After marching overnight, with Blue Fairy by his side, of course Higg would not feel tired, but there was talk and laughter along the way. Speaking of the 3,000 scarecrows, all of them were wondering if the 40,000 cavalry would spend the night on the other side of the river, which became a wonderful conversation for the soldiers on the march.

The Marshall River is not far from the Gaudel Hill Pass, less than fifty kilometers away, and at noon the next day, Higg returned to his cottage cave, and in another month, Higg will be able to move, the interior hall has been built, and the final decoration is basically completed.

Lan Xian'er looked at the cave in the cottage and said with a smile: "Xige, should I call you the city lord or the cave lord?" ”

Higg stared at Lan Xian'er and said embarrassedly: "Lan Xian'er, should I call you sister now, or should I call you sister?" You were obviously a sister when you came out of the Valley of Flowers, but now why do I feel so much older than you? ”

"Hmph, grow a few beards and say you're old?" After Lan Xian'er finished speaking, she took out a stone from her sleeve and handed it to Xige.

Xige took the stone and looked at it carefully, but found that it was no different from ordinary mountain stones, but faintly exuded a kind of power, this power seemed familiar, as if it was very similar to the power of the four spirit beads, but it was not exactly.

"Tell me about Jenny!" Lan Xian'er put away her smile and said.

Higg also put away his smile and said, "Jenny is my mother, who died more than twenty years ago!" ”

"More than twenty years ago? When you were born? Blue Fairy looked at Higg sympathetically, as if she was not surprised that Jenny was Higg's mother.

"I was born less than a year old!" "My mother is an elf, the daughter of an elven king......"

Higg slowly told Blue Fairy everything he knew about his mother, Jenny, and let out a long sigh of relief as if he had finished speaking.

Lan Xian'er was also shocked when she heard it, savored it slowly, and muttered: "What a poignant love story, but the ending of a poignant love story often requires the price of life!" ”

"Is this the ore?" Higg asked, shaking the stone in his hand.

Lan Xian'er nodded and said, "We know that this is a lot of difficulties, Flower Valley has been looking for hundreds of thousands of years, but only a small amount of ore has been found, so we don't need to be too anxious, maybe, it's just that the opportunity hasn't arrived!" ”

"I know a friend who is a dwarf named Pantony, and he is very researched about mineral deposits, and I was supposed to go to him last month, but because of this incident in Shante, it was delayed and did not make the trip," Higg said. I'm done with this in the meantime, and we'll go to him together! ”

"Higg, Blue Fairy!" Shante walked into the cave.

Lan Xian'er smiled: "You finally have time to come and see me?" ”

Shante smiled: "I'm going to report back to General Kolenva, so I'm here to say goodbye to you!" ”

Lan Xian'er asked suspiciously, "Isn't it good to do it together in Fuxing City, why do you have to go to Colenva?" ”

Higg smiled: "Don't persuade him anymore, he only has Her Majesty the Queen in his heart, and he can't tolerate others!" ”

Shante smiled awkwardly and said: "Hige, in fact, I'm still very worried about you here, you played General Colenva's men, General Colenva may not pursue it, but I'm afraid that the little ghosts below will be difficult!" ”

Higg patted Shante on the shoulder and said, "Isn't there still you, what am I worried about?" ”

"I'm just a little infantry lieutenant colonel!"

"Don't worry, you'll be a colonel when you go back!" Higg said with a smile, "Kolenva tried to borrow a knife to kill people but didn't succeed, he needs me more now, and I also need his help, and you are the link in the middle, your status is too low, you will not meet this identity!" ”

Higg paused for a moment, then said, "In the eyes of Colenva, you are loyal to Her Majesty, and he is very reassuring to you. At the same time, you are also my best friend, and he is also very troublesome. Shante, you must remember that only when I am strong and Fuxing City is strong, can you gain a firm foothold in Colenva, and if I am weakened or even destroyed, you are nothing with him! If you want to serve your Majesty better, hehe, you still have to think about how to deal with Colenva, don't fall for him again, and let him come up with some bad ideas against me! ”

Lan Xian'er also smiled and said: "Shante, Fuxing City will always be your backing, your mother's family, if you can't do it there, come back, let's figure it out together!" ”

……

Three days later, all the leaders and officers of Fuxing City were convened again in the cave of the cottage to hold an important meeting on refocusing their work on the construction of Fuxing City.

