Chapter 1165 Lord, don’t lose heart!
On the morning of the noble meeting, the study room in the main building of Chenhua Castle.
While coming over to help Brand with advice, Chris also took the opportunity to report to Brand the recent earnings of Morning Flower:
"Elf Forest Maritime Business Group" This trade visit is coming to an end
Compared with the previous two, we are more fully prepared and provide a more complete environment for trade between the two sides.
In addition, the beautiful scenery of Flower Bay also attracts more elves to visit.
So our profit this time is greater than the previous two times.
In addition, more than two hundred elves have now completed their inspection period and have officially become registered citizens of our Morning Flower Territory.
Most of them have now rented houses and shops in cities and towns in the territory and started various industries.
Several elven taverns have recently been opened in Chenhua Port. Their fruit wine is very good, and there are elven bards singing and playing piano there all day long.
Lord, would you like to go take a look with me when you have free time?
Just relax and unwind. "
Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at Chris who was smiling.
Brand put down the information in his hand and said helplessly:
"Chris, can you please stop tempting me to go out for fun? I finally made up my mind to practice hard! ”
Chris smiled and said:
"Then wouldn't it be great if Lord Lord became a magister as soon as possible?
If we become a magister tomorrow, wouldn't we be able to go out and play the day after tomorrow?
Everyone is happy!”
Brand said very speechlessly:
"How can it be so fast? Judging from the current speed, it will take at least half a year before I can step on the threshold of promotion.
At that time, I can start to get promoted. I don’t know how long the promotion process will take. It’s not sure at all!”
Hearing this, Chris shrugged regretfully and said:
“This is really a pity. It seems that I can only date Ivy and Hai in the near future. Dilin is going out to play.
But don’t be discouraged, Lord. When you become the Magister, just raise your finger at me and I will dress up and come to accompany the Lord!”
Looking at Chris who was giving him a provocative look in front of him, Brand frowned unhappily, then shook his head and said:
"Okay, the meeting of nobles is about to start. Let’s get down to business.
A few senior officials contacted me yesterday. They wanted to get involved in the maintenance and development of sea lanes.
They also wanted to cooperate with us in building it. Maritime fleet, what do you think about this?”
After thinking briefly, Chris said:
"It depends on whether the lord wants to get involved with a few uncles."
Brand responded:
"Our trade at the port alone is already profitable. After so much, the planting industry and the forging industry are gradually developing.
Although there are many uncertainties in this matter, the prospects are quite promising.
We also have the confidence to invest. Participate.
In the short term, my initial idea is to provide magic gold coins and material support to several allied families to occupy a small share.
After all, we at Chenhualing are at a time of development and are relatively short of manpower, so we should not be distracted by doing too many things. "
Kris nodded and said:
"If this is the case, the lord might as well agree to the uncles directly.
The shipyard of Chenhualing has cooperated with them before, and this cooperation will not be impossible to continue in the future.
It's nothing more than that we need to focus on thinking and reaching agreement with other families on the long-term distribution of benefits.
In addition, I think the lord is worried that this matter will interfere with the independence of our territorial maritime military.
Regarding this, we can actually build an independent, large-scale military port that is different from the Chenhua Port Dockyard.
Dedicated to the formation and maintenance of territorial navies.
In this way, the things you worry about will disappear. ”
After hearing what Chris said, Brand's original concerns completely dissipated.
But then, he said with a little helplessness:
"Of course it is not impossible to build a military port, but even if the construction is completed, we currently do not have enough talents to maintain the operation of the military port. It cannot be Just build a dock for ships to dock?
No matter how many docks are built specifically to produce warships, we also need many warriors who can operate warships and are familiar with the ocean. and many support staff.
But now, we need to cooperate with other families to produce some general ships for civilian use, and there is no professional navy.
Although this idea is good, it may be difficult to realize in the short term! "
Speaking of this, Brand further thought:
"The warship can also be purchased directly. The Imperial Weapons Department still owes me a top-notch warship.
But if you think about it carefully, the development of territorial military is actually a bit slow.
The development of the Knights and Mages is already on the right track.
But you can’t just dispatch high-level military forces whenever something happens, right? This is obviously overkill.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that we still need to form one or several regular legions.
Not only the fleet at sea, but also the army on land are needed.
The territory is located on the border and adjacent to the Endless Sea. Compared with other families, we obviously have higher military needs! ”
Hearing Brand's thoughts, Chris spread her hands and said:
"As the chief consul, I have no authority to get involved in the military affairs of the territory.
But if the lord wants to hear something from me, If you have any suggestions...
In my opinion, recruiting soldiers is not that difficult.
Pull qualified city guards out to train for a period of time, and they can barely be considered qualified. Legionnaires
Obviously, the reserve members of the Guards Corps can also directly become the lower-level officers of the legion by virtue of their strength.
With these two combined, it will naturally be no problem to deal with small matters in the territory that do not require the deployment of high-level military forces.
But if something big happens, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops will be needed to coordinate operations.
We need military talents who can lead large armies in combat and have rich military qualities, commanding experience, or commanding talents.
This kind of talent is not easy to recruit. Most of them are carefully cultivated by noble families from childhood.
While developing the territorial economy, we really need to plan for this matter in advance. ”
Hearing what Chris said, Brand nodded in agreement.
After some thought, he was going to turn around and ask Xisali to pay attention to it, and try to select a batch of Those who have experience in commanding the guard regiment will be sent to the Mesa family for further training.
Of course, there is no rush to form an army.
The current total population of Chenhua Ling is only 1. Just exceeded 100,000.
With such a small population base, there is no way to form a regular army of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands!
After skipping this question, Brand asked:
“By the way, the war between our Human Alliance and the Orc Empire has escalated.
Your [Silver] What are my friends from the Hammer Alliance doing recently?
I haven’t heard anything about her since the fall of the Mosar Kingdom.
Doesn’t it mean that we need to help her and build momentum for the [Silver Hammer Alliance] in the Human Alliance? Why did it just go silent? "
Chris responded with a smile:
"[Silver Hammer Alliance] is of course still active on the battlefield.
They just didn't attract as much attention as the Mosar Kingdom did.
As for what Irena said.
After a trip to the Mosar Kingdom, even you, the lord, felt that your strength was insufficient. How could she, who was almost killed by the Titan Orcs, not have the same idea? "
Hearing this, Brand suddenly said:
"I remember that Irina is a senior mage, right, so she is also trying to be promoted to a magister recently? "
Kris nodded, and then added:
"In addition, she is also working hard to collect various materials needed for the lord.
At present, she has several types of rare materials that the lord asked Free Iris to purchase for a long time.
After some time, I think there should be definite news. ”
Hearing this, the corners of Brand’s mouth turned up slightly unconsciously.
——From the looks of it, wouldn’t the materials for building the [Heavenly Sword] be gathered soon? Finished?
(End of this chapter)