"There is no need to form an alliance, but trading can still be done. Who doesn't make money? As long as they provide what we need, the trade agreement with the Lords and Nobles also applies to them."
Sean would not look down upon the slave rebels just because they were fighting in the name of justice. So far, all they had brought to the leader of the Manyu Army was destruction.
It is currently unclear whether the slave rebel army had any profound historical significance in promoting the slave liberation movement led by the Manyu Army. Now, not only the nobles and nobles, but also the small-scale people are scolding them, equating them with the rogues.
, because they seriously interfere with their normal lives.
Before their uprising, they could barely make ends meet, but now they must face the threat of hunger and death.
The plundering of the slave rebels was only one aspect. On the other hand, in order to deal with the threat posed by the rebels, the lords and nobles began to recruit troops. Not only did the people of the territories have to face arbitrary expropriation, men might also be forcibly recruited into the army.
Go and never return.
When it prospers, the people suffer; when it dies, the people suffer.
In this chaotic era with imperfect systems and laws, this sentence explains it vividly.
However, Sean was not prepared to hold high the banner of justice and join forces with Manyu's army to destroy him.
No matter how big his belly is, how much food he can eat, he is just the general of the Eternal Night Army. He only needs to be responsible for the tens of thousands of people under his command. The life and death of other people should not be his concern.
If you haven't reached that level, but you have to have the world in mind, it's nonsense in itself.
"How far can it be achieved? Can the limits be relaxed a little?"
Marshall's eyes lit up. As the deputy general, he was now in charge of logistics and supplies. The pressure was quite high. The Evernight Army's ability to create wealth was amazing, but its ability to spend money was equally amazing.
Eating people and chewing horses, paving roads and building bridges, clearing land for farming, updating armaments, resettling mountain residents, building villages and fortresses, which one does not require money?
From the very beginning, there was no such thing as corvee or relief in the Evernight Legion. They all implemented work-for-relief. When they gradually accumulated a certain amount of assets, they turned into employment.
Why the Eternal Night Legion has such strong vitality and creative ability cannot be fooled by words. Even if the soldiers of the Eternal Night Legion have such a high level of consciousness, it does not mean that the mountain people also have it, but it is different if they have money to earn and food to eat.
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Working the same thirteen or four hours a day, under the whipping of a whip and under the temptation of money, are two completely different concepts, both in terms of efficiency and mood.
Recently, the Eternal Night Army has started to build the Twin Cities again. Marshall has seen the budget, and it is a bottomless hole, with one head and two big holes. When he looks at what he sees now, his first reaction is how much it is worth.
It is basically impossible for the Eternal Night Army to fill this hole by itself. If the Eternal Night Army cannot stop its own development for this reason, then the gains outweigh the losses.
Marshall could only turn his attention to the deal with Commander Manyu, which was one of the current financial pillars of the Evernight Legion.
The main trade products between the two parties are honey, Tang's studded armor, various finished medicinal materials, nuts and mountain goods, and a small amount of leather goods.
The merchants led by Manyu's army exported coal, salt, linen, a small amount of food and daily necessities to the Evernight Army.
Compared with Manyu Army Leader, many products of Yongye Army have undergone secondary processing and contain quite a lot of moisture.
For example, the transaction price of Tang's studded armor has been very low in the eyes of the businessmen led by Manyu Army. However, due to the advanced technology of the era adopted by the Yongye Army, the cost is unimaginably low. As the technology becomes increasingly mature, the cost
You can continue to push down, which can be called huge profits.
In fact, the production of Tang's studded nails is increasing day by day, but the trading volume has not fluctuated much.
After all, this kind of thing is a military product, and the two sides are in a state of hostility. The Evernight Army must also be careful about the number of cards. The first is to prevent excessive aggression against the enemy, and the second is to prevent excessive display of wealth.
Now that the Manyu Army Leader is in chaos, the threat to the Evernight Army has plummeted, and it is possible to trade in large quantities. However, the problem is that it is difficult to transport the goods from the Manyu Army Leader.
If the slave rebel army moves eastward and is close to them, there will be convenient trade conditions.
Don't underestimate the slave rebel army. Now they are no longer the poor people who had nothing at first. They have successively captured more than ten cities and dozens of castles. The wealth accumulated by the lords and nobles for many years has become their spoils of war.
They now have a lot of wealth with nowhere to spend it.
Marshall had long been concerned about it, but it was just that the two sides were too far apart and had no motivation.
"As long as it doesn't involve confidential core products and they are willing to buy them, we can sell them without any taboos."
