A sumptuous dinner, both guests and hosts are happy.
After the banquet, Lorist invited the vice president of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to drink tea in the study, accompanied only by Fatty Shi.
The vice president handed over a letter written by President Peterson. The letter stated bluntly that ever since the news of the third prince's death, the top management of the chamber of commerce has been debating whether to continue to use the northwestern region of the Kingdom of Ridleys as the territory of the chamber of commerce. Disputes began to arise between the targets, and no one wanted to put themselves in front of the 300,000 troops commanded by His Highness the Second Highness.
President Peterson believes that once the third prince dies, His Highness the Second Highness will definitely launch an attack on the Kingdom of Ridleys in April and May, and the war will soon spread to the northwest. If the Peterson Chamber of Commerce continues to integrate the northwest region as the Chamber of Commerce territory, it is very likely that the Second Highness will beat the rabbit with grass, and wipe out all the efforts made by the Chamber of Commerce in the northwest of the Kingdom of Ridleys.
When the current war between the Business Alliance and the Kingdom of Trimble is at a stalemate, the Petersen Chamber of Commerce has been unable to turn its focus back, especially the Double-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce and the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce have made it clear that they intend to acquire the Chamber of Commerce from the Kingdom of Trimble In the case of the territory, the Petersen Chamber of Commerce is even more unwilling to become the defensive barrier of the Duke of Rulm alone. They also decided to get a piece of the Trimble Kingdom.
With the three major chambers of commerce shifting their territorial targets, the Chicod Chamber of Commerce can only give up the strategy of using Hilovas Island as the territory of the chamber of commerce. Enmity, and even become the target of the Second Highness's attack.
As the territory of the Norton family, Hilowas Island is within the territory of the Antinac Kingdom. If it is occupied by the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, it is equivalent to ceding land from the kingdom. For the Second Highness who was determined to unify and revive the former Cressen Empire, this was like a slap in the face. The Chicod Chamber of Commerce can be an enemy of a territorial noble, but it cannot withstand the control of a kingdom, especially the hand. The wrath of the king who also wields a powerful military force.
Lorist looked at the letter and wanted to laugh. President Peterson scrambled several pieces of animal skin paper in the letter. After analyzing it for a long time, he wanted to tell Lorist that the situation has changed now, and no one will beat your Hirovas Island family. The idea of the territory is gone, so you can feel free to do business with me boldly.
However, Chairman Peterson also put forward three requirements in the letter. First, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce hopes to monopolize the sea trade route from Tibetan Gold Bay to Hilovas Island. After the incident of interception at sea, it was impossible for the Chicod Chamber of Commerce to establish a relationship with the Norton family. In this case, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce was not polite, and this sea trade route was almost for nothing.
Second, for the large-volume Warcraft fur transaction with the Norton family, because of the war, it is difficult for the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to gather more than two million Jinford for cash transactions, so can it be bartered? If the Norton family needs anything, they can entrust the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to purchase on behalf of them, so as to alleviate the plight of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce not being able to raise cash for a while.
The focus of President Peterson's letter is on the third point. Although it has only been a month since the war between the Commercial Alliance and the Trimble Kingdom, President Peterson, one of the seven giants of the Commercial Alliance, has been keenly aware of the own biggest shortcoming. The Peterson Chamber of Commerce does not lack high-end combat power, but what it lacks is an elite chamber of commerce armed force that can charge forward and obey orders.
As a large chamber of commerce, one of the seven giants of the business alliance, the Peterson chamber of commerce mainly deals in furs and long-distance transport by car, and also takes into account some industries such as construction, shipping, food, sauna entertainment, etc. The chamber of commerce does not lack people, just like the frontline needs Support, the Chamber of Commerce can dispatch personnel at any time to form an armed brigade and go to Trimble Kingdom.
