Chapter 69 Military Supplies Outsourcing
Skill Paster
As the name suggests, this is a tool that can copy the skills of any NPC and make them available to other people.
Olivia studied the item's instructions.
First of all, this is an item with a fixed duration and a fixed cooldown period, but it can be used indefinitely.
Each time you use it, the item will only be valid for one week.
After expiration, this tool has a two-week cool-down period.
NPCs whose skills are taken away will not lose their skills.
NPCs that already have skills can also add skills through this item.
At the same time, the derivative effects generated by the skills will also disappear.
The instruction manual for this tool is quite long.
Olivia roughly understood what it meant, for example, to paste Letilen's skills onto Adam.
Adam can also possess the skill "Agent", but this does not affect Letilen's skills from continuing to work.
After Adam acquires the skill "Agent", the skill "Indestructible Blade" will not disappear.
While he has "Agent", Olivia can use Adam's Footprints to light up the map of unknown areas during the skill's validity period.
After the skill expires, the lit map will turn gray again.
Olivia thought about it and realized that the current map function had become even more important with the introduction of the "event" gameplay.
NPCs within the map can be affected by her "divine blessing" and attacked by her "condemnation".
If Caesar went to a neighboring country and used Letilen's skills, wouldn't her map be able to broadcast the situation on the front line?
I don't know if this thing can be used to play some tricks on the enemy during the war.
She thought about it for a while and decided to try it out if she had the chance.
However, for now, Olivia checked the next experience level at which she could obtain the mysterious item.
The next level of experience reward, accumulating 1111 experience points, can unlock a mysterious seed.
The current experience points are 900, and there are more than 200 experience points. It will take several months to unlock them just by signing in every day.
Olivia believed that her family would get more territory in three months.
She refreshed the main quest again.
"Lord. Primary
Task Description:
The unknown map has beautiful scenery, you can plot and scheme, capture cities and gain a barony.
Mission Rewards:
+888 Experience Points
+＊8 blank character cards
+＊8《Pharmacology》
+＊8Zizhi Tongjian
Unlocks the "Town Prosperity" game feature.
Olivia's mind was silent for a moment, and she opened the introduction of the "Prosperity" function with a blank expression.
The prosperity value can affect three aspects of the town.
Talented Refresh Rate
Town Tax
"Recruitable personnel"
The value of a single town will vary from "0-100".
Every time the prosperity reaches ten levels, the above three data will show changes.
There are also cases in the comments.
For example, the prosperity of this town is 10.
The refresh rate of talents is 1/5000
Taxable increase of 5%
5% increase in recruitable personnel
Olivia rubbed her chin and thought for a moment.
In other words, it was a tool for visualizing all aspects of a town's power, allowing her to observe changes in economic and military capabilities at any time.
This will prevent her from being blinded in these aspects and allow her to issue appropriate policies accurately.
Olivia turned off the system and came back to her senses.
She is still watching soldiers training in the barracks, where they are practicing target shooting.
Looking up, you can see them standing in rows beside the target practicing.
Caesar watched silently from the side, hoping that these soldiers would behave better in front of Olivia.
In front of Olivia, these soldiers, veterans who had trained for several months, could fight very close to the center of the circle.
New soldiers who have just been trained for a while can also hit the target without missing the target.
This looks simple, but you will know how difficult it is if you practice it.
Then, five cavalrymen, including George, demonstrated how they could shoot targets while moving on horseback.
It can be seen that the overall quality of these soldiers is already very high.
You should know that these are the only criteria for a qualified knight.
The soldiers in the Baskin Manor next door are not only equipped with a broken spear, but also have poor abilities.
Seeing that the soldiers in their manor were able to catch wild boars, the Knights of Basking ordered their own conscripts to catch wild boars as well.
The soldiers were pushed all over the mountain by the wild boar and were almost killed by it.
Given the quality of these cavalrymen, if given the opportunity, they could be taken to the Knights Templar for a duel and meet the standards for medals.
These elite veterans will follow Caesar to the Count.
