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Expansion!?

The twenty or so officials in the hall exchanged heads and turned to each other, and the noise stopped, after all, this is not a trivial matter. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hmm, do you have any opinions?" Du Chen asked in a deep voice.

"My lord, the empire has strict restrictions on the military strength of the major territories, and the number of soldiers that can be approved for your eight-hundred-mile land is only 3,000, and these quotas are now full......

The officer was halfway through his speech when he suddenly noticed that the pretty boy confidant next to the lord, Potter, was staring at him coldly, and hurriedly lowered his head. Potter said: "My lord, as far as I know, the maximum number of soldiers in the Newin River Territory is indeed 3,000, but these 3,000 people have never been fully staffed at all! At most, there were only 1,500 people, and when the fishmen ransacked, there were only less than 800 miscellaneous troops in the harbor!"

"One of the most important reasons for this situation is that some people have the habit of eating empty salaries...... My lord, can I understand the meaning of what you just said -- after the lord personally expanded the army, all the places of 3,000 people were filled, and some people had no time to eat?

"Mr. Potter......"

"Please call me, Potter Interim Housekeeper!"

"Ah, yes, Lord Steward, I really don't have an empty salary......"

Potter shook his finger, "I'm not referring to you, am I? I'm just trying to say that there's a very clear edict in the Newin Territory statute that anyone embezzles more than ten gold coins...... Die!" he said in a cold tone, came to the center of the crowd, looked around, and unconsciously, the officials actually felt a trace of pressure on Potter, it was pressure from the superiors who had been in high positions for many years. "The expansion route will follow the elite plan, and the number will not exceed 3,000 people! It will never exceed the limits of the imperial decree, do you have any other opinions?"

One of the members of the charitable fund stepped forward, "Food, grass, ordnance, training, and maintenance expenses after becoming an army are all a lot of expenses! After this great disaster, I am afraid that the finances of the territory will not be able to bear it." ”

For Du Chen's cronies, Potter smiled and nodded, "You are right, a reorganized brigade of 3,000 people will spend at least 30,000 gold coins or more every year, and the lord plans to form an elite corps in order to prevent incidents like this one from happening, and the annual military expenditure will be at least 100,000 gold coins......

This seemingly astronomical figure is not an exaggeration, 3,000 people, 100,000 gold coins, and only 30 gold coins are evenly distributed on the heads of each soldier. And these 30 gold coins should be paid military salaries, food and shelter, purchase blades and armor, training equipment, and in the event of casualties, the pension should also be paid from it...... Not much, really. And the most important point is that there are war weapons in the army of the Fighting God World, and this thing is the real money burner, and an ordinary holy weapon mortar costs thousands of gold coins...... War and the army are the most money-burning business!

Potter continued: "Regarding the issue of military spending, the basic principle of Lord Lords is that they must not interfere with the normal life of civilians in their territory, and our main opponent at present is the beast-like fishmen, and we do not need a battle-level integrated legion of all-war artifacts like the Sigru Legion in the north of the empire. Therefore, I would like to put forward three suggestions for the army expansion plan: First, the deployment of troops...... Second, the emperor [***] part of the replacement...... Third, we should feed the war with war...... In this way, the military expenditure can be saved by at least three to forty percent, and with the personal financial resources of the lord, it can be completely supported for more than three years!"

Potter stood in the center of the hall and talked eloquently, his spirit was flying, his voice was muffled, and the difficulties in the Newin Territory seemed to be like a master's game in his mouth, and in the chaos, he could always find out the flaws of his opponent, and one son would decide the winner!

Du Chen watched Potter's performance quietly, and suddenly a feeling in his heart flooded his heart, like ...... The fish returned to the sea, the goshawk flew into the sky, everything was so natural, it seemed that Potter was born for this. Is this the legendary genius of administration?!

No, this is not just a matter of heaven, you know, a good home affairs official can never be learned by relying on book knowledge, he must also have a wealth of administrative experience, so where does Porter's experience come from?

Du Chen first became interested in Potter...... Well, I'm interested in this pretty little brother's past experiences!

"Next, we will face an unavoidable problem, that is, after the disaster, the problem of the smooth flow of internal decrees in the territory, without effective enforcement, no matter how many laws and regulations we have studied here, it is of no practical significance......

Du Chen gestured to everyone, motioning for Potter to preside over the meeting here, and wait for the meeting to give himself a report after the meeting, and he quietly went to the secluded corridor behind the hall with the boning.

Looking at the rainy sky outside, Du Chen took out a list from his sleeve and handed it to the deboner behind him, "There are two sides to everything, in the past, the original imperial officials in the territory controlled most of the rights, although I installed a lot of cronies and issued a lot of decrees, but the people below are not enough, so that my control over the territory is not enough, far from enough!"

Tick took the list and glanced at it, it was full of some of the big people in the territory who fled inland during this disaster, and the garrison commander who was named and reprimanded by Du Chen just now was also among them.

