At the end of the report of the housekeeper of Howl, the dwarf Robert reported the current production situation, Wang Yong asked Robert to set up a special military factory, let those skilled dwarves be responsible for military products, and asked to start the production of ballistas, metal armor, crossbows, bows and arrows and other military supplies in the near future.

Connie reported on the production of the garment factory after Butler Hal, and Connie's garment factory mainly produced leather armor, and also made some leather boots and leather clothing. At the end of Connie's report, Wang Yong asked Connie to expand the number of workers to 1,000 people, and in addition to making leather armor, he also had to make a large number of ready-to-wear garments for later sale.

Cody and David then reported on the production of the kiln and raised the issue of the shortage of raw materials. Wang Yong's suggestion was that David stay in the kiln near the asphalt lake, mainly producing glass and water fixtures, while Cody was responsible for producing cement and terracotta pipes, and looking for new clay sources near the city of West Asia, while the rest remained the status quo.

Brandt and Norman reported on the progress of the Seaside City, which was expected to be almost complete in three to five months, while the other Acropolis would take at least three months.

Wang Yong's response was to look at recruiting workers again, divert technicians, and start building the acropolis now. The buildings in the Acropolis can be slowed down, but the city walls and the barracks inside must be completed first, and the quality must be accelerated at the same time.

Wang Yong also asked the purchasing department to buy a large amount of paint to paint the city walls and the buildings inside. Eventually, after all the work was done, Brant and Norman were asked to form a large construction team, and all the skilled workers were retained.

Next, the military doctor Jacob reported that there are now a total of 130 qualified military doctors in the territory, 100 ordinary doctors, and some other medical personnel who are being trained. This was followed by a report on the amount of stock and daily consumption of various commonly used potions. Wang Yong's response was to encourage private doctors to open medical centers and increase the stock of various therapeutic agents.

Minotaur Elder Ryan is an alien liaison officer, responsible for contacting various alien races, so Ryan reported that he has contacted the bear clan and another werewolf tribe willing to join the coastal province, of which there are about 4,000 people in the bear clan, and the wolf clan is about 1,000 people, and they are on their way over. There are two more powerful races, and Wang Yong is very happy. Let Phoebe arrange where these people live in advance.

Seeing that no other government officials were speaking, Wang Yong asked Kennedy, "What do you think about these issues?"

Kennedy hesitated for a moment, then calmly said, "Given the lack of funds in the territory, I feel that the commercial activities of the territory should begin now." We have a lot of unique products that are not available in the whole continent, and it can also be said that they are technologies, which are our advantages. However, due to the limitation of raw materials, we cannot sell finished products to the outside world for the time being, but we can find other chambers of commerce or nobles to cooperate or directly sell some unimportant technologies. to alleviate the financial pressure on the territory. Also, the Spirit Void Ring should also start to be advertised and sold, which can also bring a lot of income to the territory. As for the employment of the people, I think that since our territory is mainly for the development of commerce. With the area of arable land in the southern part of the province at present, it can be expected that the output will be sufficient to sustain the ration of 300,000 people, and then except for the southern region and a few pastoral areas, the rest of the region includes the coastal city. They should all develop the military and make every effort to expand the military in order to ensure the development of commerce at the same time. There can be enough military force to protect itself and deter the greed and ambition of other forces. ”

Wang Yong frowned and said, "You mean to let those who have nothing to do go to the army?"

Kennedy affirmed: "Yes, with our current technology, I have absolute confidence in the commercial development of the territory, and because of this, if we don't have enough armed forces, we will inevitably attract forces that covet it." Therefore, I believe that we should go all out to expand the army and use commercial proceeds to sustain the army's investment. ”

Wang Yong hesitated for a while, and did not decide immediately, but asked Ryan and other officers to start reporting.

These officers Wang Yong looked very familiar, they should all be descendants of Ryan and Mu Sen, but because these people had just been promoted, they were very uncomfortable with the atmosphere of this kind of meeting, and the content of the report was very simple, only talking about the number of soldiers under him, the equipment and equipment, and the supplies needed.

In the end, it was Lane who made a summary, and now the army has reached the standard of more than 10,000 people and five field regiments required by Wang Yong before.

Among them, there is a hoplite legion composed entirely of minotaurs, a hoplite legion mixed with Terrans and other races, a hoplite legion, a light cavalry legion, and a light infantry legion. Ryan also took out a map and explained the current training places and garrison locations of each legion. He also deliberately emphasized the shortage of equipment in the troops, and about half of them only had a broken sword, hoping that Wang Yong could distribute the equipment quickly.

