The next afternoon, that is, the afternoon after killing the city lord Pustan, Sori sat in the study of the city lord's palace and asked about the situation of Andre's territory. Of course, it has now been changed to the lord's palace. It is said to be a palace, so enter through the main entrance.
The building that appears behind the garden looks like a small castle.
"Master Soli, the size of the Czech Territory is in line with your status as an earl, but the territory of any baron in the kingdom is richer than this." Andre's official occupation is a powerful eighth-level peak assassin, and he is now a
He's quite decent as a housekeeper.
"Well, the Czech Republic is indeed too poor. Andre, how many gold coins do we have now? Including the ones we brought." Sori asked.
"There are 14,233 gold coins in total, and there are more than 80,000 silver coins in total, which is equivalent to more than 800 gold coins, and there are also some copper coins."
"How many soldiers are needed to maintain daily security? I mean a single main Czech city."
Andre flipped through the information and replied: "If we just maintain the security of the main city, we only need about 1,200 ordinary soldiers."
Andre continued: "A soldier's monthly salary is fifteen silver coins. Originally, it only cost twelve silver coins to recruit. Due to territorial issues, it is difficult to find people with twelve silver coins, so I planned a monthly salary of fifteen silver coins. For one thousand, two hundred soldiers
It is 180 gold coins, which means 2160 gold coins are needed in a year. In addition to the crafting of weapons, the weapons can only
The territory's blacksmith shop was temporarily built, as well as the daily maintenance of weapons, the construction of military camps, and the food for soldiers. A total of 3,000 gold coins are needed, and the annual tax revenue of the entire territory is only about 5,000 gold coins. Master Suoli, you have given an order.
All taxes will be reduced or exempted for three months, and agricultural taxes will also be reduced by 30% after that, which can barely maintain order in the main city."
"No matter how bad the conditions are, the annual tax shouldn't be so small." Sori said with a frown.
"It's like this, young master. Because the Czech Republic lacks effective management and is far away from the center of the kingdom, horse thieves are rampant here. Many adult men have left the Czech Republic. There is a serious shortage of labor in the territory. There are idle wanderers everywhere. In addition, here
The climate is indeed so harsh that agriculture has never been able to develop."
"It seems that the next step is to eliminate the horse thieves first?" Sori narrowed his eyes.
"Theoretically, that's the case, but we don't have soldiers." Andre spread his hands helplessly.
Without soldiers, this is also a big problem. Sori continued to ask: "Do you have any information on the largest horse bandit group in the Czech Republic?"
"Let me see."
"The Onizuka Horse Thief Group in the mountains near Orkes City is probably the largest horse thieves group in the Czech Territory. There are more than a thousand people in total, including several sixth-level experts. The leader is a seventh-level expert." Ender.
Lie said.
"Okay, let's recruit new soldiers first. After a while, I will take Ter and the others to suppress the bandits."
"Master Soli, do you want my help?" Andre asked.
"A few seventh-level and sixth-level people, you should stay in Czech City to manage things." Although Sori is still injured, the impact is not significant, and Sori also has the powerful help of gravity wrist guards. First, Sori is still injured.
As soon as the gravity field of the stage comes out, the fourth and fifth levels will be suppressed, and the actions of the seventh level strong ones will be greatly reduced.
Early the next morning, Andre posted an announcement at the door of the Lord's Mansion, then moved a table and sat there with Ter, and began to recruit people, not just soldiers, but also some servants and waiters.
"There isn't even a slave market. Is this still the count's territory?" Terr helplessly sat with Andre at the door of the lord's mansion under the scorching sun, while his cavalry men went to spread the news in the city.
Around noon, people gradually started to arrive.
"The monthly salary is fifteen silver coins, which is three silver coins higher than before." Several young people said after seeing the notice.
"I heard that a new lord has arrived, is this true?" A young man with a wretched face asked his companions.
The companion glanced at him with contempt and said proudly: "Tsk, the news is behind the times, of course it is true, this lord is only sixteen years old!"
