[Chapter 146 Recruiting New Soldiers]

“Questions about magic?” David looked at Jaina, feeling a little puzzled: “Proudmoore Mage…”

“Just call me Jaina.”

“You can also call me David… I don’t know much about magic, I’m not a mage.”

“I know, Gra… David.” Jaina considered her words and explained her true meaning: “I want to ask about the specific situation of the spellcasters in this world.”

Hearing that Jaina wanted to ask about this, David could only say awkwardly that he didn’t know much about the spellcasters in this world. He had never seen a mage in this world so far.

“This…” Jaina obviously misunderstood. She thought that arcane spellcasters in this world were very rare, and even people like David had no chance to meet them.

David thought about it and could only suggest that Jaina learn the Brunnian Common Language as soon as possible: “There is an alchemist named Pierre Newton in Winter Town. Before he was invited by me to serve as my personal consultant, he traveled on the Brunnian continent for many years and knew enough about many things.”

Jaina nodded. Although she didn’t get an answer from David, at least there was someone she could ask. The next question was the Brunnian Common Language… This was not a difficult task for her at all. She could learn it in a few days. At most, she needed to practice speaking for a few more days.

This was indeed the case. After just a few days, Jaina could speak a very fluent and standard Brunnian Common Language with a Tiran accent.

Sylvanas and Liadrin could also communicate with people in the Brunnian Common Language without any obstacles; although Sally Whitemane had some difficulties, she could also communicate with people in the Brunnian Common Language. Only Renault Mograine was still learning.

Even Raynor, who was the slowest learner, learned new knowledge much faster than ordinary people, which made David sigh again: “They are all talented…”

After all, they were all people who left their names in the world of Azeroth, so it was not surprising that they behaved like this.

Seeing this situation, David had the idea of going to the world of Azeroth to recruit some men. With his current reputation and fame, it should be easy to recruit familiar celebrities, right? After

finally collecting his thoughts that were gradually running away, David looked at Gareth Stanton and Floyd, the two personal guards knights in front of him, and felt strange that the two came to him at the same time: “What’s the matter?”

“Sir, the territory of Winter Town is relatively large. With only the current ten soldiers, it is difficult to take care of all places.”

“So…” David looked at Gareth Stanton. He already knew what the knight wanted to say: “Do you want to recruit new soldiers?”

“Yes.”

“Are you here to talk about this too?” David looked at Floyd next to him. The two usually divided the work and changed their posts, and rarely appeared in front of him at the same time.

“Yes, sir. Ten soldiers are indeed too few.” Floyd glanced at the construction site not far away. He envied these craftsmen: “Although the people in the town are busy with work and no one will cause trouble. But recently, people from other places have begun to come to the vicinity of Winter Town.”

David understood what Floyd meant. As more and more outsiders came to Winter Town, the public security in Winter Town was likely to deteriorate.

Because these newcomers could not be as honest as those contract farmers and those craftsmen.

It was not that Floyd was prejudiced, but that people who could run away from their hometowns to work far away in this era were more or less undisciplined. If used well, such people would be good pioneers, but if not handled well, they would be the source of trouble.

“How many soldiers are you going to recruit?”

“This…” Gareth Stanton and Floyd looked at each other, and finally Floyd asked: “It depends on what kind of soldiers you want to recruit?”

“What do you mean?”

Seeing that the baron really didn’t understand, the two knights realized that they were not loyal to the nobles from aristocratic families, but young people from civilian families. It was not surprising that they didn’t know the difference.

So Floyd immediately explained it to David.

At present, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Tilan are divided into several types: regular knights, no matter their combat power, status or treatment, they are undoubtedly the top.

The members of the Tilan Knights are basically knights, and those who are working hard to train to become knights. From the perspective of status, the entire Tilan Knights are nobles. The weapons, armor, salary and other benefits are naturally the best. The

slightly lower level is the knights under the command of several great lords. The Iron Tree Knights of Iron Tree Castle is a typical representative. This kind of knight group is mainly commanded by noble knights, and the soldiers are strictly selected elite cavalry.

The equipment, treatment and combat effectiveness are also very strong.

Next up, there are professional soldiers.

The so-called professional soldiers are soldiers who are completely supported and paid by the lord, and their food, lodging and equipment are all provided by the lord. They are also the main force of the current Tiran Kingdom.

