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"By the way, Fatty, how is the matter with what I have asked you to do? Now Alok and Charles have gone to their towns to take charge of tax exemptions, and Sophia has been sent by me to deal with Sistine in Kannai. If all goes well, by the time the spring ploughing is over, the population of the county town of Sadland will at least double! And I'm quietly recruiting soldiers, and now it's just you, I wonder if there is any good news for me?"

When Gould heard Josse say this, a little smile appeared on his face, and the fat man glanced out of the door, and then lowered his voice and said: "Boss Jose, I have walked around a lot of places in the city of Sadland these days, and now whether it is the security army or the garrison army, they have basically been co-opted by Lao Tzu. Even in the heavy cavalry that Gray raised for Lao Tzu, three of the five chief and deputy battalion officers were Lao Tzu's old troops, and they all said that they obeyed the arrangement of the adults!

But now the boss is not stable, so I didn't rush to let them make a move, but just told them not to leak the news first. Stay in the Northwest Army barracks first, and when Lao Tzu uses them, he will inform them what to do. ”

"Okay, you fat man has some skills, after you gather the old department, you listen, I promise you now. I will let you select new troops from among the recruits to be incorporated into the cavalry team, and no matter how many Lao Tzu you choose, I will expand you! When the number of people is enough for a banner regiment, Lao Tzu will let you be the cavalry commander of Sadland!"

"Yes, my lord!" Gould became serious at this time, then thought about it again, and then continued: "By the way, Boss Jose, the slave private army you ordered me to train, I have also chosen a station outside the city, and after the past few days of training, it is still a little good. It's just that I feel that these slave warriors are originally warriors with some strength, and after such training, they will inevitably become an elite private army.

But I think it's a bit of a waste to just let them be an infantry......"

Jose frowned, and glanced at the fat man in some surprise, and then Gould squinted his eyes and said, "I mean...... Cavalry! If you think about it, a place like the northwest is originally suitable for cavalry combat, and the main force of the Northwest Army also has a cavalry corps of more than 10,000 people, so our army must also have a cavalry.

However, the training of cavalry is very difficult, and it is difficult to train a qualified cavalryman without three or five years, which is one of the reasons why the cost of forming cavalry is higher than that of infantry. However, these 300 slave warriors under your command are originally warriors, if they are equipped with war horses, learn horsemanship, and are all equipped, then it is not just a cavalry team, but a knight regiment!

According to the laws of the empire, nobles can own family knights, so in this way, although the number of this private army has not changed, its combat effectiveness has increased by more than one notch!"

When Jose heard him say this, he couldn't help but feel a little moved, but he also knew that according to Gould, the training of a cavalry was quite strict, let alone the training of knights. The advantage of these slave warriors over ordinary soldiers lies in their martial arts, as a private army of slave warriors, almost everyone has quite a lot of combat experience and a certain degree of martial arts strength.

If they are all equipped with war horses to form a knight order, then the combat effectiveness is indeed several times higher than that of an infantry private army!

"Then Gould, if I give you this cavalry to train in, how long will it take you to hand over a qualified knight order to me?"

When Gould heard José say this, he didn't dare to talk nonsense casually, the fat man pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "If the war horses are fully equipped, and I have enough officers under my command to command, I only need more than ten cavalry officers, plus half a year, to train this three-hundred-man knight order!"

Jose pondered for a moment, and finally slapped the table hard: "Okay, Lao Tzu agreed, you only need to train this private army now, and let them understand that they are not an ordinary private army or a samurai regiment, but a regular soldier...... Oh no, train them in a much stricter way than regular army drills!

I hope that in two months' time, you will see a disciplined army, not those loose warriors or slave warriors! Gould, what you have to do is to erase all the individuality of these slave warriors within these two months, and I want to see a whole, an iron army with invincible cohesion and centripetal force!"

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After arranging everyone's affairs, José made a special inquiry about the movements of the Northwest Army, and after learning that Gray had not made any special moves recently, he made a decision that surprised everyone: José announced that he would inspect the territory in the name of the Lord of Sadland County in three days, and go to the base camp of the Northwest Army, Modo County, to visit the Northwest Army Commander Ronkedo who was stationed outside the pass!

The official title of the commander of the Northwest Army was awarded by the emperor to Long Keduo before and after the New Year's celebration, although this was only a means to appease the Northwest Army, but it also gave the commander of the Northwest Army, Long Keduo, the rank of major general of the empire and the official position of general. From this point of view, Mondevia IV's political methods are still very clever, anyway, the outside of the gate has been controlled by Ronkedo, and it doesn't matter if he is given the rank of general and major general. In this way, it can not only appease the mood of the Northwest Army, but also have nothing to lose to the empire itself.

Moreover, after the inauguration of the Acting Governor Sistine, he was promoted to the rank of Imperial Lieutenant General, and his official position was that of Provincial Governor. Giving Ronkedo such an identity, on the contrary, put him under the official position of Sistine on the surface, I am afraid that it is also the careful thinking of His Majesty the Emperor.

However, as soon as Jose's news was announced, many people were a little surprised, originally they all thought that Joseph, an official appointed by the empire, should not take the initiative to intersect with the Northwest Army, but Jose seemed to be interested in contacting the Northwest Army at the moment. And it was announced so openly.

The most unexpected thing in the city of Sadland is probably the commander of the garrison, Gray, as a subordinate of Ronkedo, although he can see that the county guard does not seem to be friendly to the Northwest Army, but he is also puzzled by Jose's unexpected move.