The riding and chopping simulator of the Lord of the Rings

Chapter 122 Military Service

The military service in Wilderness Town has always been at a relatively primitive stage. It can be simply understood as conscripts. The basic principle is based on the land as the bond, Allen's leadership prestige as the basis, and post-war honors and rewards as desires. Driven by the drive, the young and middle-aged people under Allen's rule actively joined the army so that Allen could solve the crisis encountered in the territory.

This method is undoubtedly excellent. Exchanging land for combat power is a very worry-free and convenient method, especially for Allen, a newly established force that has been established for five or six years, it is really suitable.

Allen owns a vast land, and the population in the territory is not overcrowded. The current population saturation of Wilderness Town is due to consideration of the reproduction and development in the future, not to say that this land is already overcrowded.

This situation is of course impossible. After all, this is a land of tens of thousands of square kilometers. Although there are a large number of areas that are not suitable for land reclamation, there are still many areas that are suitable for undeveloped land, but under the stimulation of existing policies , the population of Wilderness Town will definitely increase a lot in a short period of time, and it is impossible to let these residents relocate out at that time, so Allen tentatively set this land as saturated, and let the subsequent residents join in the Iraqi area not far away. Ovia settled down.

Moreover, the surrounding environment has gradually stabilized in the past few years of fighting. There are still powerful allies around. With the blessing of training and equipment, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is sufficient to meet most of the fighting needs.

It's just that after this conflict with the Dongyi people, the situation is a little different, because Allen has expanded his territory too much. In the past, he only needed to defend the base camp of Wilderness Town, and the village of Muma Village. Ranch is fine.

At that time, it was enough for young and middle-aged men to serve as soldiers in wartime and farmers in leisure time to cope with most of the battles, and the recruitment time was not long, and it would not affect the daily life of the people.

But the situation is different now. The defense of Heidelberg and the development of Steele Mining Town require soldiers to garrison for a long time. For young adults who need to take care of the fields at home, military service is really too heavy. Especially the first batch of soldiers who went to Heidelberg, they have been there for half a year.

This has a certain impact on their lives. Although Allen has adopted other methods to ensure the cultivation of their fields, this is not a long-term solution. Once people leave their hometown for too long, they will easily become cranky , not to mention the current era of extremely difficult communication of information.

In Allen's memory, even the monarchs of the Middle Ages rarely allowed their vassals to carry out military operations for so long without paying for their meals.

Although the soldiers stationed in Heidelberg have not sent any feedback of dissatisfaction to Allen at this moment, they cannot treat such things with a fluke mentality.

Allen heard of an interesting phenomenon in his previous hometown. Although the nature is different, the reason is the same. If you see cockroaches in your home, it means that there are cockroaches in dark corners I don't know to what extent it has multiplied.

The same is true for the soldiers' emotions. If some bad information can be directly transmitted to Allen's ears, it means that the soldiers' dissatisfaction has accumulated to a certain extent, and if it is not dealt with, there may be a big crisis. question.

So Allen, who considered these things, decided to use other methods to make up for the soldiers' long-term garrison, reduce their dissatisfaction, and at the same time increase the number of available soldiers.

There are many choices before Allen. After all, he is a person who is very interested in cold weapon warfare. Otherwise, how could he be interested in the game "Horse and Blade".

Allen has a large number of military service systems in his mind, such as the military station system, the government soldier system, the guard soldier system, the knight system, the citizen system, and the recruitment system. As for the warrior system in a certain country, Allen thinks it is too bad, so he will not borrowed from.

Wilderness Town is now adopting a system similar to the guard soldiers. The main payment is land, and provides equipment and training. Unlike the guard soldiers, Allen does not require them to serve as soldiers for life or hereditary requirements , and has a complete pension and reward system, which can ensure that their families can live without worry after they are injured and sacrificed.

The difference is that Allen will still require them to pay a quarter of their income in taxes, which is no problem for a newly emerging force, because everyone is treated the same, and all families Such taxes need to be borne.

