The Knight's Journey to the Empire

Chapter 28: The Magical Use of Dou Qi, Joining the Army

When a knight enters the Knight professional level stage, the main source of fighting spirit energy is from food.

The maintenance or change of energy in the human body is actually a dynamic balance, which changes with the passage of time, and is manifested in the replenishment and loss of energy.

The function of the fighting spirit seed is to present this performance in a concrete way, or to control it autonomously.

When the human body is in a state of fullness, there will be an oversupply of energy in the body, and thus it will accumulate in various parts of the body, like fat in ordinary people.

At this time, the Dou Qi seed will autonomously absorb the excess energy, convert it into Dou Qi and store it to strengthen itself.

Therefore, the training of a knight consumes a lot of resources, especially high-energy meat resources, medicinal resources, etc.

As long as he is a formal knight, regardless of gender, age or status, his appetite is bound to be huge, several times that of an ordinary person of the same age, and he may even eat multiple meals a day.

This also shows another function of the Dou Qi Seed, which is to promote food digestion and energy absorption.

Of course, when energy is absorbed, it will naturally be released.

When the human body is in a state of hunger, the energy supply and demand in the body will be less than the supply.

At this time, the fighting spirit seeds will release the absorbed energy, thereby alleviating hunger, maintaining body functions, and allowing the knight to go without food for many days.

But it is worth noting that the knight cannot consume the fighting spirit in the fighting spirit seed in advance.

Otherwise, the foundation of the Dou Qi seed itself will be lost, and if it lasts for a long time, it will cause a drop in realm.

This also shows another function of the fighting spirit seed, which is to store energy and enhance the knight's adaptability.

So to sum up, the following results are produced.

As soon as Soran stood up, he felt dizzy and hungry, and he almost fell down.

Finally, I drank a few bowls of meat porridge and two bowls of fatty meat early in the morning, and only then did I feel a little better.

Of course, the fighting spirit seeds actually have another wonderful use, which is healing.

But Sauron will have to wait until later to experience this.

The city of Olivia is the second largest city in Saladin County, and the largest city is naturally the base of the Marquis Saladin family - the city of Saladin.

Olivia City is a border city located on the eastern foothills of the Barinas Mountains.

In the past, when the Principality of Golia and the Kingdom of Midburg formed an offensive and defensive alliance to jointly fight against the Kingdom of Essex, the diplomatic relations between the two countries were very close and the private trade was also very prosperous.

It was precisely relying on the prosperous border trade that after the founding of the Kingdom of Midburg, the economy of Olivia City developed rapidly, the urban population continued to increase, and the scale of urban construction continued to expand.

Eventually, it stood out among the many cities under the jurisdiction of Saladin County and became the largest city except the county seat.

However, as the saying goes, success and failure are both due to Xiao He.

Today, the Kingdom of Midburg and the Principality of Glia are confronting each other over the newly discovered large iron ore in the Barinas Mountains.

The city of Olivia became the military base of the Kingdom of Midburg.

So many troops were stationed in the city.

Therefore, the prosperous and bustling scene of people coming and going in the past was suddenly covered by the solemn atmosphere of the military camp, and it was no longer noisy and prosperous as before.

Even ordinary civilians entering the city had to be checked several times by the guards at the city gate before being allowed to pass.

The army currently stationed in the city of Olivia consists of four parts.

They are expressed in order of their combat effectiveness as follows: the Second Standing Legion of the Kingdom of Midburg - the Blue Shield Legion; the private legion of Marquis Saladin; the private army alliance of Marquis Saladin's vassals and his vassals; and the private army alliance of nobles invited by Marquis Saladin or other nobles who voluntarily came to assist in the war.

These troops have different affiliations, but their total number exceeds 20,000.

September 4876, 3 in the Knight Continent calendar.

After more than half a month of travel, Soran and his group of six finally arrived in Olivia City.

As the second largest city in Saladin County, the city of Olivia has a population of nearly 15 (5 of which are migrant workers). It has a large population, abundant young and middle-aged labor force, and huge potential for war.

