The residence of Marquis Pagat should now be Richard's residence.
The mansion has been cleaned up, and some of the damage caused in the chaos has been completely repaired. Except for some people with a keen sense of smell who can smell a little bit of blood here, the mansion has reached a standard that can be moved in.
Different from the deserted situation some time ago, today's Hou Mansion is quite popular. In addition to the servants guarding the house, there are at least fifty big men wearing armor and holding swords gathered in the house.
Upon closer inspection, these people were all wearing exquisite mail or plate armor, and each of them must be no ordinary warrior.
These people are all knights who came to seek refuge with Richard, the Marquis of Pingye. Among these people are not only knights without titles, but also several knights with titles.
The knights who were arranged to stay in the Marquis Mansion for a few days were told that today was the day when Marquis Richard was going to receive them.
If you want to meet a great nobleman like Hirano Hou, who started his career with military exploits, and he is the strongest man in the kingdom, naturally everyone has to do what they want. They don’t wear any fancy clothes, but show off their most sophisticated weapons.
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Viscount Hardman is one of them. This middle-aged man who is in his forties and wears fine iron plate armor is considered an oddity among the middle and lower-class nobles in the royal capital.
Viscount Hardman was originally a commoner, the son of a tobacco farmer. Although he was a commoner, his family was relatively well-to-do. Hardmen's health had always been well maintained and his talent was good. Hardmen was lucky enough to be selected.
The Knight Academy in the royal capital, the cradle of civilian knights,
After graduation, he served in Longxingguan for twenty years before returning to the royal capital. With his excellent military exploits, he was awarded the title of Viscount. He had two farms of his own on the central plains.
Generally speaking, after people like Hadmen return from serving at Longxing Pass, the basic path should be to marry a wife and have children, raise the next generation, and gradually form a small noble family. If they are lucky, after two or three generations, the family can
One or two knights are stabilized in each generation, and the family's title and fiefdom are passed down stably, thereby stabilizing the noble status and completing the family's class jump.
However, in the years after Hardmen retired from Longxing Pass and returned to the royal capital, he had no intention of getting married and having children. Instead, he continued to train at Longxing Pass and even became more diligent.
Everyone is different. Most people tend to indulge in enjoyment, but there are always people who will always maintain their original intention.
For small nobles like Viscount Hardman, the Great Knight level is the ceiling. They do not have better resources and better Qi-Entraining Art to support them to take a step closer. If they want to go further, they need more
So many opportunities.
In Hardmen's eyes, Richard was the opportunity for him to go further. Originally, Hardmen thought of a way to join Sol's family.
But after the battle at Richard's Palace and the strength of the Sky Knights was revealed, Hadmon immediately changed his mind.
A multiple-choice question like Sky Knight and Earth Knight can even be done by a child. Since he wants to become stronger, he should naturally join the strongest person, so Hardman arranged the affairs of several manors and took charge of them alone.
Armed with war horses and well-maintained equipment, they arrived at the Marquis Mansion.
But it was only after Hardmen arrived that he discovered that there seemed to be quite a few people who had the same idea as him. Some people had already arrived at the Marquis Mansion before him and were accommodated. In the past two days, many people had come one after another, and some
People were born above him and even had some servants,
His only advantage may be that with these years of hard training, his strength has reached the level of a primary knight, and he is considered the strongest among this group of people.
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"Sir Richard, there are fifty-six knight-level warriors who have recently surrendered, and one great knight-level warrior. They have all gathered in the front courtyard of the Marquis Mansion to wait for your instruction."
"Well, let's go."
Richard, who became famous through the Battle of Miyagi, naturally cannot do anything during his stay in the capital.
Since he is risking his life, regardless of whether the strongest man in the kingdom is real or fake, it would not be in line with Richard's personality if he does not maximize the benefits.
From the day he woke up in the palace, Richard ordered his men to start setting up flags to recruit knights to follow him.
This effect was better than Richard imagined. In just a few days, not only did more than fifty knights come, but a great knight even came to defect. Even when Thor recruited people to go north, there were no great knights.
The strong man defected, and the title of Sky Knight was really useful.
"Hirano Hou is here!"
From Hardmen's perspective, a young and somewhat excessive nobleman wearing a gold-rimmed armor walked out of the courtyard surrounded by several knights.
Then he walked straight to the high platform of the school ground.
The originally noisy school grounds quickly became quiet as the other party stood on the high platform.
Most of these knights have experience in serving in the military, and now they naturally formed a simple queue.
As the most powerful among the people, Hadmon naturally stood at the head of the team. When he raised his head, he could look into the eyes of the young and powerful Hirano Hou.
"I, Prince Pingye, Richard..."
After everyone's attention was focused, Richard began his speech. Richard, who often gave speeches in soldiers and officers' academies, was already familiar with such occasions.
Speaking human words to people and lying to ghosts, Richard's speech at the Ironwood City Official School mostly emphasized ideals, beliefs and dedication to the territory with the students.
But for the following group of knights who already had rich experience, Richard told them more,
Follow me, Richard, and you will not lack money, status, or a way to ascend. Not only will you have the opportunity to obtain better breathing techniques and qi-entraining techniques, but you will also be able to enjoy the cultivation resources provided by my Ping Ye Hou forces.
The most important thing is that you also have the opportunity to get personal guidance from the only sky knight currently certified by the kingdom, Marquis Richard.
Although the knights below are not as excited as the young people in Ironwood City, they are still a little excited by the pie painted by Richard. After all, this is what they came here to draw.
After the speech, Richard arranged for Zebul to manage these knights first. With Zebul's strength on the earth, he was sure to be able to manage these people obediently.
How to use these people, Richard already has an idea in his mind.
It is impossible to replenish them and serve as officers in the army. In Richard's plan, the officers of his direct army should be trained by his own family and have absolute loyalty.
Would rather go slower than break this routine. Richard needs to ensure his absolute control over the army.
In Richard's plan, these knights will all be organized into a knighthood, a knighthood composed entirely of masters above the knight level.
They will be equipped with red flame horses covered with full body armor and serve as arrowheads for the Northern Shock Cavalry.
A shock cavalry composed entirely of knights. From man to horse, they are all covered in heavy armor.
There are only a few hundred knights like this. Once they charge, even a strong man like Yasuo may not be able to resist them.
No one knew that a knighthood that would be famous in the mainland would set up its first support in this small prince's mansion...
