"General Simak, how much money does Luo Jiahe have now?" Higg asked suddenly.

"Because the Luojia River Plain was just occupied, many places implemented tax reductions, so the income and expenditure in the first two years were basically balanced, and life was very tight!" Simak said, "Since the beginning of the year before last has it officially entered the right track, Luojiahe has a population of less than 30 million, although it is very rich, but the tax revenue adds up to less than 200 million, half of this money and property is used for local construction and management, and the army of the Fifth Army is only divided into the other half, that is, more than 90 million, and 7,000 carts of military rations, but in the past two years, the Luojiahe Plain has expanded by tens of thousands of troops, and the number of troops has reached 250,000, so life is still tight!" At present, there are still 30 million left after the military salary, and now it has just entered summer, and there are still more than four months before the autumn tax collection, so to prepare for the winter, not only the time is tight, but also the materials and funds are also tight! ”

"Why do you spend so much money? More than 90 million is not enough to spend? Higg asked in surprise, "The Silent Forest and the expeditionary force together, a total of 100,000 people, not as many people as the Luojia River Plain, why don't they lack money to spend?" How did Siscori raise soldiers? ”

"Silent Forest?" Simak said with a smile, "Just making wine money from the dwarves is tens of millions of dollars a year, and a wine shop of Baiguo Immortal Wine is enough to support the 100,000 troops!" Moreover, the money collected by Luo Jiahe was not spent by me, but by you and your wife, Marshal! ”

"I spent it with Blue Fairy?" Higg said angrily, "When will I ask you for money, you can make it clear!" ”

"It's useless for you to be angry with me!" Simak was also annoyed, "Let me ask you, who sets the soldier's salary?" You and your wife opened their mouths and set the soldiers' salaries so high, several times higher than other regiments, and some regiments didn't even have salaries. Do you know that the total salary of all the military salaries in the Luojia River Plain alone is as much as 50 million a year! ”

"Fifty million?" Higg was surprised and asked, "Why?" ”

"Five gold coins per month for the first year of recruits, ten for veterans after one year, fifteen for veterans over three years, twenty for those who have military merits and those who have been wounded, that is, about fifteen gold coins per soldier per year on average, and nearly 40 million for 250,000 people. Those generals and commanders calculated at least five million, and several million, for a small annual subsidy to the families of soldiers killed in battle! Do you know how much money Marshal Montgoser had to raise his troops each year before you accepted the Fifth Legion? The army of 400,000 is only more than 30 million per year, and the procurement of materials has to be smuggled and it is so expensive that it is to death, not to mention the military salary, and even the procurement of materials is not enough! Hehe, my marshal, the standard is set by you, who spent this money, not you? ”

"Hey, that's true! In any case, you can't suffer the soldiers, this whole standard can't be lower! Higg sighed, "War, it's all about money!" ”

"Marshal sympathetic soldiers, I understand!" Simak said, "The combat power of the Fifth Legion is so high, it is incomparable to other legions, and this is also related to the salary system of the marshal and his wife!" Morale is indeed piled up with money! ”

"Thirty million left? At least more than 10 million will be spent in autumn! Higg shook his head and said, "It's too little, only more than 10 million yuan for the event!" There is still a gap of tens of millions! ”

"What do you want so much money for?" SMS was taken aback, and opened his mouth to be tens of millions, which was too exaggerated.

"I plan to form a paladin legion and form a hundred people in the early stage!" Higg said, "Fuxing City is responsible for the equipment, and we are responsible for the rest!" But the war horses also have to spend millions, and there are also cavalry war horses in the Luojia River Plain, many of which are also old, at least a third of them should be retired! The most expensive is the Hero Magician Group, at least each person is equipped with a magic ring, which is also a big deal, I knew that the 50 million would not be lent to Benjamin! ”

"Paladin Legion? Heroic Wizards? A magic ring per person? Simak completely collapsed, "My Marshal, how dare you think of it! Isn't Fuxing City rich, why did you come to me? Don't look at me, I'll give up to 10 million! ”

Higg shook his head and said: "Don't look at the Fuxing City gold and silver mountains to pull back, but many industries are still in the investment stage, and they are not making money, and urban construction is also gold and silver mountains to smash in, I still have the cheekiness to ask Sosa for this hundred sets of paladin equipment, and he also gritted his teeth and agreed!" ”