Obviously, it is not only Marshall who is concerned about the wealth in the hands of the slave rebel army, but Sean has also been eyeing it for a long time. Those things are a waste of money if placed among the nouveau riche. Only in the hands of the Eternal Night Army can more wealth be created.
"Understood." Marshall showed an understanding smile.
He quickly calculated in his mind which products were suitable for trading with the slave rebel army.
Although it is still a transaction, the needs of both parties are completely different.
At the very least, the slave rebel army's demand for honey, a luxury product, is far less than that of Lord Manyu, the leader of the army, and the nobles.
Tang's studded armor is definitely a hot commodity. Their demand and urgency are even higher than those of Lord Manyu and the nobles. Even after plundering so many cities and castles, the slave rebel army's armor armor rate will never exceed five
One out of ten, many of them went into battle with farm tools.
Naturally, the price cannot be sold to the Lord and Nobles of the time, and must be increased by at least 50%. It is not that Marshall has a prejudice against the slave rebel army, but purely from the perspective of a businessman, maximizing profits.
The original transaction with the Lords and Nobles was for a long-term plan, and since they could provide them with the materials they needed, the initiative was relatively in the hands of the other party. In order to tempt them to take the initiative to trade with you, you would naturally have to make concessions on price.
Just the opposite of the deal with the slave rebel army, although it is not a one-time deal, it will definitely not last long. They will be defeated or flee at any time. Even if they can really capture the leader of Manyu's army, they will have to wait until they are defeated.
Before this, it was a seller's market. They had to beg for themselves, and it was natural for them to raise the price.
Not only Tang's studded armor, but also the leather armor that the Eternal Night Legion replaced, after repairing it, can be sold back to them and used as waste.
Not only armor, weapons are also in demand. Iron weapons are also scarce in the Evernight Legion, but there is no shortage of bows and crossbows in the Evernight Legion, especially Andis hunting bows and a bag of grain. Those Andis mountain people will snatch them up and sell them to the Evernight Legion.
Legion, even a finely crafted vulture bow can be exchanged for three bags of salt.
The most indispensable thing in the mountains is all kinds of bow-making wood. Every Andis hunter is a good bow-making expert. Who doesn’t have three to five good bows? Who doesn’t store a few pieces of high-quality bow-making wood?
If Sean began to collect bow-making wood as medical fees, it was the first time that mountain people stored bow-making wood.
Then the Yongye Legion purchased bow-making wood on a large scale and directly turned it into a traditional custom of the mountain people.
If the slave rebel army didn't come up with five bags of food, they would never have thought of getting a bow from the Eternal Night Army.
The Eternal Night Army does not make money from the dirty money of its own people, even if it gives the mountain people the price of two bags of grain, they still make some money.
"Relf's focus in the recent period is the direction of Manyu's military leadership. The files of hereditary viscounts and above must be compiled into volumes and ready for reference at any time."
"Yes, General!"
"Marshall has put a lot of effort into logistics dispatch. Some things should be properly decentralized. Don't let yourself be so tired. Just do a good job in the final review and give more opportunities to the young people of the Military Staff. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. As long as they can be corrected in time,
They can all be forgiven. If you don’t give them more opportunities to do things because they are afraid of making mistakes, they will never grow up. I made such a mistake in the past. If I still keep you by my side now, you will never have a chance to mature. You
Don't follow my old path. I heard that you have neglected your own exercise recently because of military affairs? This is unacceptable. As a general, you don't ask everyone to work hard for the champion knight. At least it makes sense. You only have a good body.
Only then will you have more energy! At this point, Ralph has done a good job, and you have to learn from him."
Sean said to Marshall seriously.
There is no perfect person in this world, everyone has their own flaws, Sean does, and so does Marshall.
When I was with Sean before, I didn't feel it yet, but when I started doing things independently, I was exposed bit by bit.
Marshall said that if it sounds good, he means being careful and doing everything personally; if it sounds bad, he likes to take power and has to intervene in everything and have a hand in it.
This kind of thing should be said in private to take care of Marshall's face, but Sean said it several times, but the effect was not good, so he brought it up specifically at this time, and deliberately compared it with Ralph.
Ralph looked at Sean with a look that was obviously filled with resentment. Sean was trying to correct Marshall's shortcomings by bringing him in. With Marshall's strong personality, he would definitely compete with him everywhere in the future.
"Got it!" Marshall responded dully. No matter who it was, his face would not look too good when he was called out on such an occasion, but his weakness was indeed grasped by Sean, and his eyes were burning.
flames of war.
"Let me give you some information here. I plan to hold a military competition and establish an officer school on the second anniversary of the establishment of the Yongye Legion. At that time, you will be the first batch of students and the first batch of instructors.
It would be a huge disgrace if the students were to take the limelight out of the spotlight!"
