"I know that, too, but there's nothing we can do right now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Locke stood up from his chair and looked at Bridget with his hands on his chest. "We don't rely on these goblins, we don't have access to enough raw materials and talent."

"Right now, we can't even make uniforms and armor for our recruits. Isn't it because of the lack of raw materials? Locke said helplessly.

"Wait, wait for the goblins to come here. Let's see what they bring with them, we're making a decision. ”

Locke could only comfort himself and Brigitte like this.

"These are the documents you need to approve of." Bridget handed him a stack of parchment scrolls. "This is a backlog of civil affairs documents this month, and I need your approval."

Locke looked at these things with some headaches, and although these tasks were very small, they were still indispensable. For the first few days, Locke was still interested in sitting here, seriously reviewing. And after a few days he got tired of it, and he immediately appointed Bridget as his own clerk to sort things out.

In order to get out of the logistical incident, Locke appointed Shiloh as the logistics officer of Iva and part-time as the quartermaster of the Fifth Legion. Temporarily free her from the logistics wing of the 5th Corps. The Wing Leader can report directly to Locke, but he is still under Shiloh's management.

At the same time, the position of Inspector Shiloh was strengthened. There are more and more personnel in Eva, and some of the soldiers will have some illegal actions. Shiloh didn't just use the Light to influence the soldiers, she was also paired with a company of 200 veterans to stop fights between soldiers and capture soldiers who violated discipline. Captured soldiers are to be kept alone for a week, with only bread and a glass of water per day to remind them of their mistakes.

Locke called them pickets, and their uniforms and robes were painted red. The red cloak and red armor mean attention, vigilance, and reminder.

And the soldiers called these picket red-skinned dogs. Because they caught you, they didn't care if they were smiling with you one moment or not, and the next moment they put on a straight face and sent you to the army prison.

Major Paul, the commander of Wing A, became a recruit training officer, and this time the Fifth Regiment recruited a total of more than 15,000 soldiers from three regiments. Now, of course, these people have nothing, and the weapons they use for training are all made of wood by the carpenters. The elves of the future have arrived, and with the raw materials, they are slowly making battle robes and military uniforms and armor for them.

In the future, they will take over the soldiers of the Fifth Army who are stationed in various places. For the time being, they will become garrison legions, and when the next time the Fifth Legion expands, they will become official legions.

As for the treasurer, he couldn't find a suitable person for a while, and Locke himself has been in the position. After all, I don't feel at ease with my money to anyone.

"Let Major Paul, Major Thor, and Major Fran discuss a plan as soon as possible to destroy the oversized gnolla camp in the distance. Let them report to Major Hudson, the deputy commander, who will lead them into battle. Locke gave the order coldly, and Bridget quickly took the pen and paper to record.

"In the heart of the town of Iva, leave a large area not to sell. Those places are reserved for our Crusader soldiers, who have given their lives for the kingdom and for the Crusaders, and we cannot afford to treat them badly. ”

"Plans to relocate refugees continue. In the future, all civilians in the northern region will be relocated. At the same time, refugees in the southern part of the forest have to find a way to get them over. Have the scouts contact the mages of Dalaran in Ambermir and convince them to relocate. ”

"The town of Iva continues to expand outward. And Shiloh said that let her continue to organize civilians to build residential houses, temporarily to meet the needs of 100,000 people. ”

"In the evening, a few more patrolling teams were sent to patrol the areas where the cases were frequent. Order Captain Norris to get her scouts involved in the matter and find the culprit of the case. ”

"As for the nobles, leave them alone. By the time they abandoned their territory and fled, they had lost their nobility! Locke said angrily, "A bunch of parasites! ”

"Intensify surveillance of the Forsaken in Lordaeron, we have an additional company stationed at the watchtower at the entrance to the Haru Gorge. Communication must be done three times a day to ensure that nothing goes wrong. ”

"After completely encircling the gnolls, our focus has turned to the fish-people of Lake Lordamere. Discuss how to get rid of them. This is the next topic for the officers. ”

"As for the oath of recruits to join the army." Locke stopped and smiled wryly. "What do you think about this matter?"

Bridget put down the notebook in her hand and looked up at Locke, she said with a smile, "I don't speak, after all, everything done here is under your leadership, and you have spent a lot of effort and money on it." Even if you become your private army, I don't have much of a problem, anyway, you will get a knighthood to match it sooner or later. I'm more concerned about how you got your money, it's not a small amount..."

"That's it! Go and give the order! Locke diverted the topic, urging Bridget to get out. We're busy and don't have time to make small talk here. ”

Bridget looked at him with a smile, then turned away.

Shouldn't you get her out underneath? It is not a good thing for such a wise woman to stay around. Locke thinks that sooner or later her secrets will be dug up by her.

But! It's been a month and a half! Where's the goblin trade caravan?

