"Dennis, although your performance is better than others, I can't directly appoint you as the ideological and political officer. I will give you a month to conduct an inventory of all officers and soldiers below the flag captain of the Welsh Army.

, I will officially appoint you after completing this inventory. You need to do three things for this inventory. The first is to find out the personal information of all the people under investigation, including names, recruitment places, past experiences, etc. It is best to have someone

Evidence; the second is to understand their thoughts, mainly whether they have any complaints about the Welsh Legion, whether they argue or complain with others on weekdays, and whether they are slacking off in training."

Art sat on the armchair and leaned forward slightly, lowering his voice and said to Dennis: "The third thing needs you to do it secretly."

Dennis also leaned forward and listened carefully.

Art said: "You must have heard that enemy traitors were mixed into the Wells Army some time ago. These guys almost poisoned me and all my officers. Although the enemy traitors have been captured and beheaded by me, I

I can’t guarantee that there are no more lurking traitors in the military or civil affairs. So for the third thing, I instruct you to secretly check whether there are any suspicious people in the Wells Army. On the civil affairs side, I have arranged for the security team to conduct an investigation. The army is here

It is not appropriate to act in a big way."

Dennis had never had any experience in eliminating traitors, so he certainly had no way to start. "Baron, this is not a shirk, but I have never heard of how to eliminate traitors, and I don't know how to start."

"I asked you to do the first two things just for the third thing. Through the first two things, you have to observe which people are flashy in their words when telling you their origins or experiences, are not truthful, or even deliberately fabricate and conceal things. Basically, you have it.

The suspicious person will then be able to lock in some suspicious persons by asking the people around him, asking him if he has any suspicious behavior, or often asking for information that he should not know, or if he disappears for no reason, etc."

"However, this matter needs to be done covertly and meticulously, so that no one, including the soldiers and officers, is in danger."

"I will ask Father Robert or Father Hamish to help you do this. In addition, there was a soldier named Daniel before you who applied for an ideological and political officer. I plan to let him be your assistant. You two will do this together.

If you have any questions before I come back, please go to Adjutant Odo."

"Okay, my lord"

"Sir, the investigation on the civil affairs side is basically over. We focused on the two newly built villages in the southern part of the valley. We conducted an investigation on the citizens recruited after last spring one by one, and found five suspicious people.

Because after careful questioning, the true origins of these people are somewhat inconsistent with the previous records of civil affairs registration, but it cannot be concluded that there is a problem with them for a while. Therefore, I have secretly ordered the village chiefs of the villages where these people live and the peasants and soldiers in the village to pay close attention.

"The movements of these people." In the official room of the Lord's Mansion of Valley Wood Castle, Bass, the commander of the Valley Guard Corps, was reporting to Art on the civil affairs investigation of traitors. Cooper, Odo, and Angus were also sitting in the room to participate in the secret meeting.

Discuss.

"Okay, you must take this matter absolutely seriously. The Valley Barony is a territory that is sealed by me. The enemy can still sneak in killers, which means that the enemy has been prepared for us. You must not be careless."

Art turned his eyes to Angus, who was sitting directly opposite, and asked: "Sergeant Major, have the secret orders to Boulder Town and the border outpost been delivered?"

Angus replied: "Sir, the secret order has been sent. Obote and Simon have begun to secretly investigate, and the defenses of the two places have been tightened internally and loosened externally according to your request. There are no soldiers patrolling the outside every day."

increased, but the defense within the garrison camp has been strengthened."

"Sergeant Major, please send the secret message to Redoan as soon as possible and tell Redoan that after doing this, he can officially say goodbye to his identity as a bandit."

"I'll arrange it immediately."

"Bas, what's the status of the guards in the valley?"

Bass rubbed his head that was aching from the change in weather and replied: "Sir, since you issued the ban, I have sent standing peasants and soldiers in three parts to patrol throughout the territory, and will not do so until you announce the lifting of the ban.

No one is allowed to leave the territory without permission."

Matt nodded.

"When will Cooper, Salt and the others come back?"

"Sir, Salt has received the secret order. They have settled down the southern business travel affairs for a while and then rushed back. They should be able to return to the valley before noon the day after tomorrow." Old Cooper replied.

