Chapter 8 Magic Notes

In the Ouyun plane, Richard regained consciousness after finishing his meditation.

It’s time to face a new day and the battle against the Ouyun plane.

However, due to the order from the wizard leader Ben, Richard did not have to carry the divine power sensor like other wizards of the Green Flag Army to search for the Ou Yun soldiers who were secretly ambushing near the Green Flag camp.

After leaving the tent, Richard saw that the knights under his command had all gotten up and were doing morning exercises with Hansen.

These knights were all residents of the barony, and like the farmers, they developed the habit of working from sunrise to sunset.

After a quick wash and some leftover stew from yesterday with the knights, Richard gave all the knights under his command except Hansen and Pine a day off.

Richard instructed Hansen and the others, "Hansen and Pine, we will go to the Military Merit Office first and exchange the heads we seized for military merits. Then we will go to the caravan to sell these wild boars and see if there is anything they want to buy."

"Yes, Sir Richard." Hansen and the other man replied.

Richard and Hansen first took the head to the Military Merit Department. As expected, the officers and knights in the Military Merit Department were just as they had joked, with big bellies and greasy faces, and it was obvious that they had embezzled a lot of money.

It was only at this point that Richard understood why those caravans dared to openly buy and sell military merits, and were even more blatant at the military merit office, buying and selling military merits at a clearly marked price.

Making money through war is the war purpose of Jeff Kingdom. Not only does it want to reap the wealth of the Ouyun plane, but it also does not let go of the wealth in the hands of nobles and merchants. This is one of the reasons why Richard hates this war so much.

Of course, if Richard were sitting in King Jeff's position, he would not give up the benefits in front of him. After all, he went through life and death, but most of his earnings went into other people's pockets. Richard could not stand this.

A total of nine ordinary soldiers' heads were used, and for each level up of a professional, the military merit increased tenfold. After exchanging nine military merits, Richard's rank was successfully promoted to junior non-commissioned officer.

Five military merits will lead to promotion to junior non-commissioned officer, twenty-five military merits will lead to promotion to middle-level non-commissioned officer, one hundred and twenty-five military merits will lead to promotion to senior non-commissioned officer, and above that to flag officer, and after flag officer is the military leader at the squad level.

The military merits for three of Hansen's kills were repeatedly credited to Hansen, but Hansen had already been a mid-level non-commissioned officer and his military rank had not changed.

Although Pine had Richard's help, he also killed three Ouyun soldiers with his own hands, so Richard naturally gave him three military merits in exchange.

Considering that Hansen and Richard were both formal professionals, the senior officer from the Military Merit Department did not say much.

This is also the reason why the nobles of the Jeff Kingdom can be promoted dozens of times faster than civilians. As long as they have soldiers under their command, they don't have to worry about military merits. Even if civilians become non-commissioned officers, if there are no non-commissioned officer vacancies in the army, they can only slowly accumulate seniority before they can have subordinates of their own.

However, the nobles were able to bring free people who were required to perform military service from their own territories, and these free people automatically became subordinates to the nobles. Of course, the pensions of the free people who died in battle were also borne by the nobles.

What a strict hierarchical system, Richard thought to himself, it turns out that I am a noble, then there is nothing to worry about.

After leaving the military merit office, Richard and Hansen went to the caravan with the wild boar, captured weapons, animal skins, etc.

After a tour of the caravan, Richard had a certain understanding of the seized materials. Wild boars can be used as food, and in the Ouyun plane, food mainly depends on the supply from the rear. They can be sold for fifty silver coins each. Animal skins are warm, and I don't know how the Ouyun people can wear them in such a hot day. They can also be worth some money if they are transported back, ten silver coins each.

Richard suddenly felt sorry that his fireball had killed four people and the animal hides had been burned.

The least valuable items are the weapons of the Ouyun people. They are too heavy and not worth transporting back to the wizarding world. These things are not expensive in the Jeff Kingdom, which has rich mineral resources, and the caravan is unwilling to waste transportation capacity.

Fortunately, the Green Flag Camp already had a lot of captured weapons. A financially strong caravan called the Futong Chamber of Commerce bought these weapons at a low price and reforged them. They then built a blacksmith shop next to the camp to sell the reforged weapons.

Richard took a look and found that the price offered by the Futong Chamber of Commerce was relatively fair, so he simply sold everything to the chamber of commerce.

The leader of the Futong Chamber of Commerce in the Green Flag Camp was named Eugene. He did not show any displeasure because Richard's transaction amount was not high. In his words, he even revealed his intention to pay a large sum of money to buy military merits from Richard.

Unfortunately, those military merits have already been submitted to the Military Merit Department. In addition to the three-year time limit, Richard's military service is also subject to a 200-merit limit. Before completing the military merit requirements of his military service, Richard has no intention of selling his military merits.

Richard browsed around the shop of the Futong Chamber of Commerce and found some wizard equipment that he wanted, but unfortunately, the cheapest equipment cost nearly a hundred gold coins, which was not something he could afford with only thirty or so gold coins on him.

Most of the gold coins that Baron Henry supported Richard with were spent by Richard on the armor, weapons and mounts of his knights. As for himself, metal armor would affect the wizard's spellcasting, and Richard also looked down on ordinary leather armor. The wizard equipment he could afford was also of low effect. For Richard, who had ten knights under his command, the cost-effectiveness was too low.

As long as they can all be promoted to official knights, the combat effectiveness of Richard's team will be directly increased several times, and this is when Richard is included.

"What is this, a magic notebook?" Richard asked as he picked up a book.

Generally, magic notes will record the wizards' insights and knowledge about magic, so it is forbidden to look at them before the transaction is completed.

"These are some insights on enchantment from our Chamber of Commerce's wizard, Berkeley Vincent. The notebook also records a commonly used enchantment, a low-level solidification spell that can make shields and armor more durable. It only costs ten gold coins." Seeing that Richard was interested in this magic notebook, Eugene quickly introduced it to Richard.

Ten gold coins, how expensive!

However, Richard took into consideration that, since he had to temporarily help Ben create the divine power sensor, although Ben would give him some military merits for completing the task, it was obvious that this superior would not give him any monetary reward.

So you may need to explore new ways of making money. Low-level solidity skills are often used on armor and shields.

Eugene saw that Richard was a little hesitant, so he struck while the iron was hot and said, "If you are willing to buy this magic notebook, I am also willing to give you an introduction notebook about the Ouyun plane. It not only contains the map of our caravan's exploration, but also an introduction to the society and customs of the Ouyun people."

Richard felt that he really needed this, so he readily paid for it. In this way, he actually spent six or seven gold coins. However, as long as the thing was useful, Richard didn't care about the gold coins. After all, gold coins could not help him fight.