Chapter 240: A Huge Military Pay
Fang Mo glanced at Quill and said, "Don't look at me like this, he can't hold out for three seconds!" β
Zheng! ββ
Bross's sword fell from the stone with a sharp thud, and he grabbed Princess Rayla by the waist before stepping into the tent.
Fang Mo smiled proudly: "Young man, do you need to go to the root of the wall to verify it?" β
Bross should have made the choice, and having a princess of the Jeffman family doesn't seem to be a bad thing.
Besides, now is the time of trouble, for the little nobles, no one is really high, if there is an ideal, you must first grasp the opportunity at your fingertips.
Early the next morning.
BorΓ₯s took the map and took the lead to Fang Mo's tent, spread it out on the table, and said, "Choose a place to be a stronghold." β
Fang Mo glanced at the map and said, "Mel Town!" β
"It's a coastal town, it's a place where Blackbeard frequents, so it's not good!" β
Mel Town, which has been studied for a long time, is surrounded by "mountains" on three sides, to be precise, it should be a piece of highland, and to the north is the deep-sea port area, located at the intersection of the two lordlords of Jeffman and Kailas.
It's a natural port town, but it's never been used because Blackbeard visits the town several times a month, in fact, Mel is half of Blackbeard's stronghold, to be precise.
The reason why Blackbeard didn't develop here is because the three sides are not mountains in the true sense of the word, but high ground, stretching all the way to the depths of Jeffman and Kailas's territory, and it is easy to be condescendingly set on fire by the two lords.
And the two lords have no intention of focusing on the development of this place, because of his hydrological conditions, Blackbeard's ships need a charge to come to the hinterland of the town, and they will leave after a random robbery, which is impossible to prevent at all.
Moreover, in such a sparsely populated place, there will not be high-ranking saints stationed for a long time, and even lords of the first order of saints around 3 stars will not come, let alone governors, marquises, grand dukes, or king-level figures.
Even unsealed knights below three stars can't look down on this place, just like Bross, after studying the map, the first thing he ruled out was here, so he didn't understand it very much.
Fang Mo stared at the map and asked, "Blackbeard's sea can't be Blackbeard's forever, you take a closer look, what will happen if Blackbeard is wiped out." β
Although Bross has read a lot, he has never thought about this question, Blackbeard is the sky of the sea, just like HΓ€agenda is to the south, Ian is to the north, and the royal family of Fredericks is to the Holy Empire.
Bross was silent for a long time before he said: "Mel has great potential, but it needs to be operated for a long time, and if the north and south of Xinjiang are really opened up in the future, its potential will be unlimited." β
Fang Mo nodded and said: "The most important thing is that this is a semi-enclave, we are stationed here, attracting Blackbeard's firepower, it is what they can't ask for, for them, even if we get developed, it is easy to get Mel back." β
Bross wondered, "So what's the point of us taking this here?" β
Fang Mo replied: "This depends on how you do it!" β
Bros nodded and said: "It's difficult, let's go through the melee zone first, and now there are more than four hundred people, and the supply is also a big problem, and the knights' salaries can't be in arrears every month." β
Fang Mo's face was stunned and said: "The issue of food and salary is not the scope of my consideration, if the Great Lord of Dort does not come out, your Buman family will also be responsible." β
Bross frowned and whispered, "Didn't you just grab a pen?" β
Fang Mo said with a smile: "Lord Bross, it was the jungler who really went to the battlefield at public expense, and those dozen boxes of things were not enough to see at all." And there are some things that can't be distributed. β
Bross said, "What is it?" β
Fang Mo handed over the list and said, "If you are willing to share it, I have no opinion." β
Bross glanced at the list, and suddenly his face changed: "Do many people know?" β
"In the dark compartment of the chest, no one knows except Quill and your princess Rayla." Fang Mo smiled meaningfully.
