to subsidize military expenses in order to better set up checkpoints!

The concept of the sanctity of private property is still far away, just a slogan to talk about **, the lords and aristocrats are the real trendsetters of this era, until the French Revolution a gunshot sounded, the bourgeoisie really stepped onto the political stage and became the master of the country.

Money also started from the bourgeoisie to the top, and became an important factor, even the only point, that could influence the fortunes of the country and the war!

An hour later, Ketler walked out of the secret passage in his bedroom, where the basement was filled with old armor weapons that could no longer be used, and had become purely ornamental, so it was not worth much, just a kind of remembrance.

Ketler who had come out regained his friendly countenance, put on his armor and linen robes, and came to the Knights of the Holy Sword who had just assembled in the open space of the manor.

"Now, we have a chance to arm thousands of troops in a short period of time, and the exchange is only for one person to be handed over to the other party, the revival of the Knights of the Holy Sword is here, once this step is taken, any of us may die in the battle to rebuild the Knights of the Holy Sword and retake the homeland of Livonia, if anyone wants to quit, it is too late to bring it up now."

Speaking of this, Ketler's eyes swept like falcons on the faces of the hundreds of core members of the Knights of the Holy Sword in armor and with swords, and he was relieved that fear and cowardice did not appear in his field of vision, and there was only one sentence in response to Ketler:

"The Holy Sword is with me!"

"Very good, you have not disappointed me, the warriors who have mastered the Holy Sword, step on your horses, follow me into the town of Mitawa to capture that important bargaining chip, the glory of the Holy Sword is in front of our eyes, the Holy Sword Knights will soon be able to reappear in the Livonia region, and use the blades in our hands to tell the original enemy that the war has not stopped!"