Sean's return is indeed a sensational event for the entire Panda Collar.

After emerging from the border of the Gap Rift, Alfred immediately led three thousand Thunder Lions to escort Sean and the others all the way back. And when this force returned to the vicinity of Void City, Neil, William, and even led the city defense army of Void City to meet them, and of course such a fanfare could not hide from anyone, and only Heatley, the chief priest who focused on saving people, did not find out.

However, such an arrangement is naturally deliberate by Neil.

In this way, although everyone will know that the situation in the Lu Dao Territory this time is a bit heavy, and even Sean is injured, at least no one will bother Sean at this time. In other words, even if you really want to bother Sean at this time, if you don't have a gift that you can get, it is a very shabby thing, especially now that many churches are staring at Sean's face-to-face interview.

Therefore, when Sean returned to Void City, although it was a sensation in the whole city, when Sean entered the Lord's Mansion, no one came to harass him.

Clov, Andre, and many wounded soldiers such as Cecilia's Guards were naturally sent to the temporary residence of the Church of the Goddess of Life as soon as possible. This is a camp located on the outskirts of Void City, originally all of them, including Heatley and others, lived in Void City, but because of the thousands of wounded soldiers of Thundering Blade, of course, there was no way to live in the city, so they could only use the camp set up by the Goddess of Life Church in Void City before.

Fortunately, with the help of William and the garrison of Void City, it is naturally not particularly difficult to clean up and set up this camp again. So when these new wounded soldiers returned to Void City, they were naturally sent to this camp as soon as possible - although the Dawn Church is also good at healing divine arts, but in front of the Goddess of Life, the Dawn Church is certainly not stupid enough to compete with the Goddess of Life in this regard, although both sides are gods of high divine power. However, the effect will of course vary depending on the area of focus.

At the very least, it was clear to the people of the entire continent that the Goddess of Life was the number one when it came to healing divine arts.

What William didn't expect was that this time when he arranged for the wounded to be sent over, the priests of the goddess of life seemed to have anticipated such a situation, so they had arranged the relevant matters from a very early stage, and all the work was carried out quickly and methodically, which saved a lot of trouble. At least not as many wounded as they had been at the beginning. So it's much better to make a mess.

When William returned to the Lord's Mansion after everything was done, Neil had just finished telling all the developments in the territory in the past six months or so.

Neil had already made detailed records of these things, and even the corresponding policies and transfers of Void City. Although Neil did not interfere with Ruud's policies, he did understand it. So it's not too difficult to describe. Of course, in terms of details, it is natural that Ruud still needs to supplement and report. In addition, there is nothing else to report about the government affairs of the territory, and the military affairs of all the territories that William is responsible for, because he has also talked to Sean intermittently before, so at this moment, he will pick some of the more important things to talk about recently.

For example, the establishment of the Lion of Thunder, the reconstruction of the Black Wings, and so on. Eventually, though, the conversation returned to Cecilia's Guards and Rena's 1st Cavalry Regiment.

"The highest priority at the moment is to ensure the replenishment of the Cecilia Guards Regiment and the 1st Cavalry Regiment." Sean frowned slightly, and then spoke, "Regarding the level of the army, William, you wait for Clov to negotiate with him later." Let's see if he has any ideas. …… And the current focus is to restore the strength of Reina's 1st Cavalry Regiment first, I think a thousand people should be about the same, right? ”

"That's enough, my lord." Rena nodded, now her strength is already a low-ranking golden powerhouse, and her momentum is stronger than everyone present, "If there are more people, I'm afraid I won't be able to command, this is an extremely unfavorable behavior on the battlefield." ”

William glanced at Rena and couldn't help but nod secretly.

Reina's statement is indeed correct, it is not that the more troops commanded by a commander, the better, it also depends on the ability of the commander, and the number of middle-level officers in the troops under his command, if the number is too small, then many orders cannot be issued accurately, and even if there is only a second of negligence on the battlefield, then the result is likely to be a ruin.

Not everyone has the courage to bear such a loss.

William could see that Rena's actions in the Savage Lands were better than before.

"How many people are left in the pitch-black wings now?" Sean asked again.

"About a dozen." William sighed and said helplessly, "Ruud spent a lot of money on these people before, and although I haven't arranged a commander after I took them in, it really saved me a lot of trouble." …… Although Rude is now in Void City, it is not difficult to retrain a group of such heavy cavalry, but it is a little too late in time. ”

"Then let these people join Rena's command." Sean thought for a moment, and then said, "In this way, these people with rich combat experience can immediately become middle-level commanders in the cavalry regiment, Reina's command orders can be more convenient and fast, and the size of the army can also be expanded." …… At the level of 2,000 people, it should be no problem, right? ”

In the last sentence, Sean said to Rena.

