Gavin turned to the holy strategist Borui and said, "Chief of Staff, please tell me your idea."
The holy strategists assigned by Catherine to Gavin all have false titles in the army of conquerors. Those above extraordinary are chief of staff, and those below extraordinary are staff officers. This is only temporary to facilitate identification, and will be discussed later. Develop more detailed rules.
His current question was somewhat of a test. Before he came, Borui had already known that he was going to be the chief executive of the black-scaled lizard people in Thun Swamp, and had obtained first-hand information about this place, but he had not made any plans. A more detailed plan, because even Gavin does not know where the situation will develop, and many things must be adjusted according to the development of the situation.
Even if it was a temporary test, the exclusive priest of the strategic lady did not show any stage fright, and replied in a calm and slow tone: "The suppression of snake people mentioned by the Lord earlier is a very good entry point. Through this controllable , small-scale war, mobilize all the black-scaled lizardmen, and make various layout adjustments while carrying out the war. Place the men belonging to General Gregory among the black-scaled lizardmen tribes, and remove the uncontrollable ones from them. Take them out and form a black scale navy and hand them over to the lord. This is a short-term military plan.
The long-term military plan is to remove some of the elites to form a royal army of no less than a thousand people to deal with various dangers in the swamp, especially those powerful monsters that can pose a threat to the black-scaled lizardman tribe. , will be the main encirclement and suppression target of the Royal Court Army, and this will be a long-term task.
The second is to form tribal militia in each tribe. Maintaining a certain load of militia training every month is enough to protect the daily security of the tribe. When necessary, they can also be summoned to form a strong combat force around the Royal Court Legion. Army.
If you want to maintain the stability of your rule, military planning alone is not enough, you also need the assistance of economic planning. Thun Swamp is a mid-level swamp with relatively sufficient nutrients and various products. But from my understanding, here The main sources of food are fishing and hunting. This industrial structure is too simple.
It is very susceptible to the influence of the external environment. Once the fish catch is greatly reduced, it will face a food crisis, and the industrial layout must be adjusted and optimized.
This kind of industrial layout can be started from two aspects. On the one hand, it is to expand the swamp breeding industry. I heard that some tribes here have examples of raising Cato Swamp Monsters in captivity, processing death cheese and death cream, and then selling them externally. This is worth it. Promote.
The second aspect is swamp farming. Many dry and wet areas can be reclaimed into paddy fields, and crops such as rice and rice can be grown on a large scale.
In these two aspects, I believe that the Black Scale Lizardman Tribe does not have much experience, and the Lord needs to send professionals to cooperate. Especially the cultivation of rice and rice requires more professional knowledge. "
Not only did Gregory nod his head after hearing this, but even Gavin couldn't help but nod lightly and said: "When the time comes for your needs in this area, you will directly connect with the City of Faith. The development of the Lizard King's Court will be in line with the needs of the City of Faith." The city complements each other. I will set up a lower city in the City of Faith, not only to facilitate the stationing of the Black Scale Legion, but also to facilitate trade between the two. The shelf life of most aquatic products is relatively short, and only if they can be exchanged for economic value can Stimulate various types of breeding and planting.”
"Since trade is mentioned, we have to mention the issue of tool innovation. The current transportation and fishing methods of the black-scaled lizard people are too backward, which seriously limits the number of their catches and transportation. In this area, human ships and Fishing with nets has more advantages, so there will be a big gap in Thun Swamp boats and high-quality fishing nets for a long time to come." The advantage of Borui as the new vizier of the Lizard Court is that his origin determines It turns out that his way of thinking is biased towards humans rather than lizard people, especially when it comes to the use of tools.
The black-scaled lizard people's fishing is not limited to fishing and spearing. They also have their own fishing nets and various auxiliary traps for fishing. However, due to geographical restrictions, there are basically no ships. At best, they have some simple rafts as carrying and hauling tools. , it is difficult to carry out large-scale net pulling operations.
"I can take care of the supply of ships, but I can't give it away for free. You have to spend your own money to buy it or use the materials to offset the discount. The same is true for other goods and human services, unless it is a construction project collectively promoted by us." Gavin reiterated his previous decision.
"This is natural." Bona said matter-of-factly.
"Is there anything else?" Gavin continued to ask.
"My understanding of the black-scaled lizard people is relatively limited. I can only formulate these general directions. The specific details can only be adjusted during implementation." Bona replied cautiously, "I believe that as long as these two aspects are grasped well, , the rest are just minor problems.”
"Then let's start by allocating manpower to form the Black Scale Army." Gavin did not continue to ask.
He was quite satisfied with Bona's answer. There were not many unexpected things in the plan he gave. It was carried out step by step and everything was done in a stable manner.
And this is exactly what Gavin needs. He doesn't need Thun Swamp to create millions or even nearly tens of millions of value for him every year like Colossus City and Blood Gap City. He only needs the black-scaled lizard people here to be able to create value for him. It has developed steadily and become a source of naval troops for him, helping the City of Faith to guard the waterways. It is enough to produce a certain amount of fish and fish to supply the City of Faith.
