"Huh?" Garseen here was slightly stunned, "Who are we going to fight?" ”

"I don't know." Linton spread his hands.

"Don't know?" Garseen looked confused, "It's not that you said you want to fight, you don't know who to fight?" ”

"I just like war, it doesn't matter who I fight, does it?" Linton looked into the distance and said lightly.

"Important, okay? How can there be such a person who doesn't even know who to fight and says he wants to fight. Garseen roared.

"I didn't know if I didn't know before, but now I have, in short, I just want to find someone to fight now, you hurry up and give me a plan." Linton said.

"Is that okay?" Garseen was really confused, "What the hell do you want to do?" Is this the case of your new necromancy requiring a lot of corpses or unjust souls? ”

"Yes, yes, that's the case." Linton didn't know how to explain it at first, but Garseen read and understood it himself, so it was convenient.

"Sure enough, it's an evil necromancer." Garseen lifts the forehead.

"So are you going to help?" Linton said.

"It's not a question of whether or not to help at all, right?" Garseen said, "I didn't think about fighting anyone at all, you don't know the situation in the territory now, we have just gained a foothold, the current situation in the territory is still very bad, we can't support a war at all." ”

"What's missing?" Linton asked.

"It's all bad, no money, no food." "I don't know where the property of the previous realm was hidden by the Duke of Wren, and I haven't found it until now. And now is not the season to collect taxes, we will not be able to relax until at least after the autumn harvest next year, and this year will be very hard, okay? We simply don't have the strength to start a war, and it's good if others don't come to fight us. ”

"Is anyone going to hit us?" Linton asked.

"Not yet." Garseen said.

"That means we still have enemies, right, someone might beat us." Linton said.

"It's not an enemy." "Because they have nothing to do with us, they do have a deep conflict with the former Duke of Rennes. ”

"Tell me what the situation is." Linton asked immediately.

Garseen explained a little here, the territory they are in is located in the west of the St. Wilan Empire, the east is the empire's territory, which is naturally a relatively safe area, and the south is the jungle area, which is the place where the barbarians lived before, which is very difficult to develop and has low value. To the west is a desert area, and across the desert is a nomadic tribe, which is a relatively dangerous place, and of course has little development value. The only wealthier frontier is to the north.

The area to the north is a territory called the Kingdom of Covicla, the strength of this kingdom is naturally not worth mentioning compared to the Holy Willan Empire, but they have formed an alliance with the other three small kingdoms, and the scale of this small alliance of four countries is still quite large, at least it is still a little difficult for the Holy Willan Empire to eat them, so there is nothing the empire can do about them at present.

Linton's territory is next to the Kingdom of Covicla, and the relationship between the two sides has not been very good for a long time, and there are often times when wars break out, but the wars are still in a relatively restrained stage, and they have not risen to the confrontation between the entire empire and the opponent's four-nation alliance, but only a war between their dukedom and the opponent's single kingdom.

As for why there was no large-scale war, the reason is simple, neither side wants to fight. Although the Four-Nation Alliance sounds like there are four countries, they are not as strong as the Saint Willan Empire, so they don't dare to fight at all. And the Saint Willan Empire can indeed fight, but the enemies they have to face are not only the alliance of the four countries, but the other powerful enemies around them are all looking at them with fierce eyes.

Of course, Gathern's side also understood this situation after taking over the territory, but for now, it seems that the Kingdom of Covicla will not pose a threat to them for the time being. The reason is very simple, the kingdom of Kovicla has no money to fight now.

Yes, another reason why Duke Rennes dared to rebel was that his rear was stable. The barbarians in the south were bought by him and stabilized for the time being, there was no movement in the west, and the kingdom of Covicla in the north, they suffered. Just this summer, the Kingdom of Kovica experienced the largest drought in the history of the kingdom, and most of the country's arable land was affected, and some of the land was not harvested. At the time of the autumn harvest, the Kingdom of Covicla had almost no income, and the flow of refugees in their country began to explode.

In order to deal with this natural disaster, the kingdom has consumed a lot of national strength, and it is really a question whether it can withstand it, so where is the way to start a war now? That's why Wren will be relieved to do his own thing. Of course, Gasein's side also knew about this situation after taking office, and of course he was relieved.

"Well, that sounds good, that's them." Linton also said after hearing the situation.

