Early the next morning, the assembly gong sounded very urgent. Everyone quickly got dressed and ran to the training ground to assemble. Nearly 500 people lined up neatly.

The lizard men did not come to gather. They had already returned to the temporary residential area, and seemed to be planning something important.

This gathering will determine the future fate of the militia, and many people are mentally prepared to disband.

"It's good, there's no slacking off just because the crisis is over."

Viscount Jarvis nodded with some satisfaction, then came to the front of the team and scanned everyone with a serious face.

"The dangerous winter has passed. You have successfully completed the task of resisting the undead monsters and have been recognized by the lord. Now, there are two choices before you. The first is to stay and join the regular army serving the lord.

The second one is to receive the 20 silver coins reward promised by the lord before and go home."

Eh? You can actually stay? Many people showed surprised expressions.

Since violations of discipline will be punished, no one in the team dared to desert. At most, they would use their peripheral vision to glance left and right to see the reactions of their teammates.

The people in the same tent as Kadir were not that surprised. They had heard Blue's speculation last night.

Viscount Jarvis continued: "I will give you some time to think. Now you are allowed to discuss in a low voice, but you are not allowed to move around at will."

After getting permission, the team immediately exploded, everyone whispered to each other and asked what they thought.

"Hey, do you want to leave?"

"Why are you leaving? Isn't it better to stay? And the salary is so high."

"I joined the militia because I wanted to get those 20 silver coins..."

"I was scratched by an undead monster, and I have psychological shadow. I don't want to fight anymore."

After a while, under the instruction of Viscount Jarvis, a knight struck the gong hard to stop everyone's discussion.

When everyone gradually calmed down, Viscount Jarvis said slowly: "The time has come. Those who want to leave should take a step forward. Those who want to stay should not move. Make your own choice now."

Some people stood up without hesitation, while others hesitated for a long time before taking a step forward.

Kadir held his head high in the team. Thinking of all he had experienced in the militia, he still decided to stay.

Looking secretly at his teammates in the same tent, Kadir discovered that they also chose to stay.

After a while, Viscount Jarvis motioned to the knight below with his eyes.

The knight nodded, stepped forward and said loudly: "Those who have stepped forward, please get out of the queue and gather in the open space over there to line up. I will lead you to receive the reward."

There were probably nearly a hundred people walking out of the team, the vast majority of whom were new recruits who were recruited later.

They all went directly to the battlefield after receiving bayonet training and did not participate in cultural training.

Viscount Jarvis was not surprised by the departure of the new recruits.

There is also a small group of veterans who also choose to leave. It may be that they have reasons to leave, or it may be that the ideological work (cultural training) in the previous month or so was not done well.

After the group of people who chose to leave were taken away, the remaining people went through the formation and rearranged themselves.

Looking at the 400 or so people present, Viscount Jarvis's lips slightly raised.

"Very good, from today on, you are the regular army of Border Guard Town and a member of the People's Army!"

The People's Army is the name Owen gave this regular army, which means an army composed of the people.

"Report!"

Blue, who was standing at the front, raised his hands high.

It is part of the discipline that a report must be called before questioning.

"Say." Viscount Jarvis looked over.

"What is the difference between joining the regular army and the current militia?"

"Good question." Viscount Jarvis explained, "The People's Army is an army loyal to the Lord and dedicated to fighting. It will have more frequent training, stricter military discipline, and at the same time, it will also have more generous rewards.

It's a severe punishment."

It is not difficult to understand that there are stricter training and military discipline. However, what are the changes in rewards and punishments? Everyone was suddenly curious.

"Report!" Kadir couldn't help but raise his hand.

Seeing Viscount Jarvis nodded, he couldn't wait to ask: "What is the new reward and punishment system?"

"It is no longer as simple as rewarding jerky slices. The army will implement an officer system. In the future, those who complete assigned combat tasks or perform outstandingly in battle will receive military merits. If enough military merits are accumulated, they will be promoted to officer level. Accordingly,

The salary will also be significantly increased.”

In order to let everyone understand the meaning of the officer system, Viscount Jarvis made an analogy.

"The officer rank represents the status in the army. For example, a position like mine that can command the entire army can also be achieved by being promoted to the officer rank."

Owen learned from the military organization of Winston, but did not copy it completely. Instead, he created his own organization framework of corps, division, regiment, battalion, team and squad.

It is tentatively determined to be a squad of five people, a team of ten squads, and a battalion of ten teams. It will be adjusted later as needed.

Anyway, the current number of people is not large, so we can barely scrape together a battalion.

In addition to facilitating management, it is more important to provide soldiers with a clear path to ascend and encourage them to fight bravely on the battlefield.

After all, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.

"In addition, people with certain military merits can obtain a piece of arable land when they retire, that is, when they leave the army." Viscount Jarvis added.

Farmable land!

Everyone couldn't help but gasp. Affected by Kazitu's curse, the most precious thing in Border Guard Town was the arable land.

What it means to acquire land is self-evident.

Land has always been a symbol of privilege for the nobility. It was unbelievable that common people like them would also have the opportunity to obtain land.

Even if he can't let his descendants inherit the land, he's still the same as a knight.

It makes people wonder, is the lord serious?

Of course, everyone still doesn’t know that the lord has found a way to eliminate the effects of the curse.

Moreover, Viscount Jarvis did not make it clear that what they obtained was actually land use rights.

Separate the rights of land into ownership and use rights, while restricting sales and purchases.

After the death of the land user, the right to use the land must be taken back.

Owen learned this from Winster, ensuring that ownership of the land remained concentrated in his own hands.

"As for punishment."

Viscount Jarvis continued: "If you violate military discipline, fail to complete combat missions, betray your lord, become a deserter, etc., you will definitely be severely punished. It is not just as simple as increasing the intensity of training, but also hard labor and imprisonment.

, serious offenders may even be sentenced to death by hanging, and previous promotions and rewards will also be withdrawn."

"Having heard this, does anyone want to back down? Now there is still a chance to stand up."
Chapter completed!