Lord of Rot

The lord will select the young man to become the knight's retinue.

As soon as the news appeared, it swept the entire Porcupine Territory instantly. Not only the civilians working in the fields, but also the slaves who were digging the ground to build houses also raised their heads.

That's a knight's retinue, the only serious way for ordinary people to cross classes.

There are also unorthodox ways. For example, the daughter is very beautiful, and then she is favored by a lord and noble and leaves her with an illegitimate child. It happens that all the children of that lord die, and it happens that all the collateral relatives also die, and The lord also lost his reproductive function, and then the illegitimate child was taken back to become the new lord. Depending on the value of the mother and the son, the child's relatives could become a noble.

Furthermore, use a huge amount of gold and sun to invest in a down-and-out lord, and wait for the other party to rise, hoping that the other party will remember your financial support and become a noble.

There are many crooked ways to become a noble, but they are too difficult to achieve and are not suitable for the residents of the Porcupine Territory.

Becoming a knight's retinue is a serious method.

The training ground at Fort Porcupine.

The whole porcupine collar's young men of the right age gather together. The right age refers to the strong unmarried young people between the ages of 12 and 16. The personalities of young people at this age are fixed and easy to train, and it is easier to instill the concepts of loyalty and honor.

In fact, real knight retinues are generally trained from the age of 8 to 10. Just like Li Qi's younger brother Leo, he is already a knight retinue.

However, there are not many teenagers for the Porcupine Collar to choose from, and Li Qi does not intend to train them for seven or eight years before letting them play. Naturally, they must pay attention to cost-effectiveness. The most important thing for the Porcupine family is cost-effectiveness.

In addition to cost-effectiveness, the expansion of recruitment scope is also because some genes are good for growing taller and have good fighting ability even at a young age. Some are limited to parents or family genetic problems and do not grow tall. As long as they are tall enough, you can try it.

Other lords did not have this problem, how could the nobles have bad genes.

All of them are handsome and beautiful, just like the Leopold family of the Lord of the East Gorge, no one is ugly.

If you don't look good, your bloodline will definitely be suspected.

It was not only civilians who were summoned today, but also slave boys.

This was against the rules, but Colin Fusak only mentioned it briefly, and stopped insisting after getting Li Qi's affirmation. Anyway, he didn't intend to be an instructor forever.

For ordinary teenagers, this is an opportunity to change their lives.

For slave boys, it determines whether they will be humans or dogs in the future, which they will cherish more.

When two parties come together, there will be competition.

What Li Qi wants is Juan. He himself is very lazy but does not prevent his subordinates from being rolled up. Whether he is a slave or not is all a matter of his words. What he wants is a young man with talent and perseverance.

In the eyes of outsiders, he treats everyone equally and is very unfair to civilians.

But only Coran understands how difficult it is for these slave boys to win the selection. It is not a matter of will. They do not eat enough every day and cannot keep up with nutrition. They are all as thin as straw. On the other hand, the civilian boys are all If you have some muscles, eat well and sleep well, and compete on the same platform, the slave boy will definitely be crushed.

There are many things that cannot be decided by will.

Coran used to be a guard for a knight. Although he did not become a real knight, he still knew how to train. However, the lord gave him a new method and asked him to combine the two.

There is no reason to refuse, because Mr. Kelan Fusak does not intend to be loyal to Porcupine Castle, so he just plays with him.

He looked at the young people with shining eyes and heads held high, and said: "There are 76 people in total. One of you may pass, or none of you may pass! Whether you pass or not, I have the final say!"

Feeling the hot gazes of the young men, Coran continued: "Before that, I want to tell you what the knight's retinue is going to do."

"The most important duty of a retinue is to help his knights polish their armor and weapons."

Weapons and armor are easy to rust and must be maintained regularly. Magic armor is not included in this list, but there is no such thing as a porcupine collar, and Li Qi can't afford it even if he loses all his money.

"Help your knights wear armor, remove armor, take care of items, and stand guard."

To put it simply, the servants mainly work as odd jobs.

Knights' armor is generally heavy armor, suitable for charging, but wearing dozens of kilograms of armor is too much for the body. The armor has to be taken off when not in combat. Moreover, the armor easily restricts the body's flexibility, which means that it cannot be put on and taken off independently.

"The servants are not just miscellaneous, they must assist the knights in fighting, carry spare weapons and horses, heal injuries, and even... bury the remains!"

As the air cooled, the teenagers subconsciously looked at the lord in the distance.

Say this directly?

