Riding and Slashing

In early June of 359 Pan Deli, the 'peacekeeping force' entered Cliff Bay.

The warehouse in Qiaoyan Bay was built, all the warehouses in the port were requisitioned, and grain piled up into mountains.

Li Ang and Amy also got their wish and became the largest grain merchants in the entire Pendor Continent.

To be honest, many people don't understand why Li Ang doesn't directly use force to conquer Fieldsway and Ravencrow Realm - judging from the current strength, it is completely achievable.

Moreover, there are very legitimate reasons for sending troops to both Fieldsway and Ravencrow Realm.

But neither Li Ang nor Alina was willing to resort to force to conquer.

because there is no need to...

Even Zakar knows that if you can trade fairly, you should try not to fight. The achievements and glory obtained by stepping on the bones seem to be dazzling, but the price paid and the rewards are really far inferior to trade.

There are many ways to conquer, and war is actually the least cost-effective way.

Of course, if you want to use a more cost-effective method, strong military strength is a must. Only under the suppression and deterrence of military power, many methods will be effective-some things can be used, but they cannot be used.

The 'peacekeeping force' formed by Li Ang was used for military suppression.

This force currently has seven legions, with Li Ang himself serving as the marshal.

Godric is in command of the First Legion. Charles, the current leader of the Horn Calling Rangers, and Raphael, the Knight Commander, are the adjutants of the legion—Ralph no longer wants to fight everywhere, and he plans to serve as the military officer of Long River City until his retirement.Most of the members of the First Legion were originally merchants, farmers, or farmers, including nobles and commoners. They were the representatives of the new middle class of the Pendor Empire.

Klose commanded the Second Army, and his adjutant was Sigismund.They are a typical group of meritorious soldiers. Most of their members are Mettenheimers and members of the Freedom Legion who followed Li Ang in the South and North Wars. They belong to the army representatives; they govern the Knights of the Silver Hand.

Eric commanded the Third Legion, with Darion as his lieutenant.This legion is the civilian representative of the Pendor Empire, and most of its members were originally farmers, tenants or craftsmen; it governs the Griffon Knights.

The head of the Fourth Legion is Paladin Roland, and the deputy is Dusk Knight Alistair. The members are all followers of the Goddess of Justice or the Goddess of Darkness.They are representatives of the belief in the "Old Gods" - Li Ang did not deliberately stop any beliefs, even though he is establishing a new "God of Wealth", but still have to tolerate other beliefs, let multiple beliefs coexist, and avoid one family dominating, so as to ensure that the concept of God of Wealth is consistent.The knight order under the Fourth Legion is naturally the Knights of the New Dawn.

The Fifth Legion is a new legion that Jocelyn has just completed reorganization, and the lieutenants are Dumbledore and An Dongjia.This is a typical 'foreign mercenary group', including the Misty Hillmen brought by An Dongjia, members of the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlets re-established by Dumbledore, as well as the previously captured Malitians and a small group of Jatus - they represent the aliens who defected to the Pendor Empire, which is the testimony of the New Pendor Empire's inclusiveness in terms of race and nationality; it governs the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlets.

The Sixth Legion is based on the Immortal Legion of the Bacchus Empire. The head of the Legion is Justus, the deputy is General Brutus, and it has the 'Immortal Knights' under its jurisdiction.In order to commemorate Emperor Marius, the Immortals and Imperial Vanguards were defined by Li Ang as knights, and all the remnants of the original Shadow Legion were also merged into it.They represent the current aristocratic forces of the Bacchus Empire - now there is no distinction between Pendors and Bacchus.

The Seventh Legion was the Second Legion of the former Bacchus Empire. The head of the Legion was Governor Cleon, and the deputy was Knight Commander Loris. It governed the Knights of the Glorious Cross——Kryon had already been appointed by Alina as the Governor of the West. From Eichcoman, Turda Fortress, to Sava River Fort and Leyla Fortress, they were all under the jurisdiction of Kryon.This legion represents the commoner class of the Bacchus Empire.

The Noldor troops did not join any legion, they were directly under the guard of Leon, led by Lisa Dilan.

The three queens, Amy, Wendy, and Alina, no longer go out to fight. They are all busy governing the country, unlike Li Ang, who can still designate themselves as marshals and go out for a while...

These seven legions and the Noldor guards have a total of 3000 people, each representing almost all groups in the entire Pendor Empire, and each legion has a subordinate knight order, which is of course deliberate.

Knights are powerful armed forces, they should be subject to certain restrictions.But each knight order is essentially a representative of various groups of people, and they all have inherited some good cultures, and they cannot be restricted too rigidly.

Similarly, each legion itself also needs some supervision, otherwise moths or careerists will inevitably appear after a long time.

Therefore, Li Ang uses the Legion to govern the Knights, and at the same time uses the Knights to supervise the peacekeeping force. This can be regarded as a way to get the best of both worlds.

Of course, the total establishment of the peacekeeping force is more than seven legions...

After an army of more than 2 people escorted a large amount of food into Cliff Bay, the 'New Vance Carey Alliance' entrenched here immediately collapsed.

