The donation of supplies was not simply because of Gavin's wealth, but because the stall their caravan set up on the Dragon Coast was too big. In a short period of time, a large amount of supplies were traded back. When they set out on the road again, some parts had to be streamlined. It can definitely be used as a gift.
Although Gavin rejected Ms. Strategy's title of elector, the two parties became more and more closely tied. Catherine, Zalanda, and Veranika, the top three followers of Ms. Strategy, all gathered together.
What Gavin values the most is the potential of the Yinhong War College, which will be an important production site for mid- and low-level officers in Faerun. He must first put his own stamp on it, especially those civilian students who receive his own funding. He is naturally full of goodwill, which is conducive to recruiting him to his subordinates.
"What are the conditions? Let me tell you." There was a trace of joy that could not be concealed in Catherine's eyes. The Yinhong War College has not been established for a long time. There is another factor that cannot be ignored. Her financial resources are stretched thin.
The Land of Death, where the Strategic Battle Fortress is located, is not a blessed place. It is also an area with frequent wars. The Land of Death, Troll Claws and Troll Mountain are currently dominated by various monster tribes. They All that can be protected is the twenty kilometers of land surrounding the strategic battle fortress.
Not to mention that they are on the only path that the monster tribe in the High Wasteland must pass on their way south.
Just maintaining the army is a huge expense, and the strategic battle fortress was completely destroyed before it was taken back by him, and it has not been completely repaired until now. The preparation of an academy that is completely non-productive is like a bottomless pit. , the initial investment is huge, but the return is extremely slow.
Ms. Strategy's faith has just begun to expand, and there are really few people who can provide them with financial assistance.
The only thing closely related is the church and temple of Tempus, but the God of War is not the God of Wealth. Accumulating wealth has never been their specialty, and the donations of three melons and two dates are only a drop in the bucket.
As for Ms. Strategy, again, gods are not omnipotent. They also have to follow the most basic law of conservation of matter. The various material creations they create require the consumption of divine power, and her followers are Those, the divine power provided to her was only a little, and she planned to use it every day, so she had no energy to support Catherine.
Doing so will also violate the laws of belief of the gods. Even if you build more temples for yourself, it will be useless, because it will not play the role of gathering faith at all - if you build enough temples, your own divine power will change. More powerful than Vol'jin, the goddess of wealth.
She has not yet fallen to the point where her whereabouts are unknown, and the priesthood of wealth is temporarily under the control of the goddess of joy.
Building a temple is a process of proving one's faith. Overcoming various difficulties is a process of honing and gathering faith. Only this kind of temple has meaning and can it become a tool for gods to gather power. The same is true for Yinhong Zhan Academy.
Before that, Catherine had heard about Gavin's current wealth from Veranika, but she didn't expect that he would be so generous. He spent three million in one move, not to mention the follow-up investment. This was no longer a simple matter. The problem with the establishment of the Yinhong Zhan College was to make it twice as large as he originally planned. The number of the first batch of students increased from the original five hundred to one thousand.
"First of all, I hope that Ms. Catherine can put aside secular ideas and accept some more alternative students to study in the academy." Gavin made his first condition. After all, he plans to take the multi-racial integration route in the future. There will be more and more races of all kinds.
Catherine said thoughtfully: "You are not referring to the hobgoblin, are you?"
Now everyone knows that Blood Gap City was given a hobgoblin knight by Gavin. Relying on the Giant Plains, the rise of a hobgoblin force and city is inevitable.
"Yes, it's the hobgoblin." Gavin nodded and said, "I want at least 300 students in the first batch of students, but please don't worry, their study fees do not need to be reduced. They will study at their own expense."
After pondering for a while, Catherine replied: "Even if I agree to them joining the academy, due to their origins, it will be difficult for them to integrate into other intelligent races. If they simply learn strategies and tactics, there is no need to go to the academy specifically. We can completely select some instructors from the academy and send them to Blood Gap City to teach those hobgoblins military strategy and tactics. I guarantee that what they learn from them is exactly the same as what they learned in the academy.
In this way, you can save academy resources and you can train more hobgoblin officers at one time. "
As the first choice of Ms. Strategist, Catherine naturally has no shortage of ways to adapt. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Since the other party spends such a large amount of money to support her, she should get something in return.
This is true even if they believe in the same god. Even gods pay attention to courtesy.
Gavin thought that this was indeed the case. To form a friendship with classmates, it was enough to have those dispatched students of normal races. There was no need to involve the hobgoblins. It could also ensure the purity of the hobgoblin army and not be easily invaded by external forces. Infected, he changed his mind and said: "Originally, I wanted to mention it in the second condition. In this case, I will add it to the first condition. I hope to open a branch of Yinhong Zhanzhan Academy with the lady. I will provide the manpower and material resources. I will be responsible for recruiting the students. Madam, you only need to send instructors. There will be one in Blood Gorge City and one in Battle Valley."
