Chapter 116 Winning the Heart of the Army
Although Captain William was very coveted for the Steam Knight Armor, even though Purficott had emphasized that the system should not be touched, he still wanted to try it on.
After all, for a great knight, although this set of steam knight armor is heavy, it is not unaffordable.
However, Purficott still did not do what he wanted. Instead, he asked Andrew to put all the other parts into the warehouse, and then directly used alchemy to integrate the door and wall of the entire warehouse. Completely sealed.
Before confirming the loyalty of the Knights, Purficott was not so stupid as to just give out such powerful equipment.
Not only that, she also had the same attitude towards the guards brought by Colonel Richard.
In the name of inviting them to participate in the ceremony where he was canonized as the Guardian of the North, Perficott brought Colonel Richard and Captain William back to Eagle Beak Cliff.
As for the knights and guards, they were divided into two groups by Purficott. Among them, the knights were stationed at Eagle Beak Cliff, while the guards stayed in the fjord, and they were handed over to The old steward Foster conducted training and reorganized with the previous company.
The Brandless family can be said to have a family background. Although Purficott did not point out any military talent, he still read some notes left by the old Baron Brandless. of.
Although this did not teach Perfectcott how to lead troops in war, it also taught her that no matter how much an army is assigned to your command, they will fight tooth and nail for you and be loyal to you.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, you can have no military ability, or you can wait to die and gain military merit through qualifications, but there is one thing you must learn, and that is to win over the morale of the army and control the army.
The subordinates and You are at odds with each other and cannot be commanded at all. There is no point in fighting an army no matter how hard it can fight.
If your subordinates support you, are loyal to you, risk their lives, and are willing to die for you, then even if they are just a bunch of trash, they are still your soldiers and your greatest asset as an army commander.
So for these two troops that should theoretically belong to him, Purficott did not take it for granted that they would be loyal to him and that he could trust them 100%.
But let Foster go through it first and establish the basic loyalty of these soldiers to him before talking about anything else.
Purficott had enough trust in Foster. After all, the old butler had served the Brandless family for three generations, and his loyalty had already been proven.
And she is currently the only candidate that Perficott has chosen to lead the army. After all, he is also the knight squire of the old Baron Brandlis. He has fought many battles with the old baron, even if he cannot command a team. How does an army fight, but he still has no problem controlling the morale of the army and managing the basic internal affairs of an army.
After the old housekeeper took control of the guards of this regiment, Perfectcott was able to take control of the 17th Guards Division through the officers of this regiment.
Although in Foster's introduction, the 17th Guards Division is actually the sphere of influence of the Brandless family in the military, and the old baron was the first division commander of the 17th Guards Division. , the title of Guards Division was also given by the old baron, but Purficott still planned to be on the safe side.
Just like Colonel Richard, although he was indeed her grandfather's distant aunt and nephew, he still changed his surname to join the Brandless family, Purficott's trust in him was still limited.
After all, if you are poor in the downtown area and no one cares about you, if you are rich in the mountains, you have distant relatives. Whether it is his grandfather's distant nephew Colonel Richard or Perficott's distant cousin Major William, they are in the decline of the Brandless family. Always stay away from me. Even if they were able to rise to their current position in the army, it was all because of the legacy of the old Baron Brandless. During the three years when Purficott's parents died and she, an orphan, supported the Brandless family alone, they None of them reached out for help.
So Purficott’s trust in these people is very limited, even if they are nominal relatives, to a certain extent, as long as Purficott does not lose power, they will Still worthy of trust.
But Purficott felt that it was necessary to observe for a period of time before he could determine whether Colonel Richard was worth entrusting him with the important task.
Only the 17th Guards Division and the Guards can be left to the old housekeeper or even Colonel Richard, but the knights who are coming, can only be handled by Perfectcott himself. .
In theory, the loyalty of the knights is actually easy to solve. After all, according to the knight's creed, once they swear allegiance, they cannot break their oath.
So in theory, Purficott only needs to ask the knights to swear allegiance to her, and these knights will be loyal to her.
For knights, oaths do carry a lot of weight. Under normal circumstances, few knights will break the oaths they have made.
But for Purficott, what she experienced before time travel was a society that treated oaths as toothache curses. Although there were still people who made promises with huge sums of money, more people regarded themselves as If you pass, it will be treated as fart, and swearing is easier than eating and drinking.
So Perficott believed in something more practical, rather than an oath based solely on personal moral integrity.
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Perfect also met with Oliver before returning to Eagle Beak Cliff.
"Your Majesty, congratulations on being named Guardian of the North!" Oliver first expressed congratulations to Perfectcott, and then said to her: "You commissioned me to make one hundred and fifty sets of steam cores. It’s all done. Do you need to check it again?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t check the things. You go back to Foster and send everything to the warehouse I sealed up. , I think you know how to open the door?" Purficott looked at Oliver, obviously very satisfied with the fat man.
When entrusting Andrew to produce the parts of the Steam Knight Armor, Purficott also secretly asked Oliver to produce the matching steam core as a power source.
And she told no one about this. Apart from Oliver and herself, only the loyal old housekeeper knew.
"Please rest assured, I will take care of these things." Oliver agreed happily, but after finishing speaking, there was some hesitation and hesitation on his face, but then he gritted his teeth and asked Purphy Kurt asked: "Your Majesty, Baroness, you are now the Earl of the Northern Territory. I would like to ask what price I have to pay if I want to obtain the title of Northern Territory Knight?"
Hearing Oliver's words Purficott was not surprised by the question, but she took a serious look at Oliver before saying to him: "You want to become a pioneer knight? Although with the cooperative relationship between you and me, it is not enough to directly give you the title of pioneer knight. It’s not a problem, but..."
(End of this chapter)