85_85536 That's it, that's it. Although William still felt a little that John was making a fuss and making a fuss, which made him a little crying and laughing, and at the same time, he also drew a question mark about the level of this guy's judgment.

But in any case, John, the merchant, was much more than the schadenfreude of Father Peter, who said, "I see that you are unlucky to prove that I was prescient." And more importantly, with such a reference object of Father Peter, the preciousness of the merchant John was even more evident at that time.

Of course, more importantly, he invested too much money in William.

William has always believed that this is the most important reason.

But William felt that it was better for him to pretend that he didn't know.

"Don't worry, my friend. William smiled and said to the merchant John, "In fact, there are not many people who have the same opinion as you. I don't want to explain everything to them. I don't have that much time. And in addition to this, the construction of the new army is almost done. I felt it was necessary for me to clear up this misunderstanding and give some confidence to my friends and allies.

"Ah, what do you want to do?" asked the merchant John, who was intrigued.

"Let's have a military parade. William replied with a smile.

Yes, yes, yes. William hoped that a military parade would be held. to show the strength of your new army.

And after William said this, he looked at the businessman John again, but he was at a loss. It seems that he didn't understand what William was talking about.

"That, Mr. John?" his strange reaction made William a little furious. I thought I had said something wrong and made people laugh at it.

Of course, in a sense, that's exactly what happened.

This era is not like the era of William's world. Each country has a military parade as a way to show its military prowess, deter the enemy, and boost the morale of its own people.

With the help of the anniversary, or Galeries Lafayette's birthday or something, a military parade, or a ship parade. Pose your own square of fighters who can kick the right step, or the super dreadnought-class battleship to scare people. This is nothing new.

But in this world, this era, William is now. It's a strange, abnormal, and rare thing.

There is no military parade or ship parade in this world. If I had to cite a similar example, it would be triumph.

This ritual has been handed down from the ancient era of classical warfare. After the army has won the war and returns triumphantly, it will walk through a "gate", and after passing through the "gate", it will disarm to consider the end of the war.

This "gate" was usually made of wattles in the classical war era.

In modern times, in order to show off their martial arts, kings and nobles who were very happy built marble, inlaid reliefs, and various "gates" with various decorations and huge domes. This was the case in the history of William's original world. The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is world-famous. It symbolizes the martial arts of France, the first power in the European continent in the modern era of queuing and shooting.

In addition, the Brandenburg Gate in Prussia is also one of them.

During the triumphal ceremony, the soldiers would indeed form a phalanx and march in a parade to show off their strength. But that's only one of the purposes of the triumphal ceremony. Another purpose was to show the populace the spoils and prisoners of war they had received during the triumphal ceremony.

Gold and silver coins filled with clay pots. Nobles of enemy countries dressed in gorgeous silks, and even royalty. Giant elephants draped in fringed Persian blankets, camels, and war horses. Only when these tangible things are shown to the citizens will they continue to support the king's great deeds, the wars, and the heavy war taxes.

Yes, that's it...... Of course, there is still a gap between William's era and the "modern era" that will be triumphant. At least John the Merchant didn't know which king or nobleman had ever held a triumphal ceremony. And like William, before the war was held, a "ceremony" was about to be held, and such a shameless businessman John had naturally never heard of it.

After seeing this "surprise" of the businessman John and the vague expression containing "disdainful shì". William quickly understood what he was thinking. In this regard, he didn't want to say anything other than "hehe".

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Or maybe it's better for the other party to think so. Because this will ensure that the intelligence of his army will not be so quickly attacked by his enemies. That is, Sandomitz and Count Vitra obtained.

After hearing that William was such a great man that he would choose to hold a "triumphal ceremony" without a victory. The two Earls would rightfully think that William was unreliable. Indirectly lowers the judgment of William's threat to Cheng Dù.

"Maybe they'll send their whole army to the north. To defend against the father...... Well. If that's the case, things are kind of funny. William thought to himself, and then said to John the Merchant:

"Don't worry too much about that, my friend. All in all, the parade will take place a day later. When the time comes, you can just go and see it. ”

"Yes......" said merchant John, still looking "how could this be". I have even begun to think about whether I should make some other efforts to recover the losses caused by my investment failure.

For example, kidnapping William and then extorting ransom or something......

That's it, in order to stabilize people's hearts and boost morale. William decided to hold a military parade a day later. Soon, the carpenters in the territory used the empty barrels and planks on the side of the Circassian Castle to build a temporary wooden platform as quickly as possible. And a total of two thousand soldiers of the Forces nouvelles. They were also given orders to hold military parades.

Of course, the soldiers of the New Army, who had never heard of the term "military parade" at all, were all confused. I don't know what exactly they're going to do. And the officers who gave the order couldn't explain what the order was all about.

Everyone waited for a day with half expectation and half fear. Next, it's the next day. On a wooden platform, Father Peter, John the Merchant, John the Attendant, and William sat side by side with Charlumie. Each person's expression is different.

In addition to these few people, there are more than a dozen chairs in the lower row below. Sitting on it were merchants and squires from several small towns and estates in the Circassian county.

Father Peter still looks like a god. is not smiling, but in his heart he is very contemptuous. At the same time, he was vaguely a little evil-hearted, and he expected William to make a fool of himself.

On the other hand, merchants John and Charlumie were slightly uneasy. The latter was a little better, but John, the merchant, felt like a death row prisoner who was shot nearby. Very bad, very bad. But he still thought bitterly, "Forget it." After this defeat, presumably this knight will calm down a little. When the time comes, persuade him, and it's a big deal to take another sum of money to help him contact mercenaries...... Isn't my head a little big?"

Although the mood varies. But they all mean the same thing. None of them thought William would succeed. I didn't think William would be able to train any decent troops in three months. It was agreed that this whimsical parade would fail.

Even his attendant, John, was like that. It's just that as a classic representative of big guys and small wisdom, Little John didn't think about it so much.

Among this group, only William, who was sitting in the center of the high platform with Charlumie, looked very confident. He looked around and took in the expressions of the people around him. At the same time, he sneered slightly, turned his head, and looked at Little John: "What about time?"

"Three minutes left, young master. Little John, who had been holding his pocket watch, replied.

"Go get ready. William continued.

"Yes, young master. Little John nodded, put his pocket watch away, then stood up and walked briskly down the platform, trotting all the way to the other side of the school yard, where the New Army troops, whose view was blocked by a small hill.

"Three more minutes, it's nine o'clock. That is, when the parade begins. Guys, is there anything else you want to say now?" William turned his head to look at the other three. Rightfully so, none of them said anything.

"Well, so be it. ”

That is, after William's words fell, not far away, the sonorous voice of Little John came from behind the hillock: "Go forward - walk in unison!"

As Little John's voice fell. The 125 soldiers of the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion of the New Army, who were stepping on a single step, formed a phalanx of five rows and 25 columns, and walked in unison in the direction of the rostrum.

The soldiers were uniformly armed with cuirass armor, boat-shaped helmets, flintlock muskets equipped with bayonets. Wear striped cotton trousers and a jacket.

They marched in unison, and the phalanx discharged was also uniform. Whether it's horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, it looks like a line.

They walk at the same speed and lift their legs at the same height. The tall body shape is the same. At the same time, the position of holding a musket is the same.

"Elite, absolutely elite!" shouted merchant John—his tune was all the same. But at this moment, no one blames him for his faux pas. Because everyone else was frightened by the appearance of this army.

Especially Father Peter.

He's now starting to regret .......