Chapter 257: President Peterson's Request

A sumptuous dinner for both guests and hosts.

After the banquet, Lorist invited the vice president of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to the study to taste tea, and only Shi Fatzi was with him.

The Vice President handed over a handwritten letter from President Peterson, which bluntly stated that since receiving the news of the death of the Third Prince, the top management of the Chamber of Commerce had begun to dispute over whether to continue to use the northwest region of the Kingdom of Ridlis as the territory of the Chamber of Commerce, and no one wanted to put themselves in front of the 300,000 troops commanded by His Second Highness.

President Peterson believed that as soon as the Third Prince died, His Highness would launch an attack on the Kingdom of Redlis in April and May, and that the great war would soon spread to the northwest. If the Peterson Chamber of Commerce continues to integrate the Northwest Regions as the territory of the Chamber of Commerce, it is likely that His Royal Highness will be beaten by the Second Highness, and all the efforts made by the Chamber of Commerce in the northwest of the Kingdom of Redlis will be swept away.

At a time when the war between the Business Alliance and the Kingdom of Trimber is at a stalemate, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce is no longer able to turn its focus back, especially when the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce and the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce have made it clear that they are ready to obtain the territory of the Chamber of Commerce from the Kingdom of Trimber, and the Peterson Chamber of Commerce is even more reluctant to become a defensive barrier for the Grand Duke of Rum alone. They also decided to get a piece of the Trimber Kingdom.

In the case of the three major chambers of commerce shifting the target of the territory, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce can only give up the strategy of using Hiloas Island as the territory of the Chamber of Commerce, if they have to occupy Hiloas Island, not only will they form a life and death feud with the Norton family, but they will even become the target of the attack of the Second Highness.

As the territory of the Norton family, the island of Hilovas is within the territory of the Kingdom of Antinac, and if it were occupied by the Chikd Chamber of Commerce, it would be equivalent to ceding land from the kingdom. For the Second Highness, who is determined to unify and revive the former Krisson Empire, this is like a slap in the face, the Chikd Chamber of Commerce can be the enemy of a territorial noble, but it cannot withstand the wrath of the ruler of a kingdom, especially the king who also has a strong military power in his hands.

Lorist looked at the letter and wanted to laugh, President Peterson rambled on several pieces of vellum paper in the letter, and analyzed it for a long time to tell Lorist, now that the situation has changed, no one will fight your idea of the family territory on the island of Hilowas, so you can rest assured and boldly do business with me.

However, President Peterson also made three demands in the letter: First, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce wanted to monopolize the sea trade route from Zangjin Bay to Shilowas. After the incident of interception at sea, it is impossible for the Chikde Chamber of Commerce to have a relationship with the Norton family again, since this is the case of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, this maritime trade route is almost in vain.

Second, for the transaction with the Norton family for a large amount of Warcraft furs, because of the war, it is difficult for the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to gather more than two million Kingford for cash transactions, so can it be bartered, and the Norton family can entrust the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to purchase on behalf of the Norton family, so as to alleviate the dilemma that the Peterson Chamber of Commerce cannot raise cash for a while.

The focus of President Peterson's letter is the third point, although it has only been a month since the war between the Business Alliance and the Kingdom of Trimber, President Peterson, as one of the seven giants of the Business Alliance, is already keenly aware of his biggest shortcomings. The Peterson Chamber of Commerce does not lack high-end combat power, what it lacks is an elite Chamber of Commerce armed force that can charge into battle and obey orders.

As one of the seven giants of the business alliance, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce is mainly engaged in fur and long-distance transportation of convoys, and also takes into account some industries such as construction, shipping, food, sauna and entertainment.

It's just that in this way, it will inevitably have some bad effects on the operation of the Chamber of Commerce, and the armed brigade of the Chamber of Commerce formed in this way is more than enough to fight a defensive war, but it is very difficult to order them to attack the enemy's military formation, this is not President Peterson's idea alone, but the consensus of the seven giants of the business alliance when the front line of the Trimber Kingdom confronts the coalition forces of those countries.

Thinking of the implementation of the lord system in the business alliance, the seven giants will be crowned dukes and have grand dukes, so it is already urgent to form an elite standing armed force belonging to their own chamber of commerce.

The Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce was the earliest and most ruthless, he took the entire city defense army into his arms, and President Cumberlet has decided to meet the resolution of the Alliance Council to disband the city defense army every year in October, and let each city form its own garrison to reduce military spending. Here he will transfer all the city defense troops to the territory of their Chamber of Commerce to form a regular legion.

Not to be outdone, the Mayflower Merchant became his target, and the Hussar Patrol Brigade of the Cristo Hills became his target. Anyway, the Cristo Hills will be divided into more than fifty fiefs after the implementation of the lord system, and the light cavalry patrol brigade is worried about the future......

The Fude Chamber of Commerce is very calm, he has already received more than 10,000 duchy garrisons when he took over the Principality of Rum, and it is currently being rectified.

