Chapter Ninety-Four: The End Is a New Beginning (The End)
The horses at the edge of the forest disappeared, and I don't know if they broke free from the reins or were attacked by wild beasts, anyway, they didn't starve to death because Hu Bin and the others had not returned. However, Hu Bin and his entourage did not lack mounts to walk, and the whole wolf pack followed Hu Bin out of the forest. Hu Bin is going to place them in the mountains and forests west of the mercenary city to stock, based on their size, it is estimated that there are no natural predators in Rhodok, but food is a big problem, Hu Bin needs to put some regularly to maintain, and adopted a group of foodies, Hu Bin said that the financial deficit is beckoning to him.
However, the temptation of building a wolf cavalry obviously impressed Hu Bin, compared to the heroic knights with a higher threshold and expensive cost, ordinary mercenary cavalry can control these giant wolves, and the dual power of mounts and cavalry is obviously not a one-plus-one promotion. Although the wolf cavalry is far inferior to the heroic knights in terms of defense and charging power, it is particularly outstanding in melee fighting, disrupting enemy formations, chasing and killing, and most importantly, the maintenance cost is cheaper. When the blacksmiths in Hu Bin City develop armor that can be worn on the giant wolf, it is believed that they will become another big trump card in their own army.
Hu Bin originally wanted to recruit more ferocious cheetahs, but firstly, the number of such beasts was too small, and secondly, most of the feline beasts were elite-level units, and it was impossible for them to become mounts for ordinary soldiers. However, as a half-elf, Hu Bin was quite attractive to these beasts, but Hu Bin eventually gave up on changing his mount. It's okay for the soldiers under his command to ride a giant wolf, but as a nobleman, it's really not appropriate to ride a beast to swagger through the market. Although the concept of the nobility of the warband world is open, it is not necessarily able to accept such a shocking thing, what the nobles need is vanity and grievance, Hu Bin's activity can also be disguised by his youth, but he doesn't want to be treated special because of this, that means being isolated.
Returning to his own territory, Hu Bin said goodbye to Howard and Fanta, and immediately began to prepare for the construction of the temple. Compared with the mercenary city that focuses on development, Muradine City is much inferior, but Hu Bin did not build it as an economic center at all.
It has always been strange to the nobles in Saland, the fearless Lord Reed on the battlefield is very insecure, and this absurd conclusion is not unfounded.
Hu Bin has been sparing no effort to strengthen the defense of the city of Muradin, which makes the nobles very incomprehensible, after all, the city's geographical location is far from the national border, and it is close to the capital of Salander, Sharez, which can be said to be extremely safe, and only the reason for the lack of security in Lord Reed's heart can be explained. However, what Hu Bin didn't expect was that this misunderstanding made him more popular in the aristocratic circle, after all, Hu Bin's rise was too rapid and too young, and an insecure big boy was more acceptable than a rising star galloping on the battlefield.
And the temple was built in the city of Muradin, and Hu Bin also had a certain amount of selfishness. After all, Fanta is also a believer in the moon god, and the mercenary city is closer to Veruga than Sharitz, if the temple is set up, the believers of the Rhodok Kingdom will definitely develop much faster than Salander.
And Mercenary City is a city of aborigines after all, and it can't follow Hu Bin to conquer other worlds, maybe the status in Hu Bin's heart is higher than that of Muradin City, but it is only based on the safety of Muradine City.
Hu Bin's root is still in the small city of Muradin, the establishment of the temple will obviously bring new development opportunities to the city, the benefits of building the temple are undoubtedly huge, although Hu Bin is not clear what benefits this will bring to the city, but the moon god will not let the city where his temple is located be attacked.
Hu Bin doesn't have to worry too much about the temple, after all, even if there are enough funds, it will take a lot of time for the building materials to arrive here, not to mention that Hu Bin is going to expand the city together, so that there will be a lot of space, and Hu Bin is ready to build a large-scale temple at the beginning, at least larger than the current city lord's mansion.
This is just an idea, but Hu Bin knows that he has what it takes to accomplish it. Large sums of money flowed out of Hu Bin's treasury, in exchange for the frenzied purchase of building materials from all over the country. The magnitude of Muradin's action even alarmed the numberers of other countries, and no one can turn a blind eye to the increase in the price of building materials, and I don't know what kind of expression Hu Bin will have when he learns that his big construction plan has fed a group of numberers who run merchants.
