"The marriage of the two countries can't satisfy the appetite of the Suoliu Kingdom...... A female ...... A princess could not satisfy them. ”

"Once the weather improves and the roads improve, it is impossible for their army of half a million not to take action. ”

"Agreeing to marry the two countries will only make the kingdom of Suoliu think that we are afraid of weakness, so that we will be more inclined and make more undivided demands. ”

"The only way is to be prepared to dispel all their misconceptions!"

Zhou Ming said.

Many people were surprised to hear this.

"Leylin, what do you mean...... Refuse to marry and prepare for war?"

"In last year's rebellion, the royal family and the border guards suffered heavy losses, what can we do to resist the Suoliu Kingdom?"

"There can be no more wars! It's just spring, and the farmers are busy in the fields, and if they are drafted into the army, it will lead to a nationwide famine, and many people will die!"

"Young, you're still too young. An old earl shook his head.

Above the court, there were many voices of criticism.

And the protagonist of the event...... Princess Severis, who was hiding behind the curtain, had a smile on her face at this moment, sweet and happy.

She whispered: You still care about me.

"Whether you want to fight or not, the initiative is not in our hands, but in the hands of the Suoliu Kingdom!"

"If their ambition does not die, we will not be able to marry and please us!"

"The only thing we can do is to be fully prepared for war!"

Zhou Ming's face was serious, and his tone was frustrating.

Criticism has subsided slightly.

Many young nobles nodded, Lei Lin was right: the initiative is not in the hands of the Adud Kingdom, no matter how peaceful it is, as long as the wolf ambition of the Suoliu Kingdom does not die, war will still break out.

"Not to mention ......"

Zhou Ming continued: "Even if a war breaks out, will we definitely lose?"

"In my opinion, as long as we are willing to give something, we are 90% sure of victory. ”

Wow~

Now everyone was even more surprised.

"Ninety percent of the victory, do you have such a lot of self-confidence?"

"What is it that you pay for something? Is it more than 300,000 lives?"

"Mr. Lei Lin, this is a national war related to the survival of the country! Please don't watch it like a child's play!"

Criticism has grown.

Duke Rudolph even tapped the floor with his cane, pointed at Zhou Ming and said: "You kid only knows how to fire air cannons! You are powerful at making money, what do you know about war?!"

Some people complained even more dissatisfiedly: "His Majesty asked who is not good, and actually asked Leylin, a guy who knows nothing about war." ”

Ninety percent sure, can bragging be a little more modest?

"Twenty million gold coins. ”

Zhou Ming suddenly stretched out two fingers and said loudly: "As long as you are willing to come up with 20 million gold coins, I can let the kingdom end this war with a very slight loss of personnel." ”

"There is no need to recruit a large number of farmers, there is no need for all the nobles to play, and the army of the Suoliu Kingdom will not be allowed to penetrate deep into the hinterland of our country. ”

"For 20 million, I can buy a win. ”

Rumble!

After everyone heard these words clearly, one by one they entered his rhythm again.

The argument got louder.

"20 million gold coins, buy a victory?"

"How to buy it, is it to take out this money and bribe the nobles of the Suoliu Kingdom?"

"Leylin, what is going on in your head, can you finish the words all at once?"

King Jaime was also anxious, and asked him, "Leylin, what the hell do you have to do, hurry up and say it?!"

"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry. ”

Zhou Ming waved his hand and asked King Jaime: "I want to ask Your Majesty a question first, and if Your Majesty gives a positive answer, I will tell me my way." ”

"Ask. ”

"I want to ask, in Your Majesty's heart, is 20 million gold coins important, or is Her Royal Highness the Princess important?"

"Of course it's my daughter who matters!"

King Jaime was a little annoyed and said, in front of his precious daughter, what are 20 million gold coins?

"Ding!"

Zhou Ming snapped his fingers, nodded and said, "Very good, please Your Majesty quickly raise 20 million gold coins, and I will strive to hire 100,000 mercenaries within three months to deal with the provocation of the Suoliu Kingdom." ”

Mercenary?

Now everyone understands Zhou Ming's plan.

Spend a lot of money, hire a large number of mercenaries, and participate in this upcoming national war.

Mercenaries are very common in the continent of Azeroa, and many kingdoms with more border wars or internal chaos often spend money to hire professional mercenaries, and many adventurers in the Adventurers' Guild often play the role of mercenaries to earn a living.

And the combat effectiveness of mercenaries is generally not weak, and the combat experience is very rich, and the combat effectiveness of some professional mercenary groups is not weaker than that of the elite regular armies of many kingdoms.

