Lord of Hyranza

So Suldak decisively decided to buy everything in one stop at this trading firm.

Suldak did not expect that the cost of building a private army would be so high. 500 sets of full armor, standard saddles, marching tents, and iron pots cost nearly 1 gold coins in total. The current exchange rate between magic crystals and gold coins The ratio is 7:1700, if it is converted into magic crystals, it means that this single transaction consumes more than [-] magic crystals in Suldak's pocket.

If you buy another war horse, you need to prepare at least two thousand more magic crystals.

Even so, weapons, magic scrolls, and marching rations have not been included in Suldak's military expenses for the time being.

As for the weapons of the cavalry battalion, Suldak decided to wait until he returned to the barren land and recruited the cavalry before making a decision.

The blacksmith workshop in Bena City is good at forging sword weapons. The excellent weapons of the cavalry battalion are usually shipped from other provinces, and they can only be bought in the trading houses of Bena City. The price of weapons also fluctuates the most. There is a big difference between a little weapon and a bad weapon.

In addition, the lord's private army has to pay a salary.

That's right, recruiting veterans to join the army requires a hiring fee. Of course, if recruiting new troops, Suldak does not need to pay this fee.

Suldak's cavalry battalion has an official army number, so it can recruit local new troops. According to the national recruitment system, Suldak's cavalry battalion can absorb some young people from the empire and let them serve in the cavalry battalion for free for 4 years .

But Suldak didn't want to do this. Instead of recruiting 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 Green Empire, as long as they have served in the military for four years, they are considered to be formal imperial citizens. These citizens have the right to refuse the re-enlistment orders issued by the lords. Of course, the lords can use a sum of money and some land to hire these veterans. Get them back on the battlefield.

Marquis Luther's suggestion to Suldak is to recruit some new troops with basic skills from the Knight Academy.

These graduates have a four-year military service period, 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 combat qualities, which is very convenient for management. Erdak has also been hesitating recently.

Marquis Luther fully considered that the task this time was to change defenses on the Bailin plane.

And there is a great chance that this time the defense will not be involved in the plane war. Suldak can directly train the army in the defense zone of the Bailin plane, or lead the cavalry battalion to the unexplored area to train the army and expand the empire. territory.

Small lords like Suldak will use the 'four-three-three' land distribution method after the war, [-]% of the land will go to the pioneers, [-]% will go to the lord of the plane, and [-]% will go to the Grimm Empire. After Dak became a nobleman, had his own private army and became a small lord, he could enjoy this law and open up new territories on the plane.

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The manager of the firm originally planned to introduce a carriage firm to help Suerdak transport these materials back to Hailansa City.

But Suldak didn't intend to hire a carriage dealer. He borrowed a small warehouse from him and promised to transport all the supplies before noon tomorrow.

Faced with such a potential big customer, the manager of the firm readily agreed, and quickly ordered people to move the materials to a small independent warehouse behind the firm, and handed over a warehouse key to Suldak.

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

This forest city in winter is extremely beautiful. The streets and alleys in the city are piled up neatly with logs. These logs will allow the citizens to survive the cold winter. Constantinople in the evening, the glass windows of some buildings There is soft and warm light in the house, and the aroma of dinner is wafting everywhere in the street.

Aphrodite originally wanted to find a good high-end restaurant and enjoy the delicacies of Constantinople. Unexpectedly, Suldak planned to make her a hard porter. He was a succubus extreme contempt.

"I won't do it. Summoning is not used in this way. You know how much mental energy a summoning will consume..."

Aphrodite resolutely protested to Suldak. His posture of squeezing the last drop of blood and sweat from the laborers was like an evil capitalist, no matter how much work he did, he would not feel that he was doing too much.

"Just stick to it for one night, maybe it won't take a few times, I will try to fill up all the magic pockets, and then return to the treasure chamber after crossing the void gate." Suldak said his plan.

He wanted to make full use of the time of night to transport the materials in the firm's warehouse through the gate of summoning, and transport them back to the secret treasure room in Pustules Mountain.

