After returning to the Baron of the Valley with 150,000 Finney, Yatt convened several core subordinates of the army and civil affairs to discuss the most important matters in the office...

In the secret room of the lord's mansion in the valley wooden fortress, Yat was listing cloth strips on the wooden table and repeatedly considering them.

Lotty picked up a silver wine glass and went to the secret room to hand it to Yat, asking, "Dear, why are you fiddling with those little rags these days?"

"Lotti, these are the military achievements recorded for Odo Angus and others in recent years. I am now a baron and have the right to enthrone the knights under my jurisdiction. Due to the opponent's obstruction, the court only gave me four new knights. I am thinking about how to allocate..."

"Oh? In this way? I've never seen this before."

Lotti climbed on the table and looked carefully at the cloth strips on the table for a while, and said, "Sap Fort was buried, and he personally killed four bandits and commanded soldiers to kill six bandits. Is this Odo's achievements?"

"Yes, this is just one of them. This row is Odo's achievements!" Yat pointed to the widest row of strips on the wooden table.

"Well, Odo should be in the canonization."

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In mid-June, the weather turns hot.

Yat held its first military seat council since its promotion to baron. Now Yat's territory, military, political and civil affairs have already possessed the habit of council.

The army is called the Military Council, and the meeting is located in the Beiguan Military Fort; the Civil Affairs is called the Council, and it is in the lobby of the Lord's Mansion of the Valley Wood Fort; the two councils each discuss military affairs and civil affairs.

The military seat council discussed the important matters that decided to determine the survival and development of the entire Baron leader, and was personally convened by Yat.

The first joint council was held at the Officers' Academy in Beiguan Military Fort. All deputy managers and officers above the civil affairs department and military squad leader and above the military team leader came to attend the meeting. The hall where the officers read had been temporarily changed to the meeting hall.

The hall is a bit like a temple in a church. There are four chairs and a long wooden table on the main seat. The chair in the middle is of course the seat of Lord Yat. The other three seats are the Civil Affairs Officer Cooper, the Army Adjutant Odo and the Army Adjutant Angus. Opposite the main seat are five or six rows of low benches and slanted tables. This is the place where officers and apprentices learn to read and write. On the left is the army commander led by Bath, Ron and others, and on the right is the Civil Affairs Officer led by Salter, Scott, Lawrence and others.

Today's military and civil affairs have basically become a separate faction, and there is not much intersection between the two waves. Except for Salter, Lawrence and Spencer who often wander between the military and civil affairs can say a few words, the rest of the people have no topics, so everyone whispers in their respective circles.

Seeing that the hall was getting more and more lively, the civil affairs officer Cooper raised his hand and said with a kind look: "Everyone, it's not the first time you have participated in such a council. I don't need to remind you."

"Now start the council meeting, please speak." Cooper made a gesture of invitation.

Everyone in the hall stopped whispering, and sat upright, staring at Yat in the main seat.

Yat cleared his throat, looked around everyone, and said, "Everyone, we have not held such a council meeting for a long time. Looking back on the past few years, I have felt a lot. Every time I hold such a council meeting, it has accompanied a huge development in our valley."

"Some of you should still remember the scene when this council was held for the first time. At that time, I was just a civilian patrol officer. The whole valley was only more than 40 people, and the food stored in the valley was only enough for two months to consume. At that time, what we were most worried about was to try our best to fill everyone's stomach."

"Then I became an apprentice knight and began to have a title that was not worthy of my name. At that time, more than a hundred acres of land were cultivated, and the population began to increase."

"When we fought with the Schwabians in Talmud Fort for several months, paving the way to Lord Knights with the enemy's heads and obtaining fiefs, there were more than 180 households in the valley, and more than 300 acres of land were reclaimed, the army reached more than 60, and the weapons and armor became more and more refined..."

"In the past year, I have almost devoted myself to the army and often fought outside. Until yesterday, the civil affairs officer calculated the population of two fiefs and one resident under my command. The total number of people in the fortress exceeded one thousand, and this amount is still increasing. Not only does the number of people in the throne increase, but also land, workshops, shops, houses, mills, villages, livestock, grain, etc. Everything is increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye..."

"Thank you for your words, I have said many times. I have summoned you here today to give you an explanation of your hard work over the years and fulfill your promise I made to you for the first time."

When Yat talked about this, everyone in the hall was filled with excitement, but the few people sitting next to Yat were much more calm. After all, Yat had already discussed these things with them in advance.

