Regarding Wang Xiaoming's request, Angela suddenly hesitated.

For Wang Xiaoming, she naturally doesn't like it, and the time of contact between the two is too short, and the relationship has not yet been cultivated.

But if you want to say that you hate it, it's not, there are still some good feelings, especially the strong combat power expressed by Wang Xiaoming, and at the current age, which really impresses Angela.

Angela's heart was racing, and she nodded with a red face and said, "If Mr. Wang, you are willing to stay in our country to help me, it is not impossible for your request to be realized, but now is not the time to say this." ”

Now it was Wang Xiaoming's turn to be stunned for a moment, what he just said was really a joke.

This joke is nothing on earth, friends are just joking with each other, but I didn't expect that Angela actually considered it seriously and really agreed.

Wang Xiaoming immediately said: "I am reckless in this matter, now is indeed not the time to say this, let's talk about it later." ”

Wang Xiaoming naturally can't say that he is joking now, that is too inappropriate, not to mention, if Angela really agrees, Wang Xiaoming will still make a lot of money, he is a beauty and a princess, and he will not suffer a loss if he marries a beautiful princess as his wife.

But now is not the time to talk about that.

Wang Xiaoming immediately changed the topic and said, "By the way, let's get down to business, if I want to become a lord and own a territory, will His Majesty the King agree?"

"Of course I would agree, it's too simple. Angela said as a matter of course.

"Alright, that's my request. Wang Xiaoming said.

Angela said: "Your request is too simple, becoming a lord is not a request, but a reward for you, you can make another request, what about becoming a legion leader? With your strength, you can become a legion leader and lead a 10,000-strong legion." ”

"Legion Commander?" Wang Xiaoming asked hesitantly, "There should be many people staring at the position of Legion Commander, isn't it easy to become a Legion Commander?"

Angela said: "It's not easy. But you can fight for it, especially recently, the Captain of our Horn Legion in the Northwest Frontier is about to retire due to his age, and this is your chance to become the Commander of the Horn Legion. ”

"Horn Legion? Tell me about this legion. Wang Xiaoming asked curiously.

"Okay, the Horn Legion is one of the ten major legions of our Starlight Kingdom, and the total number of the whole regiment is fifteen thousand, including nine hundred officers, fourteen thousand ordinary soldiers, although ordinary soldiers have not yet advanced. But they are all elite soldiers who have been trained for many years. ”

In a legion, the real masters are those officers, and ordinary soldiers are stronger than ordinary people, but they have not yet reached the rank of rank, not even the first rank.

This is also normal, ordinary people want to enter the first order, it is definitely not an easy thing, to be able to enter the rank, even if it is the first order, at least you can be a squad leader.

Don't look at the fact that ordinary soldiers are not strong in combat. However, there are many people and they have a huge advantage in numbers, so in the battle of the corps, the officers only play a leading role. The real combat effectiveness still needs to rely on these ordinary soldiers.

Even a fourth-order powerhouse like Wang Xiaoming could only retreat if he faced a legion with an advantage in numbers.

But then again. The best way to deal with the master is to use the relative master, and use the crowd tactics of ordinary soldiers to kill the master. It's a very bad thing, the casualties are too great, and it doesn't necessarily have a good effect.

If other people's masters can't beat you, don't they know how to run? And ordinary soldiers will never be able to catch up with other people's masters.

Wang Xiaoming listened carefully to Angela's introduction to the Horn Legion, and after thinking about it, he said, "I don't plan to go to the Horn Legion. ”

Angela was taken aback when she heard this, and asked in surprise, "Why don't you go?"

Wang Xiaoming shook his head and said: "Listen to your introduction, the horn legion, strong is strong, but the relationship between it is also complicated, it is not easy to get the power of the legion in my hands, it takes a lot of energy and time." ”

"And that's something I don't want to face. ”

"I want to ask you, if I have my own territory, can I build an army in my territory, and how many people can I have?"

