The King

  Chapter 154 Mobilization

   "Out of people".

   "Out of grain".

   "Pay money".

  The king's order can be summed up in three simple words. Even the specific amount has been clarified, which is obviously communicated in advance by the major forces.

  As a middle-class nobleman, he can only barely enter the center of power in the kingdom; there is still a long way to go from the real decision-making level.

  The bosses have all discussed it, and this king's order is obviously not discussed with everyone. All of the above requirements must be completed.

   But when it comes to specific details, the distribution of tasks among the counties within the province is bound to involve wrangling.

  Comparatively speaking, the situation in the southeastern province is good. As the kingdom's rear, the first task is to ensure the supply of money and food to the front line, and the second is to provide qualified soldiers.

   Thirty thousand soldiers are the best solution, and the unlucky nobles who were punished contributed half of the quota. The rest of the county only needs 1,000 people to distribute to each lord, and there is no pressure at all.

  These soldiers are all to be added to the border guards. Throwing more than a hundred knights in, with fewer officers, it would not be a big problem.

  Governor Pierce did not mention a leader, so there is a high probability that some unlucky nobleman with good ability was cheated by his own son.

   The issue of "war tax" is a little tricky. Generally speaking, it is also within the controllable range, anyway, it is right to pay.

  If you don’t have the money to pay in kind, or send more people to fight the war, you can also coordinate within the province.

  The most troublesome thing is supplies.

  The southeastern province needs to provide various strategic materials including food, which is as much as 15,000 tons.

  For a province, it seems that there is not much apportionment. But the crux of the problem is that everyone not only needs to raise supplies, but also organizes manpower to send things to the front line.

  The loss of other materials on the road is not large, and the loss of a few points is almost the same. But food is the only exception, but the southeastern province mainly provides food.

  It is more than a thousand kilometers from the southeastern province to the front line. Although it can be transshipped along the coast or along the river for a certain distance, there is still more than 400 kilometers of human transportation required in the middle.

  This is still the most optimistic estimate. In many cases, it is not enough to transport the food to the nearest location, and it may change with the changes of the battlefield situation.

  Hudson's mathematical ability is not bad, after a little calculation, he came to the conclusion that at least one-third of the loss was lost on the way.

   This is because the Alpha Kingdom has many combat experiences against orcs. The infrastructure along the way is relatively complete, and there are multiple granaries on the way that can be used as transfer stations.

   In peacetime, one-third of the food was lost in transportation. After the war broke out, half of the food was lost in transportation. Hudson would not be surprised at all.

   It’s no wonder that the southeastern province is placed behind the mobilization sequence. Without their aristocratic lords hosting, how can materials be collected and transported to the front line?

   From Hudson’s point of view, in the previous orc invasions, after the human coalition forces defeated the orc army, they quickly finished work and went home.

   It's not because the nations of the human race are not united, nor is it because the coalition forces are unable to fight back, but more because the material consumption on the battlefield is too terrifying.

   Fighting in the Alpha Kingdom itself consumes so much supplies. Once the battle line extends to the Orc Empire, even if one person fights and ten people transport food, it may not be able to meet the needs of the front line.

   On this issue, the human race will never learn from the orcs. The fact that the orcs were able to assemble a large number of troops was not because of their strong logistics capabilities. On the contrary, the logistics of the orc empire was even worse.

   Being able to assemble millions of troops on the front line is entirely because there is no bottom line. There is not enough food in the army, and the same kind who died in battle are their rations.

  Many times, the human army and the orcs fought to the end, not because everyone was so brave, but simply because they didn't want to be reduced to food.

  …

   "Your Excellency, the task of dividing troops and taxes directly into county units is easy to solve, but supplies are troublesome.

  Although the southeastern provinces are all fertile land, the specialties of each county are still different, and some counties don’t even have some materials at all.

   Assigning tasks directly to the county as a unit, I am afraid that it will be difficult for everyone to complete in the future. It's better to discount all the materials, and everyone completes the material raising according to their own special products.

  As long as the total amount can roughly match, even if there are discrepancies in details, the Kingdom will not say anything if they think about it. "

   Hudson first proposed.

   It involves vital interests, and he must fight for it at this time. Otherwise, after mechanically distributing a pile of material tasks, it will not be possible to get them together if you go back and make your head bigger.

  Nominally, the sheriff is the Viscount Sith, and these problems should be a headache for him. But this guy hasn't said a word since he entered the conference room.

   I don’t know if it’s self-knowledge, knowing that I don’t have the right to speak here, or because of dissatisfaction, Hudson simply smashed it to the bottom.

  The sheriff is doing badly, but the task still needs to be completed. If there is a problem with the major issues involving front-line strategic materials, the nobles in the entire Wright County will be implicated.

   It is impossible to be executed for the crime of "human rape", but it is a high probability event to be sent to the battlefield in advance to serve the country.

  The gang of aristocratic children who committed crimes in front of them are role models, and Hudson doesn't want to go to the front line with the hat of "wearing crime and making meritorious service".

