The warehouse is well-lit, and a neat row of skylights opens in the center of the dome, making the warehouse look not stuffy.

It's just that there are no heating facilities in the warehouse, and Konstanci in winter is still relatively cold, although there is no cold wind in the warehouse, but it is also dripping into ice.

The entire warehouse was almost filled with all kinds of armor, Surdak was taken to the northernmost area by the clerk of the comptoir, the full-covered armor here looked relatively sophisticated, and there was even a thin layer of black iron plating on the surface, which made the entire set of full-cover armor look black and shiny, Surdak walked to the side and picked up a helmet with a protective mask from a set of armor.

This set of full-cover armor is not much different from the standard armor issued by the knights of the Hylanza Guard Battalion, except that the details of the seams and riveting of the armor parts are more exquisite, and the sound is a little dull and well-made when the knuckles are tapped on the helmet.

The staff of the comptoir stood aside and introduced Surdak: "This full-cover armor is the finest standard cavalry armor we have here. ”

Surdak looked at it and thought that it looked much better than the previous armor, so he asked the staff of the trading house, "How much does this set of full-cover armor cost?" ”

The clerk of the firm pointed to a shiny bronze sign in front of him and said to Surdak: "A fine full-covered armor like this with black iron coating costs twenty gold per set, and our firm will take care of the subsequent maintenance and repair, and if you need a large number of sets, I can apply to the manager for a certain degree of discount." ”

Surdak had previously discussed this type of full-covered armor with Gwendoline in the guard barracks, so he knew the market price of this kind of armor, and in general, it was worth so much, and the full-covered armor here in Constantinople was also coated with black iron metal plating, which looked more high-end than the standard armor of the Hylanza guard barracks.

"I'm going to buy five hundred sets of full-cover armor." Surdak said.

Although this kind of armor can also be purchased in the city of Highlandza, most of the trading houses there also order from Constantinople, so it is better to come and choose it yourself.

The staff of the comptoir didn't expect Surdak to say this, and they were stunned for a while: "Lord Baron, please wait a minute, I will go to the manager of our comptoir, and our manager will communicate with you directly for large transactions!" ”

As he spoke, he turned and walked quickly towards the antechamber.

There were a few other buyers in the warehouse, but they were all negotiating with the staff of the comptoir, some had already selected the armor they needed, and some of them were starting to load the cheap armor onto flatbed trailers.

It didn't take long for the manager of the comptoir to hurry over, and he asked Surdak tactfully, "Listen to my clerk, you want to buy five hundred sets of exquisite-grade full-covered armor?" ”

"That's right, I do need these fine armors, and the number is about five hundred." Surdak said.

The manager of the merchant house took out a set of full-covered armor, skillfully disassembled it into pieces, placed it neatly on a wooden table, and began to introduce it to Surdak in earnest: "The inner layer of this armor is made of stainless steel, and only a layer of magic black iron dye is coated on the outside, making it look like it is made of black iron, but in addition to preventing rust, it actually has no other purpose, after each battle, the peeled coating needs to be repaired in time, after all, this is a high-level full-cover armor." ”

There is no magic metal, and there are no magic patterns, so this kind of overlay armor has no magical properties other than a layer of protection for the cavalry.

Such a set of full-cover armor was purchased here in Constantinople, and a set cost twenty gold.

(The income of the average civilian family needs to be accumulated for at least two years before it is possible to afford such a set of fine armor)

Seeing that Surdak was a little hesitant, the manager of the trading house hurriedly introduced: "The guard battalions in many cities in the northern region of Bena Province have purchased this kind of full-covered armor, and the higher-grade full-covered armor contains some magic metals, and those armors have not been mass-produced in Constantinople, and the hand-made armor in the workshop is at least five times more expensive than the armor of this standard in front of us." ”

"If you are really ready to buy 500 sets at once, then you will become a big customer of our firm, and you can get some discounts and discounts, which can probably reduce the cost by one-tenth, which is also my maximum authority." The manager of the comptoir said one last word, and then stopped the topic and gave Surdak some time to think about it.

