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After seeing off the three red-faced barons, Zhou Ming, who finally took a break after four months of busy work, took stock of what he had gained over the past few months.

In addition to the half-warehouse of precious fur wood left in the castle warehouse, and the rare metal ores weighing more than a hundred tons that filled several rooms, Zhou Ming's pure gold coins earned in the past four months totaled about 80,000 gold coins.

40,000 of the 80,000 gold coins were earned by him after a personal trip to the Iron Castle Kingdom.

But just now, he took out 75,000 gold coins and paid them to the three barons. The remaining 5,000 gold coins went into his own pocket.

Some people may ask, is Zhou Ming stupid? He did not keep the entire 80,000 gold coins for himself, but chose to engage in charity and give 90% of the benefits to others. Is there something in his head to do such a stupid thing? thing?

In fact, it wasn't that Zhou Ming was really stupid, he did it deliberately.

Because Zhou Ming, who had already made hundreds of times profit from the large amount of remaining fur, wood ore piled up in the castle, simply couldn't bear to look down upon the addition of tens of millions of gold coins.

Besides, there is never any love or hate for no reason in this world! You don't go out to buy people's hearts, you don't go out to buy people's hearts, you just want others to do it with you without any regrets and with all their heart. This kind of good thing is something you really don't even have to think about!

Zhou Ming can be sure! This time, the three barons who ate a piece of delicious crab meat and drank the soul-melting soup will definitely support the Free Merchant Alliance after tasting the sweetness, no matter what kind of shocks and changes may happen to the Free Merchant Alliance in the future. Strong supporter of continued existence! Even if Zhou Ming himself announced the dissolution of the business alliance, they would express their opposition.

What's more, what Zhou Ming did was not a one-time deal. As for the 75,000 gold coins that were scattered, in his subsequent business plan, there were dozens or hundreds of ways to use these generous gold coins. , took it back into his own hands, and he didn't care at all whether these gold coins were placed in his hands like a miser, or whether they were briefly scattered in various territories of the Free Merchant Alliance to stimulate the consumption cycle within the Merchant Alliance.

However, spring was about to begin. Thinking of something that was going to happen soon, Zhou Ming did not continue to implement his business plan. Instead, he walked into the study of his father, Baron Connor, and discussed a key issue with him. .

In the study room.

"Dear Edward, are you sure your judgment is not wrong? The savages from the Savage Kingdom will soon move south in large numbers and invade the Kingdom of Voorhees?"

Putting down a parchment volume, Baron Connor asked in slight surprise after listening to Zhou Ming's words.

The Savage Kingdom is the old enemy of the Kingdom of Voorhees. Those savages who live in the ice and snow all year round will show their fangs no matter whether it is a disaster or a good year. As long as the tribe's population is large or hungry, they will show their fangs. The "wealthy" Kingdom of Voorhees took a bite out of them. However, in terms of force, an individual strong savage might be able to fight off a knight alone, but a group of savages without military discipline gathered together and faced the advance of a row. The knights forming a formation and charging will be able to fight against the five scum.

Therefore, even though the territory of the Savage Kingdom is a hundred times that of the Kingdom of Voris, it will often be defeated in large-scale wars.

Baron Connor was a little surprised. He was not surprised that the savages would invade the Kingdom of Voorhees. He was surprised by the seriousness of the invasion described by Zhou Ming - breaking through the seven counties in the north and entering the south to burn, kill and loot. This was serious. Sex is a bit big. Because even if Baron Connor privately doesn't like those "Yankees" very much, there is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the "Yankees". For hundreds of years, it was precisely because of the existence of these Yankees that the seven Southerners were Only with an earldom can we feel comfortable and stable, and avoid countless military disasters.

Zhou Ming affirmed: "Yes, Dad, more than a month ago, I visited several savage tribes. Their famine has become very serious. In some tribes, only the young and strong are left. The elderly, women and children are all missing. Many of them are gone." Wandering cannibal tribes eat whatever they catch alive. The caravan I brought encountered several groups of such cannibal tribes and lost a lot of people. I also saw traces of many tribes migrating south... I estimate that the Savage Kingdom, which has suffered major disasters for two consecutive years, will make the final struggle between starving to death and fighting to death, regardless of whether the Savage King issues a summons order!"