After all, in many places, swamps are often places of disaster, the origin of various disasters, monster tribes that develop and grow in the swamp, or various viral plagues that spread from here. Even the powerful Kingdom of Cormyr cannot The exception is the Guangze Marsh, a problem that has troubled them for countless centuries. It is said that it has been ruled by dark witches. As ancient as the Kingdom of Cormyr, the Thun Marsh has also left them helpless for decades.
The Distant Sea Swamp and the Thun Swamp occupy nearly half of the entire goblin frontier. Solving them will basically clear the obstacles to unifying the goblin frontier.
While Gavin and the others were discussing the management of Thun Swamp, all the remaining snakemen were killed by the True Shadow Corps, including the extremely ferocious-looking snakeman Curse Chaser who was unable to survive.
He was violent and cruel, but he couldn't resist the six-armed snake demon who was even more violent and cruel than him. The six-armed snake demon showed no mercy to these defective snakes.
The Snake Man, Naga, Medusa and the Six-Armed Snake Demon all have snake-like characteristics, but whether it is temperament characteristics or the origin of species, none of the four are related to each other. There is no connection between them because of their characteristics. They have a good impression of each other due to snake characteristics. On the contrary, they all call each other deformed snakes, believing that they are the model of intelligent snakes and the ultimate symbol of evolution. This can often be the reason for them to go to war with each other.
In order to seek greater interests, it is not unusual for them to collude with each other.
After convincing Gregory and coordinating the inside and outside, the rest is easy to talk about.
Gregory said that he had trouble convincing the crowd in the lizardman army, but that was just his excuse. In fact, he had great influence in the black scale lizardman tribe, at least half and half black dragon lizardmen. She is on his side. After all, he has been the general of the Lizard Queen for half a century. Even if it is rotten wood, he can carve a flower out of it. Not to mention that Gregory's skills are not bad and he has been secretly The purpose of winning people's hearts is not to create a rebellion against the Lizard Queen, but simply to protect themselves.
There are a total of twenty-three and a half black dragon lizardmen and two hundred evil-toothed lizardmen in the black scale lizardman tribe. Gavin directly stole most of them from Gregory, leaving him with only ten and a half black dragon lizardmen. Fifty evil-toothed lizardmen. As for the ordinary black-scaled lizardmen, they were not selected according to the ratio of one-fifth, but by one-tenth. After all, the size of the black-scaled lizardmen was larger than Gavin expected. A naval force of more than 4,000 people is not only a bit overloaded, but most importantly, there is not much room for use.
Two thousand is just the right amount, which not only ensures good combat power, but also cuts the difficulty of making offerings in half.
As for the difficulty of recruitment, it was much lower than expected, because the Lizard Queen had been pressing on top of them for too long, and they were almost breathless. I heard that they no longer had to serve this greedy and repeatedly violent woman. Master, they want to high-five each other. How can they be as entangled as Gregory? Most black-scaled lizardmen can't think so long-term, even half-black dragon lizardmen.
Mastering the Lizard Queen is equivalent to mastering the biggest killer weapon that scares them. The Lizard Queen cannot be summoned casually, but she can send those disobedient half-black dragon lizards and evil-toothed lizardmen to Vizeme Manor. Listening to the teachings of the Lizard Queen, after Fan came back from there, these scumbags really wanted to be as honest as possible and as submissive as they wanted. They just asked not to be sent alone to meet the Lizard Queen.
The Lizard Queen, whose greedy appetite has not been satisfied for a long time, has been in a semi-crazy state. She does not recognize her relatives and looks at everyone as if they are looking at food. Although they were not eaten alive during this trip, they were not able to stay alive. They all arrived. The Lizard Queen wandered around in her stomach, and then vomited them out alive under the forcible command of the lord who was more ferocious than the devil, and then sent a priest to perform regeneration and healing spells to save them.
This was the treatment that those dishonest black-scaled lizardmen enjoyed at the beginning. Later, the lizard queen learned to be smart and no longer swallowed them whole, but directly bit them to pieces in her mouth, turned them into pulp, and then swallowed them in her stomach. Let's see what else you make her vomit.
Unless you prove that you are worthy enough to enjoy the benefits of resurrection, these black-scaled lizardmen can only stay in the Weizeme Manor in the form of real shadows to serve the lonely Lizard Queen, and play with her forever if you have nothing to do. The sexual death reincarnation game has become the food that she can never finish eating in her mouth. Even those who have enjoyed the treatment of the resurrection spell, when they come back, their shadows are no longer simple shadows, but shadow shackles that are bound to them. , became Lord Gavin's secret agent lurking in the Black Scale Legion, and could only obey his orders without daring to act rashly, because if they were not careful, those shadows would swallow their souls and replace them.
There is no need for more black-scaled lizardmen with such experience. In the entire black-scale army, a dozen or so are enough. It is said by word of mouth that all black-scaled lizardmen should comb their scales smoothly. As smooth as it is, the current new owner can be as kind and kind as an angel, or he can become as ruthless and cruel as a devil. The Lizard Queen is just a tool in his hands.
