I was a knight in the Middle Ages

After nearly three months of negotiations between the Grand Duke and the major forces, a consensus was finally reached. All parties formed a city management committee to manage the commercial city. The committee members came from the three major empires, the Grand Duke, the Holy See, and the Chamber of Commerce.

In the military field, each party sent one hundred soldiers to join the city administration committee's forces, but the Holy See was given more rights and sent one hundred and fifty soldiers, highlighting its unique status.

In terms of taxation, the three empires of the City of Commerce symbolically paid 1% of the management fee, while the Church received 20% of the income, half of which was used to pay the cavalry regiment and the other half was handed over to the Church. The Grand Duke received 30% of the income, and the Chamber of Commerce received 10%. The rest of the expenses were left in the City of Commerce to pay for mercenaries and city construction.

This distribution plan not only takes into account the interests of all parties, but also highlights the special status of the Holy See and the Grand Duke. All parties work together to create a prosperous commercial city.

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"Alpha, what should we do now?" Will frowned as he looked at the mountain forests that were nearly a hundred kilometers away. "We can't search here at all! Will has never been to this protruding area, and he only knows about this area from the map.

Alpha pondered for a moment and gave a decisive order: "We will advance 20 kilometers first, with Bilis Fortress as the center, waiting for Captain Robin Hood to come, redivide the area, and jointly suppress the bandits." Alpha certainly would not be so foolish as to think that he could accomplish the task of suppressing bandits with just 500 people.

Will could only agree with Alpha's order and said helplessly: "That's the only way." Will wanted to solve it alone, but his strength did not allow it.

Will and Alpha brought a total of 500 people to suppress the bandits this time. Now more than 100 knights and 200 infantrymen have died in the battlefield. Alpha's wartime supply capacity is very good, which has increased the number of knights to 600 and the number of infantry to 200, in addition to 200 militiamen. However, this amount of troops is not worth mentioning in the vast mountainous area.

"I hope Captain Robin Hood can bring reinforcements as soon as possible..." Will sighed.

In the next few days, the battle line advanced rapidly. The task that originally took ten days or half a month to complete was now completed in a week, and all that was left was waiting.

When the battle line reached the fortress of Bilis, Will only had 300 knights, 200 infantrymen and 100 militiamen left. The rest stayed in the local area to prevent the bandits from resurrecting.

During the days of waiting, Alpha was not idle. He mainly practiced in the Bilis Fortress. After ten days of practice, Alpha successfully gathered a little bit of the Sun Meridian Qi. Although it was only a little bit, it gave Alpha hope. After all, his fighting spirit could not be cultivated on its own, and the passive cultivation speed could not meet Alpha's expectations. Now, Alpha finally did not have to worry about not being able to practice. However, Alpha still could not practice the Taixuan Sutra. The Heart-stimulating Palm required strong internal force support, so he could not learn it for the time being.

"Lord Alpha, what do you think will be the best way for our commercial city to develop?" Ever since Liv knew that Alpha also had unique insights into business, she often came to listen to Alpha's advice.

Alpha looked at the enthusiastic Liv and smiled. This girl was different from anyone he had met before. She had an indescribable charm that made people want to get close to her and get to know her.

"If we want to make this commercial city develop better, we need to adapt to local conditions and choose business projects based on the characteristics of the surrounding areas and the needs within the jurisdiction."

Alpha pondered for a moment and continued, "I think we can develop commodity trade here and turn this place into a trade distribution center so that the trade of the three empires can gather here."

Liv agreed, "We have a great geographical location here, we are very close to the major empires and the Church, and the roads are well developed, so we can transport supplies to the surrounding cities."

"Not only that, we can also leverage our technological advantages to develop export trade of high-tech products."

Alpha nodded and added: "Trade is an important direction for the commercial city. In addition, we can develop tourism and cultural and creative industries."

Liv asked: "What are high-tech products? Where can we start with tourism and cultural and creative industries?"

Alpha explained: "What is the most developed thing in Torres Province?"

