Dipu held his chin and listened quietly to the results of Viscount Gumbit's negotiations in recent days.

“...... The empire promised that half of the grain and grass would be supplied by the empire based on the calculation of 700,000 troops, but the military salary and future pensions would be raised by us on the spot. Every month, they provided 5,000 horses, 20,000 weapons, 500 heavy armor, and 2,000 leather armor...... In addition to these, the Empire also provides an additional 10 million gold coins per month, which can be selected according to the price on this list. Look, my lord, this is the list ......"

The Holy See's answer was vague. They said that they would send a special envoy to negotiate and that they would meet with you at that time. The results for the other parties were fragmented. The Duchy of Hiss was willing to send 50,000 troops to support. However, military pay and other expenses will be borne by us. However, the Archduke of Hiss personally sent a letter of apology to apologize, in the last Hiss war, their principality suffered heavy losses, and now they are repairing the northeast defense line, and there is a shortage of money and troops, and these 50,000 troops are also made up from east and west. ”

"The kingdom of Tro promised that all the costs of their 50,000 troops would be borne by the kingdom. In addition, we were given a million gold coins in aid, and a small amount of ordnance. The pressure on the kingdom side is also quite high, and it is busy supplying the Beamon troops and elven troops who have come to help. In addition, Her Royal Highness the Princess is personally willing to donate 500,000 ......"

Hearing this, Dipu interrupted angrily: "Refuse first, you won't need her money." ”

Viscount Gumbit smiled. Isn't Princess Chenel's money Dipu's own money? He continued: "The kingdom of Beamon is willing to provide five thousand war horses, and fifteen thousand other horses. And open the employment quota of 50,000 Beamon warriors. However, they have a request, if they want to set up two consulates and trade associations on Blackeye and Magic Lake Island, they need your consent. ”

"The Elven Kingdom will provide us with supplies worth five million gold coins. Will be shipped within two months. ”

"Shenxu Academy is a free city, and there is no surplus except for a small amount of taxes collected to maintain Fermat City. Therefore, it is only through auctions and donations that more than three million gold coins have been collected for you. It will also provide you with 2,000 magic scrolls of various types and 5,000 bottles of healing magic potions. The strangest of all is the southern city-states, who have come to contact you and want to provide you with three million gold coins directly. I don't know ......?"

Hearing this, Dipu immediately shouted, "Why not?" Dipu was already poor and insane, and he didn't care where the money came from?

Viscount Gombit continued: "In addition, there is fundraising. Fundraising and charity auctions organized by major newspapers such as the Imperial Capital Monitor are underway. More than 10 million have been raised so far. It is estimated that all the activities will be over, and it will exceed 30 million. However, the military department has already received a letter that this batch of money will be kept by them, and only forty percent of the money that our Northern Military Region can use, and the rest will be distributed to other military regions. However, the registration of the volunteer team went very smoothly. There are currently more than 30,000 in the imperial capital, and I heard that there are more than 100,000 around the imperial capital. So the Monitor was very encouraged and prepared to spread the fundraising and recruitment to the entire continent. ”

Hearing this, Dipu's heart became more and more angry. Although it is strange that those voyeurs in the newspaper occasionally do serious things, but now the news coming back from all sides seems to be official cold and popular heat. Moreover, there is no shortage of soldiers in Dipu, and the local area can also be recruited. Even if there are millions of volunteers, there is no equipment and no training, isn't that useless? What Dipu lacks is supplies, ordnance, and money!

As if sensing Dipp's dissatisfaction, Viscount Gumbit bowed slightly and apologized: "My lord! ”

Dipu squeezed out a smile, and he didn't anger others for no reason: "You've done enough and you've gained so much." In fact, I also understand that external support is at best the icing on the cake, and in the end, we still need to rely on ourselves. We asked for all the things that were sent, like the consulate proposed by the Kingdom of Beamon. ”

"Also, if you discuss with the group of profiteers in the banking group, there are still more than 2 million refugees who have returned so far, and we have a black eye to cover all of them, so let's donate more than 60 million yuan to our military region! This year's military expenditure should be enough, and borrowing another 200 million yuan from the bank group should be able to support the first half of next year. Our black-eyed collar has also done its best to be benevolent and righteous, and when the time comes, it will still look like this? ”

......

In the days that followed, Dipu summoned all the officials of the Northern Military District to discuss the most difficult financial issue. But after discussing it for a long time, there was still no result. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, this is something that no one can do.

I can only sew and mend it first. It was decided to use the city of Wiven, the capital of Newton, as the core, and to gather the conscripted craftsmen together to establish their own ordnance production. But before that, there is actually a foundation. At that time, when confronting the Red Lion Principality, the core support point of the Empire's border defense line was this Wiven City. Now it's just another scale-up.

The importance of Wiwen City will be further enhanced, and it will serve as the most important military station and material transit station to support the front line. For this reason, Dippo simply arranged the last two heavy infantry regiments supported by the empire to Wivin City, so that they were in charge of the city defense and did not need to rush to the front line.

In addition, Tipu also has an idea to find a suitable location in the five northern counties, replicating the magic brick filling workshop of the Black Eye Collar, and the magic power driving machine workshop. This has two major advantages: Since it is at the forefront, the tax revenue in the military region will definitely fall instead of rising, and the finances will become more and more tight in the future. And with these workshops, at least it is a big supplement financially.

The other thing is to improve efficiency. At present, although the major workshops of the Northern Military District are working day and night, they produce ordnance and supplies capable of arming 20,000 people every month at most. But with those magic powers, the machines are different. Although the outside world still doesn't know much about it, Dipu already knows about the trial production of the black-eyed collar, and the efficiency has been improved several times, or even more than ten times.

However, this idea does not quench the thirst, because the defense line of the Guana River is still quite tight. Considering that in the event of the loss of the Guana River defense line, the next line of defense will be the border defense line, and the loss of the Guana River defense line will inevitably lead to a great rout of the main force of the Northern Army, and it is not known whether the border defense line can be held? Therefore, if this idea is to become a reality, it must wait until the beginning of spring next year.

By that time, if the Guana River defense line is still unharmed, with the rushing river blocking it, the defense will be much more difficult. By then, let's build these workshops again!) )