Age of Empires From Scratch

"A question about magic?" David looked at Jaina, feeling a little inexplicable: "Mage Proudmoore..."

"Just call me Jaina."

"You can also call me David... I don't know much about magic. I'm not a mage."

"I know, Gera... David." Jaina thought about her words and explained what she really meant: "I want to ask about the specific situation of the spellcasters in this world."

Hearing that Jaina wanted to ask about this aspect, David could only express embarrassingly that he didn't know much about spellcasters in this world. He had never seen a mage in this world until now.

"This..." Jaina obviously misunderstood. She thought that arcane spellcasters in this world were very rare, and even people like David had no chance to meet them.

David thought for a while, and could only suggest Jaina to learn the common language of Brennia as soon as possible: "There is an alchemist named Pierre Newton in Winter Town, he was invited by me to be my personal Before becoming a consultant, I have traveled on the continent of Brennia for many years, and I know enough about many things."

Jaina nodded. Although she couldn't get an answer from David, at least there was someone she could ask. The next question was the common language of Brennia... This is not difficult for her at all. She can learn it in just a few days, but speaking at most needs a few more days of practice.

The fact is also the same. In just a few days, Jaina can already speak a very fluent and standard Brennian lingua franca with a Tilan accent.

Sylvanas and Liadrin can also use Common Brennian to communicate with people without barriers; Sally Whitemane can also use Common Brennian and Only Renault Mograine is still learning.

Even Renault, who was the slowest learner, learned new knowledge far faster than ordinary people, which made David sigh again: "They are all talents..."

After all, they are all people who have left their names in the world of Azeroth, so it is not surprising to have such a performance.

Seeing this situation, David raised the idea of ​​going to the world of Azeroth to kidnap some subordinates. With his current prestige and fame, it should be easy to recruit familiar celebrities, right?

After finally taking back the thoughts that were gradually running away, David looked at Gareth Stanton and Floyd, the two guard knights in front of him, and felt strange that the two came to him at the same time: "What's the matter?" something?"

"My lord, the territory of Cold Winter Town is relatively large. It is difficult to take care of all places with only the current ten soldiers."

"So..." David looked at Gareth Stanton, he already knew what the knight wanted to say: "You want to recruit recruits?"

"Yes."

"You're also here to talk about this?" David looked at Floyd next to him. The two of them would usually change jobs and rarely appear in front of him at the same time.

"Yes, my lord. Ten soldiers are indeed too few." Floyd glanced at the construction site not far away, and he was envious of these craftsmen: "Although everyone in the town has work to do at present, no one will Trouble. But recently, people from other places have come to the vicinity of Cold Winter Town."

What Floyd meant, David understood that as more and more outsiders came to Cold Winter Town, the law and order in Cold Winter Town would probably get worse.

Because these newcomers cannot be as honest as those contract farmers and those craftsmen.

It’s not that Freud is biased, but that people in this era who can run far away from home and work hard are more or less disobedient. If you use this kind of person well, you will be a pioneer. If you don’t handle it well, you will be troublesome. source.

"How many soldiers are you going to recruit?"

"This..." Gareth Stanton and Floyd looked at each other, and finally Floyd asked: "It depends on what kind of soldiers you want to recruit?"

"What's the meaning?"

Seeing the Lord Baron really didn't understand, the two knights realized that their allegiance was not that kind of nobles from aristocratic families, but young people from commoner backgrounds, it's not surprising that they don't know the difference.

So Freud immediately explained to David.

At present, there are several types of soldiers in the Kingdom of Tilan: The regular knights are undoubtedly the top in terms of combat power, status, and treatment.

The members of the Tiran Knights are basically knights, and those who are working hard to train to become knights. In terms of identity, the entire Tilan Knights are nobles. Naturally, weapons, armor, and salary are the best.

A little lower are the knights under several great lords. The Iron Tree Knights of Iron Tree Fort is a typical representative. This kind of knights mainly consists of noble knights as commanders, and the soldiers are strictly selected elite cavalry.

Equipment, treatment, and combat effectiveness are also very powerful.

Further down, there are professional soldiers.

The so-called professional soldiers refer to soldiers who are completely supported and paid by the lord, and all the food, lodging and equipment are provided by the lord. They are currently the most important military force in the Kingdom of Tilan.

What David saw at the northern guard post before, as well as the ten soldiers in Cold Winter Town, all belong to this category.

