king of the castle

Chapter 225 Expansion of Military Strength

In fact, Roger took so many houses for himself, and he also had other purposes besides making a fortune from it. 【】There are quite a few people who followed him to Kent this time. As a lord who is considerate of his followers, he feels that he has an obligation to arrange accommodation for everyone.

For example, Linda with children, knights Chris and Phil, veteran hunter Mike, and others who followed Roger from the Lund Peninsula all had to have a place to live in this strange place.Not to mention the puppet master Addison with a lot of luggage, and Tom and Jerry, the disciples of Master BASF, who each carry a set of alchemy equipment, all need a place to settle.

This is where Addison was most anxious. When he first arrived in Kent, he grabbed Roger and clamored for him to arrange a residence and a research room.Ever since Addison, who was obsessed with the study of puppetry, got the blueprint given by Roger, even on the road, he was fascinated by the research, trying to figure out its mystery.He had already wasted too much time on the way here, and now that he finally arrived at his destination, he naturally had to start working immediately, so he couldn't waste any more time.

Roger, of course, admired the puppeteer's high work ethic, and soon settled him in a large house in a quieter part of town.The three-story building occupies a large area, enough to put all the luggage that Addison brought, and he is very satisfied.The puppet master immediately asked people to move all his things here, and then couldn't wait to start research.

"Hey, I've fulfilled everything I promised you." Looking at Addison, who was devoting himself to work with great enthusiasm, Roger couldn't help reminding him: "Don't forget to promise me the conditions, one piece per month." Puppet work!"

"I know, I know!" The puppet master said impatiently: "I have a lot of semi-finished products in my luggage, and I can just assemble one for you when the time comes. Don't bother me now, I'm busy!"

"Assemble one to deal with me..." Angered by Addison's straightforward words, Roger complained as he walked out: "You don't treat me as a lord at all, and you don't respect me at all!"

In fact, a puppet master like Addison has a special status and a detached status. Even King Alonso III should be polite when he sees him. He is willing to come to a place like Kent Town with Roger. It's already very face-saving.Roger knew this very well in his heart, so he just complained a few times, and didn't intend to really care about anything with him.

Relatively speaking, the two students of BASF, Tom and Jerry, are much more polite to Roger.Although their level is close to that of super alchemists, it stands to reason that there is no need to pretend to be a little lord like Roger.But Roger had a close relationship with their teacher, BASF, and gave the alchemist a tax-free treatment, so the two did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Roger.If he went to BASF to snitch, Tom and Jerry's future in alchemy would be over.

Holding the idea that all eggs cannot be put in one basket, Roger placed the two of them in houses on the east and west sides of Kent Town, separated by almost the entire town.Alchemy is a dangerous job. Even BASF often makes mistakes, and there will be explosions or something from time to time.Roger's arrangement is to prevent another person from being involved when one person makes a mistake, so as to minimize the loss.

The dilapidated Kent Town suddenly had so many more residents, which also made the town more popular, and it seemed to be more prosperous than before.But Roger knew very well that this was only the first step in revitalizing the territory.There are still many things waiting for him to complete in this land of ruins, and he must surprise Vatel and Jenson who want to laugh when the time comes.

A large number of new residents settled in the town of Kent, which brought great changes to the town. At the same time, a major event happened in Roger's castle. The Tower of the Sorcerer was finally built.

The castle hub excitedly told Roger the news, and he immediately found a chance to be alone, and entered the secondary space of the castle to see this so-called most mysterious building.

However, after entering the secondary space of the castle, Roger discovered that the so-called Magician's Tower was very different from what he had imagined.In all fairness, the appearance of the Magician's Tower is not bad.The appearance of the Magician's Tower is like a severely distorted avant-garde artwork, and it was not built with normal construction methods.The tower made of obsidian has no households on it, and the black building seems to absorb light, even under the bright sunlight of the secondary space, it looks very mysterious.Moreover, the location of the Magician's Tower is also the most central location in the castle. I believe it will definitely be the most eye-catching building in the castle in the future.

But even so, Roger still felt a little lost when he arrived at the Wizard's Tower.He stood silently in front of the pagoda for a long time, and then he couldn't help but shouted: "Fuck, is this a pagoda? Where is the pagoda and how do I get there? This can only be regarded as a house?!"

