That's it, that's it. otbnkotgt But in any case, Businessman John's attitude is much stronger than Father Peter's gloating that "I see you being unlucky to prove that I have foresight."
And more importantly, with Father Peter as a reference, the value of Businessman John was even more evident at that time.
Of course, more importantly, he invested too much money in William.
William has always believed that this is the most important reason.
However, William felt that it was better for him to pretend not to know.
"Don't worry, my friend."
William smiled and said to the businessman John: "In fact, there are many people who hold the same opinions as you.
I don't want to explain to them one by one.
I don't have that much time. .
And in addition, the new army is almost completed.
I feel that I need to clear up this misunderstanding and bring some confidence to my friends and allies.
"Ah, then what do you want to do?"
Businessman John became interested and couldn't help but ask.
"Let's hold a military parade."
William replied with a smile.
Yes, yes yes.
William hoped to hold a military parade.
To demonstrate the strength of our new army.
But after William said this, he looked at businessman John with a confused look on his face.
It seemed that he didn't understand what William was talking about at all.
"Um, Mr.
John."
His strange reaction made William feel a little hairy.
I thought I might have said something wrong and made others laugh.
Of course, in a sense, that is exactly what it is.
This era is not like the era in William's world.
Every country has a good way to show its military strength, deter enemies, and boost the morale of its own people through military parades.
A military parade or ship review can be held on the occasion of an anniversary celebration, or Lafayette's birthday or something like that.
Put out a phalanx of robots that can kick forward, or a super-dreadnought-class battleship to scare people.
This is nothing new.
But in William's current world and era.
This is a very strange, unusual and rare thing.
There is no military parade or ship review in this world.
If I have to give a similar example, then the only thing is the triumphal ceremony.
This ritual has been handed down from the ancient times of classical warfare.
After the army wins the war and returns triumphantly, it will walk through a "gate" and be disarmed after walking through the "gate", which is regarded as the end of the war.
This "door" was usually made of vines in the classical war era.
In modern times, in order to show off their martial arts, kings and nobles who were eager for success built marble "doors" with reliefs, various decorations for citizens and huge domes.
This was the case in the history of William's original world.
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is world-famous.
It symbolizes the martial arts of France, the strongest country in Europe in the modern era of queuing to kill.
In addition, the Brandenburg Gate in Prussia is also represented.
During the triumphal ceremony, soldiers would indeed line up in square formations and parade to show off their force.
But this was only one of the purposes of the triumph.
As for the other purpose, it was to show the people the trophies and prisoners of war they obtained in the triumphal ceremony.
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Earthen jars were filled with gold and silver coins.
Enemy nobles and even royalty dressed in gorgeous silks.
Giant elephants draped in fringed Persian rugs, camels, and war horses.
Only after these tangible things are shown to the citizens will they continue to support the kings' grand achievements, wars, and heavy war taxes.
Yes, that's it.
Of course, there is still a gap between William's era and the "modern times" where triumphal ceremonies were held.
At least Merchant John did not know which king or noble had ever held a triumphal ceremony specifically.
And like William, who had to hold a "ceremony" before the war started.
It was so shameless that businessman John had never heard of it.
After seeing businessman John's "surprise" and vague expression of "contempt".
William soon understood what he had in mind.
In this regard, he didn't want to make any other expression other than "hehe".
It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.
Or it’s better to say that the other person thinks so.
Because this can ensure that the intelligence of his army will not be quickly lost to his enemies.
That is what Sandomici and Count Vitra obtained.
After hearing that William was such a great person who would choose to hold a "triumph ceremony" without winning a victory.
These two earls would naturally think that William was unreliable.
Indirectly reduce the judgment of William's threat level.
"Maybe they will send all their troops to the north to defend father.
If that's the case, things will be a little funny."
William thought in his heart, and then said to the businessman John: "You don't need to pay too much attention to this, my friend.
Anyway, the military parade will be held in one day.
You can go and see it then."
"Really?"
Businessman John still looked like he was lost and lost.
"How could this happen?"
I have even begun to think about whether I should make some other efforts to recover the losses caused by this investment failure.
For example, kidnap William and hold him for ransom or something.
That's it, to stabilize people's hearts and boost morale.
William decided to hold a military parade a day later.
Soon, the carpenters in the territory used empty barrels and planks to build a temporary wooden platform as quickly as possible on the open space opened as a school ground on the side of the Circassian Castle.
There are a total of two thousand New Army soldiers.
They also received orders to hold military parades.
Of course, the New Army soldiers who had never heard of the term "military parade" were all confused.
Don't know what exactly they are going to do.
The officers who issued the order could not explain what the order was about.
Everyone waited for a day with half expectation and half fear.
Next, is the next day.
On the high wooden platform, the priest Peter, the merchant John, the attendant Little John, William and Charlotte sat side by side.
Everyone's expression is different.
In addition to these people, there are also a dozen chairs placed in the lower row below.
Sitting here were businessmen and squires from several small towns and small estates in the Circassian Earldom.
Father Peter still looks like a magician.
He was stern, but he was very contemptuous in his heart.
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At the same time, he was vaguely evil-minded and expected William to make a fool of himself.
In contrast, businessman John and Shalumi were slightly uneasy.
The latter was a bit better, but Businessman John felt like a death row prisoner shot nearby.
Very bad, very bad.
However, he still thought happily, "Forget it.
After this failure, Mr.
Knight will probably calm down a little.
I will persuade him then, and at worst, I will spend a sum of money to help him contact mercenaries."
By the way, my head is a bit big, isn’t it?”
Although the moods vary.
But they all mean the same thing.
None of them thought William would succeed.
They didn't think William could train any decent troops in three months.
Everyone thought that this whimsical military parade would fail.
Even his squire Little John was like this.
It's just that as a classic representative of a big man with small wisdom, Little John didn't think so much.
Among this group of people, only William, who was sitting in the center of the high platform with Shalumi, looked very confident.
He looked around, taking in the expressions of the people around him.
At the same time, he sneered slightly, turned his head and looked at Little John: "Where is the time?"
"There are still three minutes, Master."
Little John, who had been looking at his pocket watch, replied.
"Go and get ready."
William continued.
"Yes, Master."
Little John nodded, put away his pocket watch, then stood up and walked quickly down the platform, trotting all the way to the other side of the school field, where the New Army troops were blocked by a hill. past.
"In three minutes, it will be nine o'clock sharp.
That is when the military parade begins.
Everyone, do you have anything else you want to say now?"
William turned his head and looked at the other three people.
Of course, they didn't say anything.
"Then, that's it."
That is, after William's words fell, not far away, little John's sonorous voice came from behind the hill: "Let's move forward together."
As Little John's voice fell.
Neatly, uniformly, uniformly, one hundred and twenty-five soldiers from the first company of the first battalion of the New Army formed a square formation of five rows and twenty-five columns, marching towards the rostrum.
The direction is coming in unison.
These soldiers were uniformly equipped with chest plate armor, ship-shaped helmets, and flintlock muskets equipped with bayonets.
Wear striped cotton trousers and jacket.
They marched in unison, and their formations were equally neat and uniform.
Regardless of whether they are arranged horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, they all look like a line.
They walk at the same speed and lift their legs at the same height.
The tall and straight body shape is the same.
At the same time, the posture of holding a musket is the same.
"Elite, definitely elite."
Businessman John couldn't help shouting out, and his tone was like a crowd.
But at this moment, no one blamed him for being rude.
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Because everyone else was also frightened by the appearance of this army.
Especially Father Peter.
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