Chapter 148 Supreme Military Conference [4K]

Author: Pupil

Chapter 148 Supreme Military Conference [4K]

Ryan was holding the half-term tax statistics table in his hand and was happy. Because the food was ripe for two years, the tax collected by Cana was divided into two periods.

This also includes the half-term property statistics table submitted by Hevion. So far, the income of the territory is divided into several sectors, the first is the grain paid by the people, and this part is reserved for storage and will not be sold.

Then the big one was the green candy trade with the two Viscounts Chels and Brandon. The green candy sold in the first half of the year reached more than 200,000 pounds, with a total income of more than 10,000 Jindler, which made Ryan earn

A lot of money.

What remains are the business tax and the income of the shops under his name, etc., which are all small and not worth mentioning.

The income is very considerable, but the expenditure is also terrifying. Whether it is a cement factory, a paper workshop, or a newly built steel mill, so far, it has all been pure investment and has not yet made a profit.

The income from trade taxes and shops is not enough to feed these three gold-swallowing beasts, and it requires expenditure from the income from the sugar trade.

What burns more money than them is Liman's laboratory and army. Kana's current active-duty soldiers have reached the scale of three battalions, with a total of more than 3,000 people.

Their training, salary, food and clothing are all a lot of money, accounting for one-third of the green sugar trade. The laboratory is also a bottomless pit. Although there is only one crystal bomb that can be used, it can be used for money.

It’s a big deal, accounting for more than one-third of the green sugar trade.

Coupled with some scattered and messy expenses, the surplus in the first half of the year was less than three thousand Jin Dele, which made Ryan's originally excited heart very cold.

If we count the part of the expenses last year due to war and pensions, good guy, Ryan almost paid for it himself.

Not to mention him, even Hevion and other government officials were scared by the expenses in the first half of the year. It is no exaggeration to say that the consumption in the past six months is enough to be comparable to a viscount.

Without the green sugar trade as support, Ryan would not be able to support such consumption even if he had to sell himself.

"It won't work like this. The expenditure in the second half of the year will definitely be higher. Wouldn't I still be able to pay for it if this continues?" Ryan frowned. He knew why Lofitter, who was in charge of finance, cried poorly every day. This money

It's really a waste.

"We must open up new sources of income." Ryan rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought. He already had some alternative answers in his mind.

The first is cement and paper. As long as the sales are well-promoted, not to mention reaching the height of green candy, most of them should be fine.

Then it is to use his advantages of science and engineering dogs to make perfume or liquor.

Because of Cwell's vigorous cultivation, those magical flowers have achieved good results. The perfume made with such flowers will definitely make a big profit.

Even if the liquor does not meet the tastes of these people, it is a good choice to further distillate and purify it into alcohol, which is used to make perfume or disinfect.

As he thought about it, he pulled out a piece of paper to start planning. As soon as he wrote a beginning, his door was knocked. Levitra, who had already advanced to a junior knight and was also the commander of the guard of Ryan, hurried in with a letter.

Ryan looked at him strangely and said, "Is it the news about the ironworks or cement plants?"

Levitra said with a serious grave on his slightly green face: "It's Viscount Chels's urgent letter, three bird feathers."

Ordinary letters do not post bird feathers. This kind of letter that represents non-urgent letters, one sticker means two hundred miles of speed, two sticker means four hundred miles of speed, and three sticker is the highest level, changing horses does not change people,

Travel day and night.

Ryan quickly took the letter and opened it. This was the first time he had received a letter of this level. You can imagine how urgent the contents were.

After a quick glance, Ryan's expression became more and more serious, and he stood up and said, "Prepare your mount now and go to Horay City."

Levitra looked surprised, looked at the sky that was almost dark outside, and hesitated: "Is it a little late?"

Ryan shook his head and handed the letter to him. Levitra took it and saw that it was written in big words, "It's extremely urgent, hurry to Horay City as soon as possible to attend the highest military meeting in the county!!!"

His pupils widened in an instant, and he immediately understood the seriousness of the matter. He immediately went down to prepare for a mount. In less than half an hour, an elite cavalry team was assembled.

