Interest, is always the most potent means to stir the potential of aristocrats. The land enclosure movement was swiftly accomplished, and the city-building work was launched vigorously.
Domestic mobilization of laborers would be obviously too late, so soldiers had to be turned into laborers, and aristocratic military officers into foremen.
Unsurprisingly, the following new units all became construction teams. As for the elite forces, they continued their regular training while remaining vigilant for enemy attacks.
Everyone was busy, leaving Hudson, the commander-in-chief, with a surprising amount of free time. Apart from occasional interactions with the major nobles in the army, there was basically nothing else for him to do.
Frankly speaking, Hudson, as a rising star thrust suddenly into the circles of high-ranking aristocrats, was somewhat ill at ease.