   "The Viscount Hudson's proposal is very good and very practical. The task is still divided into counties, but the Governor's Mansion will come up with a conversion ratio, and everyone will take the supplies to make a half-fold.

  For this war, His Majesty the King is too busy to sleep at night, so there is no need to alarm His Majesty for the problems that we can solve internally.

  If some materials are insufficient, the Governor's Office can also come forward to purchase. Taking into account the increased cost of procurement, an additional 5% of fire consumption will be charged for the materials used to replace them.

  In order to combat price gouging while taking advantage of the chaos, from now on, prices within the province must be guaranteed to be stable.

   Anyone who hoards and disturbs the market price will be killed without mercy!

  In addition to the materials shipped to the front line, any strategic materials on the list must be approved by the Governor's Office if they want to leave the southeastern province.

  The counties must cooperate closely, especially the counties on the border must strictly prevent the outflow of materials. Whoever has a problem on the site will be responsible.

  The war will definitely not stop for a while. This means that we must be prepared to provide supplies to the front line for a long time, and we must pay close attention to the next food production.

  Everyone should lead by example and take the lead in saving food and reducing unnecessary waste.

  Tell the people below to stop all the extravagance and pleasure, and tighten your belt to live a hard life. I don't want to see someone bankrupt the territory before the war is over. "

  Earl Pierce's words made Hudson's hanging heart drop. The materials can be deducted from each other, and the difficulties faced by the mountain leaders will suddenly disappear.

  Five points of fire consumption, that is definitely a manifestation of noble conscience. It is impossible to make money. If the operation is not good, the governor's mansion will have to accompany him in for a sum.

  Purchasing materials sounds very simple. Once the materials that can be purchased are scaled up, they cannot be purchased with just money.

  Even if the price is suppressed, enough materials can be purchased, and the fee of 5% is not too high.

   It can be seen that Earl Pierce is really contributing to the war, rather than dealing with it half-heartedly.

  Especially the earnest warning at the end, which is even more thought-provoking.

  Conscience discovery?

   Or maybe it's simply pity for the lower class nobles?

   These questions, no one can answer. However, the tragic event of the bankruptcy of the nobles due to the war will happen in almost every large-scale war.

  Once on the verge of bankruptcy, the bottom line of the nobles is also a straight line breakthrough, and the speed of decline is beyond imagination.

   Smarter nobles fool businessmen into taking advantage of them. Mortgage all the goods that can be mortgaged, and finally deny the account directly.

   Those who have no bottom line, even sell their sons and daughters directly. It's just that it's not their own children that are sold, but the children of serfs.

  The most stupid thing is to borrow money from the great nobles, or even mortgage the territory to borrow money. Once the debt is overdue, the end will definitely not be good.

  More aristocrats who were in financial trouble still went around looking for relatives and friends to borrow money. When it came time to go bankrupt, all the relatives and friends were involved in bad luck.

  When encountering such a thing, everyone can only consider themselves unlucky. Even for the sake of his own reputation, he can't jump out and add insult to injury, he can only let the debt be postponed indefinitely.

  As one of the major creditors in the southeastern province, Hudson felt a chill in the back of his head. Judging from the current situation, he is very likely to become one of the unlucky relatives and friends involved.

   Those who owe Hudson's debts, without exception, are all nobles with poor economic conditions.

  Under normal circumstances, these guys with stable industrial income are high-quality customers. When wartime came, the situation changed.

  The income from the territory basically supports the front line. If the aristocrats who are not wealthy do not gain anything on the battlefield, it will be difficult to persist until after the war.

  When he thought of dozens of debts that might be overdue, and the hundreds of thousands of gold coins that should have been obtained were about to go to waste, Hudson's good mood suddenly disappeared.

  …

   "You have adapted so quickly, you are worthy of being a famous knight of the bow. Hudson, it seems that you are really born for war!"

  Out of the conference hall, Hudson felt a toothache when he heard Viscount Oran's emotion.

   "Born for war" is an absolute slur. He said that he was like a catastrophe, wherever he went, there was war.

  The orcs invaded the Alpha Kingdom and lasted for hundreds of years. It will explode with or without him, it's not the butterfly effect of some traverser.

  If it wasn't for the fact that this guy in front of him was his father-in-law, someone who couldn't be offended, he would definitely not be polite.

   "Viscount Oran, my reputation is too high! Compared with you, I still have a long way to go.

  If I hadn't received the news in advance in the capital, and there were a few more days of buffering time, I'm afraid I would have been in a hurry at the meeting just now. "

  The daughter-in-law is not available, so I can't afford to offend my father-in-law. Especially in this time of war, everyone has to stick together to tide over the difficulties.

  Compared to these old-fashioned families, the Koslow family only has a longer inheritance time, and is far behind in other aspects.

  Looking at Hudson, Viscount Oran laughed and said, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore.

