Chapter 40 40 Expensive

Chapter 40 Expensive

Light-attribute magicians do have a natural advantage in winning people's hearts, because a healing spell can give the injured an immediate effect.

When the pain is relieved and treated, who wouldn't like this healer?

Of course, the person who was just treated by Elron was arranged by Ronin in advance, and was pretended by a guard who was injured in the battle yesterday and has not recovered.

This meeting was very successful according to the script arranged by Ronin, and his positive image as a lord was also initially established.

Next, Ronin will let Elron serve as a "rural doctor" for a period of time, visiting every household in Shanlin Town and rescuing those who have been injured.

Although Elron will definitely be sought after by the people in the territory, the magician will publicize Ronin's kindness during the treatment process and turn this grace campaign into the lord's policy.

Amid the cheers of the people, Ronin left the grassland.

Next, it was handed over to Elrond and Chahar. The newly promoted steward initially planned to recruit 20 servants.

These 20 servants included 1 personal male servant, 1 personal female servant, 4 kitchen staff, 5 people doing odd jobs, and 9 people responsible for animal husbandry.

When Ronin heard Chahar give this list in the morning, he was shocked. Why did a castle need so many people?

But after the steward's analysis, he realized that the castle was like this, and so many servants were not enough.

In the end, he approved this plan.

After this round of recruitment, Ronin simply calculated that he needed to pay 21 gold coins a year for servants alone.

In addition, his guards and the extraordinary people around him also had to be paid.

Even McKen and Elron, although they were summoned by him, they also had their own lives. They couldn't borrow money from him as a lord to buy bread, right?

Moreover, as Ronin's right-hand men, McKen and Elron gave reasonable salaries to help them establish their own prestige.

Combined with the salary standard provided by Hallward, Ronin set the standard for junior, intermediate and senior knights at 30, 60 and 100 copper coins per day.

(Tom was still in the probation period, Ronin only offered 20 copper coins per day, and promised that as long as he passed the probation, he would immediately return to the same level as David)

As for the magician, for this rare and special extraordinary profession, the salary standard is much higher than that of the knights of the same level, and the junior, intermediate and advanced levels are set at 50, 100 and 500 copper coins per day respectively.

After this calculation, the guards and the extraordinary people under his command need to spend 103 gold coins a year.

Ronin now has a total of 626 gold coins, including the property confiscated from the three knights of Sean. Once he thinks about completing the first charge, his savings will only be more than 100.

It is only enough for one year's labor expenses.

As for how to squeeze...

In fact, it is not difficult to see that the bulk of this expenditure lies in the extraordinary people and guards. The latter has two copper coins a day, and there is not much room for squeezing, while the former is not easy to squeeze.

Imagine if there was a senior knight who wanted to join Ronin, but when he asked Macken, he found out that the salary was 10 copper coins a day. Do you think the senior knight would still join him?

So, Ronin should consider how to make money.

He tapped his forehead, worried.

"First of all, we should have a comprehensive understanding of the resources of the territory and need to patrol the territory."

"But before that, we need to recruit political officials."

When he thought of political officials, Ronin thought of Princet.

If he hadn't killed this guy yesterday, maybe he could get some useful information from him.

"Damn Princet, damn Sean!"

Da Da Da~

A fast horse galloped from a distance, attracting Ronin's attention.

When he saw the other person's face clearly, he was surprised, "Bob? Didn't I ask him and Ma Sai to deliver the letter? Why are they back?"

His heart skipped a beat. Could something have happened on the way?

Macken shouted, "Bob, why are you back?"

Bob came to Ronin and quickly dismounted.

"Sir, the Knight Feridon led by Sean came with his squire?"

Ronin was shocked and his face changed slightly, "Tell me clearly, what happened?"

Bob then told how he met Feridon on the road and how the other party persuaded him and Marseille to return.

"Sir, Marseille is now accompanying Feridon outside the castle."

Ronin glanced behind him. David and Tom were maintaining order there, and only Macken was with him.

However, Feridon only brought a squire knight, so he should not be here to cause trouble.

If Ronin asked more people to accompany him, it would seem that he was afraid.

"Let's go and see what this Feridon is going to do."

Ronin called Macken to go with him, and at the same time told Bob: "When you go back later, don't send the letter with Marseille, wait for my notification. In addition, don't mention this matter to other guards, keep it confidential."

"Okay, sir!" Bob responded seriously.

He and Marseille were selected by Macken to deliver the letter this time. Although they were over 18 years old and had little chance of awakening the extraordinary, they could still be reused because of their flexible minds and strong bodies.

With the opportunity to perform in front of the lord, they naturally had to seize it.

Not long after, Ronin quickly returned to the outside of the castle.

From a distance, he saw Feridon and his followers standing outside, and Marseille and the two guards at the castle gate stood beside him.

"Haha, Sir Filiton, I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon!"

Ronin walked over with a smile, and spoke very naturally.

Filiton saluted Ronin with a serious face, "Good day, Baron, I am really presumptuous to come and disturb you again."

He didn't beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose: "Today I bring Lord Leisen's letter and want to discuss a deal with you and the lord of Shanlin Town."

Deal?

There is still a deal between Shanlin Town and Sen County?

Ronin's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled and said, "Then please come with me into the castle and talk about it."

"I am happy to do so."

Filiton spoke calmly, "But before that, please forgive me for stopping your messenger, because I think this may affect our cooperation."

Oh?

Ronin's expression moved. Could this deal be about Sen County embezzling Shanlin Town's tax revenue?

"These are all trivial matters."

Ronin didn't seem to mind at all, but he knew in his heart that there was a risk that the way out of Shanlin Town would be cut off by Sen County.

"Come on, Sir, welcome to my castle."

Filiton followed, smiling, but not at all.

What do you mean by "my castle"? Many buildings in this castle were built and repaired by Princet. Before yesterday, he, Filiton, didn't need to wait or report to enter this castle.

In less than a day, the owner of this place changed.

However, Filiton believed in Leisen. When the baron came back from Black Python City, he would probably start planning how to deal with Ronin.

I believe that sooner or later, Shanlin Town will fall into the territory of Saen.

And by then, Filiton is likely to have a large manor of his own here.