It rains all the time...
This is the rainy season in the Galintia continent. It rains continuously for a month, and some areas in the south of the continent may even experience rain for more than one to two months. Waterlogging and flooding are the most common natural disasters there.
South of the Northland, Gildusk City, the former Grand Duke's Mansion.
Lorist has already settled here. At this moment, he kept circling in the study room, stopping from time to time to glance at the large map spread on the desk.
There was a soft knock on the door, and Schwader pushed open the door and walked into the study: "Your Highness, Baron Schrader, Baron Camorra and Baron Farea have arrived."
Lorist was overjoyed: "Please hurry up."
"Your Highness, I salute you." Fatty Shi, Camorra, and Farea respectfully greeted Lorist.
"Okay, okay, there's no need to repeat these red tapes, they're all my own people, and you know I hate these things the most, so please sit down." Lorist waved his hand.
"What do you want to drink? Fruit wine, tea, or Max?" Lorist asked.
"Your Highness, why don't you bring me a cup of refined grain brewing. It's been raining and it's very humid. I'd better drink a cup of refined grain brewing to warm up." Fatty Shi said.
"No way, the discussion is about to happen. What do you want to do when you are drunk? Don't forget that you only drank half a glass last time and got drunk. Don't be brave if you don't drink well. This is not ale or fruit wine. If you drink too much It’s okay to have too much. Such a glass of high-strength alcohol is almost equivalent to drinking five bottles of fruit wine in one breath. If you want to drink, I’ll bring you a bottle when you go home, and drink slowly when you get home.” Lorist said.
"That's what you said, hehe, a bottle, don't forget, Schwarder. Now give me a cup of Mycos." Fatty Shi smiled proudly.
"Day, I fell for you again." Lorist realized that Fatty Shi's purpose was to cheat the wine back.
Baron Camorra ordered tea, while Farea ordered fruit wine.
"It has been raining for more than ten days. In the north, it is estimated that there will be another ten days. After the rainy season, I will go to the front line to preside over the strategy of the Iberia Kingdom. This will also be the battle between our Norton family and the three alliances." The war of the Feisabrun family. Whether to expand our sphere of influence in the Northland or be suppressed by the Grand Duke Feisabrun in the Northland depends on the result of this time.
After I went to the front line, the administrative affairs of the Northland will be in charge of Baron Shredder. Considering that the war may be protracted, the main plan of the Northland for the next two years is to develop the southern region, establish Ping'an Plain, Pingfengyuan and Pingkangyuan, modeled on Xing'an In the original mode, six to eight towns were originally established for each, and eight knight manors were established for the future rewards when the family knights were promoted to golden knights.
At the same time, Gildusk City will be re-planned, designed and expanded, and will be named Roaring Bear City after reconstruction, as the capital of our Norton family governing the Northland. In addition, outside the future capital, which is now the outskirts of Dongcheng, we will establish a special zone. In this special zone, we are going to sell land for those honored nobles in the Northland to buy and build their own manor castles. Of course, all their architectural plans must pass our approval and leave a draft. In addition, only the noble titles recognized by our family can be eligible to buy, and this qualification depends on how much they pay. hehe. "
Lorist shrugged: "No way, the next war with the Feisabrunn family will cost a lot. This is Baron Speer's claim. Now that our Norton family is strong, the title of nobility recognized by us is also very valuable. It is estimated that our income in this regard is around hundreds of thousands to one million goldfords. In addition to the sale of land, the family will earn two to three million. In addition, the materials and labor for building the castle manor need to be provided by the family, and it will also contribute to the territorial economy. It has brought great development, so I agree to set up this special zone as the location of the estates of those honored nobles."
"Baron Schreider, as the administrative director of the Northland, you mainly focus on three things. You can hand over the establishment of the three original places in Ping'an Yuan to Sedkamp. In addition to Fengle Yuan, Xing'an Yuan, Hong Kong Yuan, etc. Heyuan and Taichuanyuan, which has just been completed in the west of the Northland, are all in charge of Sederkamp. This guy is considered to be out of experience, and he will be your most capable assistant.
The first thing you mainly focus on is the reconstruction of Gildusk City, which is the center for the family to govern the Northland in the future, so don't be careless. The second thing is this special zone. Dealing with those honored nobles to bargain, this should be your strong point. do not let me down. The third thing is the current territory and people of Earl Felim. After we capture the southern province, Baron Felim will transfer his subjects to his family territory in the southern province in batches. You Responsible for picking up and receiving. After they leave, the Northland truly belongs to our Norton family. "
Fatty Shi stood up and expressed his determination: "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will do these things well."
Lorist nodded, and turned his gaze to Farea: "Baron Farea, I transferred you from Hilovas Island mainly for the upcoming strategy of the Iberian Kingdom. This time, you also have to go to the battlefield gone."
