The maze and traps are completed, and the main body of the New Rye Fortress attraction is almost complete, leaving only some minor modifications.
However, these modifications are actually very important. Before Sui Xiong traveled through time, he knew an illustrator. He was obviously very good at painting, but his business was not very good. The reason was that the artist's paintings were extremely simple and the background was almost useless. , the characters' clothes are not decorated in any way - in fact, this artist is keen on painting characters wearing ancient Greek white robes in order to realize his aesthetic concept of "simplicity is beauty".
From Sui Xiong's professional point of view, the artist's skills are really excellent. Simplicity is beauty, and there is nothing wrong with it. However, neither buyers nor players agreed with this view, so until he traveled through time, the painter was still quite miserable, relying on opening a small grocery store to make ends meet...
Sui Xiong is not a concise artist. He is a more kitsch artist. His greatest pursuit is to make the audience like his works. So he planned to spend a little more time to decorate the fortress as gorgeously as possible, so that every visitor could enjoy the beauty.
As for how to enjoy beauty in a maze full of traps? He didn't even think about it.
So he got busy again. At first glance, the work this time seemed not as grand as before. In fact, because of the pursuit of meticulousness and sophistication, the workload increased instead of decreasing. In particular, Sui Xiong has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder. He pursues that every set of decorations must not be repeated and every mural must have a provenance, which greatly increases his workload.
This is like a writer writing a novel. If he doesn't want to type anything randomly, he may be able to type seven or eight thousand words in an hour; but if he wants to conceive the plot and arrange sentences at the same time, and then revise it from time to time while typing, then If you can type two thousand words in an hour, you are considered very productive.
While Sui Xiong was busy in the New Rye Fortress, the Northwest Republic started an important task.
Train the army.
The conflict between the merchant faction and the aristocratic faction of the Gold Coin Federation has shocked the entire continent, and all countries are paying close attention to this. As a country directly adjacent to the Gold Coin Federation, the Northwest Republic is of course very concerned about it.
Although Sui Xiong is currently on the border between the two countries, and with him guarding it, it is absolutely impossible for the war to spread to the Northwest Republic. However, after discussion, the leaders of the Republic finally believed that if necessary, the Republic should send troops to support the merchant faction.
In any case, the Northwest Republic is a country founded on commerce after all, and has even abolished the aristocratic lord system. Although the current relations with various countries are not bad, fundamentally speaking, there are irreconcilable conflicts between them and those countries ruled by aristocrats.
Therefore, even if peace is still maintained, the Northwest Republic should strengthen its national defense and provide support to the Gold Coin Federation merchants who are at least equally anti-aristocratic.
As for how strong the support should be, the leaders of the Northwest Republic are still discussing or arguing.
According to the view of Grand Consul Felix, the merchant faction should be fully supported. It is best to defeat the aristocratic faction and establish a republic. Everyone is the horns of each other and looks out for each other. Only in this way can the security of the country be ensured.
However, this radical plan was jointly opposed by several other grand consuls. Whether it was Mrs. Teague who was in charge of people's livelihood, Leonard who was in charge of military affairs, or Gerald who was the representative of the church, they did not agree with such a drastic approach. Even the leaders of Gals City, Gerten Territory, Keen Territory and Gray Tower City did not agree to go to this point.
Mrs. Teague has always been opposed to military action, and her position is anti-war. In her opinion, the Northwest Republic is protected by His Majesty the Mask of the Void, so it is peaceful and worry-free, and there is no need to worry about danger at all. If one day, His Majesty the Mask of the Void is unwilling to protect the Northwest Republic, or is unable to protect it, then no matter how hard they try, they may not be able to save the country. So thinking about what is available and what is not is a waste of time and energy. It is better to seize the time and deal with more government affairs.
Leonard thinks that the Merchant Faction can't stick to the wall, and they are really a bunch of losers who can't be helped. The Northwest Republic would just send some instructors and the like. If they directly sent out troops, I'm afraid they would be dragged down by those losers. He actually felt that if the situation was right, the Northwest Republic could consider sending merchants to annex and expand its territory. If they fight for territorial expansion, he is willing to support it.
Gerald felt that the merchants were not necessarily good characters. Compared with the aristocrats, they were nothing more than "bad guys" and "worse bad guys." There is no need to support the merchant faction just to oppose the aristocratic faction. That always feels a bit silly. If you must support it, you might as well support the people of the Gold Coin Federation to rebel.
Leon's status is not suitable to speak during this kind of discussion, so the spokesperson of Gars City is the Lord Carissa. She believed that the Northwest Republic should provide support to the Merchant Faction in terms of supplies and instructors. As for directly sending troops... Unless the Merchant Faction was completely defeated and needed help, it would be better not to send out troops easily.
The attitudes of the Geerten Territory and Keen Territory are similar, but they are slightly more radical. Both Orian and Anna said they could send some troops to support, but not too many.
Old Hart, the city lord of Gray Tower City, is more conservative. He said that Gray Tower City and surrounding cities can jointly send about a hundred mid-level mages, led by ten high-level mages, to help the merchants do some non-combat tasks. Work. If you need more spellcasters, they can also help contact you. But he emphasized that these mages can only be responsible for logistics or support work, and will never go to the front line.
In addition, other senior officials of the Republic also expressed their opinions. In addition to the intelligence director East who insisted that "intelligence personnel should not interfere in the internal affairs of the country" and refused to express his position, even the medical director Steele, who was sleeping soundly on the table, was woken up and asked half-forced her attitude.
In the end, the result of the discussion was that the Northwest Republic stepped up training of the army, but did not send troops to support the merchant faction.
"If we don't fight, what's the point of training the army?" Mrs. Teague asked dissatisfiedly, "Soldiers are all young and strong labor force. This is such a waste!"
"It's better to be prepared." Leonard said with a smile, "Maybe we can take advantage of it or something. If there is no chance, forget it. If there is a chance, we don't have enough troops to seize the opportunity. That would be a pity!"
Therefore, one thousand people were sent out from the Republic itself, one hundred people each from the Gerten Territory, Keen Territory and Gars City, and two hundred people from Gray Tower City and several nearby independent independent cities, for a total of one thousand five hundred people. The army quickly gathered and began intensive training.
This group of troops is different from the group of recruits sent by the merchants. They are all veterans with a certain foundation. Leonard's training for them mainly has three parts. The first is to adapt to the new equipment specially built for them and become familiar with those armors and weapons; the second is to strengthen the running-in and improve the efficiency of executing orders; the last is to deal with some special situations, For example, night raids, emergency marches, etc. training are conducted so that they can fight and win at critical moments.
As for how long it takes to train? Military director Leonard said that they can train as long as they can. In short, the more elite the better.
"No one thinks his knife is too sharp," he said.