Six 4 Battlefields

When the smoke cleared, Des could see how much damage the shells he fired had caused. This terrifying power has only been mentioned in some classics that record magicians...

Living in a magical world, it's not like Des hasn't heard of more powerful forces. But this kind of destructive power actually came from a small iron pipe designed and manufactured by mortals, which was shocking.

At this moment, Des was completely speechless, the target was chosen by himself, and the cannon was also the match he ignited himself. There is almost no possibility of falsification, and now he has confirmed a fact: the sight in front of him is the real power of the cannon!

With this weapon, the enemy's fortified castles are almost really indistinguishable from gravel: as long as such artillery can be manufactured on a large scale, human fortifications are completely useless.

If such weapons are abundant to a certain extent, they will also play a decisive role in field battles. After all, this thing can fire outside the enemy's range, taking the lead in carrying out ultra-long-range strikes on the enemy's battle formation.

Just relying on this leap, the Lord of the City of Seris in front of him can completely conquer the Quartet and win a hundred battles.

Thinking of this, Des once again remembered the story Chris told before: How many times can you make a profit by investing in the monarch of a country?

What Chris lacks now is capital and the time to accumulate original capital. Once he really rises, there is no profit to join at that time.

Thinking of this, the condition that Chris put forward before "The Long Tait family will become the richest family in the world, no one; and there is only one voice in this family, and that is your voice!" It immediately became tempting. Incomparable.

"Gudong..." Des, who felt a little thirsty, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then handed the torch to Vagron beside him.

He walked in front of Chris step by step, and looked up at Chris, who was much taller than himself: "If... you can really do... what you said... The Long Tait family will stand beside you. Side! Forever allegiance to you!"

"Now, how much are you going to pay to buy the position of the richest man in the world?" Chris looked at Des and asked with a smile.

Des thought seriously for a moment, then glanced at the two cannons in the distance, and solemnly replied: "1.976 million gold coins!"

"It looks like that!" Chris nodded and smiled with satisfaction: "I won't let your investment go to waste... Happy cooperation."

"Cooperation...happy! I'm leaving now, and in ten days, I'll buy food, steel, and everything you need, and come back here." Des said impatiently: "You don't need to worry about your taxes. Now, I will pay you 1,000 gold coins directly in the Arlant Empire. In addition, the 2,000 gold coins I took with me this time will stay here!"

"Thank you!" Chris nodded with a smile and ended this conversation.

Looking at Des who was far away, Diens said worriedly: "Money and silk are touching... Sir, can he trust him?"

"As long as he has great wisdom, or as long as he's not stupid, he won't easily make a wrong idea." Chris replied confidently: "He won't get any more benefits from killing Sirius, but he needs one more. Enemy... this is not a good deal."

"Then what are we going to do next?" Vagron asked while holding his sword, standing behind Chris.

"You stay here and keep an eye on it." Chris ordered: "We go back to the castle, we must have a defense plan to ensure our own safety."

"You mean?" Vagron asked with a heavy face.

"Now let's think about how we can protect ourselves!" Chris looked at the two cannons and said confidently.

The group soon returned to the castle in Seris City,

Then he took out a detailed map and pressed it on the round table in the conference room.

The Serris City acquired by the Ailan Hill family is a major traffic thoroughfare, prosperous and rich in resources to use.

In times of peace, such places are often prosperous, but in wars, the wind is blowing in all directions. Serris City is a battleground for military strategists, and it is also a place of unfortunate four battles.

"We must get rid of this situation of being attacked from all sides." Chris folded his hands on his chest and frowned and said, "Multi-line combat is a taboo in the military."

Chris is very clear that any country that is caught in multi-front warfare, no matter how strong, will eventually get into trouble in the south, or even be completely defeated.

France, with Napoleon's arrogance, fought on two fronts with Tsarist Russia in Spain, and eventually fell apart and lost its hegemony.

Germany, with its dazzling stars and extraordinary combat power, also fell into the dilemma of two-front operations in the two world wars, and suffered the bitter fruit of two consecutive defeats.

With so many examples in front of him, Chris felt that he had to end the situation in the Land of Four Battles in order to be invincible after he started the hegemony war.