Locke thought angrily that Iva was now in a period of rapid development, and he was in urgent need of all kinds of supplies.

The current town of Iva lacks everything, such as all the materials needed to make a garment, dye, various fabrics, buttons, needles and threads. None of these things need to rely on overseas trade, not even something else.

Iva now has more than 50,000 civilians, which means that resources must also be matched, and 50,000 people need resources every day is a large number. The advantage of this number is that many profit-seeking merchants come to Iva to set up shops, which increases the commercial circulation of Iva . However, the merchants were limited in their goods, and they had to travel through the northern Scourge controlled areas, many of which were intercepted by the Scourge.

As a result, the goods in the town of Iva are sold at a very high price.

Civilians have limited money and cannot afford to buy what the shops sell. In the first days of Iwa, civilians were in despair. If it weren't for Shiloh adopting the Gadar model and organizing these people to take over the establishment of Iva, the town of Iwa would not have been established so quickly. Locke didn't spend much either, and all the Fifth Army needed to provide was food and security.

The long-lost sense of security cherished by the civilians who came to Eva, cutting wood, building houses, digging sewers, leveling the ground, digging sand from the sea and paving roads, all with great success. The women were also organized, and the Crusaders protected them, collecting wild herbs and fruits in the woodlands and raising the young of captured wild animals for food.

On the military side, due to the limitation of the number of blacksmiths, the crusaders now piled up a large amount of iron ore, but could not smelt it in time. A limited number of blacksmiths had to repair weapons and armor worn out by soldiers during combat and patrolling, and that was a big job alone.

Locke had to arrange for blacksmiths to pick apprentices among the surviving civilians. However, it's not something that can be done in a day and takes time to grind.

Now, iron and copper ore have been discovered around Iwa, thanks to the talent of the surviving civilians.

On the first day of the civilian entry into Eva, Locke sent soldiers to post a notice in the square of Iva to recruit some skilled craftsmen.

Soon, blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, tailors, leathermakers, and prospecters, the more common craftsmen among the common commoners, arrived outside the town hall of Eva, and Locke warmly welcomed them and brought them under the management of the Crusaders, allowing them to join the logistics force.

Their joining has alleviated a certain degree of talent crisis, and the one above is the best example of finding minerals.

But some of the major craftsmen, like engineering, alchemists, don't have that. As for enchantments and inscriptions, not to mention, the two professions can only be mastered by someone with a strong affinity for magic.

The stonemasons of Iva also had a role to play, and they began to carve the quarried boulders on a small scale. For more than a month, the Crusaders captured a large number of gnolls slaves, who were taken to the quarries after being simply educated by naturalization. Locke bought all the inferior explosives from the goblins left behind, and even poured out the gunpowder from the bullets in their muskets, but even that wasn't enough.

While Locke is worrisome about his nerves, a goblin declares that he can make low-quality explosives. He walked around the mining field a few times, picked up a few stones left over from mining, and mysteriously hid them aside, and when he came out, the paper bag in his hand was wrapped in some black and red powder, and the goblin picked up the torch and threw it on it, and the black and red powder burned directly, and strong white eyes appeared.

So Locke hired the goblin as a producer of gunpowder.

With gunpowder, quarries were built.

After some stepping and the stonemasons were identified, the location of the quarry was determined.

Druid Greyskin led his people to the quarry to atone for the sins of the gnolls. Originally, Locke's idea was to let Grayskin farm.

These gnolls are fierce when they are not guarded by soldiers, and for this reason, the blacksmiths have made leg cuffs to fasten their feet. He was also only half-fed at every meal, and was often in a state of weakness.

Under the direction of goblins who often used explosives, the quarry began to operate, and every day huge stones were transported from the quarry and placed around Iva. And the price is to blow up a few gnolls from time to time.

The stonemasons began to carve the stones, cutting them into small pieces, strips, and storing them piece by piece. At the same time, they began to design a new Lordaeron city, supposedly comparable to Stormwind. Because Locke said that the new big city must also be a city with a big port, and the stonemasons boasted about it, and Locke was deeply suspicious of this.

There were also a few stonemasons who patted their asses and said that they wanted to carve a majestic statue of Locke, although Locke was very impressed, but he refused because it was not yet time.

Compared to the infrastructure work in full swing, it seems that everyone has forgotten the method of contacting the Tirisfal Glade, the Crusader headquarters. All the officers seemed to be on the same page, and no one reported the situation to the other side. Even Shiloh, the prosecutor, was not keen on it.

They seem to have forgotten about it.

Locke was happy too. At some point, he was vaguely resistant to the crusaders sending people over there. If it was the High Lord Mograini, Locke would definitely welcome it, while the others would be hard to say.

Locke vaguely regarded this place as his territory, but he was not aware of it.