Chapter 69 Primary Officer Training Program

After the draw was over, everyone left happily. And Marin's top general, Schwartz, came over worriedly:

"Master, you have divided two-thirds of the land, what will you do yourself?" In private, Schwartz is still called Master Malin, and in the army he is called Boss.

"It's okay, Schwartz, you probably don't know yet, right? My base for boiling salt now produces 1,000 quarts of refined salt every day!" Marin revealed.

Schwartz has been in Den Burg these days, in charge of training soldiers and arranging defense. Therefore, I don't know much about what's going on in Yancheng, only that salt is being boiled over there.

"1000 quarters? Every day?" Schwartz was shocked. He knows how expensive salt is. If so much salt is produced in one day, how much profit will be made...

"Yeah, I now have a profit of 600 gold coins every day. You said, do I still need to care about those fields?" Marin said to himself.

"That's true, but, young master, you don't need to divide so many fields. 2 Eugrams per family is actually enough."

2 Eugram is 4 acres, about 24 acres of land, which is indeed enough for a family to eat and drink. Of course, according to the current land production in Europe, it is only enough to eat and drink. Other than that, there is no balance. If there is a food bucket like Kahn at home, it will definitely not be enough...

"It's okay, don't worry about it. These soldiers, I want them to work hard for me. If they don't give enough benefits, can they work hard for me?"

"However, if every soldier defected to you, he would be given 5 Eugram lands, and the land on the island would not be enough!"

"Schwartz, I didn't say that I want to divide the land for the new recruits who join in the future..."

"what do you mean?"

"These 400 people, I plan to train them to become officers at the level of squad captains. As for the soldiers at the bottom, I can recruit them later..."

"400 squad leaders? You want to recruit 10,000 troops?" Schwartz was taken aback. A team is 25 people, 400 teams is 10,000 people! With an army of 10,000 people, ordinary dukes can't make it up. Because the money is not enough...

In the Middle Ages, due to backward agriculture, the output of the territory was limited. Coupled with their own luxurious life, the financial situation of the nobles is mostly very bad. Those who can make up an army of 10,000 are basically very rich dukes or kings.

Of course, there were also those who took serfs to make up the numbers. However, the serf soldiers had not been trained, and their combat effectiveness was really scum, and they were scattered by the regular elite. Nowadays, in wars between nobles, it has become popular to use the combination of knights and mercenary infantry. Even heavy cavalry from apprentice knights can be hired. If you use the serf cannon fodder to make up the number, you will definitely be abused, and it will consume a lot of food.

"What's this? My salt cooking base can produce 210,000 gold coins every year. I can't support 10,000 troops?"

Schwartz thought about it, and it was enough to feed an army of 10,000. However, for a baronial to support an army of 10,000 people, it feels weird. Unless, the young master wants to expand...

Schwartz suddenly refreshed...

If the young master wants to expand, he will definitely not be partial to this small island. If you want to expand, Schwartz thinks about it and thinks that the biggest possibility is East Frisian. Because, there, is the place that Mrs. Mary's family originally controlled.

However, if the young master takes back East Friesland in the name of Madame Marie, the first heir of Madame Marie should be Master Adler... Schwartz is a little confused...

"Okay, Schwartz, I now give you an important task!"

"Master, please order!"

"I want you to put in more effort to train these guys into qualified squad leaders, can you do it?"

"Training to become a squad leader? How to train them to become a squad leader?" Schwartz is now familiar with the training, but he can train the squad leader, what's up with this?

"Easy,

You let them in a team take turns to be the team leader, don't you have to? "

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple!"

"Then how to train their military training ability? The 400 of us are all veterans and don't need training. In this way, their training ability cannot be improved..."

"This is easy, isn't there thousands of strong men on the island? During the slack season, pull out all the strong men on the island, and let the soldiers train them in formation and discipline. Even children can also be pulled out to practice formation and give them experience. .However, don't break the child when training the child..."

"Not training to fight?"

"Training Mao to fight? If they can fight, what if one day I don't like the young master, and what will happen to me?" Marin was angry. Train those serfs in formation and discipline, just make them more obedient and command them to do things easier. Train them to fight, what if one day this group of serfs rebels? I'm about to be KO'd...

