In addition to not having the national strength of the Great Unification Empire, another point is that the barbarians also surpassed the Xiongnu, and seriously he is more like a fishing and hunting society like the Later Jin. ◢ With * Dream ◢ Small *.lā But once it enters the age of firearms, what kind of nomadism or fishing and hunting, all of them will be swept into the garbage heap of history, Duke wants horses, but he also wants the grassland where horses are produced!

"Attack, Lord Lord, are we capable of attacking Storm Castle?"

Cassel asked suspiciously, the gap between the strength of the current storm castle and the barbarians is too big, and the lord's idea is a bit whimsical.

"Not yet, but there will be later. I just want to tell you that I am not trading with the barbarians for myself, but for the future of the entire Europa continent, and one day I will save the people on the northern border of the French Empire from the invasion of the barbarians!"

"My lord, I believe in you!"

Cassel nodded heavily at this time, he didn't have the slightest doubt about Duke's words, because if the lord wanted to be greedy for pleasure, he might have already left Stormcastle. It can be said that Cassel has seen so much to the aristocracy, and no one has ever been "poor" to the point of Duke.

With millions of gold coins and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, he was unwilling to even hire an extra maid for himself, and even dismissed all the maid cooks left behind before Storm Castle, just to save a little castle.

"Okay, you can cultivate with peace of mind, I'm just telling you the good news in advance. ”

After that, Duke didn't stay much at Cassel either, because there were so many things to do, and he didn't have so much time to talk to.

"My lord, I'll send you. ”

"No, you can get some rest. ”

After Duke said this, he left the hospital and headed in the direction of the barracks outside the city. Now, with the completion of the Storm Army's expansion, the entire Storm Barracks has also undergone earth-shaking changes, expanding five times in size, and it is simply another Storm City.

That's why, Duke got a million gold coins, and even the Storm Armor and weapons had already been spent on most of them before they could be produced, including the cost of building the Storm Barracks.

However, now the cost of the storm military camp is just the beginning, Zhang Nan has decided to open a storm military academy, start to popularize the low-level regiment system of the storm army, and improve the literacy rate of the soldiers, after all, if artillery appears in the future, it is impossible not to calculate even the most basic ballistics, it will be too painful.

Another point is that Zhang Nan plans to establish a staff system, and in the future, in addition to major decisions, such things as tactical implementation will be handed over to the staff department. In the past, the Storm Army was barely able to dispatch Duke with thousands of people, but now that the Storm Army has expanded to tens of thousands, it will definitely not work if you want to rely on yourself to command it alone.

And seriously, in addition to Fei Duo, whether it is Cassel or Allen, or even the dwarven legion generals such as Hammer and Rock, they are basically some reckless and rough people. When the Holy See army attacked, Duke could have seen it, and this group of reckless men did not have any constructive opinions other than shouting and fighting.

It's just that these stalls are spreading, and it is conceivable that Stormfort will fall into crisis again. And most of the stalls are spread, which belongs to the kind that requires continuous investment, and there is no way to remove them.

Entering the Storm Barracks, this is a hot construction scene, although the Storm Barracks needs to be expanded to five times the size in the plan, but in fact it is only a flat land, and most of the buildings have not started.

However, the construction of military camps has a great advantage compared with the construction of ordinary cities and fortresses, that is, Duke does not need to consider the problem of labor, and the tens of thousands of people in the Storm Army are the best labor force in Storm Fort at present, especially the elite of the five thousand Sea Clans who remained, and they were even more like coolies. It's just that when they eat, at least one top three!

For Duke's arrival, the Storm Army, whether it is a recruit or a veteran, a human dwarf or a sea clan, is neatly lined up to be reviewed by Duke. This is also an iron rule set by Duke, that is, as long as you join the Storm Army, there will be no difference between races and ethnic groups, and everything will be led by the lord.

In other words, Duke has created the Storm Army into a special race, and they are no longer part of their former tribe. This is also because of Duke's absolute control over military power, and the truth that power comes from the barrel of a gun is firmly remembered in Duke's mind.

After inspecting the troops, Duke also inspected the construction of Storm Barracks. Basically, as long as the materials arrive, construction is not a problem. But now the problem is that Storm Castle is rushing to build everywhere before the snow freezes, and building materials such as cement, river sand, bricks, etc., are in a very scarce situation, even the supply of military camps is insufficient.

Faced with this situation, Duke could only spend money to purchase some building materials from Andorra la Vella or even Alpine City. With the advent of cement, the building materials in the world before this world were like tofu slag in Duke's eyes, but now in this emergency, only some "tofu slag" projects can be built to deal with emergencies.

Otherwise, when it is really frozen for thousands of miles, without the protection of the house, it will really freeze to death.

After the inspection, Duke gathered several regiment commanders in the Storm Barracks and asked them to organize some clerks and write a book of their combat experience and some classic battles. At the same time, a good place was selected in the barracks to lay a good foundation for the future military academy teaching building.

Duke had already decided that such a thing as a military school must be formed. Because with the large expansion of the Storm Army, it has greatly affected the combat effectiveness, and this kind of pure recruit team has little effect on the number of recruits, and the rout of the cold weapon era is a common occurrence.

If you want to avoid this situation, in addition to the dilution of veterans and the baptism of battle, there is enough replenishment of middle and low-level elite officers, so as to build a strong army. Because the middle and lower legions are the real soul of an army.

After making these plans, Duke also gave a speech to habitually instill in the recruits that they would be loyal to the lord. After all, the construction of spiritual civilization is Duke's only weapon to control the Storm Army, and it cannot be relaxed.

Just when Zhang Nan was about to go back after his speech, good news came from the Storm Carriage Factory outside the city, and the first Storm Carriage using the assembly line production method in Storm Fort was officially off the assembly line.

The success of the production of this carriage also indicates that a steady stream of storm carriages will soon be produced from the assembly line, and the transportation and financial problems that have plagued Duke for a long time will be solved!