"Your Highness, Lord Malek and Lord Bodelfinger are already waiting in the small meeting room, look..." Genorio urged.
"Okay, then let's go." Lorist nodded, "Anderbell, practice the basic sword pose a few more times, and then go take a bath, so you don't catch a cold."
Lorist patted the head of Anderbell who was holding a small wooden sword before turning and leaving.
Ever since Anderbell became more mischievous as he got older, and he didn't like to read and practice calligraphy, Lorist decided to teach him swordsmanship in desperation, laying the foundation for him earlier. Surprisingly, Anderbell is really talented in martial arts, and he is also very interested and patient in practicing martial arts, unlike when he was learning knowledge, he always wanted to sneak out to play. It only took Lorist three days to teach him the basic twenty-eight sword moves, so he proudly boasted that he was worthy of being his own kind, and this brat would have a day to make him proud.
Bodfinger and Malek came here this time to discuss the deployment of the Pan Son Province. How to set up the defense line between the Pan Son Province, the Demon Dragon Mountain Range, and the barbarian border is a major issue related to the long-term peace and stability of the Pan Son Province. Due to environmental constraints, it took more than a year to conduct a careful survey of the border of Pangshan Province. Because of the jagged woodland and complex hilly terrain, it was difficult for the Norton family to set up a complete and comprehensive defensive front. Protect the entire border of Pan Son Province.
Four hundred and seventy-three miles, this is the total distance of the border between Pangshan Province, the Molong Mountain Range and the Barbarian Plain. Even if the Rock Legion has 45,000 people, it is still powerless to scatter on this border. Only one centurion can be arranged at a distance. If this arrangement continues, not only will there be no mobile force, but even logistics supplies will have to be transported from the rear.
Lorist will never allow one of his family's main field army to be wasted on this border line. Now there are only a few residents in the entire Pangshan Province, and 45,000 people are deployed on this border line to defend the mountain barbarian tribe. And the invasion of monsters, not to mention whether it can be prevented, just relying on this thin defensive front is a passive situation, as long as a little bit is broken through, the entire defensive front will be completely useless. What's more, the installation of ditches and walls plus stone arrow towers may be able to block the attacks of the mountain tribes, but it will definitely not be able to block the attacks of monster groups and carnivorous monsters.
"Your Highness, after more than a month of discussion, the staff members of the Armed Forces Department have come to a conclusion. To meet His Highness's request, establish a defense that does not require many troops to defend and can prevent the mountain barbarians and monsters from invading Pangshan Province for a long time. Front, the best way is to excavate an artificial river along the border, use the river to block the monsters from entering Pangshan Province, and also cause trouble for the invasion of the mountain tribes. We have enough time when they cross the river Early warning and response," Malek reported.
The boundary line of the map of Pang Son Province unfolded on the table is outlined with a thick red line, which is very dazzling.
"Artificial river?" Lorist seemed very interested: "Tell me about the specific plan."
"Yes, Your Highness." Malek continued to report: "This artificial river starts from the upper reaches of the Lancang River in the north, along the border of Pang Son Province and leads to Lake Tailin in the Black Forest. The total distance is about 500 miles. .As for the size of this artificial river, we set it at 50 meters wide and 10 meters deep. After careful investigation by personnel sent by the Armed Forces, we have determined that the geographical environment on the boundary line can excavate an artificial river of this size... "
Lorist suddenly felt a bit of a headache. He thought he was just digging a small river channel about ten meters wide and five or six meters deep. He didn't expect that the scale of this artificial river designed by the Armed Forces Department would be fifty meters wide and deep. is ten meters. Is this an artificial river? Obviously it is the scale of digging an artificial canal...
Malek's voice was also a little low. After all, the scale of the artificial river is too large. Obviously, this means that the family will need to invest a huge amount of money in the next few years to complete it. Even Lorist can't guarantee the artificial river. Does the planning family have the financial resources to complete the project? Malek took out a few more blueprints and placed them in front of Lorist.
"The staff members of the Armed Forces Department and the designers of the Engineering Department made careful calculations and confirmed that only an artificial river of this scale can intercept the monster group's attempt to cross the river, and make the mountain barbarian tribe look at the river in awe. With the armament of the mountain barbarian tribe If they want to cross a 50-meter-wide river, it will take more than three hours for a thousand people, which will give our security personnel enough time to issue a warning and persist until reinforcements arrive."