Bross blushed and whispered, "Princess Rayla is really good. β
Fang Mo said with a smile: "People are veterans, and it is not easy to deal with you, a newcomer who has just stepped into society." β
Brolles wondered, "Veteran? β
Fang Mo leaned over and whispered in Bross' ear for a while.
"I..! That's great. Bross exclaimed.
Fang Mo's face was stunned, he was really unseemly, under the quiet appearance of this humble son, there was a fiery heart.
Bross calmed down and said: "It is impossible for the Booman family to fund this expedition, the Great Lord of Dort promised supplies of materials and gold coins, but he didn't say much, the supply point is the town of Whittier on the front line. β
"You are really a model lord, you don't give money, but fortunately, you didn't pull the elite knights up, and these new knights are better to deal with." Fang Mo glanced at the location of Whittier Town and shook his head helplessly.
There are still 500 kilometers to go from the Rift Valley to the town of Whittier, and more than 400 knights are already a relatively large cavalry regiment, covering about 60-80 kilometers a day, with temporary supplies and rest in between, it will take at least 10 days, and there will be no supplies during this time.
Fang Mo finally understood that paddling on the itinerary was an absolutely stupid choice.
Of course, if there are lords who don't care about money, but care about people, it's a different story, but at a distance of 500 kilometers, no matter how much paddling can't drag on for a month, so many lords will really be like the Buman family, and the knights sent by them are shoddy.
Of course, Dort is not a vegetarian, and in the end, he must send the elite one to the law, and not send the elite one to the law.
Everyone has their own little ninety-nine, this is nonsense, and the battle can't be fought.
Therefore, Fang Mo is not optimistic about the management of Dort's territory, and he can play his own small calculations in other places, but in military affairs, he must definitely enforce orders and prohibitions, and give the lords enough benefits to prevent them from rotting.
This thing can't be done by loyalty and self-consciousness at all, Fang Mo has already made up his mind to pay attention, if he can't get the military salary, he advises Bros to completely let himself go.
Some will have to wait until Whittier.
After talking about the next plan in the tent at the end of the square, Bross hurried back to his lodgings, and it seemed that the little scholar had been in a drought for a long time.
I don't know how many times I fantasized about it when I was studying before, but now with the help of Fang Mo, I finally realized my wish, which is more exciting than winning a battle, and I just got up for a while.
Seeing Bross leaving, Fang Mo took out two blessing badges, stared at Quill and said, "You have shown courage in battle, this is your reward!"
Quill stared at the blessing badge, couldn't believe his eyes, and hurriedly said excitedly: "Actually, one is enough, and you can also reward some gold coins." β
Fang Mo smiled: "There are two rewards, you still owe me one, and in the end you still got one, just right!" In addition, I will reward you with 1,000 gold coins, and I have already sent someone to your house, which will cover their expenses for at least two years. β
Quill hurriedly said excitedly, "Thank you, Lord Kuka." β
Fang Mo only nodded slightly, and began to study the map carefully, he had to memorize every mark on the map, at least to tell who was in charge of this war.
At present, Dort's situation is not optimistic, many port cities in the west have been attacked by Blackbeard, and although Blackbeard also appears in the harbor cities in the east of Jeffman, most of them are not very well developed, so Jeffman and Blackbeard are most suspected of collusion.
But it is not necessarily, maybe it is Dort's bitter ploy.
After two hours, all the boxes have been disposed of, and all that can be distributed have been allocated, and there are not too many that should not be distributed, and they need to be left to the care of Quill, and then they need to reach Whittier Town as quickly as possible, this time it is likely that it is not the crying child who has milk, but the early bird that has worm.
Even if it's all chicks, it's always right to be positive, you can paddle in the water, but you can't force it, your knights are shoddy, but it's your fault not to be active.
As a result, the knights of the Bouman family set a new record for the speed of marching in southern Xinjiang, 500 kilometers, and they took only four days, and the knights had one meal a day, and the horses ran while eating.
