Chapter 204: Saleen's Skeleton (Part II)

"What's your name?" said Daniel, sitting across from him. The captive on the other side also had a chair, but this chair was made of ice, and it was not very comfortable to sit on.

The squad leader endured the tingling pain under his buttocks, and said to Daniel with teary eyes: "Venerable Mage, you have asked this question countless times, my name is Rien, Rien! Please, you can ask something useful, and I will tell you everything." ”

Daniel was expressionless and continued, "Okay, then tell me, what's your name?"

Daniel learned this method from Salin, and he had been interrogating the captive for more than an hour, asking only one question over and over again, and if the captive did not answer, he would use magic to sting the captive's soul for a while, and this stimulation was gradually increasing, and it was impossible for the captive to get used to it.

The captive rubbed his fingers together, not daring to stand up, he just looked at Daniel with pleading eyes. Daniel felt that it was almost there, and what Saleen said worked. He himself did not want such a boring interrogation. However, apart from him, it is somewhat technically difficult for other people to torture.

One of the guards took the pen and paper that had been prepared and threw it on the table, and Daniel said to the captive, "I'll go and rest for a while, and if you think of anything useful to me, write it down, and when I come back, if you don't like it, we'll continue." ”

With that, Daniel left the room. The captive lost all will to resist, grabbed a pen and paper, and began to write. He writes in lingua franca, which is quite different from the grammar prevalent on the continent of Myers, but is still understandable in writing. Fortunately, he is an officer who has read books, otherwise he may not be literate if he is a soldier.

Daniel didn't go to rest, he began to sort out what other people had interrogated, and began to compare and analyze the authenticity of it. The records of these interrogations were much the same, the captives came from the island nations tens of thousands of miles away in the East China Sea, and the purpose was to transport the city, and this expeditionary force had more than 300 warships, divided into a dozen fleets, and marched westward.

On the way, the fleet encountered a storm and lost several ships, and unexpectedly came to the vicinity of the city of Saleen. The discovery of the two warships docked on the island led to what happened next.

More than 300 warships? If you put it all together, about 1,000 soldiers on one ship is an army of 300,000 people. And that's just the number of regular troops, not counting sailors and auxiliaries. The combat effectiveness of those armed merchant ships was not good, but the number of people loaded exceeded the powerful battleships.

But if you want to conquer the continent of Myers with 300,000 men, are the kings of these countries crazy?

That squad leader, Rien, wrote down everything he knew on paper, and naturally someone went to ask him to explain it in spoken language, and then translated it into Qin Yin. But it was just a confession from an ordinary soldier that made Daniel understand what was going on.

An army of 300,000 may not be able to conquer the mainland, but it is not a problem to conquer Lianyun City. Lianyun City is a medium-sized city with a population of more than 200,000, a garrison of about 20,000, and a fleet of twelve ships. In addition to the 20,000 garrisons in Lianyun City, there are also some scattered mercenaries, and the private soldiers of the nobles, together there are only more than 3,000 people. It is impossible to resist the attack of three hundred warships, except for armed merchant ships, all warships have magic trebuchets on them, and even the walls of Yuncheng cannot resist them.

When Salin saw the confession, he immediately analyzed the results. He was troubled again, a battleship that Rex took away was still in Lianyun City. Rex obviously wanted to bring some of the people to Lianyun City and return here by sea. This part of the people must have a large number of magicians, and if her people are in Lianyun City, they will have to help the nobles of Lianyun City resist the invasion.

The number of mage groups on the other side is also quite large, and it is really a nationwide expedition, and every thousand soldiers can be assigned to a great magician, 300,000 people, and at least three hundred great magicians. The number of great mages in Rex's hands is very small, most of them are low-level mages, and if they really encounter each other, Salin knows that not many of these low-level mages will survive.

What bothered Salin the most was that he hadn't yet established a teleportation array between him and Kushui County, so he couldn't communicate news quickly. If there is a teleportation array, no matter how much gold it costs, he also has to remind Rex that he must change course. A battleship is nothing, and the low-level mages in Rex's hands are the most important. The money for training those low-level mages is enough to build hundreds of warships.

Now Saleen finally understands why many nobles who own cities can only save tens of thousands of gold coins throughout the year, although cities can bring huge taxes, but if you want to keep the city, the investment is also huge. Now he is also considered to be extremely rich, and the rare materials in his hands cannot be scraped together by others in a lifetime, and he hunts in the frozen sea, so that the number of magic cores in his hands is also amazing.

However, at what level a person reaches, there will be a corresponding huge overhead. Salin wants to raise twenty-four brontosaurs, and at a rate of 100 times the growth time of normal brontosaurs, he wants to make these brontosaurs grow within a year, and the amount of magic cores and food consumed is simply astronomical.

The city was bound to expand and move its territory westward. At least it had to be extended thousands of miles away to have the meaning of development and attract more people to come and farm and do business, so Salin considered building an army of at least six battalions. Of these six battalions, the regular army is 60,000 people, and with the auxiliary soldiers, Salin simply cannot afford to raise them.