"So," after a pause, Zhou Ming said, "We must prepare for the worst and prepare in advance for hundreds or even thousands of savages to invade Glenland. We must not let these savages step into Glenland!"

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

it's out of the question.

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 number of savages and knights reaches a ratio of more than 3:1, the knights want to To win, you have to pay a certain price, especially the kind of savages called "berserkers". After seeing the blood of themselves or their enemies, these savages will completely fall into a state of madness and start fighting. It's a nightmare for countless knights.

Regardless of the kind of savages, as long as there are more than three digits of savages attacking Glenland, it is impossible to withstand such a powerful impact with just the resistance of a dozen knights in Glenland.

"Edward, if there are really so many savages invading, we'd better report it to Count Lauzitz, issue a summons, and take precautions at the border."

Baron Connor said that in the face of a large-scale invasion of barbarians, a small baron like him would definitely not be effective. Only when Earl Lauzitz issued a summons to gather all the knights in the earl territory could he stop it. The possibility of savage entry.

"It is useless to report." Zhou Ming shook his head and said: "Pure speculation will not attract the attention of Earl Lauzitz, unless the savages have already killed them, but by then it will be too late to summon the knights. Glenland If we want to reduce the loss of people and property, we can only rely on ourselves to find a way, or in other words, we must make Glenland have the ability to independently resist the invasion of hundreds or thousands of savages!"

Connor almost screamed in surprise. There were only about ten knights in Glenland who could resist the savages. With three to four hundred peasants to make up the numbers, they could barely hold off 100 hungry savages. Block hundreds or thousands?

Do not make jokes!

"Edward, let the knights be on guard at the border. If a large number of savages really come over, issue an evacuation order for the territory and move all the citizens in the ten villages around Rose Town to the town or castle. Although it will We have lost some livestock and houses, but as you said, we should put people first and try to reduce some personnel losses... As for blocking the invasion of the savages, let’s wait until the earl issues a summons order, and then we can conquer the savages together.”

Baron Connor has long been accustomed to the astonishing words that his son often speaks. The predictions made by this son are never wrong, but... the power of Glenland alone can stop hundreds of thousands of savages... Alas, this son who has never been on any battlefield is still too young and does not know what real war involves. Perhaps after experiencing several battlefields, he will make correct judgments instead of just saying Those incomprehensible layman's terms are gone.

"Dad, listen to me!"

Seeing the impatient Baron Connor, Zhou Ming became anxious and stepped forward and said: "It is actually very simple to stop so many savages! As long as we expand the number of soldiers in the territory ten times! Form an elite team The standing army, Glenland’s military defense capability is not only rock-solid, but it will no longer fear the covetousness and provocation of any force!”

Ten times the number of soldiers?

Baron Connor was startled, shook his head repeatedly and said: "Dear Edward, the small Glenland does not have so many fiefs to entrust. Ten knights are already the limit of the Glenland. If we expand it ten times, How can it be?"

"Dad, you misunderstood me! What I mean is that in addition to the knight class, among the lower-level citizens of the territory, 10 soldiers are recruited for each knight to become a lower-level military force under the command of the knight. I call this military level 'collars'. These 'collars' do not enfeoff fiefs like knights. They only enjoy preferential policies such as land rent reduction and exemption and certain salary subsidies. 'Leaders' Like the knights, they will also undergo off-the-job training all year round and become an important military auxiliary force in the territory in addition to the knights..."

In Baron Connor's ears, Zhou Ming proposed a very bold and groundbreaking idea. As the explanation went deeper, Baron Connor's eyes narrowed slightly. Hearing the wonderful words, he started to put his hands behind his back. Walking around in the study, when I heard the last part, my heart was pounding, and I screamed: "Edward, you will be the greatest genius in the hundreds of years of history of the Burns family!"

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