Black Iron Crown

After inspecting several barracks in a row, Earl Redmara felt much better, because the training of these soldiers was indeed very effective, and they gradually became stronger through good nutrition and training.

According to the current situation, it only takes one year to have a good combat effectiveness. It only takes two or three years of training to become a group of skilled veterans. It only takes a few battles to transform into an elite with one as ten.

Earl Redmara decided that after a year, the empire's finances would be better, and he would recruit another 10,000 soldiers to enrich its military strength.

After the incident of the Bukden Kingdom, they once again truly felt the importance of the army. The economic situation of the empire is still very good. Although two-thirds of the western border was ceded, the land in the west is not prosperous. How much profit will it bring.

Although the northern border is independent, it has not cut off the trade between the two sides. Although the annuity has been reduced a little, it is helpless.

What's more, the commercial routes in the south have been unblocked, and in the past few months, merchants from the Kingdom of Bookern have also flooded into the empire because of the exemption from tariffs. Although they do not pay tariffs, they have to pay some transaction taxes.

In addition, they buy goods from individual merchants, and the empire can also extract taxes from local merchants.

When the empire was gearing up, the Kingdom of Bukeden was also undergoing large-scale military reforms.

King Satri led an army of 12,000 in the western region. He should have been in a state of destruction. Even if he couldn't defeat the enemy cleanly, at least he shouldn't have been beaten so badly.

Although they were not defeated in the end, their performance on the battlefield really embarrassed King Satri, and King Satri really felt uneasy through this time.

How could such an army maintain its own rule, and those mercenaries, who were simply the most unreliable group of people in the world, actually had to be paid twice before they were willing to perform their due duties.

Therefore, King Satri felt that it was not enough to be in his own hands, and there should be more troops to maintain his rule.

The mercenaries didn't know that what they had done had completely angered King Satri and wanted to expel them from the Kingdom of Bukeden.

Holding the double remuneration they got from King Satri, they lingered in various taverns, brothels, and casinos. Their extravagant consumption actually slightly boosted the economic development of the Kingdom of Bukeden.

Pimon City was very prosperous as the capital of the Bukden Kingdom, and the tailors and tailors in the city were extremely happy.

Because they received a large order, almost enough for all the tailors in the city to get a piece of the pie.

Unlike the soldiers of the Empire, who basically did not have a unified military uniform, and only wore armed clothing when they were not wearing armor, and wore a heraldic burqa when they were wearing armor, the Kingdom of Bookern was richer, and at the same time, it also had a higher pursuit of vision.

The Ridkar Empire and even the entire Ridkar nation, they only pursue practicality rather than beauty. It is enough to save their lives on the battlefield, and there is no need to spend another penny.

Use the money saved from making military uniforms to buy spices and wine, isn't he delicious? Only people with a brain will spend money on these flashy military uniforms.

But as the saying goes, full of warmth and thoughtful, in the wealthy Bookeden Kingdom, they pay attention to appearance while paying attention to practicality.

Uniforms that are too ugly may even affect morale.

These tailors started working immediately after receiving the order,

A full two thousand sets of military uniforms allow everyone to get enough orders.

In the deliberation hall of the royal palace of Pimon City, the vassals of the Kingdom of Bukeden were gathering here to discuss with King Satri the next matter regarding the reform of the army.

"Your Majesty, is it really necessary to expand the army like this? This is too heavy a burden for us. There are so many mercenaries roaming around in the kingdom. If there is a war, we just need to hire them, isn't it?"

Although the behavior of these mercenaries on the battlefield is clearly seen by everyone, there are still some people who are unwilling to spend too much money to support the army.

This is not a small sum of money, military pay, food, training, and weapons and equipment are all things that need to be spent.

Standing army and mercenaries are completely different concepts in terms of phone bills. It may not be useful for a year or two to support a regular army, and it may be a full three years to support a group of free-living soldiers. Some lords think it is not worth it.

On the contrary, although mercenaries are sometimes not so easy to use, they cost much less money.

This group of lords who love to enjoy themselves and want extravagance would rather use their money for pleasure than for military expansion.

This is the essential difference between the lord of the Bookden Kingdom and the lord of Ridka. Even if the lord of the empire has money, the first thing he does is definitely not enjoyment.

Instead, expand the army at the first time, so that they have a strong military strength, and then strengthen the construction of the castle, and strive to leave a castle that can be passed on for hundreds of years to future generations.

In the end, if there is money left, it will be the turn of the lords to enjoy themselves.

Maybe they spend some money to treat themselves, but the bulk of the spending is definitely on the army.

Perhaps the peace of the past ten years has slightly dampened the ambitions of the lords everywhere, but the idea of ​​being prepared for danger in times of peace will not disappear.

The Kingdom of Bukeden has been prosperous for hundreds of years, and the folk customs of martial arts have been completely eroded by Sanzhang Ruanhong.

Therefore, many lords are not willing to spend money to build more troops when they are not facing the difficulties of life and death. It is enough to have a group of thugs to help them dominate.

What's more, although King Satri is the ruler of the Kingdom of Bukeden, the number of troops under his command is completely a private matter of the lords, and King Satri has no right to forcibly interfere.

"We must expand our army. You have all seen the virtues of those mercenaries on the battlefield. They are not reliable at all. In the end, we must rely on our loyal warriors!"

"Even the regular armies under our respective command are not qualified at all. You have all seen the soldiers of the empire. Now the empire has weakened like that, but his army is still so strong. This is something we don't have. of!"

"If someone hits our territory, do we have to rely on those mercenaries to fight? I am afraid that at that time, the mercenaries will be more willing to help our enemies break into our castle! They are no different from hyenas. Despicable people, they have no sense of honor!"

"We have incomparably rich wealth, and everyone covets our gold coins. Such an army cannot guarantee that our property and territory will not be violated. Therefore, we must expand our army to protect our property!"

"Even when we become stronger, we can use our invincible army to force various countries to sign trade agreements with us, just like the empire, exempting us from tariffs. Think about what kind of benefits that is! The relationship between countries The interests of the world do not depend on trade!"

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