Urban Sims

Chapter 57 The Savage Invasion
After seeing off the three barons with red faces, Zhou Ming, who had finally rested after four months of busy work, took stock of what he had gained in the past few months.

In addition to the precious furs and wood left in half of the castle warehouse, and the rare metal ores that filled several rooms with a total weight of more than 8 tons, Zhou Ming's pure gold coins earned in the past four months totaled about [-] gold coins.

Of the 8 gold coins, 4 was earned after he personally went to the Iron Castle Kingdom.

But just now, he took out 7 gold coins and rewarded the three barons, and the remaining 5 gold coins went into his own pocket.

Some people may ask, is Zhou Ming stupid? He doesn't keep the 8 gold coins for himself, but he wants to do charity and give [-]% of the benefits to others. thing?
Actually, it's not that Zhou Ming is really stupid, he did it on purpose.

Because Zhou Ming, who has already made hundreds of times of profits just by the remaining large amount of fur, wood ore piled up in the castle, simply doesn't care about the addition of tens of thousands of gold coins.

Besides, there has never been love and hate for no reason in this world!If you don't want to be rich, if you don't invite people to buy people's hearts, you just want others to do it with you without complaint or regret. You really don't want to think about such a good thing!
Zhou Ming can tell!This time, the three barons who ate a piece of delicious crab meat and drank the soul-stirring soup, no matter what kind of shocks and changes will happen to the Free Trade Union in the future, they who have tasted the sweetness will definitely support the Free Trade Union A staunch supporter of continued existence!Even if Zhou Ming himself announced the dissolution of the business alliance, they would also express their opposition.

What's more, what Zhou Ming did was not a one-shot deal. For the scattered 7 gold coins, in his follow-up business plan, there are dozens of hundreds of ways to spend these generously scattered gold coins. , Take it back to his own hands, he doesn't care at all whether these gold coins are put in his hands like a miser, or they are temporarily dumped in various territories of the Free Trade Union to stimulate the consumption cycle within the trade union.

However, spring is coming soon, thinking of something that will happen soon, Zhou Ming did not continue to implement his business plan, but walked into the study of his father, Baron Connor, and discussed a key issue with him .

Inside the study.

"Dear Edward, are you sure that your judgment is correct, the wildlings from the Wildling Kingdom will soon go south and invade the Kingdom of Voris?"

Putting down a parchment scroll, after listening to Zhou Ming's words, Baron Connor asked slightly surprised.

The savage kingdom is the old enemy of the Voris kingdom. Those savages who live in the ice and snow all the year round, no matter whether it is a disaster year or a good year, as long as the tribe has a large population or is hungry, they will show their fangs. In the eyes of the "rich" Kingdom of Voris, a bite was taken. However, in terms of force, an individual strong savage might be able to single out a knight, but a group of savages with no military discipline gathered together and faced the advancing platoon. An army of cavaliers charging in formation is a proper battle scum.

Therefore, even though the territory of the Savage Kingdom is a hundred times that of the Vooris Kingdom, in large-scale wars, they will often be hanged.

Baron Connor was a little surprised, not that the wildlings would invade the Kingdom of Voris. What surprised him was that Zhou Ming described the seriousness of the invasion—breaking through the seven counties in the north and entering the south to burn, kill, and loot. Sex is a bit big.Because even Baron Connor doesn't like those "Yankees" very much in private, but the combat effectiveness of the "Yankees" is indeed beyond doubt. An earldom can be at ease and stable, avoiding countless military disasters.

Zhou Ming said affirmatively: "Yes, Dad. I went to several savage tribes more than a month ago. Their famine was already very serious. In some tribes, only the young and strong were left. Wandering cannibal tribes eat anything they find alive. The caravan I brought encountered several groups of such cannibal tribes, and lost a lot of manpower. I also saw traces of many tribes migrating south... I estimate that for the wildling kingdom that has suffered catastrophe for two consecutive years, no matter whether the wildling king will issue a summoning order or not, those wildling tribes will choose the last struggle between starving to death and fighting to death!"

