149 – The emperor gave me the duke (1)

A month has passed since the bailefs who plotted the rebellion were killed.

In the meantime, I ordered the professors of the Faculty of Technology at the academy to make a miniaturized cannon made of iron, a charge for one shot (a barrel containing gunpowder for one shot), a bayonet that can be attached to the barrel, and a cart for the mobile cannon. .

In particular, when experimenting with cannon firing, he ordered felons, including death row inmates, to use reduced sentences as bait instead.

Because the cannons of this time often exploded and killed people until they were completely completed.

It’s unfortunate that people die, but if you’re going to die, it’s better for a criminal to die than a high-class technician.

In addition, he succeeded in filling the administrative vacuum by deploying administrative personnel sent by his father and Baron Loren who remained in Nantes to various parts of Aquitel.

Irina and Ella also came a week ago with Victoria…

From early in the morning until late at night, he has no time to deal with a huge amount of work, so he barely shows his face to his family.

Still, the nobles, citizens, and serfs of the Aquitel region are now fully supporting me, as if it was worth the hard work.

If I can hold out until next month… I’m not a modern office worker, I’ll be able to enjoy a luxurious life like the counts of this era, going to work at 1 PM and leaving at 6 PM.

As if waking me from such thoughts, Balt in front of me spoke in a worried voice.

“Your Excellency, Your Excellency… It seems that you are not feeling well because you have been working late into the night. If you’re not feeling well, leave it to Alps and get some rest, unless it’s very urgent work.”

“Usually, when you ask me to leave my work and rest, shouldn’t you say that Balt will take care of all my work?”

At that, the Balt guy smiled and said.

“I rarely see administrative work. So, even after becoming a baron, supply and administrative duties are all left to inspectors and commanders. What kind of misfortune would happen if I took care of His Excellency’s business instead… ”

“That’s why I put you Balt next to me. Like Baron Frost or Baron Biermann, he cannot act as a proxy for administration or governance.”

“I’m afraid that little boy named Colonel Frost will overtake me. I don’t know about Mr. Biermann or Mr. Frost… ”

Colonel Frost played the biggest role in this battle, but his achievements and years of experience are very low for a colonel.

So, unless some kind of miracle happens, at least for 10 years, Balt won’t worry about anything.

And seeing the story of Baron Biermann and Baron Frost, it seems that they are worried that if I become a duke soon, their titles will naturally rise…

“Nothing like that. I have no intention of becoming a duke yet. And today, as you said, I will read only the report you wrote before going in.”

At that, Balt smiled and said while holding out the report he had written.

“This is a report on the plan to create a reserve army of former territories that His Excellency ordered us to prepare. Read it.”

“Are you paying the right wages and training the serfs for about 2-3 weeks every year during the off-farm season? Up until now, the serfs must have been trained to listen to and obey orders like soldiers… I will learn only physical training and basic military skills like crazy, not combat training.”

Having been born in Korea and well aware of the pain of conscription, I did not want to train serfs at all.

However, if you don’t know when the Emperor of France and the Elector Counts of Romania will attack…

To put it bluntly, a situation may require an all-out war using abundant food and population.

And when an all-out war unfolds, minimal training and adaptation to the army is required to increase their survival rate.

Also, ironically, it’s important to raise your physical strength and develop the ability to quickly respond to your superior’s commands… guerrilla + combat skills training is the best.

This is because omitting the last slogan while having PT gymnastics that takes out physical strength to the limit unexpectedly helps to develop the ability to concentrate in a limiting situation.

Especially when twisting the whole body in a situation close to exhaustion, it is difficult to use the head because the body is tired… To maintain it…

Balt, who knew that to some extent, smiled bitterly at me and said.

“Even if they are reservists, they are like our soldiers during training. So, I decided to use this opportunity to provide a good meal to those who lack strength by eating only porridge. Check out the rest in the report.”

**

I, Kevin, a serf from Akitel, are going through the most difficult time of my life right now.

In the past, if you were suffering from starvation because there was nothing to eat, exploitation by the Bayleafs, or various strange taxes… now…

“Everyone pay attention!!”

At that, the other guys and I came to our senses and focused our eyes on the red-clad soldier.

However, the teaching assistant in front of me gave an evil smile and said angrily.

“What did this assistant say? Didn’t the teaching assistant tell you to repeat it! Or, do you want to train hotly with your teaching assistant until tonight!!”

… .. I arrived at the training ground yesterday afternoon and almost died after an hour of guerrilla gymnastics that Count Creutel personally made…

If you do that from early morning until night, you’ll go straight to Deus-sama.

“no!!!!”

