Medieval White Elf Story
Chapter 100, Special Products
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Although Flynn made a fortune, he did not think that he could be rich enough to form a cavalry regiment composed purely of well-trained warriors and retinues.
Of course, such an army is very powerful and can easily crush other armies that are mostly made up of farmers' cannon fodder, but the money they need to spend is enough to crush Flynn.
Not to mention that he only has the insignificant Earl of Las West. Even if he puts the entire Zeeland Peninsula under his rule, it will not be able to support the cost of raising such an army. Only the Neville royal family can support him. Or only senior lords like Old Tibes with deep pockets and strength can afford it.
Considering the best cost performance, Flynn could only choose a pure infantry unit as the core force, and by the way expand the number of his own retinue to work with a small group of cavalry to improve combat effectiveness.
It is not a problem to find the materials needed to form an army. Anyway, Flynn has money now. On the Goron continent, which has been constantly fighting for a long time, the most popular thing and the least likely to be in short supply is the weapons and armor for the soldiers.
A good wooden spear only costs eighteen silver coins, and a simple set of iron armor costs less than seventy silver coins. If Flynn doesn't care about the lives of soldiers, using second-class inlaid armor or even leather armor will cost It can be much lower.
The main reason why many nobles choose to use farmers with low combat effectiveness as the main force on the battlefield is that a farmer's life is far less valuable than a set of armor, so there is no need to waste money on equipment.
As a time traveler, Flynn certainly could not agree with this weird calculation formula, so despite the objections of Artus and others, he resolutely ordered a thousand sets of armor as equipment for the future Bane Army.
Now that we have the equipment, a new question arises: Where do the people who wear these equipment come from?
Flynn first rejected the suggestion of recruiting farmers from the territory. He had no choice but to do so. The poor performance of farmers and soldiers on the battlefield in the several battles he had personally experienced made him unable to trust their combat effectiveness, and he was always thinking about a small piece of his family. The land also makes it difficult for them to choose to risk their lives and fight to the end. When they see that the situation is not right, running away or simply surrendering is their normal reaction.It would be better to place our hopes on such a guy than to continue to rely on mercenaries.
In addition to farmers, another large and easily obtained source of troops is the homeless people in the city. Most of them are farmers who have lost their land and have to struggle to survive in every corner of the city, playing roles such as thugs, thieves, and coolies. .These guys are easier to recruit than farmers. As long as you find a larger city and make a slogan of serving as soldiers and eating food, some homeless people who can't survive are willing to join.
But neither Artus nor Hayden suggested that Flynn take advantage of them.These guys have been in the city for a long time. They all have many problems and are slippery. They may escape at any time with weapons and armor. If you recruit them into the barracks, you will only get a bunch of sneaky soldiers. Don't expect it. They can work honestly on the battlefield.
Farmers in the villages and homeless people in the city have been excluded, so there are still a large number of young and middle-aged people who can be discussed.
Flynn thought of the famous Qi Family Army in another time and space, which seemed to use miners from a certain place as its main source of troops.It is said that this kind of people are honest, loyal and easy to obey orders, and they are not afraid of death when fighting. They are excellent military materials.
This idea was again rejected by the two barons.
Flynn's idea is good, but very unrealistic in this time and space.
There is a lack of mining industry on the Zeeland Peninsula and there are not many miners.If you want to hire such people in large numbers, you need to go to the far south.Not to mention that it is difficult for someone to leave their hometown to serve as a soldier in a completely unfamiliar place. Miners themselves are already considered skilled workers, and their income is much higher than that of ordinary farmers. It is not a problem to support their families, so they lack the subjective motivation to be willing to serve as soldiers.
It is not impossible to attract the interest of miners with higher salaries, but the cost of hiring one miner can be enough to hire two or even three mercenaries. Obviously, the combat effectiveness of a thousand miners cannot be more than twice or three times. With twice the number of mercenaries in combat effectiveness, the price/performance ratio is completely uncompetitive.
After much calculation, it seemed that apart from continuing to hire mercenaries, there was really no suitable source of troops. Flynn was very annoyed. If he could trust the mercenaries, he wouldn't have to put so much thought into forming his own army.
At this time, a subordinate came to report that he had just caught a guy who had sneaked into the camp and tried to steal bread, and asked what to do.