"So," Zhou Ming said after a pause, "We must prepare for the worst, prepare in advance for the possible invasion of hundreds or even thousands of savages, and not allow these savages to step into Granland!"

Baron Connor nodded, agreeing with his son's judgment, but blocked the invasion of hundreds of thousands of savages...

This is impossible.

He knows how powerful the savages are. Many lords recruit mercenaries to fight, and they like to recruit savages who spend less money and are not afraid of death. On the battlefield, as long as the ratio of savages and knights reaches more than 3:1, knights want to To win, you have to pay a certain price, especially the savages called "Berserkers". This kind of savages, after seeing the blood of themselves or the enemy, will completely fall into a state of madness and start a war. It is simply the nightmare of countless knights.

Regardless of the kind of savages, as long as there are more than three figures of savages invading the Gran Territory, it is impossible to block such a powerful impact with the resistance of more than ten knights in the Gran Consular District.

"Edward, if there are really so many savages invading, we'd better report to Earl Lausitz, issue a summoning order, and take precautions at the border."

Baron Connor said that in the face of a large-scale invasion of savages, a small baron would definitely not be able to use him. Only when Earl Lausitz issued a summoning order to gather all the knights in the Earl's territory could it be stopped. The possibility of savage entry.

"Reporting is useless." Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "Pure speculation will not attract Earl Lausitz's attention, unless the wildlings have already been killed, but then it will be too late to summon the knights. If we want to reduce the loss of personnel and property, we can only rely on ourselves to find a way, or in other words, we must let Granland have the ability to resist the invasion of hundreds or thousands of savages alone!"

Connor Connor screamed in surprise. There are only a dozen or so knights in Grand who are capable of resisting the savages, and three or four hundred farmers make up the numbers. It would be good to barely block 100 hungry and fainting savages. Block hundreds or thousands?
Do not make jokes!
"Edward, let the knights guard the border. If a large number of savages really come, then issue an evacuation order for the territory, and transfer the citizens of the ten villages around Qiangwei Town to the town or castle. Lost some livestock and houses, but as you said, put people first, try to minimize the loss of some personnel... As for blocking the invasion of the savages, let's wait for the Earl to issue a summoning order, and then join the conquest of the savages."

Baron Connor has long been used to the astonishing words that this son often utters, and the predictions made by this son have never been wrong, but... relying on the power of the Glanland alone, he can block hundreds of thousands of savages... Hey, this son who has never been on any battlefield is still too young. He doesn't know what tricks are involved in the real war. Perhaps he will make a correct judgment after going through a few battles, instead of saying Those incomprehensible layman's terms are gone.

"Dad, listen to me!"

Seeing the impatient Baron Connor, Zhou Ming became anxious, stepped forward and said, "It's actually very simple to stop so many savages! As long as we increase the number of soldiers in the territory by ten times! Form an elite team The standing army, the military defense capability of Granland, not to mention rock-solid, will no longer be afraid of coveting and provocation by any force!"

Ten times the number of soldiers?
Baron Connor was taken aback, and shook his head again and again: "Dear Edward, there are not so many fiefdoms in the small Grand Land. Ten knights are already the limit of the Grand Land. Ten times more, How can it be?"

"Father, you have misunderstood me! What I mean is, in addition to the knight class, among the lower-class citizens of the territory, each knight should recruit 10 soldiers to become the next-level military force under the command of the knight. This military level, I call it 'leaders', these 'leaders' are not like knights, entrusted fiefdoms, and only enjoy the preferential policy of reducing land rent and granting certain salary subsidies, 'leaders' They will also conduct off-the-job training all year round like the knights, and become an important military auxiliary force in the territory besides the knights..."

In the ear of Baron Connor, Zhou Ming put forward a very bold and groundbreaking idea. As the explanation deepened, Baron Connor's eyes narrowed slightly, and when he heard the exciting part, he began to fold his hands behind his back. Walking around in the study, when I heard the last word, my heart was pounding, and I immediately exclaimed, "Edward, you will be the greatest genius in the centuries-old history of the Burns family!"

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(End of this chapter)