When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 777 King Fran's Generous Donation
“Only half of this 100,000 gold pounds of national debt is in cash, and the rest will be delivered in the form of food, armor, and weapons.

The first batch of supplies passed through the Kasha County border checkpoint yesterday and will be handed over before the weekend.

The second batch of cash, 5 pounds, will be cleared in Cassia this weekend."

The autumn wind blew the curtains, and Horn's voice echoed in the conference room full of people.

We have to shout slogans, but we also have to do things.

After completing a series of emergency tasks, including formulating the Nauan River flood discharge plan, taking over the conscription of laborers, recalling soldiers on leave, and other actions, a relatively peaceful period began.

The Leia people couldn't get here for a while, and Horn couldn't send out more troops for a while.

Anyway, he doesn't need to help pay off Meliati's bonds, the bomb has already exploded.

Then these 100,000 gold pounds became Horn's military funds.

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh at the cunningness of King Charles VIII.

Under the pretext of Thousand Valley national debt, they took the money from the manor nobles, placed orders with local arms workshops, and cleared out their inventory.

While weakening the manor nobles, it also increased the strength of the new nobles on its side.

You have to know that most of the industry and commerce are run by the new aristocrats.

Without waiting for the participants to respond, Horn continued to read: "King Fran plans to provide us with 1675 sets of infantry plate armor and 884 sets of cavalry armor...

10500 long-handled weapons such as spears, 7755 short-handled weapons such as sabers...

1400 harnessed war and pack horses and 12000 tons of wheat..."

There are a total of 2559 sets of armor. If the Gray Furnace Arsenal were to produce them, it would take about nine months.

Armor is not like a spear. It can't be made in any village blacksmith shop. Even a specialized sword shop may not be able to make it. It is a technical job.

Only specialized armorers can make armor.

This is not just the guild's doing. The armor requires complex composite materials and layered forging, as well as various sheet metal and heat treatment processes.

Even the simplest infantry armor requires the most basic riveting and hinge technology, and the precise calculation of the joint position and load-bearing capacity.

There were not many armorers in Qianhe Valley. Horn developed a template-based process and gathered most of the armorers to carry out assembly-line manufacturing, which resulted in a monthly output of about 270 sets.

If all the Thousand River Valley armory workshops work together, the time can be shortened to less than 6 months.

These armors can probably equip five infantry regiments and one and a half cavalry regiments.

Among the 1400 horses, 920 were castrated war horses, just enough to fill the gap of one and a half cavalry regiments.

It has to be said that these war horses did solve the urgent problem.

Most of the war horses in the Thousand River Valley were captured from Prince Kongdai. The local Kush rough-hoofed horses are excellent pack horses, but they are not as good as Fran's war horses as war horses.

The maintenance of a warhorse is not cheap. A good warhorse consumes 3-8 tons of feed per year, and even has to eat concentrated feed.

According to Jeanne, a war horse must eat at least 2.5% of its body weight in feed a day, otherwise it will lose weight.

As cold weapons, sabers and spears can equip almost two or one and a half regiments.

As for the 12000 tons of wheat, it is enough to provide enough food for 3 soldiers to train for a year.

Although Charles VIII was a cunning person, he really meant "As long as you can defeat Leia, I will love you as much as I can."

The things given are all real. Even if Horn bought them in Thousand River Valley or in Fran with 5 gold pounds, he might not be able to buy so many supplies.

Lorenzo even proposed that he was willing to support Horn with 8 to 10 gold pounds every six months as long as he could survive the Leia army.

"If you have anything else you want to buy, you can write me a list." Horn put down the data sheet in his hand, "They will appear in the next batch of supplies."

When you look up, you can see the faces of the meeting participants who are taking notes seriously.

The most important members of this meeting were Saint Sun Horn, Cassia County Governor Martin, Lower River County Governor Catherine and Black Snake Bay Federation Ambassador Istria.

"Do you have anything else to ask?" Horn asked again when he saw that no one spoke.

Catherine looked around at the silent staff monks and generals, and took the initiative to speak: "How should these supplies be distributed? The Despot..."

"Ship some food and long-handled weapons to Xialu City."

