Frunzberg did not join the "Duden Crusade" in the end. He had too much work to do, and it was not an easy task to expand a force of 5,000 men into a force of 15,000 men.

Although the settlement troops in the Württemberg area can provide part of the soldier supply, the gap is still huge.

According to Ladislaus's plan, Frundsberg was already busy day and night to complete the marshalling work before the autumn harvest, although he devoted himself to this work with great enthusiasm for the national destiny of Austria and his personal power.

, but he obviously couldn't separate himself.

In view of Jones and Jarlaxle's description, Ladislaus decided to deal with Duden personally.

Of course, his main agenda is to inspect important towns in southern Austria, including the ports of Graz and Trieste. A storm is coming soon, and Austria must be prepared.

Dealing with possible drow rangers is just a matter of course.

Although most of the resources were concentrated on the field army and Vienna, the walls of various provincial capitals still needed to be repaired, and the inventory of supplies also had to be replenished.

Ladislaus did not even tell Jones and Sazastan about this plan, hoping to achieve the purpose of a surprise inspection.

The selection of these two colleagues was also carefully considered. As the head of the Intelligence Bureau, Jones is responsible for eliminating terrorists, and he seems to have a lot of fighting spirit to deal with Duden.

Sazastan's purpose was to keep him away from the center of power. As Anna approached step by step, Sazastan's scope of power was shrunk smaller and smaller by Ladislaus. Now his sphere of influence is larger than that of the Archbishop of Würzburg.

Even worse, he is undoubtedly the weakest in the State Council.

Sazastan also knew his own situation and basically accepted it honestly. Of course, it was inevitable to accumulate strength in private to prepare for a counterattack. Ladislaus pulling him out of Vienna would inevitably disrupt his preparations.

This will give Machiavelli more time to prepare.

Machiavelli certainly made mistakes.

But Machiavelli's mistakes, in Ladislaus's view, were the kind of mistakes that result from doing too much and making too many mistakes.

Although Ladislaus had to be punished for the principles of governance, Machiavelli's mistakes can always be forgiven within a wide range and given the greatest opportunity to make amends. This is the treatment of a true confidant.

This time, as usual, the authority to stay behind in Ladislaus's absence rested with him and the Hohenzollern Chancellor.

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Highness Sazastan, but to deal with such a dangerous and powerful ranger, you must take action." Ladislaus, dressed as a businessman, patted his butler Sazastan, although the spell caster was by no means

The best person to deal with the ranger, but in Austria, even if the ranger has extraordinary abilities, he will never be able to do well against Ladislaus's powerful team.

"This is my duty and responsibility. It can't be said to be hard work." Sazastan's salary standards are still quite high. Ladislaus and he are the only two people who have carriages to enjoy, but he still often squeezes

In Ladislaus's carriage, the monarch could alienate his ministers, but the ministers could not harbor resentment, not to mention that he had indeed brought suspicion upon himself.

The other "caravan" members could only sit on flatbed carts.

What is even more painful for those members of the Intelligence Bureau is that they can only look at the trucks of high-end drinks but cannot drink them.

Even with a decent civil servant salary, they cannot afford the fine wines of Vienna's natural scenery series.

Even though the fifteen carts of fine wine were sealed with the best oak barrels, they should not lose their smell at all. However, after the alcoholics knew the type of goods, they felt that they could smell the faint aroma.

Therefore, each of them was in extreme pain.

Boss Sirica's men also participated in this operation, and compared to Jones' men, these former criminals performed better.

They don't really care about those expensive drinks. They care more about the land issue.

"Kelar, you are the one who has been assigned the land this time. Is it a good land?"

Another colleague came to ask about this matter, and Keilar reluctantly explained again: "I have already bought land on the south bank. I didn't ask for the land on the north bank because it was difficult to manage. I just took the compensation."

"Oh my, this is such a pity." Another person felt sorry for Kelal. Although the compensation was not small, most people always believed that it could not be compared with the land.

