The black square robes were embroidered with black lion emblems on them. Six new attendants were wearing such square robes, hats made of fur, and a turtle dove tail hair on them. They wore brand new clothes to make the attendants feel fresh and proud. From today on, they will officially become Arod's entourage, which is a good opportunity for young people to contact the center of Mecklenburg's rights.

"Look at you, my child, what beautiful clothes are for you." Osvid Wayne's father looked at his son, with a happy smile on his face, and walked up to hug his son who glorified the family.

"This is all your cultivation, Father, may God bless you and my family." Osvid Wayne was also very happy. The newly-recruited servants got a two-day holiday to reunite with their families. The Wayne family bought a small manor in Mecklenburg. They run the linen business and make great achievements in Mecklenburg. The family's business is booming. Now they are sitting at the dining table in front of the fireplace to celebrate Osvid Wayne.

"Tell me brother, what kind of person is the Earl?" Osvid Wayne's younger brother Heller Wayne pulled his sleeve and asked him curiously. Osvid Wayne was tearing a chicken leg, but he still put down the greasy chicken leg in his hand and grinned and prepared to answer the question.

"I'm very young, but his eyes reveal wisdom and a slender figure and full of vitality." Osvid Wayne actually only saw Arud a few times, so he just said it roughly, and there was no difference between the rumors among the people.

"I heard that the Count of Mecklenburg was a stingy lord." At this time, their mother wore a white turban and a fat dress holding a basket in her hand, and said.

"Stingy?" Osvid Wayne reached out and tore a piece of wheat bread, licked the oil from the roasted chicken on his plate, put it into his mouth and chewed it while asking curiously.

"There is a lot of land in Mecklenburg, but the Earl of Mecklenburg did not enfeoff any nobles. If there is no support from the noble army in a war, how can the Mecklenburg army alone deal with foreign enemies?" Osvid Wayne's father said with concern. You must know that if Mecklenburg is unsafe, all efforts of his family will be in vain.

"Arod was a capable monarch. Look at the desolate land where pagans were not long ago, but now there are prosperity everywhere, endless food and a wide range of goods." Osvid Wayne had another view, and his view was more positive. Perhaps it was because of his youth. He continued. "Besides, Lord Earl has a German Mercenary Group to serve him."

"How can mercenaries trust those who fight with money? They have no sense of honor and will betray their monarchs for money at any time." Osvid Wayne's father obviously did not trust the mercenaries. He picked up the wine glass and found ale. The Wayne family was still in the stage of hard work, and they could not afford to drink wine.

"Well, these things are not something we can know." Osvid Wayne shrugged and he didn't know how to answer. Such things were not something he could know, but it was obvious that his mother was concerned about another thing.

"Our neighbor, Heller family, has started building two-story houses. When can we build it? The wet ground in winter is really uncomfortable."

"Don't worry, just lay more hay on the ground." Osvid Wayne's father had long been called into his ears when he was nagging his wife, and he interrupted his wife, but his wife took away one of the two candles on the wooden table and blew it out.

"It is said that the Wendell family was also very down and out. They were remote rural nobles in the Duke of Mason. However, with the achievements of the Earl of Mecklenburg, Baron Wendell became a great figure in the Mason court. Even the powerful Earl Lauzits in the past was not as good as the will of God. God's will is really unpredictable." Osvid Wayne's father shook his head and sighed. Osvid Wayne knew that his father was also very ambitious, but it was not easy to make a comeback in this chaotic era.

On the third day, the newly promoted servants returned to Mecklenburg one after another. They were about to start fulfilling their duties and follow Arod to serve the monarch who had vowed allegiance. In the lord hall of Mecklenburg, Arod sat upright on his lord throne and stretched out his right hand wearing a ring. The young servants lined up to him one by one, knelt down at Arod and kissed the ring, and swear allegiance to Arod.

"From today on your common name, the permanent sergeant group, and you must serve me loyally." After the loyalty ceremony was completed, Aroud announced to the six young attendants and his personal attendants.

"Change group of attendants?" The young attendants looked at each other. This was the first time I heard of this noun, but Arude always had some fresh words, so everyone hurriedly saluted Arude to express their obedience to his monarch's arrangements.

"Okay, is the tax team we sent out from Monk Elvit back?" Aruod nodded with satisfaction, then sat down again and asked Monk Elvit who was standing on the left.

"Not yet, some remote areas have not been visited, so it will take some time." Monk Elvit reported to Arod.

"Well, when the taxation team comes back, I will visit the Duke and my father with His Highness, so some gifts are inevitable." As the lord, Arod had the right to collect taxes from the people living in his territory, because in Arod's decree, the nobles also needed to collect certain taxes, so it can be said that except for the parish where the St. Johnem monks are located, almost everyone has to pay him taxes on crops or money.

"It's not a good idea to collect taxes from the nobles." Osvid Wayne muttered in a low voice, but it was soon heard by Arod, who was sitting in the seat and turned to look at him.

"Why isn't it a good idea?" Arod asked Osvid Wayne.

"Oh, sorry Count, I have no intention of offending." Osvid Wayne couldn't help but regret his recklessness. How dare a child like him raise objections to Arod in this national policy?

"Tell me, I'll just take it as a story." Arod let out a slight slight, dispelling Osvid Wayne's concerns. There were more than a dozen nobles, monks of the St. Johnem Monks and peasants under the steps. They also looked at Osvid Wayne curiously, and were full of curiosity about the young attendants standing around Arod.

"Oh, yes, wouldn't taxes on the nobles reduce their property? In this way, the wealth that the nobles use to raise soldiers and purchase equipment will decrease. I think it is appropriate when the Slavs in the east are ready to move?" Seeing that Arod was not angry, Osvid Wayne mustered up the courage to say, his tender and slightly trembling voice echoed in the empty lord's hall. Some noble representatives under the steps nodded slightly and thought deeply that this really spoke their inner words.

"Salary for the lords' army is the obligation of the nobles and the only way to test the loyalty of the nobles. But I found that some nobles would rather pay military service tax to evade this obligation, which made the lords not receive support when they needed them the most and had to hire mercenaries. Therefore, if the nobles were willing to be loyal to me in Mecklenburg, then they would fight for me regardless of whether they paid or not. However, I could not distinguish those nobles who would rather use money to escape military service, so that the nobles would be allowed to pay taxes one by one. Of course, when the war really started, those nobles who were willing to serve the military service would return the money they collected, which is called withdrawal from military service." Arod explained to Osvid Wayne. After hearing Arod's explanation, everyone could hardly stop talking, but it made sense when they heard it. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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