Chapter 1095： brothers

To be honest, Wicklow County is really a nice place with a mild and humid climate. Even if there is a risk of rain during the autumn harvest of agriculture, it can be used to graze sheep, which is absolutely suitable. Because the island of Ireland is warm in winter and cool in summer, the temperature in winter is rarely below zero degrees, and there is no freezing of livestock in winter.

Moreover, just now Marin has discovered the milk bull in Mianyang, a sheep born in East Foley. As long as the milk-producing sheep are promoted locally, the locals will not be short of food.

Not only that, the local excellent livestock conditions can also raise cattle and horses on a large scale to provide cattle farming and war horses for the North Sea country. Adler may not be interested in raising cattle, but raising horses is definitely Adler's hobby.

Despite being a Viscount, Adler insists on brushing his horses every day to cultivate feelings with war horses. Now, there are more than a dozen top horses in Adler's stable. It seems that cultivating excellent horses has become Adler's hobby.

Therefore, when Marin found Adler to talk, Adler was very interested ...

"What? Give me Wicklow County? No need ..." Adler quickly waved his hand. In his view, being able to mix a Viscount and having so many plots is a big advantage. After all, he also knew that the Huffman family's territory was all brought down by Marin. Without Marin, he can at most become the official knight of Macbeth. How can he be as rich as he is now?

Marin smiled and explained:

"Adler, I want to give you Wicklow County for a reason ..."

Then, he said the old Huffman named his son "Navurg", and then explained:

"I'm not worried that you have other ideas, but I am worried that others have ideas. If they encouraged your son to retake the position of Earl of East Friesland from an early age, Muti might be against Caesar in the future. Los Angeles gave you to stop everyone ’s mouth and avoid conflict between Caesar and Muti in the future, do you understand? "

"I won't let Muti have unreasonable thoughts. You can rest assured that if he dares to think wildly, without your hands, I will beat him myself!" Adler assured him with a pat on the chest. Anyway, he said he would not ask Wicklow County for anything.

Marin was very satisfied with Adler's attitude. Moreover, from the other person's eyes, he saw sincerity. However, this matter still has to be resolved. So Marin said sincerely:

"Adler, I never worried about you. But, I worry that my enemies will make a fuss about this!"

"What do you mean?" Adler didn't understand.

So Marin told him that he feared that foreign hostile forces would instigate Muti and Caesar to fight for inheritance, as France did against Britain. Then, he gave Adler Cope of the school **** some centuries of resentment between Britain and France ...

"It's so complicated?" Adler, whose muscles grew into his head, was very headache. He never thought that there would be so many broken things among the monarchs.

Marin nodded and said:

"So, I gave you Wicklow County just to guard against foreign hostile forces. If you don't accept it, they will have an excuse to break it! And, your son Muti inherited Wicklow in the future. County, become the local master, isn't it good? "

Adler repeatedly waved his hand:

"I don't care what dominates or doesn't dominate. And, just listening to what you said just now, I was quite scared. The monarch's affairs are too complicated. I can't figure it out, and I don't have so many minds ... I like war. By the way, Marin, I have a son now. Could you take me with you next time? I will charge with cavalry! "Adler's eyes widened.

Marin smiled, took out the map and showed it to Adler, and then said:

"I tell you, Wicklow County is a good place for grazing. It has a mild climate throughout the year and is very suitable for raising horses. You can build a huge horse farm there to train war horses. And it has become Wicklow County. After you are the master, you have the right to build a cavalry unit yourself! "

"What? Build your own cavalry unit? You don't need your consent?" Adler stood up in surprise immediately.

Under Marin, everything is good, food and clothing are not worrying, and the status is honorable. But one thing is not good, is not to give military power. Because he had only the power to station Oldenburg, Adler could only bring a group of militiamen from the second-line troops to station in Oldenburg.

However, Adler's true ideal is to become a cavalry commander!

Adler was greedy for the Cavalry Cavalry of the First Marine Corps of Marin for a long time. Many requests to become the leader of this cavalry team were rejected by Marin. At that time, the reason for Marin ’s refusal was that you had no son and could not go to death ... After all, cavalry was a high-injury unit. If you are not careful, you will die like an accident at the scene of a car accident ...

The infantry was hit by a knife, as long as it is not fatal, it can be recovered under treatment. The cavalry, even if they win the battle, may fall off the horse and become crippled. It may even be trampled to death by friendly horses.

However, the cavalry is handsome and has a high status. Adler was never afraid of casualties. His ideal was to become the leader of an army of cavalry and command thousands of cavalry to charge. As for tens of thousands of cavalry, he dare not think about it. After all, poverty limits his imagination ... and, even Marin, there is no 10,000 cavalry in his hands ...

The population of County Wicklow is not large, but it is also quite large. It is estimated that there are more than 20,000 people, mostly Irish natives. This place originally belonged to the Irish local power McMurrow Dynasty, but it has long been helped by Edward with the help of Marin, and used this as a springboard to go north and capture Dublin. Later, in return, County Wicklow was awarded to Marin by Edward.

