108 – ready(1)

In this war, I went beyond losing Maxburg’s fighting spirit and ability to fight in the future, and even removed any room for a revival by using the Northern Alliance and the Romanian emperor.

As a result, my reputation would have already resonated throughout Europe, and our territory no longer needed to fear Maxburg’s attack.

Also, since I got 500,000 gold coins from Maxburg, I can try many businesses with that money.

Considering that aspect, in this war I succeeded in producing results that were close to the best I could achieve.

However, the flower of victory in war always grows by drinking the blood of allies and enemies.

“Your Excellency is eating it! Everyone say yes!”

With those words, the door to the audience room where the performance was announced opened, and all the barons and knights inside saw me in unison and knelt down to pay their respects.

I walked across them and sat down on a chair in the middle of the audience room.

“Everyone raise your head.”

At those words, all the nobles in the audience room all raised their heads and stared at me.

“Before honoring the merits of this war, I would like to inform you of the number of people sacrificed for this war and the weight of their blood. let it begin.”

The proclamation tube in front of me started to read it carefully as the signal went off.

“In the battle on the Lothringen Plain, 200 foot soldiers were killed, 250 seriously wounded and 400 lightly wounded. In addition, 30 of the knights, including the Man at Arms, were killed, 30 seriously wounded, and 20 lightly wounded, Your Excellency.”

Compared to the enemy soldiers we defeated, they are not even a drop of blood, but their death is not simply a matter of individual death.

Because just as I have father, mother, and Ella waiting for my return, they also have a fox-like wife and rabbit-like children waiting for their return.

In addition, I don’t know about the knights, but the families of the soldiers usually depend on their husbands for economic income, and when the husband dies, they end up on the streets, and the widowed wife has to sell herself.

No, it would be nice if I could live on something like that… If the widowed wife could not enter the brothel, she would end up selling herself to a slave dealer.

So I decided to take this opportunity to announce a new policy that I had prepared since coming to Blueport.

“Not a few soldiers and knights have died. First, a moment of silence in honor of their sacrifice.”

At that, everyone bowed their heads and honored the dead, and some of them even wept in the audience room to see if their families had died.

“Stop it, first of all, I will announce the policy I have prepared for them before doing non-work. In the future, regardless of status, the children of those who died fighting for Creutel will be supported to attend orphanages and schools depending on their circumstances, although there may be differences depending on their title or status during their lifetime. At the same time, if their widowed wives do not have estates, they will receive a certain amount of pension until their death. By doing this, I will not allow the families of those who fought for Kreutel to be forced into miserable circumstances. Anyone who has objections should speak up immediately.”

I said that, but I added a little bit of exaggeration, and even the justification is perfect in front of me who has absolute power.

In particular, there is no way knights who value honor on the battlefield would oppose the policy for dead soldiers and officers…

If you oppose this and get caught wrong, your family’s reputation may fall to the ground.

And also, as I expected, no one objected to me.

“Then, now I will begin the real non-gong peddling, but before that, there is something I would like to bestow upon all the second lieutenant and above officers. bring it.”

With those words, the attendant behind me brought a full-body mannequin wearing a white uniform.

A white blazer jacket with red silk wrapped around the collar and white pants, almost the same style as the clothes I usually wear when I go to work.

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Maybe that’s why, everyone inside cheered and liked it.

“Definitely cool. Your Excellency, a man and a soldier’s robe should be like that!”

“Long live, His Excellency Creutel!”

And I said with a smile.

“The basic shape is like that, and the decorations that go into it are slightly different depending on the rank. And all so-called and above officers measure and report their clothes, and they will be made in a month or two. So all of you wear that to my wedding.”

That suit only holds about half a gold coin, but it reacts as if it received almost ten gold coins.

In the future, when rewarding officers, it would be cheaper and more effective to give them something meaningful rather than gold coins.

“Let’s start the non-work trip. First, give Baron Frost, who is in charge of the center, 10 villages near the Baron Frost and 30,000 gold coins. In addition, I will give Baron Balt, who is in charge of the right wing, 7 villages and 20,000 gold coins, and Colonel Biermann, who stood in my rear and subdued the enemy knights, will be given the former Baron Crescent’s estate and made him a baron.”

And now I have to send Bierman to another place, and bring Balt around me instead.

Because Baron Frost said that Balts only know how to fight, and are not good at managing a territory… I’ll leave it to the management of the soldiers under my command, and that guy’s estate will be managed through other officials brought in from the academy.

If you go to war, you have to manage the territory, so let’s say that Balt is preparing for war under the pretext of managing the troops under my command, and leave the territory management to others.

Other nobles would hate this kind of action, but Balt, who hates administration and paperwork more than anyone else, would be happy if I didn’t confiscate or reduce their territory.

“As for the personnel below the colonel, I have already reviewed and approved the postings of each baron, so please notify them directly after this performance. And I will give them medals and gold coins instead of estates, to Major Walter Model, recipient of the Order of the Golden Knight’s Sword!”