Liv replied, "The most developed areas in Torres Province are weapon forging and ironware production. Due to the long-term banditry, the people here are tough and almost every household has its own blacksmith shop with advanced manufacturing technology. In addition, the grain production is very high. The east and central regions are both large plains with fertile land and huge grain production. Two huge iron mines were recently discovered in the east. I'm afraid Torres Province will usher in a commercial boom."

It is also because of the large grain output that the rear is stable and the people have the strength to work and forge iron to give full play to their advantages. This is the foundation of all development.

"The cultural industry cannot be ignored either." Alpha added, "We can develop the cultural and creative industry and make good use of the huge base of the Holy See among the general public to attract a large number of people to travel and make pilgrimages."

Previously, due to the bandit problem, people going on pilgrimage would not pass through Torres Province. If the bandit problem in Torres Province can be solved, the people's pilgrimage distance will be greatly shortened. Alpha's move can also attract more high-quality and rapid population growth.

"But what's the point of attracting those people here?" Liv's ideas were limited to business, and she was not interested in the poor.

"The people are the foundation of all development. Without them, all this is just empty talk." Seeing that Liv was still stubborn, Alpha did not say anything more, but directly took charge of attracting the people. "Leave the matter of attracting the people to me, you don't have to worry."

Although Alpha had not experienced it, he knew that other countries in the Western world were sparsely populated. In addition to the fact that people were concentrated on the edge of the city, it was normal for hundreds of miles of deserted land to be uninhabited. These lands were fertile fields, and once there were enough people, they could supplement the food production.

The two people think in different directions. Liv only thinks about how to develop business and how to use her abilities, while Alpha needs to build this place into his own logistics base.

After Alpha's future planning, in-depth research and analysis on the commercial city, Alpha and Liv believe that in order for the commercial city to develop better in the future, it is necessary to focus on investment and development in trade, tourism and cultural industries.

In terms of trade, we can take advantage of the commercial city's superior geographical location and convenient transportation conditions to develop import and export trade, especially to increase the export trade of scientific and technological products and enhance the competitiveness of the commercial city.

In terms of tourism, the commercial city can make full use of its rich natural scenery and historical and cultural relics to create a unique tourism brand, attract more tourists to visit, and thus promote local economic development.

"Lord Alpha, can we start building the city now? We have already accommodated nearly five hundred people." Liv looked at the idle people. If this continued, there would be trouble sooner or later.

"Don't provide everything for free. At most, you can provide some basic food. The rest must be paid for through labor." Even in Alpha's team, ordinary laborers were divided into three groups. Some were only given porridge to keep them from starving, some were given normal meals with extra meals, and there was also a militia organization that paid them.

"Then what can we do now?" Liv has no start-up capital now and can't do anything at all.

"We have resources now. A large amount of supplies will serve as start-up capital, and we will use work-for-relief. There is a serious shortage of warehouses and houses in the fortress now, so we can let them quarry rocks and build cities. After the bandit problem is solved, the roads outside must be expanded, and the trees on both sides must be cut down. It is too easy to ambush the enemy in the current situation." Alpha put forward his own suggestions.

"Okay, then I will prepare to gather the people to build houses tomorrow." Liv finally found something to do.

"Remember that fortresses must be planned in advance and not built haphazardly." Alpha recalled the previous world, in which many cities were seriously hindered in their future development because of the lack of advance planning.

"So what suggestions does Alpha have?" Liv didn't know much about urban planning.

"See if there are any professionals here and listen to their suggestions. My advice to you is that the roads should be wide, with six to eight lanes on the main roads and two to four lanes on the secondary roads. The rest is up to you." Alpha was not an urban planning major and only remembered the traffic jams he had experienced in the past.

"Lord Alpha, the dumplings are ready." Just as the two were preparing to have a deep emotional exchange, Lina came over with a large bowl of dumplings.

"Lord Alpha, what were you two doing just now?" Lina put down the plate, lay down behind Alpha and looked at the two of them, with a hint of cunning in her eyes.

"We're discussing city planning." Alpha lied.

"Lord Alpha, this is done exactly as you said. We haven't even eaten it yet." Fattam, Lilia, Rowling, Monkey, Quinn, Will, Bach and others also ran over.

