After settling the family.

The focus of Zhou Ming's work was on another matter.

Recruit mercenaries frantically and prepare for war with all your might.

And war depends not only on people, not just on gold, but also on all kinds of materials.

For example, the food and meat that personnel eat.

For example, the weapons that need to be consumed in the course of war,

and other logistical preparations.

In short, preparing for a large-scale war is a huge and systematic project.

And to complete all the preparations in three months, this is not something that ordinary people can do.

This preparatory project can only be completed by the most talented people?

Who?

It can only be Zhou Ming.

At the top of the court, King Jaime and all the noble ministers all looked at him when they were faced with this task and wanted to nominate a candidate.

Why him?

Isn't there any other good nobleman who can do the job?

Perhaps.

But everyone knows that no one can replicate the miracles created by this young financial executive.

For example, who can open an institution with a total deposit of more than 500 million gold coins in a year or so, and in hundreds of kingdoms, hundreds of branches, and in various businesses, in the face of millions of deposit users, there is almost no mistake?

Secondly, who can do it, only in about half a year, in the Kingdom of Adedud, to promote paper money in an all-round way, and to achieve a high degree of credibility, the people and nobles love to exchange and use, is quickly becoming the most mainstream market currency.

These things that ordinary people don't say can do or not, but dare not think about them, have been completed by Zhou Ming, a kid, in a relatively short period of time.

And there are small loopholes, but there has never been a fatal mistake.

Therefore, the task of "recruiting 100,000 mercenaries within three months" naturally fell on Zhou Ming's head.

It can be said that the expectations are there.

So Zhou Ming became extremely busy.

The king also gave him the greatest authority, and he could use almost whoever he wanted.

As for the right to use the 20 million gold coins, it was also handed over to him as soon as possible...... Regarding this, Zhou Ming felt that King James was a chicken thief, because 20 million gold coins was only the cost of hiring those mercenaries, not including the cost of food, grass and ordnance, if all the expenses were added, the cost of the entire war was estimated to exceed 50 million gold coins.

But King James doesn't care, anyway, the royal family has already taken out 20 million and completed the task, and Zhou Ming will solve the rest of the numbers by himself.

And King James knows that when the money is not enough, that kid from Leylin likes to post money into it by himself, at least more than 5 million in the past year, and he didn't say hello or IOUs, it was all pasted in for nothing, of course King James wanted to see how much money would be posted into it this time?

Zhou Ming hurriedly called out to King Jaime.

"Your Majesty, I can supplement the excess budget from the treasury or borrow money from the bank, but if Your Majesty does only come up with 20 million, I hope you will grant me a request. ”

"What a request. ”

"After the war, I will take all the free distribution of the spoils of war into my own hands. Zhou Ming said.

"Spoils of war distribution?"

"Yes, after the end of the war, I will be given the right to distribute all the loot, whether it is the captured property, the captured enemy soldiers, or the occupied land. ”

"This ......"

King James was a little embarrassed, did this kid mean: this defensive war, can you still profit from it?

But more than 100,000 people, against 500,000 people in the Suoliu Kingdom, how much booty can be obtained, and how many enemy soldiers can be captured?

Still occupy the other side's land?

How is this possible?

Still, for some reason, King James asked, "What if I don't give you the right to distribute freely?"

"Then ask the royal family to come up with another 10 million. Zhou Ming said.

"Forget it, as for the loot, you can handle it yourself. ”

King James shook his head violently, 10 million, how many good things can be bought? Even if the royal family gritted their teeth and could get this money, when the war was over, the total value of the loot was worth 10 million?

In short, King James felt that once another 10 million was taken out, the royal family would definitely die.

So he delegated the distribution of the spoils to Zhou Ming.

"Okay, that's it!"

Zhou Ming nodded.

However, the verbal agreement was not enough, and two days later, Zhou Ming brought a group of nobles and a copy of the "Spoils of War Distribution Agreement" to King James and asked to sign it.

"You kid, you don't even believe what I'm saying?"

Looking at the agreement in front of him, King James was a little angry, this kid didn't believe himself, and he made up such an inexplicable thing as the agreement.

"The agreement represents trust, and there are so many nobles here to witness it...... Your Majesty, please sign it. Zhou Ming lifted the agreement closer.

"Humph!"

King Jaime snorted, took the pen, and signed it quickly.

After the name was signed, King Jaime suddenly noticed that the nobles brought by Leylin had a smile on their faces...... A smile like a conspiracy succeeding.

"What the hell are you guys trying to do?"

King Jaime had a feeling that he was being kept in the dark, and even realized that something was not right.

Two days later, King Jaime received a report that there were about thirty nobles in the royal capital, who were now desperately raising money, mortgaging fixed assets, and gathering a large number of retainers and knights to devote themselves to intense preparations for war.