Farea laughed excitedly: "Your Highness, I have always been looking forward to going to the front line, but I always stay at the back and feel that my whole body is going moldy..."
Lorist beckoned to him: "Come, look at the map. The Guards Corps is the largest legion organized by our Norton family, with a total of 25 battalions and five regiments with 75,000 soldiers. This time I summoned you The main thing is to adjust the garrison of the Guards and send a Guards to the garrison in Winston Province.
The First Guards Corps, the first battalion to the fifth battalion, are stationed in the old family territory north of Rock Castle, namely Rock Castle, Wo Niugang Fort, Guishan Fort, Beihai City and Blade Castle. Originally, Blade's Edge Castle was the base of the family's Raging Bear Knights, but this time the Knights will follow me to the front line, and the future base will also be transferred here, so Blade's Edge Castle will be garrisoned by the Fifth Battalion of Guards.
The Second Guards Corps, the sixth battalion to the tenth battalion, is responsible for stationing south of the Rock Castle, namely the chain bridge in the eastern part of the Northland, the Hengdelifu chain bridge in the southern part, and the pontoon ferry in the lower reaches of the Midobro River. The fortress at the entrance to the family's territory from the Blade's Edge Mountains in the west of the Northland, and here is Gildusk City.
The Third Guards Corps is the 11th to 15th Battalions deployed on Shilovas Island. After Farea transferred, the Golden Knight and former slave gladiator Jades was the commander of the regiment.
The 4th Guards Corps, the 16th to 20th Battalions, is now stationed in Dremke Province. One Guards Battalion has been deployed in Kebo City and Vandenas City, and the remaining three Guards Battalions are in charge of Supervise and manage the huge team of hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war in the construction of basic transportation and road facilities in Dremke Province. The leader of the corps is the Golden Knight Berunek who was also awarded the title of baron.
Farea, you will lead the Fifth Guards Corps, namely the 21st Battalion to the 25th Battalion, and quickly enter its strategic position after we capture Winston Province, right here, in the city of Pedro, Walker Town, Windbury King City, and Xihu Town, which is more than a hundred miles away from the King City, and the Sehek Hill at the junction of Winston Province and Southern Province.
In addition to Windbury King City, the other four places, Pedro City. Both Walker Town and Xihu Town will be rebuilt and become castle fortresses for defense. As for the Serhek hill, there used to be a checkpoint fortress, but it has been ruined by the war. We need to rebuild a brand new fortress there and lock the gate of Winston Province.
If we can eliminate the Border Ranger Legion deployed by the Duke of Fesabrun in the Windbury King City as planned, then our reconstruction and reconstruction plan will go smoothly. But if you fail to achieve the goal of annihilation, then you still need to defend while building. Grand Duke Fessabrun will never allow us to build quietly, he will send rangers to harass our progress of the project non-stop. That's why I ordered you to be transferred here. "
Baron Farea laughed and smashed his chest with his fist: "Your Highness, the Guards are mainly defensive, and we will be nailed to the position like a nail. The enemy's head was broken. To be honest, at this moment, I really can't wait to go to the battlefield... "
Lorist also smiled and smacked Baron Farea's chest lightly with his fist: "I trust you, I can rest assured that you will handle the matter."
Baron Farea stood at attention and saluted as a knight: "The Guards Corps will never let His Highness down."
And finally the Baron Camorra. Lorist said: "I summoned you here to prepare you to be in charge of all the logistics and supplies of this war. You will be the chief logistics officer, and all the armaments and supplies needed for the frontline war will be reviewed and approved by you. Approved, it is up to you to regulate the transportation and allocation of supplies."
Baron Camorra nodded solemnly: "Yes, Your Highness."
"We have been preparing for this war for a long time. Whether it is weapons and equipment, food supplies, or transportation vehicles, we have prepared very well. This is the warehouse list." Lorist handed a thick folder to Kamo La Baron.
"However, there are a few areas that need special attention in the logistical supply this time. In terms of escort, I have ordered the Rock Legion and the Flying Tiger Legion to transfer a battalion of veterans who are about to retire. The garrison of the nobles in the territory has selected elite personnel to form a garrison regiment of five battalions to be responsible for the escort mission. You don't have to worry about transporting personnel in this regard.
What you need to pay attention to is that this time our family will support Earl Felim’s supplies worth one million goldfords, plus the Kenmes family’s support of 500,000 goldfords in cash and Earl Shaheen’s supplies worth 300,000. Used to support Count Felim in rebuilding his family territory in the Southern Province. After all, the southern province is now in a mess, and it would be very difficult to rebuild the family territory in the ruins without our support. This property is earmarked for exclusive use, and you must carefully prepare and transport it.
