Heaven’s Intention

the next morning

Romon stepped out the door. Take a deep breath of clean air.

The fields outside are barren, but without human cultivation, there is no life in the fields even in September. If you look at them, you can already see the grass growing in the fields and some wild flowers blooming in autumn, giving people a natural feeling. .

Romon is waiting, Luron is eating

Scholar Lulun came last night, and at this time, he was enjoying the last bit of horse meat and bread.

Although these are not very rich, they are not bad in Rika Town, which has just gone through the catastrophe.

Scholar Lulun also understood this, and after enjoying this breakfast, he went out, and sure enough, he saw Romon just outside Rika Town.

My lord!

Have you come back from the city? What's the matter? Romon asked.

Scholar Lu Lun thought for a while, and then remembered this situation

on the square. The whole body is covered in plate armor, wearing a full feather helmet, holding a five-meter-long spear, holding a shield obliquely, with a long sword on his waist, and riding a knight with the blood of an earth dragon.

The Knights of the Holy Sword, the Knights of the Fearless, the Knights of the Rock, the Knights of Edel... The knights and attendants of the thirteen knights slowly passed through the street and gathered in the square.

My lord, Viscount Igor Edel of Aps City, as for mobilizing his own Edel Knights, there are eleven religious knights and one knights composed of nobles. Lu Lun thought of this , Slowly spit out a sentence: The Viscount, as the supreme lord of this place, has issued an order to summon the nobles.

Seeing Luo Meng's eyebrows twitch, the Lulun scholar said with a smile: ...above baron!

After speaking, he introduced the specific situation one by one.

Has the situation developed so quickly? Romon rubbed his eyebrows and breathed a sigh of relief.

Romon thought for a moment, but didn't continue to talk about this topic. He pointed to a team not far away: This is a small team of infantry that I recently transferred. Take a look.

The Lulun scholar watched, first the soldiers.

The soldier wore a standard suit and leather armor, and his weapon was a long sword hanging from his waist.

Among the ten soldiers, there is a small leader, who is wearing chain mail. Tall and holding a long sword, it is daunting.

After reading it, Scholar Lu Lun said, My lord, do you want to turn this into a standard military system?

Yes, this is an infantry squadron, as well as a long spear squadron and a crossbow squadron! Romon said, Look at that small captain, who was specially found out. The captain who was originally in the army can train standard infantry.

Is the price too high? Scholar Lulun asked with a frown. All soldiers have leather armor, which is not inferior to the treatment of the Kingdom's standard army, let alone chain mail.

In the future, soldiers will have a 20-acre soldier's collar, which can be increased after accumulating meritorious service. Soldiers must therefore prepare their own standard weapons and serve throughout the year, but there will be a salary subsidy during the service period.

I'm not going to entrust you directly, I'm going to select the best soldiers from among the soldiers to serve as team leaders, and give them three times the salary. Romon said, after thinking for a while. Luo Meng understood the advantages and disadvantages of enfeoffment system and Huaxia centralization system.

The biggest problem with China's centralization system is that military equipment relies too much on civilian officials, so over time, it will inevitably lead to relaxation.

Therefore, for soldiers, it is the kingly way to bestow a small fief and bring their own weapons, this is to avoid the slack in armaments caused by deducting their salaries in the future.

However, the most important thing about the retinue system is that the lord lacks the necessary control power, and he was originally an armed retinue, but gradually became a squire. This shortcoming has been exposed.

Therefore, the minority class of retinues, on the one hand, are hereditary retinues who have accumulated more than 50 acres of meritorious service, and on the other hand, they select fighters with strong martial arts skills who have reached the fourth level from among the soldiers. This can take care of loyalty and tradition at the same time. And promoted trustworthy and powerful fighters.

Scholar Lu Lun nodded, understood the meaning, and said, My lord, if this is the case, your first investment in weapons and equipment will be a lot!

Luo Meng took a deep breath and said, It doesn't matter, let's go back, I'll show you something.

With Romon's current status, he lives in Rika Town, which is of course the lord's villa, which was originally the place where the baron lived.

go through. Came to the small living room.

It's only September now, and although there is a pile of chopped wood under the fireplace not far away, it has not been lit. It is estimated that it will be lit in October.

This villa is no different from most ordinary villas. There are several sofas around the fireplace, covered with thick cashmere, and there are tables in the middle with candlesticks on the tables.

Sit down and read these! Leaning on the sofa, Romon gently closed his eyes.

Scholar Lu Lun sat down and saw the things on the table. First of all, there was a box filled with bright yellow gold coins. When Lu Lun saw it, he estimated that there were about 5,000 gold coins here.

