While Haraus is struggling with his fate, Asona is also worried about her future. She was not worried about the materials at all, and I heard Mu say that when he brought the first batch of aid, it is conceivable that there will be a second, third, and fourth batches in the future. The trouble now is that she has a succession ceremony.

To be honest, Aisona didn't want to engage in such a troublesome ritual, and when she brought everything from Jane's opinion to Mu, she received a big eye. The merchant put down what he was doing, pointed out the window and sneered, "The apple seller knows how to shout before selling, and if you don't tell me, who knows what you're doing? ”

"How is that possible!" Aisona scoffed at Mu's mockery, "I have already sent someone to the central square of the city to read my identity and orders, and now everyone should know what happened." ”

"If only it were that simple. Mu clasped his hands and said disapprovingly, "If the news could be spread so easily, Haraus would not have sent so many messengers to read his decree from village to village." The nobles in the city must know who you are, but when it comes to commoners, it is estimated that half of them know that it is your subordinates. ”

"Really?" said Asona.

"Why should I lie to you," Mu shrugged, "I don't believe you can ask yourself." ”

"No," Her Royal Highness the Princess shook her head, "in that case, it would be nice for me to send more people and publicize it for a few more days, and I wouldn't have to make the ceremony so complicated." So much gold and silver have been spent, and there are parades and banquets, although we are not short of these things at the moment, but it is not good to be too extravagant, and we still have a lot of battles to fight in the future, and these materials must be used on the blade. ”

"This is the blade, my princess. Mu rubbed his forehead and thought about how to explain it better, "Let's put it this way, a grand ceremony has many benefits, first of all, it is to let the people in the city know who their ruler is and who they should be loyal to, this is the basis of the rule, whether it is recruiting troops or collecting taxes in the future, it will be much more convenient." ”

"Second," Mu asked, looking at Asona, "you're the rightful heir to Svadia, aren't you?" ”

Asona nodded resolutely.

"Then you have to put your orthodox name out!, or how will the people know who they should follow?" Mu paused for a moment, "a grand ceremony formalizes your big trumpet opportunity to proclaim your name, and the grander the ceremony, the faster it spreads, and your prestige will rise." ”

"Third," Mu held up three fingers, "once your orthodox name is out, then we can start cleaning up the disobedient scum inside, like that damn old blacksmith who refused to help you build a scepter, I really don't know where he came from to be so bold." ”

Seeing Mu gritting her teeth, Ai Sona sighed, it seemed that the hard-boned old blacksmith was going to be unlucky, "Hey, Mu." ”

"What's wrong?"

"If you can, try to spare his life. ”

Mu glanced at Her Royal Highness the Princess, sighed, and leaned back in the chair, "Okay, I knew you would say that." "I kind of agreed with Esona.

Her Royal Highness the Princess was very satisfied with Mu's attitude and nodded happily. Then she pointed to the map on Mu's desk and asked, "What are you doing here?" The merchant had been tossing around for the map.

Mu didn't shy away from it, and directly dropped the map, "Oh, this is my city planning map, and I'll show it to you after I'm ready." ”

"Oh?" Aisona picked up the map and looked at it carefully.

Uxhall is a fortress built on a cliff, and because of the cliffs on three sides, the entire city is almost fan-shaped around the center of the castle. Two sections of the wall divide the fortress into an inner and outer city. The inner city is the lord's castle, warehouse and barracks, while the outer city is more complicated, near the inner city wall is the mansion of the lord's vassal nobles, but most of the people living here are some low-level nobles such as barons or knights, their territory is very small, no need to spend effort to take care of it, just collect taxes on time.

A little further out were the residences of merchants and high-ranking craftsmen, who either had enough money to secure a relatively safe place to live, or enough craftsmanship to gain the favor of the lord, and by the way, the hard-boned old blacksmith probably lived in this area.

The outermost level is inhabited by ordinary artisans, small businessmen and, of course, the Uxhall Chamber of Commerce. It's also the liveliest part of Uxhall, with pubs, theaters, and some of the best business venues in the alleys. As for the Uxhall Chamber of Commerce, it is simply because the foreign merchants are not qualified to continue to go inside, so it is located on the outer floor. However, after the collapse of the Great Empire, Uxhall, as an important town in the south, rarely allowed merchants to enter and exit, and merchants chose Norma Town at the foot of the mountain more often for supplies or buying and selling goods, and the current Uxhall Chamber of Commerce has almost disappeared.

