The Extraordinary Earl

Now that his son was talking about business, Old Sol became more serious, turned around, sat down behind the desk, and said, "There are currently eight senior knights and eighty-eight intermediate knights."

"A little less." Luther said, then put his left leg on his right leg, supported his chin with his left hand, and asked: "Dad, how many people do you plan to expand to?"

"Twenty high-level knights and two hundred intermediate knights."

Old Sol said.

Luther nodded. This should be the lowest equipment standard for the Knights. Like the Royal Knights, the Libyan Earl's Knights, and even a knighthood composed of all high-ranking knights.

But once the Knights of the Mountains get the equipment together, it won’t be too bad. After all, for large mercenary groups such as the Saber-toothed Tiger Mercenary Group, senior knights are only equipped with this kind of equipment.

The mercenary group consists mostly of intermediate and junior knights.

"How are military expenses divided?" Luther asked again. According to the agreement at the time, the military expenses of this knightly order established in the south were shared among six territories.

"Based on a period of wrangling and understanding of the tax situation in each territory, we made careful calculations. Each family contributed corresponding funds, and our Pompeii family contributed the largest share."

Old Sol seemed a little worried about this matter.

Six territories, let’s divide them equally. Why do they have to pay the bulk of Pompeii's tax revenue?

unfair.

"Dad, please stop being so greedy. This knighthood is now stationed in Pompeii, and you are the commander. It means that we used their money to build our weapons."

Luther rolled his eyes and said.

"Hehe." Of course Old Sol also knew this and smiled.

"By the way, how are the three large thieves groups in the six territories? Have you collected all the information?" Luther argued with his father for a while, and then returned to the serious issue.

This time he came back and had many things to understand and plan.

The annihilation of the thieves in Orange is something that all the nobles in the Orange Grand Council agree on.

Speaking of this, Old Sol was a little depressed.

"Of course I collected intelligence, and I planned to wait for the establishment of the knights, and then use the annihilation of the thieves to smooth the knights. But these thieves slipped away quietly."

"Slipped away?" Luther was a little surprised.

"Because the great Orange nobles all took action to destroy the thieves, and they also heard that I formed the knights, so they probably ran away out of fear."

Old Sol nodded and said.

"This is not necessarily true. These thieves groups are most likely also the tentacles of the New Party. The New Party wants to cause trouble, so it is possible that they have gathered their strength."

Luther pondered for a moment, shook his head and said.

"No matter what, it's a good thing that there is no band of thieves in the country. Dad has fully staffed the knights and is ready for war."

Luther said again.

"You don't need to tell me about this, I know it." Old Sol crossed his arms and rolled his eyes, looking a little arrogant.

Dad's personality has completely collapsed. When Luther first traveled through time, he thought his dad was an old-fashioned guy.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Luther looked over his shoulder subconsciously. The Eagle King did not come in and stayed on the carriage.

But Old Thor knew about the existence of the Eagle King.

"If my guess is correct, the new party's plan should be to carry out a large-scale beheading operation against the Orange nobles. My suggestion is to invite the Earl of Windsor, Baron Billy, Baron Philip and others to live in Pompeii so that I can protect them together. "Luther said.

This is Luther's safety consideration for his allies. This is how he is. Enemies are enemies and allies are allies. The distinction is very clear.

But Old Sol sneered and said, "You are kind, but they may not trust you."

"You mean?" Luther narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Although we are allies, they are also willing to support us in establishing the Knights and maintaining the security of the six territories. But they are also politicians. You launched a title purge against the Silver Wing family, causing the Silver Wing family to lose their territory. They are treating you They are vigilant, including Baron Philip. What if they come to live in Pompeii and you deal with them secretly? "

Old Saul showed his true colors as a politician and ruthlessly pointed out everything.

As a politician, you don't trust anyone completely.

Luther patted his head. He was still too young.

But forget it, whether these allies can survive depends on their own destiny.

"Then after I finish handling the matter, I will also live in this castle." Luther said.

"You want to trick people from the New Party?" Old Sol said clearly.

"With the help of the Eagle King, I would be a little embarrassed if I didn't kill a few of the new party's great knights." Luther said with a shrug.

Because Luther still had things to do, he talked to Old Sol for a few more words before planning to leave. At this time, Old Sol said again: "By the way, that guy Stone has also become a senior knight."

Knight Ston used to be an elite intermediate knight. After being taught the ancient knight training method by Old Sol, he finally broke through and became a high-level knight not long ago.

"Good thing." Luther smiled.

No matter how terrifying the newly recruited knights are, the only knights the Pompeii family relies on, who never abandon them in critical situations, are only members of the seven major families.

Knight Ston is still a member of Pompeii family. It is certainly a good thing to become a senior knight. Moreover, Knight Ston is still young and may become a great knight in the future.

Luther left the castle in a good mood. After leaving the castle, Luther first sent Miss Alice to her villa in the city, and then came to the city hall.

Entering the city hall, Luther asked Lelouch to send someone to convene a meeting with important people in the territory, and he immediately came to the conference room and sat down.

Soon after, the important people in the territory came.

Mayor Lelouch.

Knight Commander, Knight of Stone.

Unofficial general manager of Pompeii Group, Mrs. Sophie.

Orange Group Managing Director, Kuba Brown.

This is a small, but extremely important meeting.

After everyone arrived, Luther asked Lelouch: "Mr. Mayor, how is our autumn harvest in Pompeii this year?"

"A great harvest, the food can be eaten for a long time. And I learned that the food production in the six territories is also very good." Lelouch knew what Luther meant and said with a smile.

Next comes war. What is most important?

It's food.

It happens that Pompeii is rich in grain, and the entire Orange is a granary. This year's autumn harvest is very important, because it can not only support the war, but also be of great help to possible chaos in Orange in the future and a large influx of population.

More importantly, the Earldom of Windsor also produces salt, and Silver Wing also produces iron ore.

War is an opportunity. If a large number of people flow in, these six rural territories will develop into very prosperous places like the earldom.

"Okay. Waiting for next year's spring plowing, we will promote our agricultural concept to the six territories. In this way, we will not be afraid even if the war lasts for two or three years."

Luther said with renewed energy.