The soldiers David saw at the northern outpost before, as well as the ten soldiers currently in Winter Town, all belong to this category.

Although the training of these professional soldiers is not as high as that of cavalry, they are also “big spenders”. Weapons, armor, training equipment, food and lodging all have to be paid for by the lord.

Some small lords simply cannot afford to support many such professional soldiers.

Therefore, there is a lower level of semi-professional soldiers: militia.

Militiamen do not make a living as soldiers. They have their own main occupations, and most of them are farmers. They usually farm the land, but they have to participate in military training regularly and take part in some military operations.

Generally speaking, the lord will reduce taxes as a benefit to ensure that farmers are willing to take the initiative to become militiamen.

“In terms of expenses, the cost of training a small team of professional soldiers is enough to train hundreds of militiamen.” After Floyd’s introduction, he also mentioned the huge consumption gap between the two sides. After

hearing this, David understood why the two men found him together. The two knights were not sure whether Winter Town could afford more professional soldiers.

In addition, the two guards knights were actually reminding David of one thing: these ten professional soldiers came to Winter Town with him, and they worked diligently and conscientiously. My lord, shouldn’t you pay them their wages?

After David came to his senses, he rubbed his temples speechlessly: “The town is currently allocating resources in a unified manner. If you hadn’t come to tell me, I would have forgotten that these soldiers need to be paid extra.”

Then he asked how much he should pay these ten soldiers. After hearing the number, he looked at Eva next to him. Seeing Eva nodded, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s okay, I can afford to pay these soldiers. When Earl Sutton-Stewart held a party, I received a lot of gifts. Some repeated and useless gifts were exchanged for coins on the way and brought back.

In addition, Winter Town is still in the period of unified planning, so these coins have been left there.

As for whether to recruit professional soldiers or directly train militia, David thinks it is better to train professional soldiers first. As for militia… it is more appropriate to wait until Winter Town is built and the craftsmen are free to train.

Now, whether it is farmers or craftsmen, there are a lot of work to do, and they have no time and energy to receive military training.

Moreover, Winter Town is still in the period of unified resource allocation, and there is no tax to collect at all.

“Weapons, armor, accommodation and training facilities, right?” Apart from salary, these are the main reasons for limiting the number of professional soldiers.

David was very glad that he could easily solve these problems. Laura and Fording could help him get a lot of supplies.

As for salary… if it doesn’t work, he can also directly give some supplies, jewelry and the like, and let the soldiers exchange them for money.

Therefore, David is not a pauper lord. In fact, due to the reputation he gained in Azeroth a while ago, he may be richer than he thought.

“Yes.” The barracks and training grounds can be simply built into a framework, and weapons and armor…

Floyd and Gareth Stanton both know that Will Turner, the blacksmith in Winter Town, has quite good craftsmanship. The weapons and protective gear made by that blacksmith are currently enough for Winter Town.

“Besides…”

“Besides?”

“Sir, to what extent do you want these soldiers to be trained?”

David, who thought the problem had been solved, realized that there were still subsequent expenses after hearing Floyd’s question.

“If you just want to train ordinary professional soldiers, as long as the food is available, that’s fine.” Floyd knew that his lord didn’t know anything, so he didn’t keep him in suspense and explained directly: “If you want these soldiers to have strong enough combat power, even to the level of the kingdom’s front-line troops, you still need the help of Mr. Cordell and Mr. Newton.”

“…”

Are there also pharmacists and alchemists here? David suddenly understood why Elias strongly suggested that he must recruit all the “people” before leaving the Tyran Royal City.

“Just train according to the standards you had when you were in the Tyran Knights!”

Hearing David’s answer, Floyd and Gareth Stanton’s expressions were as wonderful as they could be.

That’s the standard for training knights! It’s not just about being willing to spend money. In addition to having extremely high requirements for one’s own quality, it also consumes a lot of resources.

One of the reasons why Floyd was able to train new knights in the Tyran Knights was that the source of the Tyran Knights was young people from noble families. In addition to the resources provided by the Knights, their families could also provide various support.

But if they do this in Winter Town, then Lord David will have to pay for it himself.

“I know what you are thinking. Prepare according to this standard first… If you encounter any problems that are difficult to solve, come to me.”

“Then… Sir, how many new soldiers will you recruit this time?”

“Fifty?”

“…”

(End of this chapter)