This is much safer than hiring a team of horse-drawn carriages to transport these materials to Hailansa City by land.

You must know that every winter, the bandit gangs in the mountains will be extremely rampant, and it is still quite risky to hire a horse-drawn carriage to transport such a large amount of supplies back.

Ignoring Aphrodite's protest, Suldak ran directly to the warehouse, took out the spare magic pocket, quickly put the materials in the warehouse into the magic pocket, and then stood with a smile on his face, standing in front of Aphrodite. Waiting silently by my side...

Seeing Suldak's rascal appearance, Aphrodite was a little dumbfounded. She couldn't hold on until the end, but opened the void door for Suldak, and then Suldak quickly stepped into the void.

After returning to the treasure chamber, Suldak took out almost everything in his magic pocket in an attempt to make room for a larger space, so he returned to Constantinople before the Void Gate disappeared there.

Aphrodite didn't know how many times Suldak had to go in and out of the void gate to finish moving the goods in the warehouse, but she didn't call repeatedly, and she kept the void gate open. .

Suldak was worried that Aphrodite wouldn't be able to last too long, so no matter what he did, he would trot all the way.

He couldn't even remember how many times he ran back and forth that night, until he ran out of the void gate with three empty magic pockets, and saw that the warehouse was empty, except for Aphrodite, the warehouse was empty. There was nothing else in there, and it was only then that he realized that he had transported all the materials in the entire warehouse back.

It was already late at night when we left the material warehouse.

The streets of Constantinople were deserted, only the night watchmen with lanterns walking around the empty streets.

"All the shops are closed!" Aphrodite said angrily, probably because she had consumed a huge amount of mental power, her face was a little pale.

Suldak shook his sore arm and felt very hungry at this moment, so he asked the succubus with concern: "Are you hungry, do you want to eat something?"

Aphrodite said reluctantly: "At this time, where can I get food? I'm afraid the hotel can't provide dinner, after all, it's so late!"

Surdak looked over, and the shops on the whole street were closed.

"I know where I can find some food, do you want to sit down?" He asked Aphrodite.

"Of course!" Aphrodite replied.

Although Suldak is not very familiar with Constantinople, he still found a tavern that was not closed so late, opened the door and walked in. There are at least seven or eight tables of drinkers in the tavern, and they are also drunk now. , but had no intention of leaving.

The tavern was very warm, and the room was filled with the smell of alcohol. The succubus who walked in behind Suldak frowned.

Suldak went straight to the front of the bar, ordered two glasses of ale and a small dish of nuts from the bartender, and asked what there was in the tavern to fill his stomach.

"Smoked fish and sausage, or?" the bartender asked as he placed two glasses of ale in front of Suldak.

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

The bartender recognized Suerdak's foreign accent and asked with a smile, "Are you foreigners?"

"Hmm!" Surdak didn't think it was a big deal, and replied.

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

Suldak waved his hand and said, "No, we have a place to live!"

"Okay!" said the bartender, and put the plate of smoked fish in front of Suldak.

Chapter 647 Night of Constantinople 2

On such a cold snowy night, I drank a little ale and ate some sausage and smoked fish served in the tavern. I feel that everything is good except that the variety of meals is not rich enough, and the order is more free. You can avoid the complicated constraints of high-end restaurants.

The taste is also very delicious under the background of ale.

In pubs, in order to match ale, many dishes are salty, which are like some salted nuts, which taste crisp and tasty.

The arrival of Suldak and Aphrodite revived the originally quiet tavern. Several drunken drinkers looked at Aphrodite's back with their eyes straightened.

There was no liquor girl in this tavern, and the drinkers at that table gathered together and whispered a few words. Among them, two strong men in hard leather armor came over with large ale glasses. , sitting silently on the seat next to Aphrodite.

The man grabbed a large wine glass on the bar counter, and he didn't come over to chat with Aphrodite, but asked the bartender to fill up the ale in their glasses. Wipe his beard.

"Did you know?" one of them said loudly, "Last winter, at about this time, I saw in the mountains a gang of more than a hundred bandits trying to cross the middle of Maccurie Hill. Gu Luo and I were only a few meters away from them. Worried about being discovered by them, we hid our bodies in the snow pit and hid for a long time without making a sound. It's too cold to control."

