Although Lei Ye felt that he was qualified to be co-opted by the king, he couldn't help but be a little surprised when Sylvia appeared in front of him in full costume.

He asked knowingly, "You've only been gone for less than two months, why did you come back so soon?"

Sylvia shrugged her shoulders and sat down on the sofa opposite the office, revealing her seductive curves: "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, I came here to talk to you about cooperation." ”

Renard raised an eyebrow and asked, "Cooperation?

Sylvia pursed her lips and said, "Now that the Cronin family has semi-openly opposed the royal family, and the Clayton family is also making waves in Cabbage County, I think you should know these things better than me." ”

Lei Ye nodded undeniably: "I have heard of it." ”

Seeing him stubble, Sylvia's heart let go of most of it, although she was sure of the cooperation, but it is human nature to worry and be anxious, and no one can be completely relieved until the goal is achieved.

After a while, she continued, "I want to get enough supplies from you to feed the King's army, so that we can free up our hands against the Creightons and the Cronins. ”

Lei Ye nodded again, and then asked with a smile: "This is not something that can be done easily, how many kings are there?"

Sylvia thought for a moment and replied honestly, "About 300,000." ”

She didn't lie, 300,000 was indeed the total number of the king's army, 20,000 garrisons in Nanhuang County, 30,000 garrisons in Ganle County, 100,000 garrisons in the four counties of Hailan Province, and 150,000 garrisons in the five counties of Rose Province.

The 300,000 troops were completely dependent on the royal family for support, and it is unknown how much water was in them.

The only lands that completely belong to the royal family are Hailan Province and Rose Province, and now Prince White of Hailan Province has an ambiguous attitude, so the supply required by these 300,000 troops is completely pressed on Rose Province.

Although the Rose Province was the largest and most prosperous province in the Kingdom of Arthur, it could not afford to support an army of 300,000 with a population of 13 million.

Some people may ask why the county of Meredith now only owns 40,000 square kilometers of land and has a population of more than 900,000, so why can it raise nearly 50,000 armor soldiers.

Actually, the truth is very simple, that

Thirteen million people also had to eat, and the rest of the food could feed the army.

Nanhuang County is notoriously sparsely populated, with a population of 900,000, of which is no more than 150,000 according to the number of households, and excluding most of the poor land that cannot be cultivated and the land occupied by the aristocracy, each household can get more than 100 acres of fertile land.

And the labor force of each household will not exceed four at most, and according to the per capita care of 15 acres of land, it will not be able to plant at all.

At the same time, Nanhuang County is close to the sea, and the sea provides at least 10% of the food source.

On the other hand, although the Rose Province is a large plain, suitable for cultivation and fertile land, the population is too large, and the number of nobles is also several times that of Nanhuang County.

The population of 13 million translates to more than 2 million households, and the land is divided equally between 340,000 square kilometers.

Excluding the uncultivable land and the land divided among the countless nobles, each household could get less than 40 acres of fertile land, just enough for the peasant families to support their families.

However, the demonic plague has poisoned the northern continent for several years, and now there is an increasingly fierce posture, and the grain production of the Rose Province has decreased by thirty percent, and the pressure is even greater.

The peasant households can only ensure that they are fed, and where can they have surplus grain to feed the army of 300,000.

It's nothing just like that, after all, the Hope family runs the kingdom so much, and the family wealth they have saved is still quite rich, and they can get through it by buying some food at a high price.

However, the Cronin family took the opportunity to threaten each other, they thought that they controlled the Honeysuckle Chamber of Commerce, monopolized forty percent of the domestic commodity trade, and pinched the weakness of the Hope family.

So he began to disobey the yin and yang, accepting money from the Hope family but not paying for the corresponding materials, and finding all kinds of reasons to shirk.

In this way, the fate of the 300,000 king's army is controlled in the hands of the Cronin family in disguise, as long as they tighten their hands a little, the 300,000 king's army will have to tighten their belts and live.

Renard knew what was at stake, he chewed on the figure of 300,000, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Do you think I have the ability to support this 300,000 army?"

Sylvia nodded without hesitation, staring at him with burning eyes, "I believe you have the ability, at least in terms of food supply." ”

The other party's unconditional trust made Lei Ye speechless, and he snorted,

Looking the dressed princess up and down, he asked, "And what do I get, or what do I get in the county of Meredith?"

Sylvia would love to say: you will get the friendship of the Hope family.

However, she clearly knew that the man in front of her was very shrewd and would not pay for the painted pie.

So she gritted her teeth, got up and went to the desk, sat down on it like an office girl, and immediately tried to make a charming appearance, and asked, "What do you want?"

If it was a rabbit girl wearing black silk lace that made this move, Lei Ye would instantly turn into a beast, but this high-value princess dressed up in full costume really made him not interested in the slightest.

He cleared his throat, deliberately did not answer the other party's words, pretended to be a decent man, and said: "Money, land, power, anything real will do." ”

Silvia was a little annoyed when she heard this, slashed his eyes, and said, "No." ”

For the first time, Lei Ye met someone who dared to talk about business without money, and was so arrogant.

If Heidi hadn't been eavesdropping outside, he would have pounced on him and "taught" the other party.

He coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, then pretended to be thinking, muttered for a long time, and said, "If you don't have money, you can make an IOU." ”

Seeing that Sylvia was faintly angry, Renard hurriedly changed his words: "Otherwise, isn't the Creighton family dishonest, I'll help you deal with them." ”

Sylvia raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked suspiciously, "What the hell are you trying to do?"

Lei Ye smiled toothlessly, looking extremely treacherous: "When I destroy the Creighton family, then how about the merger of Kale County, Southern Wilderness County, and Barren Land into Gannan Province, I will be the governor of the province." ”

Without waiting for the other party to refuse, he added again: "At that time, I can guarantee that there will be no more war in the south of Arthur's Kingdom, and the Hope family will no longer have to worry about the demons in the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts." ”

Hearing this, Sylvia, who was originally a little annoyed that Lei Ye was not ventilating the moon, instantly calmed down, and she was considering the feasibility of this matter.

Originally, Kale County and Southern Wilderness County and the barren land were not under the control of the Hope family, so it was not impossible to send a favor, and the man in front of him would become his lifelong companion.