"Chapter 6: Preparing for the Barbarians, II"

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After Yue'er had a full understanding of the predicament of Rome City, the two of them turned their attention to how to improve the strength of Rome City as soon as possible, no matter how many barbarian warriors Gatus and Licinius could bring to Rome City, in the end, Bai Feng still had to rely on the army of Rome City to solve this war with the Acenian tribe.

With the completion of the construction of the Doge's Palace, the city of Rome was finally promoted from the town stage to the big town stage, Bai Feng and Yue'er discussed how to improve the strength of the city of Rome before discussing with Yue'er how to improve the strength of the city of Rome, he still clicked on the attribute table of the city of Rome, he wanted to see the changes in the city of Rome.

Rome City (Large Town)

Governor: White Peak

Income: 3250 gold/month

Population: 10,014 (the temple adds 500 people per month)

Social Security: +160%

Population growth: +4.5%/month

Tax rate: Medium tax rate

Treasury: 1495 gold

Current army: 4 teams of youth (1st class), 1 team of Cretan archers (1st class), 3 teams of town militia (level 0), 1 team of Parthian archers (1st class)

Existing Buildings: Doge's Palace, Wooden Fence, Temple of Apollo, Barracks, Roads, Shops, Farmland, Mines

Buildable buildings: Wooden walls, town barracks, bazaars, public farms, paved roads, stables, drill grounds, blacksmiths, ports, sewers, temples of Apollo, deep caverns

Except for the drastic changes in population and buildable buildings, there were no significant changes in the stats of the city of Rome, and the treasury funds were reduced to 1,495 gold after the construction of the Doge's Palace.

The first thing Bai Feng has to do now is to hurry up and start building the next building for the city of Rome, considering the current predicament that the city of Rome is facing and the current situation of continuing to improve its strength, economic buildings such as bazaars and public farms will definitely not be built for the time being.

But whether it is necessary to build a wooden wall to enhance the defense of the city of Rome first, or whether to build a town barracks that can recruit youth troops, or other training grounds and stables, Bai Feng still has to ask Yue'er carefully, after all, she is the expert who really understands these!

Regarding the changes in the city of Rome, Bai Feng can see Yue'er can naturally see it, and when Bai Feng looks at Yue'er with an inquiring look, Yue'er analyzes for Bai Feng with a tacit understanding:

"In the present situation of our Roman city, the six buildings of the Bazaar, the public farm, the paved road, the port, the sewer, and the temple of Apollo are not worth building for the time being, and the remaining five buildings, except for the wooden wall, will take twenty days to build, and the other four buildings will take thirty days to build.

Unfortunately, the time we have in Rome is only two months at most, which means that after we can only build two buildings in Rome, the enemies from the Estheni tribe will come to the city of Rome!"

"Yue'er, I understand what you said, that is, among these five buildings, which ones should we build first that is most beneficial to our Roman city? Is it a town barracks that can recruit youth troops, or stables that can recruit Roman light cavalry and war mastiffs?"

"Do you really think that these two military buildings are the most beneficial to our Roman city?" Hearing Bai Feng's words, only the town barracks and stables were mentioned, Yue'er looked at Bai Feng with a mocking face and asked.

"Do you mean, among the other three buildings, which are more beneficial to our Roman City?!" Bai Feng didn't understand why Yue'er asked this, but he was still shocked by the deep meaning in Yue'er's words, because Yue'er's words were obviously not in line with Bai Feng's experience!

According to Bai Feng's understanding of the Roman city system, shouldn't it be that the town barracks and stables that can recruit troops can improve the military strength of the Roman city in a short period of time? The Roman light infantry that can be recruited in the drill ground is not very strong, and the blacksmith shop and wooden walls cannot directly improve the military strength of the Roman city, aren't these all obvious things?

Glancing at Bai Feng helplessly, Yue'er shook her head and explained to Bai Feng: "Bai Feng, you just care too much about the so-called experience in your heart; this Roman total war system is not a game you have ever played, and your experience in playing games can not really be used in the development of Roman City!"

Yue'er's mouth slapped her face like this, and Bai Feng's face was burning, if it weren't for Yue'er herself being a big beauty who captivated the country and the city, Bai Feng would have turned his face and hit people, where could anyone slap his face so nakedly!

However, Yue'er didn't pay attention to Bai Feng's cranky thoughts, she pointed to the buildable buildings listed on the attribute table with the mentality of 'you don't understand, I taught you', and analyzed Bai Feng specifically:

"The functions of the town barracks, the stables, and the training grounds, I don't need to say that you know, they are all essential buildings for recruiting troops, and they are the basis for the city of Rome to officially have its own regular army.

However, you are overlooking another more valuable building, and that is the blacksmith shop! The blacksmith shop in the city of Rome is not only a blacksmith shop, but an important building that can greatly improve the strength of the city of Rome!

As soon as we built this blacksmith for the city of Rome, all the armies of Rome would automatically change to sharper weapons and stronger armor and shields, and more importantly, this blacksmith could produce 500 bows, 50,000 arrows, 500 short swords, 500 armor sets, 500 square shields, 2,000 spears, and 2,000 small round shields for the city of Rome every month!

Although the army summoned by our city of Rome does not need these weapons and equipment, those barbarian mercenary warriors who serve the city of Rome are extremely short of weapons and equipment, and if we have weapons and equipment made by the blacksmith shop, then our city of Rome can quickly arm a group of elite barbarian mercenaries, and the value of these weapons and equipment is immeasurable!"

Bai Feng, who had never thought that the blacksmith shop would have such a terrifying production capacity, was completely shocked, and when he heard the monthly output of the blacksmith shop that Yue'er said softly, he understood why Yue'er said that the blacksmith shop was the most valuable building.

Because the city of Rome recruits troops very quickly, it only takes one day and one night for the city to recruit a fully equipped army, so it is best to build a blacksmith shop first, so what should be built?

"Since the blacksmith has such a large production capacity, let's build the blacksmith shop first. After fully understanding the value of the blacksmith shop, Bai Feng immediately chose to build the blacksmith shop first, and after clicking on the construction of the blacksmith shop, Bai Feng asked Yue'er again:

"What about the blacksmith shop? Our time is limited, after choosing the blacksmith shop, we can only build one of the three buildings of the town barracks, the stables, and the training ground;