“…… Well, prepare five hundred sets for me, and I'll need a little more than this full-cover armor! Surdak finally made up his mind, and said to the manager of the trading house that after the White Elephant Trading House disappeared silently from the city of Highlandsa, there was no such large-scale comprehensive trading house in the market of Highlandsa City.

"What else do you need?" The manager of the comptoir asked curiously.

In addition to the 500 sets of full-cover armor, Surdak also bought a complete set of standard saddles, marching tents, iron pots and other materials in the trading house in Constantinople, which were necessary for a private army.

So Surdak decisively decided to buy all of them in this trading firm.

Surdak didn't expect that the cost of preparing for a private army was so large, 500 sets of full-covered armor, standard saddles, marching tents, and iron pots cost a total of nearly 13,000 gold coins, and the current exchange ratio between magic crystals and gold coins is 1:7, which means that this single transaction will consume more than 1,700 magic crystals in Surdak's pocket.

If you buy another war horse, you will have to prepare at least two thousand additional magic crystals.

Even so, weapons, magic scrolls, and marching rations have not yet been counted in Surdak's military spending.

As for the weapons of the cavalry battalion, Surdak decided that he would wait until he returned to the barren land and recruited cavalry.

The blacksmith workshops in Bena City are good at forging sword weapons, and the sophisticated weapons of the cavalry battalions are generally transported from other provinces, and they can only be bought in the trading houses of Bena City.

In addition to this, the lord's private army has to come up with a salary.

Yes, there is a mercenary fee for recruiting veterans into the army, and of course Surdak does not need to pay this fee if a new army is recruited.

Surdak's cavalry battalion has the official name of the army, so it can recruit new local troops, and according to the universal recruitment system, Surdak's cavalry battalion can absorb some young people of the empire and let them serve in the cavalry battalion for four years for free.

But Surdak didn't want to do that, and instead of recruiting new soldiers to die on the battlefield, it was better to find some veterans, even if you spent some money.

Therefore, he prefers to recruit some veterans with combat experience.

In the Grimm Empire, as long as they have served four years of military service, they are considered official citizens of the Empire, and these citizens have the right to refuse the re-enlistment orders issued by the lords, of course, the lords can give a sum of money and some land to hire these veterans and let them return to the battlefield.

Marquis Luthor's advice to Surdak was to recruit some new troops with basic skills from the Knight Academy.

These graduates have a four-year military service period, which can save part of the military budget, and they graduated from the Knight Academy, although they lack actual combat experience, but they are more obedient, and the graduates of the War College also have a certain combat quality, which is very convenient to manage, and Surdak has been hesitating recently.

Marquis Luthor fully considered that this mission was to change the guard at the Bailin plane.

And there is a high chance that this change of defense will not be involved in the plane war, Surdak can directly train in the defense area of the Bailin plane, or he can lead the cavalry battalion to the unexplored area to train the army while expanding the territory of the empire.

A small lord like Surdak will use the 'four-three-three' land distribution method for the land he opens up after the war, forty percent of the land goes to the pioneers, three percent of the land goes to the lords of the plane, and three percent of the land belongs to the Grimm Empire, and after Surdak becomes a nobleman and has his own private army and becomes a small lord, he can enjoy this law and open up new territories on the plane.

……

The manager of the comptoir had planned to introduce a carriage shop to help Surdak transport the supplies back to the city of Highlandsa.

Surdak, however, had no intention of hiring a carriage dealer, so he borrowed a small warehouse from him and promised to carry all the supplies by noon tomorrow.

Faced with such a potential big customer, the manager of the commercial bank readily agreed, and hurriedly ordered someone to move these materials to an independent small warehouse behind the commercial bank, and handed over a warehouse key to Surdak.

The succubus Aphrodite wanted to take a good look at Constantinople, and she leaned against the door of the small warehouse, looking at the five hundred sets of full-cover armor in the warehouse, and glared angrily at Surdak.

In winter, this forest city is particularly beautiful, the streets and alleys of the city are full of neat piles of wood, which will allow the citizens to survive the cold winter in front of them, and in the evening in Constantinople, the glass windows of some buildings shine softly and warmly, and the smell of dinner wafts everywhere in the streets.

