Spring is always a season of joy, for both nobles and commoners, it means that they have survived another fateful winter, and do not doubt that winter is a demon who wants to die.

Of course, this is what the civilians used to expect from spring, but now it is different, at least in Dortmund and Silde Manor, where the civilians have more expectations.

"Honey, what are you doing so early in the morning?" Inside a farmhouse, the woman looked puzzled when she saw her husband get out of bed early, and by the hell, it was still dark outside.

"I'm going to Dortmund Castle." The man replied without replying, but his hand did not stop putting on straw sandals for himself.

"Dortmund Castle? What are you going to do there? The woman was even more puzzled, for she had the impression that the castle of Dortmund was inhabited by high nobles, and even in the outer districts it was inhabited by city dwellers with good days, and that these peasants would not generally go there, and even if they did, they would only have some harvest to be sold, but it was clear that it was not the time for the harvest.

"Do you remember what I called up for Lord Earl...... Militiaman! Right, the militia? ”

"Militia? Of course remember, dear I don't know why you are involved in that organization. The woman shook her head, she had always complained about her man's involvement in the militia.

The militia organization Karl had been proposed a long time ago, but it was not really implemented until after the war, because he had been in a state of preparation for war before, and he did not have so much time and energy to work on these things.

Karl issued a proclamation to all parts of Dortmund that all eligible men could sign up for the militia, which was not separated from production, but only came to the training ground on the outskirts of the castle every once in a while to train as a reserve in Dortmund.

And the conditions given by Carl are also okay, those who take the initiative to sign up will give him 10 copper natas, which is already more than half a month of expenses for ordinary people, and those who sign up are at least included in the training days, which makes many people excited.

Money and food are always the most important things for civilians, so why not join a militia organization and have money and food? So, under Karl's intentional guidance, Dortmund has more than two hundred militiamen, raising these militias will not cost him much money, ten copper natas alone is nothing to him, and this is only given once, as for food, these militiamen do not come to train every day, a week is almost a day, a month is almost responsible for their five days of food, and this food will not be too good, if Karl will go bankrupt because he raises more than 200 people a month, then he is not an earl.

This is also the reason why the woman does not stop her man, although she has a complaint about what kind of militia system her man joins.

"I didn't tell you before because I thought it should be just a joke, and when I first joined the militia, the instructor told us that if we worked for a year, we would get a sum of money, and every year after that, just last week, our instructor told us that we were about to complete a year, and today we took our wooden plaque to the camp to get a hundred copper natas." The man said excitedly, that's not a small amount of money, a hundred copper natas, God, he has never seen such a huge sum of money in his life.

Yes, this is indeed a huge amount of money, saving a little money is enough for their family to eat for half a year, you must know that even the two major corps under Karl are only five silver natas per person a year, and one hundred copper natas is equal to one silver natas, which means that they can get one-fifth of a soldier's income, and this is still when they have nothing to do.

Of course, Carl chose to issue it in the form of copper natas because copper natas are more common and plentiful, and there is a shortage of silver to mint silver natas.

"Honey, what are you crazy about?" The woman apparently did not believe it, for it seemed to her that they dwelt in the land of the Earl, and that it was proper to fight for him or something, and that there was no money in general. There are even times when you have to bring your own food.

"Honey, I'm not crazy, I know you won't believe it, but so what? I'll be going to Dortmund Castle right now, and I'll be back about before the sun sets, so it's clear if the instructor lied to us? The man said impatiently.

"Whatever you want, I'll just think your elm head has been pecked by a woodpecker." The woman shook her head and returned to the bed.

The man shrugged his shoulders, in fact, don't look at him on the surface, he was also very worried in his heart, he hoped that this was not a scam, you must know that many nobles never pay attention to the promises they made to the commoners, after all, the untouchables multiply quickly like weeds in their mouths, and they are worthless.

That's right, it's a word for breeding, and their status is no different from that of livestock, except that it is not obvious in Sylde Manor, which has been carefully managed by Karl.

But Dortmund, after all, Karl has not occupied this place for too long, and it is still in a state of war readiness, so it can only carry out limited reforms in the people's livelihood, and everything has to make way for the military.