For those who steal military rations, the usual approach is to give them a whip and then put them in jail. If they are unlucky, they are often beheaded directly.
As the chief officer of the camp, Artus felt a little disgraceful when something like this happened, so he insisted on beheading the blind guy as a warning to others.
Flynn thoughtfully asked, "Are there many prisoners caught recently?"
"Not many." Baron Artus replied, "But there are many homeless people recruited on the construction site, and there are many habitual criminals among them. As long as the soldiers are a little negligent, they will be taken advantage of."
"Then how do you usually deal with prisoners who are caught?"
"Depending on the seriousness of the crime, you can either be beaten, locked up, or directly executed." Baron Artus felt that Flynn's question was a bit confusing, but he still answered it responsibly.
"They are all born bad, and no one can save their fallen souls." Baron Hayden said with the same disgusted expression, "Even if we hang them all, we will only get praise from the people, and we have solved a lot for them. trouble."
Flynn thought for a while and asked, "If I am willing to spend money to redeem the prisoners in other territories, can I buy them?"
Baron Artus nodded and said, "Of course, the prisoners are of no use except for wasting food. Even if they are used for hard labor, someone needs to be sent to keep an eye on them to prevent them from escaping. This kind of useless pest, everyone wants to find an opportunity to clean it out." , even if it costs nothing, I am willing to give it away for free.”
Well, I originally thought that the fate of the farmers was already very miserable, but now I find that compared with the prisoners, the life of the farmers is not too difficult. At least sometimes the farmers can be treated as human beings.
"Then let's do it." Flynn agreed immediately. "Send people to discuss with the lords in the territory and hand over all the prisoners they hold to me. Let's see if we can gather 500 people first. If not, we will look for them in other territories."
"But these villains are all scum. If you want to recruit them into the army, there will be big problems." Baron Hayden quickly reminded his young master not to act recklessly.
Flynn clapped his hands and said, "Even if the ones sent here are scum, as long as they are used in the right place, scum has its uses. Baron, just be responsible for getting them over to me. I have plenty of ways to make them repent of their mistakes. Become a qualified warrior." Medieval White Elf Story
Although Flynn made a fortune, he did not think that he could be rich enough to form a cavalry regiment composed purely of well-trained warriors and retinues.
Of course, such an army is very powerful and can easily crush other armies that are mostly made up of farmers' cannon fodder, but the money they need to spend is enough to crush Flynn.
Not to mention that he only has the insignificant Earl of Las West. Even if he puts the entire Zeeland Peninsula under his rule, it will not be able to support the cost of raising such an army. Only the Neville royal family can support him. Or only senior lords like Old Tibes with deep pockets and strength can afford it.
Considering the best cost performance, Flynn could only choose a pure infantry unit as the core force, and by the way expand the number of his own retinue to work with a small group of cavalry to improve combat effectiveness.
It is not a problem to find the materials needed to form an army. Anyway, Flynn has money now. On the Goron continent, which has been constantly fighting for a long time, the most popular thing and the least likely to be in short supply is the weapons and armor for the soldiers.
A good wooden spear only costs eighteen silver coins, and a simple set of iron armor costs less than seventy silver coins. If Flynn doesn't care about the lives of soldiers, using second-class inlaid armor or even leather armor will cost It can be much lower.
The main reason why many nobles choose to use farmers with low combat effectiveness as the main force on the battlefield is that a farmer's life is far less valuable than a set of armor, so there is no need to waste money on equipment.
As a time traveler, Flynn certainly could not agree with this weird calculation formula, so despite the objections of Artus and others, he resolutely ordered a thousand sets of armor as equipment for the future Bane Army.
Now that we have the equipment, a new question arises: Where do the people who wear these equipment come from?
Flynn first rejected the suggestion of recruiting farmers from the territory. He had no choice but to do so. The poor performance of farmers and soldiers on the battlefield in the several battles he had personally experienced made him unable to trust their combat effectiveness, and he was always thinking about a small piece of his family. The land also makes it difficult for them to choose to risk their lives and fight to the end. When they see that the situation is not right, running away or simply surrendering is their normal reaction.It would be better to place our hopes on such a guy than to continue to rely on mercenaries.