The Liward Chamber of Commerce is not in a hurry, he has also targeted the armed forces of the Principality of Morbia while persuading the Principality to merge into the Business Alliance, and is now stepping up operations.

The Chikde Chamber of Commerce originally had a lot of influence in the Armada of Zangjin Bay, and they were mainly based on the sea, and they did not seem to have much interest in setting up an armed garrison of their own Chamber of Commerce, which may have something to do with the fact that their territory was not yet settled.

As for the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, their territory is also unsettled, but when they invested in the iron mines of the Kingdom of Redlis and the Kingdom of Iberia, they recruited a lot of outlaws to form several iron mine guards, as long as they have a territory, they can become a combat-ready force by merging these teams.

As soon as President Peterson was counted, it was not false that his own chamber of commerce was outnumbered, and it was no problem to deal with the thieves and grass robbers in transportation, and to fight with other chambers of commerce, but it was more difficult to form a regular elite chamber of commerce arm. It's not a matter of numbers, it's a matter of rigorous military training before it can be formed, and with a Grand Duke, the Petersen Chamber of Commerce must have an armed force that can handle the new territory.

So President Peterson hit Lorlist's head with the idea, and his third request was that Lorist provide him with a reliable plan for building the army, and that Lorist would open up the daily training of his family's armed forces to give the vice president a long insight. In this day and age, President Peterson's request was considered to be extremely presumptuous, for many military aristocrats, the method of training was a secret of their family.

President Peterson also knew Lorlist's personality, and said in the letter that the Peterson Chamber of Commerce was not short of military talents, but the opinions of these military talents were not obtained from books or they always felt that they were not so reliable. He didn't want to form a caravan at all and let these military talents toss hard, which was time-consuming and laborious, and he didn't know what the effect would be......

The Norton family is the traditional military aristocracy of the former Krissian Empire, especially in the first two years, which refers to the 100,000 army that swept away the Grand Duke of the Northland and the Second Prince in the first battle, and then captured the royal capital of the Iberian Kingdom and forced the Archduke of Fisabrun to surrender the ranger legion......

Therefore, President Peterson hoped that Lorist would help him in this for the sake of his old friendship, and he believed that Lorist would give him a satisfactory answer.

Well, President Peterson's vision is not bad, and it seems that the merits and prestige of our family's armed forces have finally spread. Lorist was a little smug and a little smug. After reading it, he handed the letter to Shi Fatzi.

Shi Fatzi first smiled when he read the letter, then frowned, and finally shook his head gently......

Lorist understood what this meant, and Fat was first pleased with President Peterson's analysis, because the fact that Hilovas Island was not a target for others to covet meant that the planned development plan could proceed as usual, and he did not have to leave Hilowas.

The frown is because President Peterson has played a small trick on the first and second requirements, here he wants to monopolize the trade route from the Golden Bay to the island of Hilowas, and he is worried that Lorist will form another fleet to trade, and deliberately says that the cash is not available, and asks for barter, the purpose is to firmly grasp the channels of purchase and shipment, so that the Norton family will not form another maritime trade fleet in order to save trouble.

Shaking his head to refuse President Peterson's third request, Shi Fatzi has always believed that the elite of the Norton family's armed forces has exceeded the military strength of all countries in this era, and how can the method of military training be made public?

Lorlist, however, disagreed, with a smile on his face, to the surprise of President Peterson's three requests. Lorist said that it is the tradition of the Norton family to treat people with sincerity, and the Peterson Chamber of Commerce came as a friend of the Norton family, so naturally they got good wine and welcome, and the Norton family who can help will definitely do their best and will never let their friends down.

After making an appointment to watch the daily training of the Shiratori Town Garrison and Guards Battalion tomorrow, Lorist sent off the vice president of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce with a grateful face.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw the anger on Shi Fatzi's face, probably because he was worried that the vice president who had not yet gone would hear the quarrel here, Shi Fatzi deliberately lowered his voice: "Are you crazy? Why do you let them watch the daily training of the guard battalion, that is a training method that our family can't pass on to the outside world!"

Lorist laughed and patted Shi Fatzi on the shoulder: "Don't be nervous, our family's military training method is not so easy to leak......"

"And you're trying to fool them?"

"It's not a fool's errand, for the daily training of the Guards Battalion is nothing more than parades and battle formation drills, and such training is not a secret in most of the country's standing armies. Like our family army, the original training used was the training method of the former White Lion Legion of the Cresson Empire that Bodfinger brought to us. Then, during the journey of the northbound team, we gradually absorbed and added a variety of training methods, and finally fused in the family territory, and then passed the test of the Warcraft tide to form our Norton family's unique training method.

To put it bluntly, our family's method of military training is nothing more than the following points: first, to strengthen the recruits' observance of military law and discipline and obedience to orders in the new barracks, and second, to awaken the fighting spirit, we will not accept them into the family armed forces if they do not awaken the fighting spirit. Third, after awakening the fighting spirit, they will have to go through three months of basic training in military skills before they can be assigned to the regular army. Fourth, sophisticated equipment and generous treatment, as well as perfect logistics services, not only enhance morale but also increase loyalty and centripetal force to the family. Fifth, we also have preferential treatment policies for military families and follow-up care for martyrs' families, which not only strengthens the sense of honor of the family soldiers and improves their status, but also makes them brave to sacrifice and dare to fight.