"The fish-man gave me a big problem this time, but it also gave me a big chance! Now the power in Newinn Harbor is almost vacuum, so I can control the city in a few words......" Du Chen's hand stretched out of the corridor and took a few drops of rain, the rain was as cold as his voice, "According to the list, give them a reasonable reason not to come back, at least, don't give His Majesty Balgna an excuse to trouble me, understand?"

Boning nodded flatly, "Young Master, there is no problem, this is what I am best at!"

"Well, good, go ahead, get things done in half a month!"

Du Chen's first step after discussing with Potter -- full control of the territory -- is already being implemented step by step! When an elite army completely loyal to Du Chen is formed, the 800-mile bank of the Nanuin River will be completely controlled by him!

The deboning disappeared behind him, and Du Chen walked down the corridor to the courtyard in the depths of the City Lord's Mansion.

Almost everyone in the City Lord's Mansion knows that there is only one person living here, and that is Lao Fuye, who helps Du Chen take care of the charity fund, but when the disaster occurred, Lao Fuye was busy with the relocation of the charity foundation's headquarters to Newinn Harbor, and he happened to be out of the city, so he was lucky to have escaped the catastrophe. What only a few people know is that this is also Du Chen's secret base, underground, built by the Daubert people who regarded Du Chen as an envoy of Auerbach.

Following the secret passage to the underground, the leader of the Daobet people, Lao Bibi, was guarding in the secret room with bright wall lights, and after greeting, Du Chen asked: "This fish-man attack on the city is very unusual, have you found anything underground?"

Old Bibi shook his head in pity.

Du Chen said again: "Forget it if you don't find it, but now there is a very important task to be handed over to you Daobet people!" Old Bibi clenched his fists all of a sudden, and a warm current of excitement ran down his back, God, the divine envoy is about to promulgate the oracle! He hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "I want to build a large secret base under Newinn Harbor, and secret tunnels that extend in all directions......"

Old Bibi was stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively, "I don't know how big you want?"

"The bigger, the better!" Du Chen patted the shocked old Dao Bei Ren and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, this is a long-term project, and he has no time limit, my only request is that within three years, you dig a layer of underground tunnel network for me along with the entire urban area! However, it must be kept absolutely confidential!" He pressed his hand on Old Bibby's head and asked in a harmonious voice: "Can you do it?"

"Yes! I promise you with the lives of all Daubettes!" exclaimed Old Bibby without hesitation, and under his old gray hair, the purple veins on his neck protruded.

The construction of a large underground base is something that only Du Chen and the Daobei people know............

While Du Chen was busy with the territory, Brockman, who was holding the little Tyr beast, was lying on the chaise longue leisurely, slowly sipping red wine. "Mr. Cramp, three more days have passed, and those lowly robbers have made me wait anxiously!" he smiled pleasantly.

Cramp had just returned from outside, and after pushing the door and hearing Brockman's voice, he quipped, "Could it be that we hid it so well that those robbers couldn't find us?"

After a pause, his expression became solemn, "My lord, I just met the commander of the Thuram base, and he means that we should be faster." Those fishmen have gone crazy after losing the Thuram Star, and our people will probably only be able to suppress them for another ten days...... In the event of another rebellion by the Fishmen, the location of the Gate is very likely to be exposed - not long ago, the Fishmen came out of their nest in pursuit of the bandits, and almost made the Sea Clan aware of something. ”

"Alas, look at the location of this 'life gate', it's really a frustrating place!" Brockman shook his head slightly, as if he was very dissatisfied with the taste of the red wine in the glass, "Back then, our people opened the life gate of Thuram, but I didn't think that those damn people of their own tribe made a big mistake in the life array, and actually let the star of Thuram stimulate the reproduction of the fish people, and in just ten years, there were so many fish people near Thuram that even the sea tribe felt a headache......"

Brockman smirked, "The most ridiculous thing is that those fishmen actually took our lifeline, the Star of Thuram, as a holy object, oh, and it's not to blame them, a group of beasts will naturally have a very foolish worship when they see something that can make their race grow strong and multiply quickly!"

He was relaxed, as if he didn't take things to heart, and the cramp frowned slightly, "My lord, this time the bandits suddenly attacked the Thuram base, took our lives, caused those fishmen to chase and kill, and brought a lot of disaster to Newinn Harbor on the way to chase and kill. This incident made the marshal extremely angry, let's hurry up!"

"Alright, alright, I see, my mission is to reclaim half of the Thuram Star, repair our lifegate, and appease the wrath of the fishmen. Brockman shook the wine glass in his hand, stared at the liquid inside, and said slowly: "Okay, I'll take the initiative, cramps, do you have any news for me from the commander of the Thuram base? I mean, about the robber who is exactly the same size and secret method as me......"

(To be continued)