However, this is far from enough, there is still a huge funding gap in Hu Bin's construction plan, and although the Twin Cities Alliance between Mercenary City and Wiruga has made him rich every day, it cannot support such a huge expenditure. However, Hu Bin is not in a hurry, he has time, Rome was not built in a day, and he is sure enough to complete this crazy idea in half a year.
It stands to reason that a spatially generated fortress city would not be able to carry out such an expansion in the mission world, but Hu Bin found a loophole in the rules, which he discovered when he built the arena in Muradin. When there are new buildings to be built in the city, the city can change the urban pattern according to the needs of the building. And the temple happens to be one of the functional buildings recognized by the space, the moon god asked Hu Bin to build a temple for himself, but did not ask for the specifications of the temple, in fact, Hu Bin even if he built a temple the size of a small church, it would be considered to have completed the requirements, but that would be a perfunctory suspicion of the gods, and Hu Bin would not get much reward.
However, this also allowed Hu Bin to find an opportunity, that is, the original specifications of the temples in the city should be designed according to the size of the city, but Hu Bin was given permission to build temples of any size. And Hu Bin took advantage of this rule and prepared to build a medium-sized temple in Muradine City, so that his city would be raised by a standard, which was a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
It's not that Hu Bin doesn't want to build a large temple directly, but after the space found out that he had taken advantage of the loophole, he limited Hu Bin's expansion level and asked Hu Bin to be responsible for the cost of expanding the city. However, in return for discovering this loophole, the space did not punish Hu Bin, which can be said to be offset by merit and demerit. Moreover, Hu Bin did not have the financial resources to build a corresponding large city to accommodate large temples.
In fact, Hu Bin was already in debt, and if it weren't for the well-known earning power of Mercenary City, Hu Bin would have gone bankrupt a long time ago. But even so, the development of other aspects of the territory has come to a standstill, but fortunately, the infrastructure of the territory has almost been completed, and it can barely support Hu Bin's crazy plan.
But that's not enough, there are some expenditures that can't be reduced, such as military spending in the realm. As Hu Bin, who owns the territory of two cities, he must not only maintain a standing army to guard the security of the territory, but also build a strong army to defend his dignity, which is the right given to him by the state and the obligation he must fulfill.
Hu Bin's military investment has always been to do his best, so that Hu Bin has a strong military force, but also bears heavy maintenance costs. Now, in order to complete the plan to spread the faith, Hu Bin has to shrink his forces and hold on to his territory to save military expenses, which makes him not want to send troops for the next six months.
This made Hu Bin very unwilling, the inability of a strong army to dispatch means that sitting on food and salary has become a burden, and during this period of weak Swadia, countries are constantly testing this camel that is about to die of emaciation, and there may be a big war in the future. It is foreseeable that the numberers, who are becoming more and more active in various countries, will inevitably participate in this war, which makes Lord Reed, who has the first number, embarrassed.
But what if someone else pays for their own army? Hu Bin couldn't help but make plans to rent out his army. In the future war, the Rhodok numberers will definitely face the embarrassment of a shortage of troops, and in his opinion, as long as the price is reasonable, even the heroic knights cannot be rented out. At that time, the enemy will see the power of composite plate armor, and his arms business will definitely be very hot.
After planning the direction of development for the next six months, Hu Bin found Lorraine and prepared to discuss the spread of faith. He knew that this matter was a long-term career, and it would have a crucial impact on his future development in the Warband mission world, and even the development of other mission worlds.
Just as every time the end is bound to be reborn, in the face of the resurgence of the tide of magic, the eyes of the gods will once again be cast on this world that is heading for a new life, and the struggle for faith will inevitably lead to the strife of mortals.
Hu Bin didn't know how the future history of the world would judge what he did, and as a passerby, he was willing to leave a guarantee for the people of this land that had struggled. Hu Bin didn't know what would become of this place after he left the Warband World. But people's faith cannot be carried away by itself, it takes root in people's hearts, and finally grows into a harbor that shelters them.