Mountain and Forest Kingdom

"All believers of the God of the Stars, as long as they have a firm belief, truly believe in the teachings of the Church of the Stars, and are able to dedicate everything to the church, they will have a chance to gain God's favor!"

A saint came to the St. Lawrence Cathedral in Feiyu Port, and the saint told her story.

Because of her hard work and loyalty, she gained the ability to cast magical spells while serving the Lord Prophet.

Although it was just a small strengthening technique, not long ago, this saint was just a female noble of the Hokuriku Kingdom, not a wizard!

The news quickly spread everywhere, and the drunkards and merchants in Feiyu Port, Dumu Port, Ice Port, Telandaho Port, and Ener Port were all discussing this matter.

In a short period of time, the cohesion of the Church of the Stars has increased a lot, especially the nuns in churches and monasteries in various places. They have been praying in a disciplined manner these days.

The Kingdom of Kojako is an inland kingdom with a population of just half a million.

Some time ago, the population was only over 400,000. However, until the food production increased in the past few years, and they obtained antipyretics and delivery technology traded from the Kingdom of Stars, the number of births and the survival rate of babies have increased significantly.

The Kingdom of Kojako has a royal city and three counties.

The currencies in different places are different, and the title system is also different. The dukes of the Kingdom of Kojako do not have territories, and the only ones who have territories are counts and barons.

The earl is a great noble, the duke is a royal noble such as a prince, and the baron is the loyalist of the earl, equivalent to the village chiefs in the earl's territory.

In a large two-story house in the royal city of Kojako, Arotelei, a knight was standing quietly in front of a middle-aged man.

"Prince Sergio, these are necessary things. It has been a long time since we had a good meal."

Prince Sergio looked at the knight in front of him angrily, "Mars! You must explain why it contains the cost of finding a prostitute!!"

Mas looked at the furious prince in front of him and explained casually: "You must relax before going to fight, so that you will think about coming back."

"This is not my own intention, it is the intention of those bastard boys, and I can't control them." Mas said innocently: "You know, I have a wife, and there are two more. .”

Sergio was full of anger, but he had to suppress it.

This man is in charge of all the knights under his command. There is no doubt about the opponent's strength and he has helped him solve a lot of troubles, but he is also very difficult to manage.

"Last year, you spent all the money you made from selling the medicine the king bought?" Sergio didn't want to give up the money.

Maas said matter-of-factly: "It's all been spent a long time ago. Those nobles can't afford much money at all. There are still many people who went to Feiyu Port to buy medicine themselves. Those businessmen should be damned!"

Sergio did not dare to be too harsh on his men. The royal family of Kojaco did not have many soldiers. Most of them were with the king now. He, the first prince, only had more than 300 soldiers.

These three hundred people came from the city, as well as nobles from various places who had no inheritance rights or territories, and there were also some staff who came to help.

To feed these more than three hundred people is a very serious problem for Sergio.

In the past, the first prince did not need to support so many people, and there were only two hundred people at most before he inherited the throne.

Mainly due to the recent conflict between the Church of the Stars and the Church of the Dawn, the king of the Kingdom of Durila was overthrown by his subordinates, which caused the Kojiako royal family to start cultivating its own army.

Sergio needs to take care of the food, clothing, housing and transportation of more than 300 people. This alone is a large sum of money. What is even more troublesome is that these 300 people have to be given weapons and mounts.

Although mounts only need to be prepared for a few people, but including armor, it is a terrible expense.

This alone is not enough, these three hundred people are like children waiting for food, asking for money all day long!

They refused to stay at home or go to training. They hung out in the royal city all day long and caused trouble! !

"I asked for money last month, I asked for money a few days ago, and I want money today! I have asked the Chancellor of the Finance for you more than a dozen times! The king will not give us another gold coin this month!"

Sergio accuses this group of people of greed, they are like vicious women who want to suck all their money away! !

Mas said helplessly: "Your Highness, you know that I am not a bad person. I am not stingy with the gold coins. I am asking you for money because I really need money. We young men only want to eat meat once a month. Isn’t there any way to do this?”

Sergio was offended to hear that these three hundred people wanted to eat meat, even twice a month.

"As long as you have bread and beans to eat!"

After scolding, Sergio felt that he had gone too far, and was worried that these knights would cause trouble, so he quickly said: "One meat every half month, that's more than fifty sheep a month! Do you know how much it costs?! How many farmers can we hire?!”

Mas knows that Sergio is reluctant to spend money, and he also knows that Sergio has money.

Even when being scolded by Sergio, Mas said unhurriedly: "If we don't eat meat and drink wine, we will have no strength. The Church of the Stars has enough wine and meat. How can we who eat bread compete with those who eat meat?" What’s the ratio?”

"If there really is a fight by then, whether it's the Church of Dawn or the Church of Stars, we may not have the strength to hold weapons."

Sergio glared at Mas.

Mas was unmoved, even if the other party was a prince, there was nothing to be afraid of.