'Strong Shield' Haakon was not strong at all this time, he just abandoned the city and fled.

Haraven, the 'iron courage' of Ansen Fortress, was not very courageous, and he also ran away overnight.

Only the new lord of Mimmosh Castle, 'Fatty' Horothgar, is smarter - he chose to surrender to Leon.

This is indeed smarter, because surrendering to Li Ang can at least save his life.

Haakon and Haraven, who boarded the boat and ran away, were intercepted by King Vidis and Gondor, the 'seeker of doom' respectively.

Haakon eventually died at the mouth of the sea near Ravencrow City.

And Harraven was intercepted and killed by the Earl of Gondor and Aidin in Iron Oak Castle on the west coast.

After several fierce battles, the rebels 'New Vance Carey Alliance' were wiped out, and Fierdsway's fleet also suffered unprecedented losses, with more than half of the navy gone.

The loss was heavy, but King Vidis was very happy, because Li Ang did keep his promise and agreed that he would exchange a large amount of food with sea ships.

For Vidis, only by killing the rebels and cleaning up those unruly pirates in Fieldsway can they get enough ships.

There are enough sea ships to exchange enough food with Li Ang.

With enough food, Vidis's status and even his life can be preserved...

Although Vidis himself knew that trading the ship to Li Ang was tantamount to sticking his head under Li Ang's knife.

But now the impoverished Fieldsway has no other options. The peacekeeping force has already entered Cliff Bay. If he doesn't do business with Li Ang, he will definitely be beaten. You can't fight that 'peacekeeping force' on an empty stomach, right?

With a strong army of more than 2 people, what should we fight for?
Not only can't fight, but you have to send people to join in - this is also a prerequisite for Li Ang to agree to trade grain.

Joining the peacekeeping force on behalf of Fieldsway was the main force of the original Fieldsway navy led by Earl Edin of the 'Red Sword', that is, Vidis's own old team, and the Sisters of the Valkyries of Mistcage City.

These troops were reorganized by Li Ang into the Eighth Army, and some sand was mixed into it-Gondor and his son Inna were appointed as the adjutants of the Eighth Army, and Bao Daisi became the "tactical guide" of the army.

Gondor is a friend of Vidis and Aidin, and he and his son serve as adjutants. Of course, Vidis and Aidin will not disagree.

But Gondor is currently a member of the Sarleon Kingdom. Since he attacked the old Dawn Knights, he has become Amy's vassal and has been stationed in Haringosburg before.

On the other hand, Inna is completely Li Ang's person, and the heroine female warrior only obeys his command.

The father and son served as adjutants in the Eighth Army, and Bao Daisi hooked up with the Valkyrie Sisters in it. In addition, Li Ang also paid for the troops. The Eighth Army can actually be regarded as Li Ang's troops. Earl Edin and Vidis' old team have actually become hostages.

The sea ship Vidis traded to Leon also fell into the hands of Gondor, and was jointly refitted by the people of Mettenheim and John Shipyard-the ironclad ship that Leon promised to give to Gondor is about to be fulfilled.

Ironclad ships are indeed very suitable for Gondor's combat style. After all, "Doomseeker" is most famous for playing brutal collisions at sea.

Vidis used more than 60 large sea-going ships to exchange grain, with a net load of more than 6000 million pounds. These were all the ships he got that met Li Ang's requirements.

In this era, the displacement is generally not calculated, and it is calculated according to the net load capacity. The net load is the maximum loading weight of the ship, that is, the cargo capacity after subtracting personnel, fresh water, necessary consumables and the weight of the ship itself when it is fully loaded.

These ships come from different sources and vary in size. If measured by displacement, the full-load displacement of these ships should be between [-] and [-] tons-more than [-] tons are considered large ships in this era.

Li Ang's exchange condition for Vidis is that the actual net load capacity of the ship is equal to the weight of grain that can be exchanged.

That is to say, how much grain the ship can transport at one time in actual operation is how much grain the ship can exchange.

But Leon only accepts boats with a deadweight capacity of more than half a million pounds—roughly equivalent to a displacement of three hundred tons.

This exchange condition is of course very generous, and it is an extremely cost-effective transaction method for the current Vidis. He can take away 6000 million pounds of grain at one time, and save enough to allow Fieldsway, who is suffering from famine, to persist until the next harvest season.

But the manufacture of sea-going ships is very troublesome and the cycle is extremely long, so in terms of actual value, Li Ang has taken advantage of it.

Moreover, Li Ang can guarantee that in the next harvest season, Fieldsway will still have to find himself to buy grain - the grain that Li Ang transported cannot be used as grain, because it is all flour and cornmeal...

Li Ang is a kind businessman, and he spared Filtzway for processing, which saved King Vidis a lot of trouble. It is really not easy to finish grinding such a large amount. All the mills in the entire New Pendor Empire were mobilized and worked overtime for half a month. Finally, 6000 million pounds of grains were ground into powder...

But in the winter half a year later, what will Vidis do?

