The Knight's Journey to the Empire

Upon hearing this, Countess Katis did not rush to respond to Plant and Redsas. Instead, she turned to look at Sir Colbert and asked, "Colbert, what do you think about this?"

Sir Colbert's position is somewhat special. He has always been a military adviser trusted by Countess Curtis, and most of the troops of Countess Curtis's family are also in his hands.

Therefore, it is normal that Countess Curtis chose to ask Sir Colbert at this time.

However, regarding the expansion and reorganization of the army, Plant and Redsas had actually discussed it with Sir Colbert before Countess Curtis and her men arrived at the [Anglican Islands].

Sir Colbert is able to lead so many troops, so his military knowledge is naturally far beyond that of ordinary people, and he can naturally see the future direction of the war in the new territory.

Therefore, after several people discussed it, Sir Colbert also agreed with Plant and Redsass's views, believing that the naval force was indeed in urgent need of expansion.

So at this moment, Sir Colbert did not hesitate to answer Countess Katis's question and said directly: "I also think that Plant and Redsas's views are correct."

"Right now, we should focus on expanding and training the navy to prepare for possible attacks from the Kingdom of Essex in the future."

Countess Katis nodded after hearing this, but then she looked at Soran standing aside, as if she wanted to ask Soran's opinion.

Seeing this, Soran did not say anything, but smiled and nodded, agreeing with this opinion.

So Countess Katis began to give orders directly: "In this case, then follow what Plant and Redsas said, reorganize all the army into the navy, and hurry up to train and prepare for the next possible war."

Then she made a preliminary allocation of the command of the various armies in the territory: "Sir Colbert, the Family Guardian Knights will be under your full command from now on;"

"Lord Fatis, Lord Uhtred, the naval forces will be under your command from now on;"

"As for the security team, it is still under the jurisdiction of Wolfe."

Finally, Countess Katis comforted Plant and Redsas: "Plant, Redsas, don't worry! I remember your contributions in my heart, and I will definitely not treat you meritorious officials unfairly."

"But next, I need you to fully assist the two lords to complete the reorganization of the troops as soon as possible, and seize the time to train to form combat effectiveness. Do you understand?"

"Yes, my Lord Earl!" Although they were somewhat reluctant, Plant and Redsas said in unison.

After Countess Katis officially issued this order, it can be foreseen that the navy force will definitely be the most powerful force in the new territory.

As for Plant and Redsas, their current strength is only at the professional level of a brave knight.

However, Lord Fatis and Lord Uhtred are both upper-level knights with powerful strength and respected status. They are also important retainers who have been loyal to the Earl of Katis's family for generations.

Therefore, it is understandable that Countess Katis now lets these two more powerful people take charge of commanding the navy.

Of course, although there are two more leaders above Plant and Redsas, the position seems to be downgraded...well...it is indeed downgraded!

He was demoted from the positions of the first and second in command of the Navy to the third and fourth in command.

But after the naval reorganization was completed, we compared it and found that it had actually increased.

Because the power they hold is actually greater.

Before the reorganization, the navy force had a staff of only 1000 people. No matter how the two people were distributed, each person was only in charge of a battalion of 500 people.

But after the reorganization, the navy force will have at least 3500 naval soldiers, so if it is redistributed in this way, wouldn’t the power in their hands be even greater?

Moreover, the Earl himself said that the merits they had previously obtained would not be abandoned because of this.

That means that in the future they will be able to obtain an island as their family's hereditary fiefdom.

In addition, everyone actually understands that the [Angles Islands] will only be truly safe if they can survive the possible attack from the Kingdom of Essex.

Therefore, Plant and Redsass had already prepared for this situation when they discussed with Sir Colbert about the method of reorganizing the navy to enhance the territory's strength.

So after this operation, Plant and Redsas no longer had any resentment in their hearts.

Anyway, everyone’s goal now is the same, which is to survive safely first, otherwise everything is just empty talk.

……

"So everyone, if we capture the man who picked peaches and send him to the Kingdom of Essex as a token of surrender, do you think the Kingdom of Essex will not pursue us?"

At the side, Wolfe's voice sounded faintly, arousing the interest of most people present.

Although Woolf did not say it explicitly, everyone could guess that "the one picking peaches" naturally referred to Prince Mercurysteen.

Because these days, after being spread and understood by many people, most people have already known that Prince Mercristian came to the [Anglican Islands] to take advantage of the situation and pick peaches.

In addition, the fact that Prince Mercristian came to the [Anglican Islands] has greatly increased the possibility of the Kingdom of Essex attacking.

After all, what king would allow a prince who wants to restore his country to go into exile after destroying the country?

Therefore, everyone was very angry at the shamelessness of Prince Mercristian.

But unfortunately, Countess Katis did not express any clear attitude on this matter, so everyone let it go.

But despite this, it does not mean that everyone has not thought of this method.

On the contrary, after learning about the shamelessness of Prince Mercristin, the first thing that came to everyone's mind was the method of "surrendering people".

Because "I would rather die than let my friend die" is the nature of most people, and the possibility of success of this method is indeed relatively high.

The main reason why no one brought it up directly was because of their identity restrictions.

The lord of Countess Katis is His Majesty the King of Midburg Kingdom, and Prince Mercristin is the first heir to the Midburg Kingdom, so there is actually a delicate relationship between her and Prince Mercristin, similar to that of a vassal and a lord.

