Back in the town, Baron Sal, who had a somewhat unpleasant face, personally invited Yan Xu to the banquet.

Yan Xu, who had had a lot of entertainment in the main god world, could see at a glance that the other party's drunkard was not meant to drink, but Yan Xu did not refuse, since he chose to pretend to be a nobleman, he would naturally not be less when dealing with nobles in the future.

Baron Thrall is not a fool, it's just that money came too easily before, and with the old knight sheltering him, he naturally just needs to enjoy it. Now that the old knight has fallen, and the opening of trade routes is far away, these forces him to grow up as soon as possible, otherwise he will not even be able to keep his territory.

And as a small nobleman, especially a small nobleman who still has a little money in his hand, rashly looking for a big nobleman for help is no less than sending himself to the wolf's mouth. Looking around, only Yan Xu can help him at present. According to the old knight, the strength of the other party is not inferior to that of the official knight, and even he is not very clear whether this is the full strength of the other party.

A sixteen-year-old official knight has a great chance of becoming a professional, and it is completely worthy of Baron Sal's capital to win over, not to mention that the other party also has a noble title, which is not a loss of face.

As the only old knight who had fought with Yan Xu, he was very impressed by Yan Xu, so he persuaded Baron Sal to encircle the other party and let the other party be his help, even if he couldn't keep the other party, he had to form a friendship.

In the end, Baron Thrall gritted his teeth and hired Yan Xu to help train some soldiers at a great price, and at the same time handed over the matter of opening up trade routes to him.

According to modern people's thinking, as long as the brain is not flooded, they will not hand over the force of the territory to strangers who have known each other for a long time, nor will they hand over matters related to the future of the entire territory to outsiders.

But this is another world, and the ultimate allegiance of the soldiers is still the lord, and Yan Xu is just a temporary knight to help train the soldiers. As for the matter of opening up trade routes, the competent old knight is still recuperating from his injuries, and the other knight in the territory is a ranger knight, not an official knight who accepts canonization, and his natural identity is not as good as Yan Xu as a lord. He just lost on this, and Baron Thrall would rather trust a strange lord than hand things over to a ranger knight who is not even a formal knight, because this is a world of nobility and theocracy, even the king is only the most powerful noble, once the family becomes weak, it is very normal to change the dynasty.

Weighing the heavy money bag in his hand, since he took over the task, Yan Xu didn't plan to be perfunctory, but it was not easy to train soldiers, because his recruitment scope was only Baron Saar's territory.

And as a baron, the population of the entire territory is less than a thousand, and in fact, excluding the savages who are not even the lords, there are only more than 800 people in the entire territory. This was told to Yan Xu by the tax envoy, as the person who knew the most about the situation of the entire territory, the credibility of the tax envoy's words was still very high.

In this way, excluding the old, the young, the sick, the disabled, and women, there are less than 300 suitable soldiers, and excluding the dead militia and village and town guards, there are only more than 200 people. In addition, in order to maintain the normal operation of the territory, it was impossible to train all the young men to become soldiers, so in the end, with the remaining militia and village guards, Yan Xu only got fifty soldiers. This is already the limit of what the territory can bear, and if it weren't for the fact that Baron Thrall made a lot of money from fruit wine, he wouldn't even be able to support these soldiers.

"The nobility of this world is too weak." Putting aside this time to collect and sort out the data on the Barony of Saar, Yan Xu shook his head and muttered to himself.

Picking a random second- or third-rate master from the main god world was enough to destroy the entire barony, which made Yan Xu couldn't help but doubt the top level of force in this world, if there were not enough masters, he would be too lonely.

But fortunately, when chatting with the old knight, Yan Xu got an important piece of information, professional.

The human beings in this world have their own upper limit of strength, and they have no advantage over monsters such as ogre, monsters, orcs, etc., but humans also have their own advantages, and some elites can break through this limit, and those who can break this upper limit are called professionals. Professionals possess magical energy, are able to use a variety of powerful skills, can easily take out monsters such as ogres like chickens, and even top professionals can complete the feat of slaying dragons.

"The priests of the temple are also professionals, but they are not good at fighting, but they are very good at healing, it takes half a year for my injuries to recover normally, and it only takes two months after the priest's treatment, which is still the reason why my recovery ability is reduced as I age, otherwise it will be able to fully recover in less than a month." The old knight sighed a little, the years are not forgiving, if you are young, you can rest for a few days after being injured and continue to go to the battlefield like no one, which is like now you have to rest in bed.

"Priest ·····" Yan Xu thought for a while, and quickly got up to say goodbye, and the old knight didn't stay before he could stand up.

