Facing the gazes of the two marquises and the assembled counts, Count Hous was silent for a moment before saying, "I'm not someone who likes making trouble either. Since there's a risk of dragging the Northwest Republic into this, then I'll admit defeat and withdraw my troops."
"Thank you!" Marquis Yuke nodded with a smile. "I'll compensate you for your losses."
"Not 'I,' but 'we,'" said Marquis Gordon. "Hous has indeed suffered losses in this matter. Since he chose to yield for the overall interests of our Noble Faction, naturally all of us should compensate him together. Hous, I'll send someone to deliver twenty sets of standard splint armor to you shortly."
At those words, more than one count frowned slightly.
Splint armor was made by setting broad iron strips into leather armor. Though somewhat cumbersome, it offered excellent protection and was superb full-body armor for ordinary soldiers. Once clad in splint armor, one generally had no need to fear arrows, blades, or swords. Add a shield, and a man would be like a walking block of iron.
Although the widespread release of simplified full-body armor from the Northwest Republic had caused splint armor prices to decline, a standard set was still worth at least two hundred gold coins. Twenty sets came to four thousand gold coins.
That was not a large sum, but since the marquis had put up four thousand gold coins, the counts had to contribute at least two thousand. Those counts who had frowned did not get along with Count Good Horse, and truly did not want to subsidize him by so much.
However, Marquis Yuke immediately followed up, declaring that his side could provide ten sets of Northwest Republic simplified full-body armor, along with iron-plated tower shields.
By value, that came to nearly six thousand