Different from the Lizard Queen, it does not depend on him, but on your attitude towards him. His angelic side only treats his subjects and servants, while the demon side only treats his subjects and servants. The devilish side will only be revealed to one's enemies.
As long as an army can overwhelm them and firmly control all their front-line commanders, the rest will be extremely simple.
In particular, the Black Scale Legion's garrison is not in the City of Faith at all, but in the Yewen Pond in the valley. They are effectively disconnected from their hometown, isolated and alone, and they dare not act rashly.
Although the black-scaled lizardmen have the blood of the black dragon, they also have the same shortcomings that lizardmen have on the ground, but the situation is lighter than that of most lizardmen. Naturally, it is impossible for them to follow the conqueror's army on the long migration road.
Moreover, the clearing of the Kuo Tao fishmen over the Asaba River is proceeding in a sealed manner in Jinluo. This brand-new naval force can be put to use. After a simple training and re-equipment of them, Gavin He arranged for people to teleport them back to Yewen Pond in batches - this is the advantage of having a large number of extraordinary spellcasters.
As long as Gavin is given a period of time, with the extraordinary spellcaster he has in his hands, he can teleport the entire army of conquerors to the valley.
But everything has a cost - just like everyone knows the convenience of airplanes, but still choose other means of transportation, transmission is not only more convenient than flying, but also more expensive, especially large-scale transmission when.
Even if these extraordinary spell casters, especially those sacred strategists who were dedicated to the Lady of Strategies, now served him, he would not be able to ask them to cast spells without paying any compensation.
It's okay for a short period of time, once or twice, but problems will definitely arise over time. For these spell casters, in addition to the normal salary and benefits, there is also a special set of spell casting benefits, which are given based on the spell circle or spell they use each time. corresponding remuneration.
However, this kind of reward is not simply in the form of gold coins, but is combined with the kobold's contribution system, which will also give a certain level of contribution value each time. They can use the contribution value to exchange for what they need from the conqueror's army. thing.
The things that can be exchanged for contribution points are very miscellaneous. The Conqueror Army has a special contribution point warehouse and list, which includes a variety of casting materials, various production and living materials, and corresponding equipment. (Magical equipment ranging from low-level to high-level magic equipment), there are also some unconventional spell learning opportunities.
If the holder of the contribution points wants to, he can even use the contribution points to exchange various services with the conqueror's army, such as asking a more advanced spell caster to cast spells, such as asking a regular army to help him solve some personal affairs, and another example In exchange for casting materials or tools that he cannot obtain personally, etc.
This contribution value cannot be bought with money. In the Conqueror Army, it is more difficult than money. This system is still being gradually explored and improved. Currently, it is only implemented for members of the Conqueror Army. It will not be limited by then. For the caster, but for everyone, as long as they can make a corresponding contribution to the conqueror's army and refuse cash rewards, they can be converted into contribution points in proportion. All meritorious deeds will be rewarded with matching contribution points, except There is no other way to get contribution points with this method, and you can’t buy them with money.
However, the army of conquerors supports the transaction of contribution points, because if the transaction is prohibited for something that is more valuable than money, it will definitely lead to uncontrollable secret transactions, and even dark transactions such as threats of violence, so it is better to include it Under control, because the main purpose of contribution points is to stimulate the enthusiasm of the people to serve the army of conquerors. The generation of each contribution point is based on this foundation. This is enough. Specifically, the consumption of these contribution points In whose hands it is, it doesn't matter.
As the army of conquerors develops, this contribution value will gradually be opened to outsiders and even to some forces to quantify the relationship between the two parties and help the development of their own territories with the help of external forces.
To put it simply, this is a special mercenary system, but this system is no longer one-way, but two-way. Now it is the conqueror's army, and in the future it will be Gavin's territory, which plays a transit role. Mobilize all human and material resources to achieve the goals you want.
In addition to the high price, another reason why Gavin does not use teleportation on a large scale is due to strategic considerations.
If everyone were teleported directly from Darauma to the Valley at the beginning, there would be no army of conquerors, nor would there be a road to conquerors and a series of momentum created along the way.
Gavin also pinned his hope of conquering the Rockland on the army of conquerors.
Due to their geographical location, the Lizard King's Court and the City of Faith complement each other and are inseparable.
Without the bottomless pit of the Lizard Queen, the black-scaled lizard people immediately began to have a large surplus in their daily catch. These black-scaled lizard people experienced happiness and trouble for the first time. These aquatic products are not suitable for large quantities and long-term storage. Throwing them into a rotten pool to marinate can greatly extend their shelf life. With black dragon blood, they can also digest such food.
But they now have a better option, which is to trade with the conqueror army in the City of Faith and obtain from them iron tools, cheap food, high-quality fishing nets and other fishing tools, small and medium-sized fishing boats that can be easily transported on the water, large amounts of sea salt, and aquatic crops. planting methods, paddy field construction methods, construction of breeding ponds, etc.
(End of chapter)