Soon, the team disappeared into the gradually descending night without most people knowing it.

The next day, when Hevion got up early and came to report to Ryan, he looked at the empty office with a confused look on his face. He asked people everywhere and asked no trace of Ryan. Finally, the officer at the city gate reported that the lord was yesterday.

I took the people away overnight and disappeared.

Hevion sighed to the sky, this lord is really a restless lord. He has only been at peace for a few days and no one can be found...

Ryan and others traveled day and night, and the distance of hundreds of miles was finally completed the next afternoon. As soon as they entered the city, the knights of the Malton family came up and led them to the other side after a brief introduction.

In the Kingdom of Testan, the rough division of administrative regions is the five realms, also known as the five prefectures, which are divided into two levels: provincial and county levels. Except for the central part of the five prefectures, which are directly under the royal family, there is a great duke guarding the other four realms.

Each provincial capital selects a nobleman who is respected or powerful as the provincial governor, and each county selects a nobleman as the county governor.

These regional chiefs do not have any rights in normal times. They even represent the parties in one region and cannot interfere in the internal affairs of other territories.

Once a special period is reached, such as during wars, the power of the regional chief will be much greater, because their identities will be transformed into the highest military commander of the region. At that time, the number of people and materials that are distributed in any territory can be divided into one hand.

In wartime, whoever fights the vanguard can also be distributed by one person who escorts the food and grass. Don’t underestimate these, the tricks inside are very big.

Of course, even if there is a grudge, it cannot be done too obviously, otherwise he will not be able to ask for it in the aristocratic court. It will be very uncomfortable if the other party secretly stumblings you.

The Knights took them all the way to the Admiral's Mansion. Please don't wonder why it is here, because Chels is the Admiral of Linton County, so he has the right to build the Admiral's Mansion. However, there are no people here at ordinary times, so he doesn't have a strong sense of existence.

Because for Chels, living in such a house is far less secure than living in a castle.

Ryan is the border lord, so he is almost the last group to come. Many nobles have been waiting here for a long time. They have communicated a lot and have their own guesses about the following information.

Outside the hall, the Knight guarding the gate stopped Levi and others outside, and then respectfully invited Ryan in. As soon as he showed up, Baron David Bella, with the Maple Leaf-headed collar, stood up and waved enthusiastically, signaling to the empty seat beside him.

sit down.

Ryan responded with a smile, and after sitting down, he looked around and found that there were four empty seats, and there were already people on the rest of the seats, all with official titles.

In Linton County, many people have official titles, but only a dozen people own the territory, and almost all the rest are here.

David Bella said with a serious expression: "These four who did not come, except for the Viscount, are the three remaining nobles who were summoned last time, and one of them is said to have been loyal to the kingdom."

"Is the battle so fierce?" Ryan was very surprised when he heard David Bella's words. You must know that it was only a few months since the last call.

"It's very intense. You may not know yet. Jinsui City was almost captured by the rebels. Fortunately, His Highness the Grand Duke was wise and powerful, and saw through the enemy's plan. Otherwise, the consequences would be unpredictable, and we would not sit here again.

I just don’t know how many people the Grand Duke will recruit this time, and my meager family background cannot withstand the troubles.”

David Bella nodded helplessly. His family has been rooted here for many years, and the intelligence network has been spread out, so the information is very well-informed and has obtained first-hand information.

Although Chels' letter did not clearly state it, everyone present understood that it was going to fight, otherwise Chels would not hold the Supreme Military Conference, and Ryan also speculated.

But he still couldn't help but feel nervous. The risk of participating in such a war is no less than an expedition, and he might go to see the Lord of the Holy Light at any time.

"It's too dangerous on the battlefield. At that time, you and me will have to take more care of each other." David Bellamy looked sincere. It's too important to find a reliable teammate.

Although he didn't know much about Ryan, he could tell a lot of information based on the last time he had a border standoff with Breth, so he was willing to take a gamble.

Ryan was about to answer, but Chels finally came to the first place to sit down. Compared to the last time he met, his expression was a little more tired.

He looked around and finally stayed on Ryan for a few seconds and said, "Everyone, you probably guessed some of them, so I won't keep it from hiding it."