And in the process, Allen guaranteed food and clothing for them and their families, and the living standards of these people have been improved year by year thanks to Allen's efforts. At the same time, they were also given certain honors and monetary rewards after the battle. These young adults who became soldiers would not be allowed to have too much dissatisfaction.

With the explosive population increase and territorial expansion, the situation is different at this time. Among the thousands of newly added people, only the residents of Iowia can maintain a healthy family situation. They provide a certain amount of help, and they are able to become self-sufficient in a very short period of time.

As for the other residents who joined Wilderness Town later, most of the pillars of their families died or were captured in the Dongyi people's struggle, which made it difficult for them to reclaim enough land to feed them in a short period of time. For Allen, their livelihood is a big problem.

Allen needs to find a suitable job in his own territory to allow them to support themselves, instead of being fully supported by the cabinet. It is still possible in a short time. After all, the tragic experience will make other residents feel pity for them Emotions, but after a long time, it doesn't work well.

It's not that Alan doesn't have enough supplies to support them, but that after a long time, after that compassion is wiped out, this kind of thing can easily cause confrontation between the two waves of residents, especially those whose families are outside the home. Fighting family.

Allen can think of this problem, or consider the problem of "not worrying about scarcity but inequality". Just imagine that the original residents also work in the fields, but their income depends on their own hands. Earn a drop, and have to pay taxes, the pillar of my family is still doing military service outside at this time.

And these newcomers, although they also participate in part of the work, their living needs are directly provided by their lords, and they are not obliged to pay taxes or perform military service. At first glance, it must be paid by the original residents. More, and these newcomers pay less.

If things go on like this, Alan does not guarantee that there will be no management problems. The villagers are simple from a certain point of view. Live a stable life, and there is no over-exploitation of their lords.

When faced with Allen's request, they often choose to obey rather than resist, such as the fact that they have served for nearly half a year this time.

But from the perspective of their own interests, they will also consider a lot. Farmers are not stupid. Once they find that the treatment of the two parties is different, dissatisfaction will accumulate quickly. Of course, they do not have enough courage and awareness to take this Dissatisfaction is directly directed at the officials who usually manage them, but the newly joined villagers will naturally become a channel for them to vent their emotions.

Allen cannot allow this kind of thing to happen. When he was a child, he often heard of fighting between villages due to resource allocation issues. Dead people are common occurrences. He does not want similar things to happen in his territory. .

So in order to avoid this situation, Allen plans to recruit his existing fighters as full-time soldiers after selection, especially those veterans who have participated in many battles, and they have accumulated enough experience in battle. Combat literacy, morale and courage all meet Allen's requirements for full-time soldiers.

Then Allen will give them a certain amount of money as remuneration, and part of the wages distributed will allow these fighters to hire these new residents to work for them to solve the problem of insufficient labor at home.

Although women in this era are indeed inferior to young and middle-aged men in physical labor, if one is not good, hiring two can always make up for it, and the current price of wilderness town is not high, as long as this part of the labor can be reasonably stipulated Remuneration, while providing food prices within the acceptable range, then most residents without land can rely on this method to solve their livelihood problems.

If it doesn't work, Allen intends to ask Jamila to organize an official organization to formulate corresponding detailed rules and fully intervene in the implementation of this part of the work. The main purpose is to ensure the survival of these people no matter what, and at the same time not Let the original residents of Wilderness Town have too much dissatisfaction.

As the Dongyi people stopped attacking, River Valley City and Lonely Mountain have gradually stabilized, then business will inevitably prosper gradually as the surrounding situation changes, and the role of gold coins and silver coins will also change. gotta be important.

Allen believes that those merchants from Eriador will soon present a large number of goods that the residents of Wilderness Town have never seen before in a short period of time, such as more beautiful clothes and more gorgeous clothes. Jewelry, more delicious condiments, more practical tools, etc., and even hard-to-carry goods such as cattle, horses, and furniture, as long as there is money and a market, there is nothing that merchants cannot buy.

Then, if you want to buy these goods, the general equivalent gold and silver are indispensable circulation items. Then, the soldiers who can get more gold and silver from Allen will become the group of people with the best living conditions in Wilderness Town .

