After the labyrinth and traps were completed, the main part of the New Rye Fortress attraction was almost complete. All that was left was to decorate the edges and corners.
However, these decorations were actually very important. Before Sui Xiong transmigrated, he knew an illustrator who was obviously good at drawing, but his business was not very good. The reason was that the illustrator's drawings were unusually simple. There was almost no background, and the characters' clothes were not decorated. In fact, the illustrator was keen on drawing characters wearing ancient Greek white robes to realize his aesthetic concept of "simplicity is beauty."
From Sui Xiong's professional point of view, the illustrator's level was really excellent. There was nothing wrong with simplicity being beauty. However, the buyers and players did not agree with this view. So when Sui Xiong transmigrated, the illustrator was still quite down and out, relying on a small grocery store to get by.
Sui Xiong was not a simple artist. He belonged to the more vulgar type of artist. His biggest pursuit was to let the audience like his work. Therefore, he was prepared to spend a little more time decorating the fortress to be as gorgeous as possible, so that every visitor could enjoy the beauty of it.
As for how to enjoy beauty in the labyrinth that was densely covered with traps? He did not even think about it.
So he got busy again. This time, the work did not seem to be on a grand scale. In fact, because of the pursuit of detail and refinement, the workload did not decrease but increased. In particular, Sui Xiong was a little obsessive-compulsive. He pursued that every decoration should not be repeated and every mural must have a source. This greatly increased his workload.
It was like a writer writing a novel. If he did not think about anything and typed randomly, he might be able to type seven or eight thousand words in an hour. But if he had to think about the plot, arrange the sentences, and then type from time to time, then it would be considered very productive if he could type two thousand words in an hour.
While Sui Xiong was busy in the New Rye Fortress, the Republic of Northwest began an important task.
Training the army.
The conflict between the merchant party and the aristocratic party in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins shook the entire continent, and all countries were very concerned. As a country directly adjacent to the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, the Republic of Northwest was also very concerned.
Although Sui Xiong was currently on the border of the two countries, and with him guarding, the war would never spread to the Republic of Northwest. But after discussion, the leaders of the Republic of Northwest finally decided that if necessary, the Republic of Northwest should send troops to support the merchant party.
No matter what, the Republic of Northwest was a country founded on commerce and had even abolished the aristocratic feudal system. Although their current relationship with the other countries was not bad, fundamentally speaking, there was an irreconcilable conflict between them and the countries ruled by the nobles.
Therefore, even if peace was maintained at the moment, the Republic of Northwest should still strengthen its national defense and provide support to the merchant party of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, which was also on the same anti-aristocratic stance.
As for how strong the reinforcements should be, the leaders of the Republic of Northwest were still discussing or debating.
According to Felix's opinion, they should fully support the merchant party. It would be best if they could defeat the aristocratic party and establish a republic. Everyone would work together and look out for each other. Only then would they be able to ensure the safety of the country.
However, this radical plan was opposed by several other grand governors. Whether it was Madame Teague who was in charge of the people's livelihood, Reynold who was in charge of the military, or Gerrard who was the representative of the church, none of them agreed with such a radical plan. Even the leaders of Gars City, the Geerteng Territory, the Keyen Territory, and the Grey Tower City did not agree to this.
Madame Teague had always been against military action, and her stand was against war. In her opinion, the Republic of Northwest was protected by His Majesty, the Void Mask, and there was no need to worry about danger. If one day, His Majesty, the Void Mask, was not willing to protect the Republic of Northwest, or could not protect it, then no matter how hard they worked, they might not be able to protect the country. Therefore, thinking about these useless things was simply a waste of time and energy. It was better to make use of the time to deal with some government affairs.
Reynold, on the other hand, felt that the Merchant Faction was a bunch of useless trash who couldn't be helped. It was fine if the Republic of Northwest sent some instructors or something, but if they directly sent an army, they might be dragged down by this group of useless people. He felt that if the situation was right, the Republic of Northwest could consider annexing the merchant party to expand its territory. If it was to expand its territory, he was willing to support it.
Gerrard felt that the merchant party was not necessarily a good role. Compared with the aristocratic party, they were nothing more than "bad guys" and "worse guys." There was no need to support the merchant party just to oppose the aristocratic party. That would always feel a little silly. If they had to support, they might as well support the people of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins in rebellion.
Leon's identity was not suitable to speak at this time of discussion, so the spokesperson of Garth City was Lord Kalisa. She thought that the Republic of Northwest should support the merchant party in terms of both supplies and instructors. As for directly sending an army … unless the merchant party was defeated and needed help, it was better not to easily send an army.
The attitudes of the Territory of Geerteng and the Territory of Keane were similar, but they were slightly more radical. Olian and Anna both said that they could send some troops to support, but not too many.
Old Hart, the Lord of Grey Tower City, was more conservative. He said that Grey Tower City and the surrounding cities could jointly send about 100 middle-order mages, led by 10 high-level mages, to help the merchant party do some non-combat work. If more spellcasters were needed, they could also help to contact them. But he especially emphasized that these mages could only be responsible for logistics or support work, and would never go to the front line.
In addition, other high-level officials of the Republic also expressed their opinions. Except for the intelligence chief Eastwood, who insisted that "intelligence personnel should not interfere in the internal affairs of the country" and refused to express his opinion, even the medical chief Steele, who was lying on the table and sleeping soundly, was awakened and half-forced to ask her opinion.
In the end, the result of the discussion was that the Republic of Northwest should step up the training of the army, but would not send troops to support the merchant party.
"If we don't fight, why do we need to train the army?" Madame Teague asked discontentedly. "Soldiers are all young and strong laborers, this is too wasteful!"
"It's better to be prepared," Reynold said with a smile. "Maybe we can take advantage of something. If there is no chance, then forget it. If there is a chance, but we don't have enough troops to seize it, then it will be a pity!"
Therefore, the Republic sent out 1,000 soldiers, the Geerteng Territory, the Keyen Territory, and the City of Gars each sent out 100 soldiers, and the Grey Tower City and several nearby independent cities sent out 200 soldiers. A total of 1,500 soldiers were assembled and began to train intensively.
This batch of troops was different from the group of new recruits of the merchant party. They were all veterans with a certain foundation. Reynold's training for them was mainly divided into three parts. The first part was to adapt to the new equipment specially made for them, and to be familiar with the armor and weapons; the second part was to strengthen their cooperation and improve the efficiency of carrying out orders; and the last part was to train for some special situations, such as night attacks and rapid marches, so that they could be able to fight and win at critical times.
As for how long they needed to train? The military chief Reynold said that they would train as long as they could. In short, the more elite the better.
"No one will complain that his knife is too sharp," he said.
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