It was of course impossible to get married within the year. Allen thought that at least he had to wait until the threat from the Dongyi people was eliminated before asking Jamila for her opinion. The two came to Middle-earth and learned from their families.
From this perspective, we are all alone, and we can just decide what ideas or problems we have, and we don’t need to think about too many other things.
After Allen joked with everyone and expressed recognition and praise for everyone's recent hard work, a simple banquet ended, and everyone returned to their respective posts and started busy with the things decided at the meeting.
And time also flies quickly in the busy working state. It only took Fatis a week to send the list of soldiers willing to become a standing army to Allen, including 1,400 cavalry.
All the names were included, and after receiving the list, Allen not only paid the first month's salary in advance, but also reissued the salary that exceeded the two-month limit to the soldiers stationed in various places.
Subsequently, several officially opened shops and taverns in Wilderness Town were crowded with people in a short period of time. The goods and drinks were sold out in the carnival of the soldiers and their families. At the same time, the orders for the blacksmith shop were much more than before.
What Jamila thought is good. Most people's first thought after getting money is to buy something they have wanted for a long time.
At the same time, the new residents also found suitable employers for them under Jamila's arrangement and began to live as part-time workers for a period of time. Of course, in Allen's vision, this situation would not last.
Over time, with the development of business, he will create other jobs so that these people can survive independently.
For example, this time, as Manid began to preside over the construction of the market, in addition to heavy manual labor, some relatively easy jobs were also added, such as street cleaning, clothing cleaning and sewing, and food
Cooking, these things always require people to do it, so it is better to let the new residents take charge of these tasks. Although there are not many people needed for the time being, it is still a good start.
Moreover, in his communication with Manid, Allen made it clear that the market should be neat and clean. It is best to divide the areas in detail according to the merchants' products during construction, and let them provide large categories of products.
Selling them together will not only facilitate residents' purchases, but also facilitate daily management and tax collection.
Don't put salted fish sellers and clothes together after it is completed, it will be too ugly.
As the market was gradually built at the east gate of Wilderness Town, merchants began to drive carriages carrying goods through the valleys at the lower passes of the high passes to Rovanian.
According to Allen's request, most of the goods they brought were grain. Of course, there were also some of their own characteristics, such as the dazzling silverware produced in Linton, porcelain tableware fired in the Blue Mountains, and
Ellen's favorite pipe grass, and finally some handicrafts woven by ingenious women.
These exquisite goods have had a great impact on the residents who once lived in poverty, especially those forest residents who once lived in the forest and relied on hunting and small-scale planting.
As for these residents, thanks to Allen's generosity, their pockets have suddenly bulged in recent times, and those exquisite products are no longer something they can't afford in their eyes.
For this reason, the stalls set up by the merchants quickly gathered a large number of customers, and the goods were sold out in a very short period of time.
After selling out all the goods, these shrewd merchants did not leave immediately. They also hoped to return to Eriador with full loads of goods and sell goods with Rovanian characteristics to all parts of Middle-earth.
Some of them were very interested in the honey that Allen showed last time and hoped to bring some with them when they go back. After all, sweets are a very popular commodity in this era.
Some people hope that Allen can help them, and go to Riverdale City and Lonely Mountain to purchase some sophisticated toys and well-made jewelry. Some even ask Allen if he has any connections to the Woodland Kingdom. , they are also very interested in the goods produced by the woodland elves.
In response to the requests of these merchants, Allen responded and helped one by one, and arranged guides to give them corresponding guidance. Of course, Allen only arranged people to lead the way. As for Bard, Thorin and Governor Thrand, Whether you are willing to receive them or not depends on the abilities of these businessmen.
These businessmen have also shown a certain interest in the market being built in Wilderness Town. After all, this is a large town with 20,000 people living around it. The purchasing power is still sufficient, and it is not too far away from the country of elves and dwarves. Far.
At present, several businessmen have signed contracts to lease shops in Manid, and soon they will arrange suitable candidates to open shops here.
All of this is just as Allen imagined. As long as there is a suitable environment and market, business can develop very quickly. After all, it is about making money. There is no shame in being active, and businessmen are just chasing after others Lee can even give up the existence of life.
As time passed, Fatis once again handed a list to Allen. It was a list of people between the ages of 18 and 35 in Allen's direct territory. Under the propaganda of Jamila's officials, they Most of them are willing to become citizen soldiers, and the number is as high as more than 2,000.