Malek pointed to an engineering design drawing placed in front of Lorist and said: "The soil excavated from this artificial river, the designer of the Engineering Department and the staff of the Armed Forces Department decided to make large mud bricks on the spot, and then use them on our side. Build a trapezoidal embankment on the side of the river, and set up guard posts and arrow towers on the embankment. In this way, only a very small number of patrol personnel are needed to achieve good early warning. Whether it is a mountain tribe or a monster, as long as they are close to the artificial river, they will If they are discovered, the security patrol personnel can light the beacon fire to warn the rear, and at the same time use the arrow tower to launch a defensive attack on the mountain barbarian tribes or monsters who are about to cross the river... "
Lorist's head hurt even more. Now not only the canal, but also the Great Wall came out. He seemed to have seen countless Kingfords fly away with wings, and the angry face of Viscount Speer, the family treasurer. Looking carefully at the blueprint, Lorist had to admit that the defensive line of the canal and dam was indeed impeccable, and it was also the best way to solve the invasion of the mountain barbarian tribes in the Dragon Mountain Range and the monster beasts in the barbaric area once and for all.
If there is no natural danger, we will artificially build a natural moat. The staff of the armed forces and the designers of the engineering department have really opened their minds this time. Fortunately, the canal and the Great Wall are only more than 500 miles long. Lorist estimated that the family should be able to afford this huge amount of project funds without going bankrupt.
Moreover, if this artificial river and dam construction project is completed, it will have too many benefits for the family and the province of Pangshan. Among other things, the Panshi Legion can be liberated to become the mobile armed force of the family, and Pangshan province will be relieved of the encounter with the mountain. In order to avoid the danger of barbarian tribes and warcraft invasion, this artificial river can even be used to improve the province's water conservancy and irrigation facilities, and build this somewhat barren new province into a land of fish and rice...
"Borg, do you think it is really necessary to build such a huge defense project?" Lorist asked the silent Baldfinger beside him.
"Your Highness, I don't know what to say..." Bodfinger said with a bitter smile: "In theory, I should object, because this project of digging artificial rivers and building defensive dams will damage the morale of our Norton family's armed forces, and let our family's armed forces It has become a shrinking tortoise relying on this artificial natural barrier, not daring to take an offensive posture against the mountain barbarian tribes in the Demon Dragon Mountain Range and the wandering barbarian beasts, and can only passively counterattack after being attacked.
But actually I wish the artificial canal and embankment were now complete. It has only been a year since the Panshi Corps entered the border of Pangshan Province, but the number of casualties of our soldiers has reached more than 1,200. These casualties were not casualties on the battlefield or in the battle. Basically, they were attacked by a small group of mountain barbarians on the way of patrol, or happened to bump into wandering carnivorous monsters and mountain barbarian teams that came out to hunt.
In view of various factors such as the complex terrain and our soldiers' lack of combat experience in the mountains and forests, we could not find an enemy that we could confront head-on, and we always encountered these harassing attacks or encountered various traps. It’s not that our soldiers’ armor is not strong enough, their weapons are not good enough, and they lack bravery and enterprising spirit, but that among the more than 700 soldiers who died, less than 200 died in real frontal combat with the enemy, and most of them died from poisoned arrows. , traps and World of Warcraft encounters. Sometimes when the patrol team encounters an attack and waits for rescue to arrive, the enemy has already fled...
At present, the morale of the Rock Legion is a bit low. Our soldiers are used to facing the enemy head-on, even if they encounter several times the enemy's attack, they will not be afraid. But the soldiers are not used to the current situation, because we can't find where the enemy is, and every time we go out to patrol, there is a high possibility of accidental casualties. So for me and the soldiers of the Rock Legion, digging artificial rivers and building dikes to set up border defenses according to the plan of the Ministry of Armed Forces is a very encouraging and good thing. "
Lorist patted his forehead and deployed the Rock Legion on the border of Pangshan Province because the Rock Legion has a reputation for good defense. But he forgot that this time the Panshi Legion is not going to defend against the attack of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of enemies, but to defend the border line of Pangshan Province, which is four to five hundred miles long. Coupled with the complicated geographical environment, this is not good defense. The Rock Legion can easily complete the task. If it weren't for Bodfinger's report just now, Lorist really wouldn't have known that the Rock Legion had encountered such heavy casualties and difficulties.
It seems that the canal and the Great Wall have to start. Lorist asked Malek: "Since the Ministry of Armed Forces has designed the artificial river and dam, there should be engineering calculations and engineering deadlines. Tell me, let me see how much Jinford will cost..."
"Your Highness..." Malek was also a little embarrassed: "The budget of the engineering department is to dig this artificial river and build the embankment, which requires 100,000 young and strong laborers. If the progress of the project is 100 miles per year, it will take five years. The initial budget is about two million goldfords per year."
