Since his son was talking about serious matters, Old Thor also became serious. He turned around and sat behind the desk, saying, "Currently, there are eight senior knights and eighty-eight intermediate knights."

"It's a bit small." Luther said, then he put his left leg on his right leg, propped up his chin with his left hand, and asked, "Dad, how many people do you plan to expand to?"

"Twenty senior knights and two hundred mid-level knights."

Old Thor said.

Luther nodded. This should be the lowest equipment standard for a knightly order. There are knights like the Royal Knights, the Libyan Count's Knights, and even a knightly order composed entirely of high-ranking knights.

But when the Mountain Knights have all the equipment, it will be OK. After all, for a large mercenary group like the Sabretooth Mercenary Group, the high-level knights only have this kind of equipment.

The mercenary group is mostly composed of intermediate and junior knights.

"How about the military expenses? How to share them?" Luther asked again. According to the agreement at that time, the military expenses of this knights' order established in the south were shared by the six territories.

"After a period of wrangling and understanding the tax situation of each territory, we made a detailed calculation and each family contributed corresponding funds, and our Pompeii family contributed the largest share."

Old Sol seemed a little upset about this matter.

Six territories, then just share it equally. Why should they pay the most when Pompeii has high taxes?

It's not fair.

"Dad, don't be so greedy. Now this knight group is stationed in Pompeii, and you are the commander. It means we used their money to build our own armed forces."

Luther rolled his eyes.

"Hehe." Old Thor of course knew this too, and he chuckled.

"By the way, what about the three large-scale bandit groups in the six territories? Have you collected all the intelligence?" Luther argued with his father for a while and then returned to the serious issue.

This time when he came back, he had a lot of things to understand and plan.

And the elimination of the bandit gangs in Orange was something that all the nobles in the Orange Grand Council agreed upon.

Speaking of this, Old Thor was a little depressed.

"Of course I collected intelligence, and I also planned to eliminate the bandit groups after the Knights were established to improve the Knights' unity. But these bandit groups quietly slipped away."

"Slipped away?" Luther was a little surprised.

"Because the great nobles of Orange have taken action to eliminate the bandit gangs, and they also heard that I formed a knight group. They must have run away out of fear."

Old Thor nodded.

"That's not necessarily true. These bandit gangs are most likely tentacles of the New Party. The New Party wants to stir up trouble, so it might be gathering strength."

Luther pondered for a moment and shook his head.

"In any case, it's a good thing that there are no bandit gangs in the country. Dad will fill up the Knights and prepare for war."

Luther said again.

"I know this without you telling me." Old Thor crossed his arms across his chest, rolled his eyes, and looked a little arrogant.

Dad’s personality has completely collapsed. When Luther first came here, he thought his dad was a conservative guy.

"Oh, there's one more thing." Luther subconsciously looked over his shoulder. The Eagle King did not come in and stayed in the carriage.

But Old Thor knew of the existence of the Eagle King.

"If my guess is correct, the new party's plan should be to carry out a large-scale decapitation operation against the Orange nobles. My suggestion is to invite Earl Windsor, Baron Billy, Baron Philip and others to live in Pompeii so that I can protect them together." Luther said.

This is Luther's consideration for the safety of his allies. This is the kind of person he is. Enemies are enemies, and allies are allies. He makes a clear distinction between them.

But Old Sol sneered and said, "You have good intentions, but they may not trust you."

"Although we are allies, they are willing to support us in establishing the Knights and maintaining the safety of the six territories. But they are also politicians. You launched a purge of the Silver Wing Family, causing them to lose their territories. They are wary of you, including Baron Philip. If they come to Pompeii to live, what if you secretly deal with them?"

Old Saul revealed his true colors as a politician and pointed out everything ruthlessly.

A politician is a person who never completely trusts anyone.

Luther patted his head, thinking that he was still too young.

But never mind that. Whether these allies can survive depends on their own luck.

"Then after I finish my business, I will also live in this castle," Luther said.

"You want to trick the New Party members?" Old Saul understood immediately.

"With the help of the Eagle King, I would feel embarrassed if I didn't kill a few great knights of the new party." Luther shrugged.

Because Luther still had things to do, he talked to Old Sol for a few more words and then planned to leave. At this time, Old Sol said, "By the way, that guy Stone has also become a senior knight."

Knight Stone used to be an elite mid-level knight. After being taught the ancient knight training method by Old Thor, he finally broke through and became a senior knight not long ago.

"Good." Luther smiled.

No matter how powerful the newly recruited knights are, the knights that the Pompeii family can rely on and the knights who will never abandon them in times of crisis are only from the seven major families.

Knight Stone is from the Pompeii family, so it is certainly a good thing for him to become a senior knight. Moreover, Knight Stone is still young, so he may become a great knight in the future.

Luther left the castle in a good mood. After leaving the castle, Luther first sent Miss Alice to her villa in the city, and then came to the town hall.

After entering the city hall, Luther asked Lelouch to send someone to convene a meeting of important people in the territory, and he immediately went to the meeting room and sat down.

Soon after, all the important people in the territory arrived.

Mayor Lelouch.

Knight Commander, Knight Stone.

Informal General Manager of the Pompeii Group, Mrs. Sophie.

General Manager of Orange Group, Kuba, Brown.

This is a small but extremely important meeting.

After everyone arrived, Luther asked Lelouch, "Mr. Mayor, how is our autumn harvest in Pompeii this year?"

"It's a great harvest. The food will last for a long time. And I understand that the food production in the six territories is also very good." Lelouch knew what Luther meant and said with a smile.

Next comes the war, what is the most important thing?

It's food.

It just so happened that Pompeii was rich in grain, and the whole of Orange was a granary. This year's autumn harvest was very important because it could not only support the war, but would also be of great help to possible chaos in Orange and a large influx of population in the future.

More importantly, the Earldom of Windsor also produces salt, and the Earldom of Silver Wing also has iron ore.

War means opportunity. If a large number of people flow in, these six rural territories will develop into prosperous places like earldoms.

"Okay. When the spring ploughing season comes next year, we will spread our agricultural concepts to the six territories. This way, even if the war lasts for two or three years, we won't be afraid."

Luther said with a cheer.

(End of this chapter)