In other words, if Allen can provide certain equipment, he can now pull up an army of nearly 4,000 people and rush to the battlefield. Of course, Allen cannot do this because these people are just willing to be soldiers, and It's not that they are already a real soldier.
Equipment aside, these newly added citizen soldiers are either slaves of the Dongyi people or newly arrived northern humans. They are different from the forest residents who have been fighting orcs all year round. Most of them have already adapted. Without the stable life of farming, their combat effectiveness is generally not very high. It still requires long-term training and small-scale battles before they can truly be effective on the battlefield.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for where to train Eren, I have also thought about it. If I have the chance, I will drag these soldiers to Eriador in two or three months after the autumn harvest. , let the Northern Ranger help with training, and by the way, fight a small-scale battle with the dark forces that are gradually becoming active over there.
Or heading to Lothlórien and having a encounter with the orcs of Moria there is also a better option. Although there may be some problems with marching and fighting in winter, as long as the logistics support is good, the problem should be solved.
It's not big either.
During this period, after communicating with Fatis, Alleyn and Bandak, Allen took back the position of army commander among them and replaced it with the position of commander.
Because as the number of soldiers increases, and there are more places to be garrisoned, it becomes inappropriate to continue to manage them according to different types of arms, so Allen plans to simply divide the thousands of soldiers under him into
Teams of Ten, Teams of Hundreds and Teams of Thousands.
The one thousand infantrymen who have become standing soldiers, except for the crossbowmen, Allen will divide them evenly into three people to lead, and he will also provide two hundred sets of heavy infantry equipment within one or two years to make their troops more capable.
After the equipment composition has reached a relatively balanced state, whether it will develop into a special force with unique capabilities due to different garrison locations is what the three of them will consider in the later stage, and Allen will not participate.
Then the newly added citizen soldiers were asked to manage 700 people each, and a whole thousand-man team was formed under their command. They were responsible for the daily training and defense changes, and the remaining citizen soldiers became the reserve team.
To cope with emergencies and to replace soldiers who died in battle.
Fatis's position as military minister will not change as a result. Without Allen's personal command, Fatis still has the final say in the military affairs.
The cavalry troops and Desaiwei's cavalry archer troops were led by Allen himself. At the same time, Allen also allocated some horses from the Horse Wrangling Village to Fatis, Alleyn and Bandak, allowing them to form a team of their own.
Own cavalry reconnaissance force.
After these three troops gradually mature, Allen will be able to collect weapons and equipment suitable for these citizen soldiers. By then, Allen, who has three thousand infantry and hundreds of cavalry, with the help of his dwarf allies, should
You can fight Ashur head-on. Even if you can't beat him, it doesn't matter. There are still elves from the Woodland Kingdom guarding your back pockets. If you can't beat him, you can still run away.
So before Sauron makes any bigger moves, Allen is actually invincible after the army is formed, but it will take several years of preparation.
What Allen didn't expect was that Gondor actually sent a small cavalry force composed of Gondor knights before he was ready. When winter entered in 2942 of the Third Era, they arrived.
In Allen's territory, the leader is Sengel, the first heir of the Rohan Kingdom.
When Sengor, who was already 37 years old, had just come of age, he left Edoras early because of his father's relationship and went to Minas Tirith to serve Turgon, the Prime Minister of Gondor at that time.
In fact, if Gandalf hadn't asked for help, he would have married Morwen, who was born in Los Arnach, next year.
Allen still knows a little about Sengel. This guy will reluctantly become the 16th king of Rohan in about ten years, and during his reign he has done a good job in recovering what his father had lost.
Royal face.
His son Theoden would also lead the Rohan hussars to support Gondor during the Holy War of the Ring, winning the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and dying there at the same time.
At this time, Sengel came to Wilderness Town with a letter from Turgon, the Prime Minister of Gondor. It was obvious that Gandalf's request for help had come to fruition.
After settling Sengel and his party who were tired from the journey, Allen opened the letter Turgon gave him.
In fact, Turgon was a very lucky prime minister. During his reign, Gondor did not encounter any decent things. His father Turin II was also the 23rd prime minister of Gondor.
During his reign, Yinsilion of Gondor was invaded by Mordor. With the help of Rohan, he repelled the enemy. For this reason, Rohan lost two king heirs.
Then after Turgon took over, Mordor settled down, because at that time Sauron was lurking in Dol Guldur, looking for his treasure, the Supreme Lord of the Rings, and preparing to concentrate his efforts on the Lonely Mountain, so both sides at this stage,
It can be said that they have lived in peace for nearly fifty years.
