Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 379: War Mobilization (Subscription Request)
In fact, Luo Yi knows the importance of force better than anyone else.

In the Old World, it didn't matter if the economy was underdeveloped. As long as one had sufficient martial virtue, one could conquer a vast territory through war.

It can even transfer all conflicts to the outside world and maintain the stability and development of the empire through continuous expansion wars and plunder.

In the history of the Old World, almost all the empires created by barbarians followed this path.

However, this model also has a very serious problem.

That is, when the war is lost or the expansion stops, internal conflicts cannot be suppressed and the empire will collapse in a short period of time.

Of course, Loy is not a warmonger and has never had the nightmare of unifying the Old Continent and ascending to the pinnacle of power.

Just kidding?
He thinks being a flower-gathering leader is too much work and his life is tiring. If he really has to rule an empire, he will be exhausted to death!

His idea is to live happily and freely.

However, it is not easy to be happy and free. It requires strong strength, sufficient wealth, and powerful military force.

He doesn't want to cause trouble to others, but when someone causes trouble to him, he wants to use his sword and gun to beat the other person until his face is covered in blood.

This goal seems simple, but in fact the requirements are quite high.

To get back to the point, in order to achieve this goal, Luo Yi has never slowed down his practice, nor has he reduced the military construction of the Flower Territory.

However, he was not interested in the war mode of temporarily conscripting serfs, leading them under the leadership of knights, and charging forward.

That approach is really nothing but not taking human life seriously!
Most importantly, times have changed!
With the popularization of magic weapons, rapid-fire rifles, heavy machine guns, cannons, and even ironclad ships appeared one after another...

Human life is becoming increasingly fragile, and victory on the battlefield is not simply based on numbers, but also depends on weapons and equipment, logistics, tactics and strategy, and the quality of the soldiers.

The warriors that Luo Yi wants are real professional soldiers. They must not only have high morale, fear no difficulties, and dare to fight to the death, but also have certain military qualities, accumulation of magic power, and the ability to skillfully use magical equipment.

The retraining of the knights is a way to screen and train senior officers, giving them opportunities and allowing them to keep up with the trend of the times.

The one thousand people trained previously can be regarded as the backbone and grassroots officers of the legion.

Those who are selected from them and baptized by war will be a group of qualified non-commissioned officers.

Until now, Luo Yi felt the danger. A great danger was waiting for him in the near future.
So, he needed a strong enough army.

The purpose of this meeting was for Luo Yi to unify everyone's thoughts, make everyone feel a sense of crisis, and then pass plans such as the establishment of the legion.

It's a pity that he seemed to be standing against everyone, and everyone thought he was making a fuss out of nothing.

Of course, their idea is not without reason. The danger thousands of miles away is indeed a bit far away!
All I can say is that the heights we stand at are different!

It was also at this moment that Luo Yi suddenly had a deeper understanding of the saying "A half-step ahead is a genius, a one-step ahead is a madman."

Therefore, after confirming the situation, Luo Yi immediately changed his approach. He decided to leave the matter of unifying thoughts for later and arrange the tasks first.

The First Guards Corps of Flower Territory was born just like that. The name "Unbeatable Lions" was also given by him on the spur of the moment.
But none of this matters. What matters is that today's Loy has enough prestige and wealth, as well as sufficient industrial capacity.

So, under his arrangement, recruitment started again in full swing.

When recruiting people, priority will be given to those with magical powers and strong physique. Even those who were eliminated last time can participate in the selection again.

The difference is that this time, the newly built training base has been completed and is ready for use.

The military camp outside Brussels can be used as a backup.

Three thousand regular soldiers were trained full-time, mastered basic meditation, simple breathing methods, and taught writing and simple war knowledge.

In addition, they are also responsible for food, clothing, housing, transportation, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, as well as paying a fairly generous salary.

To be honest, it takes a lot for Hua Ling to train such a professional soldier.

Luo Yi asked Shenlan to do a simple calculation. Just the visible expenses, assuming 50 gold Tiers per person per year, for 3,000 people, that would be 150,000 gold Tiers.

But this is only visible, there are also various invisible benefits.

Such as treatment for injuries, expenses for magic potions, consumption of secret medicines for training, pensions for disability, allowances after retirement, high expenses for officers at all levels far exceeding those for ordinary soldiers, sufficient food and meat, eggs and milk supply,

And the biggest thing, weapons and ammunition!
It can be said that the annual expenditure to support this legion is 400,000 to 500,000 gold tyres.

