"Everyone, I just think that their death value is too low. If they were not fighting in the forest, these mercenaries would at least be equal to the combat power of the half-elves."

"However, this is a forest." Freya was also helpless. The adults thoughts were a little problem.

"There are many mercenaries. In the future, it is impossible for them to be all the main forces of the empire. I think the problem of mercenaries is that the equipment is not unified enough and the training is not strict enough..." Xia He couldn't even talk about it himself. He found that if he continued to talk, there would be too many mercenaries' problems and he could not solve them at all.

"Sir..." Medilly sighed.

Xia He shook his head. If something goes wrong, it must be influenced by you. It turns out that I am a very normal Taoist priest, what are you thinking about now?

"Okay, this time we try our best to save Rolloz. After I come back, I will put out a drawing, called the Forest Set, which is specially used for human soldiers. It can increase the chance of human survival in the forest."

"Sir, why bother? We have experienced twenty-three attacks and twenty-four people have died. On average, only one person has died every time they are attacked. The chance of survival is already very high." Medilly looked dissatisfied. Could it be that her knights would protect the mercenaries? If so, why should I take them out?

Xia He suddenly realized that no one agreed with his ideas, and he thought about it himself. If every mercenary could die and maximize its value, it would be better to use the funds to arm his knights.

This is not a human issue, it is just a simple economic issue.

It is better to spend these hundred gold coins on the knights than to use one hundred gold coins to arm mercenaries, and the effect will be several times higher. The same knight suit scroll is used for your own men and for mercenaries. The effect is very different. Your knight uses the scroll charge and can crush several magicians at level 20 without any pressure. What about the mercenaries? Obviously not.

"Sir, you were not so soft-hearted when you killed Greensky." Freya said.

"Glinsky touched my bottom line and wanted to take my stuff."

"Aren't these mercenaries the same? They all want to take benefits from adults, but they dare not rob and steal, they can only follow your rules."

"Forget it, it's my fault." Xia He raised his hand and signaled everyone to no longer say anything.

"Since it's your fault..."

"I won't be like this in the future." Xia He was forced to admit his mistake and quickly corrected his attitude. It is better to arm 100,000 mercenaries than to arm 100,000 regular knights. It is better to arm 100,000 mercenaries than to arm 100,000 civilians. This is a very simple truth, he can't make a turn for the time being.

"Then I will say a few words. Now it should be less than 700 miles away from the small secret realm. We marched by group acceleration skills. If we were just our knights, we could walk 260 miles a day, and it would be quite hard to walk for more than ten hours. However, with mercenaries, the speed was dragged even slower. Their speed was only two-thirds of that of the knights, and they could not last long."

Freya said, looking at Xia He, who also regretted it.

When the imperial team marched, there is a standard for three-day marching. It is to rely on two legs, carry a load, and walk a distance of 800 miles. This also requires that the number of people who fall behind cannot be more than 10%, and after reaching the destination, they can immediately enter a battle.

Xia He has a slightly lower requirement for knights, but it is also close to this value. Ovilia trains knights according to the imperial elite standards.

"The Empire originally had airships, which were specially used for long-distance troop transport and could adapt to most terrain environments. So there is no need for us to make transportation equipment specifically for mercenaries. If you have to have one, I suggest this..."

Freya said, taking out a toy and putting it on an alchemy slab.

The toy is the size of a palm, made of wood, with four movable legs, placed on an alchemy slab, and then move forward mechanically.

"This is a Trojan horse. A level ten magician can charge it and run for more than ten hours at a time. The advantage is of course that it is cheap. The price of a gold coin can be used for tens of thousands of miles or two hundred hours. The disadvantage is that it has no combat power, it is just a simple means of transportation, which is easy to be destroyed. There must be a magician following the army to operate."

Xia He was speechless. Isn’t this the magic of paper man and paper horse in Taoism? It was modified into magic equipment by Freya.

Freya said: "There are wood everywhere. This equipment does not require much wood. No matter how good the wood is, it cannot double its lifespan. It is better to use ordinary goods. Magicians above level ten can make this thing through alchemy equipment, and the molds at the beginning can be completed by ordinary people."

Medilly said: "Can this thing be at a speed of fifty miles per hour?"

"Yes, it's quite stable."

"Can you speed up?"

