The residence of the Royal Knights is located in a side hall in the east of the Royal Palace in Jerusalem. It has a dedicated prayer room, rest room, review ground, and infirmary.
As Lothar entered the station, the system's prompt sounded:
You have activated a new milestone: [Leader of a Team]
As a high-ranking noble in the kingdom, you have shouldered the responsibility of the grand leader of a knighthood. This is a new starting point. I hope you will go further on this road.
Requirements: The Knights must have no less than one hundred cavalry. (91/100)
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Lothar was slightly startled. It seemed that the current number of cavalrymen in the Royal Knights should be 91.
This milestone is easy to accomplish, just go through the "onboarding" process for the hussars under his command.
The Royal Knights are a secular knightly order, not a military order, and do not need to be so strict in their lifelong vows.
The censor and treasurer in red and white burqas soon came out of the palace to greet him.
Before Lothar came, he had done some homework with Baron Godfrey and basically understood the organizational framework of the Royal Knights.
As the most important logistics officials of the Knights, the Ombudsman and Finance Officer are the first people he must meet if he wants to find out the current situation of the Knights.
The Ombudsman, who also serves as the livery officer, oversees the etiquette and order of the knights. He is also responsible for purchasing clothing, usually standard blouses, and sorting out the estates of fallen knights and sergeants, and sending them home according to their wills.
The Treasurer, as the name suggests, is in charge of the finances of the Knights, including but not limited to collecting taxes from the crown, paying subsidies (actually salaries) to poor knights, and all expenses.
"Grand Master Lothar, I am Andrew de Porti, Overseer of the Royal Knights, from Valois. It is an honor to be received by you."
"I am the quaestor, Richard de Huisen, from Aragon."
"Sorry, my Latin is not very good. We can communicate in French."
While talking, Lothar said: "Andrew, go through the formalities for my subordinates to join the regiment. They don't need robes. Just let the blacksmith of the Royal Knights brand their coats of arms on their armor. "
"Richard, Saladin's army is coming soon, and the war may start tomorrow. I need to know how much combat power the Royal Knights have now."
"Grand Master, there are a total of eighty-four knights registered in the Royal Knights, but more than half of them have returned to Europe and become honorary members."
Richard paused and continued: "There are currently thirty-four knights in Jerusalem, including you. The number of their attendants is unknown. There are only 50 registered, and the total number is probably more than eighty. A famous cavalryman."
"There are still some knights and their attendants stationed in various royal territories, but they must have received the recruitment order and are rushing to the Holy City."
"As for the sergeants, there are a total of 504 registered sergeants in the Royal Knights. Two hundred of them are scattered in various royal territories. They may be recalled with the knights, or they may not. I have no way of judging this."
Lothar nodded and praised: "You are very sensitive to numbers. It can be seen that you are a very rigorous person."
Richard bowed slightly: "I am the second son of the family. I studied at a missionary school in Chambery for three years. I prefer numbers to complicated scriptures and prayers."
"I am also the second son of the family. I don't even remember the names of my brothers who were sent to the monastery."
After Lothar finished speaking, without waiting for Richard's reply, he continued: "Mr. Richard, if we exclude the sergeants who need to stay at the palace and go with the army, how many people can I take at most?"
Richard thought for a moment and said: "My lord, the palace is very large and the number of guards it requires is not small. If the guard is usually on duty, there will be one hundred and fifty people guarding everywhere every day."
"If you want to lead the knights on an expedition, you can mobilize up to three hundred sergeants. This is assuming that the sergeants scattered in various kingdoms are brought by the knights."
"That's three hundred sergeants and a hundred cavalry, right?"
Richard nodded and said: "Yes, this has to include the cavalry you brought."
"I see."
"Richard, tell me about the commander of our knights. I haven't met him yet. I hope he is a colleague who is easy to get along with."
The commander is the deputy of the Knights, and Baron Godfrey was transferred to the Knights of Jerusalem as the deputy of the Regent Raymond.
Richard hesitated for a moment, then said: "The commander's name is Philip von Welf. He is a pretty good man and he trusts his subordinates very much. I don't know if his military talents are outstanding. But in terms of domestic affairs, when Baron Godfrey was still the Grand Master, there were many matters that had to be handed over to him."
"Welf?"
Lothar asked with great interest: "Duke of Saxony, the Welf family of Henry the Lion?"
Richard nodded and said: "Yes, Your Excellency Philip is the uncle of Duke Henry. He is a vassal loyal to the Emperor of Germania. He owns an earldom in Saxony. He is currently only serving as a commander and is not loyal to His Majesty Baldwin." .”
"I understand, you go down first."
Lothar watched Richard de Huisen leave, and he closed the door tightly. The "entry" of the hussars under his command should have been smooth, and he had already received a reminder that the milestone had been completed.
The reward obtained is a four-star prop lottery ticket.
Lothar chose to use it without any hesitation.
In the room, cyan light flickered, and after a moment, a crystal bottle filled with dark red liquid, glowing with cyan light, appeared in Lothar's hand.
Its name is Werewolf Blood Strengthening Potion.
Grade: Extraordinary.
After taking it, the opponent can obtain the blood of werewolf, and the quality is likely to rise to four stars.
Different from the werewolf that Lothar once solved in the knight competition, in the game world created by Lothar, the werewolf is a powerful magical creature that is not inferior to vampires.
Compared with the fact that he can only get three attribute points every time he upgrades, which is equivalent to the level of three stars, it seems that it is not impossible to take this bottle of potion by himself.
But things like bloodline are unique at first glance. If I can draw a werewolf this time, I can naturally draw a bloodline that is stronger, has more potential, and has fewer side effects.
Therefore, Lothar had no intention of taking this bottle of potion himself from the beginning to the end.
What he was thinking about was whether to give this bottle of potion to Baldwin IV. As a werewolf, as a species of immortality, he would not be killed by leprosy.
This can be regarded as a disguised cure for Baldwin IV's illness.
But he was a little hesitant. He knew that Baldwin IV was not that kind of rigid theologian.
But werewolves are not witches after all.
Under the propaganda of the church, werewolves are completely monsters, and anyone, whether they are Catholics, Orthodox Christians, or Coptic Christians, will kill them if they see them.
"Let's give it a try. Baldwin IV treated him well and reciprocated his kindness. If it can free him from the pain of leprosy, it would be a good thing."
