The lad named Mars was very grateful to Byron for the opportunity he had given him, and was happy to serve Baron Byron, who already had a certain reputation.

He had his own armor and weapons, no worse than those in Serindil's armory, and Byron only had to finance him with a military horse and give him a salary of 10 dinars a week, and he could take care of food and shelter.

This is not bad for the children of a small noble family, and he can save 120 dinars for a year of service for Byron, and half of it can be left after some expenses to maintain his dignity. Coupled with the fact that the Peony mercenaries were well known throughout Swadia for their capture after the war, Mars felt that he could earn at least 100 dinars a year after cutting all kinds of expenses. Moreover, Byron is a new nobleman, and the chances of becoming a knight with him will be very high, which is also an important point to attract him.

Mars was judged to be a Svadian heavy cavalry, which convinced Byron that his efforts were worth it.

And Mars's words when he led the horse out of the horse ranch made Byron very interested.

Mars said that although his family was not wealthy, and he could not even afford to raise a qualified attendant, they did a good job in socializing, and he himself became acquainted with a large number of aristocratic young people of the same age, and there were all kinds of people in them.

He knew that there were some children of the poor aristocracy who were looking for suitable jobs, but they always couldn't let go of their status to do odd jobs. He also knew that there were several young nobles who often wore the armor left by their ancestors to engage in bandit work and bring shame on their families. Others are unable to afford the equipment they need and are unwilling to stay at home or go out to collect money as ordinary soldiers. These people's families are either declining or going downhill. But their education from an early age allowed them to do a good job in etiquette and fighting. In particular, the gun used for horseback riding was the most important skill that the Swadia nobles needed to master when they became adults.

Kenrad's mercenary cavalry was no worse than the knights under the baron's in terms of combat ability, and Byron's own mercenary cavalry was better than most of the Swadian heavy cavalry. They do not belong to the Swadian standard heavy cavalry units, but they are still very strong in combat, even if they face the same number of Svadian heavy cavalry units head-on, the victory rate is eighty percent.

However, this does not mean that Byron does not need other sources of cavalry, mercenaries value money more than the object of allegiance, even if it is Byron's peony mercenary group, once the salary is cut off, it will be scattered in a hurry. Byron needed more loyal, high-caliber fighters to serve him.

If Mars could really help Byron pull these noble sons down with his men, then Byron would be able to form a Swadia heavy cavalry force.

As a cavalry officer and a knight under Byron, it was perfect for Fatis to train these soldiers, anyway, a small village usually didn't have anything to deal with him, and it was not far from the town, so he could focus on training cavalry.

However, recruiting these noble children is also a little troublesome, and it is not difficult for the children of the nobles who are really qualified and capable to find jobs. The reason why these people recommended by Mars are in the current predicament and their own stinky problems is also inseparable, the term rogue aristocracy is not for nothing, and they will not perform better before the commoners than the impostor knight that Byron met in the first place.

To solve this, in addition to military discipline, it also depends on Byron's own ability. Only by making yourself look strong enough to show your charm to the fullest, those arrogant guys will truly obey Byron and play for him.

Byron gave Mars a good horse, and sent a few hired riders to follow him, and told him to contact the men he had mentioned. Byron also gave him a written certificate to prove Byron's identity, and a verbal check that anyone could write, and that he always needed some credentials to convince the arrogant but shrewd sons of the nobility that they would get the treatment they wanted. After all, in Calradia, taking an oath of allegiance is a very solemn matter, and casually betraying an oath is a serious crime.

Byron, for example, swore an oath to both the Earl of Claes and the king that he could not betray them under any circumstances, except by orders from the king in his face.

After that, Byron went to several other horse farms in the south, even one in the original territory of Rhodok. He bought a total of 17 good horses that could be ridden by the cavalry in battle, and spent several thousand dinars. However, Byron thinks it's worth it, especially the BMW of Thunder, even if he sees the earl lord, he has to blow.

Byron also bought Thunder a red Swadia-style horse coat, a high-quality and lightweight chainmail burqa, and a steel horse face armor. And the Thunder did not disappoint Byron, even with such heavy equipment, it still ran faster than the warhorses Byron had seen before, and could run for half an hour in a row.

Byron's horse armor is still very interesting. At that time, he was picking horses at a horse farm, but there was nothing to match. But just as he was about to leave, the local garrison came to requisition horses. The soldiers would take some kickbacks and take away all the suitable horses for half the market price. The owner of the horse farm asked Byron for help and offered to give him a piece of horse armor from his collection.

Anyway, it didn't hurt if it couldn't be done, and Byron agreed.

Originally, the high-spirited soldiers wilted directly after seeing him as a baron, and introduced their intentions very politely. Byron also told them that he was going to pick up the horses in this stall today, and that they would come back tomorrow.

The officer stated that it was at the king's request and that it was an order from the commander of Fort Gruenward.

"My troops are guarding the southern frontier for His Majesty, and I will always respond to the marshal's call to go to the north to support, and His Majesty needs horses, and I will provide him with cavalry. Arming my troops with these horses is sending them to the front, and I don't think there's anything wrong with the two. Go back, sergeant, and come back tomorrow, you don't have to miss that time. ”

Byron's crooked reasoning was impossible to refute, and he gave the soldiers a few silver coins to find a place to drink and not bother themselves.

The sergeant finally chose to leave, as Byron said, the task may be a bit urgent, but at most he will be reprimanded twice a day a day, but if he offends Byron, a powerful nobleman, it will be too worthless.

Byron helped the horse rancher send away the soldiers, so that he could hide all the good horses, and tomorrow he would prevaricate under the pretext that he had been bought by Byron, and keep all the valuable horses.

Byron also got a very expensive war horse robe, which was considered to be a fortune. So on the way back, he was in such a good mood that he would stop at every village to invite the soldiers and heroes around him to drink, and even acquiesced in their gambling and prostitution.

When Byron returned to Seryndir, Jamila went straight to him and gave him a list. The first name above it was Mars, and below it were the names of a dozen young members of the aristocracy. The name was followed by a description of the family he came from, who his parents were, how many people, horses, and equipment he brought to Serindil.

At the bottom of the list are the standard aristocratic declarations of allegiance, along with their signatures.