Zhou Ming, who sent away the three barons with red faces, was busy for four months, and finally rested, took stock of the harvest in the past few months. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition to the precious furs and timbers left in the castle warehouse, as well as the rare metal ores that filled several rooms with a total weight of more than 100 tons, the gold coins that Zhou Ming had earned in the past four months were about 80,000 gold coins in total.

Of the 80,000 gold coins, 40,000 were earned by him after he personally went to the Iron Castle Kingdom.

But just now, he took out 75,000 gold coins and gave them to the three barons, and the last 5,000 gold coins were left into his own pocket.

Some people may ask, is Zhou Ming stupid, a full 80,000 gold coins, he doesn't keep it for himself, but wants to engage in charity and give up ninety percent of the benefits to others, is there a pit in his head and did such a stupid thing?

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

Because, just the remaining large amount of fur and wood ore piled up in the castle, Zhou Ming, who had already made hundreds of times the profit, didn't look down on the tens of millions of gold coins at all.

Besides, there is never love or hate in this world for no reason! If you don't go to the gold market, you don't invite people to buy people's hearts, you just want others to do it with you without complaint or regret! Don't even think about this kind of good thing!

Zhou Ming can be sure that this time, with the three barons who have eaten a piece of delicious crab meat and drank the soup in their souls, no matter what kind of shocks and changes will happen to the Free Business Alliance in the future, they will definitely be staunch supporters of the continued existence of the Free Business Alliance! 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 75,000 gold coins that were scattered, in his follow-up business plan, there were dozens or hundreds of ways to take back these generously spilled gold coins into his own hands, he didn't care at all whether these gold coins were put in his hands like a miser, or whether they were temporarily dumped in various territories of the Free Business Alliance, stimulating the consumption cycle within the Business Alliance.

However, spring was about to begin, and thinking of something that was about to happen, Zhou Ming did not continue to promote the implementation of 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 your instincts can't go wrong, the wildlings of the Savage Kingdom will soon be heading south in a big way to invade the Kingdom of Volis?"

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

The Savage Kingdom is the old rival of the Warris Kingdom, those savages who live in the ice and snow all the year round, regardless of disaster years or harvest years, as long as the population of the tribe is large or hungry, they will show their fangs and want to bite the "rich" Warris Kingdom in their eyes, however, in terms of force, a few strong savages may be able to single-handedly pick out a knight, but a group of savages without military discipline gather together to face the knight legions advancing in rows and charging in formations, it is a proper battle scum.

Therefore, even if the territory of the Savage Kingdom is a hundred times that of the Warris Kingdom, it is often beaten in large-scale wars.

Baron Connor was a little surprised, not that the savages would invade the Kingdom of Volis, but that the seriousness of the invasion described by Zhou Ming - penetrating the seven counties in the north and entering the south to burn and loot, this seriousness was a bit big. Because, even Baron Connor doesn't like those "Northerners" very much in private, but the combat effectiveness of the "Northerners" is indeed beyond doubt, and for hundreds of years, it is precisely because of the existence of these Northerners that the seven counts in the south can be comfortable and stable, and countless military disasters have been avoided.

Zhou Ming said with a look of affirmation: "Yes Dad, more than a month ago, I went to several wild tribes, their famine has been very serious, some tribes are only young and strong, the old people, women and children are gone, many wandering cannibal tribes, catch live things and eat, the caravan I brought with me, encountered several groups of such cannibal tribes, lost a lot of manpower, and also saw many traces of tribes migrating south...... I estimate that the savage kingdom that has suffered a catastrophe for two consecutive years, no matter whether the savage king will issue a summoning order or not, those savage tribes will choose the final struggle between starvation and war death!"

"So—"

Zhou Ming paused and said: "We must prepare for the worst, prepare in advance for the possibility of hundreds or even thousands of savages invading the Grand Territory, and we can't let these wild people step into the Grand Territory and kill a citizen, plunder a livestock, and snatch a bag of grain!"

