Back in Lancaster Dukedom, in Li Huailin's Duke's Mansion. Two hours ago. Since the money problem had basically been solved, Li Huailin began to consider the problem of his private army. Since the start of the Popular Support, Li Huailin had saved up more than 25000 reputation points. Therefore, he could discuss the recruitment problem with the temporary military minister, Veronica.
"It's really easy to understand..." As soon as Li Huailin talked to Veronica about this problem, Veronica immediately gave Li Huailin a page that looked like a shop. On it, the reputation points needed for the various army types were listed.
For untrained militia, every 100 Reputation Points could be used to recruit 7 to 10 people. After some calculations, it would only take 10 to 13 Reputation Points to recruit one person. The upper limit of his army was 5000. In other words, according to the cheapest calculation, he would need 50,000 Reputation Points to fill the ranks. He couldn't even afford the cheapest one.
There was no need to even mention the ones below. The militia that had undergone military training required 100 Reputation Points to recruit 3 to 5 people. This was double the price. And this was just the militia. The real soldiers below them required 300 Reputation Points to recruit 7 to 10 people, and 300 Reputation Points to recruit 3 to 5 ordinary soldiers. Then there was the special classification of soldiers. Spearmen and archers cost 500 reputation points for 7-10, and cavalry cost 500 reputation points for 3-5. Below them were the elite spearmen and elite archers, with 1000 Reputation Points for 7-10 people. Elite cavalry, with 1000 Reputation Points for 3-5 people. In addition, there were scouts, 500 reputation points for 7-10, and elite scouts, 500 reputation points for 3-5. Soldiers that could operate ballistae cost 1000 reputation points for 3-5, and so on.
Looking further, Li Huailin found that there was a special army type at the end. It was an armored cavalry unit unique to the Lancaster region. The price was 1200 reputation points for 3-5.
"What the hell, is this something that humans can afford?" Li Huailin facepalmed. Just think about it. The Armored Cavalry sounded really awesome. 1200 Reputation Points for 3 to 5 of them. Based on an average of 4 of them, that would be 300 Reputation Points each. Right now, he only earned 7200 Reputation Points a day. He could only afford 24 of them. If that was the case, he would need to wait for more than 7 months to form a team of 5000 people. What the heck was he doing?
"Marshal, what troops do you want to recruit?" Veronica asked.
"The ideal situation is naturally to recruit a cavalry unit." Li Huailin said, "It's a pity that I can't afford it. Right now, I only have enough to buy 500 spearmen, and they aren't even elites …"
"Marshal, soldiers can level up after training. Ordinary militia can also become cavalry after gaining enough EXP," Veronica said.
"I've guessed as much." Li Huailin nodded, because the page of the Second Legion had written the experience points of the troops. "But naturally, it's best to have it ready …"
"Marshal, it's useless for you to be anxious now. Even if we have 5000 soldiers now, we don't have that many horses and armor," Veronica said.
"Eh? Eh? Do we have to find the armor and horses ourselves? "Li Huailin asked.
"Of course." Veronica gave Li Huailin a strange look. "The Lancaster area is very famous for its armor forging. The armor produced here is very good, but Lancaster doesn't produce horses. There's only one horse farm, and it's a very small scale. The number of horses produced each year doesn't exceed 50."
"F * ck …" Li Huailin facepalmed. "Without horses, what are we going to do? Can we buy them?"
"You'll have to ask the merchants, but horses are military supplies. It's not easy to get them, and the price won't be low," Veronica said.
"How about this, you recruit some ordinary cavalry first. I'll go find horses." After Li Huailin finished speaking, he placed all his 25,000 Reputation Points on the Ordinary Cavalrymen. If he recruited them 50 times, he should be able to get 150-250 Reputation Points.
"Okay, I'll put up the recruitment notice." Veronica nodded.
Li Huailin suddenly felt that he was very busy. Why did he, a duke, have to do everything? Shouldn't nobles like him just lie at home all day and flirt with the maids? Why was it his turn to be so busy? Also, since the beginning, the system notifications had inexplicably notified him that a lot of people he had never heard of had a sudden increase in their favorability. He had no idea what was going on, but it was really annoying.
After leaving the military department, Li Huailin went to the finance department. He saw Misty Rain and Oliveira discussing something. Anyway, the two of them were very happy talking about a lot of numbers, especially Misty Rain. Oliveira, on the other hand, showed a very impressed expression from time to time. Li Huailin did not understand a lot of professional jargon, but he felt that it was very impressive.
"Excuse me for a moment," Li Huailin interrupted. "Are the merchants not here yet? I need to buy horses now. "
"Buy horses? You want to form a cavalry? "Misty Rain asked.
"Yes, but I heard that there are very few horses here. I need to buy from the merchants. Are they not here yet?" Li Huailin asked.
