Rise In Calradia

　　 "If you can treat us like you said, we will be happy to work for you."

　　 The mercenary in chain mail thought for a while, and finally nodded.

　　 Byron smiled, shook his hand, and welcomed them to join.

　　 This is a small-scale mercenary unit. They took over the task to protect the caravan. They were attacked by pirates and the caravan was destroyed. They lost more than half, the captain died, and no business.

　　 Byron gave out the salary terms of his troops, and paid a one-time employment fee of 200 dinars, hired them all to join the peony mercenary group.

　　 Now Byron has a lot of capital, and he also has some fame in the city. He also made a big order and eliminated a large number of pirates, which is very attractive to these scattered mercenaries.

　　 Of course, Byron’s banquet a few days ago also attracted the attention of many idle mercenaries and property vagrants. Byron spent 50 banquets, food and wine made many people swallowed and peeked aside. They also hope to enjoy this treatment, make more money, and live a better life than before.

　　 9 people, 2 caravan escorts, 2 mercenary infantry, and 5 mercenary sentries. A small group of soldiers with a lot of combat experience directly joined Byron's team.

　　 In addition to these mercenaries, there are some locals who also want to join Byron's army.

　　 There are some poor farmers. They have seen Byron's generous treatment of his subordinates, and they have also seen Byron's soldiers' pockets. They also hope to follow Byron to gain wealth. They often came with only an axe for chopping wood and wearing ordinary linen and fur clothes. Although these recruits are poorly equipped and inexperienced, they can still use them if they dare to work hard.

　　 Several hunters also came with bows. The nobles’ enclosures are getting bigger and bigger, and their prey is getting less and less.

　　 But the best strength is a bunch of heirs of wealthy people who have nothing to do with their families. They have certain assets in the family, and they also have to go with Yar with equipment during the war, and they have certain experience in the army. They hope to follow Byron out to meet the world and earn some silver coins back.

　　 These people can buy simple armor shields, spears and iron sword fighting axes, and the system recognizes them as Nord light infantry.

　　 When Byron set off, there were 12 more Nord recruits, 5 Nord light infantry, and 3 Nord hunters in Byron's army.

　　 After spending silver coins to improve the equipment of those recruits, Byron has 12 untrained Nord light infantry. Because the quality of the Nords is generally higher than that of the countries in the south, although they lack training, they are still above the average Swadia militia.

　　 After hiring two more workers, Byron’s number of troops has approached 80, the combat effectiveness has greatly increased, and the difficulty of management has also greatly increased.

　　 When the number of people was small before, Byron could see all his soldiers as soon as he turned his head, and it was easy to get them together and talk.

　　 But now when Byron is out of the city, even the soldiers guarding the city have to avoid them. Even if other mercenary teams and caravans know that they are not malicious, they will subconsciously bypass them.

Moreover, the cultures and languages ​​of the Swadians, Wikiyas, and Nords are different. Once a quarrel occurs, they will immediately gather into a few groups to confront each other, and if they are not careful, they will develop into a fight. .

Moreover, the food and water consumed by more than seventy people is not a small amount every day. Before Byron’s carriage team only had one carriage with dry food, but now Byron has more than a dozen carriages, half of which are transported. All are living supplies.

　　 Those who joined Byron’s team brought some dry food and clothing, and they were responsible for the expenses when they entered the city. This can slightly relieve Byron's pressure, but wages are inevitable. If he can't find a lucrative job, Byron can only continue to do business like this. Once the profit channel is lost, the cost of maintaining the operation of the troop can drag him down.

　　 Byron led the army all the way east, and it took almost a month to finally rush back to Riwa Chaze, bringing back a large amount of salt. At this time, Byron's cash was only 1,000 left.

　　 is different from before. Seeing such a large number of teams, the soldiers at the gate directly stopped them and reported them to the captain.

　　 After spending half an hour confirming that Byron’s hybrid army would not pose a threat to the city’s security, they sent Byron’s Peony Mercenaries into the city.

　　 The merchant guilds in the city were very excited after hearing the news. They cut off the salt supply in the city within this month, and slowly supplied salt, constantly raising the price of refined salt. But embarrassingly, a group of pirates who landed on the coast suddenly robbed their caravan, and these guys were scattered all over the place, mocking the incompetence of the soldiers in the city.

　　 Later, someone heard news that these pirates were hired by a wealthy businessman in a certain city, in order to take advantage of this opportunity to grab the salt trade in Riwa Chaze.

　　Although the price of salt has risen, they have no salt for sale for a while, and the nobles have also begun to criticize them for their inability to manage the crazy growth of salt prices~www.novelmt.com~ and even have the idea of ​​disbanding them.

Fortunately, Byron took the whole truck of salt into the city at this time, and Byron also joined their guild. After paying a high price of 10,000 dinars, Byron made a fortune. The silk in the city The guild dumped a large amount of salt and grabbed more than half of the market share of the salt trade previously controlled by foreign merchants.

　　 They made a lot of money, and Byron also made a lot of money. Of course, Byron did not know that he inadvertently joined a commercial war, and in this era, commercial wars are not limited to the economic field.

　　 But Byron doesn't think about these now. He now earns 10,000 dinars, which can be filled with gold coins. Even buying gems to make a crown, as long as it is not too luxurious, is enough.

　　 10,000 dinars, placed in front of some nobles, he is even willing to sell his share of the dust, and sell the title of nobles.

　　 Of course, Byron would not use money to buy a title, which would make other nobles contemptuous, and was of no use except to show off in front of commoners.

Byron plans to invest money to build a dyeing workshop in Zivache. Now the businessmen in the city have a much better relationship with him, and he also recognizes his strength. He can build a dyeing workshop at a lower price and has a fixed amount of money. income.

　　 In addition, his troops already have a certain size, and robbers of ordinary sizes dare not touch them. Byron intends to take the initiative to take some jobs, make some money, and accumulate a little bit of fame. Although the war on Rhodok is about to end, and the nobles of Swadia are also beginning to withdraw their troops, the most indispensable thing in Calradia is war and death. He always has the opportunity to be hired by the lord and the king. .

　　 At that time, it was also the time when he fought for himself a real noble title and territory!