In a flash, Duke had been promoted to 1 Ring Mage for a month.

After being attached to the Shenjiao City Hotel and You's Clothing Company, he turned down most of the banquet invitations and walked in a low-key manner.

This month, I was basically busy with trivial things.

Set up your home at Beverly Manor Seventeen, recruit your own team members, and reassemble a meditation method that works for you.

"Master, Captain Zina is here." Morris, the newly hired butler, whispered.

Morris is in his fifties, a 0-ring spirit planter, who worked on a farm in his youth, but prefers to live in the city, so he chooses to work as a housekeeper for a wealthy merchant.

However, some time ago, the rich businessman went bankrupt.

Morris also lost his job as a result, and his reputation was affected by the bankruptcy of his master's family, resulting in no one willing to hire him as a butler.

Duke didn't mind this, the rich businessman had problems with his own business, and he couldn't blame a conscientious housekeeper.

So after the interview, Morris successfully became Duke's butler.

Even after learning that Morris and his wife Milena had no children, but their relationship was still very good, Duke simply recruited Milena and arranged her as a housekeeper.

Through Morris's years of housekeeping career, the contacts he has known have recruited many people one after another.

a gardener, 0 ring spirit plant envoy Groel; two followers, 0 Ring Knights Andrew and Victor; two female nannies, Sivir and Samantha; Two male handymen, Bruce and Will. It basically constitutes the entire service team.

plus the previous assistant Mulari, the cook Aunt Virginie, the driver Royce, and Levine, who was arranged by Duke as a groom, a total of thirteen people.

Among them, Levin's groom position is mainly to feed the dogs, raise horses, send and receive owl mail, and take care of the small pocket.

Staying in a big villa, definitely have to book the postman owl service.

Duke also cultivates the sea of blood, and as a knight, training to ride a war horse is a compulsory course, and he has to raise a spirit beast horse or other kinds of ridable spirit beasts.

"Imperial Dragoon Lance" has to be used in conjunction with riding spirit beasts.

When he was not at home, Xiaodou had to be fed, and in short, these easy chores were left to Levine.

At this time, hearing the reminder of Butler Morris, Duke immediately ordered: "Invite Captain Zina to the study on the third floor." ”

Butler Morris left to invite the visiting leader of the Broken Sword Mercenary Regiment, Xena.

Duke sat on a chair and thought silently: "The service team is still short of a driver, the car can't run the route, and sooner or later I will have to buy a Black Beetle...... In addition, the guards also have to be recruited, as an arcane mage, he doesn't go out with a few big knights, which looks shabby. ”

In fact, with his current status, he can recruit as many great knights as he can go to the knights' monasteries everywhere.

But it's hard to say about character.

For important guards, he is recruiting in line with the principle of preferring shortage to abundance, and is ready to slowly screen for innocent family backgrounds, good conduct, and most importantly, loyal 1st ring knights.

If you can't recruit it, don't do it at all.

Holding a ring of sand eagles, he is not afraid to run around the forest, and he doesn't care very much about whether there is a big knight for personal protection.

Soon.

Captain Zina followed Butler Morris to the study on the third floor.

"Welcome, Captain Zina." Duke sat in his chair and didn't get up, but smiled and raised his hand, motioning for Xena to take a seat.

"Lord Duke." Zina put her right hand on her chest and gave Duke a knightly salute before taking her seat.

"Recently, I have been so busy in Shenjiao City that I can't take a break, so I have to ask you to come to Shenjiao City in person."

"Your Excellency, you are gracious, it is an honor for Xena to visit Master Omage." Compared with the ease and ease when the two of them were communicating before, seeing Duke again at this time, Xena has completely lost the freedom at that time, and only remains restrained.

This couldn't help but make Duke feel once again how noble the status of the arcane mage was.

"When you and I intersect at the end of the day, you don't have to be so nervous, just chat between ordinary friends." Duke said softly.

Zina barely squeezed out a smile: "Yes." ”

Although it should be in her mouth, looking at her expression, you know that she is not relaxed.

Seeing this, Duke had no choice but to give up the politeness between friends and go straight to the point: "I asked someone to bring you a message before, and I was going to sponsor the broken sword, how did you think about it?" ”

"My lord, I wonder how you want to sponsor Broken Sword?" Zina asked, "In our mercenary world, there are roughly three types of sponsors. ”

"Which three?"

"The first is the commission system, which is also the form before we break the sword, the owner entrusts us with some tasks, and sponsors a fee according to the difficulty of the task; The second is the cooperative system, where the financier provides us with start-up capital, and after earning resources, it is handed over to the financier to deal with, and then everyone shares. ”

"What about the third one?"

"The third is the subordinate system, the mercenary group is subordinate to the gold owner, take the money of the gold owner, do the business of the gold owner, and we will do whatever the gold master says."

Du Kezhuo asked with interest, "What way do you prefer to break your sword?" ”

"It's all acceptable, in fact, we can't help but choose." Zina shook her head and said, "Speaking of which, the subordinate system is definitely more popular with mercenaries, the risk of forest adventures is too great, and everyone wants to have a stable income." ”

Every time a mercenary group goes out to explore, they don't always get resources, and it's common to lose money.

And the death and casualty rate has remained high.

Duke nodded: "Then choose the subordinate system, the broken sword will be funded and supported by me, and you will serve me exclusively in the future." ”

The Broken Sword Mercenary Regiment has a total of five 1-ring warriors, seventy-six 0-ring knights, and thirty ordinary logistics personnel.

"My lord, are you sure, the scale of the broken sword is not small, after the subordinate system sponsors, you need to be responsible for the salary of the broken sword for a year, and you have to have 800 gold dragons. Coupled with the purchase of spirit cards, weapons and equipment, and treatment costs, etc., you can't afford to raise a golden dragon without 1,200 gold dragons a year. ”

A 1-ring knight with a monthly salary of at least 2 Golden Dragons;

A 0-ring knight with a monthly salary ranging from 50 silver dragons to 80 silver dragons;

A logistics staff must have a monthly salary of 25 silver dragons.

Broken Sword all the people combined, the annual salary expenditure is indeed more than 800 gold dragons.

"1200 Golden Dragons is indeed a lot, but the mercenary group goes out on adventures, and the benefits are not small, right?" Duke said lightly.

The consulting fee he got from the Shenjiao City Hotel in a year was 1,500 gold dragons, which was more than enough to sponsor a mercenary group.

Zina nodded and replied: "In a good year, you can earn 2,000 gold dragons a year, and in a bad year, I'm afraid you don't have 200 gold dragons." ”

"Then it is decided, the broken sword belongs to me, and in the future, you will serve me, and I will pay the salary." Duke didn't hesitate and made a decision.

When he was in Serpent's Head Town, he secretly observed many mercenary groups.

Among them, the scale of the broken sword is not small, although the personnel are uneven, but there are not too many bad deeds, and they are quite well-behaved.

The most important thing is that Captain Zina has brains, but as a female mercenary, she is not a 1-ring knight, but a pseudo-1-ring card warrior.

It can be said that the foundation is not solid.

Once Duke becomes the sponsor, he will be able to immediately stabilize Xena's position as the head of the group. And if Xena wants to master the broken sword, she has to rely on Duke, otherwise Duke can support others to take the position at any time.

This kind of cooperation is what Duke wants, not to sponsor a mercenary group that may play small actions behind his back at any time.

(End of chapter)