However, Yat was not in a hurry to announce the most important thing. He suffocated everyone's appetite. "Before fulfilling my promise, I will ask the civil affairs officer Cooper, the military adjutant Odo, and the military adjutant Angus to briefly introduce to us the overview of the Baron of the Valley, the situation of the army, and the situation outside the valley."

Att glanced at the civil affairs officer Cooper on the side and nodded to signal that he could start.

Cooper gently lifted a piece of parchment and said, "Master, commanders, civil affairs managers. I will briefly introduce to you the situation of the Baron of the Valley..."

"The Baron of the Valley has led 325 households and 1,120 people, and is located in three villages, border outposts, valley wood fort and southern valley. Among them, the largest number of people are Kutim Village and the newly built village, with 208 households and 780 people. Both are farmers. The rest are mainly farmers, with military families, craftsmen, medical staff, officials, and craftsmen..."

"The Baron of the Valley, the existing arable land is mainly concentrated around the three villages in the southern valley. At present, 4,500 acres of land have been reclaimed, of which 3,200 acres are fertile arable land. Due to the good fertility, there is no need to take rotation and tilling for a few years. The remaining 1,300 acres are far away from the river bank and the land capacity is relatively barren, so second or even third acres need to be used to rotate and tilling..."

The total amount of land is too small, resulting in less than four acres of arable land in the entire valley. If it were replaced in other places, it might be difficult to solve the problem of food and clothing. However, the land in the valley is alluvialized by rivers for tens of millions of years, so there is no need to mention the fertility. In addition, the unique water source irrigation convenience and "fermenting and fertilization" have begun to be implemented. The land-to-grain ratio in the valley has reached the average of one and six harvests. In addition, Yat is still recalling the only remaining agricultural knowledge in his mind to improve the agricultural technology of the valley.

"The Baron of the Valley has four workshops, namely the weapon workshop, the woodworking workshop, the textile workshop and the mill. The four workshops have three craftsmen, fifteen craftsmen, thirty-two craftsmen and seventeen labourers. At present, the Valley is recruiting craftsmen, craftsmen and craftsmen through caravans, and at the same time purchasing the tools and equipment needed for the workshop. According to the master's arrangement, the Southern Caravan is purchasing equipment at a low price from the bankrupt workshops in Provence. Some areas have been marked along the river to prepare for the construction of various types of workshops, but our vault reserves are currently insufficient, so we can only build some small-scale workshops. In addition, taverns and grocery shops are also being expanded..."

"The Baron of the Valley has three main sources of income. One is the military's previous profits, which is the main source of income. As of now, the Valley Civil Affairs has paid a total of 250,000 Finneys for the Valley Civil Affairs; the second is the caravans and the trade surplus of shops. So far, the caravans have recovered all investments, with a trade surplus of 90,000 Finneys, and the two caravans have a monthly profit of about 20,000 Finneys. Together with the profits of three southern goods shops, the monthly commercial income is more than 30,000 Finneys; the third is the crossing commercial tax revenue of the border outpost. Last year, the border outpost paid a total of 64,000 Finneys, but because the construction of the outpost requires a large amount of capital investment, the current surplus is less than 20,000 Finneys, but after the outpost town is completed, the commercial tax revenue will definitely surge."

"Finally, I want to tell you about the public security situation in the territory this year. Now that our land is wide and the number of leaders has increased, there will always be a few borers mingling around us. This year, the Valley Garrison Army has punished a total of six criminals, one of whom was killed by fighting in a newly built village and was beheaded by the garrison soldiers. The other five were punished as slaves for theft, provoking trouble, and defecting in gangs. Last month, two temporary officials in the newly built village in the territory were greedy for food belonging to Mubao, and have been detained and waiting for the master to finally convict."

"The above are important matters in civil affairs." Cooper briefly introduced many common affairs in the valley territory.

After listening to the brief arrangement, Yatt arranged a few points, "The valley needs to continue to develop, and the recruitment of people can be slow down. At present, two main things are to continue to reclaim land, increase grain output and tax collection. The second is to focus on the establishment of various workshops. If you eat a stomach full, rely on land, and fill your pockets to rely on industrial and commercial trade, namely workshops, shops, and caravans. In addition, all the civil affairs managers must also start discussing a set of feasible territorial laws. There are too many people and complicated things and it is easy to cause chaos. We need to establish a good position."

