Although Duke mentioned the military parade in the military regulations of Storm Castle, he really didn't expect that the first official military parade of Storm Castle would be used to welcome his return.

During the review of the Storm Army, Duke focused on the Logistics Army and the Forces Nouvelles. Before leaving, he instructed Allen to transfer personnel from the logistics regiment and try to complete the two main regiments of the Storm Army, after all, these two regiments are the real combat effectiveness of Storm Fort.

With the transfer of personnel from the logistics regiment, it is natural to recruit new recruits into the Storm Army, no matter how poor the Storm Fort is, the construction of the Storm Army Duke cannot be completely stopped, at least not worse than the previous military strength, otherwise how can he face the threats around him?

It's just that Duke didn't expect that Allen not only recruited and replenished the logistics regiment with 1,000 people, but also recruited 1,000 recruits. You must know that the current treatment of the Storm Army is one gold coin per month for the main soldier and five silver coins per month for the logistics regiment, which exceeds the average income level of this world.

This thousand-person recruit corps, the salary of five hundred gold coins per month does not seem to be much, but

Unlike this world's conscription system, Duke is a professional army, and all food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, including weapons and armor, are borne by Stormcastle. Each set of Storm Castle armor, even if it is cheaper to produce by yourself, the labor cost and raw material cost will require a set of more than ten gold coins.

However, this is the price of the shrunken version of the armor originally provided to the Sea Clan, and the thickness and steel quality of the plate armor used by Stormcastle itself are better than the Sea Clan's plate armor. What's more, there are magic runes drawn with magic crystals on the complete body of the Storm Armor, which is the real cost of money, which is more precious than gold.

Therefore, the cost of weapons and other equipment wear and tear is the expenditure of tens of thousands of gold coins in an instant. You have to understand that this is still a thousand recruits, and the logistics regiment has also been replenished with hundreds, if you really want to treat this group of people as a regular army, that is to say, the expenditure of Storm Fort will reach the level of 100,000 gold coins, and a large expansion of the army will be impossible to cut anymore, it will become a stable expenditure.

Naturally, the more soldiers the better, but the thought of financial expenditures makes Duke feel a huge headache. Although Duke hadn't had time to go back to his study to check the financial revenues in detail, judging from the amount when he left, it would be thankful that Stormcastle would have twenty or thirty thousand gold coins now, and it was very likely that there would not be a penny.

After all, in addition to Duke taking away the compensation, Andy, the commercial officer who set off later, also took away the funds necessary to open the flagship store of the Storm Comptoir in the imperial capital. So it is very likely that the entire treasury has been emptied, and there is only a waiting for the funds of Andorra City next month.

Moreover, Duke has always implemented the policy of elite soldiers, even in the era of cold weapons, too many troops cannot lead to qualitative changes most of the time. On the contrary, when encountering a brutal war, the indiscriminate number of soldiers will cause the collapse of the entire defense line, and so many battles in ancient times were broken through with little and from point to area, resulting in the rout of the entire army.

And the cruelty of this world is far beyond that of simple human beings. Don't talk about elves, orcs, and hell creatures, which Duke hasn't seen yet, just a monster valley ice demon, and there is no problem in beating ten unarmored ordinary warriors at a time, in front of their ice blades and extreme agility, unarmored soldiers are simply lambs to the slaughter.

Alan may have felt Duke's difficulty, and at this time he whispered in Duke's ear: "Lord Lord, although more than 1,000 people have been recruited, only the logistics regiment of hundreds of people is really included in the storm army sequence, and the new regiment is now in the form of a militia, only for military training, but does not provide salary and equipment. ”

Duke knew this, but in fact, most of the lord's army, except for the elite private army and the knights, were improvised peasants, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were militia. It's just that Duke wants to create a professional military system, and if he still uses the militia like other territories, it will be contrary to his original intention.

"The 1,000 recruits were kept for the time being, and they were still paid. However, Allen, in the future, except for the winter farming and leisure time training, do not form this kind of special full-time militia regiment, without enough training and equipment, it is difficult for them to survive on the battlefield. ”

"I see, my lord. Alan also hurriedly replied.

Seeing Allen's serious appearance, Duke didn't want Allen to mistakenly think that he was doing bad things with good intentions, so he softened his tone and said: "Allen, this is a new army, in addition to the loyalty and bravery of the soldiers, we also have to pay for them, so that they can get a sense of spiritual and material belonging, only when they truly become one, will they burst out with absolute combat effectiveness." ”

"Let's not talk about the spirit, this thing is too complex, it can have beliefs, needs, common goals, and so on. But the material can be summed up in the simplest way, that is, let them have no worries. ”

"For example, we have divided the land, greatly improved the treatment of soldiers, and given them the honor and equipment they deserve. Let them feel from the bottom of their hearts that this is not for the lord to be cannon fodder, but for their relatives, territory and future, only in this way can a real iron army be forged. ”

Duke said a lot to Allen, and he simply summed up the spiritual civilization construction of the army. It's just that at this time, Alan was also confused, because he had never heard many of the words Duke said, let alone understood them.

Seeing Allen's bewildered face, Duke suddenly felt a deep helplessness, in fact, Duke wanted to tell the spirit of the Red Army in the final analysis. IT'S JUST THAT IN THIS THEOCRATIC SOCIETY, THERE IS A SENSE OF DISOBEDIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO GONGCHANIST BELIEFS, AND DUKE HAS TRIED HIS BEST TO ANSWER IN MORE POPULAR LANGUAGE, BUT IT IS STILL INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE WORLDVIEW OF THIS WORLD.

Looking at Allen's appearance, Duke could only say more simply and rudely: "You just need to let the Storm Army understand that Duke is not cannon fodder with me, but an absolute elite." And I can guarantee that they will have meat to eat and land with me, and the whole family will be well fed and satisfied!"

Sure enough, when Duke said this, Alan nodded firmly and replied: "I understand Lord Lord, in fact, the soldiers of the new regiment this time are more willing to sign up after hearing the recruitment notice. It's because they know that the follower lord will be able to live a good life in the future, and they don't have to worry about not taking care of their dead relatives. So I don't need to say it, they all understand it!"