"Of course, by becoming a retinue, you will have the opportunity to help knights gain honors. You can also get education and learn knowledge, music, etiquette and other things that only nobles can have access to, including... becoming a knight."

In fact, Kelan didn't plan to say this at first. Although everyone knew it, Li Qi asked him to say it directly.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.

Young people will not mess around if they have ambitions and ideals.

But there is another sentence in this sentence: a soldier who is not a good soldier will definitely not be a good general.

The latter sentence needs to be screened by Li Qi and Kelan. He is not afraid of Kelan's strictness. Anyway, the knight's retinue team is just an idea of ​​his. The retinue must be excellent and not frivolous.

As expected, after hearing these words, the young men's breathing became rapid, some of their cheeks turned red, and they were very excited.

Since the Lord did not deny it, then...it can be considered a promise!

"Select this batch, and you can select the second batch later." Li Qi looked at these young people who were looking forward to the future. He knew that most of them could only return to ordinary life, but this was reality. Can he catch it? You can only rely on yourself to take advantage of opportunities.

It is never difficult for the sons of nobles to become warlords, but it is difficult for commoners.

In fact, they didn't know that Li Qi also planned to train some girl knights, not because he wanted to create an eye-catching women's army to satisfy his special sexual preferences after having a maid in maid uniforms, but because female warriors sometimes displayed The role can completely surpass that of men. For example, during village construction and security maintenance, the bastards of the security team will always find various excuses to cause trouble for women, so the existence of female peace officers is very necessary.

What's more, there is no shortage of powerful and heroic female knights in the medieval history of the earth. Women may be slightly weaker than men due to their natural physical fitness, but this is a magical world. Compared with the insignificant talent, will, wisdom, and loyalty, Waiting is more valuable.

As far as Li Qi knew, there were several daughters of nobles who did not like red clothes and preferred to be armed. The most distinctive one was his uncle's cousin whom he "admired".

Li Qi discussed the selection of retinues with Kelan, and he found that the selection method was very simple, even crude.

Just fight.

The winner stays, the loser goes.

But that's not what Li Qi wanted. Fighting bravely is important, but not everything. He gave a more suitable selection plan.

To put it simply, it is military training.

For Li Qi, there are few retinues, and there is a shortage of police officers and soldiers. Once they are trained, they can be put on duty immediately. This is the first wave of talent selection and training.

"Everyone!" Coran shouted, but the teenagers were confused and didn't understand what it meant.

"When you hear everyone, focus on me!" Coran shouted: "Everyone looks at me, looks at the instructor! And stand up straight."

He explained step by step.

After several experiments, I finally got a feeling of uniformity.

Everyone worked hard and tried not to make mistakes.

After the training is almost done.

"Eat first!" Coran said, "The adults have prepared meals for you."

The teenagers couldn't help but cheer. Regardless of whether they can choose it or not, this meal is worth it.

The young maids in maid uniforms arrived, and the young men's eyes lit up. They mistakenly thought they saw a noble lady.

Kelan also admitted that Mr. Li Qi's aesthetics is really good. This suit of clothes is really interesting. Unfortunately, he has not completed the task and cannot do it without permission. However, after returning to Iron Stone City, he can find a way to have a tailor make one. , find a woman to put it on, hehe.

The teenagers' attention quickly shifted from the youthful maids to the fragrant meals.

The saliva overflowed uncontrollably. After receiving the instructor's order, they lowered their heads and wolfed down their food.

The food in the castle is very rich and delicious.

After eating and resting for a while, it’s time to train, and Kelan will also conduct the first batch of screenings.

This is the training method the Baron gave to Coran, standing in a military posture.

This was also the "audition" method that Li Qi came up with after thinking about it for a while. He wanted young people with strong determination. He would screen out the parallel imports first. Those who couldn't persist could go back to farming obediently. The porcupine collar needed all kinds of talents.

The teenagers stood up straight and did not dare to make the slightest move, because instructor Kelan said before that there was no time limit for standing in the military posture, but he wanted to reduce the number to 35 people!

When there are only 35 people standing at the scene, when does it stop!

This is destined to be a battle of willpower.

Just as Coran thought, this selection was very unfair to the slave boys. It was impossible for the hardworking boys with weak physiques to persist. They had an inherent disadvantage.

At this time, Li Qi had closed his eyes and put his consciousness into the headland crypt, and a new round of battle had begun.

Oh, thank you [Jason Statham Jr.] for the 1214 reward. May the Four Gods bless you.