After reaching an agreement with Stormkeeping, the Tide Tribe did not dare to stay too long, after all, they were now facing the threat of war from the Shark Tribe.

Duke also had the Storm Troopers step up their shoreline patrols and build watchtowers along the Seine to ensure that the Shark Tribes would not bypass the Tide and attack Stormfort's hydro factory.

Although Duke has absolute confidence that the Shark Tribe does not have the strength to conquer Storm Castle, if the hydro factory is affected or destroyed because of this, it will be unacceptable to Storm Castle, because now all the development plans of Storm Castle are inseparable from the support of the hydro factory, which has almost become the heart of Storm Castle!

At the same time, in order to lengthen the defensive line, there was a shortage of troops, and Duke once again issued a recruitment order, announcing that the Storm Army would recruit 1,100 troops. One thousand of them were to replenish the 1st and 2nd Stormtroop regiments, making the two regiments of Stormfort 1,500 men. The other hundred soldiers were selected from the homeless people with a foundation in horsemanship as much as possible, and then incorporated into the Storm Troopers.

Compared with the number of 1,500 infantry regiments, the cavalry regiment is really a bit shabby, and with this 100 people, it is still only 500 people, which is just one-third of a reorganized regiment.

The cavalry regiment is not because of the shortage of troops before, but because the horses in Stormcastle are really in short supply. Without three or five years of horse breeding, it may be almost impossible for the cavalry of Storm Castle to expand further.

This is why Duke was excited to see the dwarven musket, after all, it is too easy to train a musketeer compared to training cavalry, archers, etc. But cavalry is still indispensable, even if it is not fighting, horsepower can also be used to carry weight and maneuver, after all, there are no cars and planes in this world, in addition to the two legs of people, they can only rely on the four legs of livestock.

This expansion of Stormfort has reached the limit that Stormcastle can sustain at present, because if you count the dwarven legions, the official soldiers of Stormcastle will be close to 5,000, not including the 1,000 logistics regiments.

You must know that the number of viscount lords on the continent is only one or two thousand people. Even if it is Baker's Silver Moon City, as the eldest son of the duke, he has the help of the Duchy of Berry to train, and after three or four years of city lord career, he has only trained four thousand elite Silver Moon Army.

Duke has only been half a year, and he has already surpassed the achievements of the genius big brother for a few years, which is true that there is a miraculous effect of the military training experience of later generations, but there is still a suspicion of reckless military force. Because even the first regiment of the Storm Army has already had a serious dilution of veterans, and it can be seen from the battle with the Spartan Legion that if it weren't for the sudden attack and the huge advantage in equipment, the battle might have been the defeat of the Storm Army.

Not to mention the second regiment, which was almost always a group of recruits, Duke didn't even worry about letting them guard the water conservancy plant, let alone fight against the elite legions on the mainland.

In this era of cold weapons, there are many cases of winning more with less. Because of the dense phalanx, once a small number of soldiers retreated and collapsed. It is easy to cause the entire defense line to collapse in an instant, and Duke does not want to become a background wall on the achievements of other legions on the continent one day in the future.

Duke handed over the matter of army expansion to Alan and Cassel, and they have experienced several army expansions, and they have rich experience in these. Duke's first emphasis is that training must be strict, and only with strict training and the accumulation of absolute obedience will the Storm Army become a terrifying killing machine.

While Duke was busy with army expansion and construction, Kasmai came to Duke with a solemn face. Seeing Cassmail's bitter face, Duke preemptively teased and said, "What's the matter, have you been brainwashed by Michelangelo and remembered your pious bishopric career again?"

"I've always been a devout believer!" Cassmai retorted on the spot, although this guy has been in the same league as Duke in action, but he has always been pious in words, Duke sometimes thinks why this guy is so shameless?

"If you let the Lord know that your piety is like this, I guess the coffin board will not be able to hold it down. Tell me, what the hell is going on. ”

In the face of Duke's ridicule, Carsmead showed disdain, thinking that this straw bale knows a thing about faith.

Of course, with Duke's current strength and identity, Cosmiah didn't dare to say it to his face, and could only continue to despise it in his heart.

"I have just received a magical message from the Holy See, and the priest deacon sent by the Archbishop of Auray in Andorra City will arrive at Storm Castle tomorrow to investigate the matter of the Witch City Lord's order. Now that Storm Castle is not only rampant heretical, but even the church has been renovated, how should we deal with the investigation?"

When Carsmai said this, he still showed a sour taste of dissatisfaction, after all, he was calling for wind and rain in Storm Fort at the beginning, but now even the church has been demolished by Duke, and he is still suppressed by some "Scientology" scientists everywhere, which is simply a shame among the bishops.

Duke didn't care about Kasmai's tone at all, but looked at him and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you embezzled Mass money before to clear up relations and transfer you out of Stormcastle and fight for the bishop of Ayutthaya, right?"

"To have the right to appoint an archbishop, then the relationship must be at least the status of a cardinal. There is only one cardinal in the French Empire, and if you can buy him and order Orey to stop investigating the Witches of Stormcastle, how much will it cost?"

This is the way Duke had prepared to deal with Hera's questioning. Since this cardinal can accept bribes to buy the archbishopric office, it is even more trivial for him to order the investigation of a small territory to be stopped.

The best way to defeat the enemy is to break through from the inside of the enemy, the Holy See has ruled the continent for thousands of years, and there is no way to avoid absolute corruption with absolute power, and there are already many holes under the seemingly behemoth's body.

On the one hand, he was happy that Duke had come up with a good method, after all, the two of them were now on the same boat, and if they were investigated, Duke would not be able to escape.

On the other hand, as a bishop, he was heartbroken that his faith had been nakedly tarnished by money. However, when Duke saw Cassmail's embarrassed expression and offered to reward him with five hundred gold coins for solving this matter, the heartache expression on Cassmail's face disappeared in an instant!