To be honest, Wicklow County is really a good place with a mild and humid climate. Even if there is a risk of rain during the autumn harvest of agriculture, it is absolutely suitable to be used to herd sheep. Because Ireland is warm in winter and cool in summer, the temperature is rarely below zero in winter, and there is no situation where animals are frozen to death in winter.
Moreover, Marin has now discovered the milk tycoon in Mianyang, a grown sheep in East Foli. As long as this milk-producing sheep is promoted locally, the locals will not be short of food.
Not only that, the local excellent livestock conditions can also raise cattle and horses on a large scale, providing Beihai countries with plowing cattle and war horses. Adler may not be interested in raising cattle, but raising horses is definitely Adler's hobby.
Although he was a viscount, Adler insisted on cleaning his horses and cultivating feelings with war horses every day. Now, there are more than a dozen top-notch good horses in Adler's stable. It seems that raising excellent war horses has become Adler's hobby.
So, when Marin found Adler to talk, Adler was very interested...
"What? Give me Wicklow County? No, no..." Adler waved his hand quickly. In his opinion, being able to make a viscount and having so many fiefs would be considered a big advantage. After all, he also knew that the territory of the Hoffman family was defeated by Marin. Without Marin, he would at most become a formal knight in the country of Markbour. How could he be as rich as he is now?
Marin smiled and explained:
"Adler, I want to give you Wicklow County for a reason..."
Then he said the story of the old Hoffmann's son named "Nafurg" before, and then explained:
"I'm not worried that you have other ideas, but I'm worried that others have ideas. If they encourage your son to regain the position of Earl of East Friesland since childhood, Muty may rebel against Caesar in the future. So, I'll give you Wicklow County to block everyone's mouth and avoid conflicts between Caesar and Muty in the future. Do you understand?"
"I won't let Muty have any ideas that shouldn't have. Don't worry, if he dares to think randomly, I won't have to do anything, I will beat him to death!" Adler patted his chest and promised. Anyway, he wouldn't ask County Wicklow no matter what he said.
Marin was very satisfied with Adler's attitude. Moreover, he saw sincerity from the other party's eyes. However, this matter still needs to be resolved. So Marin said sincerely:
"Adler, I have never been worried about you. But I am worried that my enemies will make a fuss about this!"
"What does it mean?" Adler was a little confused.
So Marin told him that he was worried that foreign hostile forces would instigate Muti and Caesar to compete for inheritance as France did when they dealt with Britain. Then, he spread the grudges between Britain and France for hundreds of years to Adler, who was a poor student...
"So complicated?" Adler, whose muscles were growing into his brain, had a headache when he heard it. He never expected that there would be so many troubles between the monarchs.
Marin nodded and said:
"So, I gave you Wicklow County to prevent foreign hostile forces from causing trouble. If you don't accept it, they will have an excuse to destroy it! Moreover, in the future, your son Muty inherited Wicklow County and became the local master. Isn't that good?"
Adler waved his hands repeatedly:
"I don't care what do you do not dominate. Moreover, I was quite scared when I heard you say that just now. The matter of the monarch is too complicated. I can't handle it and I don't have that much care... I like to fight. By the way, Marin, I have a son now. Can you bring me with you next time you fight? I will charge with the cavalry!" Adler said with his eyes shining.
Marin smiled, took out the map and pointed it to Adler, and said:
"I tell you that County Wicklow is a good place to grazing, which is mild in the climate all year round and is very suitable for raising horses. You can build huge horse farms there and cultivate war horses. And, after becoming the owner of County Wicklow, you have the right to build your own cavalry!"
"What? Build a cavalry unit yourself? You don't need your consent?" Adler immediately stood up in surprise.
Under Marin, everything is good, he has no worries about food and clothing, and has a noble status. But one thing is that he does not give military power. Because only the power to station Oldenburg, Adler could only garrison Oldenburg City with a group of second-line militias.
However, Adler's real ideal is to become the commander of the cavalry!
Adler was envious of the lancers of Marin's First Legion for a long time and asked many times to become the commander of this cavalry team, but Marin refused. At that time, the reason for Marin's rejection was that you didn't have a son, so you can't die... After all, cavalry is a very high number of casualties. If you are not careful, you will either die or be injured like a car accident scene...
If an infantry is stabbed, as long as it is not fatal, it can recover under treatment. Even if a cavalry wins a battle, they may fall off their horses and become disabled. They may even be trampled to death by friendly horses.
However, the cavalry commander and has a high status. Adler was never afraid of casualties. His ideal was to become the leader of a cavalry army and command thousands of cavalry to charge. As for tens of thousands of cavalry, he dared not think about it. After all, poverty restricted his imagination... Moreover, even Marin did not have tens of thousands of cavalry now...
The population of Wicklow County is not large, but it is also quite large. It is estimated that it has a population of more than 20,000, and is basically native to Ireland. This place originally belonged to the McMurrow dynasty, the local Irish force, but it was long ago achieved by Edward with the help of Marin. Using this as a springboard, he went north to capture Dublin. Later, in return, Wicklow County was rewarded by Edward to Marin.
