Back in the Duchy of Lancaster, two hours before the Duke's Palace. Because the problem of money here has basically been solved, Li Huailin began to think about the problem of his private soldiers, from the beginning of the people's popularity to the present, Li Huailin has saved more than 25,000 prestige points, so he can discuss the recruitment problem with the temporary military minister Villanika here.

"It's really easy to understand...... "As soon as Li Huailin talked to Villanika about this question, Villanika here directly gave Li Huailin a page similar to a shop bar, which arranged the prestige points needed by these various troops.

Untrained militia can recruit 7-10 people per 100 prestige points, and you can recruit one as long as 10-13 points, and your own army is capped at 5,000, which means that according to the cheapest calculation, it will take 50,000 points to recruit full, and you can't even recruit the cheapest.

Not to mention the following, the militia that has undergone military training, 3-5 per 100 prestige points, is directly twice as expensive, this is still a militia, the real soldiers below, the worst 300 prestige points recruit 7-10, and ordinary soldiers recruit 3-5 300 points. Then there are the soldiers who have been specially classified, 7-10 prestige points for 500 pikemen and archers, and 3-5 prestige points for 500 cavalry. Below, elite pikemen, elite archers, 7-10 1000 reputation points, elite cavalry, 3-5 1000 reputation points. In addition to this, there are Scouts, 7-10 at 500 reputation, and Elite Scouts, 3-5 at 500. Soldiers who can operate bed crossbows, 3-5 for 1000 points, and so on.

After looking at it, Li Huailin found that there was a special class at the end, the unique class of armored cavalry in the Lancaster region, and the price was 1200 reputation points, 3-5.

"Got a ghost. Is this something that people can afford? Li Huailin directly supported his forehead, and said that this armored cavalry that sounds very awesome, 3-5 for 1200 points, according to an average of four, is 300 points for one, and the prestige points he gets a day are 7200 points. You can only buy 24 pieces, so if you count it, you need to wait for more than 7 months to fill the team of 5,000 people.

"Marshal, what troops do you want to recruit?" Villanika asked.

"Ideally, recruit a cavalry." Li Huailin said, "It's a pity that I can't afford it, it's enough to buy 500 pikemen now, and it's not an elite ......."

"Marshal. Soldiers can be upgraded after training, and ordinary militiamen can become cavalry with enough experience. Villanika said here.

"I guessed that." Li Huailin nodded, because the page of the Second Legion said that the experience value of the troops, "But it is best to have ready-made ...... naturally."

"Marshal, it's useless for you to be anxious now, even if there are 5,000 soldiers now, we don't have so many horses and armor." Villanika said here.

"Huh? Alas? Do you have to find your own armor and horses? Li Huailin asked.

"Of course." Here, Villanika glanced at Li Huailin strangely, "The Lancaster area is very famous for its armor forging, and the armor produced here is very sophisticated. However, Lancaster does not produce horses, only one horse farm. And the scale is very small, the number of adult horses per year is not more than 50. ”

"I'll wipe ......," Li Huailin held his forehead, "I don't have a horse to play with wool, can I buy it?" ”

"I'll have to ask the merchants, but horses are military supplies, so they're not easy to get. And the price won't be low either. Villanica said.

"In that case, you recruit some ordinary cavalry first, and I'll go find horses." After Li Huailin here, he pointed all the prestige points of 20,005 on ordinary cavalry, recruiting 50 times, so he should get 150-250.

"Okay. I'm going to post the conscription notice. Villanika nodded.

Li Huailin suddenly felt that he was so busy, why did he have to do everything as a duke, shouldn't this kind of nobleman just lie at home all day long and tease the maid, why was it his turn to be so busy. And from the beginning, the system prompted that it began to prompt itself inexplicably, and a lot of people who had never heard of it at all had a sharp increase in their favorability towards themselves.,I don't know what's going on at all, but it's really a little annoying.。

After leaving the Ministry of Military Affairs here, Li Huailin came to the Ministry of Finance again, and happened to see the red dust and rain discussing something with Oliveira, anyway, the two of them were very happy to talk about a lot of numbers, especially the red dust and smoke and rain here, but Oliveira showed a very admiring expression from time to time. Li Huailin didn't understand a lot of their professional terms at all, but he felt very powerful.

"Two, two, interrupt." Li Huailin from here interjected and said, "Haven't the businessmen or anything come yet?" I need to buy a horse now. ”

"Buying a horse? You want to form cavalry? The red dust and rain here asked.

"Yes, but I heard that there are few horses in this place, and I want to buy them from merchants, and they haven't come yet?" Li Huailin asked.

"The news has been released, if there is interest, the businessman should come, just in the past two days." Oliveira said here.

