Five hundred and ninetieth chapters are chasing profits
"Your Majesty, the Grand Duke is worried that this is too far away." Sean laughed and said, "The East Odin Prairie is so vast. One of us is in the south and the other is in the east. Even if we eat in one direction, it will take two years.
When our armies meet together, it will not be too late to discuss this issue. After all, the variables are too great. The remnants of the East Odin Empire are not cattle and sheep to be slaughtered, and the tiger in Ulan Baz is not.
He won't let us steal his prey."
"That makes sense." Archduke Cedric nodded, "We will discuss this issue after we meet on the Odin Grassland."
Grand Duke Cedric also knew that plotting the Odin Steppe was not that simple. Those Odin orcs surrendered in front of the Theodin Empire because both sides had the same origin. The East and West Odin Empire was divided. That was the reason above.
Matters at the top have nothing to do with the herdsmen below.
But facing the Byrons, they will resist the invaders. Unless their backbone is broken, there is no way to rule them normally.
"As for the issue of fairness." Sean said calmly, "How can there be absolute fairness in the world? What the Grand Duke just said is not a human factor, but a geographical factor. This is not something you and I can decide, and naturally we cannot be asked to pay the bill.
!So, I can’t make any concessions on this. The only thing I can promise is that you have the first right to purchase military equipment.”
"Deal." Archduke Cedric said without hesitation.
He had already tasted the benefits of the new weapons provided by the Eternal Night Army Leader in the Broken Mouth Blood Cavalry's war against the Theodin Empire. They were able to conquer cities and territories in the Theodin Empire with fifty or sixty thousand iron cavalry and were invincible, relying on the power of black gunpowder.
profit.
In the face of this new type of weapon, the old city walls that had been in disrepair were as soft as tofu, giving the Broken Mouth Blood Cavalry a chance to fight quickly.
Otherwise, their achievements on the Miracle Peninsula will be quite limited. At best, they will wander around, burning small towns to the ground, and will be powerless against large cities.
If we use the old siege mode, let’s not talk about casualties. Even if we want to capture a city regardless of the cost, it will take a few weeks at the most, and sometimes it will take several months or a year and a half, which is quite normal.
This new weapon is not only a weapon for siege, but also a weapon for defense.
If the Theodin Empire really takes retaliatory military action, it will have to rely on the power of this new weapon.
Although the Broken Mouth Blood Castle had already begun to decrypt it after receiving the first batch of black powder, it had lacked financial resources in the past and had no professional talents in this field. Everything was started from scratch.
Load, basically don’t think about it.
Rather than expecting to solve this matter on your own, it is better to place your hope on the Lancelot royal family and hope that they can share technology after they make a breakthrough.
In a short period of time, this new type of weapon still needs to be imported from the Yongye Army.
"I need one hundred thousand barrels of black powder, which need to be delivered before spring." Archduke Cedric continued.
"One hundred thousand barrels of black powder? Your Majesty is planning to use black powder barrels to wash the floor." Sean knew that Broken Mouth Blood Castle would place additional orders for black powder, but he didn't expect it to be so huge when he opened his mouth.
The barrel here is not a small barrel of twenty or thirty kilograms thrown out by an ordinary trebuchet, but a large barrel for the convenience of transportation and sales. Each barrel has a net weight of one hundred kilograms.
Archduke Cedric opened his mouth and placed an order of 10,000 tons. If all of them were made into black powder barrels for projectiles, there would be enough for four to five million barrels. Just using black powder barrels to explode could blow up the Theodin Empire.
This is the fundamental reason why when Sean and Archduke Cedric just discussed it, they were more concerned about the issue of profit sharing and were not too worried about the huge military wave of the Theodin Empire.
The Theodin Empire has gathered unprecedented strength, but the Broken Blood Castle is no longer the Broken Blood Castle it once was.
Without changing the original war mentality, Ulan Bari rashly sent troops to attack the Bloody Fortress, which was just asking for trouble.
Just as Sean speculated, even if there is no small trick from the leader of the Evernight Army, Archduke Cedric will find ways to lure the Theoddin Empire to attack. Before the secret of black powder is revealed by the Theoddin Empire,
Its destructive power was brought to its extreme, severely damaging the Theodin Empire.
"What? Is there a problem?" Archduke Cedric asked worriedly.
"There is no problem with the output, but it is mainly a transportation problem. It will take more than a month for the river section in the Andes Mountains to thaw, and the demand is too large, so it is difficult to ensure that all of it can be shipped." Sean discussed, "I am too nervous before spring.
, if the delivery date can be postponed to one month after the beginning of spring, then everything will be safe. We can find a way to ship half of it first, and there should be no big problem."
