THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 93: LACK OF WEAPONS AND ARMOR
After finishing observing the harvest, Myro decided to return to the city. However there was nothing else he could do here, the residents with the help of Feld were already able to overcome this harvest problem without any problems.
When returning to the city, Myro went to the training field in the soldiers' barracks.
There, there were 1000 new soldiers training. Even though Loth City was currently busy with harvest matters, these soldiers still did not care and continued to train.
These soldiers were none other than the 1000 residents chosen by Retya, they had only trained for approximately 4 months but at least Myro could already feel the aura of warriors from these people. Although the aura of their soldiers was still very weak, even the guards in Loth City still had an even stronger warrior aura, but they only trained for 4 months so it is not strange if these soldiers still do not look like soldiers.
Retya was with the 100 Mongol Cavalry who helped him keep watching these warriors swinging their swords, as long as there were warriors who stopped or dropped their swords, he said, so Reyta and the Mongol Cavalry will deal a blow for the soldier to return to training.
Reyta who was walking around these new soldiers shouted without realizing the whereabouts of Myro "Continue swinging your swords! Anyone who dares to stop moving, I will add to the task they have to do today! With your strength now, you are completely unsuitable to become the army of Lord Baron! You will only be a bully on the battlefield for other troops, keep swinging your swords and don't stop!".
"Okay, captain!", shouted the 1000 troops while still swinging their swords.
Myro slightly nodded, although this army was still poorly trained, at least much better than the resident troops armed like the troops that Baron Aras had given to Myro back then.
Retya who was training the soldiers realized the arrival of Myro, he immediately raised his hand "You guys can rest 5 minutes first".
"Well, captain!", cried the 1000 soldiers happily, most of them sitting to the ground to rest.
They were already training before sunrise, therefore they were already so exhausted at this moment that when Reyta gave them some time to rest, these soldiers became very happy.
Looking at the wide smile on the soldiers face, Retya rolled her eyes and thought of adding to the training weight of these soldiers when Myro left later.
Without wasting any more time, Retya walked up to Myro "Master, why didn't you tell Retya that you were planning to come here today? When you give word to Retya from the beginning, Retya must have come to greet you".
Myro waved his hand and smiled amiably "I just happened to come here to take a look, let alone I was new from observing the crops in the fields. How are the soldiers progressing? Is there a problem? If you need more help, you can use the Praetorian Guard or even Lopen to help you".
"Thank you for the kindness of master and captain Lopen, but I didn't find any problems here" Retya said a little bowing that showed her gratitude "But actually I have another problem that I still lack equipment for the soldiers, be it armor or weapons. Although the soldiers practiced using swords, most of these swords were made of wood. Moreover they did not have any armor protecting them, when it came time to fight then these soldiers could be defeated easily by the enemy".
"Not to mention no matter how hard I train these soldiers, they will never be able to become great warriors except through the actual battlefield. Warriors who have never fought at all are not warriors, no matter how much they train. Therefore, I hope that master can provide an opportunity for these new soldiers to fight".
Hearing Retya's report, Myro began to think.
They had quite a lot of iron from the mines, although most of the mines were sold for money. But now Loth City and its surroundings had already experienced a massive harvest, so Myro should not need too much money anymore so that he could store the iron without any problem to help weapons or armor.
But Myro had another problem that he did not have enough skilled blacksmiths to cultivate such iron, most blacksmiths were not interested in coming to Loth City.
After all there were many nobles who were ready to give big salaries to the blacksmiths, even some blacksmiths opened their own shops that were more profitable than working under a noble.
So no one was interested in working in the Myro region, not to mention the Myro region located on the border which was very risky to be attacked by enemies every time.
Facing this matter, Myro heaved a heavy sigh. If he was looking for a blacksmith shop in another city, then the cost of making armor and weapons would be too expensive, Myro would have suffered a considerable loss.
As for the blacksmiths that existed in Loth City, most of them were only beginners. Myro had no interest in handing over the manufacture of the armor and weapons of his soldiers to this novice blacksmith, after all this was about the matter of the lives and deaths of his soldiers. With good weapons and armor, the chances of Myro warriors surviving must be greater than any war.
"I will try to find another blacksmith around the city, even I can search from another city as long as they are interested in working as a blacksmith in my territory. But if until next month no one is interested in the recruitment I give, I can only look for a blacksmith who opens his own shop. Despite having to use more money, but their ability must be good enough to dare to open a shop" Myro said after thinking briefly "Without for the battlefield, while, we can determine when the armor and weapons are ready. We can send them to the border to train with the knights on the battlefield directly or follow Falka if the bandits are still around".
Retya knew that this matter was not something that could be solved easily, therefore he nodded "I understand master, sir, then Retya will continue to train these soldiers so as not to disappoint the master on the battlefield".
They talked for a few more moments before Myro decided to return to the villa, it seemed that he had to think about the matter of making weapons and armor as quickly as possible.