Ordinary villages and towns could not afford to build temples, and monasteries were better than nothing. Although the monk does not have holy power, but reciting the Bible can also transcend the soul of the dead so as not to resurrect the dead, causing confusion and unrest, and at the same time, he can also use the belief of the monastery to make holy water, which is not small, it can be said that there is a monastery that has a great effect on the stability of the territory.

However, Baron Sal is rich and cherishes his own life, so he directly built a temple and personally hired a priest to come back, which greatly improved the happiness of the people, and it was also a reason why the viscount did not dare to use force against Baron Sal.

The priest has the existence of divine magic, especially healing, which is no less important than a divine doctor in this place where medical conditions are extremely backward.

Take the old knight as an example, although the injury is not to death, but considering the age and infection problems, the chance of surviving is no more than 30%, which is still a good foundation and nutrition as a knight, and it can be said that he will die if he is a civilian.

But with a priest it's different, even if it's just a junior priest, it can only effectively treat minor injuries, but it still has a huge effect on the healing of wounds, just the hemostatic effect can save people's lives, not to mention that if you repeat the healing, although the effect can't be stacked, it is enough to speed up the recovery, and it can turn a serious injury into an ordinary injury in a short time. If it weren't for the fact that the old knight was old, his recovery ability was slow, and he couldn't withstand multiple treatments, such an injury would not have recovered in a month.

This shows the importance of priests, even Baron Thrall has great respect for the priests of the realm.

Yan Xu went to the temple to donate some gold coins, which made the priest who could only receive a small number of copper coins all day very happy, coupled with Yan Xu's status as a nobleman, he agreed to his request to read the temple's collection, so that Yan Xu got a lot of theological knowledge and some inspiration.

Of course, these are only done in his free time, and most of the time Yan Xu is still training those fifty soldiers.

The foundation of these people is average, Baron Sal's strength is not to mention that compared with a county town, even the rich families in Hantan County are richer than him, and they can't support the cost of high-intensity training at all, not to mention that Yan Xu doesn't have the patience to train them all the time, and this amount can't be coordinated with the troops, so the training process was greatly simplified, and the training was completed in two months.

Fifty soldiers, dressed in light leather armor and leather helmets, with a broad-edged short sword at their waists, two light javelins on their backs, and short spears and large shields in their hands, stood in a neat and orderly manner in the small square to be inspected by Baron Saar.

Not only Baron Thrall, but even the old knight was very satisfied, this was completely the level of the town guard, much more high-end than the village guard, and it was very face-saving to take it out. Although a lot of money was spent on training, but looking at the soldiers in front of him, Baron Thrall felt that the money was too well spent, if it weren't for the lack of a suitable source of soldiers, he would like to directly train a centurion, and then hire a centurion, and he would not be afraid of even a viscount at that time.

The old knight also rejuvenated, and despite the obstacles, he decided to open up the trade route himself and wash away his shame.

After some preparations, after leaving ten soldiers, the old knight and Yan Xu took forty soldiers to the abandoned camp.

There is only a place of white bones left here, and the forest scavengers have cleaned it thoroughly, so that there is no need to worry about the plague, but it needs to be cleaned again, after all, no one likes to walk around and step on the bones of dead people.

Yan Xu is still very confident in this operation, two months is enough time for the main god crystal to collect a lot of information, and the new system has begun to be reorganized, not only ordinary infantry, cavalry, archers and other ordinary professions, but also can be transferred to real professionals, and even bloodline exchange projects have appeared, which are dazzling, but these not only need to digest a large number of experience points, but also some special items.

Yan Xu also needs these things, more than two months is enough time for him to reorganize the combat skills suitable for the current situation, and his strength has also been improved somewhat, according to the new level, his level is as high as ninety-five, and he is only five levels away from reaching the limit of human beings, but if he can't change to a professional at that time, his strength will not be able to continue to improve. However, Yan Xu found that his witch bloodline had begun to affect this new body, and the talent that he didn't have had had an extra crisis instinct and violent instinct.

The crisis instinct comes from the witch bloodline and the warrior intuition, and the violent instinct ·····

Thinking of the big battle with Lu Junyi, it was obvious that the berserk state could bring out the full potential of the witch bloodline, but Yan Xu didn't like to lose that feeling of being completely unconscious, as a martial artist, this completely out of control state was obviously a mockery of him.

However, if he can retain his consciousness and use the consciousness of a warrior to match the fury of a witch, Yan Xu believes that this will improve his strength greatly, but he has not yet figured out the essence, and he has only vaguely found some clues.