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The weather in Zairexl was unbearable. It rained occasionally, just in December.
Albrecht spends his days just watching the rain chasing him down from the palace.
But I did hire an architect and a bricklayer. It was because I was going to put them to rest shortly after the army returned and then go into fortification construction.
I decided to build a stone fort even though it was smaller from the beginning than building a fort with wood.
‘If the successors succeed, it will be a great castle. ’
Albrecht originally hated the rain, but liked to listen to the rain in the house and watch it rain outside.
But as Albrecht did, raining was one of the most horrifying things in the army.
It seems to rain frequently, slowing Randolph's march a lot. I knew the news that the messenger had come for a while was also that the march was slow because of the land that had become muddy.
Albrecht thought it was a relief to have decided with Amas earlier. If he had been at war with time, he would not have been able to guarantee the outcome in the running yard.
It was horrible just thinking about it. No matter how well he fought, the sky couldn't help it.
Herman served as the city's head of security. He released soldiers to patrol the city, and he patrolled, toured, and looked around at people and buildings.
He was usually quiet, but liked to watch people. That's why I barely met him at the palace.
Occasionally, Albrecht calls and asks if things are going well, just nodding with a blunt face.
Carfen shoots outside, raining or not, comes back at night to write the paperwork, throws it to Albrecht in the morning and goes on with his life.
And he proposed several agendas, one of which was to own the docks.
It was about getting dock fees from merchants coming aboard the ship, and Albrecht became wealthy overnight thanks to it, not at a high income level.
Even if I got rich, it would be quick if I spent money on building a defense line. Anyway, I had to get the money together first.
One of the drawbacks of Carpen is that what he didn't want to do, he didn't want to die.
Above all, Albrecht had to postpone the issuance of a trade permit. That is why I have welcomed all the great gifts from the merchants.
It was a great gift for Albrecht's eye.I had to know if it was a gift enough to write a permit or not.
Once I wrote the permit, it was hard to turn it back, so I couldn't do it carelessly. I just wanted Diego back.
Albrecht can't go outside, can't do anything right now, and he just has to spend time.
I don't know if I had a computer or a phone like I do today, but I couldn't work without someone I needed now.
I didn't know what the history of the world would be, but it seemed that it would take at least a thousand more years for technology to emerge that could overcome time and space.
Albrecht once again grumbled at the rainfall, but also at the rain that prevented the army from returning quickly.
And it wasn't until late December that Randolph left, that he returned with an army.
“Master!”
Randolph hurriedly steps off his horse and approaches Albrecht with a happy face.
He didn't look like much. You see mud dripping around in the circus coat or boots. My beard was growing spontaneously, and my hair was dirty. I was literally a jerk.
Diego and his top knights were no different. What about the soldiers?
Albrecht hugs you with a smile and doesn't care if your clothes get dirty.
I hugged Diego, who was smiling gladly next to me, and I hugged all the senior knights who were struggling.
Although there were many ways in which people could establish trust among themselves through human relationships, nothing could be more reliable than lending an army and receiving it back.
It was a different level than lending and receiving money. Albrecht, of course, believed in Randolph, but what he could really see was something else.
Once with the people, Albrecht's clothes became dirty. But Albrecht didn't care at all. The smile did not leave.
“We'll give the soldiers rest for now, and we'll give them wine and meat. I will reward all the knights and soldiers who have gone on this expedition. Well done.Well done. Let's wrap it up and get some rest. ”
Originally, the army had to live in tents near the walls, even if it entered the city. Nevertheless, Albrecht has opened the palace and has hosted the inns so that every soldier can rest in the building.
Since they stationed knights or soldiers in each occupied city in the first place, this expedition was about 4,000, enough to accommodate all of them.
It cost a fortune to accommodate soldiers and award them, but it was not that expensive if the monarch didn't have personal property.
The soldiers were resting, and the commanders and executives were resting in the large living room of the palace.
The large living room of the palace was covered with carpets and fluffy, oversized pillows.
People were halfway down on fluffy pillows in Eastern Continent style, drinking wine, talking and resting.
Albrecht was also halfway down on his fluffy pillow, telling Diego next door about the merchant's license and gifts.
Diego thought for a moment and replied.
“Well, the lords of the North used to be very different. No one knows how much we have to pay to get the lower house. Even the same lord follows his heart. ”
Maybe Albrecht should just do as he pleases. However, it was unfair to get more from some merchants and less from some merchants, and Albrecht himself was not willing to do anything.
Diego smiles at Albrecht.
“It's bad to strip off the merchants too much, but don't let the merchants see you as someone you like. Maybe the monarchy's virtue is a reasonable transformation. ”
‘Fair fiction......’
Albrecht thinks of a bear. How much variation do I have to make? How to be fickle. Can I just do what I want?
Albrecht suddenly smiles bitterly at the thought of fiction. It was funny to think of myself as being fickle. The monarch must do all sorts of things.
Eventually, the merchants decided not to accept or accept the gift when it looked big in their eyes. They had to bury it, but it didn't look good to strip Diego's skin off.
While Albrecht is thinking about the volatility, Diego looks back at Albrecht and says something difficult.
“Well, Albrecht. I think I'm gonna go. ”
In Diego's words, Albrecht saw him. That's right. Now you've taken all the cities.