However, Marin has been busy with European wars and English wars, so there is really no time to manage Wicklow County. Therefore, in Wicklow County, Marin actually only sent a thousand-person infantry in Wicklow City. However, these infantry can only control the city of Wicklow and the surrounding areas of the city.

When Edward was stationed in Dublin, he was able to manage these areas. After all, he had tens of thousands of troops, including many cavalry. After lovely Edward returned to England, the management here was abandoned. The Thousand Infantry in Wicklow City is not a cavalry and cannot be managed far away.

Marin actually planned to send cavalry to take over the entire region, but now it happened to Adler. So Marin decided to let Adler manage Wicklow County.

"Adler, I intend to appoint you as Earl of Wicklow, the Grand Duchy of the North Sea, to permanently control the military and political power of Wicklow County, and use force to restore the Huffman family's rule over Wicklow County. Of course, when I need it, Count Wicklow needs to send troops to help, how? "

Adler scratched his head and said:

"It's okay for me to master Wicklow County's military. It is even more okay to use force to restore the family's rule over Wicklow County! However, I really can't do it to govern a country."

This is not Adler's modest resignation, but that he really is not in administrative management. In the State of Oldenburg, it is usually the government of Heidell who is in charge of the government affairs of the State of Oldenburg. And Adler stayed in the barracks with the militia brought from East Frisian Lambert. Even Liv lived in the past, he lived in the villa beside the military camp.

Seeing Adler's lack of ambition, Marin assuredly said:

"Also, I can choose a palace for you to help you deal with government affairs. However, you pay for the salary and the land. You can also recruit 50 knights as your vassals. Then, you take They, gather more cavalry, to conquer the entire county of Wicklow ... "

"Can I recruit 50 cavalier vassals?" Adler's mouth grew straight. In the past, he dared not think about it. Don't look at Marin's promotion of him to Viscount, but that is a Viscount vassal under Marin, who is not qualified to recruit vassals. Because, in the Grand Duchy of Beihai, only Marin is eligible to be a vassal. Having a vassal is also an important sign of the independence and autonomy of the princes.

Adler doesn't care about having autonomy, but there are 50 knights under his rank as vassals.

Being able to bring soldiers to war makes Adler very happy. Although the opponents are only some indigenous Irish forces, they are always better than Nest in Oldenburg. Moreover, Marin allowed him to have 50 Knight vassals, making him even more excited. Adler is a knight, and he has a strong sense of identification with knights. Thinking that I will have 50 knights to be younger brothers, don't be too cool ...

Looking at Adler with an excited face, Marin reminded:

"Knights do n’t give too much land. According to English standards, it ’s enough for each knight to give 600 acres of land. And, do n’t give all the land, it ’s normal to mix in the mountains. Otherwise, you will have no place. "

The reason why many veterans of the old princely kingdoms are poor is that there are too many nobles that have been seized in different dynasties. The land is divided, how much is left? Those who eat on the ground will naturally be poor. The same is true of the Ming Dynasty. Each generation of emperors gave birth to so many princes, they must be divided into princes, and their sons must also be divided into county kings, and there are generals of the township and the like ... Then, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the aristocracy became a court A heavy burden ...

Fifty knights, each with 600 acres of land, a total of 30,000 acres, equivalent to 121.4 square kilometers, not too much. If according to the French method of segregation, each 1500 acres would be 2.5 times, that is 303.5 square kilometers. The county of Wicklow is only two thousand square kilometers, and nearly half of it is mountainous. If you go out in so many places, you will not have much left.

"What about the baron? It seems that there are barons in all countries ..." Adler asked.

"The baron, according to Charlemagne ’s early standards, up to 3,000 acres of land (doubling or even more later ~ www.novelhall.com ~ doped with some mountainous areas! And, the number should not be large, it is best to control it in two or three . And, it must be a reward for the accumulation of military merit. In addition, leave an unbarred court baron title and give it to the palace. "

The court title is actually a honorary title, and there is no actual land closure (favored may also be given to the land). This knighthood is generally prepared for important civil servants and petty officials. After all, in this era of strict hierarchy, there is no knighthood and P is not sounded. If the palace does not give a baron title, it is estimated that the following people can't control ... Therefore, the palace title is the monarch in order to promote the status of the heavy minister, but does not want to give the honorary title of a noble title. But in the hierarchical Europe, it still works. In the later generations of Europe, this untitled title has become the mainstream, specifically used to reward those civilians or low-level nobles who have merit. It can fool people and save money. After all, the army of later generations is too large, with hundreds of thousands of troops at all times, and an astonishing number of middle and high-ranking officers. If you give all the land, you ca n’t afford to sell the king ...

Adler rubbed his faint head, listlessly:

"It's too complicated. You can arrange it for me. I want to take the knight to charge!"

"No problem, wrap it with me!"

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