Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 54 Chapter 54
In fact, the sheriff of Bunas did not dare to capture 500 prisoners. He could only turn a blind eye to the slightly powerful gangsters in Bunas city.

The rule of the kingdom is based on the support of nobles and chaebols. In order to maintain the privileges of nobles and chaebols, the entire kingdom has always maintained a rather loose management system for private armed forces.

The nobility had knights under them, and knights were originally noble soldiers who fought on horseback, but now they have developed into a title.

These noble lords have their own guardian knights. These guardian knights are appointed by these nobles themselves. There is only a limit on the number and no need to report.

According to the laws of the kingdom, a baron should have three knights under his command, a viscount should have ten under his command, an earl can have thirty knights under his command, and a duke should have one hundred knights as his private army.

Because of ancient warfare, knights did not exist alone. A complete knight establishment includes a servant who leads a horse to do chores, two cavalrymen who cover the knight's flanks during cavalry battles, and a waiter who is responsible for maintaining the armor and is responsible for raising horses and food. the handyman...

So a knight, including a lot of miscellaneous subordinates, at that time, about one knight had to support 7 followers.

Ever since, this knight formation has been developed to this day, and it has undergone tremendous changes over time.

First of all, in terms of numbers, a guardian knight's subordinates are no longer only subordinate to the 7-man squad.These guardian knights generally lead 30 to 50 soldiers, which is a state of severe overstaffing.

On the one hand, the high-level kingdom hopes to use the knight system to reserve troops that the country cannot support and maintain the country's combat readiness standards. On the other hand, the nobles themselves also need private troops to protect their own interests, so this system does not distinguish between public and private. It continues to this day.

But as time went by, this seemingly dual-benefit system gradually decayed as time went by.

The nobles are getting richer and more willing to raise more private troops to consolidate their power and suppress disaffected civilians.

The status of merchants is getting higher and higher, they have more resources in their hands, and they also need troops to protect their businesses.

As a result, there are more and more private troops, the management is getting more and more chaotic, and the private armed forces under everyone are becoming more and more out of control.

Of course, this is not a common phenomenon. Many nobles who are not good at management can't afford so many knights and private troops.So they often only have a few guards.

In the same way, some knights have great careers and are nobles themselves, and there may be hundreds of private troops under them.And some knights are so poor that they may not even be able to afford a wife.

In such a big environment, many knights who originally belonged to the nobles became mercenaries who specialized in managing the private army for the plutocrats.

For example, the Cyric Consortium has thousands of private troops in the Kingdom of Wright, protecting Cyric's interests and industries.This private army is so large that even the king cannot mobilize it.

Coupled with some special cases about troops within the country, the military management system looks even more chaotic.

Take the Wright Kingdom as an example. The country's armed forces are varied, including the following types.The largest is the "Central Army" that obeys the king's order, followed by the private army of the Cyric plutocrat, who can't lose its tail, and the "Border Guards" assigned to various territories near the border, as well as the private armies of various noble knights.

Earl Fischero's Northridge Legion is the "border guard" of the border territory. This army is trained by Fischero, and the expenses are also handled by Earl Fischero himself. When fighting, they are responsible for cooperating with the king's "Central Army".

And the private army of the Cyric plutocrat, who is too big to lose, is not at the disposal of the king. It is just a cancer outside the law to protect Cyric's interests.

In short, the entire social system has been corrupted, and many of the original laws and old customs have been destroyed to pieces, but everyone is still getting used to certain frameworks of this system to a certain extent.

Still, there are many areas where the law can be looked into, if one is willing to cause trouble.This is also the reason why Earl Fischero gave Tang Mo a knight title.

If someone really made trouble, Tang Mo could at least avoid many unnecessary troubles by relying on the title of earl knight.

Of course Tang Mo hoped that he could become the guardian knight of the nobles, because this was the first step to enter the noble class.

Only by becoming a real knight can he be canonized as a baron by the king for meritorious service or other messy reasons-in a sense, he is only a short distance away from the previously elusive Baron Stella. Just one level.

"Then thank you Earl for your appreciation." Tang Mo recognized the name with a smile: "Thanks for his support."

"The Earl knew that you would become a nobleman sooner or later, so he deliberately asked me to tell you that he never intended to treat you as his subordinate." Tiger added.

