Duke of Herrington

Chapter 103 Calculations!The mission of the Fire Tribe begins!
In the early morning of the next day, the convoy checked supplies at the East Gate of Valentine and made the final check before departure!
There are not many parts in the simplified vehicle, and it only takes half a month for a skilled master to fully master it!

At this moment, in order to see off the future allied convoy, Ted and the city staff all came to the east gate of the city.

After a series of simple but unnecessary ceremonies, the entourage boarded the vehicle in full armor.

Outside the car, Ted stood at the forefront, waving to the vehicles that were about to set off: "I wish you all the best, and I hope you can explain our thoughts to the chief and hand over the documents to him."

Broken Tooth accepted Ted's kindness and gave him a thumbs up, then put his right hand on his left chest, and responded sincerely:
"No problem, Mr. Earl, I will definitely take your words with you. I think my father will definitely agree to form an alliance! The Stormstorm tribe around us, and the Stormrage tribe, all form an alliance with our Fire tribe. I believe that together with you With such power, we can definitely defeat the Green Forest Tribe at once, and prevent their plot from succeeding!"

Especially after learning about the 'Master', Ted couldn't sleep or eat, and always felt that something big would happen on this trip!
If they form an alliance this time, they can defeat the Green Forest Tribe at once and dispel the ominous premonition in their hearts.

"Then please, if the plan goes well, shall we see you tomorrow night?"

"Yes sir, I believe we shall meet tomorrow night!"

After a short greeting, the roar of the engine came, and 20 military trucks loaded with munitions and supplies set off for the Gobi Road outside the Monster Forest.

Looking at the smoke and dust raised by the convoy, Chris leaned over.

He had a lot of questions in his mind. He didn't know why the lord would consider forming an alliance, especially with such a big and dangerous creature.

Although they have saved some humans, it cannot be inferred that all of them are kind.

At that time, seeing Ted's confident appearance, Chris did not question it, and according to the specific treaty of the first alliance, the two sides would not have too much communication, and it was just some arms trade exchanges.

Therefore, after discussion, the team did not veto this alliance, but with an attitude of trying.

If the plan goes well, you can continue to communicate. If there is a problem, you can stop it in time and end the alliance relationship amicably.

Still, Chris wanted to see what Ted was thinking, and it never hurts to learn.

Moreover, as a generational vassal of the Herrington family, in private, he is qualified to raise questions on such special events and get answers, which is considered a family tradition.

"My lord, can you tell me why you formed an alliance with this group of dangerous creatures? We followed your order to carry out the mission before, and you said that we would not ask more questions, but we have to record it anyway."

Ted couldn't tell Chris that he had a cheat the last time he saw the dragon and the moon elf before, and he forgot to scan it thoroughly with the system.

But this time he didn't forget!

"Good question, Chris, let's talk as we walk."

Judging from the information manual, this group of fire tribes can be regarded as stunned among Orcs. Compared with the green skins who are cunning and insidious, this group of red skins still maintains the traditions from tens of thousands of years ago, including sacrifices and practices. It is carried out according to the original appearance.

In other words, they are simple-minded, and with a little guidance, they can be transformed into their own people!

However, Ted couldn't say these things out, so he changed his answer from a reasonable angle.
"Chris, do you think, judging from our current equipment, we will be afraid of these creatures?"

Recalling the weapons he had seen before, as well as the new mortars, and judging from his achievements in the past few days, Chris shook his head: "Probably not, even if they are big, they are not as good under our guns." It is worth mentioning that it is just an alliance with them, and if it goes well, we will enter the next stage, and there will inevitably be people-to-people exchanges in the future, which is what we are worried about."

It is not unreasonable for Chris to say this, and the heart of defense is indispensable!
But these Teds have already made arrangements: "Your scruples are very reasonable, but what I want to say is that there is no such possibility on my site! Because I plan to set up two military departments, one is the current regular army, and the other It's called the 'National Guard', which is a security management center composed of well-trained militiamen and veterans."

"They will be on duty around the clock with weapons in every corner to keep the city law and order!"

Ted did this not only to maintain law and order, but also to consider in advance the number of troops in the future!

Because he is still a nobleman of the empire, although he doesn't enforce the laws of the nobles very much, he still has to put on appearances on key things, especially the number of troops.