Aphrodite had hoped to find a nice high-end restaurant to enjoy the food of Constantinople, but Surdak planned to make her a hard porter, and he was extremely contemptuous of a succubus.

"I don't do it, the summoning technique is not used like this, do you know how much mental power will be consumed by a summon......"

Aphrodite resolutely protested to Surdak, and in this way he squeezed the last drop of blood and sweat from the laborers, he was like an evil capitalist who would not feel that he would do much no matter how much work he did.

"Just hold on for one night, maybe not a few times, I'll try to fill all the magic fanny packs, and then cross the Void Gate back to the treasure room." Surdak said what he was going to do.

He wanted to make the most of the time in the evening to transport the materials in the storehouse warehouse through the Summoning Gate and back to the treasure chamber of Pubao Mountain.

It would be much safer than hiring a wagon to transport the supplies overland to the city of Highlandza.

You must know that every winter, the bandit gangs in the mountains will be particularly rampant, and it is still quite risky to hire a horse-drawn carriage to transport such a large amount of supplies back.

Ignoring Aphrodite's protests, Surdak ran directly to the warehouse, took out the spare magic fanny pack, quickly imported the materials in the warehouse into the magic fanny pack, and then stood beside Aphrodite with a smile on his face and waited silently......

Seeing Surdak's scoundrel appearance, Aphrodite was a little dumbfounded, and failed to hold out to the end, but still opened the Void Gate for Surdak, and then Surdak quickly stepped into the Void.

After returning to the Treasure Chamber, Surdak took out almost all of the magic in his fanny pack in an attempt to make more room for the Void Gate to return to Constantinople before the Void Gate disappeared there.

Aphrodite didn't know how many times Surdak had to go in and out of the Void Gate to move the goods in the warehouse, but she didn't summon it repeatedly, and she kept the Void Gate open.

Surdak feared that Aphrodite wouldn't last long, and that no matter what he did, he would trot all the way.

He couldn't even remember how many times he had run back and forth that night, until he ran out of the Void Gate with three empty magical fanny packs and saw that the warehouse was empty, and there was nothing in the warehouse except for Aphrodite, and then he realized that he had brought back an entire warehouse of supplies.

When I left the material warehouse, it was already late at night.

The streets of Constantinople are deserted, with only lantern-carrying night watchmen wandering the empty streets.

"All the shops are closed!" Aphrodi said angrily, probably due to the huge amount of spiritual power consumed, her face was a little pale.

Surdak shook his sore arm, and only then did he feel very hungry, so he asked the succubus with concern, "Are you hungry, do you want to eat something?" ”

Aphrodite said reluctantly: "At this time, where can I get food, I'm afraid the hotel can't provide dinner, after all, it's so late!" ”

Surdak looked over and saw that the entire street of shops was closed.

"I know where else to find some food, do you want to go and sit down?" He asked Aphrodite.

"Of course!" Aphrodite replied.

Although Surdak was not very familiar with Constantinople, he still found the tavern that had not closed so late, and pushed the door to enter, there were at least seven or eight tables of drinkers in the tavern, and now they were also drunk, but they had no intention of leaving.

It was warm in the tavern, and the room was filled with the smell of alcohol, and the succubus who walked in after Surdak frowned.

Surdak walked straight to the bar, ordered two ales and a small plate of nuts from the bartender, and asked if there was anything in the tavern to fill his stomach.

"Smoked fish and sausages, or?" The bartender asked, placing two glasses of ale in front of Surdak.

"All of them!" Surdak sat in a high chair, glanced at the succubus Aphrodite, and replied.

The bartender heard Surdak's out-of-town accent and asked with a smile, "Are you out-of-towners?" ”

"Hmm!" Surdak didn't think there was anything to it and replied.

The bartender glanced at Aphrodite, gave him a look that all men understood, and asked him, "Do you want a room?" We also provide accommodation. ”

Surdak waved his hand and said, "No, we have a place to live!" ”

"Okay!" The bartender said, already placing the plate with the smoked fish in Surdak in front of him.