Chapter 28 Recruitment (1)
The next day.
Roman received the requested information from Hans.
“This is information from the Barco family. According to the information guild, their recent trend is unusual.”
a few days ago.
Roman found out about the Barco family.
Their level was grasped with rough information, but it was determined that detailed information was needed for future plans.
So I put in a request to the information guild Black Moon (Black Moon) active in the northeast area.
I want you to check what Barco has been up to lately and how much power they have.
Hans backs out.
Roman confirmed the information.
Sarak.
‘The Barco family. The family that had been established in the northeast region for more than a hundred years, and the reason why they emerged as powerful people in earnest was when a member of the Barco family entered the central government. In fact, their military power is not as strong as expected, but the influence of the central government is absolute in the Cairo Kingdom.’
Cairo kingdom.
It is a country that corresponds to the weak country among the two empires and six kingdoms that make up the Salamander continent.
Cairo Kingdom has been suffering from foreign aggression since ancient times because it has borders with other countries except for the mountains in the northeast.
As a result, the central government naturally gained strength.
Basically, local aristocrats had the right to raise soldiers, but since threatening enemies lurked outside the country, they had no choice but to join forces around the central government in order to survive.
In particular, the authority of conscription was absolute.
When the conscription was not followed, it was regarded as outside the fence of the Cairo Kingdom, and the central government dispatched troops to subdue the rebel forces and return the territory to the kingdom.
The surrounding lords who helped in the process received a certain amount of land as compensation, and the rest put forward a new nobleman who listened to the central government.
As a result, the central government.
In other words, the power of the aristocrats in the capital had to be strong.
The Barcos backed such a central government, and a system of power gave them intangible powers.
[The Barko family recently took advantage of their connections with the central government to take out a large loan through the Golden Bank. It is an amount that is usually impossible, but it is estimated that the Barco family made this transaction with a credit guarantee without any special collateral. And the money thus secured went to the Berge mercenary group. The Berge Mercenary Corps is a group of about 100 mercenaries centered around the A-class mercenary Berge, and their main job is to intervene in disputes between territories and receive fees.] The information was detailed
.
It was explained how Barco secured the money and what he intended with it.
[And judging from the recent conscription of Yeongjimin, it is estimated that they will attack Lawrence within 15 days.]
Barco finished preparations.
After Dmitri revealed that he had broken off the engagement, they moved in earnest, and Lawrence had to block Barko’s attack alone in a moment’s mistake.
A situation where war is approaching. According to rumors, Viscount Lawrence was trying to find some way to get support from the surrounding nobles.
‘The Barco family gained strength by leveraging the connections of the central government. The difference in power is obvious, and there is no family other than Dmitri who will accept the threat of Barko and help Lawrence. If we wait and see, it would be virtually impossible for Lawrence to hold out for more than a month even if he were to sit out.’
The result is obvious.
Therefore, Roman set a different premise.
‘What if Barko and Dmitri fight?’
Inflated the opponent’s body.
I calculated the variables and thought of the worst number, but the conclusion about the situation has never changed.
‘Even if I fight 100 times, all 100 times are Dmitri’s victories.’
overwhelming difference.
That was Roman’s conclusion.
There are things people misunderstand.
I think wealth and military power are separate things, but it is different for a family with enormous wealth like Dmitry.
Ordinary nobles usually maintain around 200 enlisted soldiers.
Since the cost of maintaining more than that was prohibitive, he managed the territory with appropriate troops, and in special situations such as war, he recruited ordinary people to supplement his troops.
The Barco family was no different, so the hiring of the Berge Mercenary Corps, which specialized in combat, was an issue that could have a major impact on the general trend.
against him
The Dmitry family was different.
He always maintained more than 300 enlisted men and fostered a military group called the Knights of Dmitry, more than just soldiers.
In addition, in general, soldiers who are conscripted are poorly armed, but Dmitry, befitting his reputation as a blacksmith family, equipped even conscripts with perfect armament.
Rather than simply throwing a bamboo spear and pushing the conscripts into the battlefield, at least leather armor and hard iron spears were provided as supplies to protect themselves.
So, even for the same conscripts, Dmitri’s combat power was bound to be a little higher.
finally.
Dmitry started at the top.
In order to do business across the continent, he basically needed a means to protect himself, so he formed a close relationship with Benjamin’s mercenary corps for decades.
Even in the early days, the scale of Benjamin’s mercenaries was not large, but with the support of Dmitri’s upper house, they became a group with more than 500 mercenaries.
In other words, the dispute with Dmitri was an issue that had to consider the involvement of Benjamin’s mercenaries.
Barko and Dmitri.
The difference between the two was great.
The intangible power exerted by the central government alone could not surpass Dmitry in the Northeast area.
‘What Dmitri lacks is not wealth and force. That Romero Dmitri was from a commoner. Since the family’s history is short and the origins are low, Cairo’s nobles do not recognize the Dmitri family as nobles. But regardless of their perception, it is an undeniable fact that Dmitri is a powerful force in the Northeast.’
Dmitri has power.
If you borrow the power of the family, it is a simple matter to punish Barco for driving Roman to death.
but.
Roman didn’t think so.
Standing at the crossroads of choice, I knew what I had to do in order to leap forward.