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

This is simply not possible.

He knows the power of savages, many lords recruit mercenaries to fight, and the most favorite recruits are those 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, knights want to win, they have to pay a certain price, especially the kind of savages who are called "berserkers", this kind of savages, after seeing their own or the enemy's blood, will completely fall into a state of madness, and fight with you endlessly, it is simply a nightmare for countless knights.

And no matter what kind of wild people, as long as there are more than three digits of wild people attacking the Grand Territory, it is impossible to block this powerful impact with the resistance of more than ten knights in the Grand Territory alone.

"Edward, if there are really so many wild invasions, we'd better report to Count Lauzitz, issue a summoning order, and be prepared at the border!"

Baron Connor said that in the face of such a big invasion as a wild man, it would definitely not work to rely on his small baron, and only by waiting for Count Lauzitz to issue a summoning order and gather all the knights in the county could it be possible to prevent the wild people from entering.

"Reports are useless!"

Zhou Ming shook his head and said: "Simple speculation will not attract the attention of Count Lautz, unless the savages have already been killed, then it will be too late to summon the knights, if the Grand Territory wants to reduce the loss of personnel and property, we can only rely on our own way, or in other words, let the Gran Territory have the ability to resist the invasion of hundreds of thousands of wild men alone!"

The Gran Collar alone defends against the invasion of hundreds or thousands of savages?

How is this possible?

Connor Connor was about to cry out in surprise, the Gran Leader has the ability to resist the heavy knights of the wildlings, a total of a dozen or so, and pull three or four hundred farmers to make up the number, it would be good to barely block 100 hungry and faint wildlings, and it would be good to block hundreds or thousands?

No kidding!

"Edward, let the knights be on guard at the border, if a large number of wildlings really come, it is better to issue a territorial evacuation order, and transfer the people of the ten villages around Rose Town to the town or castle, although there will be some loss of livestock and houses, but as you said, put people first, minimize the loss of some personnel, as for blocking the invasion of the wildlings, it is better to wait for the Earl to issue a summoning order, and then fight the wildlings together." ”

Baron Connor had long been accustomed to the astonishing words that this son always uttered, and the predictions made by this son were never wrong, but ...... Gran alone led his own strength to resist the invasion of hundreds and thousands of wildlings...... Hey, this son who has never been on the battlefield is still too young to know that the real war contains those famous halls, maybe only after experiencing a few battlefield grinds, he will make the right judgment, and will not speak those unobtrusive layman's words.

"Dad, listen to me!"

Seeing Baron Connor, who was a little impatient, Zhou Ming was anxious, stepped forward and said: "If we want to stop so many savages, it is actually very simple! As long as we expand the number of soldiers in the territory by ten times! Forming an elite standing army, the military defense capability of the Grand Territory will be as stable as a rock, and it will no longer be afraid of the covetousness and provocation of any force!"

The number of soldiers, increased tenfold?

Baron Connor was startled again, shook his head again and again, and said: "Dear Edward, the little Grand Territory does not have so many estates to divide and seal, ten knights are already the limit of the Grand Domain, and it will be expanded ten times, how is it possible?"

"Dad, you misunderstood what I meant! I mean, in addition to the knight class, and then among the lower lords of the territory, each knight, correspondingly recruit 10 soldiers, to become the next level of military force under the command of the knights, this military level, I call it 'collars', these 'collars', are not like knights, divided into fiefdoms, only enjoy the preferential policies of reducing land rent and issuing a certain salary subsidy,' The Commanders' will also be like knights, and they will be trained all year round, becoming an important military auxiliary force in the territory in addition to the knights......"

In Baron Connor's ears, 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 highlights, he began to walk around the study with his hands behind his back, and when he heard the end, his heart pounded, and he directly exclaimed: "Edward, you will be the greatest genius in the hundreds of years of history of the Burns family!"