"If you want to use it as a cavalry mount, you don't have to think about it. It can't bear the power of combat energy and it will collapse in an instant." Freya thought to herself that this thing was originally used for ghost soldiers and can only be used as a combat weapon with Taoist blessings.

She introduced this thing not really to improve the efficiency of mercenaries, but to make the world accept similar things. In the future, when adults establish underworlds, ghost soldiers will definitely appear. Ghost soldiers possess paper men and ride paper horses to move in the main world.

"That's all about the mercenary matter, just let them keep up with the large army. We have worked hard these days, try to reach the small secret realm within three days, rest near the small secret realm, and then work hard to solve the enemy."

Cotton Jack heard it inexplicably, and he could solve it if he went there?

"The Emperor Team will not be much slower than us, and we are not the only team to rescue. The harassment of half-elves will be much less tomorrow. In fact, it's better for everyone to accumulate energy." After Freya launched the Trojan, she was in no mood to do anything else and spoke hastily.

The soldiers worked very hard, and Xia He did not arrange for them to watch the night, and handed over the mission to two scout teams. The scout team would not have to explore the way tomorrow and could follow the knights.

Medielli also went on patrol, and Cotton Jack and the students exchanged magic.

In the tent, Xiahe and Freya were left.

"Sir, should we build the underworld first?" On the alchemy slab, the toy Trojan horse that Freya placed was still running non-stop. When it ran to the edge of the slab, it would turn automatically without worrying about falling to the ground.

"The appearance of the underworld will be given priority to the Dao Palace. There is no room for negotiation on the issue of soul ownership. When the Dao Palace enters a world, the first thing it needs to destroy is existences like the God of the Underworld. The Dao Palace itself will also establish a heavenly court first and then build an underworld."

"Then build a sect that can support ghosts and gods. Master, the role of this ghost soldier cannot be ignored. Now I can see the loopholes in this world. The loopholes will be messed up. Invaders will come one after another. The problem of our insufficient staff will always exist."

"That's fine. Just plan a sect, choose a child as the head of the sect, and then teach the way of ghosts and gods. A sect, with three thousand ghost soldiers, is almost the same."

"Sir, I have collected a lot of wood and made a lot of parts here. I can piece together two hundred Trojans tomorrow. But half-elves always attack, and even if there is a Trojan, it is difficult to ensure speed."

"Freya, how much does this thing cost?"

"It's hard to say that the main cost is wood, and the materials needed to draw the magic circle, which are all bargains. It's purely a look at the location of the alchemy factory and the purchase cost. In this forest, wood does not cost money and is free of charge. Students use magic to bake wood. If a wooden horse is made like this in the academy, it won't be able to get it without hundreds of gold coins, right?"

Xia He understood, this thing is really a bargain.

"Is it easy to imitate?"

"If the legendary wizard is, you may see through the key points. It is impossible to disassemble and study under the legend, and it will be ruined as soon as it is broken. And if we only sell a gold coin, no one is willing to grab this market. Moreover, the empire has airships, so this thing will never become mainstream and will not be expensive."

"Not necessarily, it's good to use it to pull a cart."

"So ugly." Freya pouted.

"You are stupid too? Isn't it easy to make it beautiful? Carving more finely and decorating more gorgeously. Anyway, you can still pick it off if you use it and replace it with the next one."

Freya patted her forehead and smiled and said, "I'm really stupid. I don't have to sell it as military supplies. It's best to sell this thing to nobles. It costs a lot of money to raise horses. It's better to exchange the money for jewelry and inlaid it on it. When the horse dies, the money will be gone, and this thing is ruined, and the jewelry is still there!"

"That's the reason."

"Sir, we should make a big plan."

“How to say it?”

"Actually, I snatched a lot of money at Storm Corner last time, but I didn't dare to spend it all. Since Lord Daojun has a way out, the Construction Academy is now the first priority, outside Storm Corner and goblin ruins."

"But the matter of the Ocean God is not over yet. A war may break out there. Now I will invest rashly and may lose all my money."

"Sir, real talents will soon be transferred to the Taiyin Immortal Palace to practice Taoism. Although Ye Lina and the others became monks halfway, they are still qualified and can achieve Yin God. At most, they will not achieve high success in the future. If they do not move immediately, when will we complete it..."

"Okay, you can prepare. When the matter is over, go to Rhode Island, choose to immigrate, and go to Storm Point."

"Immigration?" Freya was shocked. How many people could Storm Corner accommodate?
Chapter completed!