"Lord Keane!!" a group of Imperial soldiers came to the temple and stood straight in front of Jia Zhengjin.

"Well, come to the altar. Jia Zhengjin didn't talk nonsense, and greeted directly.

"Yes!!" the Imperial soldiers stepped forward and stopped in front of the altar.

"I want you to take an oath to join the Wandering God Church and believe in Liv, the goddess of games!" Jia Zhengjin said to them, "Is there a problem?"

"No problem!!" replied the Imperial soldiers in unison, without hesitation.

After they all took the oath in front of the altar, the number of believers and their popularity increased by the same amount, proving that the soldiers and generals recruited from the imperial military camp could be used as a source of believers.

That's great!

Jia Zhengjin, who was depressed because werewolves and kobolds could not take effect, finally smiled at this moment.

Since Imperial soldiers can, then don't worry anymore!

He himself obtained a large amount of gold coins from the monster farming expedition some time ago, and then embezzled a large amount of money from the materials transported by the coalition forces of the Human Empire, so he should be able to recruit on a large scale.

Moreover, if the Imperial soldiers can, the recruited town guards, thieves, and adventurers should all become believers. As for the pastor of the church, he has faith himself, so it is impossible.

Because Imperial soldiers are relatively expensive, especially elite soldiers are more expensive. They certainly won't work with them all.

In the case of thieves, if they recruit too much, it may also cause a burden on the Holy Dragon City, because their leader is Adilili, who knows what kind of problems will arise.

Although the town guards are cheap, only 10 gold coins are required for the back-up and 50 gold coins for the elites, their combat effectiveness is quite low, and they cannot be compared with the imperial soldiers.

If it is only to replenish the number of believers, of course, it is best to choose all the town guards to make up for it. A 10 gold coin, recruiting 1 million town guards is only 10 million gold coins. For the current Jia Zhengjin, it is completely small money.

The problem is that even if 1 million town guards are recruited, first of all, Holy Dragon City will not be able to build enough military camps and living places for them in a short period of time. Although the city has been expanded, it is still not the kind of megacity that can accommodate such a large number of people.

Secondly, the daily rations consumed by 1 million town guards are also astronomical, and their combat effectiveness as town guards is actually not much stronger than that of ordinary peasants. In such a dangerous Warcraft Forest, it is not useful at all. If you eat a lot and can do a lot, you can do a lot, that's a huge burden.

Forcibly increasing the burden for the sake of the number of believers is not a good thing for the Holy Dragon City.

Moreover, at present, the Holy Dragon City is managed by a group of civilian officials led by Prime Minister Gais, and I have to discuss with them to see how much of the army can be supported by the current financial problems of the Holy Dragon City. And how many gold coins are needed to sustain the army's expenses!

When the human empire coalition fought against the Sea Clan, Jia Zhengjin saw with his own eyes the terrifying consumption of tens of millions of recruited troops, even if all human countries united, it would be a huge burden. It is impossible for a small Holy Dragon City to afford that kind of huge army. At least not for now!

So he had to figure out what the upper limit of the population could bear. At present, it seems that the church needs at least a hundred thousand believers. At present, it may be very difficult for the city to accommodate the sudden increase of more than 100,000 soldiers, after all, there are not so many houses and barracks, and it is impossible to let all the 100,000 troops rest in the open air, right?

Then the food supply in the city can maintain a balance, if the balance is broken, it is necessary to buy military rations from outside, it is also a very troublesome thing, and it is a waste of money.

For this matter, Jia Zhengjin decisively went to the Floating City, and sent people to find Prime Minister Gaiss and other civil officials to come over to discuss.

The officials arrived at the floating city one after another, standing respectfully on both sides and waiting quietly.

About ten minutes or so, Prime Minister Geiss was late.

He was sweating profusely, with a quick expression on his face, panting and running into the palace and coming to Jia Zhengjin: "Lord Kean, I was dealing with internal affairs just now, and I will come over immediately after completing the matter in hand!

"It's okay!" Jia Zhengjin nodded, "Please take a seat, I just have some small questions to ask you." ”

"If there is any problem with Lord Keane, we know everything and say everything, this is a matter of duty, and we can't talk about the word "ask!" Gess replied busily.

A glance at the civil servants in the palace showed that there were a lot more than when he left, but the scholars of Megan University were not among them.

Of course, Megan has not yet been officially appointed as an official, and it is not unusual not to be included because of the language issues that need to be resolved.

Gis came up the steps and sat down in the reserved position for the prime minister on Jia Zhengjin's left, and all the civil officials below took their seats on both sides.

After everyone was seated, Geth looked at Jia Zhengjin respectfully: "Lord Keane, do you have any problems that we need to solve today?"

"Little things, don't be nervous. Jia Zhengjin said, "I just want to ask, if we want to expand the size of the army in the Holy Dragon City now, how many people will there be, and how many people will we produce, and the food we produce ourselves can be stably supplied? Also, can the newly expanded urban area accommodate it?"

"This ......," Gas quickly turned his head and said to a middle-aged man with a mustache among the civil officials, "Jasper, you are in charge of this part, come out and answer questions." ”

"Isn't my father-in-law in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture?" Jia Zhengjin asked softly.

"Lord Keane, Minister Brilliant don't worry about such trivial matters. "Jasper is a good official in my Home Office, and he also works a little bit in the Ministry of Agriculture, and he knows this best!"

"I see!" Jia Zhengjin understood, now that there are more civil officials, the work must be assigned from above. As a minister, it is impossible to do everything yourself, and knowing how to use talents is the smartest. Besides, his father-in-law, Brilliant also seems to be only interested in planting, and he is indeed weak in management. Thinking of this, he immediately looked at the bearded official who stood up, "Your name is Jasber, right? Tell me about it! How much can the food output of our Holy Dragon City sustain the expansion of the army, and what is the specific number of expanded population that the town can accommodate?"

"Report to Lord Keane!" The civil official named Jasber was asked with excitement on his face, as if he was honored to be questioned by Jia Zhengjin. He took out an account book that he had with him, opened it and looked at it carefully, and said, "According to the records, the current grain output of our Holy Dragon City, the daily supply of meat by the hunting team, and the output of the fishing team, plus the grain trade with the outside world, can currently maintain an increase of at least 350,000 new people. But there is certainly no room for such a large number of people in the city......"

Hearing that the grain output could sustain a new population of 350,000, Jia Zhengjin was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "How many soldiers can the empty rooms and barracks in the city accommodate at most?"

"Report to Lord Keane," Jasper replied respectfully, as he quickly flipped through the books and silently calculated, "based on the existing vacant rooms and barracks, it is probably ...... It can increase the population by about 80,000. ”

"Only 80,000?" Jia Zhengjin was a little disappointed, "Can't it reach 100,000?"

"If we have to reach 100,000, it's not that we can't settle it!" Jasber replied, "We can renovate the existing building, let some people live together temporarily, and then speed up the construction of new houses, barely there!"