Chapter 195 Daisy Resigns

"Tilan from the Miracle Port Women's Camp has completed the loyalty test. An appointment document has been issued for her to return to Miracle Port to take over Daisy's position." In the castle study, Linde looked at the report in his hand and looked at Mu Si gave instructions and then asked: "Is there anything else you need to do today?"

Mus asked: "Bishop Zanqi's identity has been recognized by the church, and he is about to leave for the Miracle Church. Do you want to meet him?"

Linde shook his head and said: "Bishop Hu Lun has already brought him to see me before, and the things that need to be explained have been explained. There is no need to see him again."

After Bishop Joses became the executive bishop of his newly formed Church Secret Society, the position of Bishop of the Miracle Church was vacated, and he had to elect a new bishop for the Miracle Church.

However, this time he did not apply to church churches such as Stars Cathedral for a bishop transfer, but directly selected suitable candidates from the monks of Miracle Cathedral.

The person recommended by Bishop Joses was his assistant monk named Zanqi. This assistant monk was a senior monk and his qualifications were enough to be appointed as a bishop. It was just because he had a somewhat rigid personality and was not very likable, so Bishop status was never achieved.

Because Zanqi has been Joses’ assistant monk since he became the bishop of the Miracle Temple, so he is also very familiar with the affairs of the Miracle Temple. During this time, Bishop Joses accepted the Seven Gods Test. During the period of refining, he had been presiding over the affairs of the Miracle Church as acting bishop, so this time it was only natural for him to be straightened up.

"How do the people below react to the military reform?" Linde then asked Bahrain.

Balin replied very briefly: "The mercenary knights agree very much, and the mercenaries and free riders also like it very much, but the noble knights are a little reluctant."

Linde didn't care and said: "It doesn't matter, they will adapt. Those who can't adapt will be eliminated."

During the recent period, Linde has been focusing on the reform of the military system in the territory of Summer Hall.

In addition to further refining the functions of each department of the standing army, these reforms in the military system are more about reforms in the conditions for the appointment of officers.

In the past, capable knights were directly appointed as captains to lead the soldiers of the God's Chosen Legion on the battlefield.

But now all knights must enter the army camp to receive unified training and master command skills before they can become low-level officers such as captains.

Senior officers can only be held by knights who have made great achievements in battle and accepted the loyalty test of the Redemption Temple or the Holy Temple.

This is obviously completely different from the current military system in each territory of the Seven Kingdoms. Most of the armies in other kingdoms are still in mercenary mode. When fighting is needed, some mercenary knights, mercenaries and free riders are hired to form an army and cooperate with Fight with temporarily recruited troops in your own territory.

Once the battle is over, all armies will be disbanded on the spot, leaving only a part of the standing army to maintain security in the territory. Usually the standing army only has a few hundred or even dozens of people, such as Lannisport, White Harbor, and Oldtown. Only a large city would maintain a standing army and garrison of thousands of people.

However, now, Summer Hall not only maintains a standing army of 5,000 people, but also has garrisons in each town. It also employs hired knights and other employees on a long-term basis instead of short-term employment. This is equivalent to completely rewriting the history of the Seven Kingdoms. Military system.

There are also smart people in the Seven Kingdoms who can see the benefits of this kind of military reform and know that it can improve the combat effectiveness of the army. However, they do not think that Linde’s military reform can be maintained for a long time because they They were able to calculate that maintaining such a standing army would require a huge amount of money, and they did not think that Linde would be able to support it.

Only those under Linde who really understand Linde's financial situation know that military expenditures only account for a very small part of Linde's funds. Not to mention anything else, it is just the monthly sales revenue of a special medicine like the Seven Gods Potion. It is enough to meet all the expenses of the army, not to mention the larger sales of weapons. If the income from gold and silver mines is added, the wealth that Lind has accumulated in a short period of time is enough for him to compete with the Lannister family in the West. Comparable.

However, all financial revenue has been hidden by Linde. Only a few people know the amount of total annual revenue, others only know part of it, and local finance officials know even less.

Because of such strong financial support, Linde's drastic changes to the military system in the territory were not hindered too much. Otherwise, his personal reputation alone would not be enough to suppress all opposition.

