The ventilation ducts on the ceiling blew cool breeze, and a chandelier swayed from side to side driven by the air flow.

The light illuminates the closed room and the two people in front of and behind the desk.

Baron Sergei wore the uniform of the Wolf Brigade of the city militia. He specially found the best tailor in the Holy Mountain to make changes to the original city militia uniform, making the style of the new uniform closer to the uniform of the Imperial Army. The overall style was tough.

Highlight the heroic spirit of soldiers.

For today's army formation ceremony, Baron Sergei also specially cut his hair short, all in imitation of the standards of an imperial officer.

Sitting opposite Baron Sergei is the envoy of the Celtic Duke. He is an old barbarian, wearing a robe that only barbarian nobles are qualified to wear. His muscles are no longer as strong as young people, and his loose skin sticks to

The bones further highlight the barbarian's large frame.

The special envoy gave good advice to Baron Sergei: "The Wolf Brigade is a city militia that maintains security on the Holy Mountain, not a formal army that conducts military operations.

Look at the other militia groups. Those young barbarians don't even have a pair of leather armor, and their weapons are just iron and wood clubs. This can already handle all the incidents that happen in the holy mountain. It is not necessary to fight with heavy armor against civilians.

Soldiers, let alone war machinery and magic projectile cannons.

baron!

The Duke understands your mood and knows that you want to fight for the freedom of Tedega Hills. But you must consider the mood of your colleagues and the barbarian commanders. The equipment of the Wolf Brigade is already better than the steel of the Duke's Castle.

It's not a good thing for you to be a good soldier."

"Count Rammutu..." Baron Sergei respected the old barbarian count: "You have the title of the brain of the Duke's Castle. You are a wise man and a nobleman respected by everyone, including the Duke.

I feel extremely honored that you came to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Canglang Brigade.

With your wisdom and understanding of war, you must understand that the war potential of the old system in Tedga Hills is extremely exhausted. The power of barbarians alone cannot drive away the steel-armed imperial army. Only the human army loyal to the Duke participates in the war.

, it is possible to reverse the situation.

The battlefield of the Blue Wolf Brigade is not on the Holy Mountain, and the opponent is not civilians, but the main army of the empire. All soldiers of the empire are armed with steel and magic. During the battle, they will orderly invest war machines, alchemy war golems, and

Airships drop campaign magic.

If I let my soldiers carry wooden sticks and wear civilian clothes on the battlefield, they will die. I will not bury the first human army in Tedga Hills like this."

Barbarian Earl Rammutu sighed: "You are right, the current imperial army is no longer the former imperial army, and the barbarian army lags behind this era. But the Duke has recognized the mistakes we have made, and he

While actively preparing for changes, I heard that adults have made up their minds to lift the factory restrictions.

This is a great thing for you humans who are good at doing business. The barbarians will have to pay a very high price for these changes. The Duke will face a lot of pressure. The barbarian nobles and tribal leaders will not let it go.

These measures were implemented successfully.

The Duke doesn't want you humans to stimulate the barbarians and make money quietly during this special period, and don't drive these expensive machines around. Those barbarians who have been impacted and bankrupt will not be able to bear this gap."

If Baron Sergei had not had that dinner with Luke, he might have agreed to Count Rammutu's request this time in order not to irritate the barbarians.

Now Baron Sergey has learned to get out of his own limitations and look at problems from a macro perspective.

In the past, factory restrictions were implemented in Tedga Hills. Who was restricted?

The ones that are restricted are humans who are good at doing business.

However, even if there are factory restrictions, the wealth generally owned by humans is still higher than that of barbarians. Look at the wealthy businessmen with the highest wealth in the entire Holy Mountain. Several of them are barbarians... Mrs. Fekchik, a prodigal woman, is not included.

Now, under the pressure of the war, the Celtic Duke has to lift the factory restrictions and speed up the industrialization of Tedega Hills. This will inevitably cause the wealth gap between humans and barbarians to continue to increase, and those barbarians who have gone bankrupt due to factories will definitely be jealous.

Human race.

Can the problem be solved by the human race giving in and forbearing?

cannot!

The knife is in the hand of the savage.

If the conflict between barbarians and humans had to be unleashed, the Celtic Duke would never stand on the side of humans.

We human merchants swore to be loyal to the Celtic Duke from generation to generation, but the Duke did not swear to protect the interests of the human race from barbarians from generation to generation.

It is safest to hold your destiny in your own hands.

At this moment, Baron Sergei had never felt so strongly grateful to a person. If he was forced to give up the armed wolf brigade, these weapons might be used when barbarians burst into his home and robbed him.

