"You two are my blood brothers, don't be so restrained, just relax." Lorist said.
It's just that his words didn't really relax the two people standing in the middle of the big tent. They glanced at each other, but instead bowed more respectfully and replied: "My lord, please tell me something, we will definitely die."
Lorist smiled wryly, sat down on a chair covered with saber-toothed tiger skin, and sighed deeply. Since he insisted on not listening to the advice of the people, he insisted on beheading nearly 100,000 captured citizens of the Kingdom of Haneyabada, and gathered the heads of the enemies who died in battle to build a 33-meter-high pyramid called Jingguan. Afterwards, he found that whether it was a family knight or a family soldier, there was deep fear in the eyes looking at him.
The last time I saw El seemed to be thinking about something, I wanted to make a joke, so I sneaked up and patted him on the shoulder. As a result, El looked back and jumped three feet high in fright. There is also Fatty Shi, who seems to never return to the close relationship he used to have. He always comes to report matters respectfully, with a standard subordinate appearance, and he never hears him calling himself Locke.
There were also those slave gladiators who wanted to go home, but I just kept them back out of politeness. As a result, half of the slave gladiators Lima changed their minds and were willing to serve the Norton family. Even those who were eager to go home hesitated It means that after they go home and have a look, they will take their family members to the family territory to join themselves, and hope that they will not be offended. They are definitely not ungrateful...
Alas, he cut off a hundred thousand heads and immediately became a demon king, especially the act of building a capital with human heads is even more shocking. Look at the current Nubit Port, where there are nearly 400,000 people, everything is in good order, and orders are prohibited. The freed slaves are very strict in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Norton family, and there are no loud quarrels. It seems that It's so harmonious...
Today, labor and capital are now more frightening to the liberated slaves than those damn big slave owners. Lorist is also dumbfounded at this meeting, cutting off the hundred thousand captives of the Kingdom of Haneyabad, but Lorist treats these slaves Traffickers and descendants of pirates hate it deeply, so they should just kill them all, and cut the weeds and root them out, so as to save trouble in the future. The other Lorist also wants to show the Norton family's minions, lest there are always unsightly people coming to the door...
It's just that the effect of this prestige seems to be too good, and it directly made Lorist a loner. Looking at the two people standing in the big tent, they are also Lorist's elder brother and the illegitimate son of the former Baron Norton. Rosinger and Willigsang felt frightened when faced with Lorist's call, as if they were on thin ice.
"Norton Morosinger, family knight, silver three-star, currently the captain of the 17th Battalion of the 3rd Battalion of the Heavy Armored Corps, he was brave and brave during his service, and won the love of his soldiers...
Norton Willigerson, family knight, silver two-star, currently the captain of the third battalion of the Scout Light Cavalry Battalion, took the lead in battle, brave and tenacious, repeatedly injured and never retreated, and stood firm until victory... "
Lorist threw the folder in his hand on the table: "It has been eight years since I returned to the family territory to inherit the title. You, as the blood left by my father and my elder brother, have behaved very well. That's right, I'm very pleased with this, it's worthy of your name to inherit the great name of Norton. The main reason for you to come here today is to discuss one thing, which is the defense of the Haneyabad Islands.
You should know that the family plans to bring the Haneyabad Islands under its jurisdiction and become an overseas territory, right? I am going to set up the Haneyabad Islands Garrison Corps, with five battalions under it, with Morosinger as the commander and Willie Gesang as your deputy. "
Both Morosinger and Willigsang were taken aback. As Lorist's illegitimate brother, Lorist was magnanimous to treat them equally. I didn't expect that there would be someone who stood alone so soon. Chance. In other aristocratic families, illegitimate children have always been suppressed and looked down upon.
Lorist smiled slightly: "Don't think too much about it, I'm really looking forward to your success. I hope that after you have made great contributions to the family, you will be granted territories and titles, and become a branch of the Norton family in the future. That's the only way. Only our Norton family can become stronger and stronger. I chose you this time for selfish reasons, and I just hope that you can stand alone and exercise your ability to rule, laying a good foundation for the future."
Lorist turned over a map of the animal skins of the Haneyabad Islands: "You two come over and have a look, and I will tell you about the family's defense strategy for the Haneyabad Islands. The Haneyaba Islands that the family plans to establish There are three land battalions and two sea battalions in the Dar Islands garrison. Each battalion has 3,000 people. The establishment, equipment, and treatment are the same as those of the Guards battalion. The three land battalions are deployed in Wangcheng, Hills and Nubit Port respectively. In these three places, three castles and fortresses will be rebuilt as the garrison places of the three land battalions.
In addition, Nubit Port will build two sea camp water villages, equipped with sixteen armed sea ships, responsible for patrolling the entire archipelago and defending against foreign enemies. Willie Gesang, you are going to report to Semba Wood next time. You will learn to drive sea ships and conduct sea combat training in the Sea Corps. The establishment of the two sea battalions is not in a hurry, and you will be given three years to complete them.
