Chapter 54: 54 Knights
Chapter 54 54 Knights
In fact, the Sheriff of Bunas did not dare to capture 500 prisoners. He could only turn a blind eye even to the slightly powerful gangsters in Bunas City.
The rule of the kingdom is based on the support of the nobility and plutocrats. In order to maintain the privileges of the nobility and plutocrats, the entire kingdom has always maintained a fairly loose management system for private armed forces.
Nobles have knights under them. Knights were originally noble soldiers who fought on horseback, but now they have developed into a title.
These noble lords have their own guardian knights under their command. These guardian knights are appointed by the nobles themselves. They are only limited in number and do not need to be reported.
According to the laws of the kingdom, the baron should have three knights under his command, the viscount should have ten under his command, the earl could have thirty knights under his command, and the duke should have one hundred knights as his personal army.
Because in ancient battles, knights did not exist alone. A complete knight establishment included a servant who led the horse and did chores, two cavalrymen who covered the knight's flanks during mounted battles, and a waiter who was responsible for maintaining the armor, raising horses and providing food. The handyman…
So a knight included a lot of miscellaneous subordinates. At that time, a knight had to support about 7 followers.
Since then, this knight organization has developed to this day, and has undergone tremendous changes over time.
First of all, in terms of quantity, the subordinates of a guardian knight no longer only belong to a team of 7 people. These guardian knights usually lead 30 to 50 soldiers, which is a serious overstaffing situation.
On the one hand, the kingdom's senior officials hope to use the knighthood system to reserve the army that the country cannot afford and maintain the country's war readiness standards. On the other hand, the nobles themselves also need private armies to protect their own interests, so this system does not distinguish between public and private. It continues to this day.
But as time goes by, this seemingly mutually beneficial system gradually decays as time goes by.
The nobles are getting richer and richer, and they are more and more willing to raise more private armies to consolidate their power and suppress dissatisfied common people.
The status of merchants is also getting higher and higher. They have more resources and they also need the army to protect their businesses.
As a result, there are more and more private armies, management is becoming more and more chaotic, and everyone's private armies are becoming more and more out of control.
Of course this is not a common phenomenon. Many nobles who are not good at business cannot actually support so many knights and private armies. So they often only have a few guards.
Similarly, some knights have great fortunes and are nobles themselves, and may have hundreds of private troops under their command. And some knights are so poor that they may not even be able to afford a wife.
In such an environment, many knights who originally belonged to the nobility became mercenaries who specialized in managing private armies for the plutocrats.
For example, the Cyric Consortium has thousands of private troops in the Kingdom of Wright to protect Cyric's interests and industries. This private army was so large that even the king could not mobilize it.
Coupled with some special cases regarding the military within the country, the military management system looks even more chaotic.
Take the Kingdom of Wright as an example. The country’s armed forces are diverse, including the following types. The largest one is the "Central Army" that obeys the king's orders, followed by the private army of the Cyric plutocrat, which is too big to lose. Then there are the "border guards" assigned to various territories near the border, and the private armies of each noble knight.
Count Fishereau's North Ridge Corps is the "border defense force" of the border territories. This force is trained by Fishereau, and the expenses are paid for by Count Fishereau himself. During the war, it is responsible for cooperating with the king's "Central Army" to fight.
As for the private army of the Cyric plutocrat, which cannot be eliminated, it is not at the command of the king. It is just a cancer outside the law and protecting Cyric's interests.
In short, the entire social system has been corrupted, and many of the original laws and old customs have been completely destroyed, but everyone is still accustomed to the certain framework of this system to a certain extent.
However, if someone is willing to cause trouble, there are many areas of law to check. This is also the reason why Count Fisherow gave Tang Mo a knighthood.
If someone really causes trouble, Tang Mo can at least avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble by relying on the title of Earl Knight.
Tang Mo certainly hopes that he can become the guardian knight of the nobles, because this is the first step to enter the noble class.
Only by becoming a true knight can he be canonized as a baron by the king for meritorious service or other messy reasons. In a sense, he is only one step away from the previously unattainable Baron Stella. Just one level.
"Then thank the Earl for your appreciation for me." Tang Mo smiled and recognized the name: "Thank him for his support."
