It is said that His Highness the Second Highness had an oolong incident in the residence of the White Lion Army, which made a big joke. The cause of the incident was that His Highness the Second Highness was deeply dissatisfied with the status quo of the White Lion Army and was planning to rectify it. First, he scolded the legion leader, Knight Seberg, who had heard the news and rushed back, and asked him to wait aside, and then ordered to sound the horn of assembly, trying to call out all the soldiers of the White Lion Army who were going to work. return.
As a result, after the three-way horn passed, more than half an hour later, more than a dozen soldiers of the White Lion Legion came back lazily, and they kept complaining about who was so boring to blow the rallying call, delaying everyone from earning money to support their families... Second Highness Furious, he scolded the dozen or so soldiers, and told them to leave immediately...
As one of the two regular legions of the New Cresson Empire, the families of the soldiers who became the White Lions have preferential taxation and superior status. Speaking of which, this is what the Second Highness learned from the Norton family's kindness to their own family's armed soldiers. Although it is impossible to give the two legions under his command the same treatment as the Norton family's armed soldiers, he can reduce taxes a little and give the soldiers' families a little care in all aspects. The Second Highness can still do it. Therefore, becoming a soldier of these two regular regiments is a very honorable thing that can make those who sign up for the army beat their heads.
In the heart of the Second Highness, the expulsion of these dozen soldiers from the legion is already a very severe punishment. If there were not too many soldiers who also went to work, the Second Highness would have wanted to make an example, but the law does not punish the public. If you really want to implement the military law in a serious way, it may arouse the anger of the soldiers who went to work, and it is easy to break out a mutiny. After thinking about it, His Royal Highness decided to kick them out of the legion. Without the tax relief and various preferential treatment, I guarantee that these soldiers will regret it, and cry on the ground and beg him to forgive them...
It's just that the dozen or so soldiers were ecstatic when they heard that the Second Highness asked them to get out of the White Lion Army: "Great, I'll go home right away and take my wife and children to Yungeshandra Province for naturalization..."
"Well, I'll go too. The last time I went home, my father complained that I shouldn't sign up for the army. Our next-door neighbor's family went to Yungeshandra Province. Not only did they divide the land and houses, but they also found a job in the kiln. , can earn a dozen or so Golden Ford a year..."
"Okay, let's go together, go home and tell your family the good news..."
Second Highness: "..."
I always feel that something is wrong, the Second Highness saw that the cheerful expressions of the dozen soldiers who were kicked out of the barracks did not seem to be ready to beg for mercy, and he was wondering that another batch of soldiers who had returned from work entered the barracks at this time. The ten or so soldiers were disqualified from the White Lion Army, and the envy and jealousy in their eyes could not be stopped, and they rushed towards the Second Highness, shouting: "Your Majesty, we have also violated military discipline, please Get us out too..."
The Second Highness was a little bored, pointing at the dozen or so soldiers who were about to leave and shouted: "Wait a minute, leave the equipment on your body before you get out of the legion, it is the property of the legion, you can't take it away..."
Unexpectedly, the dozen or so soldiers retorted: "We bought this ourselves, it belongs to our private property, and has nothing to do with the Legion!"
Nonsense! This is obviously standard equipment, armor made of fine iron, a set needs at least forty gold blessings, how can these poor people afford it! However, His Royal Highness also felt a little strange in his heart. He had never equipped the White Lions with such a fine standard fine iron armor, had he
Even the more than 50,000 sets of standard armor of the White Lion Legion that Lorist gave back for free back then, after many wars, most of them were damaged and lost, and the remaining ones were only 10,000. Many sets, the Second Highness has already recycled all of them into the standard equipment of the royal guards. A few years ago when the two legions were reorganized, the Second Highness remembered that most of the rations he gave to the White Lion Legion were crude leather armor, and the iron armor was only a thousand, and most of them were picked off from the dead, and hadn't been repaired much.