It's just that in this way, it will inevitably bring some bad effects to the operation of the chamber of commerce, and the armed brigade of the chamber of commerce formed in this way is more than enough to fight defensive battles, but it would be very embarrassing to order them to attack the enemy's army formation This is not the idea of President Peterson alone, but the consensus of the seven giants of the business alliance when they confronted the coalition forces of those countries on the front line of the Trimble Kingdom.
Reminiscent of the fact that after the commercial alliance implements the Lordship system, the seven giants will be named dukes and have a grand duke, so it is imminent to form an elite standing armed force belonging to their own chamber of commerce.
The Double-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce was the earliest and the most ruthless. He took the entire city defense army into his arms. Chairman Camberlette has decided to meet the resolution of the alliance council to disband the city defense army every year in October, so that all cities Form a garrison by yourself to reduce military expenditures. Here, he will transfer all the city defense troops to the territory of their chamber of commerce to form a regular army.
The Mayflower Chamber of Commerce was not to be outdone, and the light cavalry patrol brigade on the Christopher Hills became his target. Anyway, the Christopher Hills will be divided into more than 50 fiefdoms after the implementation of the lord system. The light cavalry patrol brigade is worrying about the future. Now it is Lang's concubine who intends to hit it off, and the two are very hot with each other...
The Ford Chamber of Commerce is very calm. When he took over the Prigas Province of the Principality of Rulm, he has already received more than 10,000 garrison troops of the Principality, and is currently in the process of reorganization.
The Liward Chamber of Commerce is not in a hurry either. While persuading the Principality of Mobia to merge into the business alliance, he also took aim at the armed forces of the Principality, and is now stepping up operations.
The Chicod Chamber of Commerce originally had a lot of influence in the Armada in the Golden Bay, and they are mainly based on the sea, so they don't seem to be interested in establishing their own armed garrison of the Chamber of Commerce. This may have something to do with their territory not being settled yet. .
As for the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, their territory is also lost, but they recruited a lot of desperadoes to form several iron ore guards when they invested in the iron mines of the Kingdom of Ridleys and the Kingdom of Iberia. Once these teams are combined, they can become a combat-effective force.
After this calculation, President Peterson became anxious. It is true that his own chamber of commerce has a large number of people. It is no problem to deal with bandits and grassroots in transit, and fight with other chambers of commerce. But it is necessary to form a formal team. It is more difficult for the elite chamber of commerce to arm. It doesn't mean that there are more people, but that it takes rigorous military training to become an army, and with the Grand Duke, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce must have an armed force that can hold down the new territory.
So President Peterson put his idea on Lorist's head. His third request was that he hoped that Lorist would provide him with a reliable army building plan, and hoped that Lorist would open up his family's armed forces. The daily training gave the group of people led by the vice president a lot of insight. In this era, President Peterson's request is extremely presumptuous. For many military nobles, the method of military training is a family secret.
Chairman Peterson also understood Lorist's personality, and he said straight to the point in the letter that the Peterson Chamber of Commerce does not lack military talents, but the opinions of these military talents are either obtained from books or they always feel that they are not so reliable. He doesn't want to set up a caravan to force these military talents to toss, time-consuming and laborious, and he doesn't know how effective it will be...
The Norton family is a traditional military aristocrat of the former Christen Empire, especially in the past two years. Its performance is even more impressive. conquered the capital of the Kingdom of Iberia, and forced the cavalry army of the Grand Duke Fesabrun to surrender...
That's why President Peterson hoped that Lorist would do him this favor for the sake of old friendship. He believed that Lorist would definitely give him a satisfactory answer.
Well, President Peterson's vision is not bad, it seems that the military achievements and reputation of our family's armed forces have finally been spread. Lorist was a little complacent. After reading it, he handed the letter to Fatty Shi.
When Fatty Shi read the letter, he first smiled, then frowned, and finally shook his head lightly...
Lorist understood what this meant. Fatty Shi was first happy with Chairman Peterson's analysis, because Hilovas Island did not become the target coveted by others, which meant that the original development plan could proceed as usual, and he did not have to leave Hilovas Island. Lovas Island.
