Chapter 77 Stone Furnace Entrepreneurship II

"Okay, according to the decision made at the last meeting, the first and most important task of the Knights now is to completely control the export of the mineral sources of the Stone Furnace City, so checkpoints have been set up around the Stone Furnace City and on the three mountain roads in and out of the Stone Furnace to inspect the goods and collect taxes."

This is the basic right of the Knights, which can tax commercial activities within protected cities and set their own tax rates. Of course, 50% of this money needs to be handed in.

"According to the agreement with Huanglong, after the other party provided two million silver coins, the Knights acquired refined iron ore at a price higher than that of the surrounding cities. Yesterday, Huanglong's first batch of iron ships had arrived in Newport and should now be loading orgots. In the future, new fleets will go back and forth between Xingang and Zhujiao City every day. Everything is now in the responsibility of Xinqi in the Stone Furnace City.

"The frequent occurrence of dog-headed people in mines throughout the stone furnace city has been an important reason for affecting the production of stone furnace ore and the safety of miners. Previously, the major forces of the stone furnace did not have enough ability to remove the dog-headed people's nests near the stone furnace, so now the main combat goal of the mercenary regiment is to clean up 17 main ore production areas. Chen Zhu, a nearby dog-headed man, led two-four squadron and five squadrons to break through and destroy three large and seven medium-sized dog-headed man's nests in the past three days, with zero casualties, seized ore, gems, and various quality equipment worth about 150,000 silver coins, and planned to take all four in the next ten days. Eleven monster nests above the scale will be destroyed, and the remaining small and floating monster groups will be fully cleaned up after the arrival of new members of the Knights in three months. After these plans are completed, it is expected that the ore production of the stone furnace will increase by at least 50%.

"I am mainly responsible for the replenishment of the reserve strength of the Knights. In the past two days, I have mobilized more than 1,800 leaders to join the Knights in Jiangling. In the future, about 1,000 to 2,000 people can join within a month. More than half of these people can become the main fighters, and the rest can go through After the training, it has become an urgent logistics and auxiliary occupation in the regiment. Dongxing has now led the first 200 people to enter Tiebao Bay.

"Finally, it was the establishment of the peripheral forces of the Knights. After discussions with Pang Bing in the past two days, I accepted his suggestion to use the stone furnace local personnel to form an affiliated mercenary regiment."

Hearing this, Ye Liu was also very happy, "Uncle Leng, it's great that you can realize this."

Leng Feng said awkwardly, "This is the bad problem I fell into when I served in the Central Army. I have always distrusted non-professionals. After thinking about the idea of the young master many times, I feel that it is really very reluctant to rely on the members of the Knights to control Shilu City, and it is a great waste of manpower. And if you use the assistance of the affiliated mercenary regiment, there are indeed many benefits.

"Oh, let's talk about it carefully. In fact, I hope to add a few more peripheral mercenary regiments because I see that several major knights and alliances in the north do this, and I don't study much." This is not Ye Liu's modesty. After Pang Bing put forward this plan, although Ye Liu supported it, he also felt that many people were good whether they were cannon fodder or ears, but after the cold front strongly opposed it, he immediately wavered.

"It's like this. First, I didn't know much about the scale and way of fighting in the large knights of origin. Second, the various conflicts and frictions of small and medium-sized knights are completely different from the previous level of the Iron Alliance, bringing a large amount of information and documentaries to Pang Bing. As a case, I found the wrong part of my idea."

Ye Liu shook his head and said, "What's wrong here? It's just some imperfections in understanding."

"No," this cold front was very serious, tough, and not as modest and calm as usual, but he soon realized his rudeness to the people in front of him, "My subordinates offended the young master, really..."

The absolute superiority and inferiority brought about by the cold front in the army really distressed Ye Liu. Fortunately, now Ye Liu also knows how to deal with it.

"Go on!" Ye Liu's tone suddenly brought an unquestionable sense of order. Leng Feng subconsciously raised his head and replied loudly, "Yes!"

When he reacted again, Ye Liu had returned to normal and made a continuous gesture. Leng Feng, who understood Ye Liu's meaning, had to continue to say, "In fact, regardless of the scale of the battle, there is a set of laws in the origin, which are generally connected with the thousands of years of war history of the mainland, but the details are very different."

