Otto opened his eyes suddenly, his whole body was already soaked, and his throat, which was still itchy, had returned to normal.

It seems that sweating with more quilts is really an excellent way to solve a cold.

It's just that, I didn't expect to have that dream again last night. It's been years since I had that dream...

Lifting the quilt, Otto couldn't help but shiver, his wet clothes were so consistent with the wind, but he had a bit of a clammy and cold feeling in the south in his previous life.

The day is already dark, a new day has begun, and since a new life has begun, the memories of the past are better to pass forever.

After taking a shower and changing his clothes, Otto found Simon Butler.

"Young Master Otto, good morning, you got up really early today, I have already arranged for the servants to make breakfast, you can wait a minute." Simon's butler had a professional smirk on his face from the service industry that Otto had seen in his previous life.

Otto didn't have any deep impression in his mind about this Simon's butler, except that as soon as he could remember, Simon was already the earl's butler.

This made Otto quite strange why the old butler, who had been loyal to the family for so many years, would favor Lady Kayline, especially when his cheap father was still alive.

"There's no hurry about breakfast, I'm here to get the money, by the way, pick out some weapons and armor in the storeroom, you can take me directly to the storeroom."

"Okay, Master Otto, Madame has already commanded, please come with me." Lady Kaylin seemed to have had an account with Butler Simon, who was not surprised and led Otto to the storeroom.

"Young Master Otto, this kind of trivial matter, how can you go in person, you command, I will naturally arrange for a servant to send it to you." Along the way, Simon's butler did not forget to be courteous.

"It's okay, I just woke up early, so I should take a walk." Otto had also been to the treasury a few times, but he had only glanced at it before, and had not gone in to check it carefully, but this time, Otto wanted to take a good look at the inventory in the treasury so that he could have a more accurate judgment of the economic situation of the county.

"I heard that the young master is unwell and has a bad appetite, so I specially asked people to hunt some game, hoping to make the young master appetizing."

"You've got a heart, thank you Steward Simon."

"Where is the young master, it is my honor to be able to serve the young master." Butler Simon smiled.

In the small warehouse, a large amount of supplies were piled up, among which the number of weapons and armor was not small at all.

As an aristocrat in the early Middle Ages, even the poorer Alakhof family had an equally large reserve of military supplies.

The current situation in this world corresponds to the collapse of the Carolingian dynasty in the previous life, and now there are four major kingdoms standing in the whole of Europe, namely the Kingdom of West Francia, the Kingdom of Lotharingia, the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of East Francia.

The Duchy of Swabia, where the county of Aargau is located, is under the rule of the Kingdom of Lotharingia.

Roughly the same as history, the Kingdom of Lotharingia, which evolved from the Kingdom of Middle Francia, has always been in chaos internally, and the real power of the nobles has always been in a semi-independent and semi-feudal state, such as the Duke of Swabia, to whom Otto's father was loyal, basically ignored the orders of King Lothair II.

There are many discrepancies from history, during this period of history, there was not a powerful duke in the Swabian region, but the counts of the principality fought each other and took advantage of the opportunity to expand.

Due to the strong Duke of Swabia, the Swabian region is relatively stable and prosperous compared to the rest of the Kingdom of Lotharingia. This also allowed Otto's grandfather and father to gain a firm foothold in the county of Allgäu.

But this is also relative, and the general trend of the Carolingian dynasty on the verge of collapse is something that everyone can see.

The kingdoms were constantly fighting each other, the king's control over his vassals was weakening, and the nobles at the bottom were constantly fighting, and the whole of Europe was not at peace.

So even in the relatively stable Duchy of Swabia, there were a large number of bandits in various places.

Only a very small number of these bandits came from serfs who revolted in anger due to the oppression of their lords, and the vast majority came from wandering knights and out-and-out nobles who lost their land after losing the war.

These professional soldiers, who have received military training since childhood, are naturally destructive to bandits, and often many weaker knights and barons are difficult to have the ability to protect themselves in the face of sudden bandit attacks, and are often looted or changed owners.

The economic devastation of such turmoil is staggering. It was also based on this that the Duke of Swabia summoned his vassals to start a severe crackdown on bandits, and the king could not rely on himself, which led to the situation that Otto's father went on an expedition.

Although there are many weapons and armor in the warehouse, Otto can see that they are basically "scarred by battle" at a glance, and he doesn't know how many times he has been used. As for the brand-new supplies, Otto didn't have to think about it to know that they must be in his own treasure house, and this Simon butler probably can't touch them.

The impoverished counties of Allgäu, possessing these armors and weapons, came from the "inheritance tax". It was the early Middle Ages, and the knights' fiefdom system and the vassal relationship between the feudal lords had not been completely destroyed.

The vast majority of knightly lords are still lifelong and cannot be inherited, and the few knights who can be inherited cannot buy and sell land, and at the same time, like feudal nobles such as barons and earls, they need to pay "inheritance tax".

Generally speaking, the inheritance tax of a knight is about the cost of a knight and two foot squires fully armed, while the baron is about four times as much as a knight, and the count is eight times as much as a knight.

This inheritance tax is generally given to the upper lords, and only in a few cases to the king or higher lords, which is why the Alachollf family was able to save so much material.

After glancing at the color, Otto shook his head in disappointment, there is no need to pick these things at all. Even if the armor looks good, it needs to be repaired before it can be used, but it's better than nothing.

"Prepare ten sets of knight equipment for me, thirty sets of equipment for servants, and two hundred sets of equipment for levies and give them to Knight Wade."

Otto lost interest, took a casual stroll, and left the storeroom.

"This..."Rao Simon was mentally prepared, and was also taken aback by Otto. Master Otto, isn't this a bit much. ”

A guard, expanded to such an extent, is a bit exaggerated.

"Huh? Are you teaching me to do things? Otto glared at Simon dissatisfied, accentuating his tone. This time it's not just about choosing a guard for me, it's also about expanding the new castle's bodyguard, understand? If you don't understand, you can ask Lady Kaylin. ”

After saying that, Otto ignored him and left the storeroom directly, where he saw Wade, who was already waiting at the door of the storeroom.

"Good morning, young master." Wade made a knightly salute and whispered. "Young master, the prisoner's trial is over."

"Good!" Otto nodded. "Let's go, let's go to the restaurant and talk while eating." Last night he was not feeling well, and he had not eaten much because he had fought with Lady Kalin, and he had sweated all night, and now he felt that his stomach was protesting.

"Tell the kitchen to prepare a breakfast for Knight Wade as well." Otto waved his hand and beckoned the servants to the side.