At the all-dragon banquet, I took advantage of everyone's happiness and went up to the gatehouse of the port lord's mansion with Shichiro, and publicly announced the heavy news that the harbor will form an alliance with the ghost army!

Although there were still skeptics after the news was announced, the citizens of Stygian finally accepted this fact with great support, thanks to the prestige I had accumulated over the years and the goodwill that Shichiro had brought from his special greeting gift.

But in fact, before I made this decision, there was no shortage of opposing opinions even among the many high-ranking leaders in the Underworld, especially Liu Han and the sarcastic ghosts.

The reason for Liu Han's objection to me is: in the past, when she was serving in Zuoqiu City or in the Yin Army, she had always regarded the ghost army as a great enemy, and now she wants to become an ally on the same front with them, she really can't accept such a change!

But to put it bluntly, Liu Han's objections may be more just oversensitivity and unreliable intuition as a woman, and there are not too many rational factors. Perhaps, Wu Fang is likely to be the biggest uncertaintie. After all, once the Stygian Harbor and the Ghost Army form an alliance, Wu Fang will definitely stay in the Stygian Harbor for a long time, and it is normal for Liu Han to feel uncomfortable about this.

But there is a good saying: there are no eternal friends, and there are no eternal enemies. Or rather: the enemy of our enemies is our friends. The reason for such a sharp contrast is precisely because Liu Han and I were forced to leave the underworld, and we were forced to stand on the opposite side of the underworld. A change in stance will inevitably lead to a change in the relationship between friend and foe.

So, for the sake of the bigger picture, I didn't think that this kind of personal perception should really not be an obstacle to major decision-making. In the future, I can only rely on me to slowly do ideological work for Liu Han in private, and find a way to untie her heart knot.

However, the sarcastic ghost's arguments for objecting are more practical and reasonable.

It said to me: "You and the ghost are clearly in an alliance, but whose hands are the leaders of decision-making?" If the two of you have a disagreement on a key issue, will you make the decision or the ghost boss take the idea? ”

"Uh......" I was directly asked dumb.

"Also, although the ghost army is now in decline, it still claims to have tens of thousands of soldiers! With the current financial and material resources of Hadesgang, how can it afford such a huge army? When the sarcastic ghost said this, he couldn't help but sneer, "Don't talk about raising, I'm afraid I don't even have a place to pretend!" ”

Alas, indeed, it is not really angry!

If there is any resource that the Stygian Harbor lacks the most at the moment, it is land in addition to the population. You must know that the underworld is not as good as the yang world, both humans and ghosts can only live in underground caves, and the size of the cave where the harbor is located determines how many people and ghosts can be contained in it.

In the five years since the city was founded, we have made full use of the land near the sea when we developed the port area, and the residential and commercial areas in the city have begun to become crowded. So much so that I had to move some of the military facilities and storage facilities to the caves outside the village to build them.

However, there is not much space outside the village, only two medium-sized caves connected to the large cave where the harbor is located. One is a cave with a land gate, and beyond the walls is a path leading to the town of Kawague. Since this side may become a military location for defending the city at any time, it is not suitable to build buildings for other purposes except for some military installations.

On the other side is the road to the Ghost Eater Forest, where there is also a large cave, but most of the land has been reclaimed as farmland and planted with purple wheat. The construction direction here is used by me as a logistics base, and there is not much idle land.

Therefore, the cramped nature of the underground space has limited the development space of the harbor. After the alliance, more than 10,000 ghosts will pour into the harbor at once, which is equivalent to doubling the original population of the harbor, but it is really a big problem whether it can even be pretended!

In the face of the sarcastic suspicions, I have to admit that I didn't think well enough before, and I was too emotional when I agreed to form an alliance with the ghost army, and at least I should have finalized some principled issues before agreeing to it. But at this point, I can't go back, so I can only go to Shichiro for a short time to talk to try to make up for these loopholes in principle.

The sarcastic ghost hurriedly grabbed my clothes and said, "I will also follow you to talk, this time I can't be sold by others again!" ”

I was very unhappy with the wording and rolled my eyes, but ended up taking it with me.

Fortunately, Shichiro is a more reasonable collaborator. As a leader who can pull up such a huge ghost army, he can still maintain rationality and objectivity when negotiating, and has made many concessions. As a result, the renegotiation went much smoother than expected, and Shichiro and I reached an agreement on some key issues, which are generally "three-point consensus":

First, in the day-to-day management of the harbor, the administrative, financial, and judicial powers, which were originally under the jurisdiction of the port lord's government, are still under my control, and only the military power is handed over to Shichiro. However, in principle, Shichiro has the leading power in the daily training and transfer command of the army.

This is in fact an indisputable fait accompli. Hades has always been well governed under my hands, and Shichiro has no need to intervene again. In the same way, in terms of the composition of the troops that will be reorganized in the future, the number of officers and soldiers from the original ghost army will account for the majority. Not to mention that there are many ghost kings and ghost generals under Shichiro, and their combat ability is outstanding.

