In the past few days, Nalant's territory began to gradually digest the results of this autumn campaign.
First of all, the housing and food problems of the new serfs are being quickly solved.
Nalant placed most of the new serfs in Maiye Village, and a small number of them in the newly acquired territory.
And these serfs cannot be left idle these days, and some of them are responsible for building thatched houses for themselves.
The other part is arranged to cultivate new farmland within the territory.
Now that there are so many people here, Nalant is responsible for their food this season and is still a benevolent being, so naturally it is impossible to feed them for a lifetime.
These people must then farm their own land and create wealth for the territory.
Of course, these new serfs were very happy about this and joined the reclamation team one after another.
Because the lord has said that most of the cultivated fields will be rewarded to themselves in the future.
No serf could resist the temptation of the land.
The first thing Nalant asked them to cultivate was the wasteland around the castle, because he now has thirty green elves.
Most of these elves will be placed around the castle, and only a few will be placed on Rainbow Island.
The elves placed around the castle will be used to grow sugar cane and a few vegetables specially used for the castle, while the elves on Rainbow Island are used to grow grapes and flowers.
In addition, regarding the problem of feeding the serfs, Da Shitou and others did not disappoint him these days. They killed a total of two sperm whales in three days.
Don’t be too little, whales are not stupid either. They will dive into deep water immediately after seeing their companions killed.
If it weren't for the gathering of flying fish, Nalant might not be able to see whales in this offshore area after catching one or two, and would have to search for them in the vast deep sea.
A sperm whale weighs dozens of tons. At this hunting speed, I believe that in a day or two, we will be able to hunt enough meat for the new serfs to eat for the next season, and Nalant's side mission will also be completed.
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Narant doesn't need to worry too much about civil affairs, but what really needs his attention is the invasion of dark creatures that will break out in a few weeks.
Although the serfs can be allowed to escape in advance, such as to the prairie and other sparsely populated places.
But now Nalant is very ambitious and wants to take advantage of this invasion of dark creatures to make a profit. After all, there is no upper limit to the reward of system energy points this time.
And his Narantian energy points have been used up. If the system releases another elf insect reward, he will not be able to find it.
Therefore, this energy point is now more attractive to him than gold coins.
And if he wants to gain energy points from the invasion of dark creatures, he will definitely not be able to do so with his small number of troops, so he is preparing to expand his army.
As for soldiers, he actually had no shortage, because there were a lot of soldiers among the prisoners.
In fact, there are dozens of extraordinary knights, and they were the thirty or so royal knights who were captured by him at the beginning.
Of course, Nalant can only recruit some ordinary guards now, and it is unrealistic to recruit those royal knights.
Since their families were still in the Northern Principality, Nalant had no way to control them.
Therefore, he could only imprison these royal knights in the castle dungeon, otherwise if these royal knights were released, they would definitely find a way to escape.
As for the ordinary guards, it's better. There are thousands of mountains and rivers between the two countries. I'm afraid they won't be able to escape even if they want to.
"Sir, according to your instructions, I have selected two thousand captive guards who are under the age of twenty-five and are the strongest!" That morning, under the gentle slope outside the castle, densely packed captive guards were summoned here.
These guards are being kept by Nalant like ordinary serfs in Maiye Village these days.
As for whether they will cause trouble?
Narant was a little worried at first, so he asked Shirley to release a large number of bees as a precaution, but in the end, these people turned out to be honest.
Of course, Nalant thought this was because these ordinary guards had recognized the fact that they could not escape, and they had one meal of whale meat every day.
"Well!" After hearing the report, Nalant nodded to Quik, and then looked at a group of captive guards with anxious faces, "I believe you will recognize who I am without having to introduce myself. I was at Stone Bridge back then.
You must have seen me around here!"
"Here, sir, I have a question for you. You were captured by me and brought to this place far away from your hometown. Do you hate me very much?"
