The original study was small, on the left side of the council hall, and without windows, almost like a small cell, and was arranged for fear of theft of important objects or assassination, as the lord usually received important guests in the study. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Gray didn't like working in that environment, so he ordered the old study to be completely converted into a secret room, a large circular room surrounded by windows.

In this room, when you open the window and look up, you can see the vast world outside the city, instead of the cold corner, and the breeze can relax the mood that was originally boring because of the long time of work.

Gray's desk is made of iron tree, strong and durable, and this desk should be some years old, belonging to the private collection of the previous lord of Gersenburg, it was originally just displayed in a showroom, Gray felt that it was a waste, so he took it to work!

Immediately under the wall next to the window was a full set of couches made of wolf fur, which of course was also left by the previous lord, and Gray would not have spent so much money on it.

Now, there were several people sitting on the couch, including Sir Wright, Gray's chief business advisor, Rena, who had just been canonized as a knight and was appointed captain of the guard, and Sir Rant, the former captain of the guard in Gersenburg, who was now a special advisor to Grey's castle.

The last one is the townsfolk who elected Master Mick, who is an important part of the inheritance of human civilization, and all the inventions of human civilization so far have been accumulated from generation to generation.

Bachelors are involved in a wide range of studies!

For example, architecture, arithmetic, alchemy, pharmacy, blacksmithing, etc., and even bread, the main food of human beings, are all made by scholars.

If you want to become a bachelor, it is not particularly difficult, as long as you pass the entrance exam at Wangdu Youen University.

However, after passing the exam, it will be ten to twenty years of boring study, and then pass the examination before you can get the bachelor's thesis officially recognized by Youen University.

Moreover, the study of a bachelor is a very serious matter in the human kingdom, and there can be no entertainment during this period! However, the status of the bachelor is very high in the human kingdom, and even the king cannot execute a scholar at will. Therefore, there are still many young people who dream of becoming bachelors, especially the descendants of the down-and-out aristocracy.

Maester Mick studied alchemy and physics, but pharmacy was also involved, and Gray deliberately set aside a room in the castle to build him a laboratory.

The four of them were able to gather here this time, all of whom were summoned by Gray, and they would be the core figures of Gray's future rule over Gersenburg, and they needed to get together like this often.

Katia and Leah were busy on the side, carefully placing some of the freshly made snacks on the small table between the sofas!

While doing things, the two girls secretly looked at the female knight next to them who was about the same age as the two of them with their eyes, especially when they saw the scar on the right side of the other party's face, the two girls even felt that the right side of their face was limited and slightly numb.

When there was a faint fragrance wafting in the study, Gray's eyes lit up, this was the aroma of tea, he hurriedly asked Leah to bring him a cup, Gray took the tea and took a small sip and said, "I like this drink more, you can try it too!"

When the four of them heard this, they naturally picked up the tea next to them, and the old bachelor Mick only tasted it lightly and his eyes lit up, obviously he liked it very much, this kind of tea was discovered by a bachelor who studied nature and pharmacy, but it was not popularized, and only a few people liked it.

"I don't like this tea, so bring me a cup of coffee, and remember to add some milk to it!" Sir Wright frowned, he was quite particular.

Katia nodded immediately and exited the room to prepare, "Bring me a cup of black tea!" Rena also ordered Leah, who glanced at Gray and saw him nod, so she put down a pot of tea and left the study.

Sir Rand did not speak, but quietly tasted the tea, which he must have liked very much, bitter with a little fragrance.

Old Lady Mick was a little dissatisfied with Wright and Rena's rude behavior, but looked at Gray, who had not changed in the slightest, and did not speak.

It was not long before the two beautiful maids entered the study again with the brewed coffee and black tea, and Gray got up from the chair on the other side of the desk and walked to the main seat of the sofa and sat down.

"You go down first!" Gray's voice was calm, but unmistakable.

When Katia and Leah left the room, Gray asked, "How is the army recruiting?"

A few days ago, with the help of the limelight of canonizing two civilians as knights, Gray secretly sent people everywhere to publicize the benefits of joining the army.

"The propaganda work has been done very well during this time, and a large group of soldiers has been recruited! It's just that the training is insufficient, and there is no combat effectiveness for the time being!" Reina replied quickly, she is now learning knightly knowledge every day, and Gray will even teach Rena himself whenever he has time.

Rena is very talented in military affairs, even Gray himself sighs to himself, but her combat talent doesn't seem to be very good, which makes Gray very worried about her personal safety, he didn't even have his own personal guard, so he first equipped Rena with two squads of guards.

"We don't even want to take Harrence with this amount of troops, even with the two brigades of soldiers left behind by the Earl, we must recruit at least two thousand!" Rena suggested.

"I think you're crazy!" Sir Wright made an exaggerated expression, "do you know how much it costs to train an ordinary soldier? at least one gold coin, do you know what a gold coin means? Five ordinary people with strong bodies can earn so much money in a year without eating or drinking!"

Gray hadn't thought about this problem before, but now when he heard Wright calculate it like this, he was also shocked, if according to the 50,000 people counted by Gersenburg, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, the total annual production of Gersenburg is less than 10,000 gold coins, according to the normal 30% tax, that is to say, the annual tax of the entire territory is 3,000 gold coins.

However, this is only an ideal figure, and the actual tax collected is less than a thousand gold coins at most!

Sir Wright was pleased with Rena's surprised expression, and he continued: "This is only the cost of the first stage, and the maintenance of weapons, the supply of food and grass, the military expenses of the soldiers, and the maintenance of the barracks will all be astronomical. ”

Gray was interrupted by his series of expenses, "Alright, Sir Wright, I think you should be able to solve these problems!"

Wright saw that the lord he was loyal to now asked, and hurriedly said: "The army can only be maintained at a thousand people now, and if there are too many, no one can run it!"

"But, the Earl's assignment!" Raina interjected.

Gray's eyes flashed: "Lord Jia's two brigades, a total of 3,000 troops, barely enough, aren't there 5,000 troops next to us?"

Rena was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up, and she instantly thought of the five thousand troops of Viscount Marne next to her, which could be put to good use.

"Alternatively, we can ask for assistance from Lord Thor of Mida Town in the rear, he should be able to help us!" Ger added.

Rena nodded in understanding.

Gray took a sip of tea, glanced at everyone, and then his gaze stayed on Sir Wright: "So, Sir Wright, it's still that topic, what can you do to quickly improve the business foundation of Gersenburg?