However, Marin has been busy with European wars and England wars, and there is no room for management of Wicklow County. Therefore, in Wicklow County, Marin actually only dispatched a thousand-man infantry in Wicklow City. However, these infantry can only control Wicklow City and the surrounding areas of the city, and no matter how far away it is, it cannot be controlled at all.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! When Edward was stationed in Dublin, he could manage these areas. After all, he had tens of thousands of troops, including many cavalry. After Edward fought back to England, the management here was abandoned. The thousand infantry in Wicklow were not cavalry and could not manage them far away.
Marin actually had the intention to send cavalry to take over the entire area, but now he happened to encounter Adler. So Marin simply decided to let Adler manage the affairs of Wicklow County.
"Adler, I plan to appoint you as Earl of Wicklow, the Grand Duchy of the North Sea, permanently take charge of the military and political power of Wicklow County, and use force to restore the Hoffman family's rule over Wicklow County. Of course, when I need it, Earl of Wicklow needs to send troops to help the war, how about?"
Adler scratched his head and said:
"It's okay to let me master the military of Wicklow County, and it's even more okay to use force to restore the family's rule over Wicklow County! But I'm really not good at governing a country..."
This is not because Adler is modest and refuses, but because he is not in administration. In Oldenburg, Heidel is usually responsible for the government affairs of Oldenburg. Adler stays in the barracks with the militia brought from East Friesland. Even Liv lives in the villa next to the barracks.
Seeing that Adler had no ambitions, Marin said with peace of mind:
"Okay, I can choose a palace prince for you to help you with government affairs. However, you will bear the salary and fiefdom yourself. Also, you can recruit 50 knights yourself as your vassals. Then, you will take them and gather more cavalry to conquer the entire county of Wicklow..."
"Can I recruit 50 knight vassals?" Adler grew up his mouth. He never dared to think about this before. Although Marin promoted him to a viscount, he was a viscount under Marin and had no qualifications to recruit vassals. Because in the Grand Duchy of the North Sea, Marin was only Marin had the qualifications to enthrone vassals. Having vassals is also an important symbol of the independence and autonomy of the princes.
Adler doesn't care about autonomy or something, but it's so cool to think about it that he can have 50 knights as vassals...
Adler was very happy to be able to lead troops to fight. Although his opponent was only some native Ireland forces, it was better than staying in Oldenburg. Moreover, Marin allowed him to have 50 vassals, which made him even more excited. Adler himself was a knight and had a strong sense of identity with the knights. Thinking of having 50 knights as his younger brothers, he didn't feel too happy...
Looking at Adler with an excited expression, Marin reminded:
"Don't give too many knight fiefs. According to English standards, it's enough for each knight to grant 600 acres of territory. Moreover, don't give all the good land. It's normal to get some mountainous land in. Otherwise, you'll have no place."
The reason why many old vassal states were poor is that there were too many nobles who had been divided into all dynasties. After the land was divided, how much left was left? They naturally became poor by relying on land to make a living. The same was true for the Ming Dynasty. Every emperor gave birth to so many princes, and the prince's sons had to be divided into princes, and there were generals who were under the control of the country... Then, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the royal family and nobles became a heavy burden for the court...
The fiefdoms of 50 knights each have 600 acres, which is a total of 30,000 acres, which is equivalent to 121.4 square kilometers, which is not much. If the French divide the ban, each family will have 1,500 acres, which will be 2.5 times, which is 303.5 square kilometers. However, Wicklow County is only 2,000 square kilometers, and nearly half of the place is mountainous. If you divide so many lands, you won’t have much left.
"Where is the baron? Generally, there are barons in Borussia countries..." Adler asked.
"According to the early standards of Charlemagne, the Baron gave up to 3,000 acres of fiefdoms (doubled or even more in the later period) and mixed them into the mountains! Moreover, the number cannot be large, so it is best to control it to two or three. Moreover, it must be a reward for accumulation of military achievements. In addition, a palace baron without fiefs will be left and given to the palace prime minister."
The palace title is actually a title, and there is no actual fief (those who are favored may also be given land). This title is generally prepared for important civil servants and favorite officials. After all, in this era of strict hierarchy, there is no sound without a title. If the palace prime minister doesn’t give a baron, the people below will probably not be able to control it... Therefore, the palace title is a monarch who wants to elevate the status of important officials, but does not want to give a noble virtual title to the fief. But it is still effective in Europe with strict hierarchy. In later Europe, this virtual title without a fief has become the mainstream, specifically used to reward those who have made meritorious civilians or low-level nobles. It can not only fool people but also save money. After all, the army in later generations was too large, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and the number of middle and high-level officers was astonishing. If they were given fiefs, they could not afford to sell the king...
Adler rubbed his dizzy head and said listlessly:
"It's so complicated. Please help me arrange these things. I just want to take the Knights to charge!"
"No problem, I'll cover it!"
Chapter completed!