"Minister Oliveira, there's someone claiming to be the Dean Chamber of Commerce who wants to meet you." As he was talking, an NPC walked over next to him, and when he saw Li Huailin, he immediately woke up and gave a military salute, "Hello marshal." ”

"Dean Chamber of Commerce, why do I think I've heard this name." Li Huailin here said suddenly.

"The Chamber of Commerce of Filmut ......," Oliveira said here, "Lord Lord, what should I do?" ”

"Filmut's Chamber of Commerce? It's good to hurry. Li Huailin was finally a little happy, the other party was obviously here to defect, Filmut's entire family was basically copied and cut down, but he didn't expect to leave such a valuable thing, "Let's go, hurry up and meet him." ”

The three of them soon came to the living room, and there was already a middle-aged NPC waiting there, this middle-aged NPC didn't seem to be very stable in his heart, and he kept stomping his feet, knowing that when Li Huailin and them entered the door, the NPC here collected his thoughts and stood up immediately.

"Archduke Aquitaine? You...... Hello. Seeing Li Huailin's appearance, the NPCs here were startled again. This guy is really not joking, he was almost killed as the remnant of Filmutt, and he was really weak when he saw Li Huailin.

"Pollitt, really?" Li Huailin looked up at the name of this NPC and said, "De'an Chamber of Commerce? ”

"I'm Pollitt, the current president of the Dean Chamber of Commerce, Lord Duke." Pollit said immediately. "These two are duchesses, hello duchess......"

"This is the Duchess, I'm the Minister of Finance, Oliveira, and hello President Pollitt." Oliveira on this side immediately clarified.

"Hello Minister Oliveira." Pollitt corrected immediately.

"Sit down." Li Huailin waved his hand casually, and then sat on the sofa next to him, Hongchen Yanyu also sat next to him, Oliveira stood behind Li Huailin, how dare Pollit sit down, now the Minister of Finance is standing. also walked to Li Huailin's side and stood up.

"Lord Duke, I came this time to take refuge in Lord Duke, please take me in." Pollitt here is also not nonsense, and immediately said.

"How is the current situation of the De'an Chamber of Commerce?" Li Huailin asked.

"Since the fall of Filmut, the De'an Chamber of Commerce has basically been in a state of stagnation, and the purge of the remnants of Filmut has not yet ended, and many people are afraid of having anything to do with us and are unwilling to do business with us. So now the Chamber of Commerce is very dangerous, and it has reached the point of collapse. Pollitt here said without reservation.

That is to say. Do you want to get to me and draw a line with Filmut? Li Huailin said with a smile.

"Not only that, according to the strength of the Grand Duke now, I think the prospects of the De'an Chamber of Commerce must be even better than in the Fillmutt era." Pollitt here immediately began to pat himself on the back.

"If you came to Oliveira, you should know our current situation, tell me what you think." Li Huailin said again.

"I think the biggest problem for Lord Duke right now is what to do with this large amount of grain. There are a little too many of them, and the empire can't digest them at all, so I don't know if the Duke wants to take some other path...... Like what...... Orcs? Pollitt asked cautiously.

"Bold!" Before Li Huailin could speak, Oliveira next to him shouted directly, "Lord Duke." Food is a controlled material, if you sell food to the beasts, they solve the food problem, and the next thing is to attack us humans. ”

"Forgive me, Lord Duke!" Pollitt here hurriedly said.

"Filmut used to do that a lot?" Li Huailin asked.

"Yes, Filmut does these things a lot, and we handle them all by us, and they have not been discovered by the Empire until now." Pollitt here was ready to defect, so he said without any reservations.

"Needless to say, it's not allowed to sell to the orcs." Li Huailin said, "But you reminded me...... It seems that there is another use for grain besides selling...... It seems that fighting a war is quite expensive to eat......"

"Huh?" The three people present all looked at Li Huailin strangely, fighting?

"Nothing, Pollit, I need a lot of horses now, can I get one?" Li Huailin asked suddenly.

"Horses? We have a bit of a way, we have some way in the province of Udesa, we should be able to get it, but the current horse is not very cheap, the price is between 230-280 gold. Pollitt thought for a moment and said.

"A horse?" Li Huailin asked.

"yes, yes." Polly nodded.

"Hell, this cavalry is really not something that ordinary people can afford, but luckily I have money...... Pollitt, go buy it, buy as much as you can. Li Huailin waved his hand and said.

"Yes, Lord Duke." Although he didn't say it clearly, since he asked himself to do something, he agreed to take refuge, and Pollitt here left very satisfied.

As soon as Pollit went out here, a soldier hurriedly walked in, probably waiting at the door for a while, walked to Li Huailin's side and immediately saluted and said, "Lord Marshal, the elven clan sent an ambassador who wants to see you." ”

"Elven ambassadors?" Li Huailin asked strangely, "I really can't stop for a moment." (To be continued......)