Chapter 0014: New Army School
To recruit new soldiers, we must first screen out the unqualified ones from the militia, and then add some qualified civilians to come in. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
However, after learning that Van Pei's re-screening of the militia was to return to the royal capital and let the king see the results of Van Pei's new army training, Gale shook his head at the time and refused.
"Young Master, you can see for yourself that these people say they are militiamen, but in fact they are civilians who do farm work, and they have never received formal training. Not to mention the Praetorian Guards of the kingdom, even if the Storm Fortress pulls out a guard at random, it can beat them all over the ground. In my opinion, you currently have enough golden bears in your possession, and I can ask Philigot to recruit a group of mercenaries from the Duchy of Mink, who may be able to barely cope with them with their years of combat experience. ā
Gale's approach is undoubtedly the best solution at the moment.
But Van Pei will not accept it, because the king is not a fool, and the mercenaries of the Principality of Mink are not from the kingdom, not to mention that once he uses the mercenaries of the Principality of Mink, the third prince will inevitably provoke trouble, after all, when he returns to the royal capital, he has completely torn his face in the ore negotiations, and he uses the mercenaries of one of the principalities of the business alliance, which is undoubtedly a trick.
"If you can't screen the militia as I ask, then let Carmen pick the new army." Van Pei still insisted on his idea.
"Okay, I'll do my best to train them, but I don't think there's much hope." Gail had no choice but to compromise.
"No, I train myself, and you have to train too."
Van Pei's answer made Gale dumbfounded, a son of Wang Du, who was wiped out by the Heta Cavalry Regiment, actually wanted to train the militia himself, and also train himself as the regiment commander??
Gale argued for a long time, but Van PĆ© still insisted on his opinion, and even finally said that if Gale was unwilling, he would let the Knight Carmen take Gael's place.
Seeing that Young Master Van Pei was so persistent, Gail left the town hall very depressed
"Let's just let this young master have a good time, anyway, we will all be finished by then. However, with the presence of the Duke and the Earl, he may be able to save the life of his noble young master. ā
Gail wanted to laugh, not to mention Van Pei, even if he trained himself, he didn't have the ability to train these militiamen in a short time.
Not to mention the militia, even if he gave himself a regular army of Fury Fortress, Gale did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to train in a few days to the king's satisfaction. After all, before the rebellion of the Xuedi people, the Angry Wind Fortress had been peaceful for a long time, and its armament had long been slackened and deserted. Coupled with the fact that aristocratic officers withheld military expenses and smoked shoddy cigarettes, the regular army of Fury Wind Fortress was also a bunch of wine bags and rice bags.
At noon that day, Gale moved a table and took Roddy outside the town hall to begin screening the militia and recruiting new ones.
Oh no, it can't be called a militia anymore, according to the words of Master Van Pei, it should be a new army, and it should be a student of some army officer school.
Officer?
Isn't that a joke? These are all civilians, how can civilians be officers.
Not only that, but there is a salary of fifteen silver francs a month, which is much higher than the average civilian income. Moreover, all the recruits had to go to class every night to read and write, and if they could read and write, they would receive a salary of thirty silver langs.
days, thirty silver lang a month, which is more than the income of a craftsman.
Also, Young Master Fan Pei whimsically set a standard for three meals a day, which must be three meats, one soup and one vegetable, and what kind of uniforms do you need to get, and there are coats in winter.
Sure enough, it was the prince from the capital, how could he give this kind of treatment to the commoners? Even if it's a regular army, it's far inferior to this standard.
For example, the soldiers of the Fury Wind Fortress only had ten silver lang per month, and they had to be deducted five silver lang by the noble officers. Three meals a day, basically steamed buns, porridge, get some rotten vegetable leaves, only once a month to see meat, everyone is hungry with yellow muscles and thin muscles.
As for the clothes, there are many soldiers whose clothes are torn, and then they are sewn and mended, and even many of the lowest-ranking soldiers are simply their own clothes.
Therefore, when Van Pei, who was sitting on a fortune of 200,000 golden bears, came out with the favorable conditions of the new army, the people of the entire Sunset Town were in disbelief at first, thinking that this was a noble young master joking with his mud legs.
However, after repeated confirmation, the people of the entire Sunset Town fell into a frenzy all of a sudden, with men rushing to sign up, and women rushing their own men, for fear that they would miss this great opportunity if it was too late.
Of course, such good conditions for the new army must also have certain requirements.
First of all, the age must be over 18 years old and under 25 years old. As soon as this age requirement came out, there were less than sixty men left in Lorraine Town, which originally had a population of only 700, to be selected, which was fortunately because Van Pei had pit a lot of militia from Baron Hill.
Secondly, the height must reach one meter six.
Although everyone is malnourished and many of them are yellow and thin, fortunately, the height of people in the far north is not short, and in the end, 50 people still meet the standard.
Finally, there must be a clean family, no vices, no malaria.
These low-level commoners live under the lewdness/authority of the nobles on weekdays, and basically they don't commit adultery, and if they do, they are also executed by the noble lord early in the morning.
So when the final 50 people were selected for the new army, they immediately became a sweet spot in everyone's eyes.
There is one in this group of new troops that makes Van Pei very satisfied, he is very satisfied with all aspects of quality, although he is also a commoner, but not long ago he was a son of a nobleman. It was none other than the alchemist Nina's brother, Baron Zorn's son, Brian, who had just turned eighteen this year.
Although Brian is not comparable to the top powerful children of the royal capital like Van Pei, he is also a noble child of a small place, and will inherit his father's title and territory in the future.
However, unlike ordinary noble children who inherit the territory, Brian will also inherit his father's chamber of commerce, and he has the opportunity to make endless money.
But all of this was destroyed because her sister Nina was an alchemist.
Brian does not hate his sister, although he does not like business, he often follows his father to the business alliances of the West, and is well aware of the social changes that are gradually being caused in the West, so he hates the ignorance of the world and the conservative arrogance of the magnates of the Grizzly Kingdom.
But in any case, he has lost everything, and he is no longer a noble child, but fortunately, he has finally settled in Sunset Town, and I heard that the lord seems to be fine.
But what makes Brian depressed is that his sister Nina has become the lord's personal alchemist, with an income of a golden bear a month, and his father and mother have also become teachers in Sunset Town, and they also have a regular income, but they have to rely on their family to earn money to support, and they don't have a penny of income.
So when he learned that he was recruiting, Brian immediately ran to sign up.
Not only was he able to read and write, but he was also well versed in knowledge and language, and naturally received a salary of thirty silver langs from the rest of the plaintiff. Although in the past, thirty silver lang was not enough for him to pay for a meal, but now Brian knows that he can support himself without relying on his family.
And he entered the army officer school, and the word officer is still very tempting to Brian. In fact, Brian hopes to become a knight who leads troops into battle, goes into battle to kill enemies, and restores the family's title in the future.
However, what made Brian depressed was that it was not the head of Gale who wore burly armor and held a big sword to train him, nor the handsome Knight Carmen with blonde hair, but the infamous young master from the royal capital, that is, the lord of the town, Van Pei.
Not only that, but even the Captain of Gael and the Knight of Carmen seem to be trained by the lords.
You're not kidding me, are you?
Brian already understood why there was a salary far beyond the Fury Wind Fortress, and it was this noble young master who used his own people as dogs. He knew that the nobles of the royal capital often did this, recruiting some ruffians as personal guards, specializing in some shady things, and the salary would certainly be good.