Art listened to the reports of several people and nodded, "Everyone, I will go out to do a big thing in the next period of time. If this thing is done well, it will not only defeat a powerful opponent, but also turn the enemy into a

A stepping stone on our way to rise.”

"I will arrange your tasks for the next period of time."

When several people heard that Art was going to arrange a task, they all sat up straight and listened with serious faces. Cooper was older and had poor memory, so he specially brought birch bark and carbon rods to record.

"First of all, it is civil affairs. The current key tasks of civil affairs are nothing more than production and construction. Production is divided into two parts. One is grain production and land reclamation. This year's winter wheat has been sown, and farmers are beginning to have leisure. You need to let the village officials lead the farmers.

We continue to reclaim wasteland and strive to cultivate more than 1,500 acres of land before next spring. In addition, the matter of retting fertile soil must be promoted, and retting pits must be dug in each village gathering place to collect human and animal excrement for retting."

"The second is workshop production. The workshop area has been basically completed. The civil affairs government will build the houses for the craftsmen's workers as soon as possible, and let the families of the craftsmen in the workshops move to the workshop area. After the houses are completed,

The workshop area must be enclosed with a fence and guarded by selected peasants and soldiers, and no unrelated persons are allowed to enter or exit the workshop area.”

"As for the operation of the workshop, it must be put into operation as soon as possible. The brewery has brewed nearly a thousand pounds of beer. Why is the weapon workshop still debugging?"

"Sir, because the weapons workshop's equipment is purchased from various places, many parts are not tightly integrated, and our water-powered forging hammer often breaks down. The craftsmen are trying to figure it out."

Art waved his hand and said, "Cooper, you are the civil affairs officer. You try to solve these matters. I hope that when I return from my trip, I can see the weapons workshop continuously supplying weapons and armor to the army."

"It's Master." Cooper didn't explain any more.

"Also, the textile workshop has started to produce cloth, which is good, but the development of straw paper must not be left behind. The sooner we develop the straw paper, the sooner we can make money from it. But I emphasize again that the people involved in the development must

The craftsmen keep secrets, and if I hear anyone reveal anything about the development of papyrus outside, I will be severely punished."

"It's Master."

"After talking about production, let's talk about construction. There are already two forts, three villages, and one square district in the valley. Due to tight money, we can no longer build new villages and buildings in the valley or at the border or Jushi Town. So this winter, the Civil Affairs Bureau

In terms of construction, we need to do two things: first, strengthen and improve the existing forts, villages, and squares; second, continue to repair the road from Beiguan Military Fort to the southern workshop area. In the future, the raw materials for the workshop will need to be sourced from outside.

Items purchased and produced in the workshops must also be transported out through roads, so roads are the umbilical cord of the Valley Barony."

Cooper used a carbon rod to write down Art's arrangements one by one.

After arranging the civil affairs, Art turned to Otto and Bas and said: "Odo, Bas, the sergeant major and I are going to take the task force out. It will take at least a month or more than a few months. The army will hand over

It’s for you two.”

"Odo is mainly responsible for the training of the soldiers of the Welsh Legion. This expansion of the army was too eager and the number of soldiers recruited was uneven. In the past two days, there were new recruits who could not endure the harsh training and tried to escape with weapons and armor privately. I have already

Let the military law team of the guards chase the two people back and behead them. You must firmly hold on to the officers above the squadron commander and control the army through them. All those who defect with weapons will be beheaded. The new recruits have passed the training. If anyone still thinks that the Wells Corps wants to come

If you come and leave when you want, then use the execution ax to tell him what military law is."

Otto nodded.

"But you can't just suppress the military law. You must also try to guide and resolve the soldiers. I have asked Dennis and Daniel to calm people in the army and eliminate the restless elements. Father Robert wants to go out with me. I have asked Father Hamish to go to Beiguan.

Assist Dennis to appease the morale of the troops. You must give them support."

"As for the training of the army, I won't say much."

"Bas, your head injury often recurs, and I know it's not easy for you. But the valley is very fragile now, and I can't let you rest in peace. Since you are the commander of the garrison, you have to take responsibility. Soldiers need to concentrate.

