Lord Wants To Be An Emperor

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The development of Merlot City is getting faster and faster. Taxation alone can no longer satisfy the construction of Merlot City.

The sewer system and water conservancy channels all ate the bulk of Merlot’s finances. If we only rely on the industrial tax under the name of Aslan, it would simply not be able to meet such a huge expenditure.

At the same time, Aslan is also worried about the privatization of the military industry. One day if he passes away, some people sell weapons to the enemy in order to make a huge profit, it will be hopeless.

Some people may find it funny, but in the face of the desire for capital and wealth, everything is possible.

“Sir Lord, the chaos is approaching, shouldn’t we continue to expand the army?” Gude raised his hand, asking like a rare treasure.

Nodded, which other people agree with, even Essen and the Civilian Court Officials are very supportive.

This time is not only Merlot Chengyuan Human Race officials, but also newly promoted alien officials.

For example, Aliah from the Foreign Affairs Office, Winner, the newly-built Director of the Education Bureau, and Knight Guard Vice Captain Kuchulin all attended one after another.

“What is the population of our Merlot city today?” Aslan asked indifferently.

A half-elf secretary beside Essen stood up at his sign and began to speak.

“The new census has come out. The population of Merlot has reached 164,531, the population of Max has reached 56,232, and the total population of several other towns has reached Forty-six hundred and fifty-five people, as well as seventy-nine, eighty-seven legal residents living in various farms. Last month, several villages were attached to the village, and the population of the outlying villages was also 96,000. 831 people, if the attached villages around the towns are still increasing.”

The half-elf civil servants have confident expressions on their faces. This time the census nearly caused their city hall civil servants to break their legs.

Now the Merlot area has a population of more than 500,000, and the foreign races in the Changfeng Plain are not included.

“More than half a million people, how many troops does Merlot now have?” Aslan asked.

“Except for the main corps, 20,000 reserve troops, 10,000 city defense troops, and 10,000 construction corps.” Gavin, the military chief who has taken over Merlot City, said without hesitation.

“With the main force of Legion, which has nearly 50,000 troops, will it be necessary to expand the army. Does urban development and agricultural production do not require people?” Aslan Sighed said.

There is silence in the Conference Hall.

Although the size of the army seems to be very large, considering that the reserve forces belong to the militia sequence, and they will only be concentrated in training during the slack period. Most of the time, they are the main force of agricultural production. Until now, the war and the movement are in Merlot. Between the region and the Billy region, it has little impact on agricultural production. Once the war is far away from the Merlot region, who will be responsible for the fields they are responsible for.

Don’t even mention women farming. In this era, women also need to go down to farm.

“The city defense forces also need to maintain regional security, routinely patrol the area, and build Legion. The projects in hand are sufficient for next year. The reserve forces are indeed the most stable source of troops, but they also have to bear the agricultural production in the Merlot area. You said We are going to conscript there.” Aslan sighed said.

“Do you all want to be brutal?”

There is silence in the Conference Hall.

“But what if the fighting spread to Merlot?” Gutz subconsciously said.

“From the next month, the lord will move to the fortress of Dowstone, and the lord guards the gate and rejects the enemy!” Aslan resolute and decisive said.

Everyone was moved and ashamed.

“There is still a Billy area in front of us. It is very difficult for the war to spread to the Merlot area, but in order to ensure that the war does not spread to the Merlot area, we must send the main force Legion to participate in the war. When the time comes, I will rate As the army goes out, the affairs of the Merlot area will trouble you all.” Aslan continued.

“Sir Lord! Absolutely not.” Gavin was the first to stand up and stop.

Every time Aslan leads the army, there is never a single return intact. They absolutely cannot let Aslan take this risk.

“Yes! Sir Lord is now the pillar of the Merlot area. If you have any shortcomings, the Merlot area will be over.” Laining also wanted to understand a lot of things during the Aslan arrest this time.

Nowadays, many places in the Merlot area are not perfect, and they are completely supported by the prestige of Aslan.

“I am the lord of the Merlot area and the teacher’s dísciple, and I personally lead the army. No one dares to use the Merlot army as cannon fodder.” Aslan indifferently said.

The Conference Hall fell into a strange silence for an instant.

Being treated as cannon fodder, the pressure contained in this sentence is so heavy that no one dares to refute.

As Aslan said, if the leader of Merlot’s army is not Aslan, if the battle is unfavorable, it is impossible to guarantee that the main force of Billy’s army will be used as the queen of the palace or the abandoned son will be dropped to block the enemy.

In normal times or they dare not do this, but it is different at a crisis. After all, Billy’s army is his own son compared to the nephew of Merlot’s army.

“In addition to the armament preparations at this time, there was also the locust plague on the Northern Wind Prairie.” Aslan knew the seriousness of the matter, and did not continue to discuss the matter, and directly changed the topic.

About the locust plague in the Northern Wind Prairie, it’s not a secret now, even some well-informed merchants in Billy City know it, but considering that the food will be transported to the Northern Wind Prairie, there is also a Changfeng Plain in the middle. They just gave up!

Otherwise, they would not let it go by such an opportunity to make a fortune in disaster.

“I have already visited the site. This matter is not a trivial matter. Not surprisingly, starting next year, the locust plague will spread across the mainland, and our Merlot area will be more or less affected.” Aslan said.

Everyone’s faces became solemn, only Gude and Gutz looked towards Johnson with doubts.

“Johnson Town Order! Our Merlot area hasn’t had a locust plague for many years.”

Johnson also looked towards Aslan speechlessly when he heard this.

“It is recorded in the literature that the last locust plague occurred more than a hundred years ago. At that time, the locust plague broke out. There was not much vegetation to eat in the Merlot area, so a large area of ​​it starved to death. Later, Merlot was extremely hungry. People have cooked it, and since then, there has been a custom of eating locusts in Merlot.”

Hearing what Johnson said, outsiders like Gavin and Arthur suddenly suck in a breath of cold air.

“Eat insect!”

Aliah is even more look pale. Even Nomiri, who is standing behind Aslan, has blinking eyes and is obviously disgusted.