In this case, the commoners of Dortmund did not yet identify with Karl, the count, but it did not matter, the high nobles did not need the approval of the untouchables.

Although the winter has passed, but now the sun has not risen, there is still a cold wind, which makes the man can't help but tighten the linen clothes on his body, and his feet can't help but be a little stiff because of the shoes with holes, but none of this makes him return, after all, if you want to reach Dortmund Castle on time, you must set off at this point.

When he arrived at the training ground in the suburbs, there were already quite a few people here, most of them peasants dressed like him.

"Hah, you're here too?"

"Aren't you here too?" Greeting each other one by one, although they only meet a few times a month, it is enough for everyone to get acquainted with each other in a year.

"Are you saying it's true?" A farmer is clearly still very skeptical, or apprehensive to be precise.

"Although the instructor is very strict with us, he is actually very good to us, and he should not lie to us...... "Another person said hesitantly.

"Whatever, he's coming, I'll know if I wait a while, what's the use of my mother-in-law here?" Another civilian was optimistic.

"Yes." Everyone shrugged their shoulders and stopped talking about this, instead of guessing here, it was better to be honest and wait.

One after another, the last civilians arrived, and they joined them in the small talk, until a man with a scar on his face that was serious at first glance walked in.

"Instructor Riku!"

At the sight of this man, everyone closed their mouths and stood in line, looking at him with burning eyes.

Feeling their gaze, there was also a smile on Rikuna's majestic face, he was a knight, one of the knights who had made meritorious contributions on the battlefield and was canonized by Lord Count, before that he was a civilian, after the militia system began, he was selected as the instructor of the first year, and every year after that, there will be a different rotation of knights promoted from civilians as their instructors, of course, there are not many such knights, most of them are canonized as the heirs of knights or the children of nobles, and there are still very few civilians who are promoted to knights, When these knights are finished, it will be the turn of those knights who have been promoted by the sons of nobility to become instructors, just like a kind of low-level experience.

"It's all there, stand up!" Riku let out a loud shout, and suddenly, everyone stood like a pine.

"It's good, it's presentable." Riku nodded with satisfaction, although he didn't know why the Earl wanted to train the formation of such a thing, but he had to say that it did have an imposing momentum.

"It's been a hard year." Riku snorted and said that his experience as a civilian had made him feel good about these people.

The civilians didn't speak, and they weren't allowed to speak under their training, but they stared at Riku with wide eyes.

Riku smiled slightly, pulled out a cloth bag from behind him, and made a crisp sound of copper hitting copper with a slight flicker.

The civilians below were breathing heavily, they knew what was going to be there.

"I know what you're looking forward to, and now your reward is here, everyone line up and claim your ...... Well...... Year-end bonus? Yes, that's the name. ”

"Whoa!"

As soon as they heard this, everyone was excited and lined up as fast as they could.

"Take out your wooden card, this wooden card representing your identity is the certificate you received, warm reminder, it is not recommended that you lose this wooden card, otherwise it will be very troublesome." Riku reminded that the wooden plaque is equivalent to an ID card.

With the cooperation of everyone, the copper and silver natas were distributed quickly, and in less than twenty minutes, everyone had an extra string of copper natas in their hands, and they had tears in their eyes, so that the string of money in their hands made them speechless with happiness.

"Rejoice, this is a gift from the Earl, and you should be glad that you have met an Earl who loves his people like a son." Riku shouted loudly, he was also very emotional about this scene, why didn't he himself become a knight because he met such an earl? You know, who did those nobles in the past care about the life and death of civilians on the battlefield, meritorious service? What does that have to do with civilians?

"Long live Lord Earl! Long live Lord Earl! ”

Everyone shouted, for the first time, they felt a sense of belonging to Dortmund, and the most valuable thing was that this belonging came directly from Karl at the source.

When the man brought the money back to the farmhouse, his wife was stunned, and looked at the string of copper natas, and the woman was speechless for a long time.

It took a long time for her to spit out this sentence: "Lord Earl is really a good man. ”

What they didn't know was that the Count they mentioned had already gotten into the carriage bound for Ritzlandburg, and what they didn't know was that some of them had their sights on Karl......