Faced with Nalant's inquiry, all the captive guards naturally lowered their heads and remained silent.
Nalant didn't care and continued: "I understand your thoughts, but I don't blame you. After all, this place is far away from your hometown, and it is far away from your relatives!"
"However, apart from these two points, do you think it is good to live in my Storm Territory? Have I, Nalant, ever wronged you?"
"Although you are prisoners, I have still provided you with one meal of meat every day these days, and I want to ask you, can you eat meat every day in the Northern Principality?"
"Can your family in the Northern Principality eat meat every day?"
"I think that is definitely impossible, because you are just small guards. The military salary throughout the year is not enough to feed the whole family, so how can you eat meat."
"However, I, Nalant, can tell you now that in my Storm Territory, not to mention guards, even ordinary serfs can eat meat every day and have clothes to wear."
"Have I lied to you about this? I believe you have noticed it these days!"
Nalant deliberately gives them so much freedom these days, just to let them see how good the Storm Territory is.
Everyone has new clothes to wear, and everyone can eat fresh and delicious fish every day. This kind of life is absolutely unimaginable for serfs.
I believe that after these new serfs see the state of the Storm Territory, their originally anxious mood will calm down, making it easier to subdue them.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And the facts are almost as Nalant expected. Those serf families who brought their families as captives have gradually adapted to the life in the Storm Territory, and they want to work hard to integrate.
Then they can live as good a life as the natives of Stormland.
On the other hand, although these captive guards also envied the life of the people in the Storm Territory, because their families were still far away, their thoughts were still wandering.
If Narant wants to conquer them now, he must spend more effort.
Of course, in fact, he does not need these guards to surrender 100% for the time being, because his purpose of expanding the guards is to deal with dark creatures and not the Northern Principality, so he is not afraid that these guards will defect when the time comes.
"I summoned you here today to give you a chance to join the Storm Territory, so that you can have the opportunity to live a decent life of eating meat every day and wearing new clothes!"
"Because I plan to recruit two hundred guards among you today. After these two hundred guards become my subordinates, I will treat them equally!"
"Not only will everyone be equipped with armor, but they will also be treated the same as other guards. They will receive thirty copper coins every day, and they will have meat every day!"
"I ask you, are any of you willing to become a guard under me, Nalant?"
After listening to the words that followed, all the captive guards had moved expressions in their eyes. However, after looking left and right, they saw that their teammates around them did not dare to bid for the stall, so they all lowered their heads and fell silent.
After all, they are different from ordinary serfs, they are guards.
If you casually stand up first to express your surrender, you won't be able to raise your head to see others in the future.
Narant had already anticipated this, so he immediately launched his trump card!
"By the way, I forgot to tell you one thing, that is, as long as you become a guard under me, Nalant, then, in the near future, I, Nalant, will find a way to bring all their families to the Storm Territory.
, let them reunite with their families!”
Wow!
"Is it true that I brought my family here?"
"Yes! How many gold coins will it cost?"
There was finally a commotion in the originally silent prisoner team.
If the previous treatment was not enough to move them completely, then this promise to take over their family definitely hit the weak spot in their hearts.
Since being brought to the Storm Territory by Nalant, most people felt that they might never see their families again in this life.
But Nalant suddenly gave out hope, which immediately made their hearts flutter.
"How many gold coins will it cost? You don't need to worry about this, because the most important thing for me, Nalant, is money!"
"So, as long as you can do things for me loyally, even if everyone pays dozens of silver coins or one gold coin, I will do it at any cost!"
"On this point, I, Nalant, can swear to the God of Glory!"
Nalant's words were certainly not lying to everyone. The Agate Principality and the Northern Principality had been fighting fiercely for so many years, and both sides had guards who were captured by the other side.
Some guards were lucky enough to perform meritorious service even after being captured, and regained a decent status.
In this way, in order to make this subordinate surrender, the prince they were loyal to would find a way to bring over the guard's family.