However, after this rule is settled, the only military resources I can control are basically a part of the city guards and the guards of the port lord's mansion who are responsible for the security of the city, and some naval ships in the shipping industry that can be used as cargo ships.

The second is to merge and reorganize the original army of the Stygian Harbor with the ghost army to form a coalition army, and at the same time, it is necessary to streamline the administration of the army. The more than 10,000 ghost soldiers brought by Shichiro will not all be incorporated into the new army, but will eliminate half of the old, weak, sick and disabled ghost soldiers, and arrange for them to be transferred to various production industries to serve as labor. In addition, Shichiro also needs to prepare a military budget on his own, and he can't just send troops and not pay for it.

This article was formulated at the strong request of the ridiculed ghosts, otherwise with these more than 10,000 ghost soldiers, the finances of the harbor would probably collapse. After the reorganization, the standing military strength of the Stygian Coalition will only remain at about 8,000, which is already the largest number that the financial resources of the Stygian Harbor can support. If the chaff is removed, these 8,000 regular troops will become elite troops, and their combat strength will definitely increase unabated.

However, in the event of a war, those eliminated ghost soldiers can also be temporarily conscripted into the army. In addition, the militia of the Underworld Harbor, which had been organized and trained in peacetime, was able to quickly form an army of up to 20,000 soldiers. Production in peacetime, joining the army in wartime, can be described as killing two birds with one stone!

The third and most important one: If Shichiro and I have a disagreement on a key military issue, and neither of us can convince anyone, we will convene a collegiate meeting of the military tent and make a decision by collective vote. In addition to Shichiro and me, the members who are eligible to participate in the military tent collegiate can also recommend five on each side.

The ones I recommend to join are Liu Han, Wang Shou, Sarcastic Ghost, Three Swords, and Iron Head, all of whom are the backbone members of my original Stygian Army. Qilang's recommendation is Lu Zhidao, Wu Fang and the three ghost kings, a total of twelve votes. According to the rules, any vote requires more than half of the votes, which is generally seven votes, to pass.

Such a rule is doomed, the two sides must not engage in unilateralism, and must win the support of at least one member of the other side to obtain the final decision.

I didn't think that an old "ghost" like Shichiro could accept such a collective voting method with a modern concept to make decisions on major issues, and both the mocking ghost and the sarcastic ghost couldn't help but express their satisfaction with the sincerity of his cooperation.

As for the other details of the cooperation, it will be handed over to the sarcasm and Qin Jia to discuss and finalize it slowly, and Shichiro and I only need to sign the final formal agreement.

With these three points of agreement, I can finally put my heart back in my stomach, and even the sarcasm who has clearly objected to it before has nothing to complain about. At least Stygian didn't suffer much in the negotiations, and even took advantage of it slightly.

But after the cooperation agreement was officially signed, another person stood up against me, and it was another person I couldn't ignore: my master.

Although Master was very satisfied with Shichirou bringing a Stygian Sea Dragon as a greeting gift, he did not approve of my alliance with Shichiro. But he didn't give too many reasons, just said: "I can be regarded as having read countless ghosts." This ghost handsome can raise a ghost army in the underworld, fight against the underworld, and can survive hundreds of years without falling, without extraordinary wit and courage. I think his city is very deep, you must not be unguarded! ”

I said: "It is true that as you said, since they are all people who want to do great things, they can't go this step without the city government. I used to be a stupid boy with a very simple mind, and now I am not forced to say some duplicity from time to time? ”

When the master heard this, he didn't vigorously object, and said, "I'm just giving you a reminder, and it's indispensable to guard against others!" ”

In fact, when it comes to this, I have some doubts in my own heart, especially when I find out that the plague ghost who used to fight with me has also followed Shichiro to the Underworld!

This plague ghost spread the ancient virus everywhere in the yang world at the beginning, causing a wave of epidemics and harming many people. At that time, Master and I were invited by Xiaomu to go to Yazhou City to find out the truth. I never thought that I would meet it here again after many years.

I asked Shichiro, "Where did you get this plague ghost from?" ”

Shichiro replied, "It's been with me for a hundred years!" ”

I frowned and said, "The ability of this plague ghost can only harm the living in the yang world, and it may not be useful for the yin cultivation and ghost cultivation in the upper underworld. Since you told me before that you want to pursue the equality of humans and ghosts, there is no need to keep ghosts like it that can only harm people, right? ”

Shichiro smiled and said, "I understand, are you afraid that I will send it to harm people in the yang world again?" That's it, in addition to the previous three chapters of the covenant, I will make another agreement with you: the ghost army will no longer interfere with the living in the yang world, and will only fight against the underworld in the underworld. That's all right, right? ”

Before I could ask for it, Shichiro took the initiative to agree, which made me feel a little embarrassed. Regardless, Shichiro kept his promise, and only sent the plague ghost an errand to guard the city gate, and promised that it would not be allowed to go to the sun again.