212 – Baron Dalton is calling (1)
In the square where our mercenaries are gathered, cheers that can be heard from 1km away are ringing out.
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“If I get my bonus today, I will drink all the alcohol in this area and get rid of it!”
“f*ck, this is my first bonus in my life!”
“If I save this money, I’ll get married before I’m 30!”
I wonder why these guys, who don’t even know how much bonus money was given to our mercenary corps, have already done something like that, Won.
Then, if something happens to be less than what they expected, they will be so disappointed.
As I was laughing and laughing while looking at their excited looks, Karin came up to me and tapped my shoulder and asked.
“Martin, what are you thinking? “Maybe tonight…”
Before we shared her first experience, she had a hard time even saying the word s*x.
These days, Karin often says things that make it seem like she is more interested in s*xual things than I am.
On holidays when he doesn’t have work, he tries to seduce Lucia as soon as she wakes up, and sometimes he deliberately touches Lucia’s tail and ears to make her make dirty noises, and often plays dirty tricks like this.
In addition, whenever we were alone in her barracks, Hilde would sneak up behind her, touch her breasts, make her smile suspiciously, and make her giggle, teasing her, which Hilde was disgusted with at first. Even now, I agree with her.
Of course, even at night, you do it as vigorously as your physical strength allows.
“It’s not like that, senior.”
Karin whistled and turned her horse around.
“Really? “Then is there any better news besides the bonus?”
For me personally, I just received news that is much more exciting and heart-pounding than the bonus…
If you reveal something like this in advance, the steam will only cool down for no reason, like cola that has lost steam even though you didn’t drink it.
Instead of answering, she shrugged her shoulders.
“Well, you’ll find out soon.”
“You only sound mean.”
“I’ll tell you something else instead, so ease your anger.”
Karin had a helpless expression on her face and gave me her ear.
After hearing everything she said, she covered her mouth with both hands and opened her eyes round.
Then she stamped her feet and held back the sounds of joy that came out.
I only told you how much bonus our mercenary unit received, but if Karin reacts like that…
You will never be disappointed with those money-starved people out there.
When I went up to the makeshift podium, no one was excited, but everyone voluntarily began to prepare to listen.
“Haksen Baekdae! “Shut up and pay attention!”
Other centurion commanders gave similar orders and all of our mercenaries adjusted their postures. But the corners of his mouth are still hanging from his ears.
At this level, some people might faint from heart attacks when they hear how much the reward money has been for our mercenary corps.
“hehehehe, f*ck. “It’s a reward, a reward.”
Some of the guys were so excited to see how much we would ride that they were drooling and laughing.
“Chulup, hehehehe. If I get some money this time, my back hurts every time I go to bed at night. “I need to bring in a new person.”
Seeing the man’s drooling and smiling face like that makes me feel a little, a little, a lot of repulsion.
If it weren’t for the moment of giving out the reward, I would want to hit him hard in the back of the head.
“Everyone pay attention!”
Everyone’s eyes were on me.
“His Majesty, the Emperor of the great Montmartre Empire, greatly praised our achievements.”
Everyone clapped their hands at those words.
“Well, our mercenary unit only has 500 people. Since we did the work of at least 10,000 people in this war, it is natural that His Majesty, if he has a conscience, cannot hold back in praising us. And the emperor gave you a mountain of the rewards you expected.”
I snapped my fingers and a rather large carriage came in.
The carriage was full of leather pouches.
The mercenaries who saw this showed different reactions.
One guy grabbed him by the back of his neck and was so shocked that he couldn’t even speak.
“Uh, uhh. “Um, uh, that’s all money?”
Some idiots laughed like they had lost their minds.
“hahahahaha, f*ck, hahahahaha. “Our mercenary unit is a bunch of rich people!!”
We could reveal right away how much the reward we received, but that would reduce the tension.
“Commander Otto, take out one of the pockets here.”
After hearing that, Otto took out a large leather bag about 30cm wide and 30cm from the cart.
“Pour it out.”
Then, what appeared to be at least a hundred, and at most 200, gold coins contained inside began to fall on the ground.
If we do it normally, it would be a crazy thing to throw precious gold coins on the ground, but in this case, it has the effect of visually showing how much money we have made.
The mercenaries were delighted with the visual stimulation provided by the gold coin, as if Korea had advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup.