"Lord of the Castle!" Charlie first reported on the situation of military reorganization, "Our army has lost more than 9,000 people in this blockade battle, more than 4,000 people have been seriously wounded, more than 300 people are missing, and more than 19,000 soldiers have been surrendered, including 3,000 heavy cavalry, 3,000 light cavalry, 8,000 infantry, 2,000 heavy infantry, 3,000 crossbowmen, and 70 magicians. ”

Higg smiled: "Hehe, this time Kolenva wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, but he didn't expect us to be a blessing in disguise, although he himself won a great victory in the Third Legion, he was deflated by us!" Hahaha, don't you guys think it's funny, why don't you laugh? ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere of the meeting was infected by Higg's words, and it became lighthearted.

Higg continued: "General Rogson, you continue to recruit and train, the full strength is 50,000, and there can't be more, it's not that we can't afford to raise it, but we only have more than 500,000 residents, and the new soldiers have to be recruited from these people, and if you recruit too much, it will hurt our foundation." The soldiers must be raised, and the people must also be raised, there is no need for us to be reckless in our own territory, and even cut down trees in order to pick an apple! Therefore, we must raise soldiers and raise the people at the same time, looking for an optimal combination point! If you have any opinions, hurry up! ”

Charlie said: "Lord of the city, our main problem now is that there are too many refugees, too little land, and there is simply not so much land allocated to them in the entire hilly area, and our land cannot grow so much food to support such a large number of residents and troops." There was no labor force before, but now there is a surplus of labor force, and there is no place to arrange too much! ”

"No fields? More labor? Higg smiled coldly, "Charlie, can't you use your brains?" If we don't have the land, we don't grow so much, we can't buy what we don't have enough food, and if Alasia can't buy it, we can buy it from other countries, and we have to hoard at least enough spare food for at least two years, this time I have asked Odysbans to buy some of it, and in another four or five months, it is estimated that it will be pulled back! Labor surplus? You will build me a fortress, build a road, build a storehouse of supplies, and build a market! ”

Charlie said, "My lord, where does the money come from?" ”

"Thirty million gold coins spent?" Even Higg was surprised.

Charlie smiled and said, "The city lord really doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, hehe, I'll calculate a few big accounts for everyone, so that everyone can have a number in their hearts."

"In the first account, there are more than 500,000 refugees, and the average resettlement cost per person is calculated according to ten gold coins, how much is that? More than five million!

"The second big account, the construction expenses, the Department of Internal Affairs, the port, the workshop, the market, the material warehouse, the road, the refugee camp, the military camp, etc., which one does not exceed one million? The construction cost alone is nearly 10 million, and it is still being invested!

"The third big account, the war funds, together with the last naval battle, weapons, armor, and baggage are worth more than three million in total, although they are not purchases, but they are also from the cost of our workshop, plus military rations, the war materials have exceeded four million gold coins, of course, these materials have not been completely used up!

"The fourth big account, military salary, originally we had a total of 30,000 soldiers together with the navy, together with the officers, and the average monthly salary of each person was five gold coins, that is, 150,000 per month, according to the current half a year, it is also nearly one million, plus training costs, food and clothing, this number will be doubled, that is, in the past six months, our 30,000 troops have spent 2 million gold coins!

"The fifth account, the pension, the pension for the dead is one hundred gold coins per person, and this blockade battle, together with the last naval battle, has killed a total of 10,000 people, that is, one million, fifty gold coins for the seriously wounded, 250,000 for 5,000 people, and the subsequent monthly payment of hardware coins.

"The sixth account, Oderbans' two million investment!

"The seventh account, the daily expenses of Fuxing City, such as public security management, diplomatic funds, official salaries, etc., average more than 400,000 yuan per month, and more than 2 million yuan in half a year."

Charlie took a sip of water from his cup, and then said: "The above is the expenditure account, plus the one that has not yet been accounted for, a total of 28 million. Let me tell you about the income, the total income of weapons and armor is more than 8 million gold coins, the naval battle is captured 320,000 gold coins, and the tax revenue is more than 200,000 gold coins per month, which is 1.5 million gold coins in half a year!

"Hehe, my lord of the city, generals, our total income is less than 10 million gold coins, plus the foundation of the original cottage and the 30 million of the city lord, a total of 40 million, it cost 28 million, I still have 12 million left, I have at least 10 million to deal with emergencies, right? Now there are two million left, everyone says, what else can be done? I just know how to cook again, and I can't cook without rice! ”

Everyone was stunned by Charlie's words, 28 million was spent in half a year, and the accounts were clear, so that people could understand very well when they heard it, and it was indeed that every money was spent in real terms, and there was no falsehood.

Higg also understood it, and when he heard it, he was in a cold sweat and said: "It turns out that the root of the war is gold coins!" ”