Even so, it is because Flower Territory is a major grain-producing region with abundant food.

There is also a complete industrial system, and you can make your own magic firearms and cannons, and they are sold at cost price.

Otherwise, the amount would have to be doubled. The most expensive thing in building a legion, besides people, is the magic weapons.

Have you ever seen an arsenal that sells weapons to foreign countries without making a 300% profit? !
In other words, the Flower Leader today is not short of money, otherwise, this legion cannot be established at all.

In addition, Loy also ordered war mobilization.

Let the magic power factory speed up the production of weapons, let them stockpile the magic potions needed for treatment, let them train specialized battlefield rescue personnel, let Mira prepare funds, purchase food, and store supplies...

It can be said that his posture of wanting to go to war still scared everyone.

However, they did not object!

The reason is simple. The current system clearly states that promotion is based on military merit. They have been training every day, holding magic heavy machine guns, and they have long been hungry and thirsty.

Whatever the reason, they are eager to prove themselves on the battlefield and achieve class advancement through war.

As for, who to fight with?

Actually, it’s not that important!
Of course, everything is going very busy inside the Flower Territory, and externally, Loy is also actively contacting Archduchess Aphra and Marquis Freud the Elder.

In war, allies are always needed. Otherwise, no matter how good a fighter you are, you will be defeated if attacked from all sides.

However, what Luo Yi did not expect was that before, he was still nervous and thought that the Bonaparte Empire was going to deal with the two people of the Norman Duchy.
At this moment, he became careless and even lifted his combat readiness.

In their opinion, the assassination in Sara City must have been supported by a powerful force.

Moreover, the Bonaparte Empire must be one of them.

If we look at it from the perspective of the Bonaparte Empire, killing the crown prince under the banner of the Serb Renaissance Front both provoked the empire's anger and magnified the contradictions between the Serbs and the empire.

As long as the two sides are on the line and the Serb prince invites him, the Bonaparte Empire can send troops directly into the Bosnia province.

Of course, the current Bosnia province is just a stepping stone. The ultimate goal of the Bonaparte Empire must be the Ruhr Industrial Zone.

That is the core of the Habsburg Empire's industry. If it is destroyed by war, the pace of the empire's development will inevitably be greatly restricted.

All of the above are speculations by Grand Duchess Aphra and Marquis Freud.

But even Luo Yi did not deny that their guess seemed to make sense.

If this line of thought is followed and the goal is achieved, the Habsburg Empire will definitely be contained and severely damaged.

Of course, what made them most happy was that since the two empires were going to compete in Bosnia, it had nothing to do with the Norman Duchy.

They can sit back and relax and let their horses rest!

But Luo Yi always feels that it is not that simple.

Because this is completely viewed from the perspective of the Bonaparte Empire, but what if it is the Habsburg Empire?
Roy knew that not only the Bonaparte Empire was mobilizing troops, but the Habsburg Empire was also making movements in secret.

Then there is the Siren Tribe. Which force drove them to migrate back to the Silver Sea?
Who are their targets?
Who else can get in touch with the Naga Empire and get the Naga Empire to help them with things?
Luo Yi felt that this matter was definitely not as simple as they had guessed, and the forces involved were more numerous than they had imagined.

But he had no way to analyze it with them, let alone explain it to them. He could only tell them to do as they pleased.

It was July of the 314th year of the New Divine Calendar, and the entire Old Continent was very quiet, almost too quiet.

Even on the Silver Sea, pirates committed fewer robberies, as if they were afraid that their actions would cause too much trouble and attract the attention of the Habsburg Empire.

Not to mention the frictions between countries and the conflicts between nobles, they all tacitly suppressed their conflicts, carefully restrained their minions, and waited quietly.

This silence was like the low pressure before a storm, making everyone breathless.

Of course, the world is always in motion, and things are still going on as they should.

There are two major events in Xianhualing. One is that the military expansion and preparation for war are in full swing.

On the other hand, those big designers who were investigating in the flower market sent back some information and sporadic design drawings one after another.

At this stage, they have mainly decided on two locations for the new city.

First, outside the city of Brussell, west and south of the industrial zone, it can also borrow water resources from the Ruhr River.

The other is north of Siren Harbor, bordering the Silver Sea.

Luo Yi carefully read the reasons they listed and could only say that each had its own advantages and disadvantages.

(End of this chapter)