Everything else about the Sorcerer's Tower is fine by Roger's standards, but it's a bit too short.In his impression, those towers on the earth are tall and thin, and there is no one with seven or eight floors that is ashamed to tell people that it is a tower.Even the tower of the magician in Mandos City is five stories high, and it still looks like a tower.

But the magician's tower in front of Roger is only one storey high, so it's okay to say it's a bungalow.This made Roger, who was determined to come into the "tower", feel deceived, feeling that he was deceived by the castle hub.

"You, young man, just lack patience." Facing the furious Roger, Castle Shu said unhurriedly: "This is only the first floor of the Tower of Magicians, as long as you..."

"As long as I get enough soul power and materials, this tower can be built higher and higher!" Roger had long been tired of hearing the rhetoric of the castle hub, and couldn't help but interrupted coldly: "I said Right?"

Castle Shu completely ignored Roger's anger, and said to him with a smile: "It's good that you know, so work harder!"

Roger had nothing to say to the thick-skinned Castle Hub, and was about to leave the secondary space, but Castle Hub reminded him: "After finally building the Magician's Tower, why don't you train two magic apprentices to take with you? Although it costs a lot to train a magician, don't forget that you are now a lord, and having two magician followers can well show your strength."

"Your words are quite reasonable. This is similar to the so-called 'packaging' on the earth." Roger was not a self-willed person in the first place, and he always followed the good advice. At this time, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "More I can't afford to train, so train two magic apprentices and pack them for me!"

"Observe!" When it comes to specific matters, the castle hub will act in a business-like manner, and then said to Roger: "The junior stables are about to be completed, do you need to train some light cavalry?"

"Of course." Roger was also unambiguous in this regard, and immediately decided: "Train fifteen light cavalry first, whether they are needed for ground reconnaissance or sending letters."

Roger has had the idea of ​​forming a cavalry army since he fought the horse thief.In the world of Torenzo, which is dominated by cold weapons, an elite cavalry unit will be a very strong force.However, the junior stables can only train light cavalry. These cavalry wearing leather armor, carrying sabers and short bows are slightly insufficient in attack and defense, but they are extremely mobile.Therefore, the main task of the light cavalry is to scout, send letters and harass the enemy in war. Roger does not plan to train too much. Fifteen light cavalry just happens to be a small team, which is enough to cope with the current situation.

Before leaving the castle, Roger asked the castle hub to train some soldiers of other arms.Now that he has officially taken over Kent County, whether it is to defend the security of the territory or to eliminate potential enemies, he needs the support of enough soldiers.

所以罗杰决定把军队的规模扩充到300人，除了15人的轻骑兵小队外，另外还需要三个小队一共45人的弓弩手、两个队100人的铁矛士兵和将近三个队共140人的长剑战士。

For Castle Hub, building the castle is the top priority, but it also knows that if there are not enough soldiers to ensure Roger's safety, no matter how well the castle is built, it is useless.Therefore, the castle hub also carefully noted Roger's arrangement, and after a little calculation, he said: "I will train all the soldiers as soon as possible, and you will have enough soldiers available in five days at most."

Roger was very satisfied with Castle Hub's promise.With an army of this size, although it still can't stand out from the crowd in the southeast of the kingdom, it is not a big problem to use it for self-defense.

Of course, there is a price to be paid for strengthening the military strength of the territory. After training so many soldiers, there is only a little soul power left that Roger has worked so hard to accumulate.If he wants to build new castle buildings, he must find a way to get more soul power.

But right now the territory is a waste of time, and there are many things waiting for Roger to make arrangements, so he can only temporarily put aside his plan to collect soul power everywhere, and concentrate on dealing with the affairs of the territory.He planned to wait for the territory to stabilize a bit before finding a way to collect soul power and continue building the castle.

On the third day after Addison and others arrived, the Duke's Guard left Kent Town and went back to Mandos City.The primary task of these elite soldiers is to protect the Duke of Hamilton, so naturally they will not stay in such remote areas as Kent.

Eddie also took this opportunity and Phil took the original soldiers and left in a carriage with the Duke's guard.But of course they didn't go back to Mandos City, but went to Karachi City, which is the closest to Kent Town, to buy food.