“f*ck, those are all gold coins!”
Two muscular men hugged each other passionately as if they were lovers.
“Long live the Whitebeard mercenaries!!!”
“We are rich now!”
If two men kiss each other, no matter how lenient the mercenaries are towards s*xual matters, that is a summary execution.
I ended up just embracing each other, so I was so moved that I could see it as a bit lost in the concept.
Thank goodness there are no homos*xuals in our mercenary unit.
‘I personally think it’s okay, but in this day and age, homos*xuality is treated worse than serial murder and rape.’
After letting them chatter for a while, we clapped our hands loudly and everyone quickly straightened their posture.
“The reward paid to us by the Montmartre Empire this time was 50,000 gold coins, and the amount allotted to our mercenaries for capturing nobles was 19,000 gold coins. In addition, the total reward given by Count Dion was 11,000.”
When he said that, everyone could see tears welling up in their eyes.
“The total reward allocated to our mercenaries in this battlefield is 80,000 gold coins.”
Even when Dalton was a captain, he received tens of thousands of gold coins every time the war ended.
However, when Dalton was the leader of the 500 men, all he received as a reward was 20,000 to 30,000…
This time, I captured the Count alive, and because I designed a plan that would change the course of this war and succeeded completely, the amount of the reward increased significantly.
A war of this scale in this era would have a budget of tens or even trillions of won when converted to won.
Thanks to us, the Montmartre Empire has achieved several times more economic benefits, so it is reasonable to receive a reward of this magnitude.
What is even more surprising is that this does not include the amount of money that he received directly as a reward from the emperor or other nobles for his outstanding performance in this war.
Anyway, the guys who received the huge reward didn’t say anything and just looked at me quietly.
“……”
Well, even though we received 80,000 gold coins, it is unclear how much we will return to the guys here as a reward.
‘The minimum maintenance cost for our mercenary unit per year is 6,000 gold coins, and considering the reinforcement of more than two times, etc….’
“60,000 Gold coins will be used as a common fund for the mercenaries, and 20,000 gold coins will be distributed as rewards.”
Roughly divided by the number of people, 40 gold coins per person is a huge reward.
Of course, actual distribution may vary depending on rank, merit, etc.
Even at the end, you will get at least 15 gold coins.
Based on mercenary salary, it is equivalent to receiving a lump sum of money equivalent to 1 year and 3 months, and when converted to Korean money, the final amount is 150 million.
In this world where a family of four can live for a year with 10 million won, based on serf standards, this amount of money can really buy a person’s life.
Of course, all the mercenaries shouted hurray in loud voices.
“Long live Captain Martin!!!”
“Long live Deus!!!”
“f*ck you, Mom and Dad! “From now on, I will earn more money and go back to my hometown. I will be filial, so just wait!”
In the midst of so much joy that I was in a state of chaos, Hilde came up to me.
“One of the duties of a titled nobleman is to protect his serfs and guarantee benefits to his vassals. However, it hasn’t been long since you became a mercenary leader, but you are already giving so much to them.”
“Half right, half wrong. “I may be capable as a mercenary leader, but if those guys hadn’t followed me, you and I would both have died or been defeated.”
Especially when we went to rescue Baron Amigo or when we were screaming to open the castle gate, it was the most dangerous.
Something probably happened then.
“That’s true.”
It took quite a long time, 15 minutes, for them to calm down.
“Apart from the rewards given according to each person’s achievements, bonuses will be given tomorrow from the common budget for each position, and formal awards based on achievements will be made within 15 days.”
When it comes to saving money, it is much better to spend it wisely rather than dragging it on for no reason.
That way, those guys will trust me again and follow me, risking their lives even if we go to a more extreme and dangerous war next time.
“And I’m going to rest for a while…”
I took out the letter that Baron Maurer and (former) Captain Dalton had written to us that I had hidden in my chest.
“Baron Dalton, the former leader of our Whitebeard mercenaries and now the Baron of the Barony of Maurer, invited us. So from now on, we will go to the Barony of Maurer, Rhine-Palatinate Empire. Everyone should know that and prepare to leave.”
The emperor has already fallen, and if Dalton suddenly invites me to come, it’s obvious what happened and what will happen.
Yes, I guess we should have a face-to-face conversation before a civil war breaks out.