And this matter is very easy to do as long as you are willing to spend money, and even many caravans from both countries are willing to do such a thing.
After all, for ordinary guards, when they died in battle or were captured, the general nobles paid their families a pension and rarely paid any attention to them.
And when the time comes, if you want to buy these family members, you can do so as long as you have enough coins.
"Sir Nalant, I am willing to join your guard team, I just ask you to buy back my young family in the future!"
"Me too, Lord Nalant, I am also willing to be your guard and fight to the death for you!"
Suddenly, the two thousand guards below were all moved, vying to become Nalant's guards.
Upon seeing this, Nalant couldn't help but smile, and immediately raised his hand to stop him: "I can understand your mood, but this time our Storm Leader is only planning to select 200 guards!"
"So, I need to conduct an assessment on you now. Only the 200 people who pass the assessment can become this batch of guards!"
"Of course, even if you are not selected this time, don't be disappointed, because I, Nalant, will continue to expand my army in the future, and you will all have the opportunity to become guards!"
After saying that, Nalant asked Quick and others to assess these guards.
The assessment items were very simple. These people were originally the guards of the Northern Principality, so Narant only needed to select the best ones in terms of strength and endurance.
He specially asked Quick and others to prepare two test events: weightlifting and long-distance running.
To lift weights, a simple version of a barbell was used, with a hard iron rod in the middle as the pole and stones as weights on both sides.
If you want to become a guard, the minimum requirement is to lift this simple barbell weighing 150 kilograms for ten seconds.
When the first requirement is met.
The second requirement is endurance long-distance running.
In the five-kilometer long-distance race, the top 200 fastest runners can become guards.
Under this simplest screening method, Quick completed the test in just an hour and informed Narant of the results.
Nalant walked out of the castle again, and sure enough, there were only two hundred strong young guards left.
"I've met the lord!"
"Very good, congratulations on being able to stand out among two thousand people!" Nalant nodded in response to everyone's greetings.
"Sir, my subordinates are willing to swear allegiance to you to the death!" No one else needed to teach them. The next moment these two hundred people knew what to do and knelt on the ground and swore allegiance to Nalant.
"Well, I, Narant Beric, accept your allegiance, and I now declare that from today on, you will officially become the guards of the Storm Territory!"
"As for the promise I made to you before, after I see your bravery and loyalty, I will fulfill it for you and guarantee that your family will be brought safely to the Storm Territory!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Thank you, Sir!" a group of guards shouted excitedly.
"Yes!" Nalant nodded again with satisfaction, and then looked at Quick: "Quick, their training will be left to you! I will give you half a month, and you must teach them to complete various stances and formations!"
"Yes, sir!"
After safely handing over the two hundred newly recruited guards to Quaker, Nalant returned to the castle again.
He did not intend to use these two hundred guards as ordinary small squads of guards this time, but wanted to equip them with spears and then form a Macedonian phalanx to kill the enemy.
Facing the densely packed and fearless dark creatures, it would undoubtedly be unwise to get into a melee with them.
Narant thought about it, and finally thought of trying to see if he could use the Macedonian phalanx to fight.
He used a tight formation and spears to resist the attack of the dark creatures, and then he led Quick and others to cover on both wings.
Coupled with the long-range attack team equipped at the rear, even when dealing with dark creatures, it will be able to achieve both offense and defense, maximizing combat effectiveness.
"I hope things go as smoothly as I imagined!" Narant's thoughts were wandering as he walked.
He only regretted that he had too few extraordinary knights, otherwise he wouldn't have to worry so much.
After all, he had the war horses, but he was short of men.
The 180 high-quality horses captured in the Autumn March can only be kept at the racecourse because there are no extraordinary knights.
Those were all snatched from the Royal Knights, and they are all absolutely good horses.
I don't know if he can gather the extraordinary knights before these war horses grow old, otherwise it will be a big waste.