The reason for frowning is that President Peterson played a trick on the first and second requirements. One side wants to monopolize the trade route from Zangjin Bay to Hilovas Island, and the other side is worried that Lorist will form another fleet for trade. , deliberately said that cash is not available, and requires barter, the purpose is to firmly grasp both the purchase and delivery channels, so that the Norton family will not set up a separate maritime trade fleet in order to save trouble.
Shaking his head, he wanted to reject Chairman Peterson's third request. Fatty Shi had always believed that the Norton family's armed elite had surpassed the military strength of all countries in this era. How could the secret of military training be made public? Besides, the friendship between the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and the Norton family does not mean that the business alliance has changed its hostile attitude towards the Antinac Kingdom. Helping the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to build an elite chamber of commerce is simply an act of capitalizing on the enemy.
Lorist didn't think so. With a smile on his face, he fully agreed to President Peterson's three requests, which surprised even the vice president. Lorist said that it is the tradition of the Norton family to treat people with sincerity. The Peterson Chamber of Commerce came as a friend of the Norton family. Naturally, they got good wine and welcome. The Norton family who can help will definitely do their best and never let their friends down. .
After making an appointment to watch the daily training of the White Bird Town Guard and Guards Battalion tomorrow, Lorist sent off the vice president of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce with a grateful expression.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw the anger on Fatty Shi's face, probably because he was worried that the vice president who hadn't left could hear the quarrel here, Fatty Shi deliberately lowered his voice: "Are you crazy? Why did you let them watch the guards?" The daily training of the battalion is a method of military training that our family cannot pass on!"
Lorist laughed, and patted Fatty Shi on the shoulder: "Don't be nervous, our family's military training method is not so easy to leak..."
"So you're trying to fool them?"
"It's not a fool. The daily training of the Guards Battalion is nothing more than formation and battle drills. This kind of training is not a secret in the standing armies of most countries. Like our family army, it was originally adopted Training is also the training method of the White Lions of the former Krissen Empire brought to us by Bodfinger. Then, during the journey of the northbound convoy, various training methods were gradually absorbed and added, and finally merged in the family territory. After the test of the Warcraft tide, our Norton family's unique military training method was formed.
To put it bluntly, our family’s military training method is nothing more than the following points. First, strengthen the recruits’ observance of military law and discipline and obedience to orders in the new barracks. Three, after awakening fighting qi, one has to go through three months of basic training in military skills before being assigned to a regular army. Fourth, excellent equipment, generous treatment, and perfect logistics services not only enhance morale, but also increase loyalty and centripetal force to the family. Fifth, we also have preferential treatment policies for military families and follow-up care for martyrs. This not only strengthens the sense of honor of family soldiers and improves their status, but also makes them brave to sacrifice and dare to fight.
Let's put it this way, unless the Peterson Chamber of Commerce completely transfers our troop training system, and spends a few more years of rigorous training, it may be possible to train a chamber of commerce that looks almost the same on the surface. , It's just not useful.
In fact, I think that the fighting and conquest of the northbound convoy has benefited a lot for our family's armed forces. The real elite is killed rather than trained. It was this long journey to the north that honed the convoy's armed forces, so after they arrived at the family territory, they integrated and trained for a while and became a truly elite force. Coupled with excellent equipment, they could be invincible. "
After pouring a glass of fruit wine to Fatty Shi, Lorist talked about his plan. He planned to use this time to help the Peterson Chamber of Commerce build up the chamber of commerce armed forces to sell the family's standard equipment to the business alliance. The business of equipping weapons has always been hugely profitable. No matter how much the three allies in the Northland expand their armaments, they will almost come to an end. In the past two years, Grand Duke Fessabrunn has exchanged cattle and sheep for standard equipment and has already made a lot of money. There is no longer any chance of extracting excess income.