  I know you have a lot of doubts in your heart now, if you want to ask, just ask! If you miss this opportunity, the next time we meet will probably be on the battlefield. "

   Being seen through his mind, Hudson didn't find it strange. As the second family in the southeast province, Viscount Oran was by no means as simple as it appeared on the surface, able to live a happy life under the pressure of the Dalton family.

   "Dear Lord Viscount, I have always had a doubt. The kingdom has launched a national mobilization so quickly, and the time is so tight.

  There are so many internal troubles in our southeast province alone, and it is still relying on Governor Pierce to forcibly assign tasks to barely implement things.

  Other provinces are estimated to be not much better, and the capital has to face more problems. How can so many provinces across the country coordinate?

  After the reinforcements arrive at the front line, how can they be reorganized quickly to form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time? "

   In the era of feudal cold weapons, millions of troops must be mobilized to fight. The amount of engineering involved is beyond Hudson's imagination.

  Especially the performance of the nobles of the kingdom, who didn’t seem to be too smart, made him even more worried.

   In the event of any omissions in the organization, the mobilization of millions of troops will become a joke. Not only can it fail to strengthen the border strength, but it may collapse the defense line.

   "Hudson, you think too much. No matter who is around, there is a moment when you want to destroy your neighbor.

  In the past few hundred years, they have encountered more than a dozen wars of extermination of the country, and they all have the ability to complete mobilization in a short period of time.

  The Koslow family has been in decline for a long time. You grew up in a small noble family. Many things you see are not the truth of this world.

  The suppression of the Skull and Bones rebellion last time did not represent the true strength of our noble group.

  Alphonse was purely an accident. If he hadn't been unlucky and happened to be away from the family's main force, the Skull and Bones would not be so easy to succeed.

  The kingdom has a standing army in the northern border, you should have heard of it. But this mysterious army rarely enlists minor nobles, don't you find it strange?

  In fact, including my Holliser family, some of the nobles with a little strength in the kingdom have served in this army.

  In other words, this standing army is essentially controlled by a group of nobles in the kingdom. The difference is limited to the question of the right to speak.

  In addition to guarding the frontier, this army also has another role to train the army for us, and train the younger generation by the way.

  Why are we only recruiting soldiers now and not letting everyone lead the troops there? It is because our people are already on the front line.

  In the constant confrontation with the orcs, we not only accumulated combat experience, but also reserved a large number of grassroots officers.

   These were all forced out by the Orc Empire. In order to survive better, we have to learn survival experience from war.

   Not allowing the minor nobles to join is both their protection and their restriction.

  For ordinary people, sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing.

   In the case of limited resources, the accommodation space of the upper class is limited. The only benefit is that the people above are not enough to feed, so how can more latecomers join in the grabbing.

   Hudson, you're in luck. Just in time for the tense situation in northern Xinjiang and the imminent war, the kingdom needs fresh blood.

   Otherwise, even if the Dalton family helps you operate, it can only be an honorary viscount, not a fiefdom viscount. "

  In an instant, Hudson became enlightened. It's not that the entire noble group is useless, but that the small nobles at the bottom are deliberately blocked by the upper class.

  It's normal to think about it. As a kingdom that has fought fiercely with orcs for hundreds of years, even if it stays at the same place in other aspects, it is absolutely impossible not to grow in war and military.

  The mystery is solved, and the noble group is indeed making progress. It's just that the upper-middle-class nobles made progress, and the lower-class nobles were excluded from the circle.

   It's all caused by class solidification. You can actually see one or two from the fact that the children of the nobles in the north are going south to grab the fief.

  The benefits are not enough for everyone to share. If you let the small nobles enter the army and accumulate a lot of military merits on the front line, but there is no place to settle them in the end, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among these people.

   Instead of this, it is better to let them live in a daze from the beginning. After the war broke out, just follow the past and be cannon fodder.

  For a group of small nobles, war is the only chance to change the distribution of benefits and break the solidification of classes, but it is also the beginning of disaster.

  For most people, what is lacking is not only the opportunity, but also the ability to grasp the opportunity.

   Without systematic learning and without going through the test of the flames of war, the probability of having a super-strong ability to lead troops is really too low.

   It was originally an opportunity to change fate, but because of my own lack of ability. Most of the minor nobles can only play the role of their own cannon fodder.

  Thinking of this, Hudson secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, the ancestors of the Koslow family had a glorious past, and some military knowledge left behind is justified.

  Theoretically speaking, self-study also exists. If other people fail to succeed, it is a matter of their own ability.

  The brain supplement from the outside world perfectly explained why he trained soldiers. As for the different methods of military training, it has been hundreds of years. Who knows what kind of military training the ancestors of the Koslow family used.

  Gen Zhengmiaohong, a member of his own family with a clean background, happened to catch up with the moment when the war broke out. Hudson can achieve a class transition without affecting everyone's interests.

  A self-taught military genius who is always accompanied by luck. And also has an earth bear as a bodyguard, a guy with a full level of battlefield survivability, it is normal to be popular.

  From this point of view, Hudson was able to defeat many competitors and marry the Holliser family, which became logical.

"value"!

   Fill the hole

  (end of this chapter)