I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

Ella was silent.

Maybe she didn't understand at first that this was the boss working in reverse.

For the sake of the family and the estate.

No matter what, Xu Siling should leave Raya Town with a group of families. As long as he canonized him as a baron, it doesn't matter which territory Feier gives him later.

With the relationship between Xu Siling and Fei'er, it would be no problem if she didn't pay taxes to Fei'er.

With Xu Siling's charisma and ability, it is not difficult to manage and operate a territory.

The problem is that
Fei'er didn't want Xu Siling to leave Raya Town, even though she was running around dealing with affairs now.

Once Alston Town and Dramisburg stabilized, Mayfair's first priority was to return to Raya Town.

For Mayfair, the town named after her family is her roots.

And to a certain extent, Xu Siling is Fei'er's life.

Without Xu Siling, Mayfair would have been buried in the soil and disappeared into the dust of French history.

Of course Fei'er could accept Xu Siling leaving, but if she had a choice, of course she would want Xu Siling to stay.

Xu Siling naturally chose the former.

The relationship between the two has long gone beyond the limitations of a qualitative relationship.

To say they are husband and wife, they are not at all; to say they are lovers, there is not much ambiguity between them; to say they are superiors and subordinates, not to mention them.

Fei'er never regarded Xu Siling as a subordinate, and Xu Siling did not regard Fei'er as her superior lord.

The relationship between the two is subtle and harmonious. They trust each other and help each other. No matter what happens, they will never complain to each other - except for Fei'er complaining that Xu Siling doesn't say anything.

Perhaps this is a kind of harmonious communication.

As Ella said before, she understands Xu Siling, but sometimes she cannot understand Xu Siling.

Understanding and understanding are two different things.

On the contrary, Mayfair added a lot of unreasonable understanding to the understanding part.

No matter what Xu Siling did, Fei'er supported and understood.

Ella, on the other hand, is supportive and understanding.

This is the most essential difference between the two petite girls.

If Xu Siling had to tell her, what is the most intuitive feeling when spending time with Feier and Ella?
That is, when you are with Mayfair, you can be yourself wholeheartedly, because it is clear that she will accept it.

As for being with Ella, I have some worries, worrying whether Ella will wrong me because of him.

This is something Ella would definitely do, and not just once or twice.

Put yourself in Ella’s shoes.

There is nothing wrong with her considerations and thoughts.

The knights with only a small territory and manor managed to win over so many people and even raised an elite armed force of 150 people.

But Xu Siling did not receive any income from the lord.

There are only usual subsidies and various preferential treatments, such as no need to pay taxes.

This phenomenon is unacceptable in Ella's eyes.

The current situation in the manor is barely sustainable.

But Ella did a financial budget.

The cost of manor construction will only increase, which will be a major expense in the future.

The income of the manor is too single. If it were not supported by the MSG business and the business spread across the country, how would it be able to support the weapons and supplies for 150 people.

The income from lending is stable but not high, and taxes are good, but this is not a long-term solution.

Once the estate is connected with Raya Town, this is an inevitable problem.

In Ella's future estimated cost calculation, the construction of the manor castle is one item, and the other item is Xu Siling's troop expansion.

It's impossible for Ella to give up on both sides. We can't slow down the construction progress of the manor castle and then use funds to support the expansion of the army, right? This is not realistic.

And even more so the opposite.

Xu Siling expanded his troops for the upcoming national war.

"Small boats are safest left in port, husband. But that's not what ships are built for."

This is also what Ella said.

Xu Siling is a knight, not to mention that with great power comes great responsibility. It is natural for him to take the lead on the battlefield. Everyone knows that fighting is dangerous, but no one would stop men from going to the battlefield in the Middle Ages.

Aila will not slow down any progress in the expansion of the army. Apart from support, the rest is vigorous.

Ella's idea was that she wished she could recruit her husband Xu Siling to a few thousand troops, so that Xu Siling would not have to go to the battlefield in person in order to command.

But the idea is beautiful.

In the entire kingdom, among the kingdom's earls, only Mayfair can currently maintain a standing army of several thousand people.

Mayfair now has four territories directly under the jurisdiction of the state. With Mayfair's influence and various preferential treatment support, not to mention the fact that the economic environments of the four territories are different, they can completely complement each other and help each other.

Mayfair does not have to pay taxes to the king, which is one of the reasons why she changed the tax policy so wantonly.

