Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 390 Persuasion

In order to oppose the case of Lorester’s adaptation and expansion of the Guards, Director Speer gave Lorester and Fatty Shi a list of the scale and organization of the Norton family’s armed forces and the huge annual military expenditures. Amount. (.Vodtw.)

At present, the Norton family armed forces have five front-line legions, the Rock Legion has a full staff of 60,000, and the Flying Tiger Legion has a full staff of 60,000. The newly formed Cavalry Corps has a staff of 60,000, followed by the Guards Corps of 75,000. , There is also a sea regiment with 55,000 people. The total of these five legions has reached 31 million people.

At the same time, the family also has 15,000 members of the Raging Bear Knights. The guard camp around Lorester has only 3,000 people. But Lorester selects personnel from the guard camp to perform special top-secret tasks. The number has reached 3,000. , Equivalent to having two guard battalions, the total number of the above soldiers is 331 thousand, these are the first-line soldiers who enjoy the best treatment of family armed forces, and the annual salary of them has reached 1.3 million golden ford. Huge.

In addition, the family has ten guard battalions. They are responsible for guarding material warehouses, prisons, factories and mines and other important places that the family needs to keep secret, and are responsible for the transportation of logistics and heavy supplies. In addition, there are defense teams in various villages and towns, and the total number is close. forty thousand. Although these are second-line troops armed by the family, the annual salary and subsidies also cost nearly 200,000 Jinford.

"His Royal Highness, the total number of people armed by the Norton family is 400,000, and the total number of registered citizens in the entire Northland is only about 1.6 million, even if the provinces of Dremque and Winston are added, It’s only more than two million three to four million, including those of the nobles in the territories under our family’s jurisdiction. The ratio of soldiers to civilians is close to one to five, which is an extremely dangerous ratio. In addition to the fact that our family has been fighting endlessly in the past two years, the expenditure on armaments has long been overspend and cannot make ends meet. If it hadn’t been for the conquest of Hanea Bada, the slave kingdom that had captured nearly 30 million fortunes, this would have supported it. , Our Norton family has long gone bankrupt."

Director Speer looked a little excited, and after a pause, he continued to persuade: "His Royal Highness, what I just counted was the salary and subsidies of the family armed forces. If you add the expenses of the Warribel Intelligence and Investigation Bureau and the expenses of each town patrol team. , As well as the pension expenses of the casualties and soldiers. The amount in this area is close to two million Golden Ford. This does not include the replacement of weapons and equipment of each legion, the replacement of war horses, armor and clothing, daily accommodation, food and drug consumption, etc. ...

Last year, our family’s total military expenditure in this area reached more than 4 million. Of course, the newly formed Cavalry Regiment accounted for more than 1 million of the expenses, and in order to destroy the Iberian Kingdom, your Highness specially approved another 3 million. Kingford’s military expenditures. Although we seized nearly two million worth of property by occupying Windbury King City, in general, the total military expenditure last year has more than doubled the total family income. Although the family still has more than 10 million Golden Ford reserves, if we can't hold on for two or three years, like last year, the family finances will collapse.

Your Highness, I am not alarmist, what I say is fact. Originally, I wanted to persuade His Royal Highness to cut the family's armed forces by half after the end of the war against the mountain barbarian army to save money. Our family has so many troops almost equivalent to the strength of the imperial royal family during the pre-Christian Empire. At that time, the entire empire supported so many royal arms, and our family only owned three provinces. From a defensive point of view, one legion per province is enough. If there is a war, we can let the nobles of the territories under our jurisdiction send troops to reduce the consumption of our family’s armed forces and military expenditures like the former royal family of the Christian Empire. "

Lorist smiled bitterly, this is the difference in philosophy. If Lorist was like the former Duke Luckins of the Northland, his current status and family power would be enough for him to pass this life comfortably, but the current situation of the Norton family is like sailing against the current. Whether it is the potential threat to the Norton family by the Second Royal Highness as a king, the long-term maintenance of the four Northland alliances, and the pressure brought by countless knights who are eager to make contributions and look forward to the family's glory, Lorist can only continue. Go on the road of expansion.

Director Speer is right, if Shoucheng only needs one legion for a province. But if the family wants to maintain the momentum of expansion, they must have offensive spears and defensive shields. The Rock Legion, Flying Tiger Legion, Cavalry Regiment and Sea Legion are all offensive spears, and only Guards are the defensive shield. Abandon the offensive spear and only take the defensive shield, Lorester will do that only when his brain is kicked by a donkey. It was almost abandoning martial arts, allowing the Norton family to change from an aggressive attitude to a passive defensive position, losing the strategic initiative.