But now what happened to the same style of fine iron armor on the soldiers of the White Lion Legion, the Second Highness discovered that the White Lion Legion had almost changed a lot, and after a closer look, his mind was concentrated, it was clearly an extremely elite legion , Even more capable and powerful than the Royal Guards Corps he vigorously built. Among other things, there are more and more soldiers returning to the camp now. They are fully armored and disciplined. As soon as they entered the camp, they quickly formed square formations according to their respective formations, murderous in silence...
"Your Majesty, the equipment on them is indeed their private property, and they bought it with their own money. The weapons and leather armor equipped by the legion are not willing to wear due to quality and protection issues, so the soldiers pay for it themselves. Buy these armaments and weapons. And those distributed by the legion are piled up in the warehouse, and there are account books to check..." The Seberg knight who had just been scolded by the side came out to testify.
"This, is this possible?" The Second Highness pointed at the battle formation in surprise: "This is forty to fifty thousand people! They only have two Jinford's military pay a year, and they can buy it for at least twenty years without eating or drinking. Get up the armor on your body, and where can they go to buy so much of the same standard armor?"
"It's true, Your Majesty." Knight Seberg was also a little embarrassed: "The Norton family's armed forces defeated the Commercial Alliance armed forces in the city of Bruvia, and the more than 200,000 Commercial Alliance armed forces were almost wiped out. There are countless armed prisoners, these weapons and armors are actually taken from the captives armed by the business alliance, and the Norton family armed forces don't like them, so they sold them cheaply to our soldiers of the White Lion Legion."
"How cheap is it? Maybe we can also..." The Second Highness became interested. The Norton family's armed forces can be sold to me if they don't like it. Maybe they can get a batch of free military supplies from the Norton family for free.
Knight Seberg shook his head in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, at that time I also wanted to use the name of the White Lions to buy a batch of captured military supplies to redress the White Lions, but the Norton family rejected this proposal. It is said that they will not sell it to our legion, but soldiers can buy it with their own pockets, so that even when they leave the army, they can take these standard armor and weapons home, which is considered a personal benefit. Because it is related to the battlefield As for the issue of life-saving, it happened that the rewards for our White Lion Army's participation in the war were issued, so the soldiers bought a set if they had money. What I know is that the cheapest set only sells for eight large silver coins... "
puff! The Second Highness gritted his teeth tightly to prevent himself from spitting out the blood. Eight large silver coins, this is simply the price of cabbage among the prices of cabbage, one gold fortune is worth twenty large silver coins, the market value of this set of standard refined iron armor is worth more than forty gold fortunes, what kind of bargain is this Ah, how could it fall on the heads of these White Lion Legion soldiers
"No, the Norton family still has these captured standard armor and weapons? I, I will pay for it. One, no, two Jinfords to buy a set." It's rough, who doesn't want to take advantage of the cheap, and besides, two gold Fords are more expensive than eight large silver coins. The Second Highness thinks that this price is very suitable.
But Knight Seberg's answer seemed to pour cold water on the Second Highness: "It's gone for a long time, Your Majesty. Except for the soldiers of our White Lion Legion who bought their own outfits, some of the captured armaments were equipped with the Freedom Alliance. The rest of the newly formed garrison armies were credited to the armed forces of the four countries that had returned to the Faliqiu Plain. They were sold at a 30% discount, and a set of equipped weapons and armor was worth about 30 gold points. "
His Royal Highness was very disappointed and very angry. He made it clear that it was the Norton family who sold such fine iron armor and weapons at such a low price to the soldiers of his White Lion Legion. This is not to alienate What is your relationship with the White Lions? At this moment, the Second Highness had forgotten his original intention when he used the White Lions as cannon fodder, and he also forgot that he often owed the White Lions military expenses and military salaries. All he could see was the set of refined iron armor worn by the soldiers of the White Lion Legion, and the sharp weapons and equipment in his hands...
