Lord Helanza

There is plenty of light in the warehouse, and a neat row of skylights is opened in the center of the dome, which makes the warehouse look not dull.

It's just that there is no heating facility in the warehouse. Constantinople in winter is still relatively cold. Although there is no cold wind in the warehouse, it is dripping into ice.

The entire warehouse was almost full of various armors. Surdak was taken to the northernmost area by the Trading Company employee. The full-covered armors displayed here look more sophisticated, even on the surface. There is also a thin layer of black iron plating that makes the entire full-covered armor look black and shiny. Surdak walked to the side and picked up a helmet with a protective mask from the armor.

This set of full-covered armor is not much different from the standard armor issued by the Helanza Guard Battalion Knight, except that the details of the seams and riveting of the armor parts are more refined, and the knuckles are knocked on the helmet. Knock, the sound is a little dull, well-made.

Trading Company employees stood aside and introduced to Surdak: "This full-covered armor is the most sophisticated standard cavalry armor made here."

Surdak took a look and felt Sure enough, it looked much better than the previous armors, so I asked a Trading Company employee: "What is the price of this full-covered armor?"

The Trading Company employee pointed to the front and wiped it brightly. Copper signs, said to Surdak: "A set of such sophisticated full-clad armor with black iron plating is priced at 20 gold each. Our Trading Company will take care of the follow-up maintenance and repairs. If you need more sets, I can apply for a certain degree of discount from the manager."

Surdak discussed this type of full-covered armor with Gwendolyn in the guard camp before, so I understand the market price of this armor. In terms of calling it, it’s worth so much, and the full-covered armor here in Constantinople is also coated with black iron metal plating, which looks more upscale than the standard armor of the Helanza guard battalion.

"I am going to buy five hundred sets of full-cover armor." Surdak said.

Although this kind of armor can also be bought in Helanza City, most of the Trading Company over there is also ordering it in Constantinople. Instead of that, it is better to come over and choose casually.

Trading Company employee didn’t expect Surdak to say something like this, stunned for a while: "Master Baron, please wait a moment, I’ll go to our Trading Company manager, and our manager will come directly to you for large transactions. Communicate!"

Turning around and quickly moved towards the front hall.

There are some other buyers in this warehouse, but they are all negotiating with Trading Company employees. Some have selected the required armors, and some employees have begun to install those cheap armors on flatbed trailers.

It didn’t take long for the manager of Trading Company to rush over. He tactfully asked Surdak: “Listen to my clerk. Do you want to buy five hundred sets of exquisite full-cover armor?”

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"Yes, I do need these sophisticated armors, the number is about five hundred sets." Surdak said.

The manager of Trading Company took out a set of full-covered armor, skillfully divided it into pieces, and placed them neatly on a wooden table, and began to seriously introduce Surdak: "In this armor The layer is made of steel essence, only a layer of magic black iron dye is applied to the outside to make it look like black iron, but it has no other effect besides preventing rust. After each battle, take it off. The coated layer needs to be repaired in time. After all, this is a sophisticated full-covered armor."

There is no magic metal and no magic pattern, so this full-covered armor not only gives the cavalry a layer In addition to protection, no magic attributes are attached.

Such a set of full-covered armor can be purchased from Constantinople, and a set requires 20 gold.

(The income of ordinary civilian households needs to be accumulated for at least two years before they can afford such a sophisticated armor)

See Surdak hesitated, the Trading Company manager hurriedly Introduction: "Guard battalions in many cities in the Northern Region of Pena Province purchase this full-covered armor. The higher-level full-covered armor contains some magic metal. Those armors have not been mass-produced in Constantinople. The hand-made armors made by Japan are at least five times more expensive than the armors of this standard."

"If you are really going to buy 500 sets at once, then you will become a major customer of our Trading Company. Some concessions and discounts can cut costs by about one-tenth, which is my greatest authority.” The Trading Company manager finally said and stopped the topic and gave Surdak some time to consider.

"...Well, help me prepare five hundred sets. In addition to this full-covered armor, I need some other supplies!" Surdak finally made up his mind and said to the Trading Company manager After the White Elephant Trading Company disappeared silently from Helanza City, the market in Helanza City currently does not have such a large-scale comprehensive trading company.

