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Franklin looked at the door with some anxious eyes, as if waiting for something.

"Don't worry too much, if Agatha really got into Owen's convoy, he should have been shown by now, and he will bring it back when he returns. ”

"Well, it's because I'm ignoring her too much. Franklin let out a heavy sigh that could not be contained.

Chris also sighed, he understood his old friend's mood very well at this time, Franklin only had such a daughter in middle age, and his wife died in childbirth, this daughter was his only relative, and in his mind it was no less than the treasure of the city.

But in order to deal with government affairs over the years, and Franklin is a man, he has more or less neglected his daughter, so he feels guilty.

The door was pushed open, and a guard walked in.

"But got in touch with Solomon's team?Is Agatha with him?" Franklin saw that the guard's face was a little wrong, Rao had always been calm, and he couldn't help but be slightly surprised at this time, could it be that something went wrong, Agatha was not with Wang Qinian. ，

"No, it's not news about the young city lord. The guard froze and swallowed.

"What's the matter?" asked Chris.

"It was our ranger sentry who had a large army outside the city in the direction of Modo, and was approaching us, and two of the three sentry were killed, and only one of them escaped as fast as he could, delivering the news back in time. The guards finally finished the news.

Franklin stood up, "It's really here!"

"I didn't expect it to be Modo, last time Modo's Count Schedermon left the city angrily, it seems that it was deliberate, I thought that if I couldn't talk to Asturias, I would be threatened with force, and I didn't think that the opponent I faced first would be Modo. ”

"It's good for everyone, and we have been preparing for this day, and although it is best not to go through a war, but if we have to go through a war to take what we need and leave us something, then whether it is Asturias or Mordo, we always have to show some determination to show them and prove it. Chris said.

As he spoke, Bernhard also walked into the room, "City Lord, Chris, do you know that Modo's army is here. ”

"I already know, is there any further information, like which legion is coming?" Franklin nodded.

"The Ranger Sentry who escaped by luck was very seriously injured, and I used a healing scroll on him to stabilize him, and I supported the general news, there were at least tens of thousands of people, and there were many white-armored samurai, so I suspect that the White Feather Legion, one of the three major legions of Modo, is coming. ”

Modo has three major legions, in addition to the royal family's Praetorian Legion, the other two major legions are the Poseidon Legion and the now mentioned White Feather Legion.

"That Viah of Modo is really determined this time. Franklin said with a solemn expression, and then his expression straightened, "No matter what, it is impossible for us to retreat, and we have been preparing for so long, passing on my order to let the residents of the second outer city immediately start evacuating, retreat to the first outer city, and if it is not enough to accommodate it, open the inner city for them to rest." Bernhard and Owen are away, and the security of the city, and the temporary sojourn of these residents, and their food, will be taken care of. ”

"Don't worry, I'll do my best, but Modo came so quickly, we knew it was too late, and at most we would only have time to evacuate the residents, but Owen and the others were still outside, and they didn't have time to retreat into the city. Bernhard said worriedly.

The same worry appeared on Franklin's face, and there was even a hint of pain, and he smiled bitterly, "Agatha is also with Solomon now. ”

"Ahh

Instead, Franklin calmed down, "That kid is too willful, but it's okay, in case, if we fail this time, they are now outside the city, with Solomon's cleverness, no matter if we win or lose here, he will go to the mine to meet Cleveland, what we have to do now is to give it our all!"

"Chris, there is a place for you to preside over the magic array of the underground base. ”

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A few kilometers away from the city of freedom, in the dust, a large number of troops appeared.

These armies had fewer cavalry and were a predominantly infantry legion.

The legion was distinctly coloured, with half of the total number on the two wings, at least 20,000 men on each side, brown armor, each with a long sword in his right hand, a small round shield hanging from the crook of his left arm, and a short bow with a distance of thirty meters on his back.

The number of people in the middle is slightly smaller than the two wings, about 10,000 people, but the armor on his body is blue and white armor, the same as the standard on Helifin's body.

Behind them, tens of thousands of auxiliaries were busy preparing to build improvised camps and fortifications, as well as to begin preparations for various wars, such as the preparation of wound medicine.

The composition of a main army is usually composed of three parts, that is, the above-mentioned elite, main and auxiliary three parts, the elite is the white armor warriors in the middle, they are all wearing wind spirit white feather armor, from the basic soldiers one out of ten, or even one out of a hundred miles to be qualified to wear the wind spirit white feather armor, they are the real warriors of the white feather legion, the elite of the legion, with the strength and courage to face the orcs.

The warriors on both sides are the regular warriors of the legion, although the strength and equipment are not as good as the white-armored warriors, but they can enter the main legion, which is still stronger than the legion of the general kingdom to defend the place, and they are usually the main force of the siege.

Those tens of thousands of auxiliaries are for the main warriors to serve, but if the battle is fierce enough to require them to go into battle, they can also go up to fight and sacrifice, there are two types of auxiliaries, one is the auxiliaries included in the legion itself, and the other is the house slave or knight squire who follows the soldiers with knighthood or official knightly qualifications in the legion, but because this legion is mainly infantry, so there are fewer relative knight squires, if it is replaced by heavy cavalry in some countries, the number of auxiliaries will be at least doubled, and there are many knight squires alone, and the knight squires are quasi-cavalry in a sense, somewhat similar to the status of the wrangler in the elven magic chess。

"That's Free City. Victor said lightly to Paul, the adjutant next to him.