Are you farming?
He doesn't have that much variety, and it's already June.

Besides, people on the west coast are not good at farming. About half of the population lives in seaside towns. The land on the coast is really not suitable for growing food...

Moreover, Li Ang will 'help Vidis' bring the price of food in Fieldsway back to a low price that is not much different from that of Changhe City-providing so much food at one time is to bring down the price of food quickly.

Keeping food prices down was good governance, and the only way to save Fieldsway's overall economy, and Vidis knew it.

But this kind of good governance means that unless there is a large-scale planting like the one around Sarleon City, there is a high probability that ordinary farmers will lose money growing grain alone-Fieldsway can't directly buy surplus grain from farmers at a low price like Li Ang, and their taxation and governance methods are really hard to describe. The lords are all pirates and smugglers...

That is to say, it is really not sure whether you can fill your stomach by farming in Fieldsway. Anyway, the income will definitely not keep up with other industries, unless you own a large-scale farm.

In addition, in the past few months, the Fildsway people have been migrating to the Sarleon in large numbers, especially the farmers in the east of Fildsway...

So in half a year, Vidis will definitely have to make a deal with Leon, otherwise most of the people in Fieldsville will go to the territory of the New Pendor Empire to beg for a living.

However, Li Ang only needs big boats and seafood...

If nothing else happens, Fog Cage City will soon become a large shipyard and aquaculture base... and the ultimate boss of these industries may be Leslie—or Leon.

After all, Leslie has already bought almost all the properties in Fog Cage City.

The best way out for Vidis is probably to become a second-hand dealer who resells grain, an agent of Fieldsway of Griffin Grain and Oil Company...

Li Ang's best friends and his elite family are all in the hands of Li Ang, so what can Vidis do?

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In mid-June, King Gregory of Ravencrow Kingdom and Queen Ursula of Falcon Kingdom signed an armistice agreement at Cliff Bay, and Ravencrow Realm was divided into two fairly.

The troops of these two countries were also quickly reorganized into two legions.

The Ninth Legion is the army of the Ravencrow Kingdom, led by Duke Adarian, the lord of Fallen Bay, and Duke Alexis, the lord of Longsong Port, who is the adjutant of the legion. The Legion is under the jurisdiction of the Dragon Knights. Li Ang deliberately arranged this way. Adarian supports Gregory, and Alexis supports Ursula...

The Tenth Legion is the troops of the Falcon Kingdom. The leader is Ren, the leader of the Falcon Knights, and the deputy commander is Duke Andema, the lord of Dawn Furnace City.

In fact, even the territory of Ravencrow Realm was divided deliberately by Li Ang - the Dragon Knights are loyal to Gregory, and their base is in Longsong Port, but Longsong Port currently belongs to Ursula's "Falcon Kingdom"; and the lord of Dawn Furnace City is loyal to Gregory, but Dawn Furnace City also belongs to Ursula's Falcon Kingdom...

Of course, Ravencrow City belongs to Ravencrow Kingdom, but at present, Ravencrow City is actually occupied by Ursula's number one pony, Ryan...

The lord of Falling Bay, Adarian, belongs to the neutral faction and does not help each other, but his territory is designated as the Ravencrow Kingdom, and his territory is larger than that of King Gregory...

It seems that Li Ang divided the Ravencrow Realm into two halves fairly, with the siblings each having half, but in fact this is not the case at all.

After the siblings were divided into two kingdoms according to Li Ang's distribution method, it was actually difficult for them to command the great lords under them - and they had to argue with their subordinates.

It is not easy for subordinates to exchange the ownership of the territory. There are too many conflicts of interest. Who doesn't have any property in their own territory?
Ursula and Gregory really don't know how to deal with this situation where you have me and you.

However, Li Ang asked them to cease fighting immediately, and they had no choice but to cease fighting...

Li Ang asked them to send troops to join the peacekeeping force, and they could only send—then Li Ang got all the people involved in the territorial disputes to the peacekeeping force. Even if Gregory and Ursula could think of a solution, it would be difficult to operate...

Why did Leon do this?
Why else, Li Ang is not a good person, he is a businessman... You can't charge a fee for mediating disputes?
Both the Ravencrow Kingdom and the Falcon Kingdom are now in the same embarrassing situation-the several lords who joined the peacekeeping force control a stronger army than the king, but they are not in the territory themselves, and the territory may be hijacked by the king.

This is the first check and balance;
At the same time, the commanders of the two legions will be restricted by their adjutants, which forms a second check and balance;

Coupled with the territorial disputes between these lords, this is the third check and balance...

In the peacekeeping force, they are doomed to travel here and there, and it is difficult to discuss with their king how to solve the problem. In addition, the troops that are completely loyal to Li Ang or his wife account for more than [-]% of the peacekeeping force—that is, if they enter the peacekeeping force, they can only listen to Li Ang...

Then, it's hard to say who has the final say in Ravencrow Realm...

After a while, these great lords who joined the peacekeeping force should be able to realize that the only person who can protect their interests seems to be neither Gregory nor Ursula...