Chapter 9: Three Attendants
In order to upgrade in the early years, Lann ran around to take on tasks. In the eyes of today's people, it was just "receiving commissions". In order to gain more experience, it is natural to pursue a higher degree of task completion. Compared with the common bounty hunters who take advantage of the people, Lann is widely loved among the people, and has also won the title of "Lannister, a promise of gold". .
But there are unruly people and even mobs in any era. In the original work, a villager commissioned a witcher to hunt monsters, and then in order to get rid of the commission fee, he tricked the witcher into a barn and attempted to kill him.
In the original novel, the protagonist Geralt also encountered deadbeats more than once, and there were even cases where villagers were eager to sell his horses and divide the luggage while the witcher was out hunting monsters.
Many demon hunters start out with the mission of killing monsters and protecting civilians. Demon hunters of the Griffin School even pursue chivalry. But after a long time, everyone turned into "emotionless mutants". The reasons are not clear to outsiders.
As a noble of Cintra, there was no mob in Cintra that would have the courage to attack and kill Lann, but there were always cunning people who wanted to pretend to be pitiful or act rogue.
For this kind of situation, if the family is really ruined and cannot come up with money, Lann is not so hard-hearted. He is just for experience rather than money. In this situation, he will even help the other party within a reasonable range.
Getting a heartfelt thank you or two is considered receiving emotional service, right?
And for those real scoundrels, Lann always has a way to take back his "reward". Only occasionally does this process come with other "collateral damage."
"Lannister, debts must be paid" spread like that. Lann was happy to hear this.
At three o'clock in the moonlight, Lan En returned to his mansion. The courtyard and building were brightly lit.
Ten candidates for attendants stood staggeringly in the courtyard, most of them already soaked through their clothes. As if he caught a glimpse of the Earl returning from the corner of his eye, the few lazing guys who had bent their bodies straightened up again and assumed an upright posture.
Lan glanced at it, turned to face Hardy who came out and asked, "Have they been standing here all day? I mean the motionless ones." After hearing
this question, the attendant candidate was already His bloodless face became even paler. Several of them, who might have interacted with Hardy on a daily basis, were pleading or winking at Hardy from a perspective that Lan couldn't see.
Hardy ignored him and replied sternly: "No, there is no one who is motionless."
Lann nodded, as expected. Without systematic training, no one can stand at attention for a whole day without moving. He just wanted to try his luck in case he encountered some strange people and strange things in this fantasy world.
Turning around, Lan pointed at the three people who had the most dust on their bodies and whose clothes were so soaked that the ground beneath them was almost wet and said: "
These three will stay, and the rest-"
Lannister The earl suddenly glared: "Go back to where you came from!" The
originally pale teenagers could no longer hold up under this roar and fell to the ground. They did not have the courage to say a few more words and rolled and crawled on the ground. " Get out of the mansion.
Only the remaining three teenagers suddenly stood up straighter as if they had been injected with strength.
Although becoming a "servant" does not mean entering the aristocratic level, it definitely breaks away from the civilian class. Even many "knights" are promoted from servants or guards who have made great achievements in battle.
Although almost all of the "servants" were just pebbles under the feet of the real nobles throughout their lives. But becoming a squire was, in a sense, half a foot in the upper class.
Children of nobles who do not have family inheritance rights will choose to become attendants of children of big nobles in order to become true nobles. Even many heirs with the right to inherit would choose to become attendants of kings or dukes for training and to expand their connections. Of course, the latter will return to the family and inherit the family business after a few years of working.
Therefore, most of the young men who are qualified to become attendants are from good backgrounds and have flexible minds. Sometimes he is a little clever and likes to be lazy. For example, the teenagers who were just eliminated by Lan.
The crisis of national annihilation is approaching step by step, and Lan is desperate for every bit of power. This is why he was so eager to distribute military power that he spent a lot of money to treat the city guards to drinks at night.
You must know that in this era, most officers or nobles are very picky. It would be good if they do not squeeze money from soldiers. In many places, recruiters even have to bring their own equipment. Why? Because the materials provided by the state have become the private property of officers.
A lot of military knowledge that Lann thought was common sense was considered to be at the level of "Military God" in this era.
For example, primary school students in previous lives would memorize "Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be in danger of a hundred battles." In this era, what the low-level military officers know is just to "order all the people and charge them to me!".
Either rush the opponent to death or be rushed. Simple and brainless.
It is even more impossible to "share the same robes with the sons" and "share the joys with the soldiers" to increase cohesion and gain military morale. Because I am a nobleman, why are you kidding me about having dinner with you?
Lann only hopes to gather some warriors through his own method, so that they can become his own strength when the country is destroyed. At present, it seems that the results are good, and it all depends on the support of peers.
And Lann's "attendants" will be his direct descendants from now on, and they are a force destined to become successful. Therefore, you must obey his orders absolutely.
Lann didn't have the time to personally eliminate those unstable factors that were playing tricks. In order to avoid being stabbed at the critical moment, he simply didn't admit them in the first place.
Lann looked at the remaining three attendants and said, "Now you can tell me your names."
The three remaining young men excitedly introduced themselves to Lann.
A tall, broad-shouldered young man named Ace introduced himself as the third son of a knight and was good at using crossbows and bows. Good crossbowmen are rare, and Lan plans to give him a try sometime.
A thin young man named House, his father is the king's stablekeeper, every knight is indispensable for such a squire.
There was also the only young man with a sword, which also made him bear more pressure than others today, but his face and body trembling were no worse than those around him, and he was obviously practicing martial arts diligently.
Lan Encha also has an impression of this person. His name is Swade. His father was once a non-commissioned officer under Lan En's father and died on the battlefield long ago. Lann's father found the young man a job as an apprentice in a blacksmith shop.
Now that he heard that Lan was recruiting servants, he gave up his job in the blacksmith shop and came here.
"I will become the sword in your hands just like my father followed your father!" The
young attendant Sward shouted hoarsely and excitedly with a voice that had not eaten rice for a day. The enthusiastic look even scared Hardy.
Lann nodded with a smile, initially accepting the three people, and then asked Hardy to take the three of them to the room prepared for the attendants to rest.
(End of chapter)