Just talking loudly about the dangerous experiences that happened to them, as if that's the only way to show how brave they are.

From their words, it can be heard that these two strong men seem to be hunters. They specialize in looking for some rare pets for their employers, and occasionally hunt and kill low-level monsters. , Warcraft has basically disappeared.

If you want to hunt monsters, you must go to the Pagros Mountains.

Aphrodite lowered her head and slowly took a sip of the ale before her face recovered a trace of blood.

It seems that the frequent activation of the summoning circle this time is very burdensome to her body. The succubus bundled her long hair high to cover the two corners of her head, looking like a glamorous beauty. She didn't wear the Mithril mask of the Faceless Man, and she had a faint smile on her delicate face, listening to the conversation of the two strong men beside her.

Suldak lowered his head and ate the smoked fish. He glanced at the drinkers around him. Some of the drinkers might be drunk, and they opened their thick cotton coats, revealing their chests covered with chest hair.

"Do you two want to stay? I have a relaxing room here." The bartender asked the strong man.

"Rich……"

Before the strong man could finish speaking, there was a loud rumbling sound outside the tavern.

Suldak has been in the guard camp for so long, especially when he participated in the defense battle of Vojmara City, so he is not unfamiliar with this kind of sound. Above the city of Wal-Mara, almost every day, hundreds of fire scale bombs were thrown by the catapults into the city, and exploded among the hellhounds.

Suldak woke up suddenly from his contemplation. This is the hinterland of Bena Province. It might not be surprising to say that there are some bandit gangs occasionally appearing in the surrounding mountains, but if there are people in the The fire scale bomb was detonated beside the city wall. Besides the fire scale bomb self-detonation, would anyone use it on purpose?

Just as he was hesitating, the sound of cracking fire scale bombs came out one after another in the distance.

Suldak suddenly stood up from the bar, threw two silver coins on the bar, and walked quickly towards the door of the tavern, followed by Aphrodite.

A group of drinkers in the tavern also heard the cracking sound, and they were stunned. When they saw someone walking out of the tavern, they were going to follow them and go outside to see what happened.

Standing on the street, Suldak happened to see a series of flames flashing across the northwest corner of Constantinople, followed by a series of explosions.

Then the big bell on the clock tower in the city was rang, and the bell never stopped.

The drinkers in the tavern were the first to go to the street, and everyone looked into the distance in panic.

Afterwards, some surrounding citizens ran out of their homes wearing overcoats. Some only wore fur coats, and some even wore pajamas. Many people's eyes were full of horror, and some people kept asking others around them: "...what happened ?”

Everyone ran towards the square where the clock tower was located. No one knew what happened, but the clock tower in the city rang the alarm bell continuously to inform all the citizens that something important had happened. Running out, the street looked a bit chaotic.

A group of knights passed by on the long street in a hurry, and the direction happened to be where the explosion sounded.

In the chaos, some people ran against the current into the city, and some asked those who came back: "What happened?"

The man who ran into the city said in a panic, "It's a war. There is an army outside the city. Now it has attacked the city wall and fought with the city guards."

"Where did that group of enemies come from?" Someone in the crowd asked again.

"I don't know!" The man who was running into the city said in a panic. He wanted to continue running in, but was blocked by a group of people, and he couldn't get out no matter what.

Someone in the crowd asked again: "Alien or human?"

"It seems to be a country bumpkin from the northern part of Tarapagan!" The man's voice was a little hoarse and his voice trembled.

At this time, there was a rumbling shout of killing from the city gate.

The city was in chaos, and from time to time a team of cavalry passed through the street, and the citizens of the city gave way to both sides of the road...

This night is destined to be not so peaceful.

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Suldak didn't expect to encounter such an incident when he rushed to Constantinople.

He was actually very curious, and wanted to go to the city wall to see what happened, so he kept walking towards the northwest corner of Constantinople amidst the crowds. Traveling around in a magic caravan, no matter where the destination is, the horse-drawn carriage will arrive very quickly, so the feeling is not so accurate.

