"I'd love to hear from your professionals......"

Walking through the garden, Leo said slowly

Seeing that their master wanted to listen to Finn's report, the punishment knights who followed the guards quickly drove away the gardeners and maids who were working, and scattered to various places to guard without anyone's command, and at the same time gave a few people enough space to talk

"My lord, we have done some specific plans before, and finally after synthesizing with El's opinion, we considered it like this, first, the size of the existing army in Stormwind City is ready to be expanded by about 5 times, after all, after the establishment of the principality, many key points and passes need to be garrisoned by troops of sufficient size!"

"Isn't 5 times too much? Yes Fein, I understand that the base of our population is now large enough to support so many soldiers, but is it really necessary, and it will definitely affect the development of the economy and other aspects......"

Finn's proposal was a bit of a struggle for him, and it conflicted with the elite policy he had adhered to since he came to this world

Nodding to Leo and Finn, Keith spoke solemnly

"I can explain this, my lord, after returning to the territory, we took the time to summarize the experience of the imperial capital and his party, in fact...... Forgive my respect, we were all deceived by the vast and sparsely populated Northern Territory at the very beginning, so we simply thought that the population of the entire continent was not too large, and only under this premise did we have the soil for the implementation of the elite army policy......"

Stopping with Leo in thought, Keith continued

"But this trip to the imperial capital let us know that the northern territory is only a special case, most of the population of the empire is distributed in the central and southern regions, and the density is even several times or even dozens of times more than that of our principality, at that time, in the two battles of the knight's academy and the seizure of the gate, we were all relying on the absolute crushing of equipment and quality to barely win, but, if there is a war in the future, our Duchy of Pande is facing the orthodoxy of the empire Rolf, when the church tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of troops, my lord, the absolute disadvantage of numbersand the benefits of quality will no longer exist......"

Throwing away the petals that had no juice in his hand, Leo sat down on a bench to the side, deep in thought, and Finn and Keith did not bother, waiting for Leo's final decision amid the familiar sound of finger tapping

Long......

"Well, I can agree with that, if this plan is followed, the Champion Swordsman will be expanded to 15 integrated regiments of 7,500 people, and 10 integrated regiments of Stormwings will have 5,000 people, and a team of 12,500 people...... There is no financial pressure, even if the additional funds are not used, the current tax revenue of Stormwind City and the surrounding businesses is completely enough to maintain, there are only two points, can the craftsman's workshop make equipment keep up, and is it good to recruit soldiers? ”

"I'm sorry, my lord, huh...... According to the results of El's final revision, I'm afraid it's not 12,500 people......" Keith scratched his head

"Oh?"

"My lord, the final plan is to directly expand the standing force of Stormwind City to 30,000 people, of course, this will definitely take a certain period, and not all of the above two legions, Al thinks that in addition to the high-end force in Stormwind City now, the standing soldier class is simply outrageous...... According to his meaning, in addition to swords, shields, and heavy crossbows, it is also necessary to train spears, bows and arrows, spears and other types of troops in order to adapt to various battlefield situations! ”

“…… Al Andréstes, it's not clear if he can play or not, but I really want to know it...... It is worthy of being a soldier from the Empire, and the command habit of multi-arms cooperation has probably seeped into the flowing blood! ”

Leo smiled bitterly and shook his head, in fact, after thinking about it just now, he also understood the disadvantages of thinking about the problem by himself before, after all, this is a real world, unlike Pande and the game, it is not that it can't be eaten all over the world by relying on a single elite soldier, but it is very difficult, at least until there is no stable replenishment channel, it is almost impossible to do

At the beginning, the death of Reinhardt alone made him feel distressed for a long time, and the 99 Punishment Knights still have the Noldor Dawn Knights who can only replenish 2 in a month, so they will be gradually consumed by the opponent's sea of miscellaneous soldiers?

However, as for the plan of Finn, including Al, his concern is that the spear and spear soldiers are better to say, the equipment is nothing more than a redesign, and the artisan workshop from Pander must have been skilled in design and skill

If it is not enough, in the storm where commerce is so developed now, Leo can smash such two new armies even if he uses money to smash them, but the archers ......

"What about archers? If the equipment is good, how can the training be carried out? Aldaryan: The Noldor elves are good at crossbowmen who shoot in a straight line, but they are not very professional for archers who have to shoot from a distance most of the time, and it is difficult for ordinary humans to learn the unique techniques of elves

In addition, I am not willing to put such an elite force on training new recruits for a long time."