"The Earl knew that you would become a noble sooner or later, so he specifically asked me to tell you that he never had any intention of treating you as a subordinate." Tiger added. "Well...it's just a false name." Although Tang Mo was cheating outside under the banner of the earl, he never thought that one day he would be under the influence of others and become the earl's true subordinate. Therefore, when he heard the count's instructions, the smile on his face became even wider.
He pointed in the direction of the factory building and introduced to Tiger, who had just returned: "I have prepared a new batch of guns. You will be responsible for packing them in the boxes and sending them to the Earl as quickly as possible."
"As for you, just stay here! Train these farmers from Beiling for me." As he spoke, he walked towards the workers and young men who had come from afar.
"It seems we have a lot of work to do today." Tang Mo looked at Weiss with a smile on his face.
Wes's face was covered with a somewhat unnatural expression. Apparently he still hadn't figured out why so many people from Beiling came all at once.
However, he quickly brought his attention back to Tang Mo: "Yeah, it's not easy to accommodate so many people."
“There are quite a few recruits here who know how to pitch tents. We came all the way and camped several times, and there are tents...” Tiger immediately got into the mood.
Tang Mo nodded and said helplessly again: "Then we can only force them to live in tents first. Weiss... try your best to put women and children into wooden houses. It will be safer."
There is no way. Although the number of wooden houses around the entire workshop has increased at a speed visible to the naked eye in the past few days, there is no way to accommodate so many people at once.
What's more, not only people, but also a large amount of materials transported from Beiling - including food that can feed two thousand people for a whole month!
Pack after sack of grain was carried from the carriage. This grain not only made the workers in the entire workshop feel at ease, but also stabilized the mood of the immigrants who followed.
Since they have enough food, everything can continue as usual—living, working, and the ordinary cycle repeats itself every day.
Immediately afterwards, some carriages following behind also began to unload, including heavy iron ingots and carts of coal.
There are also some valuable chemicals. Tang Mo asked Tiger to bring them by name, including some oil and some other messy things.
Modern industry, of course, also includes the chemical industry. Only when chemical preparation processes are developed can many modern industries be able to develop downwards.
Tang Mo didn’t want to be stuck by a lag in a certain link when he needed it. He didn’t have that much time to waste.
“I’m going to Bunas in a while. With so many immigrants arriving in one go, it’s necessary to report to the mayor.” Tang Mo decided that the problems that needed to be solved should be solved first.
It is definitely not a small matter that so many people came to Bunas, started working for him, and started to build a factory that had never existed in a large wasteland.
If this kind of thing can be hidden, then Tang Mo can apply for KBG. There wasn't much he could do. He could only rely on distance and use bribery and other methods to delay Cyric's reaction time as much as possible.
"I brought a personal letter from the Earl. If the mayor still dares to make trouble after reading this letter and seeing so many of your people, then I also admire his courage." Tiger said from himself He pulled out an envelope from his arms, which was also sealed in red with the emblem of the Earl's wolf head clan embossed on it.
Because Beiling's decision was to cooperate with Tang Mo, Alice tried her best to think of the details of dealing with local officials for Tang Mo. She is a veteran, a local snake in this area, and is more familiar with the joints than Tang Mo.
This actually saved Tang Mo a lot of trouble, and he could devote more energy to his "inventions".
"Huh? Why didn't you see Loew? Where did he go? Where are the mercenaries you recruited? Why is Wes the only one left?" Tai, who has been studying with Loew, Bernard and others for almost a month Ge, at this time he asked about his friend Loew.
Tang Mo shrugged his shoulders and replied vaguely: "I asked him to take people to the wild for survival training. I don't think they will come back in the next ten days. I hope they can live happily in the vicious forest."
"Okay..." Tiger didn't ask further. He saw that there seemed to be trouble in the distance, so he shouted loudly to his men unloading the goods behind the carriage: "Hey! Pay attention to those barrels! Are you crazy? ? That’s gunpowder! Be careful! Just say it if you don’t want to live!”
"Don't have an accident! This is all money!" Tang Mo warned Tiger from the side: "Let your people settle down as soon as possible. We will hold a welcome party in the evening and prepare a slightly sumptuous dinner for everyone...Wes, Go tell Aunt Trish about this decision..."
"No problem." Weiss nodded, nodded slightly in greeting to Tiger, then turned around, pressed the two revolvers on his waist, and left majestically.
(End of this chapter)