Half a month later, Daisy, who had stepped down from her duties, came to the castle to meet Lind.

Thanks to Linde's current military system, Daisy's resignation did not have much impact on the combat effectiveness of the female battalion.

But for outsiders who don't understand the situation, Daisy's departure is undoubtedly a very big event in Summer Hall. Some people even think that this will shake the stability of Linde's army.

This is mainly because they misjudged the importance of Daisy Mormont in the army under Lynd's command. According to traditional thinking, they felt that Daisy Mormont followed Lynd all the way to establish such a large foundation, and She holds such an important position in the army and has made such great achievements not long ago, so she believes that Daisy has a pivotal position in Linde's army.

But in fact, in the army under Linde's command, except for Linde himself, everyone else is unimportant and can be replaced at any time.

Although the replacement or resignation of high-level generals like Daisy will indeed cause some turbulence, such turbulence is small-scale, will not cause too much adverse effects, and will end quickly.

After Tilan took over Daisy's position, only half a month later, Daisy ended her auxiliary work and returned to Summer Hall Castle for a final report. It can be seen that this wave of resignation turmoil has been completely completed in such a short period of time. Calmed down.

"This is my complete plan for Bear Island. Take a look." Linde handed the plan he had compiled during this period to Daisy, pointed to the chair beside him, and said, "Look at it slowly, don't rush. ”

Daisy took the scroll, sat on the chair, and looked seriously.

Before joining Linde, Daisy was not literate. In fact, many lords and nobles were not literate. They thought that it was enough to have a bachelor help them read and write documents. They only needed to make decisions, so it didn't matter whether they were literate or not.

However, Linde required that each of his officers must be literate and be able to read military orders and intelligence. Therefore, including Daisy, all officers from top to bottom learned to read, and there were even specially set exams.

Although Daisy passed the exam, she had not learned to read for a long time. It was a bit difficult to read documents with long contents. Many contents only knew the pronunciation but did not know the meaning. She needed to stop and ask Linde, so she started in the morning. I read it until the evening before I fully understood the plan scroll.

"You don't have to give it back to me. This is for you. If you don't understand something when you go back, you can take it out and look at it." Linde motioned to Daisy to take the scroll back, and then asked: "Tell me what you think about this plan." the opinion of."

Daisy thought about it seriously and said: "I don't have any opinions, it's already perfect. Although Bear Island is under the jurisdiction of Winterfell, as long as enough taxes are paid, there will be no problems in Winterfell. The trade with the savage tribes beyond the wall is also good for Bear Island. I can convince the people on Bear Island that the Night Watch needs your letter. However, Bear Island does not have enough ships..."

Lind replied: "You don't have to worry about this. I have prepared twenty ships for you in Lannisport. You can take them with you when you return to Bear Island. After the Stepstone Islands are calmed down, I will bring Asha and Belle Send them back to the Iron Islands and they will cooperate with you."

Daisy nodded, and then said: "There is no big problem in establishing a forward base on Bear Island, but if we can hire people directly from Bear Island or the North instead of transferring people from Summer Hall, Maybe it would be better, so there would be no excuse for Winterfell."

Regarding this proposal, Linde hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "There is no problem with this, but the appointed officers must be transferred back and receive training from the army battalion. Only those who have completed basic officer training can formally serve."

Daisy said that it was no problem. This was exactly what she wanted. After all, she was used to commanding regular officers and soldiers who knew the rules. When she thought about the troops in the north, they were really ugly.

It's like a person who is used to eating delicious food. If a bowl of pig food is suddenly given to him, it is impossible for him to eat it.

After that, the two discussed the location of the trade channel, and finally made slight modifications to the original trade channel route. Without Asha and Baelor returning to the Iron Islands, the trade with the outside world was carried out through the Bay of Bright Flames. , Salt Spear Beach, and Relang River, land at Kalin Bay, and then go through Kalin Bay to White Harbor, let the merchant fleet of Shengxia Hall wait at White Harbor, and the goods will be loaded directly at White Harbor and transported to the other side of the Narrow Sea. To trade.

