[Chapter 109: Unsuccessful Recruitment]
The party held by Earl Stuart was very lively, and many people came. In order to celebrate David becoming the Baron of Glamorgan, the dignitaries of the capital made some gestures.
Almost all families sent people to congratulate and presented gifts: mainly a small amount of jewelry, accessories, gorgeous swords, etc., which were not particularly good individually, but with so many people giving gifts, the accumulated wealth was not small, enough to make a commoner instantly enter the wealthy class. If you save a little, you don’t have to worry about having no money to spend in this life.
But other than that, there is not much to gain.
The knights of the capital of Tilan were not very interested in David, the country lord. Only the knight who was authorized by His Majesty the King expressed his willingness to follow David to Winter Town.
This knight was called Gareth Stanton, about 25 years old, which was the best age. He had a certain prestige in the Tilan Knights and had a bright future. Therefore, he was chosen by His Majesty the King to serve as the personal guard knight of Baron David Glamorgan. His colleagues were very sympathetic to his experience.
But sympathy is sympathy, no one is willing to sacrifice their future and jump into the pit with Stanton, so at the end of the whole party, David was unable to recruit a second knight.
As for the mages and alchemists, these people only maintained superficial respect for David. Except for greeting the newly promoted Baron of Glamorgan at the beginning, no one took the initiative to express closeness. They even deliberately kept some distance, fearing that their intentions would be misunderstood by the other party and be entangled by this country noble.
David did not feel angry about the “rejection” of the mages and alchemists, but only secretly memorized the names and appearances of these people in his heart.
After the party, at the home of Earl Stewart, with the earl’s instructions, David knew how to canonize others as his knights, and at the same time, under the witness of Earl Stewart, he accepted Gareth Stanton’s loyalty.
Afterwards, Earl Stewart introduced a pharmacist to David: “This is Cordel, a very good pharmacist. If you feel unwell or have any related questions, you can consult him.”
Cordel is a member of the Pharmacist Association of the Kingdom of Tiran. He usually serves the nobles and even the royal family in the capital. His job responsibilities are a bit like a mixture of doctor, health consultant, and medical consultant.
“I personally selected and persuaded Cordel. You can trust him completely.”
Looking at Earl Stewart’s smiling face, David felt that the Earl seemed to be reminding himself that this pharmacist was not trustworthy? He was a little suspicious whether he had misunderstood?
At the end, Earl Stewart took out a small box and handed it to David. This was a gift he prepared. After the gift was given out and the people who needed to be introduced had been introduced, Earl Stewart went straight to rest.
“Lord Baron Glamorgan, do you want to stay overnight or send a carriage to take you back to your residence?”
David answered without hesitation: “Back to my residence.”
Then he looked at Cordell and Gareth Stanton beside him: “I should stay at the Bauhinia Inn for a few days. During this time, you can deal with your own affairs first.”
The two immediately said that they would deal with their affairs in the shortest time and meet David at the inn early tomorrow morning.
After riding the carriage arranged by the servant back to the Bauhinia Inn and walking back to his suite, David breathed a sigh of relief.
“Back so soon?” Sharon and Newton did not attend the party, and stayed in the inn waiting for David to come back.
In addition to the two of them, there is now an etiquette officer, Elias Parker.
Before attending the party, Elias Parker took the documents from the archives, and with the cooperation of David, the newly promoted noble, he filled in all the information on it.
According to him, he will submit the documents after dawn tomorrow, and after confirming that there are no problems, the most important tasks will be completed.
Seeing Elias Parker standing respectfully by his side, David asked curiously, “What else needs to be done after submitting personal information?”
“These are the necessary procedures, and the rest depends on your opinion, sir.” Elias briefly introduced the various things that need to be dealt with after becoming a noble: “It is necessary to record the family crest, personal and family information into files, and it must be reviewed and completed only after it is confirmed that there are no problems.” “
We need to recruit knights, soldiers, pharmacists, judges, assistants, clerks, financial officers, mages, alchemists, butlers, chefs, servants, etc.” Elias glanced at David: “Whether to hire all or make a choice is up to you, sir.”
According to Elias’ introduction, in addition to these subordinates, the newly promoted nobles will also hire a large number of craftsmen, including stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths and tailors.