"Don't you want Her Highness Meliati to join forces with us?"

Horn shook his head: "It's too late. If we retreat from Hotam County directly, Leia's troops will head straight for Lower River County, which will inevitably affect the flood discharge work in Lujiao Township." "Do you want Meliati to defend Xialu City?" Catherine's face showed the temptation clearly.

"Yes." Horn nodded firmly, "I don't want her to withdraw so early."

No matter whether it was the bank monks who had the right to attend the meeting, or the royal priests who came from the Holy See, or the councilors from Black Snake Bay, the same thought arose in their minds.

Your Excellency the Patriarch, are you trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife?

Without even looking, Horn could guess what the people around him were looking at.

But now that the situation is like this, he really has no intention of explaining.

After the incident of "people from the plains killing people from the mountains" fermented, people in various military settlements were in a panic, fearing that they would also be massacred.

In some unoccupied areas, bloody fights broke out between the mountain people and the plains people even at the instigation of some people with ulterior motives.

The mountain people were better equipped and more skilled in martial arts, but the plains people were more numerous, so the two sides always ended up in a tie, wasting their internal strength.

So Horn's next move was to forcibly take over the military settlements and increase the number of Cheka in various regions.

He even wanted to allocate part of the tax police corps of Black Snake Bay to support the Cheka, and let those ruthless battle mages enforce order.

He refused Melia's proposal to join forces and take over the military settlement.

To outsiders, it seemed like they were taking advantage of the situation to seize Meliati's power.

The hurried way he eats looks a bit ugly.

Horn asked himself whether his heart and actions were as clear as a mirror and that everything he did was for the country, but he still had to explain it.

"Giving up directly is not conducive to mobilizing the rear." Horn said concisely, "So we have to withdraw our forces to the front line of Lvwa Township, which is the core area of ​​the mountain knights.

Let the villagers defend the land, and use the water retention dock and the river channel of Xialu City to transport supplies and troops, and delay the enemy's progress. "

"They suffered several major defeats in the early stages. The bastions they built with tens of thousands of gold pounds didn't work. Can we hold them off?"

A strange voice sounded, and everyone turned around, only to see that it was Istra from the Dreamless Scholars Society of Black Snake Bay.

This is different from other secret parties where witches prosper when they are born and decline when they die.

The Dreamless Scholars Society, like the Ruoan Party and the Shadow Society, is an organization that has been passed down for three generations, and all three generations are witches who practice divination-oriented magic.

Horn had always felt that she and the wolf girl were the same type of witches.

Both were in wheelchairs.

The only difference is that the wolf girl can't stand up because she has no legs, while Istria is simply weak and can still walk a few steps with the help of crutches.

Originally, Istra was only on an academic visit to the University of the Holy Trinity.

But halfway through the journey, he heard about the Leia people's early invasion, so he took the initiative to ask to attend the meeting in Rapid City.

"It's better to delay as long as possible. Meliati lost the fortress due to a surprise attack, and the debt crisis broke out." Horn looked at Istra gently, "Now that we are prepared, I still have confidence in the bastion and Meliati."

Estra smiled slightly, with her eyes closed, but she was able to nod accurately to Horn.

"Do you have any questions about Hotam County's strategy?" Horn asked the participants after stacking several documents together and aligning them on the table.

Everyone looked at each other, and except for a few who confirmed the content, there were no other opinions.

After resolving Hotam County's countermeasures, Horn pulled out the next document.

“Given the current dire situation, we need a more efficient and faster administration.

The previous dual leadership model is not suitable for war.

Currently, among the four counties in the plains, in addition to the war zone Hotam County and the Langsander County Special Zone, there are two other counties, namely Lower River County and Kasha County.

So I propose that Qianhe Valley enter a wartime state.

The rural religious orders of these two counties formed a county religious order, with the former county governors, Mr. Martin and Ms. Catherine, serving directly as county priests.

All functions of the original township sheriff were transferred to the township order, and he himself served as the chief of the township night watch, responsible only for public security and the escort of taxes.

Martin and Catherine are both here, what do you think?

(End of this chapter)