I'm not a lord

Chapter 88 Bad News from the Blacksmith Circle

Before August arrived, Lynn reorganized the White Bear Territory's army.

The fifth brother, Andre, was still in charge of the original fifty people, and his subordinates were all local serfs from the White Bear Territory.

These serfs all have family ties and have received huge rewards from Lin En. They do not have many problems with loyalty and have relatively good character. They are hardworking and can withstand Lao Wu's high-intensity training.

The fourth brother is in charge of a hundred people, divided into ten teams. The captain of each team is a horse bandit who followed Lin En to the White Bear Territory.

These horse bandits have received training from Lin En, are very loyal and experienced, and their personal fighting power far exceeds that of the five team leaders under Lao Wu.

But the problem is that these horse bandits have bad tempers, are greedy and lustful, and only like to fight when the wind is favorable.

Of course, these are not big problems. Lin En never expected the army to be full of saints.

Once the 100 new recruits under Lao Si are formed, Lin En will arrange marriages for the bandits who have followed him for many years, allowing them to integrate with the White Bear Lord and completely get rid of their bandit identity.

As for the second in command stationed in the south of the territory, Lin En doubled his manpower, with a total of ten horse bandits with high martial arts skills under his command, serving as the lord's personal guard.

In fact, it is just a brick led by the white bear, and it can be moved wherever it is needed.

At present, the second brother’s main task is to guard the southern exit to prevent people from escaping and sneak attacks from the shallows leader.

The third brother in Sanhe City has five bandit brothers. Lin En plans to recall them all to the territory before September and expand them into an army of a hundred people.

The third brother has been training in Sanhe City for several months. He is mainly responsible for escorting people, purchasing supplies, and monitoring Leon. In his spare time, he also reads the books given to him by Lin En. Both his [Intelligence] and [Internal Affairs] attributes have improved to a certain extent, and his horizons have been greatly broadened. It is time for him to come back and lead an army on his own.

Lin En estimated that by September, a large number of serfs would flee to Sanhe City due to the war.

At that time, he could select the strong serfs from these serfs to form an army, and those who were weaker would be sent to farmland and various workshops.

As for now, due to the serfs' enthusiasm to join the army, the fourth brother recruited 90 soldiers in just two days and formed an army of 100 people.

This new army was also stationed in the northern military camp and happened to use the spears that were discarded by Lao Wu.

Although the fourth brother Joseph does not have the [Training] characteristic, he has a [D+] level commander attribute, and his ability to lead troops in battle is even better than that of the fifth brother.

With the assistance of ten ready-made junior officers, in just one week, these one hundred people were able to form a proper formation, and the training results were very gratifying.

Lin En didn't go back to the castle these days. He lived in the barracks, eating and sleeping with the new recruits, sharing the joys and sorrows with them, and guiding the fourth and fifth recruits in training.

The army is the capital for doing great things, and he knows very well that all his status is built on the army.

As time goes by, the identities of the bandits will inevitably be exposed.

At that time, not only will we face strong external pressure, but some questioning voices will inevitably arise from within.

If Lin En wants to maintain his rule in the White Bear Territory and suppress all evildoers, he must have a strong and loyal army.

The loyalty of the army naturally depends on the nourishment of gold coins.

After all, who would risk their life for you if you don’t have money?
Just after the first week of August, Leon arrived at the White Bear Territory Pier with gold coins and supplies.

This time he brought two large paddle boats, enough to carry more than 200 tons of salt from the riverside warehouse.

This salt is the result of a whole month's labor of the barbarians.

In order to obtain this salt, the White Bear Territory paid more than 30 tons of grain, a large amount of linen and ironware.

Lynn's current inventory of grain has reached its bottom.

Fortunately, several of the projects he planned have been completed, and the serfs have returned home to prepare for the autumn harvest, without having to consume the lord's stored grain.

This year's White Bear led to favorable weather, and the first batch of rye sown can be harvested in a week.

Lin En and Leon embraced as usual. A month after not seeing him, the black marketeer had grown noticeably larger, evidently reaping the rewards of his illegal salt trade.

Lynn did not interfere with the price at which Leon sold salt. It was up to him to decide how much he could earn.

Anyway, the wholesale price here at Lynn remains unchanged, still one silver coin for twenty kilograms, and two hundred tons is five hundred gold coins.

Leon's means of payment actually only consisted of a small amount of cash, and he mainly used goods as payment.

This time, he brought five tons of iron ingots, and offered a 10% discount for large quantities, with a discount of 90 gold coins.

In addition, he also brought a batch of weapons.

包括30套修复过的二手锁子甲，能抵300金币；30柄还算锋锐的长剑，折60金币；有使用痕迹的铁头盔30顶，算30金币。

"My Lord, the total is 480 gold coins at market price."

Yagena, with her slightly bulging pregnant belly, was counting the goods with Lin En at the dock.

She probably became pregnant in late April or early May and is now three months pregnant, but this does not prevent her from continuing to perform her duties as treasurer.

These goods and weapons must be recorded in the warehouse before they can be shipped.

In Yagna's opinion, the prices of the weapons brought by Leon were relatively high.

But considering that the Northern Kingdom has become a mess, the price of door-to-door delivery is not outrageous.

Lin En felt a little pained. The salt that more than 3,000 barren people worked hard for a month to refine could only be exchanged for 30 sets of entry-level equipment and a few boxes of iron ingots.

In the past, this was the output of White Bear's public land for an entire year.

The army is truly a money-eating beast that can never be fully fed.

"My Lord, I have prepared a surprise for you this time!"

After the cargo was unloaded, Leon brought down a tall, bearded middle-aged man from the ship.

The most eye-catching thing about this man is his extremely thick right arm, which can only bring bad news to the blacksmith circle.

Eric

[Commander E-] [Strength C+] [Constitution C+] [Intelligence E] [Internal Affairs E-] [Charm E]

[Loyalty: 1 (Cannot be taken as a follower)]

[Feature 1: Giant Strength - Increases strength based on basic attributes]

[Feature 2: Forging - Advantages in Forging]

Just by looking at that amazing arm, Lynn concluded that this man was an excellent blacksmith.

I looked at the panel again and it was true.

In the era when iron forging relied solely on human power, an excellent blacksmith must have extraordinary strength and arm muscles. Once they put on armor and took up weapons, they would become formidable and powerful warriors.

Leon trotted to Lin's side and whispered, "This Eric is a top blacksmith from the Southern Territory. He can forge longswords and mail armor, and his craftsmanship is not inferior to the masters of the Three Rivers City Blacksmith Guild.

It is said that he originally wanted to settle in the Crown Territory, but unfortunately he encountered war, so he took his family to Sanhe City and wanted to open a blacksmith shop.

You know the nature of those bastards in the Blacksmith Guild. They insisted that Eric pay a huge membership fee, otherwise he would only be allowed to start as an apprentice.

Now I have brought him to you. Whether or not you can let him stay is up to you."

(End of this chapter)