But now the city was in chaos, and there was no magic caravan at all. He wanted to go to the northwest corner of the city, so he could only rely on his feet to cross the streets of the city.

The succubus Aphrodite followed behind him, she retreated into the shadow, her body gradually faded and merged with the shadow, blurring like a shadow.

"What should we do? Should we leave here as soon as possible?" Succubus felt that he should not be involved in the battle of Constantinople. Since he had bought the full armor, he should leave as soon as possible.

"Let's see the situation first." Surdak replied.

The farther you go, the more people are crowded together on the street. After walking for a while, the street is crowded with infantry from the city defense team. The shields lined up neatly, and it seemed that there were too many people congested to move forward.

There was even a group of cavalry from the guard battalion crowded on the street, because they carefully controlled the horses under their crotches to avoid stampedes as much as possible.

Suldak praised inwardly: The garrison of Constantinople reacted really quickly. The defense troops had been assembled so quickly and rushed to the city wall.

From this point of view, even if someone attacked the city, it would be absolutely impossible to take Constantinople for a while.

Seeing that the street was too crowded and he couldn't get through for a while, he climbed to a high roof and looked towards the city wall at the northwest corner. There was a faint flame, and it seemed that the battle had been going on.

Looking at the chaotic streets and alleys, I could vaguely smell a conspiracy.

He jumped off the roof and said to Aphrodite who was hiding in the corner of the alley: "I always feel that this doesn't look like an attack on the city. Those people seem to be deliberately creating chaos in the west of the city... If you were a bandit leader, you would Eyeing what in Constantinople?"

Aphrodite said without hesitation: "In addition to the gold coins stored in the vaults of various manors, of course there are also supplies here. After all, Constantinople is the most famous transit place for supplies in Bena Province!"

She turned into a phantom, and her voice seemed a little ethereal.

Suldak set his sights on the trading firm not far from the south gate of the city, and said to Aphrodite, "Do you think they will rob the firm in Constantinople?"

Aphrodite shook her head and said: "It is easy to sneak in while taking advantage of the chaos, but it is not easy for them to loot trading houses at this time. The guard camp in the city will not let them mess around at this time. Instead of sneaking into the city and looting trading houses, it is better to loot the fire scale bullet workshop beside the crescent lake outside the city!"

Suldak's eyes lit up slightly and he said: "You mean they are probably creating chaos on the west side of the city, just to attract the city's defense force, and then let a large number of robbers loot the firearms workshop outside the city? "

Even if the firearms workshop sent out a distress signal, the guard battalion and the city defense department had no time to send people out of the city to help because of the chaos in the city.

"Maybe, since the west side of the city is difficult, why don't we go to the firearms workshop by the lake?" Suldak said. "I don't want any problems over there. After all, our sulfur mines will still be sold here."

The city of Constantinople was still in chaos, except for the explosion in the northwest corner of the city, only the clock tower was rang a few times, causing a large number of citizens to rush out of their homes and gather towards the clock tower square.

Suldak and Aphrodite came to the south gate of the city. A large number of city defense troops gathered at the south gate. The gate was closed and the suspension bridge outside the gate was raised high. It was impossible to leave the city. Duck was a little hesitant, whether he should go back to the hotel to sleep, a group of cavalry rushed to the gate from the street inside the city, and the cavalry headed by it happened to be Captain Jude of Constantinople.

He brought a team of knights to the gate of the city, took out a token from his pocket and threw it to the captain of the guard at the top of the city, and then said loudly: "The third brigade of the guard battalion has been ordered to leave the city, please open the gate and let them go! "

"Obey! Wait a moment." The guard at the top of the city said, carefully inspecting the token in his hand, and after a while, someone opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge.

Captain Jude, who was waiting by the city gate, glanced around casually, and his eyes fell on a person by the roadside at the city gate.

"Baron Suldak, why are you here?" Captain Jude looked at Suldak in surprise and asked him.

Aphrodite hid in the dark, and at night, no one noticed her.