Chapter 447 Frick High School

When Horn and Catherine entered the conference room, the long table was already full with several cardinals present.

Horn first introduced Catherine's identity and deeds, and the cardinals immediately applauded subconsciously to welcome her.

It's just that Madeleine, the chief cardinal, applauded quite sincerely, while the others looked at Catherine with scrutiny.

These cardinals all came from the Gulag era, so they certainly did not trust Catherine, who had ascended to a high position just after arriving.

"Madeleine, please read the report on the current situation." Horn knew that there was no way to solve this kind of problem, so he could only take it slowly, so he asked Madeleine to read the report directly.

“If we divide it by township, the Pope’s Palace currently controls six townships.

There are four in Langsand County, namely Daze Township, Kushling Township, Yibei Township and Jinhe Township.

There are two in Lower River County, Dog Fox Township and Weasel River Township (where Rapid City is located).

There is also Xiaochi City that is still requesting us to station troops there, and Duoke Township where they are located is currently considered our ally.”

There are two ways to name villages and counties within the empire. The first is to use the geographical features of the ancient names as names. For example, even though all the dogs and foxes in Gouhu Township were hunted and killed, it is still called Gouhu Township.

The second type is that it has been the territory of a certain noble for so long that the ancient name has been forgotten, and it is named after the noble family, such as Kush Territory and Duoke Township.

Horn stroked his chin. The Savior Army succeeded in its uprising by suppressing the Duke of Kush. Now the core territory is still named after the Duke of Kush, so it should be renamed.

Let those idle veterans do it.

“In terms of population, we have three main core territories: Daze Township, Kush Territory, and Yibei Township. The total population of the three townships is about 34.

There are probably 28 people in Jinhe Township further south, but this number was reported by the grandmother of the Alco family, so it is not very credible.

As for Gouhu Township and Xihe Township, the reform of the "Holy Country Land System" has not yet been carried out, so the specific population cannot be determined. According to paper calculations, there are 25 people.

According to these data, the entire Longsand County has about 62 people, half of Lower River County has 25 people, and the population we nominally control is 87, and the actual population we control is about 34. "

This number may seem like a lot, but it is actually quite small compared to the Empire. It is only by relying on the outrageous degree of organization and the Holy Gun to win victory after victory that they have come this far.

Losing even one battle would be a calamity for the entire Papal State.

Thinking of the Gold River Township in the south, Horn waited until Madeleine finished speaking, then knocked on the table and said, "Old lady, how is the Black Mountain Fort Treaty being implemented?"

As soon as Madeleine extended his hand, the monk next to him handed over a stack of documents. He flipped through them and said, "In terms of taxation, although we asked for a 35% reduction, they were quite obedient and even reduced it to 30%... Um, for the Kushites, it was reduced to 20%, and the rest was made up by the Leia immigrants."

"Has the noble heir arrived at Chateau Joan of Arc?" Jeanne asked.

"Not yet. They are currently gathering near Black Mountain Castle." After reading this, Madeleine's expression changed slightly. "These noble descendants will go to Autumn Dusk Island at the end of this month and attend Frick High School on Autumn Dusk Island."

The Frick School Plan was an educational plan proposed by Madeleine. All schools named after Frick were funded by the Senate and were free of tuition for local students.

However, the number of places is limited and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. This is considered a small-scale pilot program of compulsory education in Horn.

Currently, the Papal States has a Frick Elementary School in Jeanne d'Arc and one in Autumn Island, where nuns who were formerly trapped in the monastery serve as teachers.

Most of them are ordinary children who have no money to send their children to proper literacy education but are eager to study.

As for the Frick High School on Autumn Island, it was also funded by the Papal States and was a school for young people aged 12 to 16, similar to the courtier academy or knight school of this era.

However, they did not learn horsemanship or swordsmanship, but natural theology, law, mathematics, classical literature, etc. There was also a special officer class for senior students. These officer classes were reserve officers. When they joined the army, they could start as a sentinel commander, then be directly transferred to become a brigade commander and then a division commander.

Even if they failed to enter the officer class or did not get a letter of recommendation, they could still seek opportunities in the Salvation Army government as a second choice.

With the background of Frick High School, it would be quite convenient for him to become a clerical monk or join the Night's Watch or the Crusades.

The school currently adopts a recommendation system. Horn has given recommendation places to elders, legion commanders, some friendly merchants, some centurions and guild capitals.

The first batch of Frick Gymnasium only admitted 400 students. Horn provided 200 places for them, 50 places for orphans of the Boy Scouts, and 50 places for two Frick elementary schools.

The remaining 100 places were given to the descendants of the Kushite nobles in Jinhe Township. Of course, their annual tuition was 4 gold pounds, which was just enough to cover the study costs of others.

"Let me make this clear first." Jeanna put on a serious expression, "The moment these noble children set foot on our land, they no longer have noble status. They can only be considered children of small landowners."

"Of course, they have always lived the life of small landlords." Busak nodded and agreed, then changed the subject, "I can guarantee that there will be no situation where the 'noble children' bully others, but we will not bully the 'noble children' either."

"I hope so." Jeanne was not very satisfied with the peace treaty of Black Mountain Castle. She thought that she had suffered a great loss due to the situation and sat back in her seat in a depressed mood.

Horn said nothing more, and instructed Madeleine to continue.

The signing of the peace treaty was indeed a bit rushed. After all, the war was imminent, and these Kush nobles had to be put aside until Horn had absorbed the 34 people in his hands.

Horn had come into contact with quite a few of these Kush nobles. Judging from some of the young Kush nobles he knew, they did not have many of the bad habits of the nobles.

Due to external oppression, the Kush Knights of Ibe have habits similar to those of the Five Mountain Counties. They actually have to stand with their people!
The reduction of territory and the injustice of justice forced the Kush Knights to personally participate in labor and consider the opinions of civilians.

Foreign immigrant nobles demanded extremely high dowries for intermarriage with local Kushite knights, forcing the Kushites to intermarry among themselves and even with civilians in the territory.

A Kush Knight in a manor is more like the head of a family than a lord, because all the farmers in the manor are relatives.

The reason why the nobility are nobility is because they have privileges.

When a Kush nobleman killed a farmer and was found guilty by foreign knights and the church, and was unable to escape punishment and was even sentenced to high compensation, it seemed that the Kush nobleman and the Kush farmer were both sheep in front of the church.

It’s just that the former has to perform a labor called war.

The church tried to use this method to cut the Kush nobles bit by bit, but it ended up giving Horn an unexpected gain.

That is, this group of Kushites have a strong sense of fear, and under extreme oppression, the extreme unity and identity of the Kush Knights were born.

Especially after the pure-blooded old Kushite Horn defeated the church army at Black Mountain Castle, a large number of foreign nobles who oppressed them were executed by Horn or his grandmother.

The original foreign knights rushed to change their surname to Kush, and the Kush bloodline suddenly became the most powerful.

This change caused great shock to the Kush Knights, so much so that they were eager to pay for their hostages and be taken advantage of.

The habits of this generation of Kush Knights may not change, and by the second or third generation they may return to their old aristocratic ways.

As for this relatively enlightened force, Horn needs to embrace this reliable source of soldiers and completely eliminate the nobles before their enlightenment, which was born out of fear, dissipates.

"Let's skip the economic aspects for now. I want to hear about the military situation first." Horn raised his head and said to Madeleine.

(End of this chapter)