"Then it's decided, 50,000 barrels before the start of spring, 50,000 barrels a month after the start of spring, only in advance, not later!" Archduke Cedric made a final decision, "If you arrive on time, I will pay in full, every day.
One week later, the price will be reduced by 20%."
"Deal." Sean nodded in agreement without hesitation. He still had great confidence in the transportation capabilities of the Yong Ye Army Leader.
"Now that we've finished talking about business, we can talk about private matters." Grand Duke Cedric said with a smile, "When are you going to propose to little Sophia Liya? You can't let little Sophia Liya propose to you, right?"
"This is under preparation." Sean patted his chest and assured, "This matter was originally planned, but it was delayed due to unexpected events. I will definitely give Princess Sophia an unprecedented wedding."
"You'd better hurry up." Archduke Cedric put pressure on Sean, "Now all the outstanding young people in the Byron Alliance are staring at this matter, and there will definitely be countless challengers."
"Then defeat all challengers." Sean was full of confidence.
"It's best if you have confidence." Archduke Cedric laughed.
Marrying the regent Princess Sophia will encounter obstacles, and Sean is mentally prepared for this.
After all, he was also from the Andis, and there were many obstacles in his way of seeking a baron in the Byron Alliance, let alone marrying the princess of the Lancelot royal family. Once this news was announced, it would definitely cause an uproar.
In the past, the leaders of the Yongye Army were barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. They didn't care at all about the fluctuations in the political situation such as the Byron Alliance. They could only talk about it, but it was impossible to really bite them.
However, as the economic entanglement between the Yongye Army Leader and the Byron Alliance becomes deeper and deeper, we have to pay attention to this impact. After all, the Yongye Army Leader still needs to extract money from these lords and nobles. If they recruit too many people
Resisting them on goods will further make it more difficult for them to invade and expand their economy.
This matter still needs to be planned carefully, and we need to find opportunities to show more muscles to the Byron Alliance and the importance of the Eternal Night Army Leader to the Byron Alliance.
When the time comes, it will be the Byron Alliance that needs their Eternal Night Army Leader, not the Eternal Night Army Leader that needs them, the Byron Alliance, and everything will fall into place naturally.
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Barzin Steppe.
It was once rich and beautiful, and was called the paradise of Odin orcs.
This winter has turned into a complete hell on earth.
The continuous line of Odin orc dome camps stretches for hundreds of kilometers.
Horses neighing, sheep bleating, cows braying, and people roaring form a vivid picture of life.
Millions of troops.
It sounds like a simple number, but when you put it all together, it's absolutely terrifying.
Especially when it comes to the Odin Orcs.
It not only represents millions of Odin Orcs, but also represents millions of war horses.
It is impossible to march and fight on the vast Odin prairie without war horses. Even those prisoners of war and slaves can be assigned a horse for transportation, not to mention those elite Odin orc warriors who have two horses or even multiple horses.
It's normal, because they know the importance of war horses very well, so every time they attack a city, war horses will become one of the materials they focus on collecting.
With an army of millions of Odin Orcs, it is normal to have more than double the number of horses.
The number of cattle and sheep must be increased ten times based on the military strength. Only this base number of livestock can barely support the food, drink and consumption of this huge army.
Even with such a huge herd, the soldiers of the Theodin Empire still attack frequently, because if they sit here and don't move, they will eat the land. Not only will the people not be able to eat, but even the livestock will have eaten the land.
It was clean, including the dead grass under the snow, which had been chewed clean by those strong prairie cattle.
If you look down from a high altitude, the huge military camp of the Theodin Empire is like a many-legged monster, lying twisted in the core hinterland of the Barsin Prairie.
Every five minutes, an Odin orc cavalry will rush out from any part of this monster with a strange scream, or dozens, or hundreds, or thousands, or occasionally tens of thousands of people.
, rumbled into the depths of the Barsin Prairie.
You know what they are going to do without asking.
There's only one thing they can do here - hunt.
This time they were hunting neither a pack of wolves, nor a herd of yellow sheep, or a herd of bison, or a herd of wild horses. These wild creatures had an extremely keen sense of smell. They had run away completely and slowly before the Theodin Empire's army arrived.
, has long been digested and returned to nature.
There is only one target worthy of hunting by the West Odin Empire - the tribes of the East Odin Empire who have the same face and common ancestors as them.
Similarly, every five or six minutes, a group of cavalry would roar back, some fully loaded, some empty-handed, and some even losing their troops.
The tribes of the East Odin Empire will not surrender when faced with life and death. Many brave people and tribes choose to fight to the death, and will break the teeth of many soldiers of the Odin Empire who come to hunt.