It is human nature to compare, and if one's own family can live better than others, it will naturally offset the dissatisfaction caused by these soldiers because they have been fighting outside for a long time.

Of course, this does not mean that after the recruitment system, there is no need for the assistance of citizen soldiers. Allen's power is on the rise at this time, and he still has a lot of land that can be reclaimed. Using land as a bond to gain combat power is still a very feasible way. Way.

It just needs to change the system implemented at this stage. All registered citizen soldiers need to set a limit on the service time. Alan's initial idea is two months. After this time, Alan will pay slightly lower than professional Soldiers' money is used as remuneration. After all, the combat effectiveness of these citizen soldiers is not as good as that of professional soldiers.

In fact, there is another way. Allen has also considered it, and that is the knight system, but after thinking about it, it is not suitable for Allen's current actual situation. Although Allen has a lot of land that can be divided, there is not enough land. to help these knights take care of the fields, and at the same time, Allen was unwilling to entrust the people who defected to him as wealth to some people.

Moreover, with the help of dwarf allies and simulators, Allen does not need soldiers to prepare their own weapons and equipment. He can provide these things to his subordinates, so after thinking about it for a while, he decisively gave up this It is extremely worry-free but the price/performance ratio is not particularly good.

It's just that Allen is still interested in establishing those knight orders active in various fields, but this is a longer-term plan.

Time passed little by little while Allen was recuperating, and his subordinates also returned to Wilderness Town again day and night. Allen came back very quickly. After all, Heidelberg is only a few hundred away from Wilderness Town. It will take less than a few days to ride a fast horse on a flat road for a distance of [-] kilometers.

It was a little bit of a struggle for Fatis to come back. He first took a boat along the Running River to Heidelberg, then recruited some horses there, and returned to Wilderness Town a few days later in Elaine.

After everyone arrived, the cabinet meeting that had not been held for a long time began again under the convening of Allen. Allen talked to his subordinates, and he was always very concise. At the beginning of the meeting, he expressed all his ideas. Gave it to his subordinates.

He didn't learn from the ancient emperors, who didn't speak well and let his subordinates speculate on their own thoughts. That kind of behavior may be useful in a certain environment, but it is too stupid for Allen's current situation.

Explain clearly your own ideas and requirements, and then let your subordinates find a way to do it, and be responsible for solving the difficulties encountered by your subordinates during implementation, which is what a leader should really do.

But after Allen finished speaking, the meeting room fell into silence.

Obviously, the cabinet members here either have their own ideas, or they don't care about this matter at all. For example, Kress and Desaiwei, the two of them don't care much about military reforms. If Allen needs them Where to contribute, you can just say it directly.

As for Jamila, Fatis, Allen, Bandak, Manid, and Stephen, they are either in charge of government affairs or military-related work, while Manid and Stephen are related to business, which also involves When it comes to the idea proposed by Allen, in order to better realize the possibility proposed by Allen, they naturally need some time to digest what Allen said, and then give an effective implementation method.

Alan was drinking the black tea he got from Eriador, looking at his silent subordinates, he was actually not in a hurry, he knew that this matter could not be rushed, and he could only come to the best result by taking his time and thinking slowly. the result of.

　I may be a bit long-winded in this chapter. In fact, I want to explain why I did this, what are the advantages and disadvantages of doing this, what problems were solved, and why I didn’t choose other methods. When other situations arise in the future, I can not be so obtrusive and my writing is limited. I hope that the big brothers will forgive me.

　　There is another interesting thing. I simply calculated the area of ​​Middle Earth. According to the total length of the Misty Mountains of 64 kilometers, Rovanian has at least 50 square kilometers, and Eriador has at least 30 square kilometers. [-] square kilometers, then Gondor, Rohan, and Mordor, at least there should be [-] square kilometers. Calculated according to the size of the map, it is definitely not accurate, but it should be roughly correct.

　　Then our country is 960 million square kilometers, of course it cannot be compared, but the United Kingdom only has about 24 square kilometers, and France only has 55 square kilometers. So in calculation, Middle-earth is actually not small, only in the area of ​​Sauron and Morgoth Under the ravages, the real land is sparsely populated.

　　
　
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