Many earls of the kingdom led troops to fight with one or two thousand people. Most of these two thousand people were soldiers from other nobles in their own earldom.

Mayfair, on the other hand, can recruit one or two thousand people by himself. This is only for now, before the economic buffers of Alston Town and Dramisburg have recovered.

It is not difficult for Mayfair, who owns four lands, to recruit an army of 3,000 people. This does not include other nobles from the Earl of Raya.

Once Mayfair calls on the nobles in the earldom to fight, he can pull out an army of five thousand people.

Not to mention, this does not include the temporary ordinary soldiers that can be recruited.

If one day the enemy comes to attack Raya Town.

It would be difficult for less than five thousand people to surround Raya Town.

The morale and status of the temporarily recruited soldiers depended on the people's trust in the lord and their belief in protecting the territory.

It just so happens that Mayfair is at her limit.

On the day when we were really besieged, not to mention the guards and the standing army, the ordinary soldiers who were temporarily recruited did not need to have their morale boosted, and they were all very tough.

But in the final analysis, this is just Mayfair's personal development.

The better Mayfair develops, which indirectly compresses Xu Siling's economic growth space.

According to Ella, Tamubao should have been taken down before and the family should have moved to Tamubao. This was the most reasonable thing.

However, if this road fails, then Ella will have to consider subsequent financial sources.

"No matter who works for whom, this matter needs to be considered in advance. If the husband feels that this request is too much, he can take a step back."

"Take a step back?"

"We don't need the territory and its income, but in the future, all the expenses of the troops in the manor will be borne by Miss Raya." Ella said seriously, "In this way, my husband can recruit as many troops as he wants. Anyway, the funds are not our expenses. . Putting aside the issue of military expenses, our current income sources alone are enough for us to live and do anything.”

Xu Siling smiled gently: "Use Fei'er's money to support your own troops, Ella, you are really a genius."

"My husband and Miss Raya are geniuses. One wants to give it to the castle, but the other doesn't want it." Xu Siling nodded: "I can talk to Fei'er, and I believe she will give us an answer that suits us."

"I know that she won't let you suffer. It's because your husband is kind-hearted and would rather suffer for Miss Raya."

Xu Siling didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why do the more I listen to you talk, the more jealous I feel."

Ella didn't reply, but rubbed Xu Siling's face with her little hands, as if massaging it.

"Husband, how many people are we planning to expand the army to?"

"five hundred."

Ella was silent, her gray eyes narrowed slightly. How could Xu Siling not notice such a small movement, when the two of them were cheek to cheek.

"It's very difficult."

"It's not difficult. The difficulty lies in the people recruited." Ella tried, "Or is it the family?"

"That's right, I haven't changed my original intention." Xu Siling thought of something, "Of course, if there are particularly 'excellent' people from outside the family, they can also be recruited, but I feel that there are not many people who meet the conditions."

Ella rarely sighed, but she did.

"Husband, you are very successful. You can pull family members into an army and achieve such a dazzling record. No one will disapprove of you. But there is a situation you need to understand now. The executioner family that is close to the earldom is not bad. , everyone who can move here is here.”

Ella continued: "But those that are a little further away, such as the north, or the Kingdom of Navarre in the east, are too far away. Even if you want to come, it will be difficult for your family to move here."

"Unless the husband is prepared to let go of his criteria for selecting families, it will be difficult to recruit more families into the manor in a short period of time."

"More importantly, I can't think of a better way for the time being."

Xu Siling thought carefully and realized that what Ella was thinking was not unfounded.

The rules he had set out at the beginning did not allow him to directly recruit all the capable men in the entire estate into the army.

Doing so will only cause the manor to stop production, which will indirectly cause the manor to be unable to operate and become an empty shell. At that time, it will still be able to rely on fighting and plundering for a living like ordinary soldiers.

This was not what Xu Siling wanted to see. If he really wanted to raise this kind of troops, he would give an order and a large number of such people would be captured. Most of them were men who were willing to be cannon fodder for Xu Siling without any salary.

"But fortunately, my husband fought well in these two battles. This still attracted many executioner families from far away to want to move. But we are still in contact. I don't know if it can happen."

Xu Siling patted Ella's head to show her understanding.

"I'll figure it out."

"Husbands do always have a way."

Xu Siling's eyes signaled: "Help me pack my luggage, I'm going out to sleep tomorrow."

"Didn't you say that the soldiers were on a mission and you wanted to follow them?"

"No, they kill theirs and I kill mine."

