Chapter 435, Discussion of War

The fairy tower in the lake, in autumn, the golden leaves are flying all over the sky, birth, old age, sickness and death, and the changing seasons are all natural laws. However, the small valley in the tower is full of vitality, and the herbs and flowers planted by the fairies in the lake are still continuing. open.

In the courtyard inside the tower, on the huge marble balcony, the Fairy of the Lake, the Witch of the Lake, and Ryan were sitting and chatting together. Ryan's wife Suria was lying on a chair next to Ryan, sleeping soundly.

It is rare for the Fairy in the Lake today not to wear that kind of long dress. She is wearing a white snow love song snow fox fleece sweater and a gray folded collar pom-decorated wrap-around skirt. Her long golden satin-like hair hangs straight down to her ankles. See Ryan looked a little dissatisfied, and the fairy in the lake smiled freely: "Ryan, my champion, with your existence, my temporary possession of Surya will not affect her, but will bring her many benefits. Now she It’s already my God’s Choice.”

"It's an honor for Suria to be possessed by a lady." Morgiana nodded and said, "The lady's divine power can help her grow further and keep her away from corruption and curses."

"Whoever finds out that his wife is suddenly possessed one day, no one will feel good, right?" Ryan squinted at the fairy in the lake, and sighed softly: "Forget it, since Suria is willing, I will too." No objection, my lady, are you finally back?"

"Call me Lilith~" The fairy in the lake stretched out a finger and poked Ryan's face, a little dissatisfied: "Don't like me coming back? I thought my appearance would make you happy, you don't know how to be kind and pity the man."

"So you came to me specifically to criticize me?" Ryan looked at his sleeping wife. He knew that the fairy in the lake had something that he didn't want Suria to know. Before the meeting of the three of them was over, Su Lia Liya will definitely not wake up: "Just tell me what you have to say, Lilith, I just happen to have something to discuss with you."

"Hmm~ Morgiana, go and bring me the cakes I made on the third floor, as well as milk tea." The fairy in the lake ordered.

"Yes." Morgiana first responded to the fairy in the lake, then glanced strangely at Surya who was sleeping soundly, got up and left.

"It seems that everything in the kingdom is fine during my absence." Taking advantage of the Lake God and Witch going out, the Lake Fairy sat next to Ryan. She took off her brooch in a relaxed manner and sighed softly. Tone: "In the past few years, this country has experienced many wars, and it needs to take a break, but things are not always as I expected, forget it, I don't care about the stupid things of the high elves! Asuryan wants to do it Just do it! Sooner or later, he will kill the entire Azul!"

After finishing speaking, the fairy in the lake fell directly on Ryan's body in a very unimpressive manner. Ryan easily caught the limp goddess, straightened her upright, and then said with a smile: "The plague is over?"

"It's over." The fairy in the lake was supported by Ryan on her armchair again, with a deep resentment on her face: "I finally concocted the antidote for the plague, but Asuryan ordered Phoenix The captain of the guard, his 'anointed' Kadroin burned my antidote formula, but fortunately my mother Isha gave it to Alarielle in a dream before the antidote formula was burned, so burn it as soon as it is burned Well, at least the plague is gone, for which I was blamed by Asuryan on the spot in the Pantheon, and I have done what I should do."

"You didn't do anything wrong." Ryan admired the lake fairy's efforts to make the antidote, he nodded repeatedly, and at the same time said with some concern: "Then... what punishment did Asuryan do to you? "

"What else can Asuryan do to me? Since the time of the reckless King Moviel, my divine power as the high elf goddess of the moon, Lilith, has been slowly declining.

My divine power is no longer a threat to him. "The fairy in the lake always carried a faint fragrance. She stared at the valley filled with thick fog: "But I'll avoid him for the rest of the time and stay with you. "

"Ma'am, Ryan." Morgiana came to Ryan and the fairy in the lake with cakes and refreshments.

The elves have always been chaotic, and Ryan has no interest in understanding a lot of things inside the high elves. He nodded and stopped talking.

"I know that you and Francois plan to form a coalition to attack the Blackstone stronghold. Morgiana has already told me." Seeing that Ryan did not say a word, the fairy in the lake knew that Ryan was not interested in this matter. Usuan stayed away from the old In the world, even a high-spirited ocean-going giant would have to sail for two months, and Ryan, who was beyond his reach, couldn't control the high-spirited affairs. She changed the subject: "How are you preparing?"