At this time, Turgon was already over eighty years old, and his Númenor bloodline was far less pure than Aragorn. In Allen's memory, he only lived to be over 90 years old. In a few years, he might
He was about to abdicate, and now Sauron was concentrating most of his energy on rebuilding Barad-dur, and had no interest in harassing Gondor on a large scale.
After Turgon's son Ecthelion II came to the throne, he was not as lucky as his father, because Sauron had already freed his hands and feet, and the conflicts between Gondor and Mordor officially increased.
Dor will not only have to face the Orcs of Mordor, but also the sea pirates of Umbar, the Haradhs from the south, the Donyi and the Variags surrounding Mordor will all become Gondor's opponents.
Under attack from many parties, Gondor's situation will take a turn for the worse, but now, Turgon, who is already over eighty years old, politely calls Alan king in the letter, and at the same time expresses his concern for the ravages of Rovanni.
An Dongyi people, Gondor will never sit idly by. When necessary, Allen can send messengers to ask for help. Considering Gondor's relationship with the northern humans, he will definitely send an elite team when the time comes.
The troops served as support to assist Allen in driving away the enemies who invaded Rovanion. Of course, in the days to come, he also hoped that Allen could lend a helping hand when Gondor needed it.
Allen didn't know how Gandalf introduced himself in front of Turgon. With the name "King", Allen felt that he might not be able to bear the responsibility in front of the prime minister of Gondor. After all, the population of Gondor at this time was at least two.
There are more than 100,000 people. If you really want to recruit an army, there is still no problem with tens of thousands of people. It's just that Gondor's territory is very large, there are too many enemies, and there are many places that need to be defended, so there is no way to gather the soldiers together.
But the fact is that it is impossible for Allen to show his timidity in front of Sengel.
Although he will become a wise king in ten years, Sengel, who has been traveling for several months at this time, feels somewhat unhappy in his heart. When he is about to prepare for the wedding, he is sent by his own monarch thousands of kilometers away.
It is impossible to carry out tasks in other places without any complaints. Especially when Sengel saw that the strength of Wilderness Town was far less powerful than he imagined, his attitude would naturally become less so under the influence of various factors.
polite.
Through careful observation, Allen can naturally feel the alienation hidden under the politeness. If he thinks about it carefully, Allen can also imagine the reason why Sengel has such an attitude.
So at the dinner party for Sengel and his party, Allen summoned all his men to accompany him, and also invited several skin-changers to support him. He also asked Grim to perform a major transformation directly on the scene.
The live bear made Sengel, who thought he was well-informed, become more polite.
Looking at the dwarves, elves, and tall humans who could transform into bears, Sengel had some changes in this unusually polite northern leader. Even in Gondor, there were no dwarves willing to serve humans for a long time, let alone
It can be said that the stay lasted for several years. Most of the dwarves came with invitations and left immediately after completing their work.
As for the elves, not to mention, in Sengel's decades of life, he has only seen elves very rarely, let alone having elves as his subordinates, which is simply a luxury.
Sengel is a very smart man, otherwise he would not be able to become Turgon's effective subordinate and be called a sage in the future. At this time, all the signs in the banquet hall indicate that this person is smiling in front of him.
The exuberant young man is a very powerful lord, and at least his relationship with the elves and dwarves is extraordinary, so Gandalf's previous words may not be an exaggeration.
With the change in attitude, the conversation between Sengel and Allen gradually became heated. After learning Allen's true age, Sengel was full of surprise and couldn't help asking Allen if he was a Númenorean.
After all, he was serving the prime minister of Gondor at this time, and discovering the Númenóreans living outside was an extremely important thing for Gondor.
After careful consideration, Allen shook his head and said that he did not know his bloodline. In fact, Allen certainly knew that he did not have the blood of the Númenóreans, but he could not express it publicly. On the one hand, he had a long lifespan and revealed everything that ordinary humans know.
It is difficult to explain all this without knowledge that he should not have and without a good family background.
On the other hand, from the bottom of his heart, Allen hopes that he can have the identity of a Númenor, so that it will be much easier for him to do things in the future. When communicating with Rohan, Gondor and the Northern Rangers, he will have innate knowledge.
A bonus to his favorability, and if he wants to pretend, almost no one can see through it.
But Allen didn't want to explain it himself, he wanted others to guess the result.
Sure enough, Sengel, who had already been calculating in his heart, became more enthusiastic at this time, and the relationship between the two gradually transformed into friends during the conversation.