"Odo, let me briefly report to everyone about the military affairs." Yat then handed over the right to speak to the military adjutant Odo.

"Sir, everyone. The army is currently divided into four parts. The main force is the war army corps. Currently, the war army corps has five infantry squadrons, one sentry cavalry, one gongnu squad, and one baggage team. Plus the guards of the adults, a total of one hundred and three people; followed by the border post garrison and the Jushi Town patrol team, with a total of thirty-two people in the two places; finally, the valley garrison, currently there are twenty-three regular peasant soldiers, most of which are wounded retired soldiers of the army and the selected young and strong leaders. According to the arrangement of the adults, the recruits have already belonged to the garrison army, so there are 45 new recruits waiting for training, a total of 68 people. The Officers Academy has another fifteen instructors and apprentices belonging to the army."

"After more than a year of battle, the army was captured, and the weapons and armor and supplies were abundant. It was estimated that the military equipment in the warehouse could be equipped with 200 ordinary soldiers. The military army army had been replaced once. The weapons and armor that were eliminated by the military army were allocated to the border outpost, Jushi Town, and the officers' academy. Those damaged or unbearable weapons and supplies were handed over to the weapons workshop for repair or recasting and allocated to the peasant soldiers and recruits of the garrison army for use."

"The military achievements of previous battles this year are under investigation. After rough estimates, the per capita military reward of soldiers is more than 200 Finneys, and the per capita military reward of soldiers and garrisons in the outpost and Jushi Town is also more than 50 Finneys. It is estimated that the military reward alone will be more than 30,000 Finneys."

"The last is roughly the military expenditure. At present, the average monthly salary of our war army legion is 75 Finneys, plus the average monthly cost of food, drink, housing and clothing. The remaining border troops, patrol soldiers, regular peasant soldiers and new recruits spend about 50 Finneys per month. The monthly cost of the entire army is nearly 15,000 Finneys per month."

"Five thousand Finney is just a daily consumption. If you consider the loss and replacement of weapons and armor, you can't estimate it. Fortunately, there are a lot of military equipment captured this year, so there is no extra cost."

"According to the adult plan, we will expand our army to more than 500 by the beginning of next spring, which will cost even more huge by then."

After Odo finished speaking, the people in the hall truly realized the huge investment in raising soldiers.

Seeing that everyone was a little unstable, Att spoke out: "Everyone, I asked Odo to explain to you the huge military consumption to make everyone feel at ease. But what everyone can rest assured is that although the surplus in the valley vault is not much, it is enough to maintain the civil affairs this year. Moreover, I will start to innovate various territories in the territory soon, especially the land tax issue will also improve. At that time, all the surplus in the valley will continue to produce silver coins."

"As for the expansion of the army, I will not misappropriate the treasury of the valley's civil affairs unless it is absolutely necessary. I will reserve enough money for the development of the valley. As for the military expenditure issue, I don't need to discuss it too much, I will try my best."

"Okay! Sergeant Master, tell me about the situation outside the valley."

"Everyone, now the storm has begun to surging outside the valley..."

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After everyone introduced the situation inside and outside the valley one by one, they finally fell into the heavy scene of Att.

"Everyone, let's discuss trivial matters slowly in the future. Today, I announce the nomination for the Lord of the Knights and the Adjunct Knights under the Baron of the Court."

Yat suddenly announced such an important thing, and everyone in the hall raised their chests and backs, sat up straight, and focused.

"Not the Army Adjutant Odo Fernando as the leader of the baron in the palace."

"Not the Army Adjutant Angusdore as the leader of the baron in the palace."

"Not the commander of the garrison Legion Bass as the trainee knight."

"Not for the captain of the guards, Ron, as the apprentice knight."

"Not for the Commander of the War Army Corps Kazak as the Adjunct Knight."

"Not for the commander of the Warrior Legion Lusinian as the trainee knight."

"Not for the commander of the War Army Legion Tuba as the trainee knight."

"The other current military squad leader and above are promoted to knight attendants, except for knight status."

The above is the list of military commanders’ awards.

"The Baron of Valley nominated him to be the honorary Knight of the Baron of the Palace."

When they were talking, everyone was shocked. "Knights" were military nobles, and they were always commanders of the army and warriors who had achieved outstanding military merits. This was the first time they saw a civilian official being enthroned by a knight, even if it was just a "Knight of Honor". This was Yat's high recognition of Cooper and his emphasis on the civil affairs system.
Chapter completed!