Our family has its own rules for the logistics and supplies of the armies of the various legions, and you can relax a bit in this regard. But this time the biggest difficulty lies in the deployment of migrant labor. On the one hand, our family's armed forces want to prevent the Grand Duke of Fesabrun from threatening the young men of Winston Province to his family territory, and on the other hand, we need you to allocate and use these young men.
You heard my conversation with Baron Farea just now. After occupying Winston Province, we will immediately rebuild or rebuild the four castles and fortresses, which will require a large number of migrant labor. I have ordered four experienced construction engineering teams to be mobilized in the family territory, with nearly a hundred people in each team, so you still need to integrate the young and strong labor force in Winston Province into four labor teams of 10,000 people to cooperate with those Construction engineering team conducts construction.
If the battle goes well and we annihilate the Ranger Legion of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, then after completing the construction of the castle fortress in Winston Province, these young and strong laborers will go to the Southern Province to assist the Rock Legion in completing various strategies Build defensive facilities in important locations, dig trenches, and implement our chain cage tactics.
In addition, if we have prisoners, we will also use them to level the road traffic from Winston Province to the Southern Province. At that time, all equipment and supplies will be transported to Windbury King City, and your logistics supply center will also be transferred there to facilitate the supply of war in the southern province.
The whole logistics is cumbersome and complicated. After thinking about it, I think you are the only suitable candidate. Baron Camorra, do you have any ideas? "
Baron Camorra nodded, and said briefly: "Your Highness, I need some incentives to encourage and improve the morale of the young labor force and the escort team."
"Yes, you can stop all incentives and rewards and report to me." Lorist agreed generously.
"Then I don't have any problems." Baron Camorra accepted the position of chief logistics officer.
"By the way, Baron Shredder, how many people have migrated from Winston Province in more than a month of winter?" Lorist remembered another matter, and Fatty Shi was in charge of it.
"Your Highness, the 1st Corps of the Rock Legion arrived at Walker Town, Viscount Eddis's old territory, on January 10, and moved 87,000 people from Winston Province by using skis and sleds until February 29. About 32,179 of them were young and strong, and the family urgently allocated nearly 100,000 cold-proof leather jackets..." Fatty Shi was prepared for this, and opened his mouth to report a series of numbers.
The so-called young and strong refers to men in the age group of sixteen to thirty-five.
"No, didn't Viscount Eddis say that the total number of people in his family's territory is only about 30,000, and Viscount Schindler, Baron Klaus and Baron Wade add up to only 40,000? How many are there? So much?" Lorist felt very strange.
"Your Highness, Viscount Eddis and the others braved the wind and snow to visit and persuade the other seven nobles who were in the same situation as them. This is what I am about to report to you. Baron Bodfinger and Baron Malek promised If these seven lords cooperate with their actions, in the future they can also be canonized by our Norton family, and become vassal lords of our Norton family just like Viscount Eddis and the others."
Lorist nodded: "Yes, this is the condition I told Bodfinger and Malek before they set off. These traditional territorial nobles in Winston Province are all old aristocratic families from the former Krissen Empire, and those who vainly tried to The nobles in the southern provinces who rely on the imperial civil war to expand their family power are different. They have paid a lot of family sacrifices for the former empire, and have not participated in the imperial civil war. I am willing to give them this opportunity."
"You are right, Your Highness, these seven noble families have already evacuated their territories, and even their families have moved to the Northland together. I arranged them all in the original noble mansions in Gildusk City. They I hope to come to see you, and there are a few who hope to follow you to the Kingdom of Iberia.
At present, there are still nearly 10,000 people in the Walker Town of Viscount Eddis, most of whom are young widows and women. Because Viscount Eddis said that if there are no women and children in the town, the scouts sent by the Grand Duke Fessabrun will be suspicious. Lord Baldfinger agreed. He arranged a one-wheeled steel crossbow regiment and a heavy armor regiment in Walker Town, a total of 30,000 people, and the rest of the troops were in ambush in Baron Wade's castle. "
"By the way, what did you say just now that the family urgently allocated 100,000 cold-proof leather jackets?" Lorist asked.
"Your Highness, you don't want the soldiers of the Rock Legion to wear our family's standard equipment to pretend to be the people of Viscount Eddis. I have to exchange the family's brand-new leather clothes for the tattered clothes and leather jackets of the people. In order to ensure that they can reach the Northland safely. As for those worn-out clothes, they are prepared for our family's armed soldiers, and they can only deceive the scouts of the Border Ranger Legion by wearing them outside." Fatty Shi explained.
"Sorry, I forgot about this. By the way, you go and inform the seven nobles that they can come here to meet me tomorrow, and I will invite them to have lunch together. Also, Baron Camorra, you can transfer from the Among these immigrants to the Northland, choose 20,000 young and strong, and organize them first. When we attack Winston Province, they can directly arrive at those strategic locations with Baron Farea's guards and start rebuilding and rebuilding immediately. Work." Lorist ordered.
"Yes, Your Highness."
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