Wang Yong asked curiously: "Aren't there any troops for long-range attacks? For example, archers, crossbowmen, or something." ”

Ryan and the other officers were surprised, in their understanding, bows and arrows were only used to attack and defend the city walls, and for field troops, bows and arrows were not of much use, and they were not as good as the hand crossbows of heavy infantry in battle.

After Ryan's explanation, Wang Yong suddenly realized that this world does not value bows and arrows, and although the range of the crossbow here is lower than that of bows and arrows, it is not much worse. Moreover, specialized bow and arrow units have no defense capability and cannot withstand the onslaught of any army.

Wang Yong thought about it for a while and decided: "After recruiting and training two archery corps, they will be issued with a longbow and a short bow, and they will be required to use the short bow to chase or harass them on horseback, and they can form a large area of long-range damage to the enemy when they stand on the ground." These two archery legions fought together with the two heavy infantry legions, and did not attack alone. ”

Ryan was full of doubts and hesitated to ask, "Can this work?" I have also participated in large-scale wars before, and at that time, it was also a multi-arm joint operation, but the role of bows and arrows was not great. ”

Wang Yong insisted: "I don't understand it either, my idea is that the whole army is equipped with crossbows, no matter what kind of troops, we must ensure that each person has one, if we add two archery corps, our long-range strike capability will be unmatched." At that time, the enemy had not yet rushed to the front, and after a few rounds of arrow rain, they had to reduce their numbers in large numbers, whether it was a deterrent to the enemy or a morale boost for ourselves, it would have a good effect. Ryan was dumbfounded, and the others couldn't believe it.

Hand crossbows are distributed to the whole army? How many hand crossbows do you need? You must know that the production process of hand crossbows is extremely cumbersome, and the cost is extremely high, so there are not many hand crossbows issued by each empire, and only a few heavy infantry regiments have them.

Take the Aier Empire as an example, the entire empire can only mobilize 20,000 crossbows, most of which are scattered in the hands of the defenders of various important cities, and the actual distribution to the field army is only a few thousand.

And Wang Yong has to issue a crossbow to each soldier, Lane feels a little unrealistic, but if this can really be done, plus the archery corps, in that case, the long-range strike capability of the troops is absolutely second to none, as Wang Yong said, it can bring huge casualties to the enemy before the two sides come into contact.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the conference room, and Jesse walked over to open the door to ask about the situation, walked to Wang Yong's side, and whispered a few words. I saw Wang Yong first look surprised, and then said to Jesse: "Open and let them all come in." Jesse hurried out of the conference room.

While everyone was guessing who it would be, Jesse walked into the conference room with Eichi and Autumn.

Shadow One has a calm personality, but is very cheerful and bold, as soon as he entered the conference room, he saw many fresh faces, so he waved his hand and introduced himself: "Hello everyone, I am Shadow One, they are spring, summer, autumn and winter, we are all half-elves, I hope you can take care of it in the future." After speaking, the five of them nodded to everyone, and their movements were elegant and solemn.

Everyone also nodded in return, and they all had a very good impression of this handsome and extraordinary handsome guy. Wang Yong waved his hand and said, "Yingyi, you can find a place to sit by yourself." ”

Ying Yi was not polite, and took Autumn and the others to sit down next to Ying Wu and Qingling, this group of beauties sat together, Yingying Yanyan, which made people dizzy, especially those officers, staring at a group of beauties one by one.

Wang Yong coughed lightly, only to bring those gaffe officers back to their senses, Wang Yong said solemnly: "Officially introduced, Ying Yi is the director of our intelligence organization's 'black hand', Ying Wu is the deputy director, and Qingling is the patrol, mainly responsible for collecting military and commercial intelligence, and also conducting investigations on internal personnel. ”

Hearing that these beauties and handsome guys are actually engaged in intelligence, and their power is not small, everyone nodded to Ying Yi and the others again.

Wang Yong gave Shadow a second look, and then said to Shadow Dance, "Tell me about your findings." ”

Shadow Dance stood up and said with some nervousness: "After our investigation when we were diverting refugees at the border, we have found and confirmed that more than 40 people with bad intentions have infiltrated our coastal province disguised as refugees, and some of these people are now recruited into the army, some are mixed into the administrative system, and some are mixed into the labor and peasant households. With that, Shadow Dance handed the sorted list to Ryan, Phoebe, and Kennedy.

Kennedy was stunned, he didn't expect such an important list to have his own share, he secretly glanced at Wang Yong, and saw that Wang Yong didn't mean to object, Kennedy nodded to Shadow Dance, and then picked up the list to watch. (To be continued.) )