The soldiers recruited from Toxon Manor should have been sent to the Baron, but if they went there, they would have been given to old Renault.
There are also some new recruits who stay to look after the house, which is enough.
George, who was standing by, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that both the Lord and his Lady were quite satisfied.
In the past few months, their knight master has been training these soldiers according to his own standards.
George thought that with his level of fighting skills and physical training, these soldiers would have been unable to bear it long ago.
Unexpectedly, as they practiced, these soldiers were able to gradually keep up with the intensity, even George himself.
His previous physical fitness, skills, and even his combat awareness have been improved.
When hunting last winter, George did not understand Caesar's command logic, and he was exhausted after following Caesar on horseback in the mountains.
However, every time they hunted, they followed instructions and were able to force the prey to a place where the terrain was advantageous for attack.
This spring, George found that he could understand the commands of their Cavaliers master.
And also found an attack method that suits him.
This year George will stay to take care of the new soldiers. This task is very important to him. Only when his own abilities grow will he have the confidence to do it well.
What George didn't know was that from that moment on he was a military genius.
After staying in the barracks for a while, Olivia went home.
She thought about it seriously and decided that with Caesar's talent, it was only a matter of time before he would achieve military success if he followed the Count.
The entire County of Constantine is such a large area that if rewards were given based on military merit, who knows how many more barons there would be.
Not to mention Caesar, even her father could become a baron.
Thinking of this, Olivia calmed down again and no longer felt that this task was difficult for her.
The next day, the weather was cloudy. It was early October, the sky was wet, and cold rain fell from time to time.
This morning, Caesar wore a velvet robe, a dark felt robe, and copper-lock soft armor and went out to the Baron's mansion to listen to the Baron talk about the camp.
Olivia slept until noon before getting up and slowly washing up.
Now, neither the main storyline nor the copy mission can be completed by her in a short time.
This gave Olivia a chance to relax.
She was idle at home, so she ordered the servants to change the bed curtains and shuffle the furnishings.
After breakfast, near noon, I took another piece of felt cloth and made clothes in the living room.
It was said that he was making clothes, but in fact there were two plates of various preserved fruits, melon seeds and nuts, chocolate candies, and brewed pear jam and mint tea in a glass enamel cup, and a cat was lying on his knees.
Near noon, Caesar did not stay in the Baron's mansion for dinner and went straight back.
Olivia put the cat down, stood up, walked over to him, untied her belt, and removed her soft armor.
"Last night the Count sent a message that the army would camp on the riverbank between La Voisin and Caronne."
Caesar said as he took off his armor, took the towel and wiped his face and his golden hair that was wet from the rain.
Olivia thought about it and was a little confused: "Isn't that just the area near our manor?"
Maybe they would even occupy the riverbank of her estate.
Because this section of the river is the narrowest, the banks on both sides are flat.
By the end of November and the beginning of December, the roads would be frozen, making it convenient for the army to advance.
Caesar nodded and continued.
As for the Earl and his guards, they lived in the Baron's Palace in La Vossen Fortress.
It is said that the Earl also plans to take his two sons with him.
Drovy Everk and Odinson Everk.
and the Earl's two grandsons.
Prometheus Everk and Erslo Everk.
Three generations of the family have come, and it seems that they are determined to take over Constant County in one fell swoop.
However, now that the war has begun, it is unclear whether only Constant County will be taken or whether Lennia will continue to be divided.
Olivia looked at Caesar.
"Do you think the Earl can conquer Constant County?"
The two of them sat down at the dining table. Servants came in one after another, bringing the dishes. Each dish was exquisite and homely, much more delicious than the superficial lunch at the Baron's mansion.
Caesar thought about it and nodded:
"able."
"Why?"
Caesar reported in detail that there were five large towns in the county of Constantia.
The city of Eastwind is located in the southeast, closest to Lavosen.
To the east is the city of Kuznetsova where the rebels landed.
There is the city of Schauls in the west, the city of Linkai in the north, and the city of Warendorf in the northwest.
