The day-long auction ended quickly, although the price was surprisingly expensive, but it was still snapped up by the merchants, and each barrel of beer was sold for more than the minimum price, on average, the price of each barrel of beer increased by twenty to forty silver coins, that is to say, the original price of 350,000 silver coins, now sold a total of 520,000 silver coins, of course the merchant does not have so much cash, Lelouch is not ready to exchange all for cash, to be honest, This amount of money is a little too much for Lelouch, and if it is transported to Limburg, it really smells of guilt.

So after deliberation, in the end these merchants decided to replace it according to the method provided by Lelouch, that is, to use one thing to offset the silver coins, the population.

Yes, Lelouch can't use so much money to be honest, for Limburg, it's not a resource problem, not a land problem, not a technical problem, but a population problem, although the population under Lelouch is rising, but for Lulu, it's still too little, with people, you can further expand the industrial area, earn more coins, and then reclaim more land, feed more people, correspondingly, the size of the army can be further improved.

So the only thing Lelouch needs at the moment is not a shortage of resources, but a population, more people.

There are also merchants who ask for a discount on gold coins with scarce resources, such as top-level materials such as energy crystals and mythril that Lelouch has only heard of in the wizarding world (in fact, if these two things are used for discounts, Lelouch may have to work for the merchant who provides this thing for the next year, without him, it is too expensive!). But for Lelouch, this kind of thing is useless to him at the moment, there may indeed be magic in this world, but the power of magic is definitely far from being able to compete with the power of the national level.

There used to be legends about magicians in Middle-earth, legends have been in the past, there were also magicians who tried to establish a force above secular power, their individual combat power is indeed ten times or even a hundred times more powerful than the most powerful warriors, but their number is too small, not because magic is difficult to learn, but because it requires too many resources, the same resource, secular forces can train a thousand top warriors, while mages can only cultivate a great magician, A great mage can easily kill ten or even a hundred top warriors, but when he faces a thousand, it is like a wave in the Yellow River, inconspicuous at all.

Of course, this magical power will be extinguished in an instant, and what will be left to future generations is just an ethereal legend, but this also shows that compared to energy crystals and secret keys, which cannot be mass-produced, it is useless for the power system built by Lelouch, and Lelouch may rely on amazing financial and material resources to use these resources to build a legendary hero guard, but now, it can only make the sky pavilion, beautiful and useless.

So in the end, the merchants unanimously agreed to use the population to offset the silver coins, after all, the Terrans are the second largest race in the known world of Middle-earth, and the fertile land of heaven has raised batches of human beings, after nearly a hundred years of development, the already large population of the Terrans, the number of people has risen to a level, although this improvement is negligible compared to the orcs, but the extra population is enough to make the local slave market extraordinarily prosperous, especially when Mordor rules the world.

As far as Lelouch knows, there are not only human slaves, dwarves, elves, and even orcs on the market, but also other minority races such as minotaurs and centaurs, so it is not too surprising to say that Lelouch's plan to buy slaves through merchants is not too surprising.

And Lelouch also specially customized the level of slaves, skilled humans are the best, down are in the prime of life men and women, and then down are dwarves or elves such as a close race with a certain specialty, and as for these three races, Lelouch is not ready to ask for it, at the same time, Lelouch also asked the merchants to pay a little attention to the same tall humans as Nevsky, if it is a Nevsky, it can also be brought back, if it can be formed with Nevsky people to form an infantry, Then it would definitely be a terrorist force that existed like a road roller.

Although Lelouch asked the merchants to offset the money with the population, it did not mean that Lelouch did not want the population, Lelouch still collected all the money on the merchants, adding up to a total of 380,000 silver coins, which was also a windfall, and this money also solved Lelouch's current financial problems.

With food that can be freely distributed, Lelouch's next plan is also on the right track.

…

Libert looked at the map, this is a map that Lelouch has watched countless times, the map is marked, all of them are the human settlements found around the territory of Limburg, or rather, there are no human settlements in Lelouch's hands, most of them are some black households or small villages, although scattered, but the population combined, but it can also reach a staggering 100,000, which is mainly due to the vast land contributed by the two cities of Wind Helmet and Winter Castle, these 100,000 people live in Lelouch's territory, But he did not accept Lelouch's rule, and Lelouch also tried to let them automatically join his forces because of favors and benefits, but this effect was minimal, and the caravan was attacked by the robbers of the black household, which was the most direct manifestation.

