After entering Calt, Suhlen parted ways with the caravan. The caravan continued on its way to the market while Suhlen headed to the inn first.
He pushed open the door of the inn and was greeted by the noise and the smell of ale. The air was a little muddy. It was the afternoon, and the inn's business had just begun.
Suhlen's arrival did not attract any attention. Under the guidance of a waiter, Suhlen went to a room on the second floor and rested for a while before going downstairs.
"A cup of ale! And something to eat. "Suhlen came to the counter and tossed a Nar to the waiter.
Catching the Nar, the hotel owner took a look at it and put it away with a smile. "No problem! Here's your ale. We have roast lamb chop, stewed beef with mushroom and potato, and pork pies. These are all our signature dishes. What would you like to have? "
"A roast lamb chop, please!"
"Please wait a moment. Your order will be here soon!" The waiter turned around and shouted.
"Bill, where the hell are you? Hurry up and give this gentleman a roast lamb chop! "
Soon, a roast lamb chop was served. Suhlen tasted it. It was indeed delicious. At least it was better than sleeping in the wild.
After wolfing down the food, Suhlen drank a mouthful of ale with a satisfied look. He leaned against the table to digest the food while listening to the people in the inn bragging.
Su Lun didn't live in a high-end hotel. Most of the people here were mercenaries. At this time, the tavern was almost full. The sound of drinking, playing cards, chatting and the fierce scolding of the maids all mixed together, making the tavern very lively. The mercenaries who had returned safely from their missions all needed to vent their frustrations.
They brought news from all over the place. Although most of the news was just the mercenaries bragging, some of it was still useful, such as local prices and information about the surrounding cities.
A standard military longsword cost ten Kinnar. It was made of well-tempered steel without any extraordinary enchantments. Some black steel was added to increase the weapon's toughness. It was cheaper than the price in Kalen City.
It was a half-body chainmail, made with the same quality of well-tempered steel, without any enchantments. The price was seventy gold Nars. This price was equivalent to three years of savings for a commoner. An ordinary building in the outskirts of Kalen City cost 50 Kinnar.
As for the more advanced plate armor, the price of full-body armor was 400 to 500 Kinnar. Only knights could afford to use this kind of high-quality plate armor. Moreover, due to the high price of plate armor, most of the knights' plate armor was passed down from their ancestors.
Therefore, when you see a knight wearing their ancestral armor on the battlefield, you don't have to be surprised at how much they value their family's honor or tradition. In fact, they just don't have the money to buy a new one.
Suhlen now had more than 6,000 Kinnar coins, which could only equip a team of 50 fully armed soldiers at most. Of course, if he used them to recruit those who were only issued with a spear and leather armor, he could recruit 500 or even more. However, the gap between the two sides was huge. Those fully armed soldiers could probably crush the militia with a single charge.
Suhlen came here to get a piece of land and a title. As a noble, there were many ways to get a title. The simplest was to be reincarnated into a good family and inherit the title directly from their father when they came of age. Of course, this required you to be the eldest son.
The second way was to join the army and gain enough merits on the battlefield. If you didn't die on the battlefield, you could be conferred the title of Baron and be given a piece of land by the King when it was time to reward you.
The third method was very practical. First, you had to be handsome and in good health. It would be best if you could reach the level of a knight. Then, you had to find a countess whose husband had died. If you could successfully marry her, then you would have both a title and a territory. Suhlen had already found a target, but because of Earl Kalen, he had no choice but to bid farewell to the countess with tears in his eyes.
The fourth was an expansion order. You had to find a noble who could give out expansion orders and spend money to buy one. Then, you'd bring people to the wastelands and conquer a piece of land. As long as you could survive, you'd become a landed noble and your territory would be much larger than other nobles.
High profits naturally came with high risks. Expanding the wastelands required a lot of resources, and not only were there gnolls, kobolds, and goblins, there were trolls, ogres, magical beasts, lizardmen, orcs, barbarian tribes, and even dragons. If you weren't careful, your territory would be conquered and all your investments would go down the drain. If you were unlucky, you'd even become food for the monsters in the wastelands.
If you weren't willing to do any of these, there was another option. That was to become a knight and swear allegiance to a great noble. Then, you'd be granted a knighthood and a knight's manor. Of course, as a knight of this noble, you'd have to serve him for life and fight for him.
Suhlen naturally didn't want to become someone's vassal. Once he swore allegiance to someone else, it wouldn't just be for one generation, but for all his descendants. As long as they inherited his title, they'd be the vassal of that noble. It wasn't just a lifetime of servitude, but a lifetime of servitude. Of course, this method was very attractive to commoners.
As for participating in wars and making contributions in wars, most of the land in the kingdom had been given out. Even if Suhlen made enough contributions in wars, the land awarded to him wouldn't be that big. There was a high chance that he'd get a small town, and the area would be pitifully small.
He didn't want to risk his life and be rewarded with a small town in a remote area. Don't think it's impossible. With the nature of those nobles, the probability of this ending was as high as 99%.
If the first, second, third, and fifth were not suitable, then Suhlen's only option was to buy an expansion order.
After putting his luggage in his room, Suhlen took his noble badge and his longsword and walked out of the inn. He crossed the muddy street and came to the bustling street. He found a well-defined stone on the side of the road. Suhlen skillfully rubbed his feet on it a few times to get rid of the mud on the soles of his shoes.
His destination this time was the Noble Parliament in Calt. The expansion order could only be bought there. Other than the expansion order, one could also donate noble status. Of course, this noble status didn't come with a land or a title. It was only an honorary title. Even so, many big merchants were willing to pay for it.
Every year, the Noble Parliament earned a lot of gold coins for the kingdom. It was also an important source of funding for the royal family. The gold coins from the expansion orders and honorary noble status sold by the Noble Parliament were split equally between the royal family and the local nobles.
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