"Today our cafeteria is serving pork bone soup, minced meat and cowpeas with steamed buns and rice. There will also be fruit after the meal. Each person can get a quarter of an apple. Please line up to get yours!"
As soon as he finished speaking, these mercenaries, who usually only obeyed the leader's orders, quickly lined up.
Very good. From today onwards, in addition to listening to the regimental commander and their own team leader, they will also have to listen to the canteen manager.
The cafeteria manager nodded in satisfaction: "Because we have limited staff, please wash your plates and put them in the sterilizer later. If anyone doesn't wash them properly, their food will be halved tomorrow!"
"Oh, right, tomorrow we'll be serving twice-cooked pork rice with pumpkin soup and half a lime!" The limes were brought back by the lord from the half-elf territory. I guess they weren't cultivated well enough, so they tasted a bit sour. The lord didn't like them, so he gave them all to the canteen.
In her opinion, the lord was far too kind. These days, even getting a bite of sour orange was not easy. Before winter came, the unpalatable fruits in the wasteland could barely fill one's stomach, but now that it snowed, where would there be any fruit left? In such a long winter, eating was already a big problem, let alone eating fruit!
It's understandable that these mercenaries were surprised. Who would eat so well in winter, even receiving meat and fruit? Only a benevolent lord would grant such high treatment to trainees.
As for tomorrow's twice-cooked pork rice bowl, it would be good if everyone could get one or two slices of pork. Adding more dried tofu to the twice-cooked pork, plus pumpkin soup, would make tomorrow's meal quite good! Everyone will get a serving of pumpkin soup tomorrow, which can be considered a main dish.
Then, seeing the expectant looks in the mercenaries' eyes, she announced another piece of good news.
"We will make arrangements for the personnel within this week and strive to provide dinner for everyone next week. Within half a month, we will arrange three meals a day for everyone. At that time, you can rest assured to start training!"
As soon as she finished speaking, all the mercenaries burst into applause.
The canteen manager smiled slightly. The lord said that since they had entered the territory, she would make sure that these people would not want to leave the territory after spring!
The lord has entrusted her with the task of keeping these experienced mercenaries in the territory by using delicious food and retaining these talented individuals. In return, the lord will teach her more cooking techniques in his spare time and put her in charge of the future canteen. She will also make a great contribution to the future development of the territory's cuisine!
In this field, she will expand the territory for the lord!
Thinking of this, the canteen manager, who possessed gorilla genes, couldn't help but pound her chest. Looking at the mercenaries with deep affection, she said with emotion, "My lords, it is only in our territory that a lord like us can be so generous as to provide you with such food, three meals a day!"
She couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "In our territory, the people live in peace and prosperity, with plenty to eat and drink. Even this long winter is not so difficult to endure. Everyone is moving forward with hope! I am happy to have such a lord! I am proud to have such a lord who is so devoted to us!"
As she spoke, the lord, fast asleep, was still scheming about how to make the people of his territory work for him.
Even Kraken had to take on multiple jobs just to make a living, let alone others.
Thinking about things before bed helps me fall asleep quickly. For example, the great lord was thinking about how to make the best use of these mercenaries so that they would become mercenaries stationed in the territory and later take on some of the security responsibilities for the territory.
In fact, in various territories, including large merchant guilds such as the Black Rose Merchant Guild, there are their own mercenaries. They have long-term cooperative relationships with mercenaries. When their own armed forces are insufficient, they will spend money to cooperate with mercenary groups they are familiar with, such as having mercenary groups escort and protect goods, and maintain order at auctions, etc.
Large territories and merchant guilds, and even some cities, often have their own partner mercenary groups. These agreements prevent unforeseen defections. Meanwhile, some large mercenary groups, for survival and development, also sign contracts with powerful organizations, allowing them to take on regular client work while also seeking out private jobs. Of course, priority is given to jobs assigned by their contracted clients.
Qin Yiyi wanted to keep this excellent mercenary team as her weapon replacement.
She thought for less than five minutes before falling into a deep sleep.
Inspired by the canteen manager's enthusiasm, the mercenaries continued to praise their lord. After enjoying a delicious meal, the mercenary group sat together as one during their one-hour lunch break.
"The strength of this territory is better than we imagined. First of all, in terms of personnel selection, both orcs and half-orcs have their own specialties, such as bats with ultrasonic positioning and tortoises with defensive capabilities. In addition, they also have a poisonous team. What surprised me was that the half-elves were completely different from the rumors. I heard that half-elves did not inherit the power of elves, but some half-elves are even more powerful than elves! In addition, there are the Naga people who were renamed by the lord. They are simply born archers. As for the merfolk, we plan to train them into sea warriors!"
“In fact, there are already many precedents. The navy prioritizes orcs with fish and marine genes. I think we can definitely train such a team!” He didn’t even dare to say the word “army”.
A soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier. Who doesn't have the desire to command thousands of troops? The feeling of training promising young soldiers, watching them grow rapidly step by step and become soldiers in your own hands.
Eight hundred miles of roasted meat are distributed among the troops, fifty strings of music resound beyond the border, and the autumn review of troops is held on the battlefield.
What a scene that was!
These mercenaries even forgot that they were just training tools in the hands of their lord. They even put themselves in the role, like a teacher meeting a smart and eager student, or like cultivating an outstanding talent in a field, and felt a sense of pride and accomplishment.
I swallowed the apple whole. What's more, the food and lodging here are quite good in winter, and it's guaranteed to be warm. Life couldn't be better!
"I've made up my mind! I'll train these frogmen, half-elves, naga, slaves, and orcs properly!"
If the lord were standing beside her, he would surely be very pleased. Very good, she has achieved her goal once again. To make the workers work hard, they must be filled with faith, a sense of mission, and a sense of accomplishment. They must feel that they are doing something great, so that they will work tirelessly day and night, driven by their own motivation, like galloping horses without being whipped.
Excellent! She needs someone like that.
but....
His companion looked at the others, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "So how did you get those injuries on your faces?"
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