All the kingdoms and legions in the Galintia continent will not prohibit their armed personnel from purchasing armaments and weapons for use. On the one hand, this allows the armed personnel to use the weapons they are good at and familiar with to exert greater power on the battlefield; It helps to reduce the burden on weapons and military expenditures, and even wishes that all armed personnel will use their own weapons. Like the White Lions now is a good example of self-armed.
The Second Highness is drooling now looking at the weapons and standard armor provided by the soldiers of the White Lion Legion, but he has no excuse to deprive the soldiers of these privately owned equipment. After thinking about it for a long time, His Royal Highness finally made a difficult decision: "Seberg, I am going to buy the standard armor and weaponry on them at a high price of five Jinfords. You order them to put these armor and The weapons and equipment are all taken off and tidied up, and I will send gold coins to them after a while... "
"It's impossible!" Knight Seberg immediately rejected His Highness's order, and the contemptuous look in his eyes made His Highness feel extremely dazzling and embarrassed: "No one is a fool, Your Majesty. If I announce this order in public now If you do, you will immediately feel the consequences of the anger of the soldiers of the entire legion. Even if you are the emperor of the empire, you can't use such a cheap price to buy these private property belonging to the soldiers... "
"Low price? Didn't you say that they only bought a set of eight big silver coins? I paid out five Gold Fords, which has already doubled by more than ten times. People can't be too greedy, do you understand? Commander of the Seberg Army! "Second Highness has become a little angry from embarrassment.
"This is the weapon and armor that the soldiers use to save their lives on the battlefield. Last time, the caravan of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce even wanted to buy a set of thirty-five Gold Fords, but no one was willing to sell it! Many soldiers are going to sell this A set of armor and weapons will be handed down to your descendants as family heirlooms, so I really don't understand why His Majesty thinks that a set of five Gold Fords can buy the armor and weapons of these soldiers. Could it be that one of His Majesty's Gold Fords can be used as ten? "The commander of Seberg's army didn't save His Highness any face at all, and pushed back directly.
His Highness's face was flushed red, but he couldn't get angry even if he wanted to. Fortunately, the acquisition order was not issued, otherwise no one can guarantee whether there will be a mutiny. The caravan of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce offered a set purchase price of thirty-five Jinfords, and the soldiers of the White Lion Legion did not sell their weapons and armor. Then His Royal Highness ordered that he would pay a high price of five Gold Fords to buy it. If the news spread, it would only make people laugh, and it would further confirm His Highness's reputation of being greedy.
In fact, His Royal Highness has a good vision. These refined iron armors worn by the soldiers of the White Lion Army are indeed worth more than forty gold blessings. The price will be above 50 Gold Fords. Especially for large batches of the same style of standard armor, in the forging industry that is dominated by manual work, the price may not only not be cheap, but may also increase by 10 to 20%. After all, it is not a good idea to make exactly the same style. easy job.
That is to say, because the Norton family used large-scale hydraulic machinery for forging, it greatly reduced the demand for manpower, and was able to use die forging and hydraulic devices to create large quantities of weapons and standard equipment. However, because the last time the business alliance sent a large number of great sword masters to sneak into the north to prepare to assassinate Lorist, who was defeated in the battle with the Storm Sword Master, the hydraulic forging machinery of the Norton family has been exposed. The Business Alliance reorganized the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, which is famous for forging, and imitated some hydraulic machinery, which achieved obvious results. That's why it was able to forge a large number of refined iron armor and weapons to equip the Business Alliance.
As the head of the Seberg Army said, these weapons and standard fine iron armor are indeed the life-saving reliance of the soldiers of the White Lion Army. Although the Galintia continent is a world of battle qi, a battle qi level above silver can flash a sword light on a weapon, which is unstoppable. But for these ordinary soldiers, a piece of fine iron armor with strong protection is still the biggest reliance to protect themselves and defeat the enemy.
