When Narant got up and came to the vestibule, Quick and others were sorting the trophies from last night, which were weapons and equipment obtained from Quint's guards.
This time, Quint's camp plus the team that came to transport the ore, Quint had sixty-one men.
However, during the battle, most of their weapons and equipment were scrapped, especially protective gear such as leather armor, which was the most severely damaged.
According to the final statistics, the weapons and equipment that can be slightly repaired include ten pieces of leather armor, five longbows, and more than twenty longswords.
These weapons and equipment can be considered valuable trophies, especially the standard leather armor, which costs thirty silver coins per piece in Tulip City, and ten pieces are equivalent to three gold coins.
The team returned from Tulip City and spent most of their money on this.
As for the standard long sword, it is not expensive. The cheaper one costs seven or eight silver coins, and the more sophisticated Dingtian costs only fifteen silver coins.
In addition to weapons and equipment, the thirty absentees were all imprisoned in the castle dungeon.
Although Nalant was not prepared to do anything to the miners, he could only lock them in for the time being and wait until better arrangements were made before releasing them.
After briefly understanding the situation, Nalant went to the back garden and started practicing.
When I came to the back garden, I just thought about the flame crystal in my hand, and the raging fighting spirit was immediately poured into my body.
If gaining Dou Qi during meditation practice is like dripping water from a faucet, then practicing with flame crystals is like using a fire hydrant to pour water.
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At noon, Nalant was awakened from his practice, and the preparations for the celebration lunch he had ordered were completed.
When he came to the vestibule again, four or five wooden tables had been arranged neatly, and the guards were sitting quietly on the long tables waiting.
The original celebration process required gathering all the villagers to watch, and then commending the guards one by one, allowing them to accept the attention of the citizens and increase their sense of honor.
Unfortunately, this attack could not be carried out in public, so it could only be carried out inside the castle.
"Meet the adults!"
When Nalant arrived, all the guards looked at their master with glaring eyes.
"Yeah!" Nalant came to the front with a smile.
"The battle last night was very fierce, but it also allowed me to witness your bravery!"
"And I, today, want to reward you for your bravery!"
After saying that, Thomas came to Nalant's side and handed over a note.
This note recorded the enemy kill record of each guard last night. This was a statistics made by Quick and Vivian before leaving the camp.
"Shirley!" Nalant did not call out the guards immediately, but called out the crucial but inconspicuous hero of this operation.
"Sir, I'm here!" Shirley didn't expect that she would be the first to be called by her own master. Although she had a lively and active personality in the past, she actually became a little nervous in front of everyone.
"In this operation, the bees sent by Shirley played the greatest role!"
"Here, I reward Shirley with ten silver coins, two pieces of brown sugar and white bread, and two bottles of jasmine perfume!"
"Wow! Two bottles of perfume! Thank you Lord, Shirley swears to be loyal to you to the death!" When Shirley heard this, she immediately jumped up happily.
Now everyone knows the value of perfume, which represents two gold coins. No wonder Shirley is so happy. If it weren't not allowed, Shirley would have the urge to offer a sweet kiss.
"The following is Vivian. Vivian fought very bravely last night. Her reward is ten silver coins, a piece of brown sugar and white bread, and a bottle of jasmine perfume!"
"Thank you, sir, I will loyally serve you to the death!" Vivian's face was also filled with excitement, but her personality was much more reserved than Lilia's. She did not jump around, but respectfully walked up to Nalant and bowed.
He happily returned to his original position with the gift.
"Down there is...Quick!"
"My lord, my subordinates are here!"
"Your battle last night was very heroic. I would like to reward you with ten silver coins and a basic fighting spirit training manual!"
"Wow! Dou Qi training manual!"
Now, the guards in the audience were more surprised than before when they heard Shirley's reward.
This is a fighting spirit cultivation technique!
Only by possessing fighting spirit can one completely break away from the status of civilian serfs. This is also the lifelong pursuit of the guards.