After Asha and Baelor return to the Iron Islands to take control of the Iron Islands, a route will be divided to transport goods to Lannisport or continue south to Oldtown for trade.

In addition, Daisy also proposed that all her military awards and salaries over the years should be exchanged for food, because the land on Bear Island is barren and cold, and there are few places where food can be grown. It is precisely because of the lack of food that the growth of Bear Island is limited. population.

Linde agreed to Daisy's request and also promised to give an additional batch of food and weapons. In addition, he would be responsible for the related expenses of building a base and connecting trade.

The two of them finished all matters at night. Muss drafted an offensive and defensive covenant that was slightly different from other lords overnight. After signing this covenant, Daisy took the thirty female battalions chartered by Linde. The guards left Summer Hall overnight, went to Lannisport, and took a boat back to Bear Island.

Before Daisy left, Lind tried to ask Daisy if she wanted to become the first female knight in Westeros, and he could canonize her. However, Daisy refused because she believed in the old gods, not the Seven. god.

Also because of the mention of the first female knight on the continent of Westeros, Lind thought of Brienne, so he summoned Brienne, who was leading her men to patrol in Redemption Town, and brought the knight who was sent by a messenger today. A letter from the Evening Hall was handed over to her. This letter should be from Earl Selwyn. From the fact that it was not sent by a raven but by a messenger, it can be seen that this letter should be very important.

After taking the letter, Brienne read it carefully, and the content in the letter made her frown.

Although Brienne is only a teenager now, her figure is already almost as tall as Linde. Because she has corrected some bad habits in her life, her teeth have grown neatly, her nose has not suffered too much damage, and her hair is not crooked. Also because the maid's daily care is not as messy as straw, the overall appearance is much better than what was written in the previous life book. At least you can tell that it is a woman.

However, the biggest change in her was her self-confidence, the kind of natural self-confidence that did not require other people's approval or concern. This was something she did not have before becoming Lind's attendant.

"What does the letter say?" Lynd asked when he saw Brienne put down the letter.

Brienne handed the letter to Lind and said, "My father is ill and hopes that I will go back to preside over the affairs of the Hall of Evening and prepare to take over the territory of the Hall of Evening."

Linde also looked at the letter in his hand and asked, "What do you think?"

Brienne looked at Lynd and said, "I don't know."

Lind easily saw through Brienne's mind and said, "You probably hope to be canonized as a knight by me and then return to the Hall of Dusk, right?"

Brienne nodded slightly as her thoughts were revealed.

"Then tell me, are your achievements enough to accept my canonization?" Linde asked.

Brienne shook her head slightly and lowered her head in frustration.

"Let's do this!" Lind flipped through the documents on the table, found an invitation, handed it to Brienne, and said: "Your Majesty Robert, to celebrate killing Prince Rhaegar, ascending the Iron Throne, and founding Baila On the tenth anniversary of the Theon Dynasty, we are planning to hold a tournament in King's Landing five months later, that is, in March next year. I was invited to participate, but because Nymeria is about to be pregnant and give birth, I will definitely not be able to leave. If you are naked, you will participate in my place. If you can win the championship in any kind of competition, I will personally crown you as a knight and make you the first female knight in Westeros."

Brienne's eyes lit up when she heard Lind's words, and she quickly asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it is true." Linde answered in the affirmative, and then said: "You go back and think about which martial arts competition you want to participate in, and then I will give you special training during these five months."

Brienne replied without thinking: "Lance! As a knight, of course you have to participate in the lance competition and win the championship." Then, she requested: "Can Lord Balin and Lord Rosso train me to ride?" Spear skills? They are the best knights I have ever seen."

"No need." Linde shook his head and said, "You are my attendant, of course I will train you."

"What? Are you training lances?" Brienne looked surprised. Before she could say anything, Nymeria, who had just entered the study and wanted to discuss things with Linde, was already surprised and questioned: "You Do you know how to lance? Don’t teach Brienne too bad.”

Lind looked unhappy at being questioned like this, but he couldn't blame Nymeria for questioning him. After all, none of the combat skills he had shown in the past were related to lances, so he could only curl his lips and said: " I’m too lazy to explain, you can just look at the results.”