There are eighty-seven skeletons in the room, all of which are as white as snow, and all the sutras have been translated into jade. www. QuAnBen-XIaoShuo. cOm Compared with the Golden Armor Skeleton, the Jade Skull's body is not very powerful, but the Jade Skull's lifespan is much longer. After the real evolution is completed, even if Salin becomes a ninth-level magician, he may not be able to outlive the Jade Skeleton. .
As long as they don't die in battle, Jade and Skeleton can easily live for three to five thousand years. In comparison, it is not easy for human beings to live for more than a hundred years due to physical limitations. Among millions of people, it is difficult to find a ninth-level mage, and the lifespan of a ninth-level mage is only about one thousand or more hundred years.
There are three ninth-level magicians in the palace of Holy Rock City. Those three guys seem to be only over 700 years old and in their prime. If the three of them don't die, it will be difficult for Holy Rock City to fall.
Saleen observed the skeletons for a while, then turned his mind to the invasion of the East China Sea countries. With three hundred warships, it is certain to capture Lianyung City. Lianyung City is located in the northern part of the empire, but it is connected by a war lane. If the invaders can really gain a foothold, it will not be difficult to continue to attack the surrounding areas.
What troubles Salin is that if Lianyungeng falls, the first place that the coalition forces of the island countries will want to take control of is the Principality of Phoenix. The Principality of Phoenix is his own plan.
I had a complete victory in today's battle, and no one was even killed, but that was because I sank the opponent's warship, causing the opponent to lose his equipment and use his bare hands. And in terms of terrain, he had a huge advantage. The arrangement I made was not a temporary idea. When I decided to build the city here, I had already thought of many ways to resist attacks, and this was just one of them.
If it weren't for that magic cannon, that... Magic circle traps cannot kill all the opponent's elites. Even if only one or two thousand of those people escape, the casualties on my side will not be too high. After all, the other party still has many great magicians.
Originally, according to Saleen's preview, the southern part of the empire was the least peaceful. It bordered the Principality of Titan and was influenced by the Yunliu Empire. That's why he chose to expand in the north. Duke Phoenix was cowardly, so he had nothing to worry about.
Who would have known that first the Phoenix Principality was in turmoil, and the empire actually sent troops to invade, and then the East China Sea Island Country invaded Lianyun City, apparently intending to take down the entire Mels Continent.
Although this is ridiculous, the 300,000 regular troops will at least make the northern part of the empire continue to be in turmoil, making it impossible for him to sit back and do business in peace.
"Sir, Master Aini is here." A soldier outside the door whispered.
"Let him in. Salim returned to the table and sat down.
Aini walked in with a tired look, and Salin asked, "Why don't you sleep?"
"Can't sleep." Aini said without concealment.
"Are you worried that the situation in the north will be corrupted and the investment money will be wasted? Salin smiled and asked Aini to sit down. Salin's table itself is an alchemy table, with a solidified magic circle and some experimental equipment on it. Aini fiddled with it A metal hourglass in front of him remained silent.
The two men suddenly fell into silence. I don't know how long it took before Aini said, "Salin, aren't you worried?"
"What's the use of worrying, I've already gotten into this, the biggest trouble in the world." The trouble Salin was talking about was, of course, the Holy See.
In contrast, he has not paid much attention to the attacks from the countries in the East China Sea. After all, the East China Sea is far away, and it is extremely difficult for the other side to increase its troops. It can be seen from the confessions of the prisoners that this time, the countries in the East China Sea organized a coalition force, which also greatly damaged their vitality.
Given the power of the Qin Empire, Emperor Chanak only brought 100,000 people on his expedition. As long as the expeditionary force suffers a major defeat, it will never be able to raise its head again. The Holy See is different. The foundation of the Holy See is the Tanggulas Empire, which is as huge as the Qin Yin Empire. He is just a mage. Even with the support of Srig Island, the gap between the two sides is still huge.
Salin could remember that he was punished by the divine messenger Genares and was directly knocked into the demiplane. Genares is dead, but the Holy See still has six other divine envoys. It is said that the guy named Faka is the most powerful among the angels.
If not for the Qin Empire to stand in the middle. No matter how perfect the city of Saleen is, it will be destroyed by the Holy See.
"What are you going to do if the empire cannot control the north?" Aini suddenly asked.
"Can't control the North? How is it possible?" Salin asked in surprise. The empire has a large garrison in Guderian City in the north. This invasion of Phoenix is the power of Guderian City. In Salin's view, the coalition forces of the East China Sea countries could not be a match for the Guderian City garrison, although the numerical gap between the two sides was relatively large.
The empire also has many powerful nobles in the north. These nobles form a tight defense network. Within a hundred miles of a city, there will definitely be another city to support each other.