"To the north of us is the earthen fort." Vagron pointed his finger to the north of Serris City and introduced to Chris: "There are seven lords further north, and they have more cavalry than us, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. Strong. Continue to the north, it is the country of cold wind... The territory is very huge."

Chris looked in the direction he pointed, frowning and not speaking. Attacking north is obviously not a good option, at least for now, not a good option.

"Comparatively speaking, we have the most defensive pressure from the north, and those lords are greedy and powerful." Vagron said with a little depressing: "Usually, we have the most soldiers in the north."

"To the west of us is the Kingdom of Higgs, which is also not small in size and has strong troops." Diens pointed to the west of Seris and introduced: "The Kingdom of Higgs is bordered by the Holy Demon Empire, and its strength is strong. Powerful...and also the thorn in the side of the Arrant Empire."

Such a country is very variable and requires a lot of energy to defend. In fact, the Arrant Empire placed a lord like Chris on the border, which itself was a cordon and a firewall.

"Then the south and east are left." Chris looked at the map, pressed his hand on the south, and said, "Our south is the Arrant Empire, and we are paying taxes to them, so it's safe for the time being. Guaranteed."

The only target left now is the two castles in the east. Waggon pressed his hand on the two castles and said, "The situation in the east is relatively simple. Maine City and Ferry City."

"Mayne is a predominantly agricultural territory, but the terrain is very steep. The threat from this direction is the least, and we have the least troops deployed here." He introduced the two cities and brought some useful The intelligence: "Ferry City is a port, they are backed by the sea of ​​nothingness, and their geographical advantages are great, but there is only one road to the inland, and that is the road through our Seris."

Chris finally nodded and said, "What we have to do now is to expand our troops and strengthen ourselves!"

"The military expansion plan will increase the budget by about 700 gold coins, and we will expand the number of soldiers in the territory to 2,000."

"The cavalry will be increased to 500 people, and the infantry will be divided into two parts, one is the city guards guarding the city of Seris, and the other is the infantry responsible for field operations."

"In addition, we will allocate 1,000 gold coins to improve the treatment of all active soldiers! We have to step up training to guard against enemies in several directions." Chris spent almost all the gold coins that Des left behind.

"Sir, do we... have to wait..." Deans pondered his words and persuaded: "To spend so much money to prepare for a war that may not break out, the development of Serris will be limited. will seriously slow down…”

"Yes, I know!" Chris nodded, acknowledging Deans' statement: "But we're in a very dangerous situation right now. If we fail militarily, then we're finished, aren't we?"

"The war won't necessarily break out, my lord..." Diens looked at Chris, hoping that his Lord of the City would be more rational: "Should we think about it again?"

"There's no time to think about it!" Chris waved his hand and looked at Vagron: "So what we're thinking about now is—how to win a war that may break out!"

"I really don't have time to think about it." Stried, who had figured out the key, reacted and said to Deans, who was beside him, "We will be targeted soon!"

When he said this, Deans also reacted: Woodworking machinery and cheap woodworking products will soon be sold around, and Serris will be a complete fat meat by then.

"Okay! It seems that we must prepare our own defenses before others treat us as fat." Taking this into consideration, Diens also had to admit that strengthening defenses now is a correct choice.

"Don't panic! Haven't the experiments of several types of machines I developed have been completed? Let these machines be put into production!" Chris comforted his subordinates confidently: "The gold coins that I have spent can be earned back. already?"

He patted Deans on the shoulder: "You will soon find out that gold coins are just a number to us."

On the same day, the 30 women recruited passed the training and started to use the new loom designed by Chris.

Even more frightening is that because of the printing and dyeing process recipes provided by Chris, the colors of these fabrics are very beautiful, and the price is twice as high as that of other places.

Soon Serris City was making gold every day, and the gold coins spent by Chris's military expansion plan returned to him almost instantly.

On the other hand, the improvement of forging technology also shocked the blacksmiths of Ceris: the new furnace can raise the temperature to an incredible height, the forging of various metals has become easier, and the production speed of the gun barrel has also been doubled. promote.

Because of the increase in job opportunities, every civilian in Serris City has a smile on his face. Everyone knows that Serris has risen, and this will become a rich land!