It's just that they were able to escape once, but they couldn't escape the second or third time... If they can't wipe out all the hunting soldiers of the Theodin Empire, it won't be long before they lead a more powerful encirclement and suppression team.
, until there is no dregs left after eating them - no dregs left in the true sense.
The old, weak, sick and disabled were killed on the spot to be used as food for next year's vegetation in the Barsin Prairie.
Women and children who were valuable and strong were demoted to slaves, who not only had to serve them but also satisfy their personal desires.
The same is true for livestock. Those that are expected to survive this winter will be rushed back to the barracks. Those that are too thin will be slaughtered directly, or stewed and eaten, or made into military rations and dried meat.
As for the bloody scenes caused by the massacre, it did not affect their appetite at all.
These Odin Orcs who still choose to take the initiative when there is no war are the best among the best.
The Theodin Empire implemented a relatively primitive military merit reward system. The more valiant warriors and warriors, the more trophies and rewards they received, the more strategic materials they gathered around them, and the herdsmen and herdsmen who followed them.
The more prisoners of war and slaves you have, the greater your rights.
At that time, it will be easier to obtain more, greater military achievements, more trophies and rewards, until it is recognized by their supreme ruler and given a piece of grassland, and then the embryonic form of a small tribe of Odin orcs will appear.
For the Odin Orcs, war is a process of power reshuffle.
The rotten, old and weak were eliminated in the war, or turned into dirt, or became a stepping stone for others to rise.
Brave and powerful, rise in war and become new warriors and rulers.
Therefore, many Odin orcs are happy to hear the battle, because for them, this is an excellent opportunity to change their lives and situations.
After this war, a large wave of new mid-level and low-level leaders will rise in the Theodin Empire, and they are single-handedly promoted by the Emperor Ulan Bage of the Theodin Empire. Their loyalty will be much higher than that of the old forces. They will
Become the backbone of Ulan Bazhi's rule in the Nozhi Empire.
Ulan Baz launched a full-scale war against the East Odin Empire. Although it was a great success, it also contained many calculations of its own. Whether it was from the perspective of embezzling the East Odin Empire or from the perspective of consolidating its own rule, there were many factors involved.
It has far-reaching significance.
In name only, the Lion Tribe Royal Court of the Eastern Odin Empire is the orthodox ruler of the Odin Orcs and the master of the entire Odin Steppe.
Although the Tiger Clan Royal Court in the Theodin Empire has always been dissatisfied with this, believing that this is purely Queen Miranda's personal decision, the Lion Clan and the Tiger Clan have always had equal inheritance rights.
However, the Lion Royal Court has ruled the complete Odin Empire for hundreds of years. This is an undisputed fact. The years have helped the Lion Royal Court solidify this into the hearts of Odin orcs, just as Odin the Great is in their hearts.
status as a god.
Ulan Bari wants to break this perception and raise the status of the Tiger Clan Royal Court high above that of the Lion Clan Royal Court. He must tear the Lion Clan Royal Court into pieces and beat them ruthlessly.
Stepping into the quagmire, he told all the Odin orcs that the Lion Clan Royal Court was no longer enough to protect them, and the powerful Tiger Clan Royal Court was the best choice for the Odin Orcs.
In fact, the main purpose of Ulan Bage's dispatch of troops this time was not to unify the Odin Prairie. There was only one purpose from beginning to end, and that was to completely annihilate the Royal Court of the Lion Tribe.
As long as the Lion Royal Court is destroyed, he will be completely liberated from the three-legged situation.
Even though I know there is a risk of being stabbed in the back by the Byron Alliance, in the long run, it is definitely worth it.
At that time, not only can he slowly encroach on the Eastern Odin Empire, but even if he sends troops to attack the Byron Alliance, no one will stop him or hold him back.
Another purpose is to consolidate his rule.
Although Ulan Bari has a reputation as a virtuous man, his succession to the throne was too short and he was too young. The forces within the Theodin Empire were deeply intertwined. Let’s not talk about other large and small tribes. Let’s just talk about the eight major tribes directly under the Tiger Clan Royal Court.
He can only control three of the core tribes, and the remaining five are controlled by the older generation of chiefs.
They are self-responsible for their contribution to the Tiger Clan Royal Court and Ulan Bari, and they will not listen to the instructions and not listen to the propaganda, but they are also very self-responsible. It is very difficult to mobilize them. In many cases, there is no temptation of profit, so don't expect them to fully support you.
These people have been in high positions for many years and have developed extremely greedy appetites. It is too difficult to fully feed and convince them.
Even Ulan Bazhi, who has a high self-esteem, is not confident to do this. Instead of being frustrated by them, it is more direct to use the war to cultivate a group of new forces that are loyal to him.