Volume 7: Mortals and Gods Chapter 800 and Chapter 3: The Kingdom of God (Part 2)
The city was boiling. Nobles, businessmen, citizens, as well as artists and major trade unions all came forward to pester Talleyrand, who was responsible for this:
"We are willing to donate, we need medals, Mr. Talleyrand."
Nobles, businessmen, trade union presidents, and artists held bags filled with gold coins in their hands, surrounding Talleyrand. There were hundreds of them, and more people came after receiving the news.
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The whole venue was in chaos, and Talleyrand had to ask the guards outside to come in to maintain order. At the same time, he simply stood on the table, leaning on his cane and shouting.
"The commemorative medals cost 10 gold galleons each. The quantity is limited. Please register your name and address after the donation. We will deliver it to your door personally."
"I want them all, three, no, five of each medal!"
"Buy, buy, buy, if you don't buy, you are not a human being!"
"From today on, I can also proudly declare that I am the guardian of mankind."
“It’s so beautiful, I love it so much!”
"We want the medal, but where is the medal? Mr. Talleyrand, how do you calculate the medal?"
A lady screamed, she was the wife of a merchant, holding a handful of gold coins of gods in her hand (1 gold coin of gods = 1,000 gold galleons)
"I have lots of money! I just want medals, medals!"
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"Third-class Order of Double Lions, 50 gold Galleons/person, limited to 300 pieces; Second-class Order of Double Lions, 200 gold Galleons/person, limited to 200 pieces; First-class Grand Cross of Gold, 500 gold Galleons/person, limited to 100 pieces
pieces."
Talleyrand kept beckoning everyone to be quiet: "Ladies and gentlemen, be quiet. Please line up to register. Each person can get up to one of the three medals for each person. We will engrave them on the back of the medal for ladies and gentlemen.
Your names, and I will issue commemorative and honorary certificates to you!"
"Me, me, I want to register my whole family!"
"Mr. Talleyrand, the quantity is too small. It is not enough for us to share."
"We need more, more!"
The scene was very chaotic at one time, and people from outside kept pushing in, filling the entire venue to capacity.
Historically, this period has been called the "Medal Fever" period, and everyone was proud to wear the Shire's medal.
This is what Master Elan proposed in his letter, sell medals!
Of course, these medals are commemorative and honorary editions. They are still somewhat different in shape and pattern from the medals actually awarded to the army. They do not enjoy privileges and perks like the real Shire Military Medal. It is just a beautiful toy.
, but it still makes people crazy.
And more people are constantly asking how to get higher-level medals.
Talleyrand let slip a little bit about this, saying that if there was a similar war next time and someone could generously donate money and fully help the army, maybe Fiona would consider it.
Things are rare and valuable, so the limited edition medals were sold out, and everyone went home disappointed. Most people did not get the first- and second-class medals they wanted.
Talleyrand took the opportunity to accept bribes and sell them one by one on the black market. At its highest, the first-class Golden Cross was worth 2,500 gold galleons, but it was still worthless.
Many people even go directly to decorated knights, nobles and Shire soldiers to buy them with huge sums of money. Everyone is proud of medals and medals.
The merchant with the largest number wore nearly forty medals and medals of various colors when he attended the banquet, covering all types of Shire military medals except the highest Order of the Lady of the Lake and the Special Order of the Holy Grail. It was quickly spread that
For strange talk.
In this way, after the army was stationed in the Storm Fortress, the economy and atmosphere of the entire Storm Fortress reached its peak. Countless trophies and stolen goods were sold in the Storm Fortress. Businessmen entered the military camp in batches to trade with the army. In the disputes and disputes over prices,
During the debate about the quality of the goods, most of the loot was sold, and everyone made a lot of money.
At the end of August, Fiona received a detailed bill from Talleyrand.
This time the medals were sold and a total of more than two million gold galleons were raised.
The money is really good!
The army returned to Storm Fortress, and Archmage Nielas Elam personally led the knights and nobles of the Shire, merchants from major chambers of commerce, and the remaining troops to greet them.