These cities are currently being divided up by the rebels, who have burned down the Lenian churches, massacred the townspeople, and driven a large number of Lenians to Alta.
This meant that the rebels could no longer recruit more soldiers.
The only force capable of resisting them was the 20,000 pirates on Vero Island on the eastern front of Lenya.
Although these 20,000 pirates are currently attacking fiercely, in addition to Constant, they have also captured the royal capital of Hobbs in the northeast of Lennia.
However, they were only good at attacking cities, but they did not know how to defend them.
The leader of the rebel army was stationed in the northern capital of Hobbes.
The County of Constantine is currently occupied by only a few thousand rebels, who are plundering the people's wealth.
The capabilities of these thousands of people are limited. Even if they drag the captured Lenians onto the battlefield, they have no combat capabilities.
When Olivia heard this, she found that it was indeed the case.
“The leader of this rebellion may not even be thinking of occupying the land and becoming king.
Perhaps he wanted to reduce the population of the Lenians, seize their royal wealth, and then return to the island to continue his pirate life.
In this way, no matter who occupies Constant County and Hobbs in the future.
Tens of thousands of indigenous people in these two counties were almost killed, and their livestock, food, and wealth were all looted.
Even if we get the land, we will not be able to accumulate the strength to deal with them in a short period of time.
These pirates can rest easy for at least twenty years."
Caesar nodded: "The Count also thinks so."
It turns out that the Earl was determined to take advantage of the situation, knowing that the rebels would not hold on to the land.
This is a battle that must be won, so he brings his sons and grandsons to parade in public in such a grand manner.
Olivia twitched her lips and continued eating.
The next day, the Baroness sent someone to the outskirts of town to invite all the knights' wives to the Baron's mansion.
Olivia then leisurely got in the car and waited for Theresa on the road, and went to the Baron's Mansion with her.
When we arrived at the Baron's mansion and were invited into the Baroness's living room, almost everyone was already there.
The Baroness said that the Earl had sent his aide-de-camp, Ati, who was in charge of logistics, to Lavosen ahead of the main army to survey the river bank.
At present, a large camp is being set up in advance to accommodate the troops.
The Countess said that Artie had already made plans today and chose the location for setting up the camp at the intersection of Baskin Manor, Olivia's territory, and Renault Manor.
The terrain there is flat, and behind the hills there are many giant forests, which makes it convenient to get wood to build barracks.
The army was heading to the river bank and would pass through the territory of the former Toksun Manor.
Hearing this, the other ladies were extremely envious.
Although there is no payment for occupying the land to build a large camp, there are many benefits as one is close to the water and can get the moon first.
But Olivia was not surprised.
In the past, her territory was disliked by everyone. Wasn't it because the river bank was too long, the river channel was too narrow, and there were too many Lenians living on the other side of the river, which made it easy for accidents to happen in winter?
This is how it was for both failure and success. Now that the Earl's army wants to cross the river, this must be the first choice.
Then the Baroness said that she would now help Ati with the logistics of the camp and assign them some work to do.
Although the army has not arrived yet, we still have to prepare supplies in advance.
First of all, the camp needs a stable supply of food such as wheat, and also needs people to cook for the camp.
Blacksmiths were also needed to maintain the weapons, and military horses and feed for the mules were needed.
More transport animals, horses, timber, tools, and tents also needed to be purchased.
The north is cold, so charcoal, firewood, wool felt, and various leather goods must be prepared for the camp, and leather workers must be on standby at all times.
There are dozens of other things.
The Baroness briefly divided these sub-items among the ladies in front of her in front of everyone.
And let them prepare in advance, or contact merchants in the town, or recruit staff, and look at goods and bid.
Olivia got the job of purchasing food, oil and salt needed for the camp.
Theresa was assigned to purchase charcoal and firewood for heating supplies.
Afterwards, he sent maids to see each lady off individually and informed them of the military supply budget in private.
Olivia has the largest budget, which is calculated based on the number of soldiers and is settled monthly.
