Stuart's territory is just south of the Smit Mountains, and the island is now developing at a very fast pace, and the island already has a certain amount of military power. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

According to Imperial law, a realm lord has the duty to assist the monarch in defending the empire's territory at all times, but of course, if the lord of the realm intends to betray his country or his monarch, that is a different matter!

According to this law, Ferdinand could actually give an order directly to Situ Jin, and let him do everything in his power to prevent other countries from encroaching on the territory of the Empire! But Ferdinand did not do this, but expressed his meaning in a very subtle way, which gave Situ Jin the opportunity to refuse.

However, Situ Jin would not refuse.

Putting everything else aside, his territory is on the Noah Sea in the southernmost part of the empire, if any country really takes away the land south of the Smit Mountains of the Yarrow Empire, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to cutting off all ties between him and the Yarrow Empire, and at that time, his territory will really be an island, which is not the result he wants.

"Please convey a message to Your Majesty on my behalf!" Situ Jin said to the envoy sent by Ferdinand: "I will not let any country set foot on the territory of the empire, this is my promise to him!"

Although the Yarrow Empire is one of the three major empires in the mainland, its ability to collect intelligence is far from being compared with those underground forces active in various regions of the continent.

Ferdinand had only received information that some countries coveted a large part of the southern part of the empire, but he had no idea which country it was!

There are many more things that Ferdinand didn't know, such as "Tatsuten" has reached an agreement with the opposition forces in Orlando that they will assassinate a number of high-ranking people in Orlando in the near future, so as to disrupt the situation in Orlando, so that the opposition forces can take advantage of the chaos to win; In the next stage, these two countries will become the first punch of the Star Sea Empire against the Yarrow Empire.

Yes, perhaps in the eyes of the vast majority of people, although there are many areas of the mainland of Ceylon that have been in turmoil, there is still some balance on the whole, but this is just the illusion of most people!

All countries are actively preparing for war, even those on the periphery, and everyone has a strong feeling that the storm is coming, and if you are not fully prepared, you will be drowned in the rain in an instant.

As the chief political officer of the empire and the commander-in-chief of the imperial military department, Situ Jin has the responsibility and obligation to protect the security of the empire, but he has no obligation to take care of Orlando's affairs, even if the current queen of Orlando, Theresia, is Ferdinand's own sister, but in Situ Jin's eyes, Orlando is nothing special, not much different from those small countries around the Yarrow Empire.

From the point of view of the chief military and political chief of the Yarrow Empire, if there is no division in Orlando now, then Situ Jin is happy to have a good relationship with it! But now, Orlando is in chaos, and the Yarrow Empire has just experienced a big war, and it has not yet recovered, if it gets involved in Orlando's affairs again, it will only make the situation worse.

Stuart was a very realistic politician, and in this case, he did not think that the Yarrow Empire still had the power to help Orlando put down the civil strife, so he would not divulge any information about Orlando that he had in his possession to Ferdinand.

Of course, from Öland Island's point of view, he could have helped Orlando, but why would he do it? Was it because of that ridiculous political marriage between Theresia and him all those years ago? Truth be told, he didn't really take that engagement seriously, and he believed that Theresia didn't either, so he didn't have any reason to do it!

As the population of the island grew, the issue of military expansion was naturally on the agenda.

Just a few days ago, after discussing with Erwin and others, Situ Jin finally decided to start a new round of conscription next week, the previous conscription had conscripted a total of 25,000 people, plus the 5,000 people who came from the empire with Situ Jin, a total of more than 30,000 people.

Originally, Situ wanted to recruit 50,000 people this time, but Erwin and others said that with the current population size of Erland Island, 50,000 people is too little, and in the long run, it is better to recruit more people.

Situ listened to everyone's opinions, and finally decided that the total number of conscripts this time is 80,000, and the 6,000 crossbowmen of the elves will not be counted, that is to say, after the completion of this conscription, plus the existing 30,000 soldiers on Erland Island and 6,000 people from the elven race, there will be a total of nearly 120,000 soldiers on Erland Island, with 5,000 people as a legion, that is to say, there will be 24 legions.

120,000 soldiers -- 24 legions, in terms of a territory, is indeed quite a lot! It can even be said that even many countries on the mainland do not have so many soldiers, and the four small countries that fought against the Yarrow Empire before are examples.

However, in terms of the territorial area of the island of Erland, 120,000 soldiers is not too many! plus Situ Jin's previous promise to Ferdinand, 120,000 is not too much!

Soon, the second round of conscription work on the island began, and the scene was even more terrifying than the first one! All the men on the island who met the requirements for registration, as long as they were healthy and not disabled, crowded around the conscription points, and this created a phenomenon that almost all the streets of every city where the conscription points were opened were full of people, and the vicinity of the conscription points was surrounded by water! Although everyone lined up in an orderly manner, there were too many people, and people felt dizzy when they looked at it.

Originally, the people of Erlan Island were proud to be a soldier on the island, and Situ Jin led the imperial army to defeat the four small countries before, which made all the bloody men excited, although it was not the army on the island that participated in the war, but this was the glory of all the soldiers of the Yarrow Empire! The most important thing is that everyone believes that as long as they follow their duke, they will have countless opportunities to get this glory in the future.

Military uniforms, soldiers, and the army have become extremely romantic and enthusiastic in everyone's eyes for a while, and they are the existence that young people yearn for!