For the knights currently following Ivita, he had granted them lands, to secure their loyalty to him.
In essence, he was using land as a replacement for money, to pay them their dues.
In other words, during this process, land was being treated as a form of currency.
However, if pure currency was used for employment, the price offered by Ivita was on the lower side, with a high chance of attracting hardly any professionals.
The act of recruiting professionals was not really feasible for a Baron's territory unless there was a substantial wealth brought by ironcast trading. Ivita wouldn't dare to be so extravagant otherwise.
The butler seemed to understand this, expressing some difficulties, "These conditions may not be that attractive to professionals."
Ivita said to the butler, "You can also announce that I have a piece of territory overseas that is occupied by pirates. The recruitment this time is intended to assemble an army to reclaim my overseas territories."