"What else do you need?" The Trading Company manager asked curiously.

In addition to five hundred sets of full-covered armors, Surdak also bought a complete set of standard saddles, marching tents, iron pots and other materials from the Trading Company in Constantinople. For the necessary materials for private Legion, Surdak even prepared a receipt for this. After asking the manager of Trading Company, he found that this trading company had almost everything in it, but the price was indeed much cheaper than Helanza.

So Surdak decisively decided that it would be a one-stop shop in this trading company.

Surdak didn't expect the cost of preparing a private army to be so large, 500 sets of full-covered armor, standard saddles, marching tents, and iron pots cost nearly 13,000 Gold Coins. The current exchange ratio between Magic Crystal and Gold Coin is 1:7. If converted into Magic Crystal, this single transaction will consume more than 1,700 Magic Crystals in Surdak's pocket.

If you buy a war horse, you will have to prepare at least another two thousand magic crystals.

Even so, weapons, magic scrolls, and marching rations have not yet been included in Surdak’s military expenditures.

Regarding the cavalry battalion weapons, Surdak decided to wait until he returned to Desolate Land and recruited cavalry before he could determine it.

The blacksmith workshop in Pena City is good at forging sword weapons. The sophisticated weapons of the cavalry battalion are usually shipped from other provinces. They can only be bought in the Pena City Trading Company. Prices fluctuate the most. The difference between a better weapon and an almost weapon is also the difference between Heaven and Earth.

Apart from this, the lord’s private army also has to come up with a salary.

Yes, recruiting veterans to join the army costs a hire fee. Of course, if you recruit a new army, Surdak does not need to pay this fee.

Surdak’s cavalry battalion has an official military designation, so you can recruit new local troops. According to the national recruitment system, Surdak’s cavalry battalion can absorb some imperial youngsters and allow them to serve in the cavalry battalion for free for 4 years .

But Surdak doesn't want to do this. Instead of recruiting new recruits to die on the battlefield, it's better to find some veterans, even if you spend some money.

Therefore, he is more inclined to recruit some veterans with combat experience.

In the Grimm Empire, as long as they have served four years of military service, they are considered to be official citizens of the empire. These citizens have the right to refuse the enlistment order issued by the lords. Of course, the lords can take out a sum of money and Some land came to hire these veterans and let them return to the battlefield.

The advice of Marquis Luther to Surdak is to recruit some new troops with basic skills from the Knight Academy.

These graduates have four years of military service, which can save part of the military expenses, and they graduated from the Knight Academy. Although they lack actual combat experience, they are more obedient. The graduates of the War Academy also have certain battles. Literacy is very convenient to manage, and Surdak has been hesitating recently.

The Marquis of Luther has fully considered that this time the task is to change defense on the plane of Bailin.

There is a high chance that this change of defense will not be involved in a plane war. Surdak can train directly in the defense zone of the White Forest plane, or lead a cavalry battalion to unexplored areas while training. While expanding the territory of the empire.

For small lords like Surdak, the land opened up after the war will adopt the'four-three-three' land allocation method. Forty% of the land belongs to the pioneers, 30% of the land is returned to the landlord, and 30% of the land belongs to Grimm. In the empire, Surdak became a nobleman, had his own private army and became a small lord, he could enjoy this law and open new territories on the plane.

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The manager of Trading Company originally planned to introduce a carriage shop to help Surdak transport these supplies back to Helanza City.

But Surdak did not intend to hire a carriage. He borrowed a small warehouse from him and promised to transport all the supplies before noon tomorrow.

Faced with such a large potential customer, the manager of Trading Company readily agreed, and quickly ordered people to move these materials to an independent small warehouse behind Trading Company, and handed over a warehouse key. To Surdak.

The succubus Aphrodite wanted to take a good stroll around Constantinople. She leaned against the door of the small warehouse, looked at the five hundred sets of full-covered armor in the warehouse, and glared at Surdak.

