This decision immediately caused many noble officials in the Aran Hall to start talking in surprise again.

Whoever is in Xia Lin's position will definitely choose to cut a territory from the county of Arnold as his fief, and they are really a little incomprehensible to Xia Lin's idea of making the slums his own territory.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Xia Lin achieved his goal, and stopped speaking in a low-key manner. If his goal is to develop his territory, it is natural to choose places with natural resources such as forests, minerals, and fields.

However, Xia Lin's goal is to establish an industrial system, so those places are far inferior to the surrounding areas of the imperial capital, which have the most convenient transportation and the most advantageous human resources.

The next bounty was less remarkable, as a series of members of the aristocratic families who had contributed to Dorothy's quest for the throne were given what they wanted.

For example, the families of Eugene, Elvi, Isaac, and Viscount Brooke have all obtained a lot of land, minerals, and estates, and the heirs of the families have also been prioritized as candidates for various vacant official positions in the four major offices.

The only thing that Charlin was a little concerned about was that Cesot Greg, who was originally one of the captains of the 2nd Guards Division, was transferred by Empress Dorosia to the brigade leader of the city guards, while the original Ron Colin was appointed as the captain of the palace guard, filling the vacancy of Viscount Hart.

Although it was dangerous to let a member of a family control the defense of the court and the defense of the vicinity of the imperial capital at the same time, Empress Dorothy, who had no other place to place these meritorious heroes, could probably only be appointed in this way for the time being.

However, if there is a new army, there should be no major problems in such a military structure.

"Viscount Xia Lin, do you have any thoughts on the rebuilding of the Second Guards Division?"

Just as Xia Lin was thinking about some matters, Empress Dorosia suddenly mentioned his name, Xia Lin thought about it and got up and replied:

"Your Majesty, I do have some immature views on the rebuilding of the Second Guards Division."

"Then please ask Viscount Xia Lin to speak freely!"

Empress Dorothea mentioned that Xia Lin was naturally aiming at the new army he had trained that had proven to be not weak in actual combat, and the current treasury savings were limited, and the knights who could be trusted were not so easy to recruit, so she naturally aimed at the new army with good quality and low price.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."

Xia Lin first thanked Empress Dorothea, and then said:

"Your Majesty, ministers, the Second Guards Division wanted to invade the Longmian Palace from the southeast gate, and I, as the deputy commander of the new army, received the news and immediately rushed to the southeast gate.

A total of 1,000 soldiers of the New Army first relied on the advantage of the palace walls and held out for about half an hour, and then General Bonofor, who was the Golden Knight, personally used the Sword of Wakami, which led to the first line of defense being breached.

But in the battles that followed, the new army, with a total of 2,000 men of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, also exerted quite good combat effectiveness, as our Excellency Elsie Harrison, who fought side by side, and Field Marshal Hubbard, who came to support us, can prove to us.

Now that the Forces nouvelles have proven their strength in this battle, I think the 2nd Guards Division can also adopt new weapons and form a new army.

This will not only reduce the cost, but also allow many noble children who have little talent in the path of mages and knights to participate in the new Second Guard Division, preventing a rebellion similar to the previous one!"

"Indeed, if you are to establish a new type of army, you only need to deploy hundreds of knights and mages in the Second Guards Division to ensure the combat effectiveness of such an army, Your Majesty, I think you can consider adopting Viscount Charin's proposal."

Field Marshal Hubbard had also seen the battle between the Forces nouvelles and the rebellious 2nd Guards Division after the war, and he had to change his opinion about the new weapons.

"Sword of Light? It was a weapon that could easily destroy a castle in the hands of the Golden Knight, and how could the new army hold out for so long with that kind of power?"

"I heard that the alliance handed over to Viscount Hart and Viscount Charlin to train two thousand new troops, and the allocation is only three thousand gold lun

In particular, if the new army can really fight against the knights on the battlefield, it is better to replace all the empire's troops with new troops! That's a little cheaper!"

"However, the new army has the protection of the palace wall, otherwise it would be impossible for the two thousand new army to defend the palace wall under the elite of the eight thousand Second Guards Division."

The nobles and officials in the court began to talk again, and Empress Dorothea, seeing that everyone was quite approved of the new army, felt that she could take the opportunity to go further, and replace the army at hand with a more abundant supply of troops and a smaller cost of the new army:

"Then General Hart is responsible for rebuilding the 2nd Guards Division on the template of the New Army! When the situation stabilizes, the other eight divisions in the middle will also be retrained by General Hart, but Viscount Charlin, will the production of Type 2 rifles and artillery meet the demand?

I remember you told me before that new weapons require a lot of gunpowder, and therefore a lot of saltpeter and brimstone."

"Your Majesty, I think in one to two months, there will be no problem in meeting the requirements of the 2nd Guards Division, but the other eight divisions will have to wait until the size of the gun factory is expanded, and a special gunpowder factory will be established."

"Whatever you need, just ask, and I'll do my best to meet your needs."

Empress Dorothea felt the inadequacy of the military strength at hand, and nodded in agreement.

"More dwarven artisans, raw materials, and some time."

"That's no problem, I'll order the dwarves of the Crucible Valley to accept your dispatch in the name of the Empress, in terms of raw materials, the royal family and the Brook family have a lot of minerals in the Blue Lagoon Mountains, Viscount Pound, can you increase the production of saltpeter and sulfur?"

Dorothea was now the Empress, and according to the royal family's contract with the dwarves who lived in the Forge Valley, she naturally had nothing to say politely, and then she looked back at a pot-bellied enlightened nobleman and asked.

"Your Majesty, the saltpeter mines are good, most of the Empire's sulfur mines are in the Lokmar Mountains near the east, and if you want to mine them, you need a huge upfront investment. And you'll have to watch out for those guys in the East......

Viscount Pound Brooke said with some embarrassment. The Sassen Empire covers a large area and is rich in minerals, but not all minerals can be found everywhere.

"We'll leave the matter of the sulphur mine to ourselves!"

Xia Lin thought about it, most of the sulfur is more common in the crater or near the extinct volcano, this mineral may exist on the small islands of the French Sea, and he will go back and ask people to look through Captain Nick's logbook, maybe he will get something.

When the time comes, we will cooperate with the Colin family to establish a shipping company, and it will also promote the development of the shipping industry of the New Leaf Chamber of Commerce, and it will no longer require too much.