Moreover, as the military base of the Kingdom of Midburg, the city of Olivia has been renovated.

The city is surrounded by a nearly ten-meter-high wall, which is filled with defensive weapons such as rolling stones, arrows, and battering rams. The city is truly high and well-walled, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Unfortunately, this world relies too much on defensive buildings such as castles, so the moat has not yet been built.

Marquis Saladin set up several recruitment points in the city to mobilize and call on the general public to join the army and defend their country.

Of course, the personnel joining the army will be directly affiliated with the Marquis's private army and under the direct command of Marquis Saladin. They will not be affiliated with the central military department of the kingdom, and all military expenses will be borne by the Marquis himself.

At the same time, the Marquis had to pay a considerable amount of taxes to the king based on the size of the conscription.

Yes, according to the laws of the kingdom, if a lord recruits ordinary civilians to form an army to fight, he needs to pay a certain amount of taxes to the king based on the scale of the recruitment, which is euphemistically called: conscription tax.

Of course, if the Cavaliers are led by an official knight, no fee is required.

Soran came to Saladin County to participate in this war, join the army, kill the enemy in battle, and be rewarded for his merits.

Therefore, after arriving in Olivia City, they first had a big meal, rested for a night in the hotel, and then went directly to the recruitment office in the center of the city.

The various recruitment points set up around the city are for ordinary civilians.

Only the recruitment office in the center of the city is open to people with a certain status or strength, such as nobles and knights.

Although Soran is not a noble with a title now, he is still the son of a city lord and the heir to the title of knight, and he carries his identity documents with him.

What's more, he has the strength to enter the knight profession level.

So, no matter how you look at it, he is considered a "superior person" with some status, and naturally cannot squeeze with ordinary civilians.

There is no need to elaborate on the process of joining the army. You can just check in according to the existing procedures.

After all, the war on the front line is intense and there is a shortage of soldiers. It is already very good if someone can join the army.

As for the spy infiltration, how is it possible? How could the coach let you lead the army alone when he doesn't know the details of your background? If he wants to use you, how could he not investigate you thoroughly?

Everything went very smoothly, but Soran had the strength to enter the professional level of a knight at such a young age, which made the officer of the recruitment department look at him differently.

Of course, there are two points worth mentioning.

The first is the issue of salary.

If ordinary civilians were conscripted into the army, the conscription office would only give them one gold coin as a resettlement allowance and a monthly salary of ten silver coins.

Ten silver coins are enough for a family of five to live comfortably for a month with enough food for every meal.

It can be said that compared to peacetime, the salaries of soldiers in wartime are indeed quite high, basically doubled.

Of course, you won’t get all the ten silver coins after searching through the layers.

However, it won't be eaten up too badly during wartime, and basically only about seven or eight silver coins will be obtained.

Soran has the strength to enter the knight profession level and is a formal knight.

In the Knight Continent, only official knights who have cultivated fighting spirit can form their own knight team.

So the six of them formed a knight team with Sauron as the center, and Sauron served as the knight commander.

For this small knight team, Marquis Saladin adopted a one-time buyout approach.

Take the Knights of Soren, for example.

There are a total of six people in Soran's knight team. After verifying the combat effectiveness of each person, plus the relatively decent identity of a knight's heir, the one-time buyout money given by the recruitment office, that is, the settlement fee is directly 70 gold coins.

As for salary, Soran's salary was six gold coins per month, while others generally received between 20 and 40 silver coins.

In the Knight Continent, the equivalence system between currencies is: one gold coin is equivalent to 50 silver coins, and one silver coin is equivalent to 100 copper coins.

It is said that there are even more precious purple gold coins above the gold coins, but Sauron has never seen them.

Of course, Soren would not distribute this settlement fee to them.

Instead, it is used to buy them sharp weapons, excellent armor and other battlefield equipment, and even high-energy meat, medicinal herbs and other cultivation resources.

Anyway, this money will definitely be used for them in the end, and Sauron will even have to use his own private money to subsidize them.

After all, it was everyone's first time on the battlefield, and Sauron didn't want his trusted attendants to die in battle without knowing why.

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