"I don't know what you're talking about...... I have just finished talking with King Khamis VI, and he is interested in alliance and trade, and I intend to leave this matter to you so that the next negotiations do not harm our mutual friendship. ”

"I see. I mean the succubus massage parlor. ”

"Abby! What did you just call me? ”

Annan suddenly said to Abby, the maid who was passing by the door, and naturally went out and closed the door.

Click-

Abby looked at him blankly.

"It's okay, you go get busy." Annan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmm, Young Master Annan, the old ancestor wants me to call you."

Annan made a mistake, and there was really something to find him, which was still bad news-

The ancestors are going back to Montreal.

From June last year to May of this year, the ancestor stayed in Liberty City for a long time, so long that many of the Montreal Golden Family were jealous.

Many of the young people of the clan did not receive such love from their ancestors.

Annan showed reluctance, but he did not beg the ancestor to stay, he could not always stay under the wing of the ancestor. The first floor of the Mage Tower, three musket teams, and an Arcane Core...... Liberty City is ready to face the real and brutal world.

"Do you have a way to restore the princess?"

Annan saw the maid Abby leading the princess to wander in the sunflower field.

The old ancestor shook his head: "The soul is the firewood for our will to burn, without the soul, the body is just embers." ”

After pronouncing the verdict of the princess, the ancestor brought another glimmer of hope: "There are many ancient ways to give birth to a new soul in the body. ”

"Freshman ......"

It's just that the consciousness of birth is both a royal daughter and not a royal daughter.

"Let's talk about it later...... What if they come back? ”

In the end, Annan gave up his plan to rekindle the old body of the princess.

He brought Orin from Montreal Mountain, and he hadn't seen him for months, and Orin was still the same as his armor.

However, Annan noticed that her armor had some more traces of battle.

Orin pushed the wheelchair and led the ancestor through the portal.

"Be prepared."

After handing over the old ancestor to the old servant, Ou Lin turned back to Annan and said.

"Ready?"

"The Emperor is tasked with you as a member of the Holy Council, and you are no exception to the conscription after the autumn harvest."

"Conscription?" Annan was even more confused.

He kidnapped his ancestor for nearly a year, and Annan was not surprised that the King of Bones knew about it.

"Defending against the approach of the nezumi and the demon tide, it is the responsibility of all lords to protect Middle-earth."

……

"Brilliant idea."

Contrary to Annan's apprehensions, Olmedo gave a fairly high evaluation.

"I thought it would form a third expedition as rumored, but it turned out to be just a joint defense?"

"That's where the Tatooan Empire is smart. If it is just to form an expeditionary force, the lords will be lazy and will feel that it has nothing to do with them, but it is related to the protection of Middle-earth, and everyone has to contribute. ”

Annan remembered something else and frowned: "Are you saying that their plan is similar to that of the Rikanr Kingdom?" ”

At a rough glance, this is indeed the case. In order to expand its territory, the Kingdom of Rikanr allowed the McCain clan to invade the north, and as a result, the rat tide got out of control.

Now, in order to unite Middle-earth, the Tatunn Empire has allowed the McCain clan and the northern demon tide to attack Middle-earth......

Annan was already worried about how to escape and surrender, but where would he escape again, Wilhelm? Or float to the surface of the sea and become a floating city on the sea?

"Take a look at this."

Olmedo didn't know what Annan was thinking, and she shoved a piece of parchment in front of him.

Annan picked up the parchment, which was a plan for the restructuring of the three musket teams.

The three musketeers of Liberty City: 1st Guard, 2nd Hellfire, and 3rd Musketeers will be expanded for the second time, from 2,000 to 5,000, with the following responsibilities:

The Guards Musket Corps was renamed the Guards Legion, and the corps commander Losi was responsible for defending Annam, Liberty City, and officials.

The Hellfire Musket Team was renamed the Hellfire Legion, and the commander of the legion, Fermi, was responsible for external operations.

The Third Musketeer didn't have a name, and they were used to being called it, so they simply changed the name to the Musketeer Regiment. Because of the shortest time to form and the lack of many veterans, they are mainly responsible for maintaining order and protecting the properties of Liberty City located throughout the mainland.

In addition to this, the parchment planned a fourth corps, consisting of professionals.

The reason for this was that the retainers, knights, and guards who had followed Olmedo from Breez formed an exclusive circle, which Olmedo believed would cause internal strife in Liberty City, and make Annan suspicious and want to break up the warriors who were loyal to him.

Olmedo was a competent vice-lord, but just as Olmedo trusted Annan, Annan trusted Olmedo.

As long as they still listen to Olmedo, Annan will not have any worries.

However, the most important thing is that Annan and Olmedo agreed after discussing that the number of professionals in Liberty City is not enough to support the fourth legion, but there will definitely be a ...... in the future

Who can refuse a fighter who fires with artillery on his shoulders?

As for the "trivial" problems of expansion, such as the fact that Freetown had less than 80,000 inhabitants and had to recruit 15,000 soldiers with a military force, the expenses of these soldiers would be too much for any lord to bear......

The latter, given the benefits of the "deformed" Liberty City, let alone 9,000 soldiers, can afford even if all the recruits are Annan. The former is a bit of a problem.

After the initial period of brutal expansion, Freetown no longer needed a few thousand workers to start work everywhere, so except for the two thousand workers who were kept to continue the construction of Freetown, the construction of the Great Wall to the north, and the mining grounds, everyone else gradually transformed into normal city-state citizens, doing all kinds of work.

The outside industries were also the work of the people of Liberty City, and more than 2,000 jobs were provided in about forty theaters and a few streets in the North, Middle-earth, and South alone.

Therefore, the current population of Liberty City can only be said to be enough, even if 10,000 refugees come in today, they will be able to absorb all these refugees tomorrow.

In view of the growing situation in the north and the conscription that would arrive a few months later, Annan decided that the other two legions would remain unchanged at 2,000 men for the first time, and that only the Hellfire Legion would be expanded for the time being.

And......

"Let your retainers and knights do something, pick some instructors to teach the soldiers how to breathe."

Annan has been gluttonous for breathing for a long time......

He had long wanted to popularize this mysterious breathing method that made ordinary people become professionals, but the physical fitness of the previous musketeers could not support the huge consumption of breathing methods.

Now, after a year and a half of recuperation, it's almost time.

Although the musketeers are too old, and there may not be even a hundred professions out of 11,100 soldiers, they can still strengthen their physique.

Annan returned the parchment to Ormedo: "I'm going to see if the Red Witch has repented." ”

(End of chapter)