"You are all here! Let's try dumplings." Alpha was tired of eating barbecue and bread every day. Based on the existing ingredients, Alpha suggested making dumplings.

"Great, let's eat together!" Alpha ate the dumplings, feeling a little nostalgic: this is the taste of the past.

There was still roast meat and bread left on the table, but no fresh fruit. After all, it was winter and only the nobles could afford fruit.

"It's delicious! Alpha, how did you know this method?" Will praised it after taking a bite.

"I had a dream. I dreamt of an oriental world. There were so many delicious foods in that place that I couldn't eat them all." Alpha recalled the dream and fantasized about the future.

"When I have a chance, I want to go to the Eastern world to have a look." Will had also heard about the prosperity of the Eastern world. Unfortunately, the Holy See, with the strength of the entire West, suffered heavy casualties and still failed to succeed, which made the Holy See completely lose hope.

"Let's drink to our victory in suppressing the bandits!" Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.

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On the fifth day after Alpha and his companions arrived at the Bilis Fortress, Robin Hood's team arrived one after another. In order to complete this mission, Robin Hood brought more than 500 people, including more than 300 knights and 200 infantry. In this way, the total number of both sides reached about 1,000.

According to the existing intelligence, the enemy's largest stronghold was at Baft Mountain. Therefore, Alpha and Robin Hood decided to lead 300 cavalrymen each to encircle Baft Mountain, leaving the infantry to form a defense network around the Bilis Fortress.

However, there are three satellite mountains outside the bandits' lair, Baft Mountain, and there are many bandits in them. Will and Robin Hood decided to eat one each and deliberately leave one for the enemy, so that they would think there is still hope of escape and flee westward. Further west of Baft Mountain is the border, which is beyond the combat range of everyone.

Will's target is Mount Joyce, which is only two kilometers away from Mount Baft. Once the battle starts, the enemy's lair will definitely arrive in the shortest time. Therefore, reconnaissance in advance is essential.

Master Alpha frowned as he checked the battle report in front of him and asked, "Lina, are you sure they are just bandits?"

"Yes, Lord Alpha. They have no organization or discipline, they are just a group of guerrillas." Lina said as she picked up the last dumpling on the plate and ate it.

"How many people are there?" Alpha needed more information.

"Lord Alpha, the team we encountered probably has a thousand people, but most of them are infantry, and there are no more than two hundred cavalry." Lina swallowed the dumplings and continued to report on her work.

"According to the intelligence we have, there are at least three thousand people in the enemy's lair. Such a large-scale bandit group does not have any organization or discipline. The most likely possibility is that they do not want to fight a protracted defensive war with us. Because once a defensive war is fought, their strategic depth will soon be squeezed out by us, and then they can only be surrounded and annihilated by us." Will took the intelligence he got from Grand Duke Houston. The enemy's number is five times that of their own, and this battle will not be easy.

"That's because there are too many bandits, and they only eat what they can get from the horses. They simply can't fight a protracted war, so they want to fight a war of attrition with us in the wild!" Lina guessed curiously.

"I'm afraid the purpose is not that simple. We are basically cavalry. Once a field battle breaks out, these infantry won't be able to escape at all. It's better to leave the infantry to guard the city and let the cavalry come out to harass." Alpha felt that it was not that simple.

"Where is the nearest food source?" The only thing Alpha could think of was the problem of food. Without food supplies, it would be impossible to sustain the battle.

"So they plan to draw our attention to themselves so that we have no time to take care of other things while they prepare to attack other places." Lina rinsed her mouth with water.

"Is their target Mick Town? It's an important grain production town in Torres, and it's only 80 kilometers away from here. If the grain there is destroyed, this year's spring farming will be completely ruined." Rowling is no show-off, and she understood Alpha's meaning at the first time.

"Not necessarily. It could be the arsenal there. If they can destroy it, we'll just be guarding a pile of scrap metal." Will also expressed his thoughts. After all, the arsenal is in that direction.

"What should I do?"

"Besiege Wei to save Zhao and directly destroy their lair." Alpha snapped his fingers.