Chapter 1

Locke is a second-class soldier in the kingdom of faustan. He began military service at the age of 14. He has been a veteran with four years of military service. He is in a good mood today, because it is the day of military pay. The second-class soldiers of the Kingdom have three silver Delors a month, plus the two silver Delors privately provided by Baron kaiduoqi for his soldiers. He can get four silver Delors. Why is one less? Because the military department always wants to be greedy for the military pay issued by the state, which is a practice.

Locke can't wait to get the four silver Deloitte, and then ask the Baron's caravan to return three of them to his hometown. He hopes his sister can buy a ribbon he likes, and his hair is no longer wrapped in rough linen. He also hopes that his parents can eat one or two white bread in the next month, They are already in poor health. For the remaining silver Deloitte, Locke still stayed to invite his brothers to drink. As a small and powerful second-class soldier, he was the captain of a 10 man team.

He knew that his brothers had a hard time. The third class soldiers got only two silver Delors and the servant soldiers had only one. They needed to break their money into copper Delors to spend. They had to subsidize their family and spend their own expenses, which was not enough. In order to make the battle more united, and to have a few loyal men who can block themselves at a critical moment, Locke never cares about the treat.

There are five third class soldiers and five servant soldiers in his ten member team. Except for three of these guys who were added to their team two months ago, the rest are brothers who have been fighting together for at least half a year. Most of them are as old as Locke, but they are younger than Locke. They are all recruits who have only joined the army for one or two years, Most of them admire their team leader Locke from the bottom of their hearts, because their big brother Locke is generous and loyal. He always takes his brothers to have a drink after each ring. After the war, the most important thing is that they are more or less taken care of by Locke in the battle. A small care makes their team members rarely reduce their numbers after the first battle, With fighting again and again, the members of their team are more and more consistent, and the survival rate of the team is higher and higher.

This is also famous in the whole military camp. Whether recruits or veterans, as long as they are younger than Locke or similar to him, they will call him brother Locke. This is respect for the strong. Moreover, it is said that Locke killed many barbarians in the sherlow kingdom in the battle two months ago, and his meritorious deeds are about to accumulate to the first class.

Locke went to the Quartermaster camp, where not only pay, but also as a trading ground in the camp, where you can buy everything you want. Mellow ale? Sharp refined iron sword? A war horse with good endurance? Or a beautiful woman. There is everything here, and Baron kaiduoqi takes great care of the needs of his soldiers. But the premise is that you have money... Or, you have the right. As a private, Locke's capital may have just reached the standard here, but he rarely squanders here. It's not just him. In the military camp, soldiers who basically have families and family burdens will not come here for consumption, not because the soldiers have strong self-control, but because the silver Deloitte in their pockets can't help spending money.

"Hey, Locke! Your pay!" With a loud roar, a big man with a big arm, a round waist and a beard threw Locke a bag of money. Locke opened it and saw that there were three silver delers and a hundred copper delers.

"Uncle York, go for a drink this afternoon?" Locke said to the bearded man with a smile.

"How many times have I told you to call me squadron leader in the barracks! You boy! You want to kill me with one cup? At least two!" Uncle yoshake smiled and scolded at Locke.

Locke invited uncle yoshak to drink not only to be polite, but also about his rank promotion. His combat achievements are about to reach the first class soldier. The first class soldier is a dividing line for all soldiers. If he reaches the first class soldier, the Baron will give him the skill of cultivating fighting spirit. This is the channel to the rank of knights. Moreover, the first class soldier can at least be a vice captain, Old first class soldiers like Uncle shayork were directly appointed squadron captain.

Uncle yoshake agreed to Locke's request not only to take care of his face, he thought it was a potential young man, but also uncle yoshake and Locke came from the same town, mining town. In fact, most of their brigade came from one place, led by kaiduoqi. It can be said that in the past four years when Locke joined the army, uncle shack gave him great help. He began to be a servant until he became a second-class soldier. Uncle yoshake can also be said to have watched Locke grow up over the years. He is also willing to help this young man. This time, he is going to raise some Locke to guide him and promote him to the first class.