Lelouch didn't have the ability and time to take care of these people before, but now it's different, Limburg has solved the problem of food and safety, and the external environment is extraordinarily peaceful, and with the continuous expansion of the construction area, the demand for population is also expanding, Lelouch finally decided to send troops to subdue these people, and this time the commander of the team is Libert.

Although this kind of task, which cannot even be called combat, does not greatly improve the soldier's battlefield adaptability, it is the best to use it to zip the soldier, especially when weapons and equipment are constantly produced, this kind of training is even more important.

After a little assessment of the mission time in his heart, Libert pulled his eyes off the map, this time Libert was finally a shotgun for a cannon, riding a tall horse under his crotch, wearing gorgeous white armor, a silky cloak behind his back, a resolute face that brought people infinite confidence and security, and behind him were two hundred Limburg knights, this pure white heavy knight was forged into a noble knight under a long period of dogmatic brainwashing and fanatical worship of Lelouch, noble and full of combat effectiveness, They followed Liebert quietly in strict accordance with chivalric dogma.

Behind the knights, there were five hundred soldiers dressed in steel armor, they walked in a neat line with spears in one hand and shields in the other, and the closed helmets only left a V-shaped gap, in which were the cold eyes, and the cold tips of the war spears pointed straight to the sky.

Libert looked at the troops behind him slightly, although he also invested a lot of energy in the construction and training of this army, but this did not prevent his admiration for Lelouch, who could believe that the forces to which these soldiers belonged were a small border city with a population of only 1,000 and starvation a year ago?

"My lord, the villagers in the front village refused to swear allegiance to Count Lelouch, and they even took out dung clips to prepare to rebel against us."

A knight came from a distance, with a little blood on his body, but the knight still reported the situation ahead with grace and calmness, Libert nodded, he was very satisfied with this result, and satisfied with the knight's calm and demeanor, and satisfied with the fact that there was finally a force to resist, otherwise, this time he would really only be able to carry out an armed march.

Liebert drew his sword and shouted to the sergeant behind him:

"Prepare for battle, form a battle formation!"

With Libert's shout, the soldiers moved quickly, the knights divided into two teams and ran to the left and right, and the soldiers quickly lined up in two parallel rectangular phalanxes, the soldiers put their shields together, forming a shield wall, and behind the shield wall, was born a sharp war spear, almost instantly, a steel castle that seemed to be moving, it was formed, Libert was very satisfied with the soldier's reaction, waved his hand, Libert led people to walk in front, and in front, About 2,000 people poured in, their faces full of dissatisfaction with the nobility.

It's just that as the teams on both sides get closer and closer, the dissatisfaction on the faces of the black family slowly begins to change, and finally turns into fear and horror...

The battle was clean and neat, Kuroto reluctantly rushed onto the shield wall, their thin bodies couldn't even push the shield wall back even a millimeter, and the soldiers behind the shield neatly harvested the enemy in front of them with their war spears, even if there were some fish that slipped through the net in the corners, they would be quickly killed by the soldiers who replaced them with long swords, and after less than ten minutes of fighting, Kuroto turned around and ran away, but their back road had already been blocked by the knights, seeing that there was no hope of escape, Kurohu squatted down very neatly and announced that they had surrendered, Willing to accept Lelouch's rule and arrangement.

In this regard, Liebert was silent, unhappy and angry, although this was useless for military training, but it had gained a population of 2,000, and Liebert could not say anything.

"Go, tell Lord Lelouch that another team of two thousand people is ready to move to Limburg, please do a good job of reception."

After giving a slight order, Libert announced his rest in all sorts of boredom, and prepared to leave for the next gathering place to-morrow.

At this time, Lelouch did not have time to pay attention to the changes in the population of his territory, because the messenger of the Lion Duke brought a very important news.

Lelouch needs to go to the "imperial capital"!