The second box contains a batch of jewels. These jewels have been selected and are all high-quality goods. Scholar Lu Lun took out one at random, checked it, and nodded.

Finally, there are bricks and bricks. People who don't know its value will indeed be disappointed by it.

But Lu Lun's eyes lit up.

First of all, I looked at the exterior shape, and saw that the exterior shape is flat, the four corners and edges are clear, the thickness is uniform, and the color of the brick surface is oily and black...

Scholar Lu Lun nodded. At this moment, a servant came in with a tea set as the fragrance wafted outside.

Scholar Lu Lun took a look, did not speak, and used a knife. Cut a small piece of tea brick, grind it, mix it with boiled milk, add honey, and add a drop of mint.

After it was finished, the milk tea was red in color and had a pure aroma. Lu Lun took a sip and immediately felt the rich taste.

A good tea brick, even if it's not the best, it can still be rated as the top grade! Scholar Lu Lun exhaled, and said, looking at the untouched large tea brick on the table with fiery eyes.

With the development of the times, a large number of scholars, nobles, and mages all like tea.

Not to mention out of elegance, priests and mages, especially mages, are not allowed to drink at will, because alcohol affects the spirit, and the spirit directly affects the success or failure of spells. Even coffee is relatively irritating too much, Only the mild and refreshing tea is particularly popular.

Of course, there is no market for Huaxia-style light tea, and only tea bricks with a strong aroma and strong taste are popular.

Generally speaking, these large tea bricks are cut into one-inch pieces and sold to priests and mages. The price is extremely expensive. Lu Lun did not expect that there are so many tea bricks in Romon. At a glance, there are thirty yuan. !

My lord, what are your orders? Such a wealth, of course, is not to be shown. Scholar Lulun admired Romon very much.

Although gold coins depreciate somewhat during wartime, they are still the most important currency and are the favorite of all middle and low class people.

Although jewelry depreciated somewhat during the war, the high-quality goods among them can still satisfy some nobles who love jewelry, especially the ladies.

As for these top-grade tea bricks with high aroma and strong taste, they are hard currency for priests and mages, as well as those with elegant taste.

These tea bricks were originally produced in scarce quantities, but now during the war, they are probably even more out of stock!

Once the top, bottom, and bottom are all prepared, it's time to get things done.

Knight Sangbo told me that my current meritorious service has reached the minimum standard for the canonization of a baron. As Romon said, Lu Lun immediately understood the meaning of this sentence.

If the meritorious service reaches the standard, then there is still work to be done, and these wealth are used for management.

My lord, isn't it a little early? Lu Lun said after thinking about it.

Romon understood what he meant. It is not a good job to summon the baron in the city to fight the main force of the demons.

It's getting late, Mr. Lulun, you should understand that times of war and times of peace are completely different. Romon said: If it comes to times of peace, then...

After saying this, Lu Lun understood.

The baron controls hundreds of square kilometers, which represents too great a benefit. In a peaceful era, no matter how hard you fight, it will be difficult to achieve.

One miracle that Lulun scholars know is the Xia Leilu family.

The Xia Leilu family made military achievements in a small-scale war, and was promoted to a lord, which can be hereditary. The next three generations will serve in the army, but they still cannot be promoted.

The fourth-generation lord, combined with a viscount's daughter, became a de facto vassal of a viscount's family and gained help.

But it was only in the fifth generation that an event was passed, and enough territory was obtained to become a baron.

It took five generations before he became a baron, but he was still despised by the aristocracy and regarded as an upstart.

Only when the old structure is broken, at least temporarily, during the catastrophe, and the gods directly intervene in the rewards and punishments of meritorious deeds, can Romon reach the sky in one step.

If it is not sealed now, after the war, hehe, it is extremely fair to be able to barely confer the title of baron and get some poor villages.

If you are unlucky and block the way of a certain house, it is normal to die suddenly or die in battle.

After all, once the era of peace comes, contacts and relationships become the mainstream.

My lord, I understand. I will quickly arrange for you to obtain the title of Baron. Lu Lun said immediately.

Well, and it doesn't matter, I see the situation, in all likelihood, Apus City will have a decisive battle with the High Demon. Romon said decisively: And the war will break out very quickly!

My lord, what judgment do you rely on?

It's very simple, it's the movement. The high-level demon is an abyss noble. I don't believe it has no brains—the key is that the movement in Apus City is too great. Romon said with a sigh.

Seeing that Lu Lun was still a little puzzled, Romon explained: Threats are mutual. When Apus City is mobilized, the Abyss Baron will be the first to bear the brunt. Of course, the opposite is also the same. This is a magnet, attracting each other's attention. , Therefore, war is inevitable, and no one can wait any longer. (!)