“Didn’t this assistant tell me yesterday? All answers said to unify with evil. From now on, all answers will be unified as evil!”

“Ouch!!”

“good night! Then prepare for gymnastics no. 1!”

“Prepare number one!!”

At those words, me and Mr. Blanc next to me stretched out their arms forward and slightly pushed their hips back, taking the posture of preparing for gymnastics No. 1.

“Do gymnastics 10 times! how many?”

“Do 10 times!!”

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Just as we were about to start the movement, the teaching assistant spoke loudly again.

“20 times!”

“Episode 20!!!”

“good night! We carry out six times without attaching last command! start!!”

“Ouch!!”

According to that word, the villagers who came to train with me also started to say gymnastics number 1 is dead.

Once, twice, three times… After performing all the movements perfectly up to 5 times, the long-awaited 6th time finally came.

And I safely finished the 6th move and stepped on the ground without shouting a slogan.

However, I heard a sound that I shouldn’t have heard in my ears.

“six!”

Hearing this, the teaching assistant smiled again.

Seeing that smile reminded me of the endless repetition of yesterday’s terrible gymnastics.

It was difficult, as if going in front of Deus, but miraculously, no one was injured or killed, that terrible memory…

“Didn’t I tell you not to give relief!! Why can’t we do that simple thing? Do this 15 times.

“Episode 15!”

“Do 13 times!”

“Ouch!!”

After that, numbers 1 through 7 with me… No, it moved in line with countless movements that could not be counted.

And of course, in the meantime, I and the other villagers were also training, and I kept looking for the guy who shouted the last slogan… . I couldn’t find it in the end.

Around the time of extreme fatigue, the teaching assistant looked at us and smiled.

“From now on, the teaching assistant will demonstrate a new gymnastics! I will show you twice, so watch carefully and follow along.”

“Ouch!!”

After that, the teaching assistant lay down on his back and folded his legs at right angles to his waist.

The hoe-like figure looked funny, but the assistant didn’t care about it and stretched out his arms like sticks and lifted his neck off the ground.

In that state, he lightly moved his legs to the left and right and gave a command.

“One, two, one! One, two, two! One, two, three! One, two four!”

When doing one, the leg moved to the left, when doing two, the leg moved to the right, and when counting, the leg stopped right in the middle.

For other movements, you had to move your body with difficulty while standing or sitting, but wouldn’t it be relatively comfortable for that movement to move only your legs with your back on the ground?

The teaching assistant who was demonstrating stood up from the ground again and said to us.

“All of you, go to bed! After going to bed, I will follow the same movement as the teaching assistant did!”

“Back to bed! Ouch!!”

I leaned back and took the same posture as the teaching assistant.

“Square Gymnastics No. 8 twisting the whole body! Episode 20! Skip the command at the end of the 20th episode!”

“Ouch!!”

And I twisted my legs from side to side according to the instruction of the teaching assistant.

It seemed easy at first, but when I actually lifted my legs and moved, my back and waist pulled tremendously.

After doing 20 movements in a state of exhaustion, I felt a sharp pain from the calf to the waist as if it was being pulled and torn.

I want to stop… After this gymnastics, I want to eat black bread with herring and rest…

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Just as I was thinking about that, I heard a loud voice next to me.

“20!!!”

As if waiting for this moment, the teaching assistant looked at us dying of exhaustion and said,

“Is it that hard not to give the last command!”

“Ouch!!”

“good night! Then, this teaching assistant will teach you how to do gymnastics without giving the final command! Conducted 30 times!!”

“Episode 30!! Ouch!!!”

And we were then released after a whopping 50 more full-body twists.

After that, I ate black bread, herring, and some meat, and practiced spearmanship.

After the training was over, the teams split into teams and had a mock battle with a long spear with cotton attached to the end of the spear instead of a blade.

I didn’t want to do anything until the mock battle started…

If you lose in a mock battle, it’s because the instructor pointed at a large log with his finger and told you to win if you don’t want to turn it at night…

We had to fight a mock battle with the villagers next door.

**

“Your Excellency Count, and this is the result. Look.”

“In just two weeks, all the trained serfs learned how to build squares and march the minimum required for battle, and were able to draw up a rough formation? Well, it works. However, I hope my training remains as useless training.”

So, after receiving Balt’s report, I went back to my room and tried to rest, but the Alps guy suddenly opened the door and came in and said with a triumphant expression.

“dismissal! Thanks to winning the war and acquiring a large territory this time, His Majesty the Emperor of Elaine is appointing the duchy to His Excellency! Immediately, prepare to go to Elysium, where the Emperor is staying.”