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"Your Highness the Saint."
At this time, the Templar Knight Langdon advised, "The collective mutiny of the Third Patrol Regiment may not be concealed from Luan City for too long. In order to prevent Luan City from sending out the Imperial Army, we must improve the equipment and strength of the Knights Templar and the Saint's Guard as soon as possible."
"Captain, you're right." Templar Marcy frowned, "But our team has just been established, and we have no experience leading a knightly order. How are we going to train? How are we going to get pay? Where are we going to get food and necessities? There are so many problems."
"Military pay is not a big deal. We are all loyal servants of the Lord of Light. Temporary delays in pay will not affect morale. We can also find a way to provide food. As for training, we can't do it all at once. We can only train slowly." Another Templar Knight Ian also analyzed, "But we lack equipment. The equipment of the Third Patrol Regiment is enough to intimidate civilians, but it is not enough to face Luan's regular troops."
Several Templars were military veterans and knew that a battle between armies could not be won simply by high morale. High-quality equipment, rigorous training, and brilliant tactical command would all affect the outcome of a battle.
Everyone has their own expertise. Saint Katherina didn't know enough about military affairs, so she asked Langdon, "Langdon, do you have any good ideas?"
"The Knights Templar and the Holy Maiden Guards are both legions appointed by our Lord himself. If their equipment is too shabby, it will indeed undermine our Lord's majesty and increase the losses in battle." Langdon pondered, "But the problem is that we have no money."
He explained: "The previous batch of equipment had used up all the money we had gathered, but it was still not enough."
Priest Harry asked curiously, "How much is a set of leather armor?"
Langdon's face was heavy: "Two silver Zachs."
"Two silver zak?! Doesn't that mean 600 copper el?" Susan, who was born a peasant girl, covered her mouth in surprise. "Lord of Light, this is enough to buy 300 black breads!"
There are three types of currency in circulation in the empire: copper el, silver zak, and gold frank.
The Gold Frank is named after the empire's founding emperor, Frank the Great. The same is true for the silver and copper coins, corresponding to the famous Emperor El the Great and Emperor Zak the Great in the history of the empire.
The exchange rate between gold franks, silver zaks and copper ells is constantly changing. Currently, one gold frank can be exchanged for about 60 silver zaks. Each silver zak can be exchanged for 300 copper ells.
Ordinary civilians only use copper el in their daily lives, and 2 silver zak is already a lot of money. Susan's family has farmland and horses, and is considered a middle-class freeman, but she was still shocked when she heard the price.
But a good set of leather armor can save your life at a critical moment, so how can it be cheap
"This is already the cheapest." Templar Ian sighed. "This is just the most basic leather armor, made by sewing together tanned and specially treated leather. If it's an exquisite leather armor with iron plates like the one the captain wears, a set would cost at least 10 silver zacks. Mail armor is even more expensive, costing 2 gold franks a set."
"Besides, a warrior doesn't just need leather armor." He added, "If you need to equip an infantryman, you also need thick cotton armor lining, a felt robe outside, combat boots, etc. The full set will require at least three or four silver Zak."