The Norton family has engaged in many large-scale development projects and is familiar with the budgets for these projects. If there are no prisoners of war to serve hard labor, then the needed young and strong laborers have to be recruited from the family territory. A young and strong laborer can earn seven or eight Goldfords a year, and the annual salary of 100,000 young and strong laborers needs to be seven to eight hundred thousand. Coupled with free food and drink, welfare subsidies, equipment, transportation tools, tent accommodation and other expenses required for the project, the project budget of 2 million Jinford is normal.
"However, because the construction site is in Pangshan Province, Molong Mountains, and the border of the barbaric plains, we still need to dispatch family armed forces to ensure the safety of the project. The family needs to dispatch three main field armies to advance three times from the border. About ten miles away, absolute control of this area must be guaranteed, so that the construction safety of the project can be guaranteed smoothly. After careful budgeting by the staff of our armed forces, the annual military expenditure of each legion needs to increase by one million Jinford... "Ma Lake closed the folder in his hand, and he has finished reporting.
Well, it's very organized. Lorist is very satisfied with the efficiency of the Armed Forces Department. He has a very clear budget for all aspects of expenditure, so that he can ensure that all budgetary expenditures have a clear direction and will not become a lump sum. Confused account.
To send out the main field army armed by a family, the military expenditure will only increase by one million Jinford a year, which is already a very economical expense. Wartime subsidies for soldiers, supplements for wartime losses such as weapons and armor, pensions for sacrificed soldiers and medical expenses for disabled soldiers, supplies of logistics and military supplies such as materials consumed in building camp defense facilities, and rewards, etc. small expenses. Therefore, the annual cost of building a project with 100,000 young and strong laborers plus the project cost is only 2 million, but dispatching a family army of 45,000 people will cost more than one million Jinford.
According to Malek's report, the excavation of an artificial river and the construction of a dam in five years will cost 10 million yuan, which will allow the governor of the Pangshan Province to avoid the invasion of the mountain tribes and monsters once and for all. A stable province directly under the central government, then the family should be able to scrape together the expenses by gnashing their teeth. But the problem is that in order for this project to be carried out smoothly and safely, the family must dispatch three main field armies, which will cost an additional three million military expenditures each year, which is an additional military expenditure of fifteen million Jinford in five years, plus The project cost is a huge figure of 25 million.
Lorist led the family's three main armed armies plus the North Sea Fleet to fight fiercely with the Merchant Alliance on the Fali Hill Plain for three years, and the family's military expenditure reached more than 10 million yuan. However, the Norton family did not lose money in this war. On the contrary, they earned more than they spent because they opened up the commercial route to the central and southern parts of the mainland, mastered the golden sea route in the Sunshine Sea, and invested in Morant City to build a transit wholesale market. This is a very cost-effective war deal.
Now, the main field corps of the three families are dispatched to carry out security and patrol missions on the border of Pang Son Province. For five years to ensure the safety of the project, it is impossible to get an increase of 3 million military expenditures every year, and 15 million military expenditures in five years. With the same amount of rewards, there may even be conflicts with the mountain barbarian tribes, requiring additional military expenditures...
Sure enough, the report submitted by the Ministry of Armed Forces to excavate artificial rivers and build dams on the border of Pang Son Province as a defensive natural barrier has aroused great repercussions within the family. The chief financial officer of Speer, who has always been stingy with military expenditures, is the most determined Opponents, he declared that he would rather the family set up two more legions to be responsible for the defense of the border line of Pang Son Province, and would not agree to the approval of this hugely expensive project.
Lorist had to hold a high-level family meeting to discuss this project. An analysis of Lorist and Director Speer changed his attitude from the staunchest opponent to the staunchest supporter. Lorist told him that the construction of this man-made defensive moat could guarantee the stability of Pangshan Province for 50 years, so in terms of the 50-year period, it would be equivalent to the annual expenditure of 500,000 Jinford for the family. But to form two new legions to guard this border line, not to mention the military expenditure, the annual military expenditure will need one million. If there are several major conflicts with the mountain barbarian tribe, more additional military expenditure will be needed Yes, it will cost at least 50 million kamford in 50 years.
After Director Speer turned from an opponent to a supporter, the family's high-level meeting quickly reached a consensus and decided to implement this plan to defend the sky. The project was handed over to Malek. Lorist jokingly proposed that the border defense line composed of artificial rivers and embankments be called the Malek Line of Defense, and it was unanimously approved...
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