Chapter 83 Separation of Powers
Among the more than two hundred people, close to 150 were willing to stay, but more than 50 of them were driven away by Garis.
Those more than fifty people either live in poverty at home or are the only children in the family.
In short, it is considered unsuitable to leave parents and travel far away.
After all, Garris told them directly and frankly that staying in Skar Village was not an easy job. Nowadays, the infrastructure in Skar Village is almost complete.
If you want to stay, you basically have one option - join the army.
Joining the army is not like being drafted by Leonard in the past to serve for dozens of days.
Instead, as a true professional soldier, he will complete the transformation from a civilian to a soldier.
Just like the Roman legionnaires a thousand years ago, they will be inseparable from the army in the next ten years.
In the era of 1186, even if Garris tried his best, he could not create a short-term conscript system.
For this reason, Garris felt that it would be better to reverse course and go directly back to the Roman Empire era, and the entire professional army would be defeated.
Establishing a professional standing army system for soldiers who have served for more than ten years will effectively improve their crisis response capabilities.
In this way, the three sets of military systems envisioned by Garris are actually almost completed.
First of all, there are the holy warriors who directly belong to the religious order. These warriors of the religious order are responsible for protecting the road with swords, and they are the elite among the elite. They vowed to defend the defenseless with their swords and to bring the Lord’s new heaven and new earth to earth.
Then there are the professional corps affiliated with the royal power. These people around Garris will become the seeds of a standing corps of the kingdom. They will serve throughout the year and assume various military duties.
[5. In the name of the citizens of Jerusalem, it is agreed that the villages and towns will each pay the "royal tithe" in exchange for the protection of each village and town by the kingdom's army. 】Basically, the purpose of the "royal tithe" is to maintain such a group of professional troops.
Then there are the self-organized militias under the constituency council system. These militiamen receive regular military training every year and are responsible for defense tasks and public security maintenance in the region.
At the same time, these militiamen can, on the one hand, assemble at critical moments to uphold the justice of the law, and on the other hand, they can also provide high-quality recruits for the first two armed forces.
Order warriors, kingdom professional army, constituency council militia.
These three, in Garris's plan, form a solid triangle. They have different responsibilities, will cooperate with each other, will complement each other, and will restrain each other.
In a sense, it is also an alternative separation of powers.
That is, the three powers: divine power, royal power, and civil power.
Garris didn't know if what he was doing was right, but he felt that it was at least better than dying on the road of feudal monarchy and autocracy.
Of course, the most important point is that bandits are everywhere these days. If local village councils are not given the power to train militiamen and assemble militiamen, what will they do when the bandits come?
Waiting to die?
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With the opening of the canal, the village of Skar has completely become a seed. Not only is it the place that breeds the religious order, it also breeds a whole set of production systems that transcend this era.
From carpenters, to bricklayers, to blacksmiths...the Order grew from scratch and established a framework for a handicraft production center.
This seed has sprouted, and its root system has connected to surrounding villages, closely linking the scattered countryside.
She gets nourishment from the surrounding villages, but in the future, a dense canopy of trees will grow to protect everyone from wind and rain.
A stable production center will be the material cornerstone for a series of subsequent actions.
After the knights like Garris and John set up the frame, they needed to fill it with people. After all, we can't really expect John and the other knights to spend every day forging iron and repairing the house.
Therefore, in the month of September, news of recruiting a large number of apprentices in various workshops in Skar Village spread nearby.
But before those apprentices came to the door, they did not represent the village of Skar, and no one was blacksmithing.
Marwan put down the hammer in his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead, although now there is a hydraulic forging hammer to assist.
But machinery is not flexible enough after all, and more refined forging mainly relies on manpower.
Marwan was the boy who ran all the way from Alhadi Town to Ahmed's mansion in the early hours of the night.
He was bitten by a poisonous snake and was saved by Gareth. However, his father died under Eric's butcher knife not long after.
Because he lost his father, and later hoped to repay Garris's kindness, he moved his mother directly to Skaar Village and helped the knights here to forge iron.
Because his family has been a blacksmith for generations, Marwan picked up the skills very quickly.
"Master! I have already asked for leave, so today's work can be considered completed." While speaking, Marwan put the prepared sword embryo into the sink for quenching. At this point, he was almost finished with today's work. Work.
With the iron ingots previously purchased from Zaid's caravan, the blacksmiths here have really started to open up.
Kitchen knives, long swords, iron pots... these all require them to hit the hammer again and again.
"Marwan, how many days will it take you to go back this time?" Knight Walter asked casually.
Now, his blacksmithing career is actually almost over. With a good young man like Marwan, Walter can rest assured that he will leave the blacksmith workshop to him.
Rather than just forging iron in the blacksmith shop, following the stabbed dead and killing everyone on the battlefield was his pursuit as Knight Walter.
"It will only last for two or three days. I will go back and take care of the shop at home. After all, if I don't sell it, it will be taken over by my neighbors."
Marwan had a clear understanding of his neighbor's moral character, and perhaps he would not dare to rob it openly. But since it had not been guarded for a long time, it must have been used inexplicably in the end.
How can this housebreaking be considered stealing? It's nothing more than helping people look after the house when the owner is away.
Since he could predict that something like that would happen, Marwan thought it would be better to just sell the house and build a house in Skar Village later.
"Do you still have some relatives and friends in the town?" Knight Walter also put down his work. Now that the sun is about to set in the sky, the day's hard work is finally over.
"Yes, there are still many acquaintances."
"Are you going to go back empty-handed? No gifts? If you are short of money, I can lend you some first."
Knight Walter is very optimistic about this young Arab man, and he doesn't mind giving some small favors for his own great cause of escape.
After hearing what Walter said, Marwan was a little confused. Skaar Village also produced some unique products these days.
In his opinion, the best thing is actually the wine brewed here.
But he is a Muslim!
The third update, I will write another chapter tonight and save it for publication tomorrow.
(End of chapter)