Spending money to hire mercenary groups to fight this war and reduce the country's losses is indeed a good idea.

But......

100,000 mercenaries.

With such a terrifying amount, how could it be recruited in three months?

You must know that above the mercenaries and the wandering crows, there is a war there, and there are a large number of people gathered there, and war is the rice bowl of the mercenaries, and of course they will consciously go to the place where there are many rice bowls.

In some peaceful countries with fewer wars, the number of mercenaries is pitiful.

For example, in the Kingdom of Adude, there are 1,000 mercenaries active here, I don't know if there are 1,000 people?

And whether the number requested by Zhou Ming is 100,000, or will it be convened within three months, which ......

So King James frowned and said, "I can make up 20 million gold coins, but 100,000 mercenaries, this will have to be recruited for at least a year, right?"

"This method doesn't work, when the Suoliu Kingdom destroys us, it would be good to be able to gather 20,000 mercenaries. ”

"Mercenaries can't fight, last year's rebellion, we also hired some mercenaries, only a few people died and it was not good to defend the city, and constantly asked for an increase in commissions, otherwise we wouldn't work hard. ”

Luce, a general from the royal family, shook his head and said.

"If you give a lot of money and have good equipment, they will naturally work hard. Zhou Ming said lightly.

"You can't get 100,000 people in those three months?"

"I have my own way. ”

Zhou Ming looked mysterious, and proposed in front of King Jaime: In order to prevent leaks, what he is going to say next is best to be heard by only a few nobles, if the Suoliu Kingdom knows, they speed up their military operations, and this side will become very passive.

"Good!"

King Jaime nodded.

……

The next secret meeting.

Zhou Ming took out a scaled-down model of a "propeller-type" transport aircraft and introduced the performance of the aircraft:

"The plane can fly 20,000 miles a day, and it can still fly 10,000 miles when transporting 500 stone (≈80 tons) of supplies, or 200 heavily armed mercenaries. ”

"In other words, with this kind of aircraft, we can get 100,000 mercenaries as long as we take off and land 500 sorties. ”

"The Continental General Chamber of Commerce now has 10 such planes in its hands, and all of them can be used, and each one only needs to fly 50 sorties to complete the troop transportation mission. ”

"In the coming month, if the aircraft assembly plant is fully operational, the number of such aircraft should increase by 30 to 50, and it will be easier to deliver them at that time. ”

"So we can recruit mercenaries in fifty kingdoms at the same time, with an average of 2,000 people per kingdom, and this task should not be heavy. ”

"On the Suoliu Kingdom's side, if you want to complete all the war mobilization, it is estimated that it will take three months. ”

"But we can find a way to delay, such as pretending to agree to a marriage, sending a false princess over and confusing them, and if we can get another month or two, it would be better. ”

"In short, in this war, we have to use gold coins to smash a victory!"

Zhou Ming finally said his complete plan.

As for the huge capacity of the "Hercules" transport plane, it was the results of the research led by the team led by Modolf of the Continental Chamber of Commerce throughout the long winter, and Zhou Ming also participated, and built 10 prototypes, but I didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.

In addition, with the "Hercules" transport plane, the branches opened by Dilo Bank in dozens of surrounding kingdoms, and the more than 100 million gold coins stored in these branches can not only be transported back to the Kingdom of Adud by transport plane, but also a small part can be used to recruit mercenaries.

In this way, it also saves the trouble of transporting gold coins back and forth.

Relying on the combination of Hercules transport plane + Dilo Bank, recruiting 100,000 mercenaries in three months is definitely not a dream!

"Bang!"

King Jaime slammed the table hard, his face flushed with excitement.

"It's just 20 million gold coins, I'll pay for it!

Today's royal family is really entrenched, and after the reopening of the potion production plant, the magic potions representing "gold coins" that continue to go offline are 20 million gold coins, and King James is not distressed at all!

"100,000 elite mercenaries can fight with the Suoliu Kingdom, their 500,000 legions, excluding farmers and strong men, 100,000 elites are considered good!"

"A fake princess can also marry a past, it's better to delay him for two or three months!"

"What if we take out 100 million gold coins, hire 300,000 mercenaries, and destroy the Suoliu Kingdom?" and the nobles opened their minds and had rich associations.

More nobles, including King Jaime, sighed in their hearts: the feeling of being rich is really good, really good!

In this way, after the response plan was determined, the high-level of the Addud Kingdom suddenly became extremely calm.

And then while trying to delay time, I was looking forward to it: after all the 100,000 mercenaries are in place, look at how the Suoliu Kingdom was stoned to death by gold coins?