“In other words, don’t we have to hire all of them?” After obtaining the identity of Baron Glamorgan and successfully upgrading Winter Village to Winter Town, he wanted to leave. After
hearing that many things were not necessary, this idea became even more uncontrollable.
“After all, the Royal City is the most prosperous city in the Kingdom of Tiran. It is more convenient to hire the talents you need here…”
Elias didn’t finish his words, but David understood the meaning of his words: If David didn’t hire all these people, it would be difficult to hire the right people after returning to Winter Town.
Compared with the capital of Tiran, Winter Town is really too remote. Even if you go to Iron Tree Castle, there are no more talents than in the capital.
“Among them, knights, pharmacists, mages, and alchemists can only be recruited in the capital.”
“Knights and pharmacists have been recruited, and the other two can be abandoned.” David waved his hand: “Those mages and alchemists obviously don’t want to go to Winter Town.”
“This… maybe we can increase the salary, or hire those mages with average reputation.” Average reputation is just a nice way of saying it. Elias’ idea is to find some unlucky people who are not doing well. Such people may agree to be recruited by Baron Glamorgan because of the generous treatment.
As for the alchemist, he didn’t mention it. He already knew that the old man named Pierre Newton was an alchemist.
“No need!” David didn’t care about the problem of mages, and signaled Elias not to think about recruiting mages: “I can be sure that even if you spend a lot of money to recruit mages, they will only be some low-class guys.”
Elias didn’t mind his suggestion being rejected. In fact, he agreed with the judgment of the baron in his heart. If his job was not mandatory, he would not want to go to Winter Town.
In comparison, the freedom of the kingdom’s mages is much higher. In this case, no reliable mages will accept the recruitment of Baron Glamorgan.
Instead of wasting time and a lot of money, it is better to use the limited funds where they are needed: such as recruiting reliable assistants and judges, more soldiers and craftsmen, etc.
Elias never thought that David was no longer going to continue recruiting people in the capital. Today’s party has made him understand: it is impossible for him, a small country baron, to recruit talents here. The only two who joined him: one was authorized by His Majesty the King, and the other was probably an undercover of the Temple.
The only two successful examples were spies. Considering that Gareth Stanton said he would recruit at least a team of elite soldiers for David, the number of spies might be even greater?
Thinking of this, he gave up the idea of continuing to recruit people.
Anyway, the lord has absolute autonomy over his territory, and he can find other ways to fill various vacancies, such as letting those alien visitors in the territory take up various positions.
Anyway, his Winter Town was originally in this situation.
In addition, according to the information Elias inquired in the palace, the Kingdom of Tilan will send a small team of guards cavalry to escort Baron Glamorgan back to the territory.
At noon today, many officials, escorted by soldiers, rushed to various towns in the north to post notices. David, a new noble who rose through the pioneering order, will soon become a household name in the north of the Kingdom of Tilan.
Real talents cannot be attracted, but such a large-scale posting of notices may attract ordinary civilians and craftsmen to Winter Town. Thinking that the population of his territory may continue to grow in the coming time, David can’t wait to teleport back immediately.
“Wait until the information review is completed, and then set off back to Winter Town.” David glanced at Elias in front of him: “Take advantage of this time to deal with the things at hand.”
“I have already dealt with all my personal affairs. From today on, I will stay with the Baron for the next year.”
David nodded to show that he understood, and motioned for the etiquette officer to go to rest. Suddenly, he remembered the box that Earl Stewart gave him. He
took out the small box and opened it, and found three beads of different colors inside.
“What is this?” David put the box on the table and turned his head to look at Newton next to him. He felt that it was most reliable to ask the old alchemist about this matter.
Unexpectedly, the person who answered his question was Elias who was standing next to him: “Cleaning beads, aromatherapy beads and vibration beads.”
Seeing David and Sharon looking at him with confusion, Elias explained the functions of the three beads: “The blue cleaning beads are used to clean the body; the pink aromatherapy beads can make the user emit fragrance; the yellow vibration beads can be used for massage and relaxation…”
When David heard this, he exclaimed: “You are worthy of being Earl Stewart!”
“These beads are daily necessities that have been particularly favored by the nobles in the past two years…”
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(End of this chapter)