"Okay, I get it, young master!" After speaking, Schwartz went out in a hurry. He wanted to complete the task given by the young master and train this group of top soldiers into qualified squad leaders...

The reason why it is said to train this group of big-headed soldiers into qualified squad leaders, rather than qualified company captains or even phalanx captains, is very simple...

Because, this group of big-headed soldiers, except for Schwartz, are all illiterate. Illiterate people have limited understanding and are not good at thinking. Letting them be a team leader is already the limit. And they usually only need to strictly carry out the tasks given verbally above.

But company captains and even phalanx leaders are different. Not only do they have to read the written instructions and execute the above orders, but they also need to make fine adjustments to the phalanx or company they command according to the battlefield conditions.

For example, if the flank of the army was broken, the phalanx and company captains saw that the empty door on the flank was wide open, and they needed to command their subordinates to respond without violating the commander-in-chief's general order. This kind of strain is difficult for those illiterate squad leaders to do. Because they are not good at thinking.

Marin wants to expand his army, and he will definitely recruit some wandering knights from the knight family who are literate in the future to train them as company captains. As for the phalanx leader, it is very important, not only to have cultural knowledge, but also to be as reliable as Schwartz. Even if unreliable, family members must be moved to their own territory and held as hostages.

Marin's reputation has gradually spread throughout the Holy Roman Empire under the propaganda of the emperor. Presumably, in the future, there will definitely be fans of their own who come here and defect to themselves. At that time, Marin intends to select a few knights to train as company captains and phalanx commanders. As for Schwartz, he intends to train as an army commander.

When Marin told Schwartz of his plans, Schwartz was shaking with excitement - Legion Commander! That's a big man commanding at least 6,000 people (a Roman legion). Generally, at least a baron can hold the position. When Schwartz expressed his doubts, Marin told him indifferently—if his identity is not enough, he will serve as the acting army commander first...

"But, Master, I'm just a knight apprentice..." Schwartz said helplessly.

Apprentice knights, not even nobles, and the minimum requirement to be a legion commander - a baron, are far, far away...

"Oh, I forgot. Well, now, as a baron of an independent baron, it seems that I also have the power to grant the territory knights. Well, when I have time, I will invite my family and your family to come. Come to the island, and hold a ceremony of allegiance for you to grant the title of knight..."

"Thank you young master, thank you young master..." Schwartz immediately got down on one knee in excitement, wanting to be loyal on the spot...

You know, titled knights and apprentice knights are the difference between nobles and commoners. This difference is simply the difference between heaven and earth. Being named a knight is equivalent to being a noble! It's no wonder that Schwartz isn't excited...

"Don't be too busy with allegiance, the ceremony is not ready yet..."

"Haha..." Schwartz stood up and smiled awkwardly.

"Since I want to make you a knight, I must give you a manor. My fief is small, so I can't give a big manor for the time being. Well, after a while, I'll let those serfs reclaim 100 Ugrams of land. As a fief for you, you won't think it's too small, will you?"

"How can it be? It's already very good. Master, your father has only 100 Ugrams of arable land." How could Schwartz think it's too little? To have a noble status, he feels that he has made a lot of money.

"Don't compare with the old man, he has a coal mine. However, before the coal mine was developed, his family was indeed not rich..."

"Having a knighthood is already the biggest reward, young master, I won't pick it."

"Hehe, tell you, you can't lose. After using the eastern farming techniques, the harvest of rye per mu of land is at least more than 200 pounds..."

"Master, what is an acre of land? How big is it?" Schwartz obviously didn't know the unit of area "mu".

"Ahem—an acre of land is one-twelfth of an Eugram..."

"Ah? One Ugram is equal to 12 acres. Isn't that one Ugram producing more than 2,400 pounds of rye? How high?" Schwartz was shocked. This yield is definitely more than a quarter higher than the yield in Europe (at the time of the bumper harvest)...

"Only more or less!"

"Then I didn't post it?"

"Well, I posted... Stop thinking about it, go and train those bastards!"

"Yes, young master!" After speaking, Schwartz went out with all his strength, vowing to practice the group of big-headed soldiers to death...

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