Lake lived in Sparta for another six months, and during the six months, his father-in-law completed the selection of the 3,000 elite young people in Sparta, and all of them built weapons and began training.

His wife, the little queen, has also formed a Spartan women's army of more than 300 people through her unremitting efforts and constant lobbying in the imperial city. However, the strength of these 300 women's legions is somewhat miserable, from six or seven year-old girls to aunts in their forties, and the oldest one is a long-lived old lady in her sixties.

One day, Lake went to see his queen practice, and the little queen took her group of girls and aunts to practice in a large open space behind the square.

In the little queen's team, there were more than a dozen old ladies practicing knives there, and Lake found that one of the old ladies was quite fast.

"Auntie, you are so old, why do you still come to join the Women's Army? You are good at swordsmanship, who did you learn from? Lake couldn't help but step forward and asked the old lady if she was a hidden outsider or something.

"My esteemed king, I have nothing to do at home, and my children introduced me here, saying that it can exercise my body, and I feel much younger when I wield a knife a few times a day.

You said this knife technique, I used it when I cut meat and cooked! The wrinkled old lady said with a kitchen knife.

Lake laughed dryly after hearing this, because the military budget was not enough, Lake still hasn't injected any funds into his little queen.

Now in the training of the women's corps, they are all armed with weapons brought from home.

Lake looked at these old women in their fifties, and wondered if their bodies would survive until eight years later, when the Persian king Xerxes would lead an army of millions.

But it seems that even if they can make it, more than eight years have passed, and they may have to run hard, let alone go to the battlefield.

In the evening, back in the dormitory, Lake talked to his little queen, asking her to stop training her aunts under the age of seven and over fifty.

"They all have the heart of a female warrior, warriors regardless of age, the older the warrior is more experienced, and the younger the warrior is worth cultivating, don't look down on the elderly and children." The little queen directly rejected Lake's proposal.

She finally recruited more than 300 people, if you remove children and the elderly, it can be reduced by half, then how can it be done?

The little queen was still thinking about forming her army of three thousand Spartan queens, and she even found someone to embroider the banner of the legion, which was a fierce fire phoenix.

But the hated king, Venerable No. 2 looked at the flag, and said that it was a turkey.

"My king, when are you going to give my women's legion some weapons?

The 3,000 elite male soldiers formed by my father and them are now equipped with new shields, spears, and swords, and I don't want much, so I can equip them with some knives first! "Since a few days ago, the little queen accompanied Lake to his father's barracks, and after watching the training of male soldiers, he came back and asked Lake for weapons every day.

And the little queen is very persistent, she also needs weapons in bed, and weapons under the bed, and she has to fight Rekti five or six times a day.

Lake looked at the little queen's lovely and beautiful face, and thought that he had proposed that the little queen go to form a legion of three thousand women.

And every time the little queen is gentle and soft, she asks for weapons, and Lake is not easy to turn around.

Lake is also worried now, when this army was established, he still felt that there was a lot of gold looted from the elders and councilors.

But only half a year has passed, and the gold is almost spent, and most of them have bought more than 3,000 sets of new weapons and paid 3,000 male soldiers for food and military salaries, and there is not much left.

Lake knew that if he got more gold, the three thousand Spartan warriors would be disbanded by the end of the year and all go home to farm.

Lake now doesn't even have money for male soldiers, so how can he take care of his queen's female soldiers.

"My king, why don't you hold another council and invite the three elders from the temple on the mountain to come down as well, and let them donate some gold coins to the gods?" The little queen gave Lake advice on the side.

Lake shook his head with a wry smile, "It's useless, I held a council last month, so I asked those three old guys in the temple to come down, they are now smart, and they have learned to pretend to be sick, saying that they are seriously ill and it is inconvenient to go down the mountain, so I have full discretion to decide."

And it's only been half a year, and if you go to loot the personal coffers of the parliamentarians again, it is estimated that it will arouse their rebellion. When the time comes, I, the king of Sparta, should be abolished by the parliamentarians. ”

"What shall I do, my king? People still want weapons, my Spartan 300 women's elite group has been formed for half a year, and they are still training with kitchen knives and wooden sticks! The little queen began to look pitiful again, and nagged at Lake.

Lake also has a big head, since Sparta can't solve the military spending matter, Lake can only turn his target to Sparta's other small neighbors in Greece.

Of course, waging war was the easiest way to gain wealth, but Lake also knew that his Spartan population base was too small, and once he fell into war, it would be difficult to recover within a few years.

And the Greek civil war would weaken Greece as a whole.

By more than eight years later, as soon as the Persian army arrived, it would be difficult for the Greeks to unite again.

"The gods, the gods gave me new inspiration, and the gods told me to travel around Greece and perform miracles so that more believers could raise money to build Odin's golden body." Lake stood up and said solemnly.

"My king, don't start a war, that's not our intention!" When the little queen heard Lake's words, she nervously persuaded her. She was afraid that because she was too eager to ask for weapons, she forced the Second Venerable, and their king went to war, then she would also become a sinner in Sparta.

"My Queen, you misunderstood me.

I am not going to war, but I will visit my neighbors as the king of Sparta.

This is the friendship between countries, and I try to get more people to believe in the gods. Lake said with a smile and raised his hand to pat the little queen on the head to reassure her.

"The identity of the king of Sparta of peace? Can you just go and visit around and get your military salary back, do you need me to go with you? The queen said with some anxiety and confusion.

"If you want to go, you can go together, it will be regarded as a tour, and it will also take you to other neighboring countries for a long time.

But before I go, I have to prepare and meet the leaders of the caravan. Lake said.

The little queen on the side nodded, she didn't understand the meaning of Lake's words too much, but as long as it wasn't a war, she could still get military expenses.