Chapter 43 Sofia

Baron Harland's territory now has two squadrons of soldiers.

These two squadrons are standing armies and need to train for twelve months every year.

The first six months are for recruit training, mainly to familiarize themselves with military regulations and conduct queue training.

This queue training is different from Richard's military training in his previous life, and combines the actual combat situation of the Dawn Continent.

The main training is the tactics of squads and detachments, and each training must be fully armed, wearing armor and holding blades.

The physical consumption is very large, and queue training is usually conducted every other day.

In addition, the most important task of recruit training is to teach soldiers to recognize flags, flag signals, and be familiar with horns. Teach them to recognize words and be familiar with the practice of breathing methods.

Of course, in the first period of time, Richard focused on health regulations.

In order to enable soldiers to have qualified hygiene habits, Richard personally checked and used whips to whip them, so that the lazy slaves remembered the hygiene regulations and did not urinate and defecate anywhere, making the barracks smelly.

After a period of continuous spot checks and punishments, the soldiers remembered the fear of the whip and gradually developed good hygiene habits. The hygiene habits have improved, and the military appearance, discipline, and spirit have obviously improved.

There are slave traders serving as transport captains, and the two squadrons are well equipped.

Although it is far from being comparable to the main army, it is relatively well-equipped among the noble private armies.

The Baron Stopa's territory has been operating for decades, and the number of the family's private army is only two squadrons, and the combat effectiveness is also average, not much different from the soldiers of the Harland family.

In the past year, although Richard was busy every day, he still did not relax his breathing and meditation practice.

Richard Harland

Strength: 10.7

Agility: 2.9

Physical strength: 4.2

Mental strength: 15.6

Mad Lion Legion Breathing Technique: Level 5 (16569/20000)

Grant Kingdom Basic Swordsmanship: Level 4 (Extreme)

Archery: Level 4 (4420/10000)

Riding: Level 4 (Extreme)

Northern Legion Fighting Technique: Level 4 (653/10000)

Highland Meditation Technique: Level 4 (2890/10000)

Zero Ring Magic: Energy Ray, Healing Minor Injuries

First Ring Magic: Energy Missile, Wood Vine Entanglement, Healing Minor Injuries

Experience: 6500

In the past year, the experience of breathing technique has increased by about 10,000 points, and the experience of meditation technique has increased by about 2,800 points.

Although Richard meditates very hard every day, his elemental intimacy is average, and the effect of meditation is not very good.

If he does not increase the killing experience, it will take Richard three years to be promoted to a second-ring magician.

Archery skill increased 2000 experience points. Last year, Richard trained archery every three days. He didn't invest enough time and gained less experience.

For a whole year, the combat skills of the Northern Army basically did not improve much.

In half a month, Richard only conducted combat training once. Richard was very satisfied that this skill could increase his experience.

In terms of learning spells, Richard had a good talent and learned three first-ring magics.

His sister Wendy had a good talent for magic and had become a high-level magic apprentice. She also learned energy rays and two zero-ring magics for healing minor injuries.

According to Richard's estimation, her mental power was close to eight points, and she was not far from becoming a first-ring magician.

It is estimated that she will break through in one or two months.

Wendy spent less time on magic than Richard.

In the past year, she was in the library at home in Black River Castle almost every day.

With Baron Stopa's collection of books to read, Wendy was immersed in the ocean of knowledge.

In the field of magic, she was more talented than Richard.

After finishing the spring plowing, Richard let the slaves rest for a day.

He was just about to go to William Castle to find his second uncle Powell, when he saw a beautiful girl, with a dozen cavalrymen, coming to the brick kiln village and blocking Richard at the door.

In the past year, Powell mainly lived in William Castle, returning to Black River Castle once a month to reunite with his wife and children for six days.

Now that Harland Territory has just been developed, the conditions are poor, and the women of the family live in Black River Castle.

The women will move to William Castle after the castle is built and the interior is decorated. However, William is still serving in the Northern Legion, and it is estimated that Mrs. Ora will not leave her husband and settle in the desolate castle.

According to Richard's observation, Mrs. Ora held dozens of banquets last year, and it seems that she is addicted to aristocratic banquets.