"It's more than half of the preparations. Now the autumn harvest, I will temporarily disband the soldiers and let them go back to farming. They will gather for training after the autumn harvest is over." Ryan replied to the fairy in the lake.

In addition to serf conscripts, the soldiers in his territory are also semi-professional, including the Longbow Battalion, the Sharon Forest Patrol Battalion, and the Halberd Corps. There is still a long way to go.

The cost of supporting a conscript, a semi-professional army, and a professional army is completely different.

Why does Lord Knight like serf conscripts so much?

cheap! Serf conscripts prepare their own weapons and rations when they go to the battlefield. Apart from the need to distribute some rations with more salt when the battle is imminent, the knight master does not need to bear more costs. He only needs to pay for the army when the conscript exceeds the time limit. For the rations, the serfs captured in the war kept half of them, and kept their weapons for themselves, and exchanged for armor for money, and they were rewarded according to their military exploits.

A professional army is not the case at all. The cost of raising a professional army is unimaginable in terms of rations, salaries, and maintenance fees. Ryan has seen many people boasting in his previous life, saying that the recruitment system is good and the compulsory army system is good. Secondly, recruitment is the worst. Everyone should implement a military recruitment system, separate soldiers from peasants, and build a strong army.

Brother, doesn't Ryan know that of course the army with the recruitment system has the strongest combat effectiveness? But what about money? Where does the money come from? The world is falling? Dig it out of the ground? Float in water? United Nations funding?

No, nothing. I, Lord Pigeon, don’t get money or food. In the end, the money still has to be spread on the people’s heads, so I’m going back to the old road of tax increase. Ryan has spent many years working hard Credibility built will be destroyed once.

Even the empire on the opposite side of the mountain has a large number of semi-professional troops + mercenary regiments. They are recruited to fight when they are free, and they must ensure enough manpower for farming when they are busy. Who will fight for the knight master without paying the army's salary?

Ryan's land is already very rich in Brittania. Last year, the tax revenue was close to 8,000 kronor. He is still only cautiously working on the semi-professionalization of the army. These troops usually train three days a week, and farm or work three days a week. Working part-time and worshiping on weekends, Ryan usually pays half of his salary and allows them to enjoy some benefits, and only pays full salary during wartime.

"My prophecy has changed, Ryan, do you remember that according to my prophecy, there will be no major wars in Brittania in the next few years?" The fairy in the lake raised her teacup, her golden eyebrows frowned: "But in the recent prophecy, the figure of Chaos God appeared. I saw that you and Francois are teaming up to fight against an extremely powerful Chaos Champion."

"Extremely powerful chaotic champion? You mean that there will be a big war in Brittania?" The prophecy of the fairy in the lake caught Ryan's attention, and he immediately asked: "Strange, we are going to attack the Blackstone stronghold. The opponents in the duel are either the undead of Mu Xilong or the ancient tomb army in the Blackstone stronghold. Chaos has been unable to go south for the time being, and the vampire is the big problem for Britannia. How can there be a chaotic champion?"

"I also can't understand what it means for the champion of chaos to appear in the prophecy. Dear Ryan, my champion, you must be careful when you attack the Blackstone stronghold this time... If necessary, Morgiana can help you." Fairy in the Lake Reaching out to caress Ryan's cheek, there was concern in her voice.

Morgiana also set her eyes on Ryan, and she could see that she was eager to try.

"His Royal Highness Morgiana should wait until her strength is fully recovered and find the Holy Grail of the potion." Ryan shook his head. The help of the Lake God Witch is certainly a powerful boost, but Morgiana still failed to recover from the injury at that time. She is now Her strength is only equivalent to that of the sky-type and life-type witches at the peak of the legend, and it is true that she can provide some help. It will be troublesome if she is captured by a vampire again!

"Francois and I will solve the problem by ourselves, my lady, you don't have to worry, it's just that this war may have to be advanced." Ryan stood up, and he paced in the balcony: "The current deployment of food supplies has roughly In place, Francois and I are ready for war. The only thing to worry about is that the knights and infantry regiments are not skilled enough to cooperate with the dwarves. The best training ground."

The Witch of the Lake God's face darkened when she heard Ryan say that she didn't want to take risks. Morgiana had imagined many times in her mind that she and Ryan would fight side by side on the battlefield. , Ryan charged forward, beheading the general and capturing the flag.