"Report to the commander of the corps, there are 12,000 elite soldiers of White Feather on this expedition, 40,000 regular soldiers, and 12,000 auxiliary soldiers. Now that we're ready and waiting for your orders, shall we first go and inform the Free City and ask them to surrender, or shall we attack immediately?"

"Hmm. Victor nodded with satisfaction, excluding auxiliaries, the official soldiers of the White Feather Legion totaled more than 80,000, leaving only one-third of the soldiers and three thousand elite soldiers, and the rest came, this time it was necessary to capture the Free City before Asturias reacted, and occupy the Mithril mine.

If it succeeds, it will certainly be of great benefit to Modo, and the White Feather Legion and Victor himself will also be beneficial, just like Duke Aldrich has always hoped to become the manager of the Mithril Mine, even if he can't get the biggest benefit, how can he reap the benefits in the process of "management".

Similarly, if the Mithril Mine is supervised by the White Feather Legion in the future, there will inevitably be various means to embezzle and intercept some of the additional military funds that have become the Legion and the income of several Legion leaders.

For this battle, Victor had conducted a deduction with the magician Tongguò elven magic chess in the capital beforehand in the capital, and he was quite sure that unless Asturias could intervene in time, it would be possible to produce variables.

"My lord, if you can take this city, please don't forget the small request of Lord Viscount. A man who was not dressed as a soldier at all stepped forward and reminded him.

"Got it, got it, Baroff is really troublesome, I'll remember, Solomon Company, if this city belongs to Modo and me in the future, this company will try to keep it for him, and everything he wants will belong to him. ”

"Thank you, Lord Victor. Victor sneered in his heart, but he didn't intend to break his promise, this person was Modo's subordinate of Viscount Barlov, who had cooperated with Solomon's company, and was responsible for helping him act as an agent for some business, focusing on military business.

The so-called business with the army is the wealth of the dead, and in a battle like the White Feather Legion, materials will definitely be captured along the way, so people like Viscount Barlov need to help deal with it with the army, and convert it into the materials needed by the army in time.

As for the property from the enemy soldiers after their death, these military merchants also have the right of first refusal, and can buy them from their own soldiers at a fairly low price, and then go back to tidy up, clean them, and then sell them, so they are dead people's wealth.

Sometimes these merchants are also slave traders, and as long as they have a way to trade slaves, they can buy captives from Victor and turn them into slaves.

However, those who can generally become military businessmen have a considerable background, and ordinary people can't do it.

Like Viscount Barlov, although the title is not too high, he has something to do with the royal family, so he can become a merchant with Victor in this campaign.

However, before going to war, Barlov made an additional request to Victor, that is, if he wins, Victor will help him save Wang Qinian's Solomon Company as much as possible, so that he can take it for himself.

So far, the value of Solomon's company is far from being as high as Barlov imagined, in addition to the Shadow Animation, part of the previous high profit comes from the annual white glove of the city lord's mansion and the part of the "agency fee", in fact, the real value lies in Wang Qinian himself and the Daffodil Troupe, Mr. Obier's theater actually does not mean much to Baroff, because he has his own theater.

However, even if it is an empty shell, Baroff will still not let it go, because Solomon Company has now spread with the reputation of Shadow Animation, and if it is its own, it can have a very big advantage and voice in the exhibition of Shadow Animation.

Before the war began, Liberty City had already suffered a lot of losses, such as the Franklin branch in Modo, which had been forcibly frozen, and all branch personnel were detained, although they were not thrown into prison.

The branches of the Strong Franklin Bank in Mordo and Asturias were actually small in scale, and the main purpose was to help the merchants of the two countries to serve the trade of the Free City.

There is no way around it, because the Franklin Bank show needs manpower, and it needs more and more people who know how to calculate and analyze simply.

This is a little easier for a country, but it is quite difficult for a new city with a small heritage.

This kind of talent is also sought out from familiar hands in commercial trade, and it is even more rare if you want the bank to use it with confidence, but there is another category of people who can be replaced with a little conversion, and that is the magician.

Magicians need to know how to calculate and analyze magic if they want to analyze magic, and the balance analysis when magic is factored down, layer by layer, the more in-depth it is, the more complex calculations are involved, and it is natural that they can cope with these small calculations that are often used in the bank.

In fact, the double-entry accounting method that merchants now use to keep accounts is itself derived from the magical factoring analysis of magicians.

Isn't there a lot in common between the two? Factoring is always based on the principle of balance, while double-entry accounting also follows the principle that the loans and loans must be equal.

Fortunately, Wang Qinian built a free city and built more magic schools to train magic apprentices.

On the one hand, it is to help increase the number of magicians in the Free City, even if the apprentices can only become full-fledged mages, and a considerable number of magic apprentices cannot advance to mages, but they are still very useful, such as going to the Daffodil Theater to help operate the camera and become a photographer, so that they can have food and clothing, or even entering the Franklin Bank, the knowledge of magic mathematics alone is enough to make these apprentices' lives higher than ordinary people.