Volume 5 Chapter 18 (1/2)

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Afroate, reported to Jinouichi who sat down silently inside the room

”Yet another arolden eagle that spread its ith a red background”

”Fule is it ? That means they are from Baron Garbera's household The numbers ?”

Jinouichi asked thea silver smoke pipe on his mouth, handed down by his ancestors, the people that were summoned to this world

”Around 100 Cavalrymen”

In response to Jinouichi question, the man answered without hesitations

Although he had sufficient experience when it coes, it was as battlefield intelligence that he was known as the best

His et into the enemy territory as a spy, then inform back the number of the enemy's soldiers

Due to his training, he was able to guess the nulance

”Only knights ?”

”Yes, they are only knights”

”I see, they have dispatched soldiers asthe citizen, huh ?”

Jinouichi sed his smoke pipe

”Maybe because they are worried that rebellions ht happen if they do that ?”

”I guess so… As expected, they are not stupid enough to recruit the commoners when the situation is like this”

Jinouichi nodded his head slowly

(With this, seven northern noble houses have entered Epiroz city With nu 2,000 men)

Other than Earl Salzberg and the seven other houses, only two houses remained

In this world, nobility more or less had their own private army

Even if the country was ruled by an absolutewith their autonomy, the private military was indispensable for them

Outside the walls surrounding towns and cities, or outside the village, it was an area that was not dominated by people

Occasionally attacks fro kicked out froes

Even with security, that didn't es were completely safe

That was because although it was not frequent, there were also the possibilities that soon or monster with similar power comes to attack

However, though it was not perfect, such security still had a es

People gathered because they feel safe, and goods increased where people assey to the people and promotes economic activity

Although it was not to the point of wanting to live in a place where locking doors were unnecessary, people would choose the feudal lord as capable ofpublic order

AndSince it was hard to do business in a city where public safety was bad That hy they always look for the safer city

Unlike farmers ere tied to the land they cultivate, merchants could pretty ment for them to always look for a safe place to do business

In order to deal with such unforeseen threats and protect commercial activity within one's territory, it was one of the feudal lord's duty to hire knights and maintain public order

However, even though military poas necessary for thehts

Since, if a noble fa's, the King ht see them as an existential threat that aimed at the throne

That hy nobles who raised their th would always be monitored by the Royal family In some cases, there would be a situation where a noble family was eradicated because of a suspicion of rebellion

Which bring us to the conclusion that, military poas indeed necessary, but if one had too much power, it will crush one's family instead

Which contradict why they needed military power in the first place

That hy, it was common sense in this world that the aristocrats would keep aps by recruiting the commoners or pay some mercenaries

As an exadohts, and the number of the recruits from commoners usually up to 500 men

Viscount poould be around 150 to 200 knights, with the ability to recruit up to 1,000 cohts, with the ability to recruit their citizen up to 3,000 men

Of course, that was only if we talk about average value Naturally, the numbers of soldiers within one territory would always fluctuate and never stay the same

(It is good that they only dispatched their knights, and also a proof of the feeling of insecurity the nobles held Up until now, everything is according to the plan… As expected, Genou would definitely be impressed by this)

Given there was a social barrier between the nobles and the commoners, the reasons why the nobility took care of the commoners were limited

Had there been no disturbances, the nobles would definitely recruit the commoners without hesitation

With Earl Salzberg's economic power, and the mobilization of the citizen of the northern nobility, their power could easily exceed 10,000 men

Although that number was still far froence activity in their territory was quite confident with that estimate

To the extent that heto bet his own head

In the first place, the northern nobles were particularly strong because their re's authority Furthermore, in the past, the northern nobility was usually the one who dealt with Zalda and Mist's incursions