The Knight's Journey to the Empire

From March of this year to May now, all in all, Soran has been in Ganise County for just two months.

Therefore, he was not familiar with the aristocratic circles in this area, and he had basically never had any contact with them.

Therefore, the coming-of-age ball held by Viscount Ayudukai for his daughter is a very rare opportunity for Soran now.

An opportunity that would allow him to come into contact with the upper class and celebrities of the area.

The message revealed by Viscount Ayudukai's invitation letter to Soran is:

He was willing to act as Soran's middleman, and use the platform of the coming-of-age ball he held for his daughter to introduce Soran to the local upper-class nobles and celebrities, and bring Baron Soran into the aristocratic circle of this area!

Although this meaning is not expressed directly, it can be regarded as Viscount Ayudukai's act of going with the flow!

But for Soran, this is indeed a rare opportunity.

Because what he lacks now is a guide like this.

In this world's aristocratic circles, throwing stones to test the waters is not the way to do things!

As a new noble with no background and no power, he would definitely be excluded in the new territory.

Therefore, if there is no middleman to lead the way, it will be basically difficult for the new nobles to integrate into the local aristocratic circle!

Immediately, Soran called Javier, told him about this matter, and then asked him to prepare relevant gifts and travel arrangements.

Naturally, he doesn't need to worry about these things. He can just give them instructions and be ready to set off when the time comes.

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A lot of things happened in the White Bear Territory in the past few days, but the one that had the greatest impact on the people in the territory was the recruitment and expansion of the territory guard.

Although the squadron that was sent to Adam to do business was led back safely by Henry!

But the number of troops in the territory is still stretched to the limit!

The territory guard team, which originally consisted of more than sixty people, is now reduced to only forty-eight people, excluding officers, after a battle between humans and werewolves.

However, since the snow flowers are not yet ripe for picking, a team of ten soldiers led by Ramos is stationed at the snow flower meadow to guard it day and night.

Moreover, a team of ten people is needed to be stationed at the sea salt refining workshop to guard it all the time.

In addition, there were two others who were selected by Soran to join the Knight Guard and stationed in the Baron's mansion, responsible for protecting the safety of the lord.

These two men are both outstanding soldiers in the territory guard, and one of them is Allen.

So, by this calculation, there are only twenty-six people left in the territory guard team!

With such a small number of people, Martin has even suspended the patrol team's mission!

Therefore, the time has come to recruit and expand the territory guards.

The news that more than fifty people were needed to be recruited for the territory guards undoubtedly caused an uproar in the territory.

The number of young and strong people who came to apply for the job was actually more than the first time they were recruited.

There was a large group of people making a lot of noise, no less than seven or eight hundred!

And this doesn’t even count the people who came to watch!

There are three main reasons why this happens:

The first is the second Lord's Ban issued by Sauron.

In the White Bear Territory, anyone who dares to bully, insult, beat or scold the families of the territory's soldiers without reason will be hanged without trial, and all of their family members will be reduced to slaves!

This was the second Lord's Ban that Soran issued directly after inspecting the Gru Village.

It was the implementation of this lord's ban that allowed the people to see the lord's emphasis on soldiers, so that they had no worries.

As a result, many people's wait-and-see attitude was dispelled, and the people came to sign up one after another.

The second is the pension compensation for the soldiers who died in the Sauron team.

Since the end of the human-wolf battle, Soran has paid a pension to the families of the soldiers who died in the battle.

The quantity may not be much, but it is enough for his family to avoid starvation or freezing to death for four or five years!

He also distributed rewards to the hunters who died in this battle according to the same standard.

For Sauron, this amount of pension may not be a big deal, but for the people in the territory, this generous amount of money and materials is enough for their families to survive after losing a young laborer.

And there is no harm without comparison!

Not much time has passed since the days when Tax Collector Jacques and Mayor Corbett ruled the White Bear Territory.

In the past, when they recruited their subjects, not to mention compensation and pensions, it was considered good enough that they didn’t allow you to bring your own dry food!

Compared with them, the lord is really too kind and benevolent!

How could the subjects not sincerely support such a kind and benevolent lord?

The third is various preferential policies.

These preferential policies are divided into two parts, including preferential policies for the families of territorial guard soldiers and the families of sacrificed soldiers.

This was something that Sauron had come up with in the past few days, such as exempting some taxes, or distributing some daily necessities during festivals.

Of course, the most important thing is that they enjoy priority in the recruitment of jobs in the territory.

This is the best proof of this in the recruitment of workers for sea salt refining workshops.

More than a dozen family members of the fallen soldiers got a "iron rice bowl" right away, which made the people in the area very envious.

So, to sum up, this is why people are flocking to participate in the Territory Guard recruitment.

Although generous salary and good working conditions can play a role, they are no longer the most important role.

The final result was that the three battalions of the territory guard were quickly recruited!

The establishment of one hundred people is now full!

Then, under the instructions of Military Officer Martin, we quickly entered the training mode.

After all, it takes time to transform from an ordinary citizen into a qualified soldier.

What's more, what Soran and Martin need to train are elite soldiers!