dognovel Chapter 244: Win people’s hearts
Chapter 244: Win people’s hearts
Looking at the team member who was ready to strike at any time, the captain of the supervision team spread his hands in front of John and Conseil and said to the team member:
"Karrion, don't yell like that."
While reprimanding him, the captain winked at him, letting Karion know that there were more than just the two of them here.
Following the captain's gaze, Carleon also saw Conseil standing next to him. He was about to step forward to salute, but the stench on his body stopped him, so he took a few steps back and only began to salute after he felt that the other party would not smell the odor on his body.
"Okay, get up."
Although General Conseil had smelled the stench, he did not say much. In his opinion, if the soldiers on the battlefield could not stand even this little smell, they might as well go home as soon as possible.
Just as Carleon looked up, he noticed John next to Conseil. Originally, Carleon thought it was the governor next to Conseil, but when he saw John's face clearly, he asked in a slightly surprised tone:
"Excuse me, are you Governor John?"
John could not help but turn his attention to Karion's slightly immature face when asked this question. From the beard beside his lips, John deduced that he was probably less than 20 years old and was probably sent here by his family to be gilded.
"Why, do you know me?" John asked back.
"Of course, sir. I am from the Zaven family. My father and your father, the Hohenzollern Knight, were both vassals of Count Milo. Moreover, the territories of our two families are adjacent. Do you remember?"
"The Zavin family."
When John heard the name, he recalled some childhood memories. As the second heir to the family, John and his elder brother learned aristocratic etiquette from their father when they were young. At that time, their father drew a map for them to introduce the families around the territory. The territory of the Zaven family was roughly to the east of the Hohenzollern family. After introducing each family, their father kept reminding the two to build good relations with other families and achieve the maximum benefits of the territory through complementary advantages.
However, what John remembers most is the fruit produced by the Zaven family, a kind of fruit similar to mulberry, which tastes sweet and sour. After his six-year-old brother finished eating, he wanted to go to the territory of the opposite family with John to secretly pick some, but John decisively refused and gave up.
When John returned to reality from his memories, his eyes became warmer when he looked at Karion. Compared to those incompetent and stupid noble children in Windham, John preferred to deal with the children of local minor nobles. First, they had the same background as him and had a common language; second, they all knew how to work hard for their own or their family's livelihood. John could absorb such people into his territory to make up for the lack of talent in his own territory.
"In that case, then there's no need to be so reserved. To be honest, I was also a member of the supervision team led by General Conseil. If I had continued to work at that time, you might have been my subordinate."
After livening up the atmosphere, John continued to ask:
"How is life in the Overwatch Team now?"
After John showed his friendly side to him, Karion calmed down and complained to John:
"Life in the current warband is too difficult. It's not the same as what my father said. Every day I have to serve a bunch of idiots just because their father is a baron and viscount, and I'm just the second son of a knight family."
After hearing this, John not only had a certain understanding of the new batch of Midland nobles, but he also couldn't help but sigh that each generation is worse than the previous one. It has only been a few years since the war, but the education of the nobles has declined to this level. Those with hands and feet can't even take care of themselves. If they were on the battlefield, they would either be served by the enemy's swords or become prisoners of war and be beaten by the enemy's whips.
Thinking of this, John suddenly remembered his previous plan to establish a mercenary company in the Hall of the King of Laws. Compared with the practical focus of Blackwatch, the Hall of the King of Laws, which is far away from Midland and Yoda, has not launched a war against other countries in recent decades, so basically Blackwatch cannot play its advantages in the Hall of the King of Laws.
After taking into account that the people with spending power in the King's Hall are wealthy businessmen rather than lords, John believes that the mercenary company established in the King's Hall should be responsible for the escort missions on important occasions, and the personnel must wear gorgeous armor and be familiar with all kinds of etiquette, so that it can have a selling point. After all, in the King's Hall where wealthy people gather, gorgeousness can best reflect a person's status.
However, the people under his command had never received aristocratic education. Even the knights focused on military etiquette rather than etiquette in daily life. Therefore, John needed someone of noble birth who understood aristocratic etiquette to provide guidance for his mercenary group.
"General Conseil, I have a bold request that I hope you can agree to." John saluted Conseil and continued:
"I hope you can bear the pain and agree to my recruiting of Karion Zaven. After all, it would be a waste of his talent if he could only do this job every day."
After hearing what John said, Conseil thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the truth. It would be better to let a nobleman go out and gain some experience than to let him sit here doing nothing every day. In addition, John and he were from the same hometown, so Conseil readily agreed to this request:
"Yes, but it depends on his willingness."
Karion, who was standing opposite him, immediately nodded and agreed when he heard about this good news.
"I'd like to serve Governor John."
Seeing that the other party agreed, John ordered the two knights behind him to take him to his own army and make plans after John was done.
"Oh, by the way, where are you going to be the governor this time?" Just after John finished dealing with this matter, Conseil suddenly asked John about his new position.
"It's called the Governor of the Southwest. Do you know anything about this?" John saw that he asked about this matter, so he told him, and by the way, he also wanted to inquire about the situation of this place.
"That's great. I remember it's a nice place. I plan to retire there after I officially retire." Conseil said this, and then he took out a document from his pocket and handed it to John, saying:
"It just so happens that there is a group of soldiers from the southwest who have just retired. You can take them back with you on the way."
John took the document and glanced at it. It was a document notifying the soldier of his official retirement. However, when Conseil mentioned this, a plan emerged in John's mind, a plan that could quickly consolidate his rule in the southwest of Midland.