Nielas Elan and a group of nobles, big and small, were waiting in front of the fortress gate to greet him. In his spare time, the Archmage casually asked Charles's MI7 intelligence chief:
"What's the latest news from the Albrex Empire recently?"
"There are two."
The intelligence chief of MI7 briefly talked about the latest information, all of which came from the Albrex Empire.
It can be said that Emperor Peter I was a very good and perceptive emperor. After Charles's medal craze, the emperor immediately responded quickly. He immediately announced that the imperial court would begin accepting war donations and at the same time award military medals.
The system of medals carefully designed by Emperor Peter I was as follows:
Medal of the Order of the Double-Headed Eagle of Albrex, Extraordinary Class.
Order of the Iron Crown and Golden Double-Headed Eagle of Wadendorfer 1st Class.
Order of the Grand Cross and Double-Headed Eagle, Second Class.
Medal of the Edelweiss 3rd Class.
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Although the response to this incident was slightly later than that of the Char, the Albrex Empire responded quickly and immediately left a piece of local medals before the entire imperial aristocratic circle was conquered by the various exquisite medals of the Char.
Private land.
Although the market is still crazy about the Charr Order, it is generally believed that Emperor Albrex also fulfilled his duties as emperor in fighting against the Orc invasion.
After the medal made by himself at the Alchemy Academy in Wadendorf was released, Emperor Peter I relied on his extremely quick reaction to quickly receive hundreds of thousands of gold galleons into his treasury, which could be said to have stopped his losses.
At the same time, there is good news for the Albrex Empire, that is, starting from this year, Solland, ruled by the Royal Chief Archmage Gelt, has officially turned a profit and no longer needs the emperor's investment.
Not only will the Wadendorf Territory under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor no longer need to continue to invest money in Sol Land, but it can also start to receive a large amount of grain, livestock and ore from Sol Land in return.
The Thor Fortress at Dongfang Pass has been completed. From now on, the Thor Territory will no longer be easily threatened by the Charles into its hinterland.
Now Solland has formed a new army with about 12,000 people. This army is truly a new army, full of vigor and vitality.
Moreover, Emperor Peter I obviously had great trust in Gelt's loyalty, and did not even impose too many restrictions or send supervisory troops, and directly handed over the Solland and Solland army to Gelt's command.
"It can be expected that the difficult financial problems of the Albrex Empire will be improved within a few months."
The intelligence chief of MI7 concluded.
Nielas Elam nodded slightly. He was worthy of being Emperor Peter I, with a far-sighted vision and extraordinary insight.
The second thing was even more important, that is, Emperor Albrecht immediately received great inspiration from the Charles Guards. Peter I announced military reforms and formed a new Imperial Guard Army.
These armies were uniformly organized by the emperor from the regular armies of each empire. It happened that the great invasion of the orcs made the great nobles aware of the role of a powerful central army, and they were all willing to cooperate.
This Guards Corps is different from the Royal Guards. In the past, the Alplekes Empire Corps was generally a relatively monotonous single-arms regiment, and the naming method was generally the name and number of the provincial military branch. For example, Wadendorff led the first halberd.
Regiments, such as Middenheim's Swordsmen Regiment, or Ivey's Lancers Regiment.
But this time it was different. Peter I reorganized the Grand Guards into two subordinate infantry regiments (sword and shield, halberd), a sword battalion, a light cavalry regiment, and a long-range strike corps to form a mixed organization.
In this way, this large army with an estimated number of 5,000 people can integrate infantry, cavalry, and long-range arms under the same command, and mix the array and number of infantry, the mobility of cavalry, and the firepower of long-range arms, so that they can each
Exert maximum combat effectiveness.
This was also the inspiration that Peter I got from the mixed formation of the Guards in the Charles.
However, Nielas Elan also knew very well that this mixed organization would also be a great test for the commander's ability.
Grand Duke Gros and the current Grand Duchess Fiona are both undisputed military geniuses and masters of strategy and tactics for the entire continent. Naturally, there is no pressure to command the mixed establishment, but as for the Albrex Empire...
While Nielas Ellan was still thinking, in the distance, the Ciel army was already approaching.