"Of course, the lord can build his own army, and each lord can have an army of lords with an unequal number of people according to the level of his title, but as for the number of troops, as long as you don't do too much, no one will care about you, but the construction of the army and the treatment of soldiers are all solved by yourself. ”

"With your strength and merit, you can at least be made an earl, and you can have an escort of three thousand people. ”

"In reality, the average lord will not raise so many soldiers, because the expenses of the soldiers are paid by themselves, and each additional soldier will pay an extra money, and now is not the time to fight, so they will not be willing to spend more money. ”

"Three thousand is not a lot, a third of the number of legions. Wang Xiaoming's eyes lit up when he heard this. What's more, Wang Xiaoming didn't say a word, 3,000 people are only the number on the surface, as long as he wants, he can get more soldiers.

Of course, if he has that much money.

Wang Xiaoming said: "Okay, the matter is settled, I want to be a lord." ”

"Are you sure?" said Angela.

As a lord, he has greater freedom and authority, and the fewer constraints he receives, although the support he receives will be smaller, but Wang Xiaoming still likes to be the master of his own house.

Rather than wasting time putting together the Horn Legion, it would be better to start your own business and build a new legion from scratch.

After thinking about it, Wang Xiaoming tried to ask, "I want to ask, if I need gold coins, how many gold coins can the kingdom give me?"

"Give you gold coins?" Angela paused for a moment and said with a wry smile: "The finances of our kingdom are not very good, if you ask your father to reward you with gold coins, you can only reward you with 200,000 at most, and there will be no more." ”

200,000 gold coins is just a drop in the bucket for Wang Xiaoming, and it is better to be a territory.

At least owning a territory can make money.

Angela expressed helplessness about Wang Xiaoming's choice, but also respected Wang Xiaoming's choice.

As soon as the two discussed things here, the king's guards came to spread the word, saying that the king wanted to see Wang Xiaoming.

Angela took Wang Xiaoming to the king. The king is a middle-aged handsome man, and Angela has a seven-point similarity to Cheng Dù, and he really deserves to be a father and daughter.

The king seems very kind, and there is no sense of majesty, but this is normal, Wang Xiaoming's strength is there, he is a strong man who can kill the Flame Demon Dragon, and he will naturally not treat Wang Xiaoming the same as ordinary people.

After chatting a few words, the king asked Wang Xiaoming what he needed, and Wang Xiaoming told the truth. said that he needed a lot of gold coins to do something, and this money was not a given, but a loan, as for the amount, it was a bit big, Wang Xiaoming opened his mouth to be five million gold coins.

For a country, five million gold coins didn't seem like much, but when the king heard Wang Xiaoming's request, he immediately smiled bitterly.

Is five million gold coins a lot? It's really not much, but it's not much. Their kingdom really can't come up with five million gold coins.

It's not that they can't really take it out, but if they take out five million gold coins, it will affect the operation of their kingdom.

In the last ten years, life in their Starlight Kingdom has not been easy.

Especially a kingdom like theirs. It is said that it is a kingdom, but in fact, most of the power of the kingdom is in the hands of the nobles, big and small, and taxes or something. It was also the local nobles who first looted a layer, and then went to the king, so that. The king's taxes were smaller.

The situation in each kingdom is much the same, but the situation in the Starlight Kingdom is more complicated and worse.

The king said helplessly: "Our kingdom can't come up with so much money, do you have any other needs besides money?"

"How is it possible, how can there be no gold coins in the kingdom? I just need to borrow some gold coins, not that I won't pay them back. Wang Xiaoming said with a shocked face.

The king could only smile helplessly again.

Wang Xiaoming also said helplessly: "It seems that the kingdom really has no gold coins, so okay, then I need a piece of territory to earn the gold coins I need." ”

"Is it territory? The king breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly.

The gold coins are really not available, after all, the number is too large, but the territory is no problem, don't look at the fact that their kingdom does not have many gold coins, but the territory is very much.

The king whispered, "Bring me the map." ”

The servant next to him immediately went and brought a large map.

It is a map of animal skins, arguably the most detailed in the kingdom, with all the nobles' domains and all the cities and towns detailed.