A distance of one hundred miles is nothing to the cavalry. The expeditionary force came by boat and there would not be many cavalry. If the infantry wants to restrain the cavalry, it must do so on its own main battlefield, otherwise the problem of mobility will be a fatal injury. Many battles in history have proven this. Even if the infantry defeated the cavalry, it would not be able to eliminate much of the enemy's effective strength.
"The nobles of Phoenix will not give in and will soon join forces with the expeditionary force." Aini's words were shocking.
"So what about the rebellion? The behavior of the empire has already driven the nobles of Phoenix to a dead end." Aini said with a wry smile. Although he was a magician, he quickly understood where the interests of the nobles lay and what the bottom line of the nobles was.
Phoenix is an important food-producing area. If the expeditionary force gets the support of the Phoenix nobles, things will really change in the north of the empire.
Only now did Salin really become cautious. If Qin rebels due to Phoenix in the north, the connection between himself and the empire will be completely severed. At that time, how can I support so many people under my command
If you want to take a detour from the north of the mainland via Scotia and take the sea route, you will have no seaport available for half of the year. If you want to maintain year-round trade, there is only one way, which is to drive the ship yourself and use the dimension stones in your hands to load the goods. The Pangui Alchemy Ship does not care about the season at all.
But if you make one mistake in this kind of thing and fall into the hands of the Holy See, it will be all over.
Originally, he could have taken the secret passage in the Chaos Swamp, but once Phoenix united with the invaders from the East China Sea countries, he, the fake Bushui County native, would no longer be able to get their support. Lianyuncheng cannot be saved. There is no point in taking another sea route.
"Then what do you mean?" Salin thought to himself that Aini must have more experience in dealing with this kind of thing than he did, so he took the initiative to ask for strategies.
"What can I do? I'm not the emperor of the empire. Salin, now we can only rely on mining to ensure that our military equipment is not controlled by others, but if we want to survive, this is not enough. If there is a war in the north, we will have no business. , my investment is indeed going to waste. Do you remember, you said, let me organize a mercenary army."
"Relying on mercenaries to make money? This is too much." Salin didn't say it was ridiculous, but that's what he thought in his heart. Scotia is a country of mercenaries. He knew that many mercenaries worked hard for half their lives and did not even save money for retirement. So he is not very interested in this industry.
"I'll provide the funds, and you'll be responsible for the training. Salin, we are the organizers, and we get the biggest part of the profits. It's not like we have to work hard ourselves." Aini simply said it, and he simply took a piece of paper. , write down a lot of data.
"You see, this is our investment. Since there is a war in the north, many nobles cannot protect their territories with their own private soldiers and will spend money to hire mercenaries to fight. We train mercenaries, and only mercenaries from a flag regiment can It’s just a few hundred thousand gold coins. To help a city repel twice as many enemies, we can get more than 20,000 gold coins.”
"so little?"
"I'm talking about net profit. The pension for mercenaries is very low. We don't have to bear the responsibility even if they die."
"Isn't this too cold?"
"This is a rule. Besides, you know that mercenaries on the battlefield are not very disciplined. Sometimes they are like bandits. As long as they don't rob one of our own people, we don't have to restrain them. This is part of their income, and everyone acquiesces. "
Salin thought for a while and said, "It's easy for you to say, but where can we recruit people?"
Salin was tempted by this mercenary business. The problem was that mercenaries did not fall from the sky. Organizing a mercenary group was very complicated. If he wants his business to grow on a large scale, he needs at least 10,000 mercenaries. Otherwise three to five hundred people. It's not as much as he could make by helping himself.
"Do you remember what I told you. Do you want to introduce someone from the Roland family?"
"I remember, it seemed to be a woman."
"Well, the Roland family has a close relationship with Scotia. They have channels to recruit mercenaries, but you can't monopolize this business. I pay, she provides the connections, and you are responsible for training. You get four Yes, we will each share 30%."
Seeing Salin's hesitation, Aini said: "Don't be too little. Once the war breaks out, our income will be very high. If you go to Lianyun City now, as long as you can provide an army of flag regiments, the Lord of Lianyun City will immediately provide You have 10,000 gold coins, and I will temporarily help you feed these people. If the battle is successful, there will be rewards. The Roland family has a wide network, and you will give her a larger share. It will be good for you in the future. Rex is certainly powerful. , but only in the city of Kuishui County, the Roland family's business is envied even by our Clyde family.
"I want 60%, don't refuse first. Listen to me. Forming mercenaries is not something that can be done in a moment. It requires Rex's support. Without her authorization, our army is illegal. Anywhere on the continent, she will be squeezed out, and I must give her 20% of the benefits. In addition, my thoughts on this mercenary are different from yours. I want to organize them according to the method of a regular army. Your funds are definitely not enough. . This requires Rex and me to invest together."
Saleen thought to himself, since he has to do it. Just make it bigger. If the Roland family can recruit enough people for themselves, giving them 20% is not too much. But you must be the leader in this matter, otherwise you will be ignored in the future and you will not get any benefits.