Ladislaus also provided one-time compensation to those officers and soldiers who did not want the land, and they would also receive a monthly pension when they were old.

Of course, for Kelal, who had a lot of money during the war, the money was nothing, but for most soldiers, it was still a good hope.

Of course, this pension is actually cheaper than land. Ladislaus also left a hole to make it difficult to continue to provide land in the future. The royal family redeemed the land and then compensated the veterans to increase the proportion of self-cultivated farmers. This kind of good governance can maintain the situation for a generation.

Not much, Ladislaus only used this trick to win people's hearts as quickly as possible.

Even if the land far away from the capital is divided, the effect is much less than the land near the capital. The field soldiers in the Württemberg area are greatly oppressed by the bureaucrats. The morality of the bureaucrats in the capital is slightly higher, and more importantly, the supervision they receive is much more effective.

, the yeoman farmers near Vienna are of the highest value to national strength.

Being allocated land is the most important thing that can make people love their monarch. Ladislaus's prestige is now unprecedentedly high, and this land allocation system linked to the retirement system has greatly made Austrian recruitment work more difficult.

The wine caravan going south along the avenue encountered many young people who took the initiative to go to Vienna to join the army. There were especially many people in Switzerland. The land in the mountainous areas could not support a large number of mercenaries who had lost their jobs. The Kingdom of France could not afford them for the time being.

Although the Italian city-states need them, Austria is doing its best to prevent pro-Roman mercenary captains from operating in Switzerland, and the conditions in Austria are better than those of the Florentine republicans.

This would not only go a long way in alleviating Frundsberg's problems, but would also help strengthen Austria's dominance over the newly acquired territories.

Of course, there are still more caravans on the road. The chaos in Venice brought opportunities to the Port of Trieste. Many Mediterranean merchants changed their unloading points to the Austrian port, which although the software and hardware facilities were inferior, was safe.

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Except for those merchants who deal in war-related supplies or whose base is extremely reliable, who would want to go to Venice today.

Being affected by the civil war in Venice would be very tragic. You would be subject to inexplicable scrutiny when you get ashore, and your life would be lost if you were confused.

Chaos in Venice is Austria's opportunity.

On just the first day, I met many merchants and Ladislaus who had something to share with each other and conducted some small transactions to diversify their products.

Businessmen from the entire Mediterranean region can be seen in Austria, and there are also many pagan businessmen from the southern coast of the Mediterranean. The several True God churches in Austria are busy fighting each other, and no one bothers the believers of the Star and Moon Demon at all.

Among the various merchants, one merchant from Tunisia particularly attracted Sazarstan's attention. He came to the door at dusk when Ladislaus and his party were camping.

"You only sell wine? Don't you have pearls from Vienna?" The dye merchant from Tunisia greeted Sazastan warmly.

Traveling merchants are the most discerning, and he realized that Ladislaus was a real big businessman just from those expensive wine barrels.

Although his dye was also good, he did not bother the owner directly. Instead, he talked to the butler first.

"It's hard to get the best pearls." Sazastan looked very disappointed. The Danube Island Breeding Farm in Vienna has already produced some pearls, which are one of the most popular goods in Austria. "Those defective ones are not good enough."

The port of Trieste, where Qi's low-grade goods are delivered, has little advantage over Shanghai's water pearls, unlike the red dye produced by Tunisia City and the competition, which are scrambled for wherever they go."

"Oh, you are so humble. I just came from the port of Trieste. The most popular thing there is the natural beauty of Vienna. It is said that this kind of wine is now available in quotas." This Tunisian businessman is rich in experience.

"To be able to get dozens of cars and hundreds of barrels of good wine at one time, your master must be a talkative figure in front of Mrs. Doria. What is his background?"

"Haha, I can't tell you that." Sazastan showed a complacent but slightly regretful expression, and his mood of telling you about his background that would scare you to death but not being able to show it off was vividly expressed.
Chapter completed!