Let's put it this way, unless the Peterson Chamber of Commerce completely moves our training system over, and it takes a few more years of rigorous training to maybe train a chamber of commerce armed that looks almost as elite on the surface, otherwise it is still a cat and a tiger, and it is useless.

In fact, I think the northbound convoy's fighting and conquest has benefited our family forces a lot, and the real elite is killed rather than trained. It was this long journey to the north that honed the armament of the convoy, so that once they arrived in the family territory, they became a real elite force after a little integration and training, and with excellent equipment, they could be invincible. ”

Pouring a glass of fruit wine for Shi Fatzi, Lorist talked about his plan, he was going to use this time to help the Peterson Chamber of Commerce establish the Chamber of Commerce's armament to sell the family's standard equipment to the business alliance. The business of equipping weapons has always been lucrative, and no matter how much the three allies in the Northland expand their armaments, they are almost at the end, and the Grand Duke of Fisabrun has ********exchanged cattle and sheep for standard equipment in the past two years, and there is no chance to squeeze excess profits anymore.

Originally, the last time he went to the royal capital of the Kingdom of Antinac, Lorist handed over the hot gourd of the second prince to the second highness, and the second purpose was to trade with the second highness with standard equipment. Who knew that in order to raise 300,000 troops, the second highness almost became a rat in the treasury, and the training ground was empty. It's good that Lorist doesn't mention it, but when he mentions it, His Royal Highness guarantees that he will draw a big pie, plus the ideological work of dedicating everything to the revival of the former Krisson Empire, Lorist doesn't want to be boring, so he won't talk about it.

The production of weapons in the Commercial Alliance has always been in the hands of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, one of the Big Seven, but Lorist believes that the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is unlikely to be able to provide a large number of standard equipment immediately, especially since the Commercial Alliance is preparing to implement the lord system, and those who have been awarded the title of earl and above will definitely be ready to form their territorial forces like the Big Seven. If you want to show off, a businessman is never willing to lag behind, and it will make him feel very shameless if others have him......

In this case, no matter how capable the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is, it is impossible to meet everyone's requirements for obtaining standard equipment, so the standard armament provided by the Norton family can just enter the armament market of the commercial alliance through the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, as long as one third of the order is obtained, then the Norton family no longer needs to worry about the large amount of money required to develop the territory to develop equipment and expand the family armament.

Shi Fatzi turned his anger into joy, and strongly demanded that he be given the job of selling standard equipment, and Lorist agreed, believing that Shi Fatzi would definitely be able to get the most out of the equipment transaction for the family.

The next morning, accompanied by Lorist and Shi Fatzi, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and his party went to watch the daily training of the garrison of White Bird Town, although the lame garrison captain Victor was very hard under the observation of the lord and others, but the garrison of White Bird Town was weak after all, and there were many ineffective and mistakes in various trainings......

Lorist looked as usual, did not mind these rumors, and courteously entertained them for lunch, and then rested for a while, and then took the carriage to the village of Farama, where the daily training of the 3rd Guards Battalion in the afternoon was about to begin.

A low trumpet sounded, and the empty wheat field was soon filled with guards dressed in gray-and-white uniforms who had rushed out of the village, and then, under a short and neat order, it was divided into three rectangular phalanxes in the blink of an eye.

These people from the Petersen Chamber of Commerce were shocked, as soon as the experts made a move, they knew if there was any, just from the situation of this formation, it can be seen that this is a real elite army, three phalanxes are standing there, the troops of three thousand people are not much, but it gives people an incomparably thick and dignified feeling, as if facing a huge mountain range, which makes people feel unshakable despair and helplessness......

The vice president inhaled and asked with a smile, "This is the elite army of the Norton family, right?"

"Well, sort of, this is the third battalion of the guards, and it ......won't be long before it becomes an army" Lorist nodded, but he was very dissatisfied, Pat, this kid should teach him a lesson, it takes so long to line up, is his mind on that beautiful Martha? This will make him forget that Martha and her mother have migrated to the Northlands.

The next training will not be said one by one, anyway, these people in the Peterson Chamber of Commerce have already seen it in amazement, and they can be regarded as having opened their eyes to know how a real elite army is trained.

At this time, it was Shi Fatzi's turn to come out, and he listed what an elite armed force should need, how to make them loyal to the family, how to increase their morale and courage, how to make them order and prohibit, obey orders and obey commands, if it is not for the effect of excellent standard equipment on elite armed forces every time, then the persuasive power must be stronger.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and these people from the Peterson Chamber of Commerce were almost ready to go back after soaking in the third battalion of the guards every day, and Lorist was also preparing to leave for the Northland, when a news came, and everyone was shocked.

...... Seven days ago, His Royal Highness made a surprise attack and captured the royal city of the Kingdom of Redlis...... (To be continued.) )