The king asked the servant to lay the map flat on the table, then nodded at a place on the map, and introduced: "Although there is no shortage of territories in our kingdom, there are not too many places that are really suitable, especially after so many years, most of the good territories have been occupied by other nobles, I can give you the territory, only here, here and here, these are the best three choices, you can choose for yourself." ”

Wang Xiaoming's eyes swept over the map, and at a glance, he fell in love with one of the sites, pointed to the territory on the map and said, "How about this territory?"

This territory is not in one of the three territories pointed out by the king, but the map does not indicate the location of the master, so this is a borderland, and Wang Xiaoming can occupy it.

"It's a wasteland, there are no inhabitants, no production, nothing, not only that, but the environment here is harsh, there are strange beasts, and it is close to the sea, there will be sea tribes invading, and there is no way to establish a territory at all. ”

"If it doesn't work here, you have to change it, you see how it is here, this territory has a large population, almost 100,000 people, there are seventy-five villages, six small towns, and all kinds of production, even if you don't do anything, the annual tax will be 100,000 gold coins, which is enough for you to cultivate. ”

The territory that the king said was indeed very good, but Wang Xiaoming shook his head slightly, this territory is suitable for guarding, but not suitable for reclamation, so this place is not suitable for Wang Xiaoming.

Wang Xiaoming still pointed to this territory by the sea and said, "Your Majesty, I still fancy this territory, I don't know if I can become the lord here." ”

"Are you sure you want a territory here?" asked the king again.

"Yes, I'm pretty sure. Wang Xiaoming said.

"Alright then, as you wish. The king said.

Angela frowned, but didn't say anything more.

The matter is settled, of course, Wang Xiaoming can't get the territory right away, he must have a canonization ceremony of the title in three days, swear allegiance to the king, and become a nobleman of the Xinghui Kingdom, so that he can obtain the territory and become a lord.

Three days later, Wang Xiaoming participated in the canonization ceremony, witnessed by many nobles, at the ceremony, Wang Xiaoming swore allegiance to the king, and then was canonized by the king as a marquis, officially becoming a marquis nobleman of the Xinghui Kingdom.

The marquis is already a very high title, and one step further up is the duke.

This is also Wang Xiaoming's strength, and this time he has made great contributions, so he can be directly canonized as a marquis, if he is replaced by the rest, there is absolutely no such treatment.

After becoming a nobleman, Wang Xiaoming officially obtained the territory, became a lord, and owned the territory.

In addition to the territory, the king also rewarded Wang Xiaoming with a lot of treasures, worth about 200,000 gold coins, which made Wang Xiaoming feel unexpected.

Finally obtained the territory, Wang Xiaoming smiled, and he was also building the construction and planning of the territory in his heart.

It is definitely not easy for him to build his territory, if it weren't for this, this territory would have been taken away a long time ago, and it would be his turn to occupy it.

Although Wang Xiaoming has a lot of ideas about the construction of the territory, he is weak, and of course he can't rely on him alone.

At this time, Angela's role is reflected.

With Angela, the eldest princess, stepping in, many problems were immediately solved.

It took a month to prepare for all the money on Wang Xiaoming's body, and it was only after one qiē preparation was completed.

At this time, Wang Xiaoming's hands had gathered a team of 5,000 people, of which 300 belonged to the mercenary group, and the other more than 4,000 were ordinary people and skilled craftsmen, as well as hundreds of purchased slaves.

Just for these manpower, half of the wealth in Wang Xiaoming's hands was used.

In addition to these men, there was also a large amount of supplies, which were transported in five hundred wagons, and when the whole team set out, it spread for several kilometers.

At the front of the team, Wang Xiaoming rode a tall wildebeest and personally led the team to press the formation.

Along the way, there was no safety and peace, there were constant bandits and strange beasts along the way, and if Wang Xiaoming didn't take the lead in pressing the formation, it would be difficult for the team to move forward.

In this way, all the way, all the way to kill, another month passed, and then through the forest in front, I arrived at Wang Xiaoming's territory. (To be continued......)