Month ago, His Highness the Grand Duke launched a general attack on the rebels in the Gothic Province. Although he successfully recovered the important hub of Tyrgyzstan, Jinsui City was almost attacked by the rebels. Fortunately, the Hurricane Knights arrived in time and then defended it.

city.

But Jinsui City also suffered heavy losses and the supply of materials to the front line was cut off. In order to deal with the possible chaos in the future, His Highness the Grand Duke issued a conscript order to us."

Everyone was mentally prepared and was not surprised by this, so they all looked solemn and waited for Chels to come to the following.

Chels cleared his throat and said, "This time, in addition to a reorganized legion, our Linton County also needs to recruit a batch of supplies, mainly food and medicine.

Of course, these will not make everyone work in vain. Whether it is sending troops or supplies, they will be converted into military achievements. You or your ancestors have all started their own business through military achievements, so I naturally don’t need to repeat the role of military achievements.

At the same time, in order to ensure the defense of the county, we will divide it into two parts to recruit the county, and some of them will remain in the county to consolidate their defense and prevent the rebels from rushing in. However, materials need to be recruited.

Another part of the company does not recruit materials and needs to draw troops to participate in the war. For fairness, we use lottery to decide. What do you think?"

His words made everyone look at each other. To be honest, no one wants to go to the battlefield if they can provide supplies to solve problems, because everyone here is not short of food.

But going to the battlefield is different. You may get a military merit when going to the battlefield, but you are more likely to never go back, or you may also suffer heavy losses. That is all the foundation, and it is their capital to maintain their own status!

For a moment, the atmosphere on the scene was a bit subtle, and a competition without gunpowder began.

Seeing that no one objected, Chels nodded with satisfaction, took out a box that had been prepared long ago and said, "There are two beads in it, and the red ones are drawn to send troops and the green ones are sent out. How about it?

”

If there is any opinion on Ryan and others, they naturally nodded and said yes.

In order, everyone went up and got a ball. For a while, several people were happy and some were sad. Those who got the green beads naturally smiled, while those who got the red beads were filled with sorrow.

Ryan sat back in his seat expressionlessly, holding a red bead in his hand. It seemed that he could not escape this time. He could not pick out the sting of this fair, just and open distribution method. He could only

I think I'm unlucky.

After a while, David Bella sat back with a sad face, and there was a red bead on his hand. He looked at Ryan and said, "Baron Ryan, it seems that we are really sharing the joys and sorrows this time."

Ryan pulled the corner of his mouth, showing a reluctant smile, without answering. Kanaling is currently in the rush to develop rapidly, and he really doesn't want to wade into this muddy water.

Unfortunately, he could not say no to the conscript order, so he had to admit that he was unlucky.

The result was soon out. Except for Chels himself, half of the eight nobles present were red balls.

Chels had already seen the results and said, "Okay, everyone has seen the results. Now we will start to assign tasks. You four nobles who need to send troops, each of them needs to send at least one thousand soldiers.

My Malton family has three thousand people.

The remaining people must prepare at least one month's food and grass for the army before setting off. In addition, two million pounds of grain and five thousand pounds of medicinal materials need to be requisitioned. I will give you the list of medicinal materials at that time. You will distribute them equally. The subsequent requisition will be reviewed.

The situation depends.

Do you have any questions?"

Ryan and his men were the simplest and clearest. They only needed to send one thousand troops to each other. Naturally, someone prepared food and grass, so the one who had the most opinions was those who drew the green ball and began to complain and sell misery.

When everything was clear, it was already late at night. When the end of the game, Chels announced the time for the army to assemble and go on a war. It was not very urgent. We had to wait until winter was over until next spring.

Because although fighting rebellion is important, it still needs to face orc invasion in winter, and all territories must do their best.

However, the several provinces where the rebellion had suffered this winter. Although the border legions in the southern border have not moved yet, after all, there were fires in the rear, so there were naturally more loopholes. I don’t know how many border territories will suffer again at that time.

After the meeting, it was already late at night, and the breeze was blowing, bringing a hint of coolness.

Ryan sighed deeply and said sadly: "It's a turbulent autumn."

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