"Your Highness, I also know that this is difficult to handle, so you shouldn't recruit so many people. What else will those people do besides eating food?"

"In the Knights, there are only a dozen knights who can really be used. It's not like we have to give all the money, just a few people are enough."

"Your Highness, we are all your confidants!"

Sergio struggled for a few seconds, but was finally convinced by Mas.

"I want to think of a way. This year, the king has sent people to support En'er Port in the Kingdom of Stars. Our relationship with the Kingdom of Stars is not bad. I want to go to the Kingdom of Stars in person to see if I can get some bargains. It’s best if you can borrow some gold coins when you get back the things you sold.”

Maas said quickly: "As your loyal knight, I am willing to accompany you there."

Sergio nodded, agreeing.

Sergio was trained as a monarch, himself serving in a number of roles as the future King of Kojaco.

Now that the old king is not in good health and is about to die, Sergio needs to train his team as soon as possible and establish a stable regime.

If you can get help from the Kingdom of Stars, then joining the Church of the Stars is also a good choice.

***

Human beings are all the same. Knights in the West need rewards for fighting, and barbarians here also need them.

Wine, meat, houses, women, land, wealth, these are the best rewards.

Lawrence thought about the countries he would face and the related issues.

All countries are feudal countries. These countries may not seem strong, but if you really attack them, you will find them very difficult to attack. Especially those nobles with territories are very difficult to attack.

Even the king could not deprive a baron of his territory at will. The nobles of this era valued their territory more than their own lives.

The Kingdom of Stars has now formed the concept of territories and lords, such as Turaka and the territory he manages, the Countess and her Valkyrie territory, and the same for several baronies in Valkyrie.

Beow and Seravan are not lords, because their time is too short, and they have not yet realized that they are noble lords.

Seravan himself was a slave, and Beow was also a child raised from childhood, so it was acceptable to transfer them elsewhere.

Over time, various problems will arise.

But it was a developing trend for people to have private property, and Lawrence didn't mind if these people had territories, as long as they stayed away from him.

The enfeoffment system does not mean to cut off the king's body, but to hand over the management of areas far away from the royal capital and difficult to manage to designated people, and at the same time allow them to operate here for generations. When necessary, troops should be sent to support the king and wait for deployment. Just have to pay taxes.

To be honest, reunification will create blessings for future generations. People of this generation must hate themselves.

Lawrence didn't want to be so tired, and he didn't want to spend his whole life fighting aristocratic territories around the world.

There is no basis for unification in this era, and language alone will take several generations to evolve.

Lawrence thought very clearly that he was responsible for laying the foundation. Anyway, he only needed to develop the Kingdom of Stars and increase the population to millions.

There is no eternal kingship in this world, nor is there any eternal dynasty. When it develops to a certain extent, decline is inevitable.

The same goes for the church. Lawrence did not believe that his church could always keep people pious, nor did he believe that people in the future would always believe in the existence of God.

The more clearly you see, the less you feel the need to get involved in external disputes.

Lawrence didn't even want to fight with the Church of Dawn, but the Church of Dawn couldn't accommodate this small country with only tens of thousands of people.

"Tomorrow is the day to pay wages. Are you ready?" Lawrence asked the maid beside him.

Emma said respectfully: "This month's salary has been prepared and has been shipped to the warehouses in Pumixiu Town and Dumu Port today. It will be distributed early tomorrow morning."

Lawrence nodded, "I will go there tomorrow, and the date of salary payment will be set on the last Sunday of the month. This will not delay the usual training, and you can go home directly after receiving the salary, or it doesn't matter what you do. "

Emma is not worried about wages. There has been no delay since the wages were set, and warehouses everywhere are filled with spare supplies.

"Master, after the coal and wool of the Gran Kingdom are not sold to us, are there no problems on our side?"

Lawrence smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. There are places with coal on the ground not only in the Gran Kingdom, but also in the Haishenli and Hokuriku Kingdoms. There are also many places with coal on the ground, including the Sidel Territory and Pig's Trotter City."

"We are the only ones who will buy these black stone residues on a large scale."

Emma was relieved, "Yes, Master."

Lawrence thought of those people who were confronting the Kingdom of Gran and the Church of the Dawn.

"It's almost summer over at Ener Port. Even if the fruits here are shipped over, they're rotten and it's troublesome."

Lawrence said casually: "Give them each a hundred copper coins. They can find women or buy food and clothing in Durila and Deco Kingdoms. But if they lose Ener Port, I will give it to them." Go grow potatoes at Valkyrie’s place!”

Emma said respectfully: "Yes, kind master."

The people in Erport did not go to war for this salary. The people there wanted to become noble lords and have their own territories and manors.

For this goal, these people are not just defensive, they are always looking for loopholes with extremely offensive intentions.

Although covered with a veneer of civilization, in fact these sailors in Port Enl are still barbarians, and they are more barbaric and warlike than before. They are more eager to exchange the lives of their enemies for rewards and honors, and step on the bones of others to seize them. livestock and women! (End of chapter)