But the fairy in the lake was there. Since she didn't object, Morgiana couldn't object either. All she could do was continue to discuss: "In that case, are you going to enter the Blackstone stronghold early?"

The long sleeves of the fairy in the lake are inlaid with gold jewelry and gemstone necklaces in the shape of irises, hanging straight to the ground. She holds a golden holy grail in her hand, and the liquid in the holy grail is swaying in the holy grail. , waiting for Ryan's answer.

"After the autumn harvest, after the autumn harvest is over, the coalition forces of Francois and I will attack the Blackstone stronghold." Ryan squeezed his chin and thought for a while, and decided to wait until after the autumn harvest. The autumn harvest is in progress, and the soldiers are not in the mood to fight. And the large amount of food and taxes from the autumn harvest can be directly used in this war.

"In this case, Ryan, I will let Morgiana issue an oracle immediately, and order a group of holy grail knights to accompany you! Fight for the kingdom!" The fairy in the lake said loudly, she put down the holy grail, and hugged Ryan from behind , whispered in Ryan's ear: "My champion, isn't that generous enough?"

"Extremely generous." Ryan only felt two balls of softness on his back, changing shapes back and forth. The champion of the lake fairy turned around awkwardly and gently pushed the lake fairy away. His wife Suria Sleeping soundly next to him, even though he knew in his heart that Suria was very much in favor of what happened between him and the fairy in the lake, Ryan always had an indescribably strange feeling.

"After this problem is solved, Ryan, there is another problem. It is already well known to everyone in this kingdom that Knight King Richard is going to abdicate. His designated successor is Lawn-Duke of Leo Cornwall, Lawn He is also one of the champions I selected, he has the conditions to inherit the throne, and his ability is beyond reproach, but...you still want to inherit the throne, right?" The fairy in the lake sat down again, wrinkled Brow: "Of course I would like you to be the king, my champion, but as the patron saint of this country and the maker of order, I cannot violate the rules, especially the rules I agreed with Arthur back then."

"I know." Ryan was also embarrassed by this.

The Fairy of the Lake is the god of order, she must abide by the rules of order and carry it forward as a matter of course, she must not violate the rules set by herself, even though Ryan came to Britannia under the introduction of the Fairy of the Lake, but the way He came here relying on the prestige and reputation he earned.

Just like what Suria's cousin and Francois' cousin Count Anthelm said, Ryan has come to this point relying on his own strength, so many Holy Grail knights or grand masters headed by Anthelm The nobles still recognized Ryan's achievements and status, so even though many dukes disliked this outsider (this is inevitable, Ryan is not a Britannian after all), they did not make too many small moves secretly.

If Ryan really relied on the favor of the fairy in the lake to act recklessly, forcibly seize the title and bully others, then all the nobles in the kingdom would not obey him, and it would be impossible for him to marry Suria.

When Ryan was in Tianchao in his previous life, he read a lot of online articles like this routine, while desperately pretending to slap various second generations in the face, telling them not to bully the young and poor, but in the end he hugged his thigh hard and relied on the strength of various big shots to bully others In the end, the bloodline theory decides everything.

Essentially speaking, everyone likes to pretend to be the second generation, and hates to see others do this. It is because no one can escape the true fragrance theorem. The phrase "don't bully young people into poverty" is not said by the young people themselves, but by others when they commented on the young people.

"But you still want to seize the throne, but you are not yet the Duke." The fairy in the lake was also embarrassed: "I know, you are planning to prepare for the arrival of the final moment."

"Your Excellency Lawn is the Holy Grail Knight, and he can sit on the throne for at least a hundred years after he succeeds." Ryan tried to say: "I don't intend to belittle Lawn's strength and internal affairs capabilities, but I think I can do better. "

"In this case, there is one solution left." The fairy in the lake expressed her approval to Ryan's opinion, and she pondered for a while: "Then it is a competition."

"Fair, just, and open competition, so that everyone can be convinced."

"You can become the king of Britannia!"

………I am the dividing line in the secret discussion………

When Ryan and Suria, who had just woken up from the dream, came out of the fairy tower in the lake, Francois' cousin Sir Gerald was already waiting outside. Seeing Ryan appearing, Gerald said anxiously : "Lian, something big has happened!"

"A huge undead army attacked the Principality of Montfort! Tens of thousands of people died in this attack!"

"The Duke of Montfort, Forcade, asks us for help!"