"No way, monkey, have you made a mistake? You can become a lord at the age of sixteen? It will not lead us Czech Republic to destruction." The wretched young man said in surprise.
The monkey slapped the back of his head fiercely and said in a low voice: "Damn, please keep your voice down, kid. Don't look down on him. He is not a bad person. The original city lord Pustan knows that he is the domineering old man."
Boy, the new lord clicked it off the day he came here, that’s pretty cool.”
"Handsome! I've seen that old guy get upset a long time ago. Let's go, brother, sign up to be a soldier. The monthly salary is fifteen silver."
"Let's go, let's go..."
There were some benefits to Sori's killing of Pustan that day. Young people are young and full of energy and can be easily infected. Moreover, Pustan's popularity in the Czech Republic seems not to be very good.
On the first day, dozens of soldiers were recruited, but there were still no servants. As time went on, fewer and fewer people were recruited every day. After a month, they could barely recruit 800 people, and they were soldiers.
It's not that he's a gangster, he doesn't have any discipline at all.
This month Sori is teaching the cavalry to practice fighting spirit, and no one has time to train, so he simply ignores them and waits for the bandits to come back to make a big rectification. After a month, Ter's fighting spirit has turned into Zihui fighting spirit.
, the strength can be said to have increased.
Quite a few, thanks to Suoli's teachings, some people in the cavalry have developed fighting spirit. However, in general, the talents of these cavalrymen are not very good, and Suo Li is also troubled by this. "If they can't practice fighting spirit, let them practice it first."
Get in shape." Sori had no choice.
In this month, the blacksmith shop in the city rushed out dozens of sets of heavy cavalry equipment of this standard. It is said to be sub-standard only because it is not as sophisticated as the standard equipment. It is still from man to horse, from human eyes to
The horse's legs are all tightly wrapped. The full set of heavy cavalry equipment is also a big burden for these not-so-excellent horses. Although the cavalry are third-rate, they are still relatively speaking, even if they haven't practiced yet.
The vindictive cavalry reluctantly put it on.
There are a total of fifty heavy cavalry, but the leader Suori is still in the somewhat worn black cultivator's clothes, surrounded by a faint cyan fighting spirit. For him, this layer of fighting spirit that has not yet been condensed into a fighting spirit armor is more protective than the cavalry.
The heavy armor is much stronger.
"Where are you going, Lord?" The people around pointed at Sori at the city gate.
"Perhaps we have lost hunting. I heard that the children of wealthy families in the royal capital like to play this game." A young man who thought he had a wide range of knowledge guessed.
"Fuck you, hey, I have a brother who is a soldier. I heard that the lord is going to kill the horse thieves!" said a lean young man.
Sori ignored these people's comments and said to Ter calmly: "Everyone, please pay attention. In this operation, safety comes first and killing the enemy comes second."
"Lord Sori, are you right?" Terr said with an unbelievable expression on his face. Safety comes first? Which general has ever given such an order?
"Safety first, you have to be careful. If a brother is in danger, you have to rescue him. I don't want my personal guards to be laid off in just one month." Sori said with a faint smile.
Ter looked blankly at this young man, his immediate boss. After a moment, Ter turned around and yelled: "Boys, remember, Lord Soli has an order. In this operation, safety comes first! Which one?"
If you dare to throw your life away there, I will cause trouble for you when I get down!"
After a moment of silence, loud laughter broke out among the cavalry: "To kill some little thieves, Master Suoli doesn't need to do anything at all, don't you think so, brothers?"
"Of course! Lord Suori, just watch, we are Lord Suori's personal soldiers!"
Suori smiled softly and said slowly: "Let's go."
Xiaobai insisted on following Sori no matter what, so Sori had no choice but to let Lucia control Xiaobai. Naturally, Bruno also followed Sori. Bruno was the strongest among this group of people except Sori.
The city of Orkes is hundreds of kilometers away from the main city of the Czech Republic. If you travel normally, you will have to arrive tomorrow. If you travel as hard as you can, you may be able to arrive at night. Sori did not intend to suppress the bandits overnight, so he naturally slowed down.