"Just the difference in the combat effectiveness of a single body can make the miraculous combat results in military history very common in the origin, but the cultivation cost of each increase in combat effectiveness is geometrically increased, and the quantitative advantage can be achieved by clever form and proper use. With a much lower cost to determine the battle, these two points are very outstanding in the battle between us and the four major mercenary regiments of the stone furnace, so the quantity and quality are indispensable for the Order.

"There is also the simplification of logistics. In the origin, general commanders rarely consider the problem of replenishment, because most of the time this is not a problem. The existence of space belts and mounts make a world-shaking difference between the mobility and passability of a combat force and the real world."

"The limitation of time and the single means of judging victory and defeat in urban attack and defense also make the choice of commander's tactics fixed. Most importantly, the impact of the original government agencies on players is very weak. The big empire on the mainland is more like a loose city-state union, communicating more with players. It is an equal transaction, not the traditional rule and domination, especially after the knights organized by players have obtained the protection of the city. In the face of this situation, each order has to spend a lot of manpower to manage and control the city, instead of just using the city as a treasury for withdrawal. "Self-destruct."

"Comprehensive with the above analysis and the actual experience of Huanglong over the years, a peripheral organization with sufficient quantity and a certain quality can greatly reduce the frequency of use in non-essential positions as the main senior professionals of the Knights and greatly reduce the management costs of the city and raise High output efficiency.

It seems that the information brought by Pang Bing touched the cold front a lot. Ye Liu nodded, "After all, there are many people and great strength. If we only rely on the manpower of our own knights, the foundation in Shilu City will be a little weak."

"Yes, the specific details of the establishment of this affiliated mercenary regiment will be discussed in these two days, but I think this kind of organization can only play a role in cooperating with the usual urban management of the Knights and small-scale friction with hostile forces. The Knights must and can only be an organization. The only command and management body, especially in regular combat, the personnel of these affiliated mercenary regiments must be strictly controlled.

"Well, it's still based on your opinion. Just now, I got the news from Pang Bing that a knight named Blood Skull is marching towards the stone furnace. Are we ready to take precautions?"

"This team has been under our surveillance. After the stone furnace was taken down, we have set up warning posts at several key intersections. Their advance speed is not fast. It is estimated that they know the current situation of the stone furnace. Without the assistance of internal response, they should also be hesitating whether to really continue to attack, but no matter Whether they are retreating or fighting, we have prepared enough condency measures.

"That's good," Ye Liu put the documents in his hand on Leng Feng's simple desk. "This is Huanglong's transaction agreement. You can also take a look. I'm going to go to Sanggan City with Ajiang Pangbing to prepare for the first mainland martial arts competition. I still have to ask Uncle Leng here. Ah, are we going to go to the martial arts competition?

A week before the establishment of the Cangyue Knights, the major cities of the mainland posted a notice of holding a martial arts competition, which is now the hottest topic of new origin.

The cold front turned over this rather thin stack of paper, "Then you don't have to go. Now the Knights are short of manpower and can't send competent personnel, and the Knights' high-end combat power is relatively small. Even if it is a divisional competition, it is difficult to get the ideal ranking."

After a general browsing, Leng Feng said, "This agreement looks very professional... I have no idea, but the cooperation between the two sides has been very smooth during this period. There is no need for Huanglong to do anything on this kind of contract. There is no contract law in the origin. This is more like a memo, so I have no opinion."

Leng Feng returned this paper to Ye Liu. "In fact, there is another thing now, that is, the base construction choice of the Knights. We have no experience in this field. Pang Bing also said that it can only provide some reference, so you have to make a decision."

Building? What kind of building?" Ye Liu didn't know that there was such a thing.

"That's it," Leng Feng began to explain, "the so-called knighthood station is actually a castle, and this castle, like a city on the mainland, has the same size. Of course, the larger the scale, the more benefits it can provide. Stone Furnace City is a large town, so the Knights of Cangyue can Build a medium-sized castle, a basic building, serve as a council hall for command centers and the storage of the regimental flag, provide barracks with rest for the members of the Order, repair and manufacture of blacksmith shops, warehouses for storing the Knights' public goods, arrow towers and walls to defend against attack, and moats. In addition, the Cangyue Knights can also choose some secondary buildings, primary magic towers, alchemy rooms, stables, war colleges, and several hidden buildings, which can only be built after completing the task.

"What's the use of these?" There are only so many functional buildings in medium-sized castles. Isn't there dozens of knights like the Holy Land and the Royal Dragon?

"These buildings can provide special skills for the corresponding profession, and they can only be learned by current members in the construction of the Order, and they will be invalid immediately after learning."