"The news has been released. If there are benefits, the merchants should come. They should be here in two days," Oliveira said.
"Minister Oliveira, someone who claims to be from the Dean Chamber of Commerce wants to see you." As they were talking, an NPC walked over. When he saw Li Huailin, he immediately saluted, "Hello, Marshal."
"Dean Chamber of Commerce? Why do I feel like I've heard of this name before?" Li Huailin suddenly said.
"Filmus Chamber of Commerce …" Oliveira said, "My lord, what should we do?"
"Filmus Chamber of Commerce? Hurry up. " Li Huailin was finally a little happy. It was obvious that the other party was here to seek shelter. Filmus' entire family had been robbed and killed. He did not expect such a valuable item to be left behind. "Let's go and meet him."
It didn't take long for the trio to arrive at the reception room. A middle-aged NPC was already waiting for them inside. This NPC seemed to be very unstable as he kept stamping his feet. Only when Li Huailin's group entered the room did the NPC collect his thoughts and stand up.
"Grand Duke of Aquitaine? H-hello. " Seeing Li Huailin, the NPC was shocked again. This guy was no joke. He was almost thought to be a survivor of Filmus and killed. He felt really guilty seeing Li Huailin.
"You're Polit?" Li Huailin looked up at the NPC's name and said, "Dean Chamber of Commerce?"
"I'm the current president of the Dean Chamber of Commerce, Duke Polit," Polit said immediately. "These two must be the Duchess. Nice to meet you, Duchess …"
"This is the Duchess. I'm the Minister of Finance, Oliveira. Nice to meet you, President Polit," Oliveira immediately clarified.
"Nice to meet you, Minister Oliveira," Polit immediately corrected.
"Have a seat." Li Huailin waved his hand and sat on the sofa next to him. Misty Rain followed suit, while Oliveira stood behind Li Huailin. Polit did not dare to sit down. Now that the Minister of Finance was standing, he also walked up to Li Huailin and stood beside him.
"Lord Duke, I came here this time to seek refuge with Lord Duke. Please take me in, Lord Duke." Pollitt didn't waste any time and immediately said.
"What's the situation with the Dean Chamber of Commerce?" Li Huailin asked.
"Ever since the fall of Filmus, the Dean Chamber of Commerce has been in a state of stagnation. The purge of the remaining members of Filmus hasn't ended yet. Many people are afraid of being associated with us and are unwilling to do business with us. The Dean Chamber of Commerce is in a very dangerous situation. It's on the verge of collapse," Polit said without reservation.
"In other words, you're trying to draw a line with Filmus by seeking shelter from me?" Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Not only that, but with the current strength of the Grand Duke, I think the future of the Dean Chamber of Commerce will be even better than when Filmus was in power," Polit immediately began to flatter.
"If you're here to look for Oliveira, you should know our current situation, right? Tell me what you think," Li Huailin said.
"I think the Duke's biggest problem right now is how to deal with this large batch of food. The amount is a little too much for the empire to digest. I wonder if the Duke would like to take another path … such as … orcs?" Polit asked cautiously. "That's right.
"How dare you!" Before Li Huailin could say anything, Oliveira, who was next to him, yelled, "Duke, food is a controlled commodity. If we sell food to the Beastmen and they solve their food problem, they will attack us humans next."
"Forgive me, Duke Polit!" Polit said quickly.
"Did Filmus do this a lot in the past?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, Filmus does it all the time, and we're the ones who handled it. The empire hasn't found out about it yet," Polit said without reservation since he had already made up his mind to seek shelter.
"You don't have to say anything about selling it to the orcs. You're not allowed, "Li Huailin said." But you did remind me … Apart from selling it, it seems like there's another use for food … Wars seem to require a lot of food too … "
"Huh?" The three of them looked at Li Huailin strangely. Wars?
"Nothing, Polit. I need a lot of horses now. Can you get them?" Li Huailin suddenly asked.
"Horses? We have some connections in the Udessa Province. We should be able to procure some horses. However, horses aren't very cheap right now. They cost around 230 to 280 Gold, "Polit said after giving the matter some thought." That's right.
"One horse?" Li Huailin asked.
"Mhm, yes." Polit nodded.
"Damn it. Ordinary people can't afford to raise cavalry. Luckily, I'm rich … Polit, go buy them. Buy as many as you can," Li Huailin said, waving his hand.
"Yes, Duke Polit." Although Polit didn't say it explicitly, since Polit had asked him to do something, it meant that Polit had agreed to join the empire. Satisfied, Polit left.
As soon as Polit left, a soldier hurried in. He had probably been waiting at the door for a while. When he reached Li Huailin's side, he saluted and said, "Marshal, the elf ambassador wants to see you."
"Elf ambassador?" Li Huailin asked curiously. "He really can't stop for even a moment."
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