This Overlord Doesn't Care About Anything

Book 1: Chapter 29: Army Affairs Temporarily Coming To An End

I brought Lugh back to the City Lords mansion, to be more accurate, the new City Lords mansion.

I naturally abandoned that broken down, dilapidated City Lord mansion; I didnt want that thing. I brought Aleya and Felita with me and we moved into Pierces residence. In any case, the house owner was already dead, so this couldnt be called occupying anothers home. At best, it could be considered confiscating an ownerless home.

After sitting down, I first asked him several indirect inquiries to make sure that he wasnt a spy from another territory.

Doing this is actually a bit superfluous, but its still necessary in my opinion. After all, this is the first ever army that Ill be organizing in West-Resisting City. If the army leader is a traitor, then I might as well give up the army. But facts proved that due to how weak I appeared in other peoples eyes, there simply were no undercover agents hidden in my West-Resisting City.

After I let out a sigh of relief, I felt a bit sad for some reason.

Lugh didnt have as many thoughts as I did, but he was nervous as his body appeared stretched taut as he asked:

Sir Feudal Lord, is there anything I need to do?

I glanced at this 24 or 25 year-old man; he had a sturdy figure, a head of disheveled black hair, and facial hair that seemed like it hadnt been shaven for quite a while. In short, he gave off the feeling of an unruly customer. Seeing this, I answered with a deadpan voice:

Shave your facial hair.

Hah?? Shave??

I nodded:

Yes, thats right. This is a requirement part of military discipline, Ill give you the entire list later, its just some military regulations. Rest assured, its nothing impossible to do, its merely to urge ourselves to not slack off. Apart from this, you must note down that our army isnt like the ones from the outside; there are several essential points you have to remember. First, we dont seize things from the masses; everything from rewards to punishments is carried out by our City Lord mansion. Second, ideological education must be implemented in our peoples army to improve their ideological consciousness, especially the team leaders. Third, you must train them so hard that they dont develop any bad habits. In addition to this, there will be regular competitions with various kinds of prizes; later on, Ill allocate some extra money to the military budget in order to fund these prizes.

Lugh seemed to only half-understand what was being said, but still took it very seriously.

I continued:

Besides this, theres also the problem of food. There should be meat to eat when needed. We need to guarantee that theres meat in everyones meal every 2 days; this is the foundation. Ill provide the money for this too so theres no need to worry. In any case, theres no need for you to worry about the money. Also, dont practice any form of formation yet, we still dont have any talented people in this aspect. What you need to do is to help everyone lay down a good foundation. Right now, they arent considered any army, just a reserve army.

Lugh commented:

So all I need to do is help them lay down a good foundationthis actually isnt difficult.

Isnt difficult??

Lets see if youll be saying that after receiving Aleyas guidance.

When the time comes, dont forget the words you just said as your bleeding, badly mangled skin is basked in the sunlight while carrying a heavy grindstone on your back, and your throat is dry as you sweat buckets

I laughed in my heart as I said:

Thats fantastic. Ill leave the army to you for the time being since the army isnt part of our current plan. Its enough to make the soldiers think of danger in these times of peace and train them every day.

Lugh nodded, then hesitated a bit before inquiring:

But meat every 2 daysisnt this going to be expensive?

I shook my head:

Its fine. There will also be a fair amount of vegetables to go along with it. When Aleyas teaching you guys in the future, youll have to learn cooking from her too.

Lugh humbly nodded.

It was right at this time that Aleya entered with a plate of food and informed:

Young master, its time to eat.

I casually returned:

Just place it here.

Between the utensils was a bowl of stewed radish with cabbage; chewing through that bland flavor was a kind of torture. But I still strove to keep my face straight as I spoke:

Theres still the issue about our armys name. For the time being, lets just call it the reserve army. Tell the soldiers that when they formally enter the battlefield, I will personally confer this army its name. Let them work hard for this day.

Understood.

I pushed a bowl of stewed radish with cabbage in front of him and helped him get a pair of chopsticks while I was at it and remarked:

If youre hungry, how about eating a bit?

Lugh appeared flattered by the favor, but still shook his head in refusal after thinking about it over and over.

For a lower class person, the pressure of eating with the City Lord was too high.

In reality, I was just hoping to find someone who would help me eat up these flavorless things

It seems like its still up to me to finish it.

With a sigh of regret, I continued:

Theres also the matter of our army song. Ive already thought of one, are you able to sing? Ill sing it once for you to hear, youll be teaching it after you memorize it.

Lugh put on the appearance of being all ears.

I cleared my throat.

U~nity is pow~er! U~nity is pow~er~this power is

Aleya earnestly told me:

Young master, youre off-tune.

I asked her with dissatisfaction:

Have you heard the original song?! How would you know if its off-tune?

Aleya replied:

No. But young master has sung many versions of this for these past few days, and each time it has been different.

After being speechless for a while, I ultimately told Lugh:

In any case, its roughly this feeling! Understand? Its to magnify the sense of unity. You can discuss it among yourselves later on, I wont manage it.

Lugh held back his laughter as he nodded in consent.

I sent him away with nothing more to say.

What I didnt expect was that before even two days passed, there were mysterious rumors floating about within the city. Their contents were the newly arrived City Lord Li De is diligent and thrifty. He eats stewed radish with cabbage every meal, yet still demands that the army eats meat every 2 days. Hes practically a saint that wholeheartedly helps others while not caring for himself, hes the model City Lord. The masses were greatly moved upon hearing these rumors and spontaneously delivered their home-grown radishes and cabbages to the City Lord mansion, which piled up into a small hill.

Isnt this great, young master? This way, we really do have enough to eat for several months.

Aleya exposed a rare smile.

That day, I had to hide in my sheets to cry for a good, long while.