About twelve thousand people, each person gets one pound of rough wheat and one pound of beans per day.
Including the purchase of salt and oil, the monthly food budget is 2,500 gold coins.
In other words, each soldier's daily ration was only seven suris, which was enough for two pounds of dry food and bread for three meals a day, which was quite good.
Afterwards, Olivia was kept by the Baroness again, and the Baroness took her to the Baron's office.
Along the way, the two of them talked cordially.
Entering the outer hall of the Baron's study, the attendant Arti and the sheriff were talking to a feng shui map.
The Baron was not at home. He had gone to review the soldiers with old Renault and Caesar.
Olivia entered the outer hall and saw the attendant named Artie, who was wearing a madder red robe. He was quite old, with gray hair and a shrewd look.
When he saw Olivia, he immediately knew that she was Caesar's wife. He took the initiative to greet her, exchanged a few polite words, and asked how Caesar was doing.
When Caesar was the count's squire, he was very familiar with this squire, and Olivia had heard him mention this man.
Artie is the best person at making money. He is smart, capable and smooth in his work.
After the pleasantries, Olivia opened the character card and found that Artie was a two-star business talent.
For a person with business talent to become a quartermaster, isn't that like a rat falling into a rice warehouse?
In short, Olivia stood in front of the map and watched Artie point out the land that needed to be occupied for building the camp and the marching route that needed to be built from the territory she was responsible for.
The road from the valley to the river bank is five miles long and is all narrow paths. It is definitely not enough for the army's baggage to pass through, so the road must be expanded.
Olivia listened to his needs and said she could find someone to repair the road, but the funding...
Artie said that the funding for digging the road was only about 200 gold coins, but the road must be widened and built solid.
The army would arrive in La Vossen around the end of October or the beginning of November, so she didn't have much time.
This is a place that the Earl visits frequently, so we cannot have shoddy construction.
Olivia thought about it and realized that the distance from the river bank to the camp was only a few miles. If she recruited a hundred people to clear the way and build the road, it could be almost completed.
The quartermaster, the Baron and the Baroness, handed over the work of food procurement and road construction to her. I'm afraid they were afraid that if the work was not done well, there would be no one to take the blame.
They manage the budget, keep a little for themselves, and then hand it over to their subordinates to do the work. If the work is done well, it is their credit.
If it is not done well, it is the fault of their subordinates and it will not affect the money they have withheld.
However, Olivia thought that they would not dare to deduct too much from her for food and road construction, so if she put in a little effort, the task could still be accomplished.
As for the Baroness, she was also very worried because the Earl, his two sons, and his grandson were all going to live in her mansion.
These people are difficult to deal with, and who knows how much trouble we will get into.
However, Ati only had a total of 600,000 silver coins in his hands.
He also thought that if the war continued for another month, the money would be huge. If he didn't save money and outsource the work, how would he make enough money?
After Olivia left the Baron's Mansion and returned to the manor, the first thing she did was to send someone to find Letilan and Gosley.
Theresa got the job of collecting charcoal and firewood, so I guess she will ask her aunt to do it.
The military supplies should include shelled wheat, various grains and beans.
Olivia planned to have Letilen go to Lavosen and several surrounding towns to gather a group of grain merchants, as well as salt and oil merchants.
Let these merchants take inventory so she can have an idea and then negotiate the price.
The prices of new grain, old grain, and various grains are all different. She wants a large quantity, so there is a lot of room for negotiation.
However, this job is not easy, as she has to check the quality personally.
As for the road construction, it was left to Gao Sili to prepare.
Whether looking for self-employed farmers in your own village or renting farmers from your neighbors, you need to gather hundreds of people.
As for the supervision of road construction, it must be done by Gao Sili, a five-star construction expert, so that people can feel at ease.
She secretly thought that no matter how big the project was, it would be subcontracted layer by layer, and the responsibility would eventually fall on a commoner.
After all, the people here are five-star talents, and she doesn't know what other people are doing.
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