After the lottery was over, everyone left happily. Marin's number one general, Schwartz, walked over worriedly:

"Young Master, you divided two-thirds of the land, what should you do?" In private, Schwartz was still called Master Marin, while in the army, the boss.

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

Schwartz has been in Denburg these days, responsible for training soldiers and arranging defense. Therefore, he is not very clear about the matter in Yancheng, he only knows that salt is being boiled there.

"1000 quarts? Every day?" Schwartz was shocked. He knew how expensive the salt was. How much profit would it take for so much salt to produce so much salt a day...

"Yes, I now have a profit of 600 gold coins every day. Do you think I still have to care about those acres?" Marin said confidently.

"That's true, but, Master, you don't have to divide so many fields. Two Yugrams in each family are enough."

2 Yugram is 4 acres, about 24 acres of land, which is indeed enough for the family to eat and drink. Of course, according to the current real estate output in Europe, it is only enough for food and drink. In addition, there is no surplus. If the family has a rice bucket like Kahn, it will definitely not be enough for food...

"It's okay, don't care. I want these soldiers to work hard for me. If they don't give enough benefits, can they work hard for me?"

"But if every soldier joins you, he will be given 5 Yugram land, and the land on the island is not enough!"

"Schwartz, I didn't say I would divide the land for the recruits I would join in the future..."

"What do you mean?"

"I plan to train these 400 people to become officers at the level of squad leader in the future. As for the lower-level soldiers, I can recruit them in the future..."

"400 squad leader? Do you want to recruit 10,000 troops?" Schwartz was shocked. A squad had 25 people, 400 squads, which was 10,000 people! The 10,000 troops were not enough, because the money was not enough...

The aristocrats in the Middle Ages were backward in agriculture and limited territorial output. In addition, their own luxurious life led to the financial situation of the aristocrats being mostly very bad. Those who could make up 10,000 troops were basically very wealthy dukes or kings.

Of course, there are also people who use serfs to make up the numbers. However, serf soldiers have not been trained and their combat power is really bad, and they are dispersed by regular elites. Now, when fighting among nobles, it has become popular to use a combination of knights and mercenary infantry. Even heavy cavalry who are trained as apprentices can be hired. Then they use serf cannon fodder soldiers to make up the numbers, which will definitely be abused and consume a lot of food.

"What's the matter? My salt-boiling base can produce 210,000 gold coins every year. I can't afford to support a 10,000 army?"

Schwartz thought about it and found that it was enough to support a 10,000 army. However, a baron leader would feel weird if he supported a 10,000 army. Unless the young master wanted to expand...

Schwartz suddenly felt excited...

If the young master wants to expand, he will definitely not be content with this small island. If he wants to expand, Schwartz thought about it and felt that the greatest possibility was East Friesland. Because it was the place where Mrs. Mary's family originally controlled.

However, if the young master regained East Friesland in the name of Mrs. Mary, Mrs. Mary's first heir should be Mr. Adler... Schwartz was a little confused...

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

"Please give me instructions!"

"I want you to spend more time training these guys to become qualified team leaders. Can you do it?"

"Train to be a squad leader? How to train them to become a squad leader?" Schwartz is familiar with the training team leader now, but how can he do this?

"It's easy. You can just let them take turns to be the team leader?"

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple!"

"How do they train their military training abilities? These 400 of us are veterans, so there is no need to train. In this way, we cannot improve their military training abilities..."

"It's easy. Are 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 their queues and disciplines. Even children can pull out the queues to give them experience in rising and rising. However, children are not allowed to break the children when training them..."

“Not training to fight?”

"Train Mao's battle? If they can fight, what if they don't like the young master one day, what should I do if they make me rebellious?" Malin was angry and tried to fight. Training the serfs' queues and disciplines only made them more obedient and commanded them to do things easier. Training them to fight, what if one day these serfs want to revolt? They will be KOed...

"Okay, I understand, young master!" After saying that, Schwartz went out in a hurry. He wanted to complete the tasks assigned by the young master and train these big-headed soldiers to become qualified team leaders...

The reason why these big-headed soldiers are trained to be qualified squad leaders instead of qualified company leaders or even square leaders is very simple...

Because, except for Schwartz, these big-headed soldiers are all illiterate. The illiterate ability to understand is limited and they are not good at thinking. It is already a limit to let them be a team leader. And they usually only need to strictly implement the tasks verbally explained above.

However, the company captain or even the phalanx heads are different. They not only need to read written instructions and execute the above commands, but also need to make micro-adjustment of the phalanx or company they command according to the battlefield situation.

For example, when the army's flanks were broken, the phalanx commanders and the company captains, when they saw the flank air gates wide open, they needed to command their subordinates to respond without violating the commander-in-chief's command. This kind of response is difficult for those illiterate team leaders to do, because they are not good at thinking.

If Marin wants to expand his army, he will definitely recruit some wandering knights from the literate knights family to train them as company captains. As for the phalanx leader, it is very important. Not only should he have cultural knowledge, but he must also be as reliable as Schwartz. Even if it is unreliable, his family must be moved to his own territory and serve as hostages.

Marin's reputation has gradually spread throughout the Holy Roman Empire under the propaganda of the emperor. I believe that his fans will definitely come to him in the future. By then, Marin planned to choose a few knights to train as the company captain and the phalanx leader. As for Schwartz, he planned to be the commander of the legion to train.

When Marin told Schwartz about his plan, Schwartz was so excited that he shivered all over - the commander of the legion! That was a big man who commanded at least 6,000 people (a Roman legion). Generally, at least a baron could only serve as the baron. When Schwartz expressed his doubts, Marin told him indifferently that he was not aware of his identity, so he would be the acting legion commander first...

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

The apprentice knight, not even a noble, is far from being the minimum requirement for serving as the commander of the legion, the baron...

"Oh, I forgot. Let's do this. As an independent baron, I seem to have the power to grant the territory knights. Let's do this. When I have time, I will invite my family and your family to the island to hold a loyalty ceremony for you to grant the knight's title..."

"Thank you, thank you..." Schwartz immediately knelt down on one knee with excitement, wanting to be loyal to the spot...

You know, the titled knight and the apprentice knight are the difference between aristocrats and civilians. This difference is simply the difference between heaven and earth. Being named knight is equivalent to being a noble! Schwartz cannot help but be excited...

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

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

"Since you are going to be named a knight, I will definitely give you a manor. My fiefdom is small, so I can't give you a big manor for the time being. Let's do this. After a while, I will let those serfs reclaim 100 Yugram land and serve you as a fief. You won't think it's too little, right?"

"How can it be? It's already very good. Master, your father, is only 100 Yugram's farmland." How could Schwartz feel that it's too little? He thinks he's making a lot of money if he has a noble status.

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

"It is the biggest reward to be able to have a knight status. Master, I won't choose it."

"Haha, I tell you, you can't lose money either. After using the Eastern farming technology, harvesting rye on one acre of land is at least 200 pounds..."

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

"Ahem—one acre of land is one twelve of Yugram..."

"Ah? One Yugram is equal to 12 acres. Wouldn't the Yogram produce more than 2,400 pounds of rye? Is it so high?" Schwartz was shocked. This output is definitely more than a quarter of the output (at the harvest) in Europe...

"Only more or less!"

"Then didn't I send it?"

"Well, I've posted it... Stop thinking about it now, go and train those bastards!"
Chapter completed!