I wonder if Mr. Luke has arrived at the military camp?

I wonder if he has any opinions on the Canglang Brigade?

Seeing that Baron Sergei didn't answer for a long time, Count Rammutu thought that he was hesitating and considering giving in, so he said: "Your Majesty the Duke will not take away your weapons in vain. He also knows that these things are the products of which you have spent a lot of effort and effort."

Obtained by wealth.

You can give the Duke a bill and all the money will be deducted from future taxes."

Taxes, aren't the Celtic Dukes able to collect them however they want?

If the money doesn’t arrive directly into your account, it will be difficult to get it later!

Baron Sergey replied: "Thank you again, Your Majesty. The city militia is a non-military unit and belongs to the urban security team voluntarily formed by the residents of the Holy Mountain. Therefore, in addition to part of the city's financial allocation, the city militia's salary and equipment also receive private funding.

Donate.

The current equipment of the Canglang Militia Brigade, except for a few hundred wooden sticks, all other materials came from donations from various parties. I have no right to give away or destroy these things without authorization.

If the Duke feels that these weapons and equipment are not suitable for the urban militia, please ask the Duke's Castle to issue formal orders and documents, and I will arrange to return all these donations as soon as possible."

Count Rammutu's public mission this time was to represent the Duke at the inauguration ceremony of the Wolf Brigade. There was no formal order to collect the weapons and equipment of the Wolf Brigade.

The Duke hopes that the Wolf Brigade will be handed over voluntarily, rather than the Duke's castle issuing a formal order to ask for it.

The industrialization of Tedga Hills must also rely on the human race, and the enthusiasm of the human race cannot be overshadowed.

Rammutu did not expect that Baron Sergei would dare to disobey the Duke's order. He couldn't help but said angrily: "Baron! You are now very trusted and reused by the Duke. There will be better things waiting for you in the future. Don't let the Duke

The Lord questions your loyalty!"

When his loyalty was questioned, Baron Sergei jumped up as if his tail was between his legs: "My loyalty to the Duke is unquestionable. I am always ready to lead the Wolf Brigade to the forefront of the battlefield and use my life to snatch back what belongs to the Duke."

territory.

My enemy is not the civilians of the Holy Mountain, but the invading imperial army. If my soldiers want to defeat them, they must have weapons equivalent to theirs, and these weapons require time to learn and train.

Please tell the Duke that when he needs the Wolf Brigade to go to the battlefield, I guarantee that this army will definitely attack in any direction he points!"

Baron Sergei spoke impassionedly and with awe-inspiring justice, as if he was about to reveal his heart and soul to the Celtic Duke.

Count Rammutu was left speechless.

"Okay..." Count Rammutu said helplessly: "I will convey your thoughts and your loyalty to the Duke. I believe that the Duke also hopes to see the Wolf Brigade appear in the battle against the Imperial Army as soon as possible.

On the battlefield.

But I still suggest not to be too arrogant, don’t let your soldiers wear armor out of the military camp, let alone those heavy-duty big guys.”

This level is over!

Baron Sergei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately assured: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency, the Wolf Brigade will never use the weapons used against the Imperial Army against the civilians of the Holy Mountain."

Rammutu nodded, and then asked: "I heard that you recruited the human strongman Luke to join your wolf team?"

Baron Sergei replied: "Yes, Lord Earl! You know Lord Duke, he doesn't want the results of the Hercules final held in the Duke's Castle to stimulate the barbarians, so I made a private deal with Luke Hercules.

Taking up the position of Inspector General of the Blue Wolf Brigade was part of the deal.

For this, I paid him an additional 50 million Reichsmarks."

"50 million! So much!" Rammutu was shocked by the amount of money Baron Sergey said: "Do you really need so much money?"

"In order not to irritate the barbarians, but also in order for the game to proceed smoothly and satisfy all parties. I think it is very worthwhile to pay this amount of money.

Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the 50 million Imperial Marks will be paid in full by me. I hope Your Majesty the Duke can see my loyalty."

In Rammutu's opinion, 50 million was too much, but since it was Sergey who paid for it, he certainly couldn't say much.

I can only sigh in my heart: The human race is really too rich!

"Yes, we can't let the results of the game irritate the barbarians!"

Was the Celtic Duke afraid of exciting the barbarians?

He is probably afraid of irritating the human race!

Baron Sergei, who had already seen through everything, showed an incomprehensible smile, and then made an invitation to Rammutu: "The formation ceremony of the Wolf Brigade is about to begin. As the Duke's special envoy, you are our most distinguished person."

of guests.
Chapter completed!