In addition to farmers, another large and easily obtained source of troops is the homeless people in the city. Most of them are farmers who have lost their land and have to struggle to survive in every corner of the city, playing roles such as thugs, thieves, and coolies. .These guys are easier to recruit than farmers. As long as you find a larger city and make a slogan of serving as soldiers and eating food, some homeless people who can't survive are willing to join.
But neither Artus nor Hayden suggested that Flynn take advantage of them.These guys have been in the city for a long time. They all have many problems and are slippery. They may escape at any time with weapons and armor. If you recruit them into the barracks, you will only get a bunch of sneaky soldiers. Don't expect it. They can work honestly on the battlefield.
Farmers in the villages and homeless people in the city have been excluded, so there are still a large number of young and middle-aged people who can be discussed.
Flynn thought of the famous Qi Family Army in another time and space, which seemed to use miners from a certain place as its main source of troops.It is said that this kind of people are honest, loyal and easy to obey orders, and they are not afraid of death when fighting. They are excellent military materials.
This idea was again rejected by the two barons.
Flynn's idea is good, but very unrealistic in this time and space.
There is a lack of mining industry on the Zeeland Peninsula and there are not many miners.If you want to hire such people in large numbers, you need to go to the far south.Not to mention that it is difficult for someone to leave their hometown to serve as a soldier in a completely unfamiliar place. Miners themselves are already considered skilled workers, and their income is much higher than that of ordinary farmers. It is not a problem to support their families, so they lack the subjective motivation to be willing to serve as soldiers.
It is not impossible to attract the interest of miners with higher salaries, but the cost of hiring one miner can be enough to hire two or even three mercenaries. Obviously, the combat effectiveness of a thousand miners cannot be more than twice or three times. With twice the number of mercenaries in combat effectiveness, the price/performance ratio is completely uncompetitive.
After much calculation, it seemed that apart from continuing to hire mercenaries, there was really no suitable source of troops. Flynn was very annoyed. If he could trust the mercenaries, he wouldn't have to put so much thought into forming his own army.
At this time, a subordinate came to report that he had just caught a guy who had sneaked into the camp and tried to steal bread, and asked what to do.
For those who steal military rations, the usual approach is to give them a whip and then put them in jail. If they are unlucky, they are often beheaded directly.
As the chief officer of the camp, Artus felt a little disgraceful when something like this happened, so he insisted on beheading the blind guy as a warning to others.
Flynn thoughtfully asked, "Are there many prisoners caught recently?"
"Not many." Baron Artus replied, "But there are many homeless people recruited on the construction site, and there are many habitual criminals among them. As long as the soldiers are a little negligent, they will be taken advantage of."
"Then how do you usually deal with prisoners who are caught?"
"Depending on the seriousness of the crime, you can either be beaten, locked up, or directly executed." Baron Artus felt that Flynn's question was a bit confusing, but he still answered it responsibly.
"They are all born bad, and no one can save their fallen souls." Baron Hayden said with the same disgusted expression, "Even if we hang them all, we will only get praise from the people, and we have solved a lot for them. trouble."
Flynn thought for a while and asked, "If I am willing to spend money to redeem the prisoners in other territories, can I buy them?"
Baron Artus nodded and said, "Of course, the prisoners are of no use except for wasting food. Even if they are used for hard labor, someone needs to be sent to keep an eye on them to prevent them from escaping. This kind of useless pest, everyone wants to find an opportunity to clean it out." , even if it costs nothing, I am willing to give it away for free.”
Well, I originally thought that the fate of the farmers was already very miserable, but now I find that compared with the prisoners, the life of the farmers is not too difficult. At least sometimes the farmers can be treated as human beings.
"Then let's do it." Flynn agreed immediately. "Send people to discuss with the lords in the territory and hand over all the prisoners they hold to me. Let's see if we can gather 500 people first. If not, we will look for them in other territories."
"But these villains are all scum. If you want to recruit them into the army, there will be big problems." Baron Hayden quickly reminded his young master not to act recklessly.
Flynn clapped his hands and said, "Even if the ones sent here are scum, as long as they are used in the right place, scum has its uses. Baron, just be responsible for getting them over to me. I have plenty of ways to make them repent of their mistakes. Become a qualified warrior." Medieval White Elf Story
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