In addition, there are five stone-paved avenues centered on the castle, which run through the three areas of the outer city, like the bones of a folding fan, radiating neatly and cutting the city vertically into six parts. These five avenues were used to transport troops, and the central avenue was the widest, and at the end of each avenue was a staircase of the city wall, so that soldiers could quickly deploy from the castle to the city wall.

Judging from Mu's drawings, he didn't intend to destroy the pattern of the city, but just divided these six areas into categories to accommodate citizens of different professions, such as the artisan area, the noble area, the military area, and the scholar area. For example, the outermost and largest area is inhabited by the largest number of apprentices, and the higher the rank, the inner residence is the innermost and the innermost mansions will be distributed to the master craftsmen in the city. In addition, there is also a Qiankun in the artisan area, and the streets and alleys between the houses are also divided into blacksmith streets, carpentry alleys, etc., which are quite unique in bringing together the forces of various industries without changing the pattern. As for the aristocratic properties that were divided, they had already abandoned their properties and fled anyway, so Mu didn't have to care about their face.

What makes Ai Sona strange is that as a businessman, Mu doesn't seem to have allocated territory to his peers, which is very inconsistent with Mu's consistent style, and making money together is his life creed. Or did he not intend to play to his strengths in the city, intending to carry on Harlaus's consistent policy of completely fortifying Uxhall?

Ai Sona pointed to the two vacant lots set aside by Mu and asked, "Aren't you going to build a commercial area?"

"No," Mu shook his head, "I plan to scatter small merchants and vendors in each district in the form of shops, and as for the big deals, I plan to put them here." As he spoke, he pointed out of the outer wall, to the right of the central gate, "This is going to be a big market, and of course the Chamber of Commerce will move here." ”

Built outside the city?" Asona frowned, "It's not safe, are they, will the big businessmen buy it?"

"Yes. Mu smiled sly and pointed to the left side of the city gate, "I plan to build a mercenary guild similar to the Chamber of Commerce here, what do you think?" ”

Aisona was stunned for a moment, and her heart couldn't help but feel a storm. The mercenary industry is in great demand, and if a large number of mercenaries can be gathered, then naturally there will be many employers coming to the door, and most of these employers will be caravanserais, then the business of Uxhall can also prosper. What's even better is that these mercenaries who have been stationed outside the city for a long time can even be used as standing soldiers, and they don't need to spend even a dinar to support them in peacetime, if they encounter war, they can easily pull up a large number of troops, both offensive and defensive can have a considerable advantage, the only problem is that these mercenaries only recognize money and not people, they can be their own soldiers or their enemies, how to control them has become a problem for employers.

"How are you going to control these mercenaries?" the upright Asona directly threw the question out, "Don't you think it's too dangerous to put an uncontrollable army on the side of the city walls?"

"I have a solution," Mu smiled, "If they have to rely on us, and they can't live without us, do you think they will still rebel?"

Aisona frowned, "Is this possible?"

"I have a plan that has been in place for quite some time. Mu smiled, "However, let me sell it for the time being, and I will explain it to you after the next step is planned." ”

"Okay," Essona's brow furrowed, since this clever man already had a plan, it was better for her elm head not to talk too much, "I look forward to your success." "Because of the collapse of the Great Empire, many nobles, like Giorgio's family, lost their territory and gradually declined. These declining nobles did not want to give up their fathers' former wealth, so they did everything possible to seek new territories to restore the glory of the family, after all, among today's nobles, territory is status, which is the default consensus, which is why he will sincerely submit to Esona. Asona gave him full authority over Fort Wincord, which meant that in the city, the princess oh no, Her Majesty the Queen, he was the second. Although he is still only a baron and is not qualified to own his own castle, if Her Majesty finally succeeds in Swadia, as one of the heroes, Joljo, the title will naturally have to be upgraded by one liter, and then he will become an earl, then this Wincod Fort is not eighty percent of his own territory? Although it is not his hometown, but there is food, iron, mountains, and water, which is higher than Otranji, and he does not know where it is, so what is there to complain about.

