Although the merchant party of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins lacked decisiveness at critical moments, and did not have the spirit of daring to go through fire and water, as long as the situation was not so urgent and the pressure was not so great, their thinking was still very clear.
The core problem of the merchant party was the lack of a loyal and reliable army. To solve this problem, they could only rely on training new troops.
Therefore, once they got the method of training reliable professional troops from the Territory of Keane, they quickly put it into practice and had been carefully keeping it a secret.
Every military camp was located in a secret base completely controlled by the old Chamber of Commerce in the north. No one was allowed to approach within a radius of at least 30 miles. Even the convoy that transported supplies could only be sent 30 miles away, and then changed to the base's own convoy. In order to prevent aerial reconnaissance, there were more than 20 middle-grade or even higher mages casting spells in shifts around the clock, maintaining an illusion magic that was enough to cover the entire base.
Generally speaking, aerial reconnaissance was done by combat adventurers who rode flying magic beasts. They did not have the ability to see through the illusion. But the world was big and full of strange things. Maybe someone had a special bloodline that could see through the illusion — for example, Tanner James, the heir of the James family in the Territory of Keane; or maybe someone had a magic tool that could see through the illusion, or even … in order to obtain detailed and reliable information, sometimes even a battle mage might play the role of a scout.
Therefore, these training bases had a second layer of cover — huge roofs.
Supported by pillars, the roofs were enough to shelter the wind and rain, and could completely block the prying eyes from the sky.
These hastily built roofs naturally could not be very strong. They were probably about the same as the car sheds and canopies on Earth. But no matter how weak they were, they were enough to block anyone's line of sight. Even the spellcasters' detection spells could not penetrate the illusion magic and then see through these roofs to see the soldiers who sweated and trained hard every day.
In fact, if Wenner was not experienced, even he would have been almost fooled.
Because on those roofs were painted by specialized painters — the same pattern as the ground. From a distance, it looked like ordinary ground. If one did not fly closer to see, even a god would not be able to see the problem.
The illusion magic of mortals was ineffective against gods, but the painted pattern was not magic. Wenner was almost fooled by this simple and crude method.
Of course, he would not tell Sui Xiong these words.
The two gods watched from the sky for almost a day, watching this group of soldiers train their fighting skills, formations, military orders, physical fitness … Those methods were rather simple and concise. There was nothing fancy about them, and they did not pursue any ingenuity either. There were only two words: stability and speed.
The first was stability. Any operation, be it a battle or a march, was all about stability. These new troops would be the future pillars and core of the merchant army. Therefore, the first requirement for them was stability and reliability. Only in this way could the Sea Steadying Godly Needle be unleashed at the critical moment.
The second was speed. Under the premise of stability, one had to pursue speed. Speed was important when marching and fighting a war. As long as they were fast enough, the enemy would not be able to react when attacking, and when retreating, the enemy could only follow behind and eat dirt. There might not be a sure-win recipe in the world, but as long as the army could maintain a speed faster than the enemy, they would at least be able to escape if they could not defeat the enemy.
Apart from these two points, there might be other pursuits, but for the rookie army in front of them, these two points alone were enough.
For the vast majority of the armies in the world, these two points were enough.
When the sky was getting dark, the soldiers in the base went to rest. Sui Xiong and Wenner also left.
Wenner set off to look for other bases, while Sui Xiong went to the Keene Territory.
When he learned that the training methods of these bases actually came from the Keene Territory, he was really surprised. In Krieg's memory, the training methods of the Keene Territory were not so complicated and high-end. They were very simple.
After coming to the Keene Territory, he hid in the sky above the military camp and observed for a few days. Only then did he confirm that the new troops of the merchant party were indeed using the training methods of the Keene Family.
Moreover, he also found out the source of this training method.
It was easy to say, it was just the accumulation of time.
Ever since Anna Keene took over as Baron Keene, she took into account that the strength of the Keene Territory was not strong enough in the past, and that it had encountered several sad things, so she made great efforts to reorganize the military. In terms of training methods, she inherited the tradition of "recruiting good people for the army" left by her brother. But she also compared the armies of various places and designed a set of detailed training methods with the knights, and in the following years, she continued to modify and improve it. Now, almost thirty years had passed. The young girl from back then had long since become middle-aged, and the territory was about to be handed over to the next generation. Relying on this set of constantly improving training methods, the Keane territory had trained an outstanding army with strong combat power and determination. They had performed outstandingly in several border conflicts, and had also fought for the prestige of the Keane territory.
Anna's style of doing things was different from Krieg's. She was not as deep and gentle as Krieg, but more direct and fierce. Over the years, the surrounding nobles had suffered at her hands more than once. It was also by beating the surrounding nobles into submission that the Lord of Thunder could not do anything to the Keene Territory. No matter what he wanted to do, the nobles around the Keene Territory would never want to go against the Keene Territory again. And without their support, the Lord of Thunder could not do anything to the Keene Territory.
Last time, under the Grand Duke's second son's suggestion, the Grand Duke had promoted Viscount Samat and conferred him the title of Viscount Samat to the side of the Keyen Territory. The Grand Duke had attempted to use this loyal general to provoke the Keyen Territory and cause the situation to escalate to an unmanageable level, giving the Grand Duke an excuse to dispatch troops. But the loyal general of the Lord of Thunder's second son was currently playing the real-life version of Island Survival in Sui Xiong's Holy Kingdom. Wei Shak, who had replaced him, did not intend to make trouble at all. As a result, the Lord of Thunder lost a territory for nothing and was sulking for several days.
As for the Lord of Thunder's second son … because of this mistake, not only did he lose his original advantage in the battle for inheritance, but he was also attacked by the Lord of Thunder's eldest son. At present, he had almost lost the battle for inheritance. The only suspense now was that after his brother became the Lord of Thunder, would he let him be a peaceful Marquis? Or would he carry on the good tradition of the Duchy of Thunder and send him to accompany the predecessors who had lost the right of inheritance?
Probably, the latter was more likely.
After all, in this world, the most reliable thing was a dead man.
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