‘Even if you look at the knights of the Barco family, the nobles of the northeast area, regardless of the background, do not think that a man named Roman Dmitri is so threatening. Roman in his lifetime lived a life worthy of such treatment, but I, Baek Joong-hyeok, are different. Anthony Barco touched me. That’s why I’ll pay a fair price for it, and borrowing the power of my family is not the right way to prove myself as a person.’
in 12 caves.
Baek Joong-hyeok smashed the head of the leader himself.
It was a moment that changed the reputation that had only been seen as weak, and even now, such a sure leap forward was needed.
Roman was lost in thought.
how.
Can you get maximum results with minimal effort?
What was certain was that to build something of one’s own, one needed people to back it up.
blast furnace.
daughter and daughter.
“Hans.”
Roman called Hans.
fortnight ahead.
Until then, there were things to be done first.
* * *
Around the time when war clouds were rolling over the northeast area.
A man arrived at Dmitry.
“Dmitri has never changed.”
The man’s name is Lucas.
He was a B-class mercenary.
As a mercenary, he experienced all the battles before and after, and had a really bloody time in the recent border battle.
At that time, I really thought I might die.
Fortunately, he barely survived by stepping on the corpses of his comrades and left the battlefield without renewing his mercenary contract because he thought he needed a rest.
And now.
Lucas comes to Dmitry to reorganize.
Although not born in Dmitri, Dmitri’s forge was very famous among mercenaries for its quality.
“From now on, I won’t even go near the border. My ten years as a mercenary almost ended that day because bastards full of poop in their heads ran amok without knowing the subject. Ugh, dog-like bastards.”
A sigh came out.
down the gaze.
I saw the chain armor that had turned horribly.
It had been purchased for a considerable amount of money, and it was torn in places, revealing scars, and it seemed that even black bare skin, whose blade had completely blew out, would not be able to cut properly.
Thanks to that, he spat out swear words in the middle of the battle.
It is said that he almost lost his only life by matching the armament at a new purchase place.
also.
The iron was Dimitri’s acid.
So, I went straight to Dmitri and as soon as I arrived, I went to the smithy and put in a new armament production request.
‘For the time being, let’s stay at Dmitry and recuperate.’
The battlefield was boring.
Thinking of that moment when I was covered in blood from head to toe, I already felt like my teeth were shaking.
Lucas moved on.
I was thinking of going to a restaurant to get a meal, but a series of people gathered in the city square and were buzzing.
buzz buzz.
‘What’s going on?’
I was curious.
Ten years of mercenary life.
I lived by curiosity and almost died by curiosity.
It was undeniably Lucas’ DNA, and he made his way through the crowd as naturally as if he were pulled by a magnet.
There was a bulletin board there.
It was mainly used when the lord gave orders or when ordinary people passed on information, but on the bulletin board, a message greeted people’s attention.
[Recruitment of enlisted soldiers]
– Qualifications: Desire to become stronger with a healthy body.
-Number of recruits: 30 people
-Salary: 8 silver per month
-Special note: This status belongs exclusively to Roman Dmitri, not to the Dmitri family. Keeping this in mind, I hope that only those who will give their lives for Roman Dmitry will support.
It was a recruitment notice.
Conditions weren’t bad.
The average cost of living for a family of four per month is around 5 silver, but giving 8 silver was really good considering the risk allowance.
In addition, there was no special qualification for application.
It was a condition that would be tempting enough for a normal person, but Lucas, a B-class mercenary, showed a sad expression.
‘It’s an announcement that has nothing to do with me.’
B-class mercenary.
It is not a status to enter as a general enlisted man.
If he was going to swear allegiance to a noble, it was a matter of thinking about receiving at least 50 silver every month.
It was then.
“If you are thinking of applying, don’t. There must be hundreds of people who would like to apply as enlisted soldiers now.”
It was the old man next to him.
The old man seemed to mistakenly think that Lucas was interested.
Normally, he would have ignored it, but Lucas couldn’t just ignore the old man’s words.
‘There are hundreds of people who want to become Roman Dmitri’s enlisted men? Is this worth it?’
Roman Dmitry.
famous in the area.
Lucas also visited Dmitri often, so he knew how pathetic Roman Dmitri was.
Was it two years ago?
It was the last time I visited Dmitri, and I thought that Romero Dmitri, a tycoon, had failed in farming his children while watching Roman Dmitri lose money at the gambling house.
however.
Hundreds of people supporting his enlisted men.
No matter how important money is, it was clear what kind of future there would be under Roman Dmitri.
Is that why?
Lucas asked out of curiosity.
“Is this worth it? No matter how much I give 8 silver every month, isn’t the opponent Roman Dmitri, who is called Dmitri’s fool? You don’t know what kind of ordeal you will go through if you become his enlisted soldier.”
at that point.
The old man’s eyes widened.
The old man looked at Lucas with a puzzled face and said.
“I’m a foreigner, so I don’t know the situation here. Roman Dmitri is not the Roman Dmitri we used to know. Subjugating Blood Fang isn’t enough, he really cares about people!”
recent.
A rumor spread to Dmitri.
The heat caused by this recruitment announcement came from that very rumor.
