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Dylan Matt does not think that Arod is a greedy lord, but many of Arod's practices have made many people think that he is greedy. Although the territory's toll tax is still exempt, it forces merchants to pay transaction taxes and draw profits from merchants' transactions. Even the local merchant guild has begun to feel uneasy.

"Please forgive me for taking the liberty. Why do you adopt this policy of exploiting merchants? As far as I know, this is different from your previous practices." Dylan Matt keenly noticed the change in Arod's policy, and Arod did not refute this statement. When Baron Wendell's head was hung outside the camp by Earl Lauzits, he changed his strategy. A country with an army is weak. Only the army with a country is in line with this dark era. He will never become a lamb to be slaughtered again.

"I exempted their tolls and turned Mecklenburg into a trading center, but I am still a lord. How can I arm my army against the pagans without money?" Arod said to Dylan Matt. Although Kang Tuoyi was fighting with his brothers, no one could guarantee that he would not lead the army to regain the lost territory west after winning.

"What you said is to Lord Earl≡♀, w+ww., then do you need me to go to other territories to find refugees?" Dylan Matt thought for a while and nodded. As a former jester in Mason, he certainly hopes that Arod's rule will last forever.

"No need for now. I don't have many people under my command. Stay here to help me and come with me. I'll take you to see something." Arod touched his beard on his chin with his hand, then stood up and led Dylan Matt out of the lord hall. Dylan Matt was slow due to physical reasons, but Arod did not rush to move forward patiently. They walked out of the tower and asked the horse boy in the earl's stable to lead two horses.

"Take it~~~." Arod rode on his horse and waved his whip, and the mount carried Arod out. Dylan Matt followed closely behind Arod, and five followers followed Dylan Matt again.

"It's here, the newly built training camp on this open space outside the castle can accommodate a full open space of 1,000 people." Not far from the castle, in the southwest outside the castle town, a cleared open space was displayed in front of them. The cut down trees were placed in the corner of the open space, but there was not anything on the open space. On the contrary, a building surrounded by stones was built. Dylan Matt remembered that this was the house called the headquarters of the Teutonic Knights. One part of the roof was an ordinary triangle, and the other part was built with walls and flat roofs, which seemed to be able to be pushed up by the archers when necessary.

"Master Earl." Seeing Arod appear here, a group of men in the open space surrounded him. The leader was Baron Ron, the lord of the Rage Lion Castle, and it seemed that he was conducting military training on these people.

"Don't worry about us, continue to train you." Arod rode on the horse and looked at the one hundred soldiers who were training. He waved to them with satisfaction. Since the implementation of the new military merit system, many noble children volunteered to join Arod's army. Arod arranged them to the Teutonic Knights headquarters. Although not everyone trained in this building is a knight, everyone who arrives here will accept publicity about the honors here.

"Sir, these are all noble children." Dylan Matt glanced at the young men with naked upper body but were full of energy. He knew some of them, after all, many of the noble families brought to Mecklenburg by Arod were from the Principality of Mason.

"Yes, you know that my new military merit system is divided into two parts. After all, the nobles are nobles. Once they join my army, they will become grassroots officers. So the Teutonic headquarters is a place to train qualified grassroots officers. They will receive more rigorous military training here. Unlike family-style training, they also have to learn how to command soldiers to fight." Arod explained to Dylan Matt.

"So that's how it is." Dylan Matt's eyes lit up. The military structure of this era was based on the feudal system, that is, the vassals gave land to the vassals, and then the vassals were loyal to the vassal and provided military obligations. The advantage was that the vassals did not bear too much military expenditure, and the disadvantage was that this was maintained by the relationship between people. Once the vassals and the vassals were not harmonious, the vassals refused to fight for the lord.

"I have already thought about it. Mecklenburg does not need too many troops. Only eight hundred to one thousand elite troops is enough. Of course, if our land is large, the army can gradually expand. Lord Dylan Matt, I admire your talents very much. How about it? I will appoint you as the Grand Treasury of the Teutonic Knights, responsible for the logistics and property management of the entire Teutonic Knights." Arod turned his head and said to Dylan Matt.

"Grand Treasurer, is it such a great responsibility?" Dylan Matt looked at Arod in surprise. His deformed body shape since childhood has been sneered by people. People have ignored his wisdom and talent because of his ugly appearance. One day, a lord would appreciate his talents. This sudden appointment made him feel a little confused.

