Vol 8 Chapter 862: War Loan (2)

"At present, the taxation of all territories in Everta for one year may only reach the equivalent of three million gold coins in total income of Elsen City. This is only a theoretical value and it is calculated this year and Rashiman The Kingdom's trade share, and the case of arms sales to the Kingdom of Tasman ... "
Duncan pulled out a form of his own statistics. Continued: "Prime Prime Minister, I have to sigh that the income level of Elson City is really amazing. If you exclude this territory, the entire income of Everta may provide less than one million gold coins. But Elson City It is now in the development stage, with more revenue and more expenses. If you continue to invest in various fields of research and development, our military expenditure gap is at least 5 million gold coins ...
"Don't worry too much about the issue of military spending. When I decided to launch this war, I already thought about a solution."
Roddy pulled out a letter, "We don't have enough military expenses ourselves, but we can borrow it. Rashiman's fleet will arrive in half a month."
Duncan apparently did not expect such a method. He had heard about "borrowing money to fight," but it was extremely rare in the Karen Kingdom. Even if there is a similar situation, it is a thousand-man battle in a small territory. The poor leader and the rich lord borrowed usury to recruit mercenaries to kill themselves ... Even so, not many were willing to borrow money. Because the "credit" of the current lord system is very poor, a lord is destroyed, so don't think about recovering the borrowed money. If the lord becomes bigger, he wants to recover the money, depending on whether the other party is willing to say a word.
The real credibility is the royal family and several dukes and marquises, plus the "Rose Cross". However, the amount of wealth of these forces is compared with Roddy's current writings ... nothing at all.
"It's okay to borrow so much money from a country?"
"Cobalt and gold ore is the guarantee. At the same time, the magic technology of Elson City is also a deposit. With some port conditions, Rasiman is obviously willing to cooperate with me."
Roddy's move has actually begun very early. Ever since Raciman's parliamentary winds changed, and he frequently showed Elson, he was considering the feasibility of a "war loan". Through the powerful and rich impression that they left to them at the beginning, and with Houdini's analysis of these parliamentary mages, the loan that has been negotiated since February has finally settled after the new fleet arrived at the port some time ago.
The interest on this loan was kept very low, only seven percent a year, and three years to pay it off. This means that Roddy has solved his "worries" for at least 8 months, and he doesn't have to think about everything to tighten his belt.
The economic strength is the battle. In this respect, the royal family, which has almost zero foreign trade and can only eat the oldest, is not an opponent at all. Roddy's war budget is 8 million gold coins, and if Charles II fights according to the traditional model, it will cost less than 1 million gold coins if he fights for one year. At the same time, can it be for the royal family who was struck by the orcs? With so much money to say.
Duncan calculated a bill in his heart, and suddenly felt that the boulder that was under his heart disappeared. Originally, he did not think that Roddy could have any profound insights on the economy, but his heart was still a little bit stubborn. After seeing that Roddy's ability to borrow in "national" units, he really admired this kind of execution. To say ...
"To solve this problem, the war has been half won!"
This is his greatest emotion, and money is too important for war. He has witnessed the failure of many wars ... not because the soldiers are not good enough, but because the warring party has run out of money and insufficient food, and they cannot eat enough food, and no army can escape without fighting.
Other members of the staff team were also surprised by this amazing way and amount of borrowing, and they even didn't believe each other. However, Roddy did not feel much about such behavior. In his era, "borrowing money to fight" has become a common occurrence in modern times. However, Roddy is not a war madman with the goal of "defeating the enemy." Keep in mind one principle: war is a continuation of politics.
The purpose of launching this war, the follow-up plan has long been incorporated into the future strategic direction. Roddy's fundamental purpose is very clear now, he has bet on Elson and even the future of Everta.
What will happen in the future depends on what this battle can achieve.
On May 1, troops have begun to build up in the east of the Karen Kingdom.
Because Count Mirno died during the war last year, and Count Moore, who dealt with the orcs, was replaced again, it is now difficult for Charles II to find the most suitable person to fight.