At that, Walter, who was in the corner of the audience room, came forward and stood in front of me.

“You fought as best as you could as the front line battalion in this war, captured Baron Santoburg, who was in command of the right wing of the infantry, and slaughtered three knights under his command. In honor of this achievement, he was awarded the Golden Knight’s Sword Medal and ordered to be promoted to lieutenant colonel. As a privilege for the medal, 3 gold coins are added to the original salary and paid monthly, and 200 gold coins are awarded. In addition, I promise to grant medals and privileges appropriate to my achievements to the soldiers under my command.”

Since the lieutenant colonel’s salary is roughly three gold coins, in effect, his salary has doubled.

And not only that, but if you receive that medal, you now have the right to wear it in your uniform and military uniform, so naturally your superiors and other soldiers will look at you with envy.

Also, by setting a precedent for not granting fiefdoms for great achievements, even though it is limited to nobles of the rank of colonel or lower, I can secure as wide a direct territory as possible, so this is the best of both worlds.

And to those who made a feat that deserved special mention, I personally called them by name and gave them awards and medals, and it wasn’t until the sun went down that I was able to finish my work.

**

As usual, I was going to continue spending time with Ella as soon as I finished my work, but the fatigue from the war had not yet gone, so I ended up using a separate room.

Today Ella told me that I would go to another room and sleep alone, unlike the other wars, she asked me to stay with her for today…

After all the hard work on the battlefield, I refused because I didn’t have the strength to burn hot all night.

I’ll rest well today, and I’ll spend a week with Ella starting tomorrow…

With that thought in mind, I laid down on the bed and went to sleep, when one of the maids knocked on the door and said,

“Your Excellency Count, Your Excellency Count. The bailiff, Chris Belladora, wants to have an audience with you urgently. What should I do?”

I was going to kick him out, but the fact that Chris, who was entrusted with an important task while pretending to be demoted in part, came to visit me at this time…

It must be that he has finally found someone to bury Mr. Maxburg in a grave.

No matter how tired I am, this is an urgent matter for every minute and every second, so I have to get up…

“Call Chris to this room in 10 minutes.”

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

The maid said that, closed the door to my room, and left leisurely.

In the meantime, I took off my nightgown and changed into the everyday clothes hanging in my room.

And after a while, Chris’s voice was heard along with a dripping sound.

“This is Bayleaf Chris Belladora. May I come in?”

“Come in.”

After a while, the door opened and Chris entered.

Unlike before, her hair had grown quite a bit longer, and she was wearing a silky blue dress, not masculine like before.

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Maybe it’s because it’s been a long time since I’ve seen him like that before the subjugation of Schwein, so I was embarrassed at the moment, but I didn’t show my feelings and said it.

“What was the reaction of those guys who saw my book, The Blindfolders of Deus?”

“Of course, I hid the fact that His Excellency had written it and showed it to them, and most of them said that it was written by heretics and set it on fire. However, the village’s newly dispatched priests, former wandering preachers, were generally favorable to the story.”

After all, unless you are Jan Hus, John Wycliffe, or Martin Luther, priests of some position will see what I have written as an unwholesome book that threatens their position.

However, in the eyes of those who observe their true nature and do not like it or have not entered the vested interests, the book I wrote will look like a guidebook that illuminates the path they should go.

Because the book I wrote contains all the core doctrines written by real reformers who played a big role in the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in history on a subject of little power.

And those who personally practiced almost all of the contents of it while I was dispatching them as priests were wandering preachers… If they see it, it must be very natural.

“Perfect, indeed perfect. So, how many people do you think would agree with our plan? It would be nice if there were only 50 or 100 people… ”

At that, Chris whispered in my ear.

“About 10% of the priests who ate with the serfs and worked directly with them… About 300 people responded to your proposal.”

I thought I could destroy Maxburg with just 50 people, but 300 people…

At this level, he could set a great fire in all of Romania, beyond Maxburg, the Elector Count of Holy Romania.

“Is that true?”

“Yes, Your Excellency. We have already secured all 300 signatures.”

“Chris Belladora, so who and where is their representative?”

At that, Chris put on a triumphant expression, puffed out his chest and said proudly.

“This is senior priest Harry Wycliffe, who has been mentioned as a candidate for the Auxiliary Bishop of Nantes. If it’s for this plan, he’s saying that it’s OK to change gears. You are now in the parlor.”

If you are a high-ranking priest, if you go up one level from there, you will be a bishop who is treated as a baron.

The faith of religious people sometimes does things that can’t be understood…

“I’ll go see you right away. And Chris, return as my secretary at this time.”

“I will follow your orders.”

If it was Chris Belladora’s ability, I thought that this case would be successful, and if I succeeded, I was going to make it one of the success stories by promoting her to inspector and marrying her properly…

The achievements made in this case are of a scale that can’t be buried like that, so it wouldn’t hurt to give them one last chance.

Anyway, for a few months, I will be attacked by many barons and other high-ranking nobles, but the moment the secret is revealed…

Because those guys will also understand Chris’ success.