So the guards were actually quite strong?

Chapter 29 So the guards were actually quite strong? (Please read and add to your favorites)

Thompson is clearly two-faced, saying one thing to the public and another behind the scenes.

He put on a respectful act in front of him, but allowed his soldiers to cause trouble.

What was the purpose of all this? What were his intentions?

Could he be connected to that fat creditor?

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why he would send his soldiers to cause trouble.

If the information had simply leaked from the lord's manor, it might not have caused such a commotion, and it wouldn't have done him any good.

Alphonse was somewhat puzzled.

But one thing can be determined.

In the eyes of those soldiers, they were certainly not as good as Thompson, their direct superior, which is why Thompson dared to outwardly comply but inwardly defy them.

Using troops to enhance one's own power?

snort!

When he was the leader of the Ten Directions Holy Sect, he could use his overwhelming martial power to crush all obstacles and torture his disloyal subordinates. But in this world, his power is not what it used to be, so he can only let things be for now.

But don't worry, in a while we'll have enough strength to deal with the territory guard issue.

This is truly something I've never seen before.

Soldiers actually went to the lord's mansion to complain about their wages.

In the previous world, even if the soldiers of the imperial court had their pay withheld, they could only endure it.

Military households are military households; they cannot be removed from the register, and they cannot even participate in the imperial examinations. They can only become targets of exploitation by military officers, at their mercy.

Seeing Mia turn to leave, Alphonse suddenly remembered a question.

"By the way, Mia, didn't we bring back only gold coins? Where did all these silver coins come from?"

"The soldiers' salaries will be paid at the end of the month, and this has already been exchanged," Mia explained indifferently.

"How much is a soldier's salary?"

"50 silver coins."

"What about captain-level officers?"

"10 gold coins".

Alphonse was stunned. "How could there be such a big difference?"

"Captains Thompson and Simon are both swordsmen with second-tier battle qi. Of course, strong people with extraordinary power cannot be compared with ordinary soldiers. A soldier with first-tier battle qi can kill 10 ordinary soldiers. Captain Simon has an apprentice under him who has already mastered first-tier battle qi. His salary is also higher than that of ordinary soldiers, 5 gold coins a month." Mia patiently explained.

"So, what's your salary?"

"20 gold coins".

"Wow, it's doubled again." Alphonse was somewhat surprised; it turned out that Mia was the main contributor to the territory's military expenditure.

Mia simply hummed in response, offering no comment.

Taisi suddenly interjected, "Given Lady Mia's strength level, if she were to pledge allegiance to another noble, she could definitely receive a higher reward. Hiring a swordsman with third-level battle qi would cost at least fifty gold coins a month, not to mention that her battle qi level is more than third-level."

As he spoke, he turned to Mia, raised his head with a simple and honest expression, and said, "Lady Mia, my feeling is right, isn't it? If you're just a third-tier swordsman, killing me is easy, but you can't suppress me so easily."

Mia clearly didn't want to dwell on the matter, so she didn't answer and turned to leave.

"Is the difference really that big?" Alphonse was astonished.

Taisi nodded affirmatively, his bull-horned helmet and bushy beard swaying back and forth. "Third rank and above are high-level swordsmen. To hire such a strong person, it would cost at least a hundred gold coins a month."

Alphonse was shocked; he had underestimated Mia, who was hiding her true strength.

Why did she do that?

This high-ranking swordsman was actually willing to serve by her side out of gratitude for her mother's kindness, and even received a salary that did not match her strength.

She doesn't seem to have saved a lot of money.

What did my cheap mother do to her?

There seems to be no recollection of this in the memories of the previous owner.

After racking my brains for a while, I finally found a fragment in my memory.

When I was young, my mother kindly took in a severely injured human man and even found some herbs to treat him.

At that time, the uncle had a little half-elf with him.

Back then, my predecessor was still young and very mischievous. He would run around the village all day and didn't even look at the timid half-elf girl.

She doesn't join in the fun; she just sits next to that old man all day like a wooden doll.

A few days later, they left, and the original owner almost forgot about it.

Kids don't remember much except for playing.

If I'm not mistaken, that little girl should be Mia.

Is this why you've come to repay a debt of gratitude?

That truly exemplifies repaying a small kindness with a great one.

Wait, does this mean Mia is still a child? According to her age, is she a legal loli?

A real baby-faced giant... wow!

Suddenly, Taisi said, "The soldiers in your territory are not ordinary either; they are all very fierce. From what I just heard, they are obviously veterans who have experienced the baptism of war. Compared to ordinary minor nobles, your guard is quite strong."

"Is that considered strong?" Alphonse's lips twitched, feeling utterly astonished. In his previous life, a single ordinary member of the Holy Church could easily defeat a whole group of them.

"Of course! Although they can't compare to a regular knightly order, they can still be considered elite soldiers! Otherwise, why would we spend 50 silver coins a month to hire them? In your human kingdom, a typical baron's guard usually consists of only a few dozen soldiers. When war breaks out, they will recruit peasant soldiers from their territory to participate in the battle. Peasant soldiers are much cheaper; they can be hired for about 10 silver coins."

Tessie gave Alphonse a strange look. "As the lord of this place, you don't know this?"

How could I possibly know?

Alphonse thought to himself, "His predecessor was an ignorant and good-for-nothing playboy."

If I hadn't transmigrated here, this guy would probably have been sidelined by Thompson long ago.

It turns out that the guards in the territory are actually quite strong.

Tsk!

He had foolishly thought that Hanfengling was not only poor, but also very weak.

"What do you want me to do next?" Tessie asked.

"Let's go back to the castle first, and I'll teach you a method of cultivation."

Alphonse was in soreness and pain all over his body and was no longer fit to practice the Yi Jin Duan Gu technique.

You can't get fat in one bite.

After teaching Taixi, it's a good time to meditate and cultivate myself.

Alphonse summoned a maid and asked her to watch over the drying of the herbs before taking Tessie back to his room to retrieve a small piece of Divine Incense.

I need the incense burner for myself, so I can't give it to Taixi.

They just used a plate to hold it.

We arrived at the room where Taixi was staying.

The task of lighting the incense was entrusted to Taixi.

Taisi used to travel and adventure all day long, and he always carried a flint and steel in his backpack, so starting a fire was an easy thing for him.

Before practicing, they use dried sigram grass as incense, which looks like a ritual.

This aroused doubt in Tessie's mind.

Following Alphonse's instructions, Tessie sat cross-legged and assumed the correct posture.

Dwarfs do have shorter legs, so their cross-legged posture is a little unorthodox, but it doesn't really matter.

(End of this chapter)