"Just listen to the Lord! There's pay and a future for us."
"The Lord is doing this for our own good, don't you think?"
Jonah began shouting to the soldiers again.
Fang Zhen couldn't help but glance at this Jonah.
'This Jonah guy,' he thought, 'is a real eager beaver.'
'Back when I was a student or just one of the crowd, I sometimes found these eager beavers annoying. But now I'm the one in charge. From this perspective, I see they're quite useful. At the very least, they can serve as an example and a mouthpiece in critical moments.'
Regardless of his reasons, Jonah's performance was decent.
'This kid's on the right path.'
Besides, what he said was true.
In this day and age, you became a soldier for one of two reasons: either to earn a living with military pay, or because you had ambitions to raise your status.
Fang Zhen was a descendant of the Augustus Family. He had the lineage, and few in the Kingdom outranked him. On top of that, he had strength and, apparently, wealth.