I am not strong enough to be an enemy of the entire empire, and embracing self-respect is directly tantamount to rebellion, and there will be no room for turning around.

After that, all the nobles will unite to deal with themselves. This crime can be more serious than "distributing food to the people without compensation" and "being a good old man". Turn your face or turn your sword against each other.

As a lord of one side, Ted can do whatever he wants on his own land. Even if he verbally clamors for rebellion, other people don't bother to care about it.

As long as no substantive actions are taken, no one will come to the dog to catch the mouse! An army of 2 is not enough to rebel in everyone's opinion. Even if the nobles heard about it, they would just treat it as a rumor.

After all, if you kill a nobleman today, it will be difficult to guarantee that bad luck will not happen to you next time.

Therefore, under non-essential circumstances, they will not target a certain nobleman, nor will they demand the execution of a certain nobleman. If the emperor wants to make trouble, other noblemen will come to intercede no matter whether they have any relationship with him or not!After all, this precedent cannot be set.

If you insist on exploding soldiers, it is not impossible.

However, even if Ted has the ability to kill everyone, what can he get?
A pool of ruins?There are still a bunch of people who are dissatisfied with themselves?There is no point in such a war!
It's better to follow the rules for the time being, with Steve as a cover for himself, and no more than 2 in armor and military uniform.

Because the imperial law stipulates that the number of soldiers supported by the earl shall not exceed 2, but there is no limit for the militia, so Ted can be regarded as a burst of soldiers within a reasonable range!
Hearing this, Chris raised his pen and made a rough estimate
This works, but military spending is the most expensive of all!Raising one more soldier is at least equal to the value produced by 20 workers, even if it is a militia, it is at least equal to the total output value of five workers.

"My lord, what you do will indeed solve the employment problem for some people, but it will also increase the city's operating costs! Our taxes don't seem to be enough"

Ted is not worried about this, but he has to keep it a secret: "Hey hey! Chris, you don't have to worry about this, someone will pay for our actions, we will talk about this later."

While chatting, Chris felt that something was wrong: "My lord, I just said about the alliance of the Raging Fire Tribe, how did you get here?"

"Hey, let's continue talking just now. The Fire Tribe you mentioned, I'm not afraid of them making trouble!"

"how do I say this?"

"If they agree to form an alliance, we will sell weapons to help them unify the monster forest. If they don't agree to form an alliance, it doesn't matter. Everyone has their own way. But if they dare to attack us, I don't mind destroying them together."

When he said this, Ted just mentioned it lightly, but it made Chris beside him gasp.

In Ted's eyes, he can treat humans as equal creatures, and elves can also treat them as equal creatures, but such a big and violent Orc. If there is no life-and-death relationship, it is difficult to treat them as equal creatures.
The so-called "equality" of the world is only equality within one's own cognition, and one does not equate oneself with some kind of animal.

Just like the slogan of protecting animals, people will protect cats and dogs, but they will not feel sorry for the second brother in the farm, because in the subconscious, although pigs are animals, they are not worthy of protection.
The ability of the human category is not enough, but the history of playing double standards is at least tens of thousands of years, so there is a long way to go to put the red skins in the "equality goal"
If you want to change this traditional thinking, you have to look at the next development.

After hearing these words, Chris put away his handkerchief, and opened the record book again to the page of weapon data.
Judging from the weapon data obtained, it didn't make him suddenly enlightened, but he felt that the lord was "convulsed" again: "My lord, there are many dangers in that monster forest. Although our weapons are powerful, they are still against the sky! But there is no way to destroy all the creatures in the jungle! Even if we forcefully attack, we will still pay a lot of casualties!"

Ted had expected Chris to say that, he turned around with a smile and took out a copy of "Northern Environmental Records" and handed it to Chris.

"Turn to page 233, there are records on it!"

However, even if Chris turned to the specified number of pages, he didn't know exactly what Ted wanted to do.

It records the monthly weather in the northern region for nearly 2 years, including snowfall, rainfall, and wind direction.

Seeing that Chris didn't react, Ted continued to pretend to explain: "Chris, you are very good at recording and analysis, but not so good at military and tactics. Individual energy is limited.”