The cost of a set of infantry armor is more than ten gold coins, and according to Sarin's standards, a hundred gold coins can't be beaten. These armors also wear out during training, and they have to be serviced and repaired every week, which is another investment. In contrast, feeding these soldiers is throwing money every day. If you want a soldier to have combat effectiveness, you can't eat bad food, and you have to add meat to every meal.

If you want to eat meat, then you have to buy it in large quantities, build pastures on your own, raise cattle and sheep, how much land do you need?

These soldiers also have families, if you want to let the soldiers fight with peace of mind, the families of these soldiers must also be taken care of, the concept of private soldiers is different from that of ordinary recruited soldiers, and the families of these soldiers are also equivalent to your subordinates. These soldiers don't care who the enemy is. Even if the Pope stood in front of him, he would not hesitate to slash through with a sword.

Why is the private soldier so loyal? Because his family depends on you as the leader. As long as the nobles do not die, they will always be responsible to the families of the private soldiers. The empire limited the number of private soldiers, in the final analysis, because it was also afraid of the rebellion of the aristocracy.

Saleen's money is now spent on a budget, and Rex is not coming back for a long time, and his investment is limited after all. Now he has more than 2,000 Caucasian warriors, which is already a powerful force, but it is still not enough to protect such a large city. There is no teleportation array in the real sense of the word in his city, and the teleportation array on the Pangui Alchemy Ship can only teleport a few meters away, a real teleportation array. It is usable at the distance of thousands of miles or more.

For example, dimensional teleportation, how can it be completed only with something like the Ring of the HRE in Rex's hand, and that is not a problem that money can solve.

Fortunately, he was fortunate to have found an island of great value, which was rich in iron ore and many associated mines, otherwise Salin would have had a headache for him to buy resources. Don't look at the huge cost of going back and forth to the Frozen Sea, but let him buy equipment directly from the four major families, Saleen still hit his head and died.

No matter how good Aini's relationship with him is, he doesn't dare to sell him any equipment at a low price, which is strictly forbidden by the Empire. A large part of the Clyde family's income has to pay taxes, otherwise how could the emperor trust the four major families. The other, more powerful families did not get involved in this kind of business because the emperor did not want to leave such a matter to a higher noble. Once any duke can run the mines, sooner or later it will become a big problem for the empire.

The mineral deposits found by Salin didn't need to go through the exploitation of Holy Rock City, it wasn't an imperial territory anyway, and he could treat it as his own magical territory, just like Alchemy City did. In the islands outside the Alchemy City, there will inevitably be precious mineral deposits as well.

Originally, Salin didn't pay much attention to that mineral deposit, but after listening to Aini explain the relevant problems to him, he suddenly realized that compared to the income of the demon core, it was not important. Even though the core looks much more valuable than metal, no one can control it at all, and it can't be controlled.

If Saleen doesn't have a huge iron mine, if you want to buy weapons, you have to pay a high price, and no amount of money you have, you can't stand the price increase.

Salin's heart was eager, and in his room, more than eighty skeletons stood there honestly, motionless. We'll have to build more smaller ships so that these skeletons can explore the veins overseas. It doesn't take too much, if there are three or five more islands of the kind he has discovered, Saleen can guarantee that the supply of weapons will no longer be controlled by others in the future.

He didn't feel at ease with anyone about this kind of thing, but fortunately, the Wing Skeleton could adjust these evolved skeletons. These skeletons must be transformed in the spirit pool as soon as possible, otherwise their lifespan will soon come to an end.

Ay. If you continue like this, you will become a necromancer.

Salin sighed in his heart, necromancers are really happy, and there are many undead who can be trusted. The contract between the two parties was mutually beneficial, but the elemental mage had nothing to rely on except the magic string.

I'm still too young, and I think it's too easy to build a city, thinking that with the support of my teachers and the help of Rex, it's not a big problem. But now, his city wall has not been completed, only the city center has been built. The construction of the harbor took him time to consider, and if the entire city was overseen by himself, he would no longer have the energy to practice magic.

No wonder no magician wants to do aristocratic things, for magicians, it is really a very stupid thing to waste this time.

But who around him can do such a thing? Zola and the Warcraft swordsman have good combat effectiveness, but unfortunately they don't have this ability. Sika has to manage the Caucasians, and there will be more and more Caucasians in the future, and without Sika, it is unlikely that Salin will directly command them. Barbarians, don't count on it, they will hunt, fight. What about Nellis? When she is in a bad mood, she doesn't care about any future problems, she can directly kill her own people, and the demon must be controlled by her side.

Don't count on the magicians of Sleeper, these people can be trusted, but they can't be used as administrative talents. The swordsmen of Shreg Island are loyal, but don't care about anything other than fighting.

The person who can be counted on now is Aini. Without Aini's reminder, I'm afraid I wouldn't pay much attention to that island. Only those who come out of this kind of business family are suitable for management. But Aini is also a mage, so he doesn't put too much energy into this kind of thing.

Elaine: Forget it, this woman, she has given up.