Although the cultivation of this kind of professional soldiers is not as high as that of cavalry, it is also a 'big money-consuming household'. Weapons and armor, training equipment, board and lodging all have to be paid for by the lord.

Like some small lords, they simply cannot afford to support many such professional soldiers.

Therefore, there is an even lower level of semi-professional soldiers: the militia.

The militiamen do not make a living as soldiers. They have their own main business, and most of them are farmers. Usually, he mainly cultivates the fields, but he must regularly participate in military training and participate in some military operations.

Generally speaking, the lord will reduce taxes as a benefit to ensure that farmers are willing to become militiamen.

"In terms of cost, the consumption of training a small group of professional soldiers is enough to train hundreds of militiamen." After the introduction, Freud also mentioned the huge consumption gap between the two sides.

Hearing this, David understood why the two found him together. The two knights were not sure whether Cold Winter Town could support more professional soldiers.

In addition, the two guard knights were actually reminding David one thing: These ten professional soldiers came to Cold Winter Town, and they worked hard and conscientiously. Sir, should you pay your salary?

After David came to his senses, he rubbed his temples speechlessly: "The town is currently deploying resources uniformly. If you don't come and tell me, I have forgotten that these soldiers have to be paid extra."

Then he asked how much he should pay the ten soldiers. After hearing the figure, he glanced at Eva next to him. Seeing Eva nodded, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's okay, I can afford the salaries of these soldiers. When Earl Sutton Stewart held a party, he received a lot of gifts. Some repetitive and useless gifts were exchanged for coins on the road and brought back.

In addition, Cold Winter Town is still in the period of unified planning, and these coins have been left there without moving.

As for whether to recruit professional soldiers or directly train the militia, David thinks it is better to give priority to training professional soldiers. As for the militia...it is more appropriate to train after the craftsmen are free after the construction of Cold Winter Town.

Now both farmers and craftsmen have a lot of work to do, and they simply don't have the leisure and energy to receive military training.

Moreover, Cold Winter Town is still in the period of unified distribution of resources, and there are no taxes to collect at all.

"Are weapons, armor, board and lodging, and training facilities?" Excluding salaries, these are the main reasons for limiting the number of professional soldiers.

David is very fortunate that he can easily solve these things. Laura and Fording can help him get a lot of supplies.

As for the salary... If it doesn't work, you can also send some supplies, jewelry, etc. directly, and let the soldiers exchange the money by themselves.

Therefore, David is not a pauper lord, and even because of his reputation in Azeroth a while ago, he may be richer than he imagined.

"Yes." Barracks and training grounds, you can simply build a framework first, and weapons and armor...

Floyd and Gareth Stanton both know that Will Turner, the blacksmith in Cold Winter Town, has a pretty good craftsmanship. The weapons and armor made by that blacksmith are currently enough for Cold Winter Town.

"besides……"

"besides?"

"My lord, to what extent do you want these soldiers to be trained?"

David, who thought the problem had been solved, realized that there would be follow-up costs after hearing Freud's question.

"If your lord just wants to train ordinary professional soldiers, as long as the food can keep up with it." Floyd knew that his lord didn't know anything, so he didn't make a fool of himself, and explained directly: "If your lord wants these soldiers to have Enough combat strength, even reaching the level of the kingdom's first-line troops, requires the help of Mr. Cordell and Mr. Newton."

"..."

There is also something about pharmacists and alchemists here? David suddenly understood why Elias strongly suggested to himself that he must recruit all the 'people' before leaving King Tilan's city.

"Just train according to your standards when you were in the Tiran Knights!"

Hearing David's answer, the expressions of Floyd and Gareth Stanton were as wonderful as they could be.

That is the standard for training knights! It doesn't matter if you are willing to spend money. In addition to having extremely high requirements for your own quality, it also consumes a lot of resources.

One of the reasons why Floyd was able to train new knights in the Tiran Knights was that the soldiers of the Tiran Knights were young people from aristocratic families. In addition to the resources provided by the Knights, their families can also provide various kind of support.

But if you do this in Cold Winter Town, you can only rely on David, the lord, to pay for it yourself.

"I know what you are thinking, first prepare according to this standard... If you encounter any problems that are not easy to solve, come to me again."

"Then... my lord, how many recruits are you recruiting this time?"

"Fifty?"

"..."