"Isn't Fuxing City issuing banknotes?" SMS said, "There is money in the treasury of the bank, let's embezzle it first, and then make up for it, won't it be over?" ”

"How's that going to work!" Higg said angrily, "I'd rather lose this war than lose the credibility of Fuxing City, the establishment of the Golden Yuan Empire is far more important than the victory or defeat of the Alasia Civil War!" If the whole precedent is set, there will be a steady stream of ways to withdraw money from the coffers! ”

"Okay, your Fuxing City is important, your Jinyuan Empire is important, isn't the Fifth Legion important?" SMS also said angrily.

"Is there still less support from Fuxing City to the Fifth Legion, and am I personally investing less in the Fifth Legion?" Higg said, "After all, the Fifth Legion is not my own force, so why should I contribute to Catherine and pay for it? SMS, you remember, Fuxing City is where you and I belong, you and my home, the Fifth Legion, in the final analysis, is Catherine's! ”

"I don't care, the Fifth Legion is yours and ours!" SMS also said excitedly, "Who dares to say that it is not?" Catherine? Hmph, where was she when the Fifth Legion was under siege, short of supplies, hungry and cold? Where was she when the Fifth Legion was about to be wiped out? It was only after the hardships of the Fifth Legion that she forced you, the marshal, to take away, and seeing that the situation was unfavorable, she remembered that there was still a Fifth Legion to the north of Aracia, and there was an Earl Marshal who could work for her! Marshal, if you are so ambiguous again, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers! I can guarantee that the Fifth Legion will hit wherever you point, and if you point to Zolmacheng, I will gather the army right now! I'm here, and I'm here to make a statement on behalf of the whole army! ”

Higg was silent, for him, the Fifth Legion completely became his own independent force, which was his dream, but the current domestic situation did not allow him to do so, after all, whether it was Arad or Catherine, these forces could completely crush the Fifth Legion, if he sprung up, it would inevitably disrupt the situation in Alasia and disrupt his own plans, Arad and Catherine would definitely not allow the existence of a third-party independent force, and the Fifth Legion would either be attached to themselves or eliminated in their eyes. If he goes out independently, Arad can kill himself at any time, because even Catherine will secretly support Arad in doing so. The reason why the Fifth Legion has been able to flourish in recent years is because Catherine has pinned down Arad's main force, but if the two sides form a tacit understanding, they will first destroy the Fifth Legion, and the Fifth Legion will be in a whimper.

"General Simaks, it's okay for you to say these words in front of us!" "To the outside world, not a word can be mentioned!" ”

"Of course!" Simak said, "As long as the marshal has a heart, I will know it in my heart!" ”

……

"Lord Marshal, Lord Deputy Marshal, General Thomas asks to see you!" The guards at the gate came in to report.

"Let him in!" Higg's eyes lit up and he said quickly.

"I didn't expect this kid to arrive so soon!" SMS also said very happily.

"If it weren't for Die Caiyun and Sharyev dragging him down, this kid would have arrived a long time ago!" Higg laughed.

"Marshal, deputy marshal!" Thomas came in and saluted.

Higg looked at Thomas and laughed, "Hahaha, Simak, how do you look at the demeanor of our Paladin Legion leader?" ”

"Paladin Legion?" Thomas asked in surprise, "Where did the paladin come from?" ”

"You'll have it when you're back!" Higg laughed, "What about Shariev? ”

Thomas said with a smile: "I asked Die Caiyun to arrange it, I went to the Shuaifu to report first, but I didn't expect the Marshal to come!" ”

"And me, too!" Blue Fairy strode in from outside the door.

"Madame!" The three exclaimed in unison.

"Where's General Noah?" Higg didn't see Noah behind him, and asked curiously.

Blue Fairy said with a smile: "Noah will come back later, he and Altai are studying the airship, and they are waiting for the Scana Magic Guild to give him the identity of a magic apprentice!" ”

"Magic apprentice?" Higg asked curiously, "Did he apprentice to the Magic Guild?" ”

"He originally studied fire magic and used it for workshop processing, why can't he enter the magic guild?" Lan Xian'er smiled, "In view of Noah's great contribution to the Alchemy Kingdom, although his qualifications are not enough, the Magic Guild of Skarna made an exception to accept him as a magic apprentice, and he can use the portal of the Magic Guild in the future!" ”

"Then why don't you have the status of a magic apprentice, but you can always use the portal?" Higg was even more curious.

