Chapter 58: Recruitment
White City
With the turmoil at the canonization ceremony ending with the unexpected intervention of the princess: May, whether you want it or not, the Terrans have begun to prepare for war against Mordor, of course, the Terrans can't naively think that the current Terrans can defeat Mordor, even the most optimistic main battle faction, but they just think that it is already a great blessing to be able to recover Fort Horn, as for retaking the lost territory outside Fort Clarifolia, it is unthinkable, let alone expedition to Mordor.
And with the princess's statement, the main battle faction also has an extravagant hope in their minds, maybe, the elves are willing to lend a hand? After all, you have to know that of the three major forces of the alliance, only the elves have suffered the least loss due to geographical reasons, and in a hundred years, not only have the elves recovered their vitality, but even under the pressure of Mordor, their comprehensive strength has improved a lot, if Mordor is the most powerful force in this Middle-earth world, then the elves are definitely the second.
Therefore, after Mei expressed his position, Elon will no longer be entangled, after all, even if he is a great shaman, it is impossible to start the war between Mordor and the elven human race.
Although the entire White City began to become an undercurrent with the comprehensive victory of the main battle faction, but for Lu Luxiu, no matter what, it is absolutely impossible for Moduo to fight in a short period of time, fighting in ancient times, preparing for a year or two, is a very normal thing, especially in the case of an extremely large number of people, the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in Guandu, the total number of people is only two or three hundred thousand (actual number), but the preparation of both sides can be said to be no less than five years, which is still not far from the situation, If it is a war of Mordor's level, although it is impossible for Mordor to send the main army, even if it is to mobilize the army of Fort Clarrum, the preparation of materials is not possible in a short time.
And the more important reason is that Mordor and the Terrans did not officially start a war, and no one would just pick up the knife and do it, it was not a war between two forces, not a war between two civilizations, but a fight between two street thugs.
Richard's estimated time will be two years, two years no matter what, Mordor will definitely react, if not, then the Terrans will further ask for benefits, until the outbreak of war, not that the Terrans do not know what to do, but once they embark on this road, then it is true, and there is no turning back.
But these things are not Lelouxiu's turn to worry about, Lelouch came to Baicheng for a trip, of course he will not accept the false name of an earl and go back, for Lelouxiu, a trip to Baicheng must take the benefits, after all, according to this situation, the next time Lelouch comes to Baicheng, either Mordor hits Baicheng, or...
"When you sit on the White Tower!"
Luluxiuno said to himself, at this moment Lelouxiu was riding on his horse, not far away, a large number of people were queuing up, although there were many of these families, but they all had one thing in common, that is, in the crowd of each family, there would eventually be an extremely strong and swarthy man, from their calloused hands, it can be seen that they have all been engaged in, and even engaged in blacksmith work for many years.
As the capital of the human race, Baicheng has a huge population and rich products to provide a strong impetus for industrial development, whether it is intentional or not, the seed of industry, or the germination in Baicheng, the full queue, is the best proof.
Lelouch needs to greatly improve his strength, what do he rely on? Population? No, no, the Terran is not short of population, although the population of the Terran is very scarce compared to the Moon Demon, but in terms of population alone, the Terran is the second most populous country in the entire Middle Earth, so the Terran does not have the sorrow of manpower, what the Terran really lacks is the productive force, which can arm the powerful productive forces of the entire Terran race, and when it comes to productivity, what will be more representative than industry.
If Lelouch wants to develop industry, it is natural that workers are indispensable, so Lelouch began to recruit workers in Baicheng on a large scale.
When the Red Dragon Count recruited workers to go to Limburg, to be honest, not many workers were tempted, after all, no matter which civilization it was, for civilians, migration was always accompanied by misfortune, but when they saw the reward offered by Lelouch, countless blacksmiths, dropped the sledgehammer, and went to the registration point with their children, afraid that the quota would be robbed, as for the reason, there is no other, there is just money!
Lelouch, who was almost driven crazy by poverty, finally experienced the feeling of being a rich man, this feeling of spending money like dirt, it's so good!
What exactly is Lelouch's reward?
Each blacksmith was issued ten silver coins, plus a stone house in Limburg, twenty acres of fields, two hundred catties of potatoes, one hundred catties of flour, one hundred catties of cabbage and mushrooms, plus a pair of breeding pigs, twenty breeding rabbits, twenty breeding chickens, thirty catties of cured meat, and a full set of wooden production tools. That's why the blacksmiths chose to migrate so without hesitation, and of course, Lelouch's reputation was also an extremely important factor, after all, not a single Jew would believe even a word of Nazi Germany.
"Lord Earl, in the past three days, we have recruited five hundred blacksmiths, along with their families, which means that Limburg has added another five hundred families, and looking at this trend, this kind of registration boom will continue for about a week, I'm afraid, Limburg can't bear so many people."
Libert looked at the crowd in line, and reminded Lelouch with a little worry, after all, in the past few days, in order to recruit blacksmiths, Lelouxiu's money from selling wine was simply spent like flowing water, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, Lelouxiu asked the blacksmith to sign up, and sent a big meal, although Baicheng has developed agriculture, but it can't stand such consumption, just in the past few days, the price of grain in Baicheng has risen by nearly half.
Listening to Libert's words, Lelouch shook his head slightly, pointed to the crowd squatting on the ground in the distance, the family was in a group, and he was desperately eating:
"Tell me, Liebert, what do you see on their faces?"
Libert was slightly stunned, and after taking a serious look, he hesitantly returned:
"Smile?"
"No, it's happiness!"
Lelouch drove slowly, and the knights of the guards kept Lelouch firmly in the middle:
"Happiness, and hope, I don't think I'm a good lord, but I'm definitely not a lord, I'm just a worthy lord, and since these people have chosen to believe in me, then I'm going to give them something in return, isn't it worth it for them to give up their homes for generations to go to a distant and strange land? Don't you know that they get their fair share in Limburg? ”
Lelouch's words made Libert slightly speechless, but the knight of the guard, the knight who wrote that he was born desperately, added a few points to his fanaticism for Lelouch, no matter how true or false Lelouch said, at least, what he did was true!
"Keep recruiting, recruit until no one comes, Limburg will spend money to buy food if there is not enough food to eat, I can't let people who are willing to follow me be turned away by me!"
"Also": Lelouch was stunned
"Make an announcement, we will not only recruit blacksmiths, but also knights, so that all those who are willing to follow me will come with me!"