"No problem, I'll call you then!" Locke put away his wallet and left straight away. The exquisite armor, sharp long sword and the women scratching their heads and selling their faces around him almost made him suffer from red eye disease. An ordinary armor needs at least 100 silver Deloitte, that is, a jindeloitte. A good long sword needs at least 10 Silver Deloitte. If you spend the night with a good-looking woman, you are embarrassed to open someone's door without a silver Deloitte. Locke doesn't have much spare money. His equipment so far is a pair of broken leather armor, an iron sword with a gap but still sharp, an iron gun, and a short dagger hidden in his boots.

Locke returned to his team's tent and watched his men sitting in twos and threes playing cards and boasting. He was also infected by this relaxed atmosphere. Locke kicked Kane, who was yelling while playing cards. This guy was a scout of the team, a third class soldier. He was a calm ambush scout on the battlefield. He had a big voice in life. He, Locke and Hans, the knife and shield player of the team, have the best relationship. They are comrades in arms for more than two years. "I'll take you to drink in the afternoon. Now get me lunch! Don't fool around here!" Locke said to the team.

"Hey, boss, can you stop kicking my ass? It's swollen. What if someone finds out next time?" Kane winked at Locke, which amused everyone in the tent.

"If it's swollen, I'm not afraid. I'll go to rich brother to borrow you a mint tablet and apply it. It'll be fine the next day!" Yade, a lance soldier on one side, joked that this guy is also a third-class soldier. Rich brothers are a famous pair of fags in the camp. They are often asked to fight when trying tough enemy prisoners. As for Mint tablets, they are always ready for swelling after some activity. After all, they have to fight the next day.

"Go away, little Yade is itchy. Don't dare to tease you, uncle Kane. Be careful that I'm ruthless on the training ground." of course, Kane's words in his tone are more joking than blame.

The daily fun of these big soldiers is playing cards, boasting and teasing each other. Everyone has practiced a good mouth. Locke likes this phenomenon very much, because it virtually improves the cohesion of their team. "Stop talking. Go and get the meal and take my share by the way." Locke smiled and scolded at his helper. "Kane, don't steal my meat, or you won't be able to drink in the afternoon!"

"No, boss, absolutely no one steals. Who steals? I'll cut him! Hans, let's go!" Kane vowed before leaving.

In order to encourage soldiers to fight bravely and strive for honor and meritorious service, a lot of hierarchical systems have been set up in the barracks, which can be displayed in terms of eating. The servants ate chestnut cake and potato soup for each meal; Private, black bread, potato soup; Private, wheat cake, a piece of meat, potato soup; As for the first-class soldiers, they ate every meal with the Baron and the captain in the military tent in the center of the barracks. It is said that they ate white bread and broth. However, this treatment is not available to ordinary people. There are more than 500 people in the battalion, and less than 15 people can eat in it, including four infantry squadrons and their four deputies, cavalry squadron captain will knight, battalion commander Baron kaiduoqi, his eldest son Sauron and his manager. Locke has been waiting for white bread for a long time.

Before long, Locke's men came back, and Kane gave him the lunch that belonged to Locke. "Boss, you see this meat is so fat. Let me help you eat it?" Kane said with a smile.

"Get out, Hans and I will go to the Quartermaster camp later. Have you got all your pay? Who wants to send money home? Give Hans the money and I'll send it later for you." Locke took lunch, gave Kane a kick and turned to his team.

Perhaps the word "home" was too far away for the soldiers in the war. After hearing it, everyone was silent for a while, and most people nodded. In other teams, it is taboo for the captain to ask the players for military pay, which may lead to mutiny, but not in Locke's team, because Locke never frowns when the players need to borrow money.