In this society that still attaches great importance to loyalty, as retainers of the Earl's family, they proposed that Countess Katis betray her "lord", which would inevitably leave a bad impression on the Earl.

After all, if you can suggest that I betray him today, then you can betray me tomorrow, right?

But since Woolf first proposed it, it was different.

Because Woolf is still an "outsider" now, relatively speaking, there are not so many identity restrictions.

Of course, Woolf also understood this point, which is why he was the first to propose it.

"I think this method is feasible. Perhaps it can really solve the current crisis!" Sir Colbert was the first to respond to Woolf's proposal.

Sir Colbert's identity is also somewhat special. He is an old minister loyal to the Earl of Curtis's family, and one of the most trusted people of Countess Curtis.

Therefore, since he was the first to respond, he would naturally not be resentful by Countess Katis.

Moreover, Sir Colbert is a man of true character, and he would definitely not tolerate the shameless behavior of Prince Mercristian.

If his current strength was not insufficient, Sir Colbert would definitely rush forward and capture Prince Mercristian.

Countess Katis didn't say much upon seeing this, but looked at the people around her.

Everyone looked at their noses and their noses at their hearts, and it was obvious that no one wanted to express any opinions here.

Then Countess Katis looked at Butler Mark standing beside her, with a hint of inquiry in her eyes.

Butler Mark shook his head slightly and rejected the proposal.

Of course, this does not mean that Butler Mark wants to favor Prince Mercurysteen, but because Butler Mark knows that with his own strength, he cannot directly defeat Master Oliver.

Once this kind of thing is to be done, it must be done quickly and completely, otherwise there will be endless troubles and problems.

Countess Katis understood and said passionately: "Let's stop here! Don't talk about it again!"

Upon hearing this, Woolf and Sir Colbert smiled bitterly and said nothing more.

……

"My Lord Earl, I think we can send out a transport fleet now to find a secret bay on the coast of Fir County and establish a secret base to receive refugees." Soran put forward the first suggestion he thought of at this meeting.

"Now? Isn't it too early?" Countess Katis asked doubtfully.

Soran once suggested to Countess Katis that she use public opinion to guide the refugees of Ganise County to flee to Fir County, one of the two northern counties of the Kingdom of Midburg.

The purpose is to find a suitable opportunity to send a transport fleet to take these refugees to the [Anglican Islands] to increase the number of residents in the territory.

But Countess Katis has always believed that the so-called right time would at least have to wait until the new territory entered a period of stable development.

So she never expected that Sauron would start deploying this plan not long after landing on the island.

But in fact, since Soran dared to bring it up, he must have thought it over carefully:

"My Lord Earl, considering the situation we are facing now, it is not too early to implement this plan! And there is a reason why I am making this suggestion now."

"First, the development of the [Angliss Islands] is currently still mainly restricted by the insufficient population. If we have enough people, we don't have to stay in [Sailing Island], but can directly develop the entire [Angliss Islands]."

"Secondly, the Kingdom of Essex is currently focusing on the Principality of Glia. They may not pay much attention to remote places like Fir County. So if we go there at this time, the possibility of being discovered will be much lower."

"Third, we don't know whether the Kingdom of Essex will attack the Antilles in the future, so we must always be prepared. The more people in the territory, the more soldiers we can recruit, and the more adequate our defense will be."

"Fourth, the territory is currently well-prepared with supplies, so if we increase the population of the territory, we should be able to cope with it."

"Fifth, the people in the territory are now basically living a stable life, so we can also give them the population promised to Prince Mercristin from among these refugees."

"Finally, winter is coming. If we don't hurry up and go, I believe many of us will freeze to death."

Although things have developed to this point, the lives and deaths of these refugees are no longer important to Sauron and his men.

However, the development of the territory still requires a large population to supplement it, so having these free refugees to accept now is much better than having to use money to buy them in the future.

In short, in this slave society with backward productivity, population is the most basic productivity, so the more population, the better.

"My Lord, I think this proposal is feasible!" Magellan said, "After completing this transportation mission, our three transport fleets will have nothing else to do for the time being."

"So since we have nothing to do anyway, we might as well take this opportunity to transport more people to the territory!"

Over there, Plant also spoke up to express his agreement: "Yes, Lord Earl! This way we can not only obtain more troops, but we can even use this secret base to learn more about the various news in the Kingdom of Essex."

"If we can find out that the Kingdom of Essex wants to attack the [Angliss Islands], we can prepare early and avoid having to passively defend ourselves in the end."

Soon, all kinds of voices were heard around. Some said that it could be used to train the navy, some said that it could be used to promote exchanges with the mainland, and some said that it could be used to expand trade, and so on.

There were so many reasons that it was hard for Countess Katis to disagree.

Of course, there are definitely some people who do not agree with this plan.

The main reason they chose not to stand up and oppose was to give Sauron face.

Perhaps they were not very clear about the delicate relationship between Soran and Countess Katis.

But they knew very well that they could not offend Sauron at this time.

"Everyone, regarding this plan, I suddenly thought of another method that might be better!" Andre suddenly spoke up from the side.

Everyone quickly quieted down after hearing what he said, waiting for his next words.