For example, an enemy without fighting spirit may not be able to break through the protection of the fine iron armor of the soldiers of the White Lion Army even with a good weapon, while an enemy of the bronze and black iron fighting spirit may only be able to break through the protection of the refined iron armor. The soldiers of the White Lion Legion were too badly wounded to be fatal. As for enemies above the silver rank who can flash sword lights on their weapons, if they are dealing with soldiers in leather armor, they may kill nearly a hundred people before exhausting their fighting spirit. But when confronted with soldiers wearing refined iron armor, they would be exhausted if they killed at most a dozen people. Because breaking through these refined iron armors will consume a lot of grudge and sword light.
It was only now that the Second Highness realized that he was already riding a tiger and couldn't find a step to get off the stage. He didn't know what to say to the soldiers of the White Lion Legion who had assembled into battle formation. First, they took the equipment on the soldiers as if they were issued by the legion and wanted them to remove it, which caused a big oolong. Later, because he was greedy for the equipment on these soldiers and wanted to buy it at a low price, he was rejected by the head of the Seberg Army in person, and directly left His Highness on the stage.
From his inner feelings, His Royal Highness really wanted to lose his temper, severely reprimanded these soldiers who went to work for the Norton family without doing their jobs, and then kicked them out of the White Lion Army. But the dozen or so soldiers who left happily just now have given His Highness enough vigilance. Maybe this is a good thing that the soldiers below are looking forward to. These soldiers are looking for work...
Looking at the soldiers of the White Lion Legion neatly lined up in battle formation, the Second Highness had a headache. If he really wanted to fire all these soldiers and rebuild the White Lion Legion, then the next time the soldiers who lined up in front of him might be all dressed in tatters. Soldiers in leather armor. Even if he doubts why the relationship between the White Lions and the Norton family is so friendly, the Second Highness has to admit in his heart that the current White Lions are indeed an elite army. If they are disbanded, will they all go to join the Norton family? Aren't you embarrassing yourself? Maybe the Norton family will use these soldiers to create a new family armed army...
But how to deal with the White Lion Legion is really a big problem now. It is obviously inappropriate to deploy it here again. It is purely adding more capable labor for the Norton family to build fortresses and fish. After much deliberation, the Second Highness finally came up with a solution, turned around and gave an order to the commander of the Seberg army, that is, to march to the central region in April next year to clear up the banditry there. This time it was really to suppress the bandits, not to block the business routes of the four alliances in the North.
"His Majesty the Emperor gave such an order to the White Lions, and left in despair, without adjusting any personnel affairs of the White Lions. The above is the report of Lord El, the head of the Iron Guards. He asked His Highness, Seb The head of the Grid Army has made a request, and hopes that the White Lion Army will go to the central area to carry out bandit suppression operations through the Bailu Lake Swamp in Yungeshandra Province in April next year. Will our family let it go?" Genorio reported to Lorist road.
Yungeshandra Province is under the jurisdiction of the Norton family, so the White Lion Legion, which belongs to the regular army of the Empire, must apply in advance if they want to pass through. If Lorist refuses, the White Lion Legion will have to take the southern route to Podo In Erg Province, the route from Feideli to Jiawang City almost needs to circle more than half a circle, more than doubling the itinerary.
Lorist tapped his fingers on the table, nodded after pondering for a while, and said, "Of course, let it go. The White Lions are old friends of our family, and we are happy to help. But we can use the Eagle message to tell El and ask him to ask about it." Commander of the Lower Seberg Army. It is now the end of November. If the White Lions are willing, we can use a sleigh to send the entire White Lions to the central region in the snow-covered winter at the end of December and early January. Spare them the long journey after the monsoons... ”
"Okay, I will write to Lord El." Genorio said, "But Your Highness, it has been nearly a month since you responded to the letter of protest sent by His Majesty the Emperor. "
"Hehe," Lorist laughed, "Forget about that letter of protest, we'll just ignore it. I just hope that our Majesty will become a little wiser after learning from these two incidents, don't be old He is staring at our family with greedy eyes and wants to take advantage of something for nothing. He should take good care of the people's livelihood and internal affairs of the empire, instead of just knowing to use force to threaten others to satisfy his own selfish desires... "
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