Ella narrowed her gray eyes and asked cautiously: "Which noble do you want to kill?"

"If you don't kill the nobles, how can you?" Xu Siling laughed a few times, "I am like a soldier, killing bandits."

Ella tilted her head and didn't understand: "Then why not follow the soldiers and be alone."

"How can we just cut him off as a matter of course?" Xu Siling stopped talking.

Now that Xu Siling wanted to behead someone, he could only find an opportunity in battle to chop off the head with one blow.

He is highly skilled and can still do it against enemies with incomplete weapons and armor.

But when there are more people and the situation becomes chaotic, it becomes a bit difficult to handle it.

Not to mention that with so many soldiers watching behind him, it wouldn't be right for him to seize the prisoners and behead them one by one.

The nobles of the Earl of Raya were intimidated, which resulted in Xu Siling not beheading enough people, and his sword fighting skills were still far from being upgraded to the next level.

Xu Siling felt helpless when she thought of this.

John wrote a letter asking him to protect the Bode family.

He didn't know before, and he would rather never know.

When the outer city of Dramisburg is breached, Robien's head should be cut off directly.

The more I think about it, the angrier I get.

He has more than a thousand unused proficiencies. Robin is not a low-class bastard noble like Angus. It is estimated that his head will fall, and the unused proficiency will be used to upgrade the sword fight to the next level. Simply more than enough!
But I didn't expect it.
Gave Robin life.

The two also exchanged insults over the air for more than a month.

Xu Siling asked Robien to come over by name, or he could come over, but Robien didn't mention a word about it, as if he hadn't heard anything.

His plans cannot be changed.

Upgrading sword fighting to the next level before the national war is a goal that must be achieved.

I originally wanted to complete it during the civil war in the earldom, but if I couldn't complete it, I had to settle for the next best thing.

Kill a robber.

Mosquitoes are meat no matter how small they are.

However, considering that the cooperation of soldiers requires actual combat training, we had to leave the bandits in various territories to soldiers to kill.

But he felt aggrieved, ran farther, visited the Earl of Raya, and killed the bandits outside the four territories.

Half a month.
Is it enough for him to upgrade his sword fighting skills to the next level?
"I am ready to wipe out all the forest bandits in the territory of Earl Raya! These bandits are too much, especially they know that the fleeing foreigners like to rush to Mayfair's territory, and they gather on the main roads everywhere to rob and kill. I can't accept it. "Xu Siling held Ella's shoulder, "After all, I am also a perfect knight of the kingdom. It is necessary to contribute to the territory protection of Earl Raya."

Seeing Ella's disbelieving expression, Xu Siling quickly added: "This is all for justice!"

Ella was in a trance.

I don’t know if it’s her imagination.

Similar words, as familiar as deja vu
Ella stood up to help pack things. Although she didn't understand, she would understand and would not hinder Xu Siling's plan.

"Also, Ella. Remember to ask the blacksmiths to make more armor pieces."

"The enrollment expansion should not be so urgent yet."

"It has nothing to do with the expansion of recruitment. When we fight in the future, the horses will also need to wear armor. This is the most suitable protection."

Ella understands, but thinks that horses may need more nails than people, which makes her a little headache. Fortunately, as long as you have money, this is not a problem.

Xu Siling watched Ella busy. He thought of something and opened Ella's personal window.
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Name: Ella Frofen
Age: 14
Status: Executioner Noble
Favorability: 100 (wife)
talent:

[Gluttony] Likes to eat and drink without any restraint, speeding up metabolism. If you feel hungry, the effects of various skills will be reduced by 80%.

[Great Wisdom and Foolishness] The intelligence is far beyond that of ordinary people, and the control of expressions is increased.

【Chastity】Keep yourself clean, do not remarry, and will not waver in your commitment.

[Nobles] have the identity and status of nobility, and strengthen their control over the civilian class in their own territory.

[Exquisite craftsmanship] The craftsmanship is exquisite and superior to nature, and the craftsmanship is superb. The value of any craftsmanship will be increased by 30%.

Special Skills:
[Grand Master Level] Production (10149)↑
【Master Level】Medical Skills (6123)↑
【Elite Level】Planting (4121)↑
【Elite】Riding (3264)↑
[Elite Level] Economy (3004)↑——
Xu Siling was stunned.

Ella thought of something and said while busy: "Husband, Farina said she wants to sleep with you tonight."

Xu Siling turned from stunned to stunned. (End of chapter)