Originally, the last time I went to the capital of the Antinac Kingdom, Lorist first handed over the hot gourd of the second prince to the Second Highness, and the second purpose was to trade standard equipment with the Second Highness. Unexpectedly, the Second Highness's treasury, in order to support an army of 300,000 troops, was almost empty as a training ground for rats. It's fine if Lorist doesn't mention it, but if he mentions it, His Royal Highness promises to make a big cake. In addition to dedicating all his ideological work to the revival of the former Krissen Empire, Lorist didn't want to make fun of himself, so he didn't want to talk about it.
The weapon production of the Commercial Alliance has always been in the hands of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, one of the seven giants, but Lorist believes that it is impossible for the Vicia Chamber of Commerce to provide large quantities of standard equipment immediately, especially since the Commercial Alliance is planning to implement the Lordship system. Those who have been awarded the title of earl or above will definitely prepare to form their territorial armed forces like the seven giants. In terms of showing off, a businessman is never willing to lag behind. Whether others have him will make him feel very shameless...
In this case, no matter how capable the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is, it is impossible to satisfy everyone's requirements for obtaining standard equipment. Then the standard armament provided by the Norton family can just enter the arms market of the commercial alliance through the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, as long as one-third of it is obtained One order, then the Norton family no longer need to worry about the large amount of funds needed to develop the territory, develop equipment and expand the family's armed forces.
Fatty Shi turned his anger into joy, and strongly demanded that he be given the job of selling standard equipment. Lorist agreed, and he believed that Fatty Shi would definitely get the maximum benefit for the family in the equipment transaction.
The next morning, accompanied by Lorist and Fatty Shi, a group of Peterson Chamber of Commerce went to watch the daily training of the White Bird Town Defense Team, although the lame Defense Captain Victor was under the observation of the Lord and others They performed very hard, but the defense team of Bainiao Town was weak after all, and they were incompetent and made many mistakes in various trainings. The entire group of Peterson Chamber of Commerce curled their lips secretly, showing disdain, and even privately said that the defense team even The Chamber of Commerce's current armed brigade is not as good as...
Lorist looked as usual and didn't mind the gossip. After entertaining them for lunch, he rested for a while before taking the carriage to Farama Village. The afternoon training of the Third Guards Battalion was about to begin.
A low-pitched horn sounded, and the empty wheat field was quickly filled with guard soldiers in gray-and-white standard equipment who rushed out of the village, and then under a short and sharp order, within a dozen short blinks, The room was divided into three rectangular square formations, viewed horizontally as rows and sideways as rows, no one made a sound, silent like a statue made of iron, motionless, with awe-inspiring aura.
These people in the Peterson Chamber of Commerce were shocked. As soon as the experts made a move, they would know if there was one. Just from the situation of this lineup, it can be seen that this is a real elite army. There are three phalanxes standing there, three The army of a thousand people is not too many, but it gives people an extremely thick and dignified feeling, as if facing a huge mountain range, making people feel unshakable despair and helplessness...
The vice president took a deep breath and asked with a smile on his face: "Is this the elite force of the Norton family?"
"Well, that's right. This is the third battalion of the Guards. It's not long since it became an army..." Lorist nodded, but he was very dissatisfied in his heart. It's time for Pat to be taught a lesson. It takes so long to line up, right? All your thoughts on that beautiful Martha? At this moment he forgot that Martha and her mother had moved to the Northland.
I won’t talk about the training that will follow. Anyway, these people from the Peterson Chamber of Commerce have been amazed by it, and they have opened their eyes to know how a real elite armed force conducts training.
At this time, it was Fatty Shi's turn to act. He listed what an elite armed force needs, how to make them loyal to the family, how to increase their morale and courage, how to make them obey orders and obey orders, if In addition to emphasizing the effect of sophisticated standard equipment on elite weapons every time, the persuasion must be stronger.
Ten or so days passed in a blink of an eye. The people from the Peterson Chamber of Commerce spent their days in the Third Guards Battalion. It was almost time to go back. Lorist was also preparing to leave for the Northland. At this moment, a message came, Everyone was shocked.
… Seven days ago, His Highness the Second Highness dispatched a surprise army and captured the royal city of the Kingdom of Ridleys…