Joeljo is not the only one with the same expectations, in fact, many mercenary captains have the same demands. After all, the lord who has lost his homeland but still has many soldiers under his command is not the only one in Otlanji, for example, the commander of the Ezio Brigade, who is rushing to Uxhall with a large group of men, Ezio.

His experience was similar to that of Joljo, when he received Mu's letterhead, it was a mixed feeling, and he rushed to Uxhall with the urgently assembled mercenaries, but when he arrived, it was already a little late, and the city had already changed the banner of the king, and the head of the city was destined not to belong to him.

However, he cleaned up his somewhat depressed mood and led the people to the city wall. After all, you can't eat meat, but you can always drink a bite or two of soup. The city that has just been occupied, the most lacking thing is soldiers, and now in the past, maybe you can grab a good business or two.

It seemed that everything was as he expected, and the further he walked towards the city wall, the more confident he became, because along the way, many mercenaries like him staggered past him in groups, and judging by their hurried appearance, they should have received the task. Moreover, there are not just one or two such teams, but almost continuously. Seeing this scene, Ezio was even more pleased, as a mercenary, the task is complicated, the task is arduous, and the most important thing is that there is no mission.

When he walked under the city wall, he couldn't help but be stunned, he saw an incredible scene. Next to the wall was a counter, on which sat five papers, and on the other side of the counter, a person who seemed to be a mercenary was explaining something. Behind the counter is a huge signboard with leaflets densely plastered. I saw a man who seemed to be the leader of the mercenaries took a notice from the clerk's hand, squeezed out of the crowd while excitedly calling for friends, and then hurriedly left the city wall, it seems that the mercenary team just now was formed in this way.

"Interesting. Ezio stroked the beard on his chin and squeezed into the crowd.

Your Highness, don't be so nervous with the hand holding the sword, hold it a little looser, so that the sword has room to turn. ”

With the completion of the work of various government departments, the administrative efficiency has been greatly improved, and Her Royal Highness does not have to deal with documents every day, and now, she has more than enough time to resume her swordsmanship training every morning. And as the new sword instructor, York was happy to fulfill his duty and teach this venerable student to the best of his ability.

Seeing that Aisona's movements were stiff, but she waved her sword again and again, York comforted, "Don't worry, Your Royal Highness, the difference between Chris and Chamberlain is not small, and it is normal for you to be uncomfortable for a while." ”

Aisona put her training wooden sword on the ground and sighed unwillingly, when the maid next to her immediately walked up and brought her tea and towels.

"Thank you, Kanina. Aisona nodded slightly to the maid. It's really unbelievable that the huge Su Nuo couldn't find a team of working maids! This is one of the sequelae of Aisona's letting go of the noble family at that time, they took away all the maids who originally served Count Dilinad, and left no one, so that now Her Royal Highness is now taken care of by the female soldiers of the "Princess Army". And Kanina, one of the few nobles who remained, took the initiative to show favor to Aisona. Not only did she lend the few maids in the family to Her Royal Highness, but she also volunteered to act as her housekeeper, taking care of the princess's daily life. And Aisona is also very grateful for her charcoal in the snow, and has always been very good to her.

"But, Mr. York," said Asona, taking a sip of her tea, "I have tried your way, but I have always felt that my sword is unsteady. ”

York smiled, "Of course, after all, the Chris school and the Brenen school can be said to be diametrically opposed in style, you are used to the Bren's swordsmanship, and it will naturally be uncomfortable to learn Chris sword dance again." ”

As he spoke, he drew out a wooden sword, spun it around in his hand, and grasped the blade of the sword close to the gauntlet with both hands, raising the hilt slightly so that the tip of the sword was aimed at the front.

"Burn's swordsmanship is about control and reflexes. Completely master every inch of the sword, every point, on top of this, according to the battle situation to improvise, there are no fixed techniques, moves, routines, but the counterweight, sword edge, fists and feet, and even teeth, all the weapons that can be used are integrated, and in the actual combat to lay a victory for themselves. As he spoke, he turned the wooden sword in a circle and regained his grip on the hilt, "Therefore, the Burren swordsman often wears an extra weapon to supplement his own shortcomings. ”

Aisona touched the long sword at her waist and nodded.