Director Speer is not malicious. He is the old man most loyal to the Norton family. Otherwise, Lorester would not let him take charge of the family's financial power and take charge of the family's total expenditure. But Supervisor Speer cares too much about financial expenses and does not understand the situation facing the family. Regardless of the fact that the Norton family is now in full swing, it has destroyed the Principality of Madras and the Kingdom of Iberia, and successfully suppressed the Grand Duke of Fesabrun to his own family territory. The Norton family’s armed prestige spread all over the world, and the same under the triumph of victory There is a deep crisis hidden.

Needless to say, Grand Duke Fesabrunn, Lorester's blow to him was so profound and desperate, it was like a kick to wake him from the dream of dominating the northeast of the empire, and a slap to the Fesabrun family. Sweeping down from the peak of its heyday, the lost soldiers will have no more energy to turn over, and will only be able to survive in the family territory in the future. But Lorist did not dare to relax his vigilance against Grand Duke Feisabrun. Obviously, the Feisabrun family will become the mortal enemy to the east of the Norton family, and they will never die, and they must always beware of their counterattacks.

Although Lorist was an aristocrat of the Antinac Kingdom, he was also the Grand Duke of the North, and the destruction of the Iberian Kingdom would be regarded as opening up territory, but Lorist knew very well in his heart that the Second Royal Highness of the Western Imperial Capital was not a fuel-efficient lamp. , The greater his contribution to the kingdom, the deeper the suspicion of the two Royal Highnesses towards the Norton family. Regardless of last year's Second Highness stinging in the imperial capital, there were no disputes between the border and the Ford Commercial Alliance and the four principalities in the central region. But this is not a safe and secure master. He conspired with the Duke of Kenmes to use the oath to make the Second Highness suffer a big loss, and he must be holding back in his heart and preparing to get it back somewhere.

Now the Norton family relies on the sharp front of the soldiers to make the second majesty scrupulous and dare not act rashly. If the Norton family abolishes martial arts, then the two majesty must be the happiest one. The insidious tricks against the Norton family will immediately be used one after another. , Let yourself be overwhelmed. The Legion cannot be reduced, at least it must maintain its current size. But how to convince Director Speer made Lorist feel a headache.

Looking at the organization and size of the various corps of the family armed by Director Speer on the table, think about the series of armament and military expenditures reported by Director Speer. Lorist had to admit that his accusation was justified. The ratio of soldiers to civilians of nearly one to five is really appalling. No matter what country or family is conscripted to this point, it is indeed considered a militant soldier, and it is not far from extinction.

Lorist touched his chin, wondering. Why do I feel that my family’s armed forces have more than 400,000 soldiers, but I feel too little and not enough? I think of a well-known affirmation circulating in the previous life, um, this must be a system problem, but what is wrong with this family system?

At this time, Lorist heard Fatty Shi’s laugh: "Haha, Director Speer, your ratio of soldiers to civilians is calculated wrong. In fact, the ratio of soldiers to civilians in our family is not one to five, but more than one to twenty. , It’s not a militant soldier at all..."

Director Speer was angry and waved his hands and stood up: "Nonsense, is there a fake of 400,000 armed family members? Is there a fake for the Northern Territory's registration of more than 1.6 million? Is this a fake? Is the huge military expenditure fake? In fact, the ratio of soldiers to civilians in our family is not one to five, but one to four!"

"Please sit down, don't get excited, Director Speer." Fatty Shi said calmly, "I don't doubt the huge military expenditure. I just think you miscalculated the ratio of soldiers to civilians. It is not about our family. The total number of armed forces can be divided by the total population of the territory to get the ratio of soldiers to civilians. If our family really recruited troops in the family territory according to this ratio, the family territory would have long been unable to maintain. It is impossible to have the current vitality. , The phenomenon of prosperity. In fact, I think you forgot the two most important points.

The first point is that we have only conducted three conscriptions from the family territory. The first time we recruited sailors from the Marine Corps. I remember that more than 20,000 people were recruited. The Marine Corps was composed of 55,000 people. Composed of pirates and rescued slaves. The second time was the formation of the Unicycle Steel Crossbow Regiment, which recruited 15,000 people from the new barracks. The third time was the formation of the Cavalry Cavalry Regiment last year. More than 27,000 recruits were selected and recruited. They were mixed with 20,000 veterans selected by other regiments. Although the Cavalry Regiment had a staff of 60,000, it was never fully staffed and only formed. Three corps.

