Kasmai couldn't understand Duke's success, or anyone who knew Duke's roots in the imperial capital, could understand how he did all this.

But for the people of Stormcastle, Duke, as the third son of Duke Otto, is brave and resolute, this is what he inherited, and he should be born to be a good leader, leading soldiers to overcome everything, so as not to fall into the prestige of the Otto family.

This time the inauguration ceremony of the Storm Legion made them feel a new vitality of Storm Castle, and more importantly, they had a sense of security and hope, and all the people were no longer nesting in the castle canyon and panicking, but began to plan their new lives.

However, unlike everyone who is positive and optimistic, Duke is eager to sell himself for money at the moment, because he finds that he has obtained two thousand gold coins, let alone building any new equipment, and he can't even pay the most basic salary!

In the past, knights were recruited to bring their own weapons and horses, and then fought for the lord to obtain their own estates. There will even be knights who fight for different lords at the same time, just to get more fiefs.

The advantage of this is that the cost is very low, and it is only necessary to share the spoils with the knights after winning the war. The disadvantage is what Duke saw before, the knight team is very poorly coordinated, and the advantages of the cavalry unit cannot be brought into play at all.

Now that it has been changed to a professional cavalry system, it is natural to pay salaries, and Duke refers to the specifications of hiring knights and lord knights, and each person will probably have to pay a salary of hardware coins per month, which does not include the money for weapons and war horses. Fortunately, these cavalry fiefdoms are all there, so Duke has avoided these two expenses for the time being, but if he wants to expand the cavalry, it is estimated that he will need a huge amount of money.

Now Duke finally understands why the ancient fine cavalry is so precious, because raising cavalry is too expensive!

The salary of the Storm Guard soldiers has also been increased to two gold coins per month, and the salary of ordinary soldiers in this world is almost between a few silver coins and one gold coin, and Duke's salary is undoubtedly a high salary, which is also one of the reasons why so many people have signed up for the Storm Guard.

But Duke thinks the pay is worth it, because the soldiers will be trained in the most brutal way, and they will not be in the same state as before. If you want them to have the motivation and perseverance to persevere, good treatment is the foundation!

Therefore, after the inauguration ceremony of the Storm Legion, military training was directly carried out in the previous barracks. In terms of cavalry, Duke, through the face of Princess Jina, still invited the royal knights as instructors to familiarize them with the tactics of the cavalry legion.

As for the infantry side, Alan also trained these soldiers harshly according to the training method of Duke Otto. However, there is one difference from before, that is, the cavalry and infantry, and even the cavalry retinue turned auxiliaries, have to be together for two hours of joint training every day, and the training during this time will be carried out by Duke himself.

These overtime trainings are military posture training such as standing in line, turning back and forth, marching and stopping, etc., as well as various strict living regulations, and there are discipline rules for any clothing, food, housing and transportation.

Faced with a training method that has never appeared in this world, many soldiers expressed resistance, especially the knight legion, who believed that training with ordinary soldiers and even their own knight retinue as nobles was a stain on their noble status!

But Duke ruthlessly pushed it down, and even did not hesitate to dismiss dozens of people, using various thunderous means to suppress dissatisfaction. At the same time, the allure of high salaries was also shown at this time, especially the soldiers of the Storm Guard, who basically gritted their teeth and persevered.

And Duke's methods made Alan extremely appreciative, this is Duke Otto's iron and bloody hand, Alan even feels that Duke has more Duke Otto's inheritance than his eldest brother with the title of genius.

Of course, if there is a stick, there must be carrots, first of all, in terms of food, which is simply to implement the slogan of following Duke and having meat to eat, and some poor soldiers basically eat every day as they used to spend Christmas.

At the same time, in terms of ideological education, Duke also grasped it with one hand, which is the experience of making a fortune handed down by a certain party in later generations, and Duke, who is deeply educated by the flowers of the motherland, if he doesn't care about this, it will be too stupid.

So it's okay to shush the soldiers, or solve the soldiers' difficulties with a gentle smile, and even Duke has compiled a pamphlet that praises Stormcastle and brags about himself, and it's okay for the Storm Guards to learn or something. Although these methods can be described as pediatric in later generations, they represent advanced productive forces in this world, and the effect is extraordinary!

More importantly, Duke was adamant not to let the priest in Kasmai, ensuring his absolute control over the army. This kind of stupid thing of adding a "political commissar" of the Holy See to his own army, Duke will not do, because maybe one day he will turn his face with the Holy See, and then make a wedding dress for others.

Although Duke is a scientific atheist, he has never dared to underestimate the influence of religion, and the power of any faith cannot be underestimated!

Military training was in full swing, and the second round of porcelain sales continued, but this time a large number of porcelain entered Takayama Castle, and the price was once again depressed, becoming eight gold coins per porcelain plate. But even so, Duke still chose to sell, and at the same time transported a large amount of food, cloth and other daily necessities from Alpine City to stabilize the price of Storm Castle.

It wasn't until these supplies were transported that Duke breathed a sigh of relief, at least Stormcastle's most pressing problems were solved. Looking back on this period of busyness, Duke admires himself a little, it seems that people are forced out!

But just when Duke thought everything was starting to fall into place, he saw Gina appear in his study with a hesitant expression he had never seen before.

Seeing Ji Na like this, Duke asked a little puzzled, "Your Royal Highness, what's wrong with you?"

In the face of Duke's inquiry, Gina glanced up at Duke, opened her mouth and looked like she wanted to say something.

Jina's behavior made Duke feel even more inexplicable, according to the direct character of this little girl, what did she say, when did she squirm so much.

"What's wrong with you, just say something, do you really want to stand there as a vase for people to see?"

If Duke had said the word vase in the past, Gina would have immediately returned the straw bale, but today she just looked at Duke and pouted, and did not immediately refute it.

Just when Duke couldn't help but want to ask questions about Princess Gina's strange behavior again, Gina finally spoke, but her first sentence made Duke stunned on the spot.

"Duke, I'm leaving. ”