In the face of Duke's proposed reform of the army establishment, Fasqi and Iron Hammer did not raise any objections, because Duke had talked to Fasqi before, and the Wave Tribe had already made the decision to give up military power, so naturally there was nothing to say.

On the other hand, Iron Hammer has long been accustomed to Duke's leadership, and the entire dwarf tribe has a much stronger sense of belonging than the newly joined Sea tribe, and they believe that Duke will not use dwarves as cannon fodder, so naturally there is no meaning to these.

"In addition to announcing the reform of the Storm Army, I would like to announce one more thing, and that is that the sacrifice of all valiant warriors will not be meaningless, and that the parents of any of the warriors, Stormfort will support them in old age, their children, and Stormfort will support them until they reach adulthood. As for the wife, as long as she does not remarry, Storm Castle will also pay her living expenses every month, ensuring that all Storm Force soldiers have no worries!"

When Duke said the preferential treatment rules of Storm Castle, the whole Storm Castle instantly boiled, because this was definitely a benefit that had never been seen in the continent of Europa. It can even be said that except for the aristocratic class of knights, ordinary soldiers are just cannon fodder in the eyes of the nobles of Stormcastle.

If you meet a good lord, recruit them to pay their salary on time and pay a pension if they die in battle. If they encounter some bad lords or are defeated, then they will become complete cannon fodder and will not be guaranteed any benefits.

Seriously, the same is true for the knights recruited for the dead, but the amount is different. And this kind of parents and children who promised to support the fallen soldiers may be the first time in the world on the continent of Europa, and they can completely contact the worries of the Storm Army soldiers, how can they not be excited?

In fact, these treatments were not absent from the Storm Army before, but Duke did not promise to be so straightforward, but only promised to give the dead a pension. Now Duke has told the Storm Army soldiers more directly and clearly that they can fight bravely on the battlefield and no longer have any worries for the sake of their homes and families!

In addition to these, Duke also promulgated a system of military merit, and for each victory in a battle or the decapitation of an enemy, he would receive as much land as Storm Castle would be. In fact, there were regulations before, but they were only popularized to some officers in the upper ranks, because the combat experience of the lower-level soldiers was still relatively small.

However, now that they have experienced two major battles, basically the main fighters of the Storm Army have participated in the battle, and they have begun to have enough military merits in exchange for Fengtian. Most importantly, the reason why Duke announced it at this time is because this system does not apply only to humans, but to all races in the Stormkeep system.

In other words, in the future, whether it is a fish-man or a dwarf, they will all receive the benefits of the Storm Army!

And in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the fish-man warriors, although Duke had promised to divide the trade market and the land along the Seine River to the Tide tribe, the ownership still belonged to Stormcastle, but it was equivalent to leasing it to them. If you really want to take ownership of this piece of land, you have to make your due contribution to Stormcastle.

It is believed that under the stimulation of the land and the houses of the future port city, these Sea Clan Fishman warriors will also burst out of their amazing combat power and be used by Storm Castle!

With the end of this public memorial ceremony, the construction of the Ocean City in the trade market will also kick off. The addition of 100,000 fish-people provided sufficient labor for the construction of Ocean City. And Duke officially named this Ocean City Storm Harbor, which is the first port city of Storm Castle in the future.

Once completed, the future Stormburg Shipyard, Stormburg Naval Base, and other military facilities will also be located in Stormport, creating one of the most powerful port cities in the world.

Of course, Duke's ideals are very full, but the reality is very cruel. Andy, the commercial officer of Stormcastle, Bashir, the civil affairs officer, and Concierge, the treasurer, all come to Duke's study to discuss with him the future financial expenses of Stormcastle.

According to the pension standard of the Storm Army, each soldier who died in battle will receive a one-time pension of 100 gold coins, which is about 100,000 yuan if changed to the standard of later generations. However, in terms of purchasing power, it can be about ten times more, because in this world, it is generally only a few silver coins a month.

It can be said that this level of pension has basically reached the pension standard of later generations, far exceeding the level of pension in this world. Because they were placed in other territories, these fallen soldiers did not receive any compensation at all.

When Duke set this standard, he didn't think much about it, after all, at that time, porcelain sales brought huge profits, and the Storm Army didn't have any Internet access, so Duke didn't pay attention to the hundreds of gold coins.

But this time, the total casualties of the Storm Army were close to 3,000, and this did not include the soldiers who were injured and subsidized. In other words, Stormcastle alone will have to spend more than 300,000 gold coins.

In addition to these direct subsidies, there is also a monthly payment of living expenses for the families of the fallen soldiers, according to the standard of the general standard of living, that is, the living expenses of five silver coins a month, which means that the future will be a stable monthly expenditure of at least 1,500 gold coins.

This money Duke is not even in his eyes, it is a pension of 300,000 gold coins, with the current financial resources of Storm Castle, there is really no way to take it out, and it is too much more than Storm Castle can bear!

After Bashir finished talking about the pension issue, the treasurer Kang Si directly added: "Lord Lord, the current financial balance of Storm Castle is 100,000 gold coins, which also includes the payment for the goods just received from Alpine City, and this money will also pay for the cost of transporting goods to the flagship store of the Imperial Capital Storm Commercial Bank in the future, plus the transportation costs of the flagship store in the early stage of opening and expanding the market, and a certain amount of reserve funds, the limit that can be taken out is 80,000 gold coins. ”

"Only 80,000 gold coins?"

Duke replied a little embarrassed, he knew that Stormcastle was currently in a tight state, but when he returned to Stormcastle, the balance in the vault should be seventy thousand gold coins. The amount of trade in the Andorran kingdom for a month, how to say that in the early stage, there are more than 100,000 yuan, excluding various expenses, and trying to escape a part of the taxes, should have a net income of about 70,000 gold coins, how to shrink by more than half.

In the face of Duke's questioning, the treasurer Kang Si replied unhurriedly: "Lord Hui, the construction of mines, hydro factories, dwarf cities, and storm new cities was all spent before, and the expansion of the new army of Storm was also an expense. ”

"And now that the autumn harvest has not arrived, most of the food in Stormfort is purchased in large quantities from other territories, which is also an extremely large expenditure. I've brought the Stormcastle ledger here, so you can take a look at it, my lord. ”

After Conception finished speaking, he shouted out the door, and as the door opened, several Storm Castle accountants walked in with a ledger that was half a person high, and Duke's face turned green in an instant.