Waving his hand, Leo motioned for Fein and the two to sit down and wait for him to finish, paused and said again

"There is also the problem of the source of soldiers, we can rely on high salaries and benefits to complete the recruitment of a small number of soldiers, and expand such a large scale in a short period of time, to be honest my friends, I am very worried about these honest farmers and civilians living in the increasingly affluent life, how many people will respond......"

With a slight bow, Fein stood up again

"My lord, this involves the second plan we discussed, first of all, your kindness makes all of us sigh, but whether it is El or a few of us, we all think that it is not suitable for you to use the previous way to recruit soldiers, can we do this, on the premise of ensuring military pay and welfare, the principality needs to introduce a new policy, all families who have enjoyed a series of preferential policies such as your exemption from land taxes and improved civilian treatment must send one to several men under the age of 35 to serve, Maybe I'm not being very respectful when I say that, but most of the adults, farmers, and commoners are ignorant, and ignorance leads to stupidity, and after a long time, they will take for granted what you have done for them, and they will forget the days of poverty and the arbitrary oppression of the nobles, and when they forget the pain of the whip, they will greedily demand more from you, without knowing how to reciprocate......"

"Whew~"

After listening to Fein quietly, Leo turned his head to look at Case, and the other party also had a deep look on his face, they are knights with integrity and tradition, but don't forget that they are also part of the privileged class......

"I understand what you mean, I have to say my friend, many truths have something in common in any world, and there was a similar statement in my hometown, which I can agree to change, and let the professor draw up the corresponding policy provisions as soon as I go back, but this still does not solve the problem of archer training? Do you really want to let Ardalian continue to work part-time? ”

Spreading his hands, Keith said helplessly on the side, "Indeed, we haven't found a way to do these for the time being, my lord, what Finn and Al mean is that you can put up the shelves of the troops first, and at the same time decide and prepare the equipment, do some basic physical training first!" ”

"Well, what else do I need to know besides those two?"

Nodding, Leo agreed with what the two said, many things will always be difficult if you don't do them, so you can only start first, and then proceed slowly......

The conversation went on slowly...... I have to say that after all, as a soldier, the final plan discussed by Finn and Al made Leo think it was true, and occasionally raised a few questions, and he could always get explanations and answers from the mouths of the two regiment commanders

For example, logistics support, Leo's system of food can not always supply the growing army for life, and it is set as the last reliance in the plan, and the rest of the time and occasions still have to use a regular logistics team

In this case, the establishment of a similar staff organization and the overall planning department has become a top priority, otherwise it will be unrealistic at all if Leo has to deal with miscellaneous matters such as the remuneration of civilian logistics personnel

In addition, with the birth of siege weapon workshops, the training of the most primitive technical arms must also be put on the agenda, because it is impossible to expect a group of untrained champion swordsmen or other troops to be able to accurately smash trebuchets on the opponent's walls in a hurry......

Cumbersome, countless details made it take Finn nearly an afternoon to explain the report, during which Leo, who was sitting with a little backache, was a little impressed, he really didn't know how his Grand Master remembered these contents so clearly

Finally, after the last rays of sunlight had faded around the horizon and the guards had been lit by torches, the conversation finally came to an end, just as Leo stood up and was about to return to the mansion to summon the professor to refine the new policy

Finn, who was behind him, suddenly remembered something, quickened his pace slightly, and added behind Leo

"My lord, there is one last question, this is probably something you need to solve in person, after learning about all the battles we have experienced before, Al is very interested in Edward and his group of highlander mercenaries, but the size of 50 people and the hiring cost of 50,000 gold coins are too ...... It's too disparity, and it makes it impossible to recruit these powerful classes through normal channels, can you please? ”

His hands couldn't help but rub his face, Leo knew in his heart that his Grand Master had already left him face, and it was true that although he had some different considerations and ideas at the beginning, it was probably too appalling in this world to spend so many gold coins to recruit 50 mercenaries......

However, Finn's words also reminded Leo that for such a long time, Leo can be said to treat these highlanders and his own soldiers equally, and did not often use mercenaries as consumables and cannon fodder like other lords

Leo, who has long been grateful to the highlanders, may have planted the seeds before to be harvested......

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