"This is something you can only dream of." For Catherine, this is not a condition, but a benefit that comes to her doorstep.
Her main purpose of opening the Yinhong War College is to spread Ms. Strategy's beliefs. The bigger the scale, the better. As for teaching humans or other intelligent races, it doesn't matter to Ms. Strategy.
Her priesthood is not limited to humans, but covers all matters that happen on Faerûn, including the strategic planning used in the wars of monsters. It is only limited by knowledge. This rarely happens. It’s more about the savage warfare that Uthgar represents.
It's just that Catherine was born as an orthodox human, and her moral nature has the upper hand. She hopes to use Ms. Strategy's ability to protect humans and other kind and intelligent races.
Gavin turned his attention to Aidan, the leader of the Sword Monastery and said: "Master, I hope to set up this war academy in the Battle Valley in the Sword Monastery. I am entirely responsible for the restoration and construction of this monastery. .”
This move is the most typical of killing two birds with one stone.
Under the Sword Monastery, there are not one, but several portals, which are important portals in and out of the Battle Valley.
Even if it is not involved in the future war layout and simply wants to develop and grow in Battle Valley, it must be in your own hands. Since you choose Battle Valley as your starting point, the Sword Monastery was raided and destroyed by the drow. thing, he was not prepared to let it happen again.
The fundamental reason why the Sword Monastery was almost destroyed in the first place was not just due to surprise, but also the relative weakness of its own strength. At its peak, the Sword Monastery only had only two to three hundred Tempus War Priests and War Knights. , the number of the drow vanguard is several times theirs, not to mention the attached monster corps and summoned demons.
But if you want to get involved in a temple of the God of War, without a reasonable excuse, you are simply making yourself uncomfortable.
Now is the best opportunity to deliver it to your door, perfect and flawless.
"This...this...isn't appropriate?" Erdan didn't expect that such a good thing would happen to him.
The predicament he faced was the same as Catherine's. In terms of swordsmanship, he dare not say that he was unparalleled in the world, but he was still a master. But in terms of his ability to make money and manage money, he couldn't even compare to an ordinary businessman. Their property Mainly from donations from ordinary people.
But the problem is that the Battle Valley is vast and sparsely populated, and the Sword Monastery was previously a lost land, similar in nature to the Land of Three Rivers.
Except for the dozens of Tempus believers in the Sword Monastery, there is not a single hairy person in the area of dozens of kilometers. Where did the donations come from? They are now completely relying on their own hands to build there brick by brick. The progress is not ordinary slow—— With their swords in hand, they started construction not much faster than those farmers.
If they can get help from Gavin and the others, they can just drag hundreds of people over, and the construction speed will increase with a whoosh, and the scale will be established in just a short time.
Gai Wenming asked, "What? Master Eldan is worried that building a war academy for a strategic lady on the holy land of the Lord of War will desecrate him?"
"How is it possible?" Erdan shook his head repeatedly. "The father-daughter relationship between our lord and Lady Strategy is known to the world. A lady's shrine must be added to all war temples to enjoy worship with him. If we can build a shrine in our monastery, Madam's War College is our greatest honor, but our monastery is in the early stages of construction, and most of the area is still in ruins. The investment will be quite large, and we have nothing to repay Sir."
Gavin couldn't help laughing and said: "Master, you are totally wrong to think so. What you are building now is not a personal residence, but the temple of the Lord of War. It is my greatest honor to build the temple for him. , what’s the point of spending a few mortal possessions?
And the master also underestimated the value of God’s Holy Land, right? If my prediction is correct, if you practice martial arts in your Sword Monastery, your speed will be increased, and you may even have an epiphany, or a chance to unlock the grace of the God of War, right? "
"Yes." Erdan admitted generously, "The Sword Monastery is indeed filled with a lot of war power and has the ability in this area."
This matter is not only true for the place where Tempus descended, but also for the places where other gods first descended.
Because they did not come normally at that time, but were knocked down directly from the Kingdom of God by the gods, and were forcibly transformed into the state of saints, which caused a large amount of divine power to disperse to the material plane, forming some unique ones for them. Special fields, the effects they have are closely related to their clergy, and the Lord of War is certainly related to war.
"I also want to ask the master to be the chief combat instructor of this academy, responsible for teaching those students combat martial arts." Gavin took the opportunity to make new conditions.
Tempus' ability to become the God of War in Faerûn naturally relies not only on opportunism, but also on the world's most powerful force.
If he were to claim second place in a fight alone, no one in Faerun would dare to claim first place.
One by one of his devout followers, they are all experienced warriors with rich combat skills, including those exclusive priests. They prefer warriors more than priests.