At this point, Ted is not going to continue to show off, but starts to explain: "Chris, compared to the damage caused by war, what do you think of disasters caused by nature?"

"My lord. You mean."

Say the answer directly, it is better to say half of it, let the answerers use their brains!
"Floods and droughts, as well as the snow disasters that we have faced in the north, how do the deaths caused by them compare with the casualties caused by fighting on the battlefield?"

The answer to the question was obvious, and Chris didn't need to use his brain to know the answer: "This natural disaster caused more damage."

"Is there any way to artificially cause or trigger some natural disasters?"

Speaking of this, Chris roughly understood Ted's intentions, and then waved his hand to signal Ted to give up this idea: "My lord, do you want to set fire to the monster forest? But... the ancestors didn't think about it, they also did it. Tried, but never succeeded. Because the greenskins have water magic, they can extinguish the fire in time!"

That's what people who don't know chemistry really say.So far, people's understanding of fire has only stayed at 'water can be extinguished'.

But Ted was a master of chemistry in his previous life, and this kind of pediatric topic couldn't be simpler: "I know you will say that, but I won't despise or laugh at you, because I have heard about it first and second, and I have specialties in the field. I’m not as good as you in science and management, but I’m still quite accomplished in chemistry!”

"What's the method?" Chris has a good habit, that is, when he encounters knowledge he doesn't understand, he will take out his notebook and prepare to record it.
However, there are some things that are better kept secret, like this kind of method that hurts the world, it is better not to be in the world for the time being: "Hey, I can't remember this one, if you write it down, I will become a demon in the world!"

Hearing this, Chris immediately guessed what Ted wanted to do.

Judging from the tone of voice, it may be even more extreme than the last time I mentioned that I had too much 'E. coli' in the water!
"Do you know about white phosphorus? Do you know the gasoline and diesel and kerosene we make? Why do I have to install the fire protection system before I start the plant."

"Because once these things are ignited, water alone cannot extinguish it, and once the fire reaches an uncontrollable level, magic is useless."

Ted is not a fool. If there is a conflict, he will definitely not think of the enemy like a saint, but will take advantage of poor information and poor technology to sneak attack to death!

At the time of life and death, how much shit do you have to have in your head to talk about martial arts with the enemy?

If the enemy did surrender, that was another matter.

"We just need to light a fire on the edge of the forest, and let the dragons sprinkle some material in the sky. BOOM! Then the forest will be gone! Don't talk about the fire tribe or the greenskins, no grass will grow wherever the flames go."

"Because the north wind blows day and night from February to June every year, there are still many pine trees in the woods! We only need to light a fire and add some materials, and the rest. Nature will take care of it for us ~"

"At that time, we will have another piece of land in the north~"

After hearing Ted's whole plan, Chris took this one to heart with trembling hands and took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his brow.

If it was not a last resort, Ted would not do such things that cut off children and grandchildren and hurt the nature. After all, destroying the natural environment will only lead to self-destruction, and no one wants to seek their own death!

But to do anything, to develop any relationship, one must guard against it. Ted seems harmless to humans and animals, but...he is not a good person, at least he doesn't think so.

Since he came to this world for a month and completely adapted to the surrounding environment, he began to brew no less than thirty plans and defensive measures in his mind.

Including but not limited to Chris betraying himself, being assassinated, kidnapped, and pushed to the guillotine by the citizens.

Even for his wives, he was prepared for the worst!

If you want to control them, you have to master the weakness of all of them, just like Batman making friends with Superman, which does not prevent him from having a huge stock of kryptonite in his warehouse.

He can never use it, but never without it.

Ten hours later, the convoy walked along the periphery of the monster forest and arrived at the forest jurisdiction of the Raging Fire Tribe.

The next moment, a burnt smell and a pungent bloody smell came along with it!
Not far away, thick smoke was everywhere, and the intermittent shouts of killing made everyone tense up!
Broken Tooth hurriedly jumped out of the car, looked at the thick smoke in the distance and said to himself: "What's going on here? What happened?"

"Cough cough."

There was a faint coughing sound, and everyone followed the prestige!
Not far away, a dying Fire Tribe soldier was lying in a pool of blood, as if he would die at any moment
Seeing this, Broken Tooth and others quickly came to the soldiers with weapons.
(End of this chapter)