Three land battalions are in your charge, Morosinger. In the same three years, you have to complete the rebuilding and rebuilding of the three castles and fortresses, and train the three land garrison battalions to maintain the order and security of the islands, and assist Governor Hickerd to resettle the life of the liberated slaves who stayed in the islands. . I hope that five years from now, the Archipelago Garrison will be self-sufficient in food and salaries, and will no longer need family support.
After another three years, the Archipelago Garrison Corps must be able to provide the family with a thousand qualified, excellent, and well-trained soldiers each year, and become the source of troops for the family. Well, what's more, the inner city of Nubit Harbor will be assigned to Governor Hickerd as the seat of the Governor's Mansion, and he will set up another city defense camp under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion. The Governor's Mansion has the right to supervise the garrison, but the garrison has no right to interfere with the city defense battalion, do you understand? "
Morosinger stood at attention and saluted: "My lord, I understand that I will assist Governor Sickerd to protect the Haneyabad Islands."
Lorist nodded: "The detailed strategy for forming the archipelago garrison is with Knight Shredder. The governor's office has the right to supervise the garrison. It refers to military discipline and annual property audits, not military command. Unless there is a foreign enemy invasion and A large-scale rebellion. I believe that you will not disappoint me, and you will not insult the surname Norton. Go, you report to Knight Shredder, and discuss with him the difficulties in forming the garrison and the problems that need to be solved.”
"Yes, my lord, we will take our leave first."
In fact, the Norton family gained the most from the destruction of the Kingdom of Haneyabada, not wealth, but the source of soldiers and young labor. The reason why Lorist has been reluctant to recruit troops in the family territory is because he is afraid of affecting the development of the territory. The composition of the Norton family's armed forces is mainly composed of two parts, one is the regular field troops, and the other is the town's garrison troops.
The composition of the field troops is mainly composed of two heavy armor regiments, two Lancer regiments, a chariot steel crossbow regiment and a single round steel crossbow regiment. Regiment, women's battalion and five guard battalions, a total of 43 battalions, because the total number of people is about 120,000 because the establishment is not enough.
The garrison consists of three parts, one is the recruit battalion, the other is five garrison battalions, which are basically composed of retired family soldiers, responsible for the security and material escort of various material warehouses and mine workshops, and the third is the guards of various towns. The garrison brigade and the garrison squadrons in each village have a total of 50,000 to 60,000 people. It’s just that their treatment is not as good as that of the field troops. For example, the salary of the guard battalion is only half of that of the field troops, and the salary of the town and village garrison is only one-third of that of the field troops, which is half soldier and half civilian. No salary, only a little subsidy.
Now Lorist is making great efforts to form a sea legion, with a total number of more than 17,000 people. The total number of armed forces in the entire Norton family is nearly 200,000, and the total population of the family territory is just over 1.1 million. The ratio of soldiers to civilians is almost one to five, which can be called militarism, and expanding the family's armed forces is really insane.
In fact, Lorist also had a hard time. Regardless of the large number of armed forces in the family, there were only about 70,000 to 80,000 people who could actually be pulled out to fight in the field. It was a symbol of the Kingdom of Vahanea Bada. The family was bankrupted because of logistical supplies. Expanding the family's armed forces is a last resort. Apart from the increasing expansion of the family's territory, the most important reason is to recruit those captives whose service has expired.
The first time he defeated the Grand Duke of the Northland, he captured nearly 30,000 young and strong laborers. After three years of hard labor, he absorbed more than 10,000 of them who met the conditions for conscription, and the number of family members was nearly 80,000. There is no way, these people can't be allowed to join other families. The second time they defeated the second prince's 100,000 army and captured more than 60,000. As a result, after the three-year hard labor period expired, more than 30,000 of them had to be recruited. The armed forces unknowingly swelled to such a large scale.
The main purpose of Lorist's vigorous recruitment of captives who had expired in hard labor to expand the family's armed forces was to recruit people for the family's territory. A prisoner joined the Norton family's armed forces, because the preferential treatment policy for soldiers would cause them to move their families to the family territory to settle down, which increased the population of the family territory. Moreover, these captives who can join the family's armed forces have awakened their fighting spirit and conform to the conscription regulations. Refusing them to join is tantamount to pushing them to other families. Only when their brains are kicked by a donkey will they do that.
Except for the captives, Lorist did not massively recruit troops in the family territory. Apart from forming a sea corps last year, the biggest reason was the fear of affecting the progress and development of the development and construction of the territory. Now the family territory is full of vitality and manpower is needed everywhere. These young and strong slaves who have been liberated from the destruction of the Kingdom of Haneyabada will be the best supplement to the family territory.
In addition to the more than 40,000 refugees and more than 6,000 island residents who were taken captive on Hilovas Island, there were 410,000 freed slaves. Among them, there are more than 100,000 women and children, and 170,000 slaves are willing to stay in the Haneyabad Islands to settle down. Most of them are second-generation and third-generation domestic slaves who have already married. They were born here and regarded it as a own hometown.