In the cold weapon era, Charles II had little choice in strategic planning. The only thing he could do was to assemble the army to take the outpost of the "Temple", and then proceed westward, step by step. Only after successfully entering the hinterland of Everta, he had to consider how many soldiers would go to attack other places.
After all, the path into Everta is the only one for him to let the army roll over the mountains in the middle? That's basically a dream talk.
Even with the support of the dragons, Charles II would not really think that these dragons were willing to transport themselves from the top of the mountain. Until now, the biggest support provided by the Dragons was the "Dragon Tower" Magic Academy and the Magic Guidance. Although it may not sound like much, as long as such support exists, the prestige of the royal family can be established, and those big and small lords around them will not be half-hearted.
Under such circumstances, Charles II could not find a suitable commander and his mood has improved. In his eyes, the battle to be fought now does not have much technical content. The reason for dealing with orcs before was because the orcs had powerful machines and came and went like a wind. A person who was good at field operations must respond in time. Now that Everta is completely on the defensive, Charles II and his nobles analyze and analyze, they think that Sally has no courage to take the initiative to attack, and must rely on the fortress to do defensive battles. Therefore, the final order was to have Earl Harrison in the northeast of the kingdom take the lead.
Count Harrison is nearly fifty this year. He is in the northeast of the kingdom. He has to face attacks from scattered gangsters in the eastern mountains all the year round. He has accumulated a lot of combat experience over the past two decades. Last year, Sauron led the orc army through his territory. Because of the timely contraction of the defense, Count Harlinson had almost no loss. This made Charlie II quite considerate that he was a personal talent.
In fact, it was because Sauron had no time to ignore him.
The mountains on the east can also be regarded as natural barriers, and the countries scattered on the other side of the mountain have been in civil strife for the past ten years, and they have not sent any troops to fight. There was some way between the mountains. Occasionally, caravans came to the Karen Kingdom to exchange information, but this situation completely disappeared after the orc Sauron led through.
Earlier, Count Harrison had frightenedly assembled many troops, for fear that Sauron would kill a return carbine. But one winter passed, and the sent scout said that Sauron should have crossed to the other side of the mountain. Except for the dead orc corpses, no trace of these guys could be found within the borders.
The Earl was relieved. However, he did not expect that he would be given a mission to attack Everta in the new year. He really wanted to quit this time, but thought that Charles II now has the Dragon support, and the territorial economy does need special means to restore and measure. After the pros and cons, he finally took over the task.
Count Harrison's territory is to the east of the Temple area. Regardless of economy or belief, the "Temple" has a great influence in the territory. It's just that Charles II's ban, after the situation became tense, he couldn't stop exchanging everything with the "temple". The monasteries in the city were closed by him. In order to avoid suspicion, all the bishops and priests were directly locked up by him.
Needless to say, the economic losses caused by this series of actions have now become the leader of the "Western Expeditionary Force." He can only hope to resolve Everta as soon as possible to make up for his losses.
Now that the "Assembly Order" has been issued, Count Harrison's own nobles and small nobles can add up to forty numbers, and they each bring more than 2,000 knights, knights and soldiers. A total of tens of thousands of troops from other realms in the kingdom are rushing here in batches.
"This fact is too much trouble!"
Count Harrison, who was sitting in the mansion, could not help complaining ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The letters from various areas in front of him had been piled up into the mountain, if not three temporary housekeepers had been found to make up the "assistant" No one can handle this redundant information at all.
"The army of 20,000 people is scary enough to eat all day long. Where can I get so much food? When the orcs passed me, they ran away hundreds of sheep from the ranch. But it will really give me problems! "
The three butlers were too busy to talk at this time. Earlier, Lord Harrison's "battles" were dealing with refugees or bandits. There was no need to be so complicated. Directly ordering the powerful knights to lead their troops to clean up. But three hundred people. Commanding such a large army of tens of thousands of people and belonging to different lords at the same time is really his first experience ... because of no experience, it is inevitable that he will suffer badly.
Of course, being able to stand in this position also means that Charles II is fancy to him. The war funding allocated by the royal family made Harrison's heart long for him. For him, he could do a few small actions, and the gold coins leaked into his bowl could not be compared with the territory for more than ten years ...
So he's painful and happy now.