Travel through time and become a member of the Warhammer Empire

Just as the Holy Grail Knight said, violence is not expensive. In the empire of the Old World, you can buy a lot of violence with just a little bit of gold coins.

Retired provincial soldiers were willing to wield their swords and muster up the courage to hold the line in order to be provided with food, lodging and alcohol.

The bandits and highwaymen in the forest can easily turn to the light if they have a reasonable amount of money.

The chivalrous knights of Bretonnia will charge for you with just a promise of honor and enough money.

The dwarves will help you if you pay them enough money, and they will even help you if you know how to die honorably.

Some Norscans would also join the Empire's mercenary corps in order to obtain daily necessities.

Not to mention the Southern Kingdom which is mainly composed of mercenaries.

In this old world, as long as you have money, you can hire the most powerful firepower.

Even if there are only eight steam tanks in the empire, it will only cost 800 gold coins to serve you for a period of time, not including the operator's salary.

Even the various knightly orders within the empire, including the Order of More, would accept employment in exchange for gold coins.

To the north, the Winged Hussars in Kislev are the key to their earning foreign exchange.

As long as you have money, you don't have to worry about violence.

However, the current level of wealth in Windlow's hands can only be used to hire some imperial provincial soldiers who have just retired.

Although these people have retired, their fighting capabilities cannot be underestimated. They have formed free militia groups in various places.

Even a long time ago, some unemployed retired provincial soldiers would form free companion militias, providing food and accommodation and fighting for you.

The combat effectiveness of this group of free militia groups showed a very scary polarization.

When they go out to fight, their combat effectiveness is extremely weak and they are basically unable to execute most combat objectives.

However, when defending towns or fighting in street battles, this group of people is extremely powerful. The people in the front pick up machetes or various weapons and slash around, while the people behind raise their pistols and shoot at will, forming a perfect output method in the narrow terrain.

That's exactly why Windlow hired them.

Although personal income tax and business tax levied on the market do not generate income directly on a per capita basis, with the development of the market economy, the tax revenue brought in is extremely generous.

Although hired men are not suitable for going out to fight, they can be used to defend towns.

As full-time soldiers, Windlow did not require them to be part-time patrolmen, policemen or firefighters like the Imperial Provincial Army did. They only needed training.

After long-term training, the combat effectiveness of these retired soldiers is not much different from that of ordinary provincial troops.

It was also at this time that the Bull Knights of Osterland came to the town where Windlo was located and met the baron.

In his hand was the Elector's order, the wording of which was very much in the language style of Ostland.

"Because the emperor wants to go to war, he summoned the electors. Every noble and knightly order in the empire is asked to provide men and money, and to figure out a solution on their own."

This is nothing new. After all, every time the Imperial Emperor Karl Franz needs to carry out a large-scale military operation, he will summon the Electors.

Recruiting troops and gold coins from various provinces to meet his needs.

In the past, Wendlow was a traveling merchant. He only knew that this happened but didn't know what to do specifically.

Now that he is a baron, he naturally has to ask himself how to pay the tax.

"Baron, pay 10 soldiers, or pay 5 gold coins."

Wow, I have to say this tax is quite heavy. No wonder so many nobles don’t like the emperor and their loyalty is visibly low.

After all, in the northern provinces of the empire, most barons only earned two gold coins a year, which was about the same as the big landlords in the south.

The baron in the south would not earn more than 6 gold coins a year.

This tax directly took away one year's income of the southern barons and three years' income of the northern barons. No wonder most people were resentful.

As for the contribution of ten people, it is not a casual contribution. First of all, the combat effectiveness must be guaranteed. Secondly, they have to bring their own equipment and rations for the road. All of this has to be paid for by the baron himself.

Although Wendlow had no shortage of these two gold coins, he still had to ask some questions clearly, such as where Emperor Karl Franz was going to attack.

"Blackfire Pass."

The Bull Riders came up with their answer very quickly.

"According to the intelligence from the dwarves, a large greenskin army has already set out from the Badlands. It won't be long before they pass through the Blackfire Pass and enter the heart of the empire. The dwarf fortresses along the way have all been closed. As for the Border Prince Territory, you can pretend it doesn't exist."

After the Bull Knights finished speaking, they took away the taxes paid by Windlow and were about to leave when they were stopped again.

"I also want to go to Blackfire Pass, in the name of the Empire."

"Devote yourself to the empire? If you were a strong man, you could gain endless military merits by going to Blackfire Pass. But with your frail appearance, wouldn't it be like seeking death if you go to Blackfire Pass? Go ahead and die, as long as you can keep up with us."

Faced with powerful external threats, the empire would assemble a large number of troops in a very short period of time.

For ordinary soldiers, this is an opportunity to make achievements, and for the electors, it is a critical moment to show off their muscles.

Almost all electors would send their best troops to join the emperor's army to show off their strength.

Naturally, a unit of the Bull Knights of Ost would go south to support the emperor and be incorporated into the emperor's army to deal with foreign enemies.

Along the way, Windlow rode on his unicorn and tried to learn as much as possible from the knights about Blackfire Pass.

When he passed through Ivy Territory, he went directly to Sylvania and never went to the Border Prince Territory, let alone crossed the Blackfire Pass.

Basically all the imperial military nobles are quite familiar with Blackfire Pass.

There were two battles of Blackfire Pass in that place.

The first time was when Sigmar had just gained the support of all tribes and was ready to establish a unified empire.

The alliance with the dwarves had just been signed, and the predecessor of the human empire, the human tribal alliance, had just cleared out all the greenskins in the empire.

The Dwarf High King Kurgan Ironbeard sent the Runesmith Alaric as an emissary to visit Sigmar.

This rune blacksmith not only taught humans how to forge iron tools, but also brought very bad news.

The Greenskin Army has become aware of the newly established Human Empire and the restored Dwarf Kingdom, and is preparing the largest army in history to march through the Blackfire Pass to attack Humanity and to put an end to the Human Empire that has yet to be born.

If the greenskins cannot be stopped at the Blackfire Pass, then this empire that has just been established will be doomed to be completely destroyed by the greenskins.

Sigmar acted decisively and announced his last order as the last chief.

"Calling all tribal leaders!"