The Harland family's territory is still in the stage of land reclamation, and almost no outsiders have come in for a whole year.

Only when the territory develops to a certain scale will a caravan enter.

Seeing that the girl is dressed as an aristocrat, Richard is suddenly curious.

Noticing Richard's scrutinizing look, the girl said calmly, "I am Baron Sophia of Vickburg."

When he heard the name, even though Richard was a cunning man, his face changed.

After getting the magic book from Vickburg, Richard was very concerned about the victim's situation.

In the past year, William sent some people to secretly inquire about the situation of the Stopa family.

Richard was naturally very clear about the changes in Baron Stopa's territory.

The orc invasion war two years ago brought serious disasters to the Stopa family.

Not only did the baron die in the war, but his wife, court maid, three sons, and one daughter all died at the hands of the orcs.

After the fall of Vickburg, there were only six heirs left in the Stopa family.

Sophia Stopa was ranked third.

Before her in the order of succession were Baron Stopa's second and third sons.

He is also the biological brother of Baron Sophia.

The two sons of the baron both developed in the hinterland of Grant Kingdom. One served as a judge in the suburbs of Nolan, and the other served as auditor in a southern county.

The two men's work was very honorable, and they also received a lot of gold coins from Baron Stopa.

Baron Stopa's son grew up in northern Xinjiang and experienced many wars. He was very satisfied with the peaceful and prosperous life in the south.

Sophia's two brothers are average in talent and not very brave in character.

Not only did he fail to awaken his knight bloodline, he barely relied on the power of potions to become a professional, and his level was only first level. Neither of them could bear the hardship of the professional's subsequent training.

Baron Sophia's two brothers certainly wanted to become a hereditary baron, but they were very afraid of the risks.

Seeing that his brave and powerful father, Stopa Ram, was attacked by orcs and the whole family was destroyed.

The two of them knew that they could not defend their territory on their own and face the endless troubles on the border.

They don't have much ambition and are relatively smart. They are all over thirty years old and have a clear understanding of their abilities.

Besides, the Stopa Barony is still in a mess, and the situation is only better than the Hallant Barony.

The people in the territory were annexed by Baron Harden, a powerful silver knight. No matter who inherited the territory, it would be difficult to get the people back from Baron Harden.

Recruiting territorial citizens, purchasing slaves, operating a territory, and building an army all require money, and it's a lot of money.

At least tens of thousands of gold coins must be invested to restore Baron Stopa's strength.

Although Sophia's two brothers have rich family assets, some of them only have small amounts of money. They have saved one or two thousand gold coins at most. This amount of money is certainly a huge amount of money for ordinary people.

It would take hundreds of years of work to save this amount of money.

But for a barony, this amount of money is insignificant. One or two hundred strong slaves cost more than 2,000 gold coins.

After careful consideration, the two were unwilling to inherit the territory and gave up their inheritance rights.

But no one inherited the territory, and the two were unwilling to do so.

In addition to his three adult children, Baron Stopa also has a fifth son who survives, but this child is not yet a professional and has no inheritance rights.

The other three family members with inheritance rights are the Baron's two younger brothers and an uncle.

The financial resources of these three people are not as good as those of the two sons of the baron. Although their professional levels are higher, their abilities are average and they cannot afford the responsibility of defending the territory.

He reluctantly inherited the territory and lived as a baron for two or three years.

When the orcs come next time, Vicksburg will still be lost, and then only his family will be harmed.

If all family members renounce their inheritance rights, the Stopa family will lose their status as nobility.

The laws of the Grant Kingdom stipulate that without noble status, one cannot be appointed to important positions such as judges and auditors.

The Stopa family worked hard for several generations and finally climbed up to become a noble hereditary noble.

When this generation is expelled, the efforts of several generations will be ruined.

In desperation, the members of the Baron Stopa family can only pin their hopes on the most talented Sophia Stopa.

Although the baron's beloved daughter was unwilling to inherit the title, she went to Markholm Kingdom five years ago to pursue the truth of magic.

In order for their sister to come back and inherit the family territory, the two sons of Baron Stopa went to the Kingdom of Markholm together and saw their sister pleading.

He even threatened to commit suicide to get Sophia to come back and inherit the title.