The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth

"Do you think we have the ability to build a mage tower? Just a basic one!" Roland suddenly asked Yun Feng.

"Are you dreaming? Your Highness!" Yun Feng rolled his eyes. He is a wise man, not a bully! Although a wise man can build a mage tower, it does not mean that every wise man can build a mage tower. After all, each wise man has different specializations. Yun Feng happens to be one of those talents who does not know how to build a mage tower.

"..." Roland pursed his lips, feeling as if his dream was shattered. After all, if they had a mage tower, Roland's development plan would be stable!

The Mage Tower is not just a pier tower and can be called a Mage Tower. In addition to increasing the Mage's ability, the most important thing about the Mage Tower is that it can be moved at will. Although most Mage Towers will basically not move once they are successfully built and landed. , but it does not mean that the mage tower cannot be moved.

"It's okay, Your Highness, not having a mage tower doesn't affect my strength." Adolf Heinrich waved his hand. It's better to have a mage tower. It doesn't matter if you don't have one. After all, the mage tower is basically extinct in China. The fundamental reason is that China The wise men of the earth are basically extinct.

Nowadays, spellcasters in Middle-earth only need to bring someone with them when they go out to fight. It's not like in the Lord of the Rings games, where the sage is too embarrassed to say hello to others without bringing a tower with him.

"Hmm..." Roland shook his head and could only give up, but he really wanted the mage tower! A junior mage tower with a sage in it, let alone ordinary Nazgul, would have to roll back into a ball when the Witch King of Angmar came. From now on, just launch the mage tower and play fire coverage with the Dongyi people during the eastern expedition.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this... How are the preparations for spring plowing?" Roland shook his head and changed the topic. Spring plowing is the top priority. He has no wealth value now. Although there is enough grain in the system space, other people forget! The Kingdom of Lagrand now has thousands more retired soldiers! The number of strong men and women in the kingdom has been severely reduced!

Spring plowing is still going on step by step, and the area of ​​wasteland opened up is larger this year! This storm has not affected spring plowing yet. " Yun Feng said with lingering fear, mainly because the chaos in the kingdom was extinguished by several parties before it even started! Whether it was Nyx's concession or Yun Feng's compromise, the storm did not have the momentum to expand further, and Apophi Si Breo's decisiveness in pretending to be dead and Roland's return put a coffin on this matter!

"But there are too many retired soldiers!" Adolf Heinri looked at the parchment with Yun Feng's statistical data and showed a horrified expression. The king of his family was no longer militaristic! This is so heartbreaking! How did you achieve the 1:3 military-civilian ratio? Adolf Heinrich, who has a noble heritage, can naturally discover the horror and crisis hidden in it.

"Well, that's a bit too much!" Roland glanced at Adolf Heinrich and nodded casually, saying, I already have a system, how can I wait until I don't violently attack? Is there a system for not returning home in rich attire to dignitaries in front of others? How about traveling at night without wearing rich attire? How can we conquer this vast territory without more soldiers?

"I'm afraid this is not good..." Adolf Heinrich said to Roland, carefully chewing the words.

"It doesn't matter..." Roland waved his hand and planned to end this topic. After all, he can buy food from the system to support the army, and the financial pressure of the army does not need to be borne by the people of the kingdom... No! Wait a minute! Damn it, I have no money!

Thinking of this, Roland immediately looked at Adolf Heinrich with a strange look. He had exchanged the money for raising an army for a sage. Although it was not a loss, the hole in the army's finances still needed to be filled.

When Yun Feng saw Roland lost in thought, he secretly thought something was wrong. He knew that the kingdom's army was supported by Roland's internal funds. Now that King Roland suddenly stopped talking, there might be something wrong with the king's small granary.

At this moment, Roland was still thinking about how to fill the hole! The food shortage of the soldiers is huge, and the food consumption of these "dung-making machines" is not comparable to that of the tens of thousands of people in the kingdom! In addition to the consumption of the knights, the one-year food and grass consumption of those hundred Warcraft horses is enough for tens of thousands of people to live happily for a year! Thinking of this, Roland suddenly felt that the heavy cavalry of the Centurion died at the right time. Although it is a bit unethical to say this, it really relieved the financial pressure!

After much thought, Roland couldn't think of any good solution. After trading the magic weapon orders for the elves and dwarves, the kingdom had no other trading partners. In addition, the continuous war prevented Yunfeng from starting production, and the foreign trade path was basically blocked. , and because of the huge losses in transporting food over long distances, it was unrealistic to use space items to collect it, so the southern procurement plan was aborted.

As for the kingdom in the north...ahem! To put it bluntly, their yield is not as high as that of Roland. Only after the Roland family used curved shaft plows and manure can they cultivate land so quickly and efficiently and achieve high yields. Other planting methods that other forces just ignore can support themselves. It has already been considered that God has given me a meal in Middle-earth.

What is left in the end is the path of internal digestion, but how much tax must be levied to support the ratio of 1:3?

"If it doesn't work, let the soldiers work in the fields!" Roland narrowed his eyes, Prime Minister Cao! I don’t want to learn from your Jian’an style or your Wei and Wu legacy. Is it okay to learn from your farming style?

"Tuntian?" Yun Feng and Adolf Heinrich expressed curiosity for a moment. Obviously, this word does not exist in the Middle-earth world.

"Farm in your spare time, and get out of production in wartime!" Roland knocked on the table and said to the two of them concisely.

"How about calling others to discuss it?" Yun Feng squinted his eyes. He seemed to have caught a glimmer of light just now, but he hadn't completely caught it yet.

"No need, even for farming, we can only let the rapid infantry and light infantry go! Other professionals can't leave their jobs!" Roland shook his head. His goal was very clear. The six thousand rapid infantry are big producers of manure! Taking them away will save a lot of money!

"Spring plowing has just begun! Just let the Swift Current Infantry reclaim wasteland for cultivation outside Lulong Fortress and Swift Current City! Anyway, they were also farmers before, and they are quite skilled at what they do!" Roland smiled, and he only needed to After the autumn harvest, they only need to support other professional soldiers. The rapid infantry can be completely self-sufficient!

"Well, this can be done!" Yun Feng nodded. Isn't it just to transform the rapid infantry into a half-farmer, half-conscript mode? Isn't this what most nobles in this world do? They call in militiamen to fight during wartime. They were just farmers at that time... It's just that the militia under Roland's command were more elite, and they didn't need to prepare their own equipment.

"Well, it is indeed possible. This way the burden will be much lower!" Adolf Heinrich nodded.

"That's it, Yun Feng, go and notify Swift Current City! Let them bring a fleet of Swift Current infantry back to reclaim the wasteland! The other soldiers should also take up their positions," Roland ordered.

"How is the situation in Palembang?" Roland asked again.

"It's no big deal. Palembang wasn't involved in this incident..." Yun Feng shook his head with a wry smile. Due to the preparations for the war, Palembang guard Lance was recruited by Nyx to Lulong Fortress, and La Verin Angus, the commander of the Grand City Guards, was ordered to be stationed in Palembang. When Verin Angus arrived in Palembang, he was focused on opening up the wilderness and building a town. He had no idea that there was such a farce in the center...

Well, actually everyone has forgotten about Palembang... When Renault and Lavian protected Nyx and fled to Rapid City, they passed by Palembang but did not enter it at all, and Verin Angus looked at The hurried team did not stop and ask questions, so Palembang was forgotten in the wasteland, and Verin Angus continued to guard Palembang without knowing it.

Roland's mouth twitched as he listened to Yun Feng's story. Is a town guard so insignificant? Ouch! It turns out that the Palembang garrison was transferred away! That's okay...