"Hmm... just a false name." Although Tang Mo was bluffing outside under the banner of the earl, he never thought that one day he would be under the banner of others and become the earl's real subordinate.Therefore, when he heard the earl's entrustment, the smile on his face grew stronger.

He pointed to the direction of the factory building, and introduced to Tiger who just came back: "I have prepared a batch of new guns, and you will be in charge of packing them in a while, and send them to Lord Earl as quickly as possible."

"As for you, just stay here! Train these peasants from North Ridge for me." As he spoke, he walked towards the crowd of workers and strong men who had come from afar.

"It seems that we have a lot of work to do today." Tang Mo looked at Wes with a smile on his face.

Weiss's face was covered with a somewhat unnatural expression, apparently he hadn't figured out why so many people from Northridge flocked all of a sudden.

However, he quickly turned his attention back to Tang Mo: "Yeah, it's not easy to accommodate so many people."

"A lot of recruits here will pitch tents. We came all the way, camped a few times, and there are also tents..." Tiger immediately entered the state.

Tang Mo nodded, and said helplessly again: "Then we can only wrong them and let them live in tents first. Wes...you try to separate women and children into wooden houses, it's safer."

There is no way, although the number of wooden houses around the entire workshop has increased at a speed visible to the naked eye in the past few days, there is no way to accommodate so many people at once.

What's more, not only people, but also a large amount of materials transported from North Ridge - including food that can feed 2000 people for a whole month!
Sacks of grain were carried from the carriage. These grains not only reassured the workers in the workshop, but also stabilized the emotions of the immigrants who followed.

Now that they had enough rations, things could go on as usual—living, working, the mundane cycle.

Immediately afterwards, some carriages following behind also began to unload, including heavy iron ingots and carts of coal.

There are also some precious chemicals that Tang Mo asked Tiger to bring, including some oil, and some other messy things.

Of course, modern industry also includes chemical industry. Many modern industries can develop downward only when chemical preparation processes are developed.

Tang Mo didn't want to be stuck in a certain link when he needed it. He didn't have so much time to waste.

"I'm going to visit Bunas in a while. There are so many immigrants coming in one go. It's still necessary to report to the mayor." Tang Mo decided that the most urgent problem should be solved first.

It is definitely not a small thing that so many people came to Burnas, started working for him, and started to build a factory area that had never been seen in a large wasteland.

If this kind of thing can be kept secret, then Tang Mo can apply for KBG.There is actually not much he can do, he can only rely on distance, use bribery and other means to delay Cyric's reaction time as much as possible.

"I brought the earl's handwritten letter. If the mayor dares to make trouble after reading this letter and seeing so many people under your command, then I also admire his courage." Tiger said from He pulled out an envelope from his arms, and it was sealed with red lacquer embossed with the earl's wolf head clan emblem.

Because Northridge's decision was to cooperate with Tang Mo, Alice thought of the details of dealing with local officials for Tang Mo as much as possible.She is an old hand, she is a coward in this respect, and she is more familiar with the joints than Tang Mo.

This saved Tang Mo a lot of trouble, and he could devote more energy to his "inventions".

"Uh? Why didn't you see Love? Where did he go? Where are the mercenaries you recruited? Why is Wes the only one left?" Tai, who had been studying with Love, Bernard and others for almost a month, Ge, but at this time he asked his friend Loew.

Tang Mo shrugged his shoulders, and replied vaguely: "I asked him to take people to the wild for survival training. I guess they won't be back in the next ten days. I hope they can live happily in the vicious forest."

"Okay..." Tiger didn't ask further, seeing that there seemed to be a commotion in the distance, so he yelled loudly at the men unloading the goods behind the carriage: "Hey! Pay attention to those wooden barrels! You are crazy Is it? That's gunpowder! Be careful! If you don't want to live, just say it!"

"Don't have an accident! It's all money!" Tang Mo told Tiger from the side, "Let your people settle down as soon as possible, and we will hold a welcome party tonight and prepare a slightly richer dinner for everyone...Wes , go and tell Aunt Trish about this decision..."

"No problem." Wes nodded, gave Tiger a slight nod, then turned around, pressed the two revolvers on his waist, and left majestically.

(End of this chapter)