"What?" Garseen was stunned, "Didn't you listen to me clearly?" We don't have money, we can't fight. ”

"We have 3,000 soldiers under our command, can't we even afford their salaries?" Linton asked.

"It's really unaffordable, and it's a little difficult to maintain the current force." Gassein said that there was no problem with Rennes' territory to support an army of at least 5,000 people, in fact, Rennes's private troops were far more than this number, but the problem was that Garsen's side did not find the property left by Rennes, plus the taxes were confiscated, and the current territory is indeed very difficult, at least until next year's autumn harvest can be relieved.

"Okay, we'll declare war, but we won't fight." Linton thought for a moment and said.

"What?" Garseen was stunned.

"We declare war and hoard our troops on the border, but we don't attack their territory." Linton said.

"What's the point of that?" Garseen looked confused.

It really doesn't make much sense, Linton just wants to try the battlefield construction mission, of course, it can't be said that. After thinking for a moment, Linton said, "Haven't you heard the family motto of our Merlowe family?" On the side of the couch, you can't let others snore, this kingdom of Covica is on our border, and it is our only enemy at the moment, right, if we want to continue to develop, we will have to eradicate them sooner or later. ”

"Hmm......" Garsein nodded slightly, unable to tell what was wrong. He is not a lord of the city, he is only in his 20s, and of course he wants to expand his territory and continue to expand his territory. But the south and west sides of the current territory are desolate, and the only area that can be expanded is in the north, so Linton doesn't seem to have a problem saying it, "but ......"

"Now the kingdom of Covicla is in trouble, right, taking advantage of his illness to kill him, we will not fall into the well at this time. So as long as we put our troops on the border, even if we don't attack, we can make the other side scramble and waste national strength, why not? Linton continued.

"Really? But if there is a real fight...... "Garseen is a little worried, it is true that their current standing strength is 3,000 people, you said that there is no problem with a different place to garrison, but once the fight really starts, the money will begin to be consumed wildly. There are too many things needed to fight a war, money is needed to replenish soldiers, money is needed for food supplies, and money is needed for weapons and equipment.

"If you really fight, I'll find a way to make money for you." Linton waved his hand and said, "Anyway, no matter how much we look for us, we can't let them survive this wave of disasters safely, can we?" Otherwise, when the other party relaxes, the threat to us will not be greater, and now while the other party is weak, we can find as much trouble as we can. Think long-term, you know? ”

"Like...... There is some truth. Garseen touched his chin, as if persuaded by Linton, "Then I'll discuss it with the people below." ”

A cabinet meeting was immediately convened on the side of Gaseen to discuss whether or not to make trouble for the Kingdom of Covicla. As a result, the cabinet immediately quarreled and flowered, and the generals were crazy to support it, yes, they didn't care about whether they had money or not, and now everyone wants to fight, they want to make meritorious contributions and be promoted. And the civil officials are all against it, the reason is that there is no money, where do you let us get money to fight for you.

"Lord Duke, you know the situation of the territory, the treasury is really out of money." A civil servant confronted Garsein's desperate advice. Other civil officials also stood up to dissuade him, and Garseen was also a little embarrassed, because he really had no money.

At this time, Linton suddenly discovered a situation, thinking that he was going to discuss the issue of war with the Kingdom of Covicla, the map of the border was hung in the conference room, Linton pointed to the place marked on the map, and asked, "This is a mine?" What mine? ”

"It's a gold mine." A civil servant next to him replied.

"? There's a gold mine next to us? Linton was stunned, "Then what are we waiting for, hurry up and grab it." ”

"Lord Sword Saint, this gold mine is the lifeblood of the Covicla Kingdom, if they rob it, they will definitely fight with us." Another official stood up and said.

"I don't care if I work hard or not, this gold mine is in front of me and there is a reason not to rob it, are you all bad brains." Linton said, "In short, the goal this time is to grab the gold mines, and the financial problems in our territory will not be solved." ”

Of course, Linton said this not really to solve the financial problems of the territory, since this gold mine is the lifeblood of the Covica Kingdom, after robbing it, the other party will inevitably take it back, and they will naturally send heavy troops to garrison, and the surrounding area of the gold mine will naturally form a long-term battlefield. Linton was still worried about how to build a battlefield before, because this construction battlefield requires a long-term confrontation site, so now it seems that this gold mine is the best choice.