"Yes, Lord Dylan Matt will create a powerful legion with me. The pagans in the Baltic Sea will tremble." Arod stretched out his powerful hand and pressed Dylan Matt's shoulder, but in the end it was just pressed on his raised back. However, Arod's words infected Dylan Matt, causing the hunchbacked nobleman to burst into tears.

"Thank God, thank you Lord Earl."

"Haha, you agree, come in and take a look. I have spent a lot of money to build this headquarters. How can those merchants complain?" Arod heard Dylan and Matt agree. He jumped down happily from the horse and walked towards the headquarters house. If the house wants to enter, he must step on two narrow steps, which means that the door of the house is on the second floor, which seems to make the house look unique, but it may also be from a defensive perspective.

"Cruff." The wooden door was pushed open, and inside the second floor was a spacious hall, supported by eight columns, and rows of neat wooden tables and long wooden benches were placed between the arched columns. On weekdays, members of the Teutonic Knights dined and prayed together. This hall was built by the people of the stonemason union invited by Arod.

"This is the first floor below, usually it is used as a storage room and arsenal." Arod took Dylan and Matt to a small door on his right hand. He pushed open the small door and saw a stone staircase leading to the lower floor. Because there was no torch lit under the daytime, it looked dark.

"Is there another layer on it?" Dylan Matt looked up at the ceiling above and asked Aruod curiously.

"That's right, there are actually two floors. The upper floor is the members' lounge. The attic is the leader of the group, that is, my office and bedroom. The two small rooms next to the office are the chief of the flag and the chief treasury, which is your bedroom." Aroud smiled slightly and took Dylan. Matt walked to the left arch at the end of the hall, where there was a staircase to build upwards. They walked upside down.

"The Chief of the Banner?"

"That's right, it's my brother Earl Ifu. I accepted him as the chief of the flag, and he had agreed." Arod said to Dylan Matt.

"I understand what the responsibilities are of the Grand Treasury? But what does the chief of the flag do?" Dylan Matt felt that he had heard some fresh words, so he asked like a curious student.

"The chief of the Teutonic Knights is responsible for the affairs of the entire regiment, and under the chief, it is divided into the chief of the flag in charge of military affairs and the chief treasury in charge of military supplies and logistics." Arod explained to Dylan Matt as he walked. They had reached the third floor at this time, and it was actually a hall, but the ceiling was shorter and cleaned on the wood floor. Neatly rolled up thick linens and wool blankets near the walls, which attracted Dylan Matt's attention.

"This is?"

"Oh, that's the military bedding for the members to rest. Everyone will be distributed on the first day of pouring it here. There is also a wooden copper bowl and an iron spoon made from the Mecklenburg smelting base, which is a tool for eating and boiling water." Arod pointed to the blanket rolls and explained patiently and meticulously to Dylan Matt.

"So we not only bear the weapons and equipment of the soldiers, but also their food and sleep." Dylan Matt said funnyly. You should know that other lords want to let the soldiers prepare everything when fighting, but Arod is a good example for the soldiers in every detail. No wonder Mecklenburg is already a wealthy territory, but Arod's funds are always short of money.

"Yes, not only are members of the Teutonic Knights, but I plan to be a standard accessory for the Mecklenburg Legion in the future. Unfortunately, our productivity is too weak to satisfy everyone at once, but I will solve it." Aruod shrugged. The Qin regiment soldiers unearthed in the later Celestial Empire already had the standard configuration distributed by the state. This is a symbol of strength and productivity. To make the soldiers fight to the death, of course, they have to give them the best things. This is good for improving morale and combat capabilities. So Aruod didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Other lords either did not think of this or were purely lazy.

"After coming, I can't imagine what it would be like to go to the battlefield?" Dylan Matt couldn't help but shivered. Every soldier carries excellent weapons, and even the tools for eating and sleeping are the same. They will be tightly clamped together like the gears of the water mill. As long as Aruod tweaks the crankshaft, the war machine will run meticulously. (A good activity of pie falling from the sky, a cool phone is waiting for you to get! Follow the ~Diand/Public Account (add friends on WeChat and add official account to enter ddxiaoshuo), participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now follow ddxiaoshuo WeChat official account!)
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