That’s Hilarious

Roland, who heard this question, quickly calculated in his mind that if there were a population of 100,000 people and each of them consumed 3 copper coins per day, then it would be 300,000 copper coins a day, or 30 gold coins, and more than 10,000 gold coins would be needed a year.

"Ten thousand gold coins, my lord."

This time, not only Baron Leon, the transparent man, was surprised, but even Duke Osborn was surprised. The wheat purchased with 10,000 gold coins was enough for Roland's thousand-person mercenary group to eat for decades.

Of course, this is not fair, because the soldiers need to pay salaries and pensions, which is also a large expenditure.

Although the ten legions under Duke Osborn, plus the annual salary of a knight, need 150,000 gold coins.

But this is a whole 100,000 people!

This does not include some security, patrolling second-line troops, and the 50,000 garrison of North Wind Fortress.

"Then how many soldiers can you pay for this, I mean, how many soldiers can you bring when I need support."

Duke Osborn was only a little surprised, but thinking that Roland has such a vast land, if he wants to fully develop it, it will cost a lot of money, and this money is only enough for the early stage.

Roland didn't know how to answer this question, because now he only has a thousand soldiers, should he tell Duke Osborn that he can lead a thousand soldiers to support him?

You must know that for 10,000 gold coins, you can hire an elite mercenary with 5,000 people and all of them in armor.

But this vague concept of time made him not know how to answer. He could recruit 1,200 soldiers a month, and a year later, he could have an army of nearly 15,000.

But I can't just answer Duke Osborn like that.

Roland had to put it another way, "I can only guarantee that I will come to support myself with 70% of my troops."

Obviously, Duke Osborn was not very satisfied with this statement. He said, "I didn't come to play word games with you, Roland, don't let my goodwill towards you disappear."

In the eyes of Duke Osborne, this kind of rhetoric is useless. Do you always maintain an army of 1,000 people, and at the same time, as a militia, I can only gain the allegiance of 700 of you.

This is obviously impossible.

Roland gritted his teeth and said, "Duke Osborn, please know that I only have a thousand troops now.

If you need support tomorrow, then I will personally bring seven hundred soldiers.

If it is a month later, I can bring 1,500 soldiers.

......

If it is half a year later, the number of soldiers I can bring is 5,000.

Of course, if it is a year later, then this number will double to 10,000 people. This is also the biggest promise I can give. "

Only then did Duke Osborn realize that there was something wrong with what he said at that time. He was only thinking about the attack of the orcs, but he ignored that he still needed time to recruit troops. This was his negligence.

However, he was very satisfied with what Roland said would bring 10,000 soldiers after a year.

In the saying of the game, reputation has surpassed friendliness and has reached 'respect'. As for the higher level, it is reverence and worship.

"Well, I don't want you to come to support with a group of farmers who are not fully trained, I can reduce this number by half.

But you have to make sure you are all professional soldiers. "

"No problem, my lord." Roland agreed without thinking. Duke Osborn's request was not excessive, but Roland wanted more.

"My lord, can this gold coin be a little more and become 20,000?"

Roland's bold request shocked Baron Leon sitting next to him. At this time, he was full of thoughts, and the Duke reduced the number of people by half; Roland demanded more and more gold coins.

As an honorary baron, his annual salary is only 300 gold coins, and 10,000 gold coins is enough for his salary for 30 years.

He doubted whether he had auditory hallucinations. He quickly rubbed his head to keep his head awake.

But what Duke Osborn said next made him doubt his life.

"Yes, but the latter 10,000 can only be withdrawn after you prove that you can bring 5,000 professional soldiers."

Duke Osborne, who knew that developing a territory needed a lot of money, had some understanding of Roland's 'greed'.

However, he is not a benevolent person. He needs at least Roland to prove his ability to fulfill his promise before he can start to support his development.

Because the scouts sent out discovered a huge problem, that is, the orc prairie has begun to desertify in a large area.

This also explains why the orcs suddenly attacked the pioneering land in the north, because they did not have enough food to feed themselves.

According to the description of the returning single seedling scout, after reading a lot of books on desertification, Duke Osborn judged that the orcs will attack in two or three years at the latest, and the earliest is within a year. .

The current situation is getting worse day by day, and all the letters sent to the capital are sinking into the sea.

At the beginning, there will be two replies. Don't worry, the kingdom will support Northwind Fortress as soon as possible. To the back, simply do not reply.

But he has already done what he should have done, and the rest can only be left to fate~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Even without these things, Duke Osborn has been supporting some pioneering leaders all these years.

Seeing that Roland seemed to have something to say, Duke Osborn said wearily: "If there is anything else to be clear, let's talk about it together, and help if you can."

After seeing Duke Osborn's expression changing for a while, he showed a tired look. Roland didn't know what he remembered, but he still decided to put forward his needs.

"Sir, we still need a professional prospecting team to explore the minerals in the territory."

"Okay, fine. They'll go with the survey team. Anything else?"

"No, my lord, the rest can be solved with money."

Duke Osborn quickly wrote down a certificate of development and a paperwork for the withdrawal of ten thousand gold coins.

"With the development certificate and the payment paperwork, I will go to collect your gold coins tomorrow." Duke Osborn paused before continuing: "We are running out of time, come on."

After speaking, he stood up. Roland knew that he was going to see off a guest.

"Good night, my lord."

After speaking, Roland and Baron Leon left Duke Osborn's study.

He kept thinking about the last words of Duke Osborn in his mind, and he didn't know what it meant. But think for a moment.

Does Duke Osborn mean that the orcs are about to attack?

This is a big problem. I don't know if there are any traces of the disappearance of trolls in the territory. If not, then we will increase the exploration efforts.

If the orcs really attack, then he and others will inevitably be involved in the war.

He still understands the reason why lips are dead and teeth are cold.

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