"Who said I didn't have that bad qualifications?" Lan Xian'er smiled, "I'm the second high-ranking apprentice that Delonso has accepted besides Daniel, although it's only in name, hahaha!" Why don't you just ask about that, and not ask me how things are going in the Alchemy Country? ”

"What is there to ask?" Higg said, "Madame is out of the horse, who dares not to give face? ”

"Don't worry, your Captain Nicole is already preparing!" Blue Fairy said, "What did you just say, Paladin? ”

Simak complained: "Don't mention it, madam, the marshal wants to use money to smash out a heroic magician regiment and a paladin legion, but there are people, but where do the war horses and equipment come from, a mouth is tens of millions, and if you don't let the idea of reviving the city move, where do we have so much money?" ”

"War horses, equipment, money?" Lan Xian'er frowned and said, "The treasury of Fuxing City must not be moved!" Let's figure it out together! ”

"What's the solution?" SMS asked.

"What we have in Harando is the war horse, but how did you get it in!" Thomas said.

"Harando?" Higg exclaimed, "How did you forget your prairie? You're married and have children, it's time to go back and visit your family! ”

"Visiting family? ……”

Higg said: "War horses can be smuggled in through the Ural Grand Canyon, and it should be no problem for me to ask Habaisa to help in this matter!" ”

"And when you come in?" Simak asked, "How do we get to the plain of the Luojia River, we are surrounded by enemy territory!" ”

"It's better not to let the opponent know that we are forming a paladin legion, no need to enter the territory of Aracia, the training ground of the paladin legion, we have a better place!" Lan Xian'er said, "If the Paladin Legion wants to become an army, it will take two years at the earliest, if you train in the Luojia River Plain, if you want to train for two years without being known by the opponent, it will be too difficult, I have an absolutely hidden place, where I can train and form, and when the training is completed, we can use it as a secret force!" ”

"You mean......" Thomas exclaimed, but was stopped by Blue Fairy.

"General Simaks, General Thomas, Higg and I are going out for a few days!" Lan Xian'er said, "All the things I said here today are very important, and I can't leak a word to the outside world!" ”

"You just arrived, why are you leaving?" Simak said dissatisfiedly, "The commander in the army is always not in the army, and my entire deputy marshal is not good!" ”

"If we don't leave, where will the money come from?" Lan Xian'er smiled, "Why don't you go get the money and we stay?" ”

"Get money?" Simak stuck out his tongue and immediately said with a smile, "Marshal, madam, please rest assured, even if the commander of the army is not there, we will definitely bring all the soldiers!" ”

……

"Where to get the money?" Back at his mansion, Higg asked curiously.

Lan Xian'er said: "I want to go back to the Valley of Flowers first, there are too many things that have happened recently, I must report back to Grandpa Tang!" ”

"I'm going too?" Higg asked.

"You don't want to go?" Lan Xian'er asked rhetorically, "Then I'll go by myself!" ”

"Who's to say I don't want to?" Higg laughed, "I've wanted to eat the fish in that river, hahaha!" ”

"I still want to eat, the fish in that river are about to be exhausted by you and Shante!"

"After so many years, how can the fish be eaten so fast?" Higg laughed.

"So many years?" Lan Xian'er smiled, "Why don't you want to think about it, we have been outside for so many years, but it has only been less than a year in Flower Valley!" Do you know how much time it took to raise those fish in Flower Valley? Sixty years, that is, a thousand years outside of us! ”

"What, a thousand years?" Higg was shocked, he couldn't believe that little fish had grown for a thousand years, "What kind of fish is that, except that the body becomes stronger after eating, what is so special!" ”

"You remember, everything in the Valley of Flowers is a treasure!" Blue Fairy said angrily, "Including honey!" If Grandpa Tang hadn't stopped him, you two foodies would have been chopped into meat puree by the angry villagers of Flower Valley! ”

"Ah, I have something to explain to Shariev, hehe, you rest first, remember to find Simak tomorrow and ask him to promise me the 10 million!" Higg smiled awkwardly and quickly slipped out the door......