Sean has such a desire to set up his own academy, not just for a day or two. Although he has been doing similar things, most of the soldiers of the Evernight Legion, when meeting him, call him general and at the same time respectfully call him teacher.
But after all, he is a wild man. He is far from the level of a scholar. The typical saying is that he is miscellaneous but not refined. It is okay to teach basic things, but when it comes to professionalism, he has nowhere to exert his own strength.
It is always in a charging state.
As the Yongye Legion develops and grows, the number of residents under its leadership is increasing. Both the officers of the Yongye Legion and the middle and low-level managers feel that they are unable to do what they do. After all, many people are just trying to catch up.
Stones crossing the river.
Even though he has formed a set of experiences of his own in the past two years, it is still a wild road with mixed advantages and disadvantages, which has exposed many problems. Sean has been sending people to collect these experiences into a book, regardless of whether they are good or bad. Prepare
It is used for communication and learning. The good ones are widely publicized and learned, and the bad ones are used as warnings and corrections.
This will be the first mission of the officer academy.
"So fast?" Not only Marshall, but also Ralph was surprised and felt a little unprepared.
They knew that Sean was planning to set up a military academy, but they didn't expect Sean to be so eager. It's still half a year away from the second anniversary of the formation of the Evernight Legion, but the military academy is full of problems, not to mention the teachers, even the location selection.
It hasn't been finalized yet, so it's not an exaggeration to say that it only exists in ideas.
"The sooner it is established, the better. Some bad habits of many officers have not yet been completely finalized and are easy to correct. Once they are integrated into their bones, they will not only destroy themselves, but also lead a group of soldiers to bad. It doesn't matter if there are no instructors. We
You can learn and train at the same time, and when the first batch of students graduate, our teachers will be qualified."
Sean is familiar with this, because he knows that the road the Eternal Night Army is taking now is a road that no one has ever walked in this world. No one can teach them, not even Sean.
At best, he is a guide, using some experiences from his previous life to point out a relatively feasible path so that they can avoid detours. For specific implementation, they still need to fumble forward together.
"It's better to establish it earlier, it's better to establish it earlier. I've long wanted to taste what it's like to be a teacher." Skullcrusher Mikey squeezed the Kabaka with both hands, and he didn't know what he was thinking of, and he let out a low laugh, which was exactly like a
He is a murderous pervert, and I don’t know if he connected the teacher with the butcher.
Others rolled their eyes and simply ignored this guy who spoke without thinking.
"There will be a special meeting on the establishment of the military academy, so I won't say much more today." Sean continued the previous topic, "The matter of contact and transactions with the slave rebel army will be left to Marshall. We must proceed with caution.
, the slave rebel army is a mixed bag of good and bad, don’t suffer their consequences.”
"Yes, General!"
"General McGee, please keep a closer eye on the Eastern Front. That group of rabble-rousers have been doing more and more excessively recently. If they do anything unscrupulous again, you might as well take a tougher stance. Just because we don't want to start a war now doesn't mean we haven't started a war."
strength."
"If you ask me to shrink like before, it will be difficult for me. After shrinking for such a long time, I will almost turn into a turtle son and grandson. If you are tougher, you have found the right person, hehe... What I am best at is
This! I've said it a long time ago. When dealing with these guys who bully the weak and fear the strong, we can't get used to it. If anything happens, we'll give them a slap. We will definitely do it honestly!"
Skullcrusher Mikey touched his bald head and boasted to himself.
In order to set an example, Sean and McGee took the lead in shaving their heads. Afterwards, Sean and the others grew their hair out again. Although it was a short haircut, McGee became addicted to keeping it bald because it was easy to take care of. He only had to keep it for three days.
On the fifth day, use a dagger to shave in a circle. Wash your face as usual, wipe it with a hot towel, and wash your hair together. You don’t have to worry about attracting parasites. This is the ideal hairstyle for lazy people.
What kind of people and what kind of soldiers they lead? The Skull Crusher Legion basically has this virtue. If they take off their helmets, they will look like a monk legion.
"From now on, we will do what you want. If anything happens, we will all tell you the truth!" A cold look flashed in Sean's eyes.
The Walled City Alliance is the pigs kept in the back garden of the Eternal Night Legion, and then slaughtered after they are fattened.
Pigs should have the consciousness of being pigs. It would be wrong to destroy the pig pen and provoke the owner when there is nothing wrong.
In the past, there was pressure from the leader of the Manyu Army, and the Yongye Army could not act rashly. Now there is no pressure from the other side. If this fat pig still doesn't know what to do, the Yongye Army doesn't mind trying how fast its own sword can be sharpened.