Erdan is naturally one of the best, especially his sword skills, which are absolutely outstanding. This can be seen from his title of Sword Master.
There is no shortcut to getting this title in the Church of Tempus. You must use the sword in your hand to prove that you are worthy of this title, be recognized by at least three sword masters, and defeat or tie one of them to be eligible. get.
"This is my honor." Erdan said without hesitation.
In many cities, war priests in war temples act as martial arts instructors or militia trainers. Their mission is to actively urge people to prepare for war, whether to resist invasion or prepare for invasion.
Being unprepared is the dereliction of duty of the God of War and the dereliction of duty of the war priests.
Now it is time to further upgrade the specifications and influence an army by teaching a group of middle and low-level commanders. This is a shortcut to expand the influence of the God of War.
"If possible, I would like to send some instructors to your Sword Monastery to learn combat skills." Catherine took advantage of the opportunity and was greatly impressed. No wonder Ms. Strategy placed a heavy bet on this young man. This man's mind turned too fast. In just a short time, Within a short period of time, he adjusted his plan, brought a group of Tempus believers in, and tied them to his chariot.
According to the opponent's development speed, once the conqueror's army successfully arrives in the Battle Valley, the establishment speed and scale of their branch may even exceed the main hospital she built in the Land of Death. After all, their manpower and material resources are there.
Before Eldan could answer, Gavin couldn't help but smile and said: "The lady's request is a bit out of line. The God of Strategy and the Lady of Strategy are not separated. When the time comes, the instructors you send to the branch will They will have the dual identities of instructors and students. After they achieve success, they can rotate to other branches or the main hospital, and even allow them to engage in small-scale actual combat, whether it is the place of death where the lady is, or the giant where the Blood Gorge City is. The plains are great places to go.”
"I've overthought this matter." Catherine thought about it, and said, "This matter is settled for the time being. The first condition has been fulfilled. What about the second condition?"
Now she is full of expectations for Gavin's so-called conditions, because the starting points are different, resulting in interests between the two. In many cases, not only do they not conflict, but they are complementary. The first condition just now, except for the matter of the hobgoblin , in addition to some psychological resistance, for her, it is actually beneficial, allowing their Yinhong Zhan Academy to increase from one point to three, and the two new additions are purely free.
"The second condition is an extension of the first condition. Please leave 300 places for me in the main school. I will send 300 students there. For students who have graduated from the main school, I hope to get priority in recruitment. Gavin said unceremoniously.
Now that there is a branch in the Battle Valley, he still chooses to send students to the main campus. The main purpose is to use these students to interact with other students and create a friendship with each other.
It is convenient for you to recruit later. Even if you can't recruit, many variables will arise in future encounters on the battlefield.
Gavin believed that the future direction of the war in Faerûn would be guided by the officers trained by the Yinhong War College, an officer school, whether it was with the monster race or the intelligent race itself.
Tempus vigorously cultivates strategic women, which is to feel the war situation in Faerûn and reach the intermediate point of transformation from barbaric war to strategic war.
This is the general trend when intelligent life develops to a certain extent.
Tempus has been able to occupy the position of the God of War for so many years. He is definitely not a brainless fool. He was treated like a brainless fool. His divine body had already entered the starry sky and turned into a divine corpse.
"As long as you use normal recruitment methods, I have no objection." Although Catherine hopes that the students trained by the academy will be distributed as widely as possible, because this can influence more people and forces, and better spread the influence of Ms. Strategy.
But she borrowed too much from Gavin, and it was impossible without giving some benefits.
If he becomes loyal to his subordinates, it can be considered that the wealth has not gone to outsiders. If he can maintain the current development speed and form an invincible army with the students trained by their academy to conquer cities and territories, it will be a great honor for Ms. Strategy.
Just look at their current army of conquerors and you will know that a war of this magnitude is rare even in Faerûn.
"The third condition is that I hope that Madam can equip us with instructors now. I want the middle and low-level officers in the army of conquerors to learn and use them as they go. I believe that when we reach the valley, we will be divided into The airs have basically been raised. Isn't the military camp the best academy?" Gavin felt that the biggest problem for the middle and low-level officers in his hands was the lack of unified education, which caused many problems for them to cooperate and connect.
In a small-scale army, this kind of problem is not obvious yet, but when it comes to their size, it is an out-and-out big problem.
In order to mobilize them, dozens of messengers were deployed, shouting hoarsely every day, and the operation was still not as good as Gavin wanted.
This is true for simple migration, but in wars, especially large-scale mobile wars that require close cooperation, big problems can easily occur.
This is also the significance of establishing the Yinhong War College, to unify some knowledge of forming and commanding the army. Even if an army or an organization is defeated or dispersed, multiple organizations can be mixed together to quickly form a war-ready army. , even though many of them have never lived their lives.
(End of chapter)