We are training in preparation for going out to fight, so maintaining stable order in the valley requires your garrison to complete it. You should pay more attention to setting up checkpoints and patrolling security."

Bass put down the hand that was rubbing his head and replied firmly, "Sir, don't worry."

On the second Wednesday of November, Salter, who received the secret order, rushed back to the wooden castle in the valley with twenty carriages of the southern caravan and thirty-five caravan attendants.

Salt, who was so tired from the journey, couldn't care less about the fatigue along the way, and found Art to report as soon as he returned to the valley.

When Art learned that Salter hadn't had time to take a bite of food, he personally arranged for the kitchen servants in the mansion to prepare a piece of food for Salter and handed it to Salter, ordering him to report the situation after eating.

Salt was used to eating and sleeping in the open air. He picked up the wooden spoon and swallowed the minced meat, peas and wheat paste in the wooden plate in a few mouthfuls. Then he wiped his mouth and stood up, took the glass of wine handed over by Art, and said: "Sir,

The trade matters in the south have been arranged. After receiving your secret order, I hired two Provence convoys at a high price to send all the remaining southern goods this year to the border for storage, which should be enough to supply the southern goods in the north before winter."

"Because you seized the opportunity and obtained the southern goods trade concession in eastern Provence during the war, we successfully established a foothold in Provence. Now the trade routes in Provence have begun to recover again. In the months since autumn, our southern goods trade has

The purchase volume has nearly doubled. The trade volume will decrease after winter, but it will definitely continue to grow after next spring.”

"Very good, we will talk about the caravan later. I summoned you back this time for something urgent."

Salt put down the wine glass in his hand, stared into Art's eyes and asked, "Sir, what is this important matter?"

Art then told Salt about the Dean family sending people to sneak into the army to poison and assassinate.

"TD, the Dean family has gone crazy, sir. We can't bear it any longer. The Dean family must be destroyed." Even Salt, the usually amiable businessman, has hated the Dean family with gnashing teeth. It seems that the public resentment is indeed excessive.

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"Sart, I called you back this time just to completely kill the Dean family. This time I want the Dean family to reap the consequences."

Art asked Salt to select the five most reliable officials and guards in the caravan and continue to follow the caravan out, while all the remaining guards of the southern caravan will stay in the wooden castle and live in the patrol room in the wooden castle.

The soldiers' houses were renovated during the army period.

The caravan guards who travel around with the caravans all year round are naturally happy to enjoy a rare half-pay vacation.

At the entrance of the Beiguan Army Fort Arsenal, Ron was leading several task force soldiers to select from the warehouse.

Today's Wells Legion armaments warehouse is no longer as empty as it used to be, especially after soldiers defected with weapons in the legion a few days ago. Art ordered that except for patrol duty and execution of tasks, the weapons and armor of ordinary soldiers were

They will be collected and kept in the legion's arsenal, and will be distributed to the soldiers from the arsenal when needed.

Spencer personally took Ron to the large stone house built with clay under the back wall of the Beiguan Army Fort. He said a few words to the troop guard guarding the warehouse, and the troop trooper took out a bag from his waist.

He opened the iron fence with the key and took out another key to open the solid oak door.

Pushing open the wooden door, bright light shines into the warehouse. On the rows of wooden shelves on the left side of the door, complete sets of chain armor, plate armor, iron scale armor, leather armor, and the largest number of cotton armor are neatly placed.

Of course, there are hundreds of round helmets, saucer helmets, nose helmets, skull-covered half helmets, homemade iron helmets and a small number of knight bucket helmets. On the weapons rack on the right side of the entrance are a wide variety of weapons of different shapes.

From extremely long spears that are close to twenty feet long to short-handled daggers and single-edged knives that are only one or two feet long, from long-handled great axes weighing fourteen or fifteen pounds to light arrows weighing less than one-fifth of a pound, from the smallest

From powerful crossbows that can shoot three hundred paces to hand crossbows that can only kill twenty paces, from halberds that combine multiple weapons to average broadswords

Although the huge variety of weapons cannot assemble the entire Wells Army, the reserve of thousands of weapons and armors can definitely be considered a sufficient armament.
To be continued...