"I think it's more than that, with a little training, at least a force of 3,000 people can be formed." William glanced at Rena, as if he was assessing the feasibility of this matter, and this time he muttered for a moment before answering for Rena, "But the biggest problem in our territory at the moment is the lack of war horses. …… These war horses are not as good as ordinary horses, our territory does not have its own horse farm, and war horses can only be obtained through procurement, but now with the situation in our territory, I am afraid it is difficult to purchase war horses. ”

"Don't worry, we still have an ally in the fascist kingdom." Sean smiled, "If this matter is handed over to him, it is estimated that it can be easily solved." …… Also, I have something I want to talk to him about. He hadn't had a chance to thank him since the last time he helped rescue Elsie. …… Neil, you can help me write an invitation later, and send it to him. ”

"It's Florence. Lord Wiles? Neil asked, and after seeing Sean nod, Neil continued, "The cost of the war horse is not low, and this is definitely a great burden for our current territory situation. …… At the very least, it will increase spending by more than 50 percent, which will make the territory unable to make ends meet, and it will enter a fiscal deficit within two months. After a maximum of four months, your lord, you will be bankrupt. ”

"It's pointless to just build a thousand light horsemen." Sean's brows couldn't help but furrow, "Such a unit has no value at all on the battlefield except for reconnaissance and doing some local battle assistance. ”

"Even if it's three thousand light cavalry. It is also not of much value on the battlefield. William commented unceremoniously.

"Who said it was three thousand light cavalry."

"If it's three thousand heavy cavalry, then Lord Lord. You will go into a fiscal deficit after a month. Bankruptcy after a month and a half to two months. This time it was Neil who answered Sean's whim, "Tell you the truth, my lord, your investment in military matters already accounts for two-thirds of the entire territory's overall expenses. The construction of many facilities and related decrees are being postponed indefinitely, not to mention that there are still several places in Void City that require significant investment. ”

"What about fighting for war?" Sean's daydreams are still not dead.

"Who are we fighting?" William asked rhetorically.

"The Kingdom of Dabion." Sean said unceremoniously, "I've thought of all the excuses, and it is estimated that soon the Nugus family will not be able to stand it...... I don't think it's going to be a month. The other side will definitely come to provoke, and when the time comes, we can use this excuse to invade the kingdom of Dabion. ”

"Even if an invitation is sent to His Excellency Florence now, although he himself can come within two months, if you count the transportation of war horses. I'm afraid it will take more than half a year. Neil said in a deep voice, "And that's not even counting the risks you might face on the road, if you count all of this, the horses will probably take longer to deliver." …… My lord, could you please think of something more practical? ”

"Could it be that Rena's forces can't be replenished? …… How did you find so many horses in the first place? ”

"My lord, those ...... Not a war horse in the true sense of the word. Seeing that Sean was a little crazy, Rena hesitated for a moment, but still solved the cruel reality to sober Sean up, "Those are just ordinary horses with good foot strength, and Mr. Neil managed to smuggle them from the kingdom of Dabion. The horses you saw later were all stolen by us in the wilderness, but there were only about a hundred. ”

At this time, Sean suddenly remembered that Rena's mount was not white, but when he saw her later, he was white, and Sean was still strange at that time, and finally understood after hearing Rena's explanation.

For a moment, the entire conference room fell silent.

There were a lot of things that were waiting for Sean to deal with, and Sean originally thought that the military issues were all very simple problems that should be dealt with relatively quickly, so that he could discuss with Neil about the development of the territory and future plans, and then find a way to solve the problem of the large number of priests staying in the Void City. In the face of these fanatical believers, even Sean must come up with a reasonable excuse, otherwise he will truly offend all the beliefs in the entire continent, which is not a burden that Sean can bear at present.

But I didn't expect that the question about the military aspects of the territory was indeed not difficult, but after the discussion was the most difficult, there was no complete result after all, which made Sean feel very helpless. At this moment, he finally understood that it was not easy to build and develop a territory, but he thought that those millions should be enough.

It's just that Sean didn't expect that when ordinary lords develop their territories, they start with internal affairs, and the military layout is only to reach the minimum defense level of the territory, and even the equipment is not so good. And Sean not only developed internal affairs and military affairs at the same time, but even used sophisticated and even high-grade equipment to the armed forces, which is naturally a huge consumption of a territory, if it weren't for the Dayi Territory managed by Neil and Rudd before, Sean would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Just when everyone was a little at a loss, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open.

This made Sean and Neil, William, Rena, Cecilia, Alfred and others all stunned, and then looked at the person who pushed the door in at this moment.

The other party wore a hooded cloak, so that people could not see the appearance under the cloak.

But Sean and the others also know that the people in the Lord's Mansion know that they are in a meeting, and if it weren't for a very urgent or extremely powerful person, it would be impossible to push the door directly, after all, it is Alfred's new subordinate who is now responsible for the security of the Lord's Mansion: the Thunder Lion, which is a very strong and powerful army.

"Who are you?" Sean frowned.

"It's me." The man under the cloak replied, the voice of a woman, and even made Sean feel unusually familiar.

After hesitating for a moment, Sean stood up suddenly, with a look of surprise: "Lord Asuna! How did you get here? ”

"I'm traveling secretly this time, and I don't know what happened to Tonys." Lifting her hood, Asuna said with a serious face, "Because the matter is urgent, no one but me can explain it clearly, so I'll make a long story short, this time I brought you two bad news." ”

Bad news!?

Hearing this, not only Sean, but even the others in the conference room were obviously stunned. (To be continued......)

PS: It's still two shifts today, I'm going to sleep, good night.