Qi Vini has a total population of 1,500, and according to the extreme mobilization rate of the agricultural era, 150 soldiers can be recruited at a ratio of 1 out of 10, but the mobilization rate of 10% can be said to be the time to face the battle of the country, so it is impossible to maintain it for too long. Therefore, Stennis estimated that he could forcibly recruit a hundred men into the army. But because what he wants to build is a professional army that is now or modernized, so he can't organize everyone into the army, such as pulling those old men in to fill the numbers, after cutting off this part of the reserve that is basically ineffective, the forty archers in his barracks now are the largest force he can mobilize.

After all, under his rule, he could not engage in the politics of the First Army, and a considerable number of young and middle-aged people had to be left behind for farming, and those peasants still had to eat.

But this brings up a big problem, only forty archers are not enough to stuff others in this troubled time.

Sure enough, people are the world's most important resource.

Stannis couldn't think of a way to quickly increase the population in a short period of time, and he didn't want to encourage childbearing, a stupid and slow method that would take ten or twenty years.

In order to brainstorm ideas, he decided to gather all of his staff, and after continuous efforts since the crossing, his staff group has increased from the original three whiteboards to seven, with an additional ranger, an engineer, a doctor and a mercenary captain.

Soon, his war council was filled with all the people listed above.

Stanis cleared his throat and began his routine speech.

"Attention, attention! Radish, you kid put my legs down! First of all, let's welcome Bates Moore to join the team, who will later serve as an infantry instructor in my territory. ”

But everyone's reaction was not as enthusiastic as he thought, and even the new mercenary just sat lazily in his seat and nodded casually to everyone.

"Boss," it was still Robert who spoke first, "don't play with it, you see where there are infantry in the barracks for you to train!"

Satisfied with getting to the point so quickly, Stannis glanced at Robert approvingly, "That's right, I'm coming to you this time to ask you to find a way to solve the problem of insufficient population in my territory, so that you can increase the number of soldiers recruited, and this is the highest priority to deal with at the moment." ”

Everyone was embarrassed, they were content with the status quo, and now the territory was gradually becoming more vibrant, and the financial resources were also sufficient for all expenses, food, drink, shelter and transportation were acceptable, so except for Stannis, the rest of the people were basically not aggressive.

However, Stannis had long thought that they would react in this way, and without whipping them, these lazy worms who were eating and waiting to die would not move.

"I forgot to mention that this is a meeting where you have to come up with a solution, and everybody has to come up with their own proposal, Fellow, and you start first. ”

The old Lady Romon scratched his gray hair with a pained expression, he had never been the kind of person who could make decisions, "I...... I wonder if we can encourage childbearing, like having a boy and a dog, and having a girl and a pig, or whatever?"

Stannis rolled his eyes, knowing that the old-fashioned old man couldn't make an imaginative proposal, so he turned his head to look at Korodov expectantly.

"Knight, what do you think?"

Korodov stood up and made an impassioned statement, "My lord, I think you should abide by the knight's creed and make your name known, so that you can attract more knights to serve you, and if you can do this, even if you are just sitting in the castle, there will be a steady stream of people coming to you!"

Stannis covered his face with his hands, he still had expectations for this guy, he was so naïve.

"Sect Leader, what about you?"

The black man withdrew his gaze from the window and said in a deep voice, "On the other side of the river." ”

"Across the river?" Stannis was curious.

"That's right, there are wild people on the other side of the river, maybe you can capture them and join the army. ”

This is news that Stannis has never heard of, wild people, this kind of ready-to-catch guys are indeed full of temptation for him, but with his current strength, he can't open a copy of crossing the river to catch wild people, so this proposal was rejected by him again.

"Cup Cat, you're new here, you always have a different idea, right?"

Stanis was full of anticipation, and since Batesmore was too awkward, he changed his name.

The mercenary still had that faint smile on his face, and he said enthusiastically: "Don't be so troublesome, my lord, as long as you are willing to add money, some people are willing to work for you!"

"That's what I want to say, too!" said Robert, who had been watching from the sidelines, jumped out and echoed him.

"You mean to let me hire mercenaries directly?" Stannis understood what they were saying.

Both Batesmore and Robert nodded affirmatively at him.

In this chaotic era, all industries are withering, only the mercenary business is popular, whether it is to take care of the home or rob the house, these warmongers are the hottest candidates, they are strong in combat, well-equipped, can fight all year round on the front line, no matter how you look at it, it is the best choice to quickly increase your strength.

But aside from one important issue, loyalty, Stannis didn't want to take them to the height of the war and suddenly defect, or be tied up by them in their sleep because he couldn't pay their salaries.

"It's a good idea, it's just too expensive. Stannis had no choice but to veto.

Robert sulked like a deflated ball, even though he didn't come up with the proposal in the first place.

"In the end, there was only one person left. ”

Stannis turned his gaze to Speer.

A polytechnic man who doesn't speak much Erathian must have gone crazy himself to expect him to come up with any valuable advice.

Just as he was about to announce the adjournment of the meeting, Speer suddenly spoke.

"Attract people from the surrounding territories and let them move in with tax exemptions. ”

Everyone fell silent and looked at him, for the least likely creature had made the best possible suggestion.

"You mean to say that I have attracted the surrounding peasants to my territory with a large number of generous policies, and when they fall into my sweet trap and then show their hideous faces, they will not be able to run away if they want to, so they can only be obedient soldiers to me. ”

Speer nodded.

This is a perfect policy! Stennis clenched his fists, "It's decided, it will be implemented tomorrow, and I will first attack the three small families of Bafro, Diar, and Doug who are close to my territory!