Therefore, the number of soldiers we recruited from the family territory is actually less than 80,000. Compared with the total population of more than 1.6 million, the actual ratio of soldiers to civilians is only one to 20. And our family’s armed corps have so many establishments that many young people who meet the standards cannot join the corps and can only go to work or join the village garrison. When I was patrolling the villages and new barracks in the Northland, I often heard complaints from young people who wanted to join the clan army but there was no way.

The second point is that you forgot the origins of the soldiers who formed the various legions of our Norton family armed forces. They are not actually our leaders, but our captured prisoners of war and rescued slaves. The correct statement should be that our family armed forces implement the employment system, which is also the reason for the huge military expenditure. The formation of the Rock Legion and the Flying Tiger Legion was because the coalition prisoners of the Northland Grand Duke and the second prince’s 100,000 soldiers were captured by us. These prisoners of war were freed after three years of hard work in our family territory, in order to prevent them from becoming homeless. After returning to the Quartet, we recruited them.

The Guards were formed because of the 200,000 rescued slaves. Our family territory was unable to absorb so many young and strong labors for a while. In order to prevent chaos, we formed a guard mainly composed of rescued slaves. Legion. It can be said that the formation of these three legions not only failed to transfer the young people in the territory, but because the free prisoners of war and freed slaves joined, the population of the family territory greatly increased. Because the families of these soldiers also migrated to our family territory because their relatives joined our family’s armed forces.

Director Speer, I don't deny the huge expenditure of our family's armaments and military expenditures, but it is precisely because of the generous treatment that our family's armed forces are second to none and invincible. It also guaranteed the soldiers' absolute loyalty to the family. Just like this time the Cavalry Corps failed miserably in the middle of Muyeyuan Province, but the soldiers of the Cavalry Corps still fought bravely in the difficult situation. Although we damaged 30,000, the 100,000 cavalry lost more than us, and their morale dropped after they attacked the city of Pedero and encountered desperate resistance from the 23rd Battalion of the Guards. Soon, in the slightest setback, he was unable to fight again.

If there is no family armed forces, the Norton family will not be the same. It is the formation of the family armed forces that we can destroy the slave kingdom of Hanea Bada and seize so much property. Now the provinces of Dremque and Winston have become the sphere of influence of our family territories. Although we have not reaped a lot of wealth in the past two years of war, and even the military expenditures are not worth the loss, we have expanded the sphere of influence. Dominates the entire Northland, and these will bring rich income to our family in the future.

This time, His Royal Highness's plan to expand and reorganize the Guards is not aimless, but to firmly control the provinces of Dremque and Winston in the hands of the family. Moreover, His Highness was not planning to recruit troops from the territory, but was struck with the idea of ​​the hundreds of thousands of former Madras Principality soldiers who had overcome labor in Dreme. For the family, although the military expenditures have increased a bit, allowing the more than 100,000 soldiers from the former Madras Principality to be attached to the family is the main factor in reducing the instability within the family territory. It is a very cost-effective thing for the long-term peace and stability of the country.

I have always believed that by letting these prisoners of war who were originally our family join our family armed forces after their labor, military life will enable these soldiers to recognize and return to the family soon, and be loyal to the family, and also make their relatives feel at ease. To be the leader of our family. The current military expenditure is a bit larger, and the family financial income will increase when the war subsides. After all, we have added two provinces, so the expansion and reorganization of the Guards will not increase the family's military expenditure by much~www .readwn.com~ Fatty Shi is the director of administrative affairs of the Norton family and has a very good understanding of the family's situation. His remarks made Director Speer unable to refute or fault, because all he said was the truth. .

Think carefully about Fatty Shi’s point. Every time the family expands its armed forces, it mainly focuses on those prisoners of war, which has no impact on the production and development of the family territory. The ratio of soldiers to civilians of one to five stated by Director Speer is indeed It was wrong, because the people who were enlisted were not the leaders of the family. On the contrary, if you let these prisoners of war who have served their labors free, it is really easy to cause big problems, at least the cost of public security in the family territory will greatly increase, they are brave and relentless, and these prisoners who are accustomed to holding weapons will have no food and clothing for a while. It's easy to go down the wrong path. In terms of cost, it is more cost-effective to recruit these prisoners of war to expand their family armaments.

"Well, I agree with the plan proposed by His Highness to expand and reorganize the Guards." Director Speer corrected it when he knew it was wrong, and no longer expressed his opposition.

Lorester was overjoyed, and he didn't need to bother himself to persuade Supervisor Speer. This time Fatty Shi really did a great job.

……(To be continued.)

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