Of the remaining 240,000 slaves, except for more than 30,000 who insisted on returning to their hometowns, the rest were young and strong, many of them were broken up and alone with nowhere to go, and most of them were from the former Krissen Empire. The people who lived there were either sold by the lord or the slave group slaughtered their villages and turned them into slaves. Lorist ordered Bodfinger to select 60,000 people from them to form 20 garrison battalions, and to form a garrison regiment and a city defense battalion, with 120,000 remaining. Lorist decided to transport all these young men back to the Northland to speed up the construction of the family territory.
Expanding the family's armed forces again is that Lorist feels that the current troops under him are more than enough to protect themselves and not aggressive enough. In troubled times, wars are everywhere. His Second Highness is now commanding an army of 300,000 to sweep the Kingdom of Ridleys. Most of the Sen Empire's territory is still unknown whether it will take the Northland as a knife, and I have advised Earl Kenmes, Baron Felim and Baron Shaheen to prepare for the expansion of their forces, so the Norton family can't stay behind. It is necessary to provide them with support, it is better to prepare armaments while the supply of troops is sufficient at this time.
"My lord, Lord Sembawood is back." Jim entered the tent and reported respectfully, interrupting Lorist's meditation.
Sembawood is very busy. Nearly 300 ships of the Sea Legion are busy transporting all kinds of property and supplies from the Haneyabad Islands to Hilovas Island. They made two trips in September and October alone. , less than one-tenth of the materials that can be transported.
Lorist is truly rich and powerful at the moment. The Haneyabad kingdom was destroyed, and the wealth accumulated for nearly a hundred years has become the Norton family's spoils of war. Among other things, 17 million Gold Fords were seized alone. Among them, the two huge vaults dug out from under the palace that was destroyed by Luther III's self-immolation in the royal court area of Wangcheng contained 6 million Gold Fords. There are so many, everyone is amazed.
Lorist really doesn't understand why the descendants of these pirates like to bury their property in the ground so much, as long as they find the slaves who have served these big slave owners and nobles for many years, they can dig out these treasures buried underground. Hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and millions. Fatty Shi looked at these seizures with a smile on his face every day. Such a large amount of property seizures would be enough for the Norton family to spend twenty or thirty years on development and construction.
"Here's an order to summon the knights above the family captain to come to the big tent for a military meeting to discuss the next battle plan." Lorist said.
All the family knights who received the summoning order were a little confused. The Kingdom of Haneyabada had already perished, so who else was Lorist planning to fight? The knights gathered in the big tent whispered among each other.
"Silence! The earl is here!" El shouted, and all the family knights in the big tent stood up and waited.
Lorist led the two great sword masters Injerek and Hughes into the big tent, followed by Jim and Tagle.
"Salute to your lord!" All the family knights in the big tent saluted Lorist.
"Okay, let's all sit down." Lorist waved his hand and sat on the tiger leather chair in the middle, with Injerek and Hughes two great sword masters sitting on his left and right respectively. Al, Jim, and Tagle stood behind Lorist.
"Tager, go forward and read to everyone the information you have collected," Lorist ordered.
"Yes," Tager walked to the front and opened a folder in his hand: "The Northern Merchant Fleet of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce arrives at the Kingdom of Haneyabada twice a year at the end of May and at the end of October for commodity trade. The scale is 40 to 50 sea-going ships, including 16 to 20 large ocean-going merchant ships, and the rest are medium-sized armed merchant ships. The number of people is about 4,000 to 6,000, and there is a first-level swordsman in charge.
Every time the Northern Fleet of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce first goes to the Kingdom of Shaysia to complete the spice trade and then arrives at the Kingdom of Haneyabad. The main trading goods are ordered commodities, daily goods, weapons and equipment, and wine and spices, as well as fashion apparel and luxury goods, etc. It is said that this maritime trade route controlled by the Chickard Chamber of Commerce makes a profit of nearly 400,000 goldfords a year.
At the end of May this year, the third young master of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, Murray Barker, personally arrived at the Kingdom of Haneyabada by boat. At the welcome banquet held for him by the big slave owner of Nubit Port, he revealed to the slave traders that we on Hilowas Island The news that the Norton family has recruited 50,000 to 60,000 refugees to carry out development and construction has caused these slave traders and slave catchers to turn their attention to our territory of Hilovas Island, which caused us to suffer this catastrophe. "
Tagle stepped back after reading. Lorist looked at the family knights in the big tent, frowned and said: "I have no evidence to prove whether the third young master of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce is the mastermind behind instigating these slave traders and slave catchers to invade our family territory , but in view of the hostility of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce to our Norton family, we acquiesce that they are at war with our family, so we convened a meeting this time to discuss how to annihilate the upcoming Northern Fleet of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce in slavery. Bit Harbor, don't let a ship slip through the net!"
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