If Otto was dissatisfied with the aristocratic life of the past few months, then food was undoubtedly the top priority.

Not to mention the monotony of medieval European cooking methods and the lack of ingredients, just the lack of so many condiments makes Otto, who is accustomed to modern life, a little uncomfortable every time he faces food.

In the Middle Ages, not only sugar and spices were luxuries, but even the price of salt, a basic condiment, was far from beautiful. Therefore, people in the Middle Ages generally had a light taste, not because they paid attention to health preservation, but because they simply couldn't afford to eat salt.

For people who were born like this, they may not feel that there is anything wrong, but this is bitter for Otto. Even though I deliberately told the servants many times, I still felt that the taste was a little worse when I ate the food in my mouth.

Luckily, though, breakfast doesn't have to be considered, the combination of delicate white bread and milk is light in itself.

"Did those wandering knights say anything useful?" Otto stared at Wade as he broke the bread into small pieces and put them in his mouth.

"Nope." Wade took the white bread in his hand and shook his head slowly. "They insisted that they were just passing through the territory, wanting to find a nobleman to work for them, and that they would not admit anything else.

Master Otto, do you want to continue the interrogation? ”

"No, I didn't expect to ask anything.

Since you are not willing to cooperate, then deal with it as a bandit.

Just as the territory is ready to purge the bandits, let them be treated as slaves for a few days, and send them to repair the castle, and after the castle is repaired, they will go to farming, so that those bandits who covet the territory will be afraid. ”

"Okay, I see."

"After breakfast later, you follow me to recruit soldiers, there have been a lot of things recently, depending on your state, you slept late last night, or let the others follow me, you go and sleep first."

Otto noticed Wade's somewhat tired expression and bloodshot eyes, and was a little worried about the other party's state.

"Young master, don't worry, I'm fine, just rest early at night."

Wade smiled at Otto, indicating that he was fine.

"It's better for me to accompany the young master, without me by my side, I don't worry about the young master's safety."

How to select excellent soldiers, about this, the famous general Qi Jiguang in ancient China gave the answer.

To put it simply, it is nothing more than that the poorer the place, the stronger the people, and the closer to the inland, the more obedient the people are.

Therefore, when selecting soldiers, try to pick them close to the poor in the interior.

Such conditions were not a problem for Otto.

Even though the land in Switzerland is fertile, the oppression of serfs in this era is too heavy, and the vast majority of the peasants in this era are serfs, who cultivate land that does not belong to them, pay huge taxes, go out early and return late every day, and work hard, it is still difficult to save a little money.

In France, for example, the taxes that serfs had to bear were as follows:

Two shillings for military expenses, and two barrels of wine to be sent to the master in order to raise pigs in the woods, and every three years he was to hand over 100 planks and 50 meters of fence. Every winter he was to plough the land, and he was to hand over three chicks and fifteen eggs, and to take part in the labour if necessary, and in addition he was to pay two shillings for half of the mill.

It can be said that, compared with the taxes of medieval Europe, the same period in the East was completely benevolent and loved the people.

Serfs and serfs, to put it bluntly, aren't they slaves bound in the fields?

Therefore, when Otto saw these thin young men in front of him because of poor drinking, he couldn't help frowning.

Otto felt that if he was a normal modern person, with sharp weapons and well-dressed armor, he could fight hundreds of them on horseback, and these farmers were completely scum with 0 combat effectiveness.

Therefore, a regular knight with extraordinary strength can only fight a few hundred soldiers, and it is not a big deal.

"No, no, no, Master Otto, I think you may have misunderstood, regular knights can have hundreds of soldiers, not these farmers with weapons, but at least like professional mercenaries, or, knights like Ginter.

Can these farmers with weapons also be counted as soldiers? ”

Hearing Otto's doubts, Knight Wade explained to Otto with a smile, and there was pride in his tone.

Knight servants or mercenaries are the off-duty soldiers of this era, especially knights. The difference between a knight and a knight is often just a difference in status and wealth, and knights need to prepare their own equipment at their own expense.

The knights, on the other hand, are equipped by those who are loyal. In the Middle Ages, the price of a complete set of equipment, such as weapons, armor, and horses, was worth the wealth of a well-to-do family in modern times.

Therefore, in the Middle Ages, there were so many professional mercenaries and wandering knights, many of whom also received military training since childhood, but could not find a lord to pay for them, so they could only piece together some inferior equipment and rely on their own martial arts to fight for a fortune.

A regular knight can defeat hundreds of such enemies, even if there is a gap in equipment, which is enough to prove the strength of this extraordinary power. Seeing the proud expression of Wade Knight, Otto guessed that when the other party calculated, it was definitely measured according to the same equipment.

In this way, Otto silently calculated the combat power in his heart, good guy, what kind of humanoid Gundam is this regular knight with extraordinary abilities.

Thinking about the knight's combat power, and then looking at the peasants in front of him, Otto felt more and more uncomfortable.

In the Middle Ages, with extraordinary abilities, no amount of ordinary soldiers was enough for knights to cut it. No wonder I haven't heard of any large-scale peasant uprisings, only bandits are rampant, and if the peasants want to rebel, they must have that strength.

However, there is no way to change this problem, ordinary soldiers can't beat knights, the most important reason is still in the weapon, your weapon can't cause damage to the knight, people can naturally beat you casually.

But what if the soldiers were armed with spears and heavy crossbows? The armor of this era is also the same in the face of heavy crossbow protection. Why did the nobility and the church ban crossbow arrows in the Middle Ages in history, not because crossbow arrows could threaten the lives of nobles, mainly knights, thus making knights worthless.

In this world, Otto doesn't seem to have heard of the forbidden crossbow so far, probably because of the influence of extraordinary power. After seeing Wade easily slice through the wood thicker than an adult's thigh with his hands, Otto felt that the crossbow bolt might not be much of a threat to a knight with supernatural abilities.

It is also possible that the world has not yet invented a powerful crossbow arrow, and the real forbidden crossbow in history is still after the appearance of the cross crossbow.

However, even if there is no crossbow now, it is not related. The knights can block the bolts, but the horses they ride can't also block the bolts. Knights who have lost their mobility are not so threatening.

"Pick two hundred strong ones to come out and train well, release the news that I have recruited knights and squires, and in two days, we will rebuild the Eagle Castle! This time, I'm going to build a bigger and better one! ”