When Hannold, the administrator of Coldwater City, went down, Meng Fan looked at his brother Bogula, "Big brother, you will take someone to the Giant Wood City, I have written to inform the Lord of Giant Wood City, Mitre, and asked him to hand over all the troops under his territory to you to bring back to Blackstone City. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Meng Fan, who was sitting above the council hall, spoke.

This time, Meng Fan not only prepared to merge the armies of Coldwater City and Blackstone City, but also transferred the territorial armies of Jumu City and combined the territorial armies of the three cities into one army.

"Mistress Mittel... probably won't be as cheerful as Hannold. Bogula looked at Meng Fan and said, "Even if he doesn't want to hand over the territory army, it is in vain, the tax collectors in Giant Wood City and the officers in the territory army are all our people, and the soldiers in the territory army of Giant Wood City rely on our Black Rock City to pay them military salaries, and Mitre does not have any real power in Giant Wood City at all." Tiberius on the side sneered and said.

"That's right. Bogura nodded, the officers in the army of the Giant Wood City Territory are all served by the people selected by Bogula, and the salary of the army of the Giant Wood City Territory is also provided by Blackstone City, and the Lord of Giant Wood City, Mitre, has no command over the army of his own territory at all.

"Big brother, you can rest assured to go and bring the army of Giant Wood City back to Black Rock City, that Mitre guy won't cause you trouble, if he still wants to continue to be the lord of this Giant Wood City..."

"Lord Claude, how many troops can we get if we combine the armies of the three cities?" asked Gruya, who had come to Coldwater City with Meng Fan.

"Tiberius. Meng Fan looked at Tiberius in front of him, as the deputy of the lord Meng Fan, Tiberius did not only manage the taxation affairs of Black Rock City, but also had the right to intervene in all matters related to the management of the territory, which was Meng Fan's trust in Tiberius.

"There are now 4,000 soldiers in Blackstone City, and there are 3,800 soldiers on the side of Cold Water City, because Jumu City was invaded by the Bretan army two years ago, and the territory army was all wiped out, and in the past two years, Jumu City has recruited more than 2,000 new soldiers, and the territory soldiers of the three cities together will probably form an army of more than 10,000 people. Tiberius replied.

"Ten thousand people..." Grua thought for a moment, "Lord Claude, it costs about eight gold coins a year to feed a soldier, and eighty thousand gold coins a year for ten thousand territory soldiers. "Gruya used to be the city defense officer of Tieliu City, so he knows very well about the payment of soldiers' salaries.

"That's right, now Lord Claude collects more than 200,000 gold coins in taxes from the three territories of Blackstone City, Coldwater City, and Giant Wood City every year, and after handing over a part of it to the King and the Holy See of Light, Lord Claude can still leave about 150,000 gold coins, and it is not a problem to support the military salaries of 10,000 soldiers in the territory. Tiberius continued.

"As the lord of the three cities, Lord Claude still has a few fewer troops. The dark mage Mar Saha, who was standing beside Meng Fan, spoke.

"The people in the three territories of Cold Water City, Giant Wood City, and Black Rock City are all less than 200,000 in total, and it is normal to maintain the number of 10,000 territory soldiers, if you continue to expand the army, it will put pressure on the economic development of the territory, and the lord's mansion will not be able to take out so much money to support a large-scale army. Meng Fan's brother Bogula looked at Mar Saha.

"As long as we have money, it is easy to expand the army, after all, the army is built with money, if Lord Claude has enough money, we can not only recruit soldiers from Blackstone City, Coldwater City, and Giant Wood City, but also from other parts of the Kingdom of Gilgias. Marsahar said in a hoarse voice.

"Lord Marsaha, it is true that the army is supported by money, but it is not easy to develop the economy of the territory in a short period of time. Bogula replied.

"Big brother, Mar Sahar has already told me and Tiberius some of his thoughts on the development of the territorial economy. Meng Fan, who was sitting above the council hall, spoke.

"Mar Saha, say what you think again, they don't know about Big Brother and Grua yet. Meng Fan gestured to the dark mage Mar Saha standing beside him.

"Yes, Lord Claude. Mar Saha respectfully saluted Meng Fan, "At present, Black Rock City and Cold Water City have rightfully belonged to Lord Claude's territory, and Giant Wood City is basically controlled by Lord Claude, and it can be seen from the way of life of the people in these three territories in the northeast of the Gilgidian Kingdom that most of them earn money by planting crops to support their families,

There are no large mineral veins in these three territories, and the forest resources are not too rich, and grain and all kinds of fruits and vegetables are the most important products in the territory. Mar Saha said, standing in front of Lord Meng Fan.

Hearing Mar Saha's words, Bogura couldn't help but nodded, Bogura and his younger brother Claude both grew up in Blackstone City, Bogura certainly has a thorough understanding of the environment of his hometown, Blackstone City and Cold Water City, and the vast majority of the people in Giant Wood City rely on growing wheat and other food crops to make a living.

"Lord Marsaha, you have thought of a new way to make money?" Bogura asked, looking at the dark mage, "Lord Bogula, we can use the abundant crops in our territory to create greater value. Marzahar replied with a smile.

"Something more valuable, Lord Marsaha, grain, fruits and vegetables are not expensive commodities, and unless there is a shortage of food due to the outbreak of war, it is difficult to make a lot of money by selling food. Bogura thought for a moment and said.

"Of course, it doesn't make much money to sell grain to the people of other cities in the Kingdom of Gilgia, but we can sell it elsewhere. Marsahar said in a hoarse voice.

"Somewhere else?" Bogula looked puzzled, "Big brother, Mar Saha wants us to sell our grain to the dwarves of the Fallen Pine Hills. Meng Fan, who was sitting in the chair, said at this time.

"Dwarves!" Bogura looked at his younger brother in surprise, "Lord Claude, this is not a good idea, not to mention that the Holy See of Light prohibits the major kingdoms of the human race from trading with the dwarves, even if we want to trade with the dwarves, they may not necessarily trust us, I heard that the dwarves on the Fallen Pine Hills do not have a good impression of humans." Gruya, who was standing next to Bogula, said.

The dwarves in the Fallen Pine Hills are different from the nine kingdoms of humanity, the dwarves believe in the god of war, and the Holy See of Light has a hostile attitude towards those aliens who do not believe in the god of light.

"The Holy See of Light is easy to do, the headquarters of the Holy See is located in the Kingdom of Maude, and they mainly rely on the churches in other kingdoms to monitor the kings and lords, and these churches do not have enough power to monitor every corner of the territory, if we trade with the dwarves, it will be done secretly in private, and the people of the Holy See will not be aware of it. Tiberius said.

"My main concern and that of Master Claude is whether the dwarves of the Fallen Pine Hills will be willing to trade with us. Tiberius set his eyes on the dark mage Marzahar beside him.