Among them, Duke Rudolph was the most active, not only took out 8 million gold coins and handed them to Lei Lin, but also mobilized the 5,000 private troops of the Rudolph family for intense training like purgatory.

"Are these families crazy? Could it be that they really believe Leylin's words and are ready to gnaw off a piece of meat from the Suoliu Kingdom?"

King James muttered to himself, unable to imagine.

……

The other side.

For his own family, the Leilin family, Zhou Ming also arranged a lot of tasks for the family.

For example, the eldest brother Roger and the third brother Jon were all arranged in the army and held the position of general, each commanding about 1,000 soldiers.

The second sister, Ciri, because she is a woman, entered the Rose Legion (the only female legion in the kingdom, about 1,000 people), and became a personal entourage of Princess Severis.

As for his father, Cohen, he was given an extremely critical task -

Return to Heihe Town, on the edge of the Black Swamp, and go all out to extract oil, and refine the gasoline, diesel, and kerosene used by the transport plane, the more the better, and it is best to refine tens of thousands of tons to meet the flight needs of the Hercules transport plane during the entire war.

In order to achieve this output, Zhou Ming will give him more than 5,000 manpower and a large number of machinery and equipment to complete the oil refining work.

"No matter how long this war lasts, the fuel I provide to you is guaranteed to be 100% sufficient!"

Cohen Leylin swears that there is oil near the Black Swamp, and it is extremely easy to extract, as long as there are enough people, the production can be increased tenfold and hundredfold, and it is not a problem at all.

"Good!"

Zhou Ming nodded, and in order to save time, he drove the Tempest 2 and sent his father Cohen to Heihe Town.

In addition, the Continental Chamber of Commerce has also organized and transferred a large number of people from various countries to the Kingdom of Adud to increase the production of "Hercules" transport planes to participate in this exciting and potentially transformative war preparations.

……

And also.

In the implementation of the "delaying plan", the "fake princess" who played an important role, after a large number of people searched among the people, finally found a woman in a remote village in the kingdom.

A woman who looks eight points similar to Princess Syvanis after some dressing.

The woman's name is Isha, she is 23 years old, she is married, she has two children, and her husband is an honest farmer.

When the baron of the land, after taking the woman to the royal capital, told her to carry out a glorious and great mission.

Isha was stunned.

Then fiercely refused: "No, no, no, I'm not Her Royal Highness the Princess, I can't pretend to her, I can't read a single word, I may be killed!"

It happened that Isa's husband, who also arrived at the royal capital with his two children, cried out on the street, shouting for his wife to be released, and knelt down when he saw the noble-looking person, hoping that the benevolent other party would help...... The young farmer, named "Gary", is deeply in love with his wife, Isha.

In order to prevent things from getting bigger, Gary was also arrested by the city defense patrol and thrown into prison along with the two and a half children.

Even in order to force Isha to comply, the nobleman in charge of the matter threatened the lives of her husband and two children, saying that if she did not agree, he would kill her husband and children.

Unexpectedly, Isha still didn't agree.

"Kill me, kill me, don't embarrass my husband and children!"

Isha cried.

This matter finally reached Zhou Ming's place, and Zhou Ming hurriedly intervened.

"What did you do? This little thing came to be like this?"

Zhou Ming scolded the nobleman with a cover on his face, not only asking him to apologize to Isha, but also releasing all of Isa's family.

Of course, he didn't let Isha leave, but arranged her into a palace and lived a life of poverty and luxury for half a month.

This half month, as a peasant woman, is a dream-like life.

A large number of servants were waiting for them throughout the day.

Enjoy the most exquisite and exotic cuisine.

Sleep in a bed bigger than the living room of your hometown.

and when confronted with the treasure chest, the gold and silver treasures that glow in various ways and are worth millions of gold coins.

Isa, a peasant woman, couldn't help but fall.

Not only that, in the past half a month, Zhou Ming will spare half a day every day to teach various courses to Isha.

For example, how to please a man?

How to cultivate the behavior and temperament of the aristocracy?

How can I elevate my style?

and how to make a wise monarch a king of the dead country, etc.

Zhou Ming taught in detail, and Isha listened very carefully.

And Zhou Ming assured her: "As long as you do what I teach you strictly, you can't show your stuffing, they will definitely treat you as a real princess." ”

"If you are accidentally found out, or in danger, don't worry, as long as you can contact me, I will definitely rescue you!"

"And your husband and children, you don't have to worry, I'll have someone give them enough money to spend a lifetime. ”

"Of course, if you still want to be a peasant woman again, I won't force you to let you go home immediately. ”

In front of Isa, Zhou Ming gave her two choices.

"I want to be a princess. ”

Sure enough, this peasant woman, who has been completely corrupted by money, fame, and vanity from body to soul, chose to fake the princess without hesitation.

From her decent behavior and cold and tranquil temperament, Zhou Ming suddenly realized that the role played by this woman may be no less than that of 100,000 mercenaries.