In the early years, in order to level up, Lann ran around to take on missions, which is what people now think of as "taking commissions." In order to gain more experience, he naturally pursued a higher degree of mission completion. Compared with the practice of ordinary bounty hunters to rob the people, Lann was widely loved by the people and earned the name "Lannister, a promise is worth a thousand gold."

However, there are always unruly people and even mobs in every era. In the original novel, a villager commissioned a demon hunter to hunt monsters, and then in order to avoid paying the commission, he tricked the demon hunter into a barn and attempted to kill him.

In the original novel, the protagonist Geralt has encountered debtors more than once. There are even villagers who can't wait to sell his horse and divide his luggage while the witcher is out hunting monsters.

Many demon hunters started out with the mission of killing monsters and protecting civilians, and demon hunters from the Griffin School even pursued chivalry. But after a long time, they all became "emotionless mutants". The reason is unknown to outsiders.

As a noble of Cintra, there is naturally no mob in Cintra that has the courage to attack and kill Lann, but there are always some cunning people who want to pretend to be pitiful or act like a rogue.

In this situation, if the family is really broken and there is no money to pay, Lann is not so heartless. He is after experience rather than money. If he encounters this situation, he will even provide financial assistance to the other party within a reasonable range.

Getting a heartfelt thank you or two can also be considered as emotional service, right?

As for those real rogues, Lane always finds a way to recoup his "rewards", but sometimes this process is accompanied by other "collateral damage".

"A Lannister must pay his debts," the saying went, and Lann was pleased to hear it.

When the moon was high in the sky, Lan returned to his house, and the courtyard and the building were brightly lit.

Ten candidates for the squires stood shakily in the courtyard, most of them were already soaked in their clothes. It seemed that they had seen the Earl return from the corner of their eyes, and the few guys who had been slouching and lazy straightened up again and put on a proper posture.

Lan took a quick look and turned to Hardy who came out to greet him and asked, "Have they been standing here all day? I mean, without moving."

After hearing this question, the attendant candidate's already pale face turned even paler. Some of them who might have communicated with Hardy before were begging or winking at Hardy from a perspective that Lann could not see.

Hardy ignored him and replied in a serious tone: "No, there is no one who is motionless."

Lan nodded. It was something he had expected. Without systematic training, no one could stand at attention for a whole day without moving. He just wanted to try his luck. What if he encountered some strange people or things in this fantasy world?

Turning around, Lan pointed at the three people who were covered in the most dust and whose clothes were soaked through to the point that the ground beneath them was almost wet. He said:

"These three stay, and the rest——"

Lord Lannister glared at him and said, "Go back to where you came from!"

The originally pale-faced teenagers could no longer hold on after being yelled at and fell to the ground. They didn't even have the courage to say a few more words and "rolled" out of the mansion.

Only the remaining three young men stood straighter as if they were injected with strength.

Although becoming a "squire" did not mean entering the level of nobility, it definitely put one above the common people. Even many "knights" were promoted from squires or guards who had made military achievements.

Although almost all "servants" are just stones under the feet of real nobles throughout their lives, becoming a servant is, in a sense, half a step into the upper class.

Noble children who do not have the right to inherit the family will choose to become attendants of the children of great nobles in order to become true nobles. Even many legitimate sons with the right to inherit will choose to become attendants of the king or duke as a training and to expand their network. Of course, the latter will return to the family to inherit the family business after a few years.

Therefore, most of the young men who are qualified to become servants have good family backgrounds and are smart. Sometimes they are a little clever and like to be lazy, such as the young men who were just eliminated by Lann.

The crisis of national destruction was approaching step by step, and Lan was extremely eager for every bit of power. That was why he was eager to share the military power and even spent a lot of money to treat the city guards to drinks at night.

You have to know that in this era, most officers and nobles were stingy and were lucky not to squeeze money out of the soldiers. In many places, recruits even had to bring their own equipment. Why? Because the materials provided by the state became the private property of the officers.

A lot of military knowledge that Lann considered common sense was considered "military god" level in this era.

For example, in the past, elementary school students would recite “Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.” However, the lower-level officers of this era only know “Line up your troops and charge!”

Either you kill the opponent or you get killed. Simple and brainless.

Even "sharing the same robes with you" and "sharing the same food with you" to increase cohesion and win the hearts of the soldiers is even more impossible. Because I am a noble, what a joke it is to eat with you?

Lann only hopes to gather some warriors through his own methods, so that they can become his own strength when destroying the country. At present, the results seem to be good, all thanks to the support of his peers.

Lann's "servants" were his direct descendants in the future, and were destined to become a force to be reckoned with, so they had to obey his orders absolutely.

Lann didn't have the time to personally eliminate those destabilizing factors who were trying to be clever. In order to avoid being stabbed at a critical moment, he simply didn't accept them in from the beginning.

Lann looked at the remaining three attendants and said, "Now you can tell me your names."

The three remaining young men excitedly introduced themselves to Lan.

A tall and broad-shouldered young man named Ace introduced himself as the third son of a knight, skilled in crossbows and bows. Good crossbowmen are rare, and Lann plans to try him out sometime.

A thin young man named House, his father is the king's stableman, and every knight needs such a servant.

There was also a young man who was the only one carrying a sword, which made him bear greater pressure than others today. However, judging from his facial expression and the degree of his body trembling, he was no less serious than the others around him, and it was obvious that he practiced martial arts diligently.

Lann also had an impression of this man, whose name was Sward. His father had been a non-commissioned officer under Lann's father, but died early in the battlefield. Lann's father found a job as an apprentice for this young man in a blacksmith shop.

Now that he heard that Lann was recruiting servants, he gave up his job in the blacksmith shop and came here.

"I will be the sword in your hand just as my father followed your father!"

The young servant, Sward, shouted with a hoarse and excited voice, which had not been fed for a day. His enthusiasm even frightened Hardy.

Lann nodded with a smile, which was considered as a preliminary acceptance of the three people. Then he asked Hardy to take the three people to the room prepared for servants to rest.