In winter, this Lin City is very beautiful. The streets and alleys in the city are piled up with neat wood materials. These firewood will let the citizens spend the cold winter in front of them. In Tantinburg, soft and warm lights are shining from the glass windows of some buildings, and the aroma of dinner is wafting everywhere on the street.

Aphrodite originally wanted to find a good high level restaurant and enjoy the food of Constantinople, but didn't expect Surdak to make her a hard porter. He This is an extreme contempt for a succubus.

"I won't do it, Summoning Technique is not used in this way, you know how much divine force will be consumed by a summon..."

Aphrodite decisively protested to Surdak , His posture of squeezing the last drop of blood and sweat from the laborers is like a wicked capitalist, no matter how much work he does, he will not feel like he has done much.

"As long as it lasts for one night, it may not be used a few times. I will try to fill all the magic pockets, and then cross the Void Portal to return to the treasure chamber." Surdak said his plan.

He wants to make the most of the night time, pass the materials in the Trading Company warehouse through the gate of summon, and transport these materials back to the treasure chamber of Impossible Mountain.

This is always much safer than hiring a team of carriages to transport these materials to Helanza City by land.

You must know that every winter, the bandit gangs in the mountains will be particularly rampant. Hiring a carriage to transport such a large amount of materials back still has to bear a lot of risk.

Ignoring Aphrodite’s protest, Surdak ran directly to the warehouse, took out the spare magic pockets, quickly led the materials from the warehouse into the magic pockets, and then stood with a smile on his face. Aphrodite waited silently beside him...

Seeing Surdak’s rogue appearance, Aphrodite was a little dumbfounded, unable to hold on to the end, or for Surdak opened the Void Portal, and then Surdak quickly crossed over. Into the void.

After returning to the Treasure Chamber, Surdak took out almost all of the magic pockets in an attempt to free up more space, taking advantage of the Void Portal not disappearing there, so he returned to Constantinople again .

Aphrodite didn’t know how many times Surdak had to go in and out from this Void Portal to move the goods in the warehouse, but she did not repeat the summon, she kept the Void Portal present. Open state.

Surdak worries that Aphrodite won’t be able to hold it for long, so no matter what he does, he will run all the way.

He couldn't even remember how many times he ran back and forth this night, until he ran out of the Void Portal with three empty magic pockets, and saw that the warehouse was empty except for Afu Apart from Rudi, there was nothing else in the warehouse, and only then realized that he had already transported the entire warehouse back.

When I left the material warehouse, it was already late at night.

On the streets of Constantinople cold and cheerless, only the night watchman with the lantern is turning around on the empty street.

"All shops are closed!" Aphrodite said panting with rage, probably due to the huge amount of divine force consumed, her face was a little pale.

Surdak shook his sour arm. Only then did he feel hungry. So he asked the succubus with concern: "Is you hungry, do you want to eat something?"

Aphrodite reluctantly said: "At this time, where can I get food, the hotel may not be able to provide dinner, after all, it is so late!"

Surdak Looking ahead, the shops on the whole street are closed.

"I know where I can find some food. Would you like to sit down?" he asked Aphrodite.

"Of course!" Aphrodite replied.

Although Surdak is not very familiar with Constantinople, he still found a tavern that hadn’t closed business so late, and opened the door to walk in. There were at least seven or eight tables of drinkers in the tavern. A drunk person has no intention to leave.

The tavern is very warm, and the room is full of the smell of alcohol, following the succubus frowns who walked in behind Surdak.

Surdak walked straight to the front of the bar, ordered two glasses of ale and a small plate of nuts from the bartender, and asked if there was anything in the tavern to fill up his stomach.

"Smoked fish and sausage, or?" The bartender put two glasses of ale in front of Surdak and asked.

"I want some!" Surdak sat on the high chair, glanced at the succubus Aphrodite, and replied.

The bartender heard Surdak’s foreign accent and asked with a smile, "Are you from outside?"

"en!" Surdak didn't think there was anything in it, replied.

The bartender glanced at Aphrodite, gave a look that a man knew, and asked him: "Do you want a room? We also provide accommodation."

Surdak put it on. Waved his hand and said: "No, we have a place to live!"

"Okay!" said the bartender, already placing the plate with smoked fish in Surdak.