In order to achieve a stable rule, the nobles naturally attach great importance to the combat qi cultivation techniques. Generally speaking, it is not a particularly important feat. How can the guards have the opportunity to obtain the cultivation techniques.
"This... Sir, my subordinates don't have enough meritorious service..." Although Quirk's dream after becoming a guard was to one day be able to use military merit to obtain fighting spirit cultivation techniques.
But he knew that just relying on his record of killing seven people last night was not enough to get such a reward.
"No, Quirk! In addition to sufficient merit, your loyalty to me is also extremely important!"
"Over this period of time, I have seen your loyalty and your bravery! Therefore, I will reward you with this basic fighting spirit in advance. I hope that you can do something for me when you have greater ability.
Make greater contributions!”
Nalant interrupted Quick's words, and he gave the fighting spirit cultivation method to Quick after careful consideration.
First of all, his men lacked military force. Other barons had one or two titled knights as vassals, but he did not.
But his Storm Territory is more dangerous than other territories. In the future, when he earns a lot of gold coins from various valuable goods, the danger will increase exponentially.
By then, not only dark creatures, but also some greedy land lords will set their sights on the Storm Territory, so he needs to cultivate enough high-end combat power as soon as possible.
A title knight is not achieved overnight. Now handing over the basic fighting skills to Quirk can be regarded as a plan for the future. Anyway, there is no doubt about Quirk's loyalty.
In addition, he also wants to put on a show of buying bones for thousands of dollars. Although this is a bit shameless, as a person in power, it is also necessary.
Today, he was able to hand over the secret fighting spirit technique to Quik, which also gave the guards hope, unlike other nobles who would always be like a mirror image.
"Yes, sir! Quick swears to be loyal to you to the death!" After hearing Nalant's words, Quick came to Nalant respectfully without any further hesitation, knelt down on one knee and accepted his reward with great excitement.
"Well, there are you too! Although this time only Quik has obtained the secret technique of fighting qi! But I can tell you that Quik will definitely not be the last person to obtain the secret technique of fighting qi. Every one of you has a chance!" Waiting for Quik
Sitting back down, Nalant spoke to the guards below.
"Yes, sir! I swear to serve you to the death!" The eyes of the guards were full of hope. This was real hope.
"Very good, here is Lucky Mud! In this battle, you killed three enemies and fought very bravely. I will reward you with nine silver coins and three pieces of black and brown sugar bread!"
"Yes, thank you for the reward, sir. I will swear allegiance to you to the death!"
"Honey Shitou, you killed two enemies in this battle. You fought very heroically. I will reward you with six silver coins and two pieces of brown sugar and black bread..."
"..."
Nalant calculated the rewards for ordinary guards as three silver coins per head and a piece of brown sugar bread.
Don't think Nalant is stingy. For other noble lords, even if their guards are killed in battle, their pensions are only about twenty silver coins. In many cases, they are not as valuable as a set of leather armor.
After all, the most indispensable thing in this world is civilians, and nobles have become accustomed to being stingy.
As for the two seriously injured guards, because they did not wake up, Nalant did not reward them for the time being. Everything still needs to wait for their subsequent situation to be decided.
If they are lucky enough to survive, Nalant will give them a few more silver coins as compensation for their injuries.
If two people are killed in battle, Narante will also give them a pension as compensation!
"Okay, now that the rewards are over, it's time to start the celebration carnival!"
"Today, there is still enough broth, and I also prepared beer for you!"
After the rewards were distributed, Narant waved to Thomas.
The servants immediately began to bring the cooked food. In addition, Thomas carefully rolled in a barrel of beer.
This beer was copied from Anthony's house, but Narant was not interested in the beer of this world. Because of the backward technology of this world, most of the beer had a bitter taste.
Therefore, Nalant would rather drink scented tea or honey water than touch this beer.
"It turned out to be beer, thank you Lord for your generosity!"
"Thank you for your generosity!"
However, just because Nalant didn't like it didn't mean that the guards didn't like it. When they heard that there was beer, they all cheered.
With cheers and cheers, the castle was completely plunged into carnival.