Moreover, after some life and death training, plus more than 100 elite knights who surrendered from Fort Creel, the entire knighthood looks at least "half-old", but in terms of the number of knights, it is definitely much higher than other knights.
The Knights of the Bouman family were the first to arrive at the assembly site, and were now in the military square in front of the town, waiting for the final review.
Dort's descendant, the Grand Knight of Chapra, was the acceptance officer of the assembled legion, and he was responsible for formulating the corresponding salary quota according to the situation of the assembled legion.
Chapra had just stopped at the review stand.
More than four hundred knights shouted in unison:
"Welcome to Grand Knight Chapra!"
"The Great Lord of Dort will win!"
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
.....
The corners of Chapra's mouth twitched, and her right fist swung up tentatively, and the shouting stopped abruptly.
It's all rehearsed.
Whether it's a chick or not, the spirit must be taken out, and you can be forgiven for killing the enemy without experience, but it's your fault if you don't take the show seriously.
Moreover, Fang Mo did not put the elite knights in the front row, but all of them were disrupted and mixed in the entire team, and with the momentum just now, this wave of acceptance can be scored full marks.
At this time, Fang Mo was about to catch up, but when he saw Chapra clear his throat, he suddenly understood that the leader wanted to say two words! So he pressed the key links that had been arranged backwards.
I saw Chapra's tall and majestic body standing still on the review stand, straightening up the silver armor, the blue eyes flashed a few times, and the index finger of his right hand habitually rubbed the mustache twice, and began to continuously-
"Ahem!"
"Ahem!"
β.....β
Fang Mo saw that something was wrong, and immediately shouted loudly: "Okay! β
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
....
Chapra clenched his fist again, and the audience fell silent again.
Fang Mo on the side held a black metal box in his hand, walked quickly to Chapra and said, "My lord, this is a receipt from Lord Buman to you!" β
Chapra looked stunned, hesitated for a moment, but still took the black box and said, "Come with me, assign you a station, and distribute food." β
Fang Mo saluted and said, "Yes!" β
"What about Bross? The letter said that he was the head of the regiment! Chapra said as she walked.
"He is the military commander, he has already arrived at the front line one step ahead of the other and observed the enemy's situation, Lord Bross is very determined, which is related to the glory of the Bouman family and the Great Lord of Dort."
After Fang Mo finished speaking, the corners of his mouth twitched secretly, in fact, Bulus did bypass the town first and arrived at the front, but he didn't go to the front line at all, in order to avoid Princess Rayla being exposed, he was in the temporary tent in front, and he was personally holding Rayla in the north of the northern frontier of the Holy Empire, the historical origin of the orc race.
Standing in front of the map at the assembly center, Chapra said, "You are the first to arrive, so you can choose a location first. β
Fang Mo blurted out: "Yir Town! β
Chapra nodded, "Good eyes!" That's it. How about a month's ration for you? β
Fang Mo immediately took out another box, secretly handed it to Chapra and said: "You know that the Knights have a huge expenditure, and there are enough food and salary to produce a record, I think this is a protracted battle, it is better to allocate it for 10 months first, of course, you can count it as a year!" β
The expenses of the knights are stripped of the war horses and armor, and the supply of men and horses costs 10 gold coins a day, and they are different from the younger brothers and sisters of the Quill family, so they can be frugal and frugal, at least to take care of themselves.
In this way, it will cost 4200 gold coins a day, a knight is simply a money-burning machine, not counting the salary expenses and war reward budget, if the armor is damaged in the war, the war horse is lost, it is a large expense, roughly calculated at 4500 gold coins.
One day under the spiritual realm is equivalent to 1.5 standard days of Wasteland, a month in Wasteland is 45 days, and 10 months and 450 days is the expenditure of 2 million gold coins.
Of course, if the war worsens and prices skyrocket, it will be difficult to estimate.
Chapra frowned and said, "Good 10 months, give you 2 million!" β
Fang Mo believed that Chapra had enough reason to convince Dort.
Some people died, but not completely......