Before I left the Crusaders, I remembered Diego's request. In the beginning, he was willing to fight hard for his territory and help Albrecht.
And he slapped it with a great body. No matter how many gifts the merchants offered, Diego did something that couldn't be solved.
“Wait a minute. ”
Albrecht gets up and heads to the warehouse in the palace. And then he made people bring things.
I returned to the living room with 100 silk products ( ) and 10 ceramics ( ).
And he looked at Diego and said,
“Take it. ”
Diego opens his eyes wide. Silks were red, blue, yellow, and fine coloured silks.
Ceramics have come in a beautiful color that is truly unmatched in this world. Elegant birds and strange dragons and turtles were engraved in fine detail, but it was a beauty not seen on the North continent.
Diego couldn't say anything. The gift that was too big was too much to express in words.
Albrecht smiles and says, looking at him.
“Prize. Prize. Shouldn't the commander be rewarded this much? ”
Randolph and Hermann find it frustrating to hear it, but Randolph just smiles and looks at Diego, and Hermann doesn't seem to mind. I was not the one to complain about this.
Senior knights also laughed as they watched their friends exchange gifts with each other. They also knew how hard Diego had been and how important Diego had been.
“And while you're at it, you should do this, too. Franz, come out.”
A senior knight named Franz quickly went out smiling because he wanted to reward himself for calling his name.
But Albrecht said with a solemn expression.
“Get on your right knee. ”
Then everyone in the intestine, including Franz, was surprised. They stand up straight from their lying position. They must have landed!
Franz looks at Albrecht with trembling blue eyes, kneeling on his right knee.
Albrecht said to the employee next door:
“Hey, get me a signet ring. ”
While the military was out, Albrecht also made a seal ring for 25 new territories to come, including one that symbolizes the guardians of the Holy Land.
Then the officer quickly brought a box of seals from the office.
Albrecht opened the lid of the box, looked carefully at the sealed rings, each with its own unique sentences, and took out a sealed ring with the crest of the territory Franz was about to receive.
Albrecht looked down at Franz and solemnly said,
“I will appoint you to the Change Bag of Letria. You are obligated to assemble an army to join and defend against change in response to the call of the Divine Guardian. Do you swear this?”
Albrecht purposely dismissed the idea of loyalty to himself. Keeping my duty is important. I didn't want to be loyal to the individual.
Franz said with trembling eyes and a beating heart.
“I swear.”
Albrecht handed over the Seal Ring himself.
“With this, from now on, you are the change bag of Letria. The knights here are the witnesses. Stand up.”
And Albrecht looked back at the signet rings in the box, and he took one out.
“Ulrich. Come forward. ”
Albrecht appoints senior knights to change bags, one by one, in the way he did with Franz.
Due to the nature of the Lyant shoreline, everything had to be a change bag. They were all responsible for the defenses of change.
“And now that I, Albrecht von Hoenclatern, have given the Second Commandment as the Guardian of the Holy Land, the Knights Leader, the Change Bags will have one vote for the Guardian of the Holy Land, and when the Guardian of the Holy Land is vacated, the voters shall gather here at Holy Land and elect the Guardian of the Holy Land. ”
Albrecht says everyone looks puzzled. It was not in the North continent in the first place. You're electing a king?
The North Continent is still lacking in customs, so there was a culture that elected leaders such as village representatives, infantry captains, and knights. But the king did not.
Albrecht acted this way because it was clear that one of the successors after him would come out to face the king.
Then surely there must be a king like a fool among them. The central government shakes up the defense of a king.
And no matter how wise the king came to be, the central power was also difficult due to the nature of this era in which most people were unemployed.
Moreover, it is a region mixed with other religions and cultures. If you forcibly empower the central authority, there will surely be blood-calling conflicts.
It was unknown to Albrecht whether the blood-calling conflict was historically necessary or not.
However, as far as the defense of the Lyant Coastline was concerned, it wanted to be as defensive as possible as anyone who became king.
He wanted to protect the Holy Land as much as possible as he had killed the Guardian himself.
Moreover, it was the 1st place, not the 1st person. So if one person had multiple change backs, he could cast multiple votes.
This was Albrecht's intention to have him vote as much as he was obligated to defend.
However, the change bag and the knight captain's table combined were 26 votes, but there were occasional coincidences. That part may be irresponsible, but I let the generations take care of it.
Albrecht tried to look as far away from the limits of this era as possible.
Rather than inadvertently introducing the modern system of the planet, I focused on protecting people, the responsibility that is given to me.
After that, the next generation will take care of it. I was not interested in a kingdom that lasted forever. He was just doing what he could now.
“Haha, do you even know where your territory is? ”
Senior knights, no, the change bags, were just looking at each other and smiling nicely. In fact, they didn't even know where their territory was.
It was because Albrecht had randomly chosen the area based on the map and what he had seen while they were out.
Albrecht smiled at them and said:
“Escort Diego, then come take a look around with me. And I will support you in building your fortress. to fulfill its obligations. My last wish, as I've told you before, is not to make the innocent and the weak feel helpless if possible. Don't just kill people. ”
The change bags looked at the man who was the captain of their knights smiling. I became a lord with territory, but surprisingly, I did not feel like running. Everyone just looks at Albrecht's face and recalls the days he fought with him.
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