Chapter 25: Homeward (4) (1/2)
Chapter 25: Ho lords, Milton suht Co thethe story, Max couldn’t help but worry, “Would that be alright, My Lord?”
“And if it’s not? Should I do what they want?”
“……”
At Milton’s words, Max could only stay silent However, the look on his face expressed that it wasn’t that he had nothing to say, but that he was reluctant to say it
“If you have so you want to say, just say it Whatever it is, I won’t get angry”
Max i honest My Lord, … I don’t think it’s a bad idea to do as they asked”
“And your reason is?”
“While it’s financially profitable for us to sell to the eous for us to becoains”
“But will those Lords think like you?”
Milton reed with Max
ence is in administrations and not in political manipulations’
Milton turned to look at Jerome, “Jerome, what do you think about this?”
“My Lord, hts differ from Administrator Max”
“How so?”
With Milton’s encouragehts,“First of all, even if you sold therateful to you Instead, the Lords ht believe they were entitled to it If that’s the case, a friendly relationshi+p cannot happen”
Max frowned, “But, if we don’t sell them the food, then they will certainly become our enemy If we took this chance and established a friendlier relationshi+p…”
“That’s impossible A friendly relationshi+p can only happen when both sides see eye to eye”
“You only think that because you are a Knight, Sir Jeroh sheer power My Lord, I believe it’s better to avoid a fight entirely”
“Ad, but that’s an ideal thought and reality is different”
Listening to theht Perhaps Jerome understood the mentality of a noble since he was one himself
The reason the three Lords made such unreasonable demands was because they looked down upon Viscount Forrest While the aristocratic society ant from the outside, it was actually a society ruled by power A friendly relationshi+p cannot be established until the three Lords changed their perception about Viscount Forrest being 'weak'
Milton interrupted Adh”
Once he had their attention, he continued, “Since there’s no way to see the end results beforehand, there’s no way to prove which is right However, Max”
“Yes, My Lord”
“Even if you are right, things have already been done and we can’t reverse it You understand that, right?”
“…yes, My Lord”
“And since that’s the case, make your complaints later and contribute to hoill handle what lies ahead of us Isn’t that your duty as my administrator?”
Max nodded, “Your words are correct My Lord Forgive hted”
“No, you don’t have to apologize It’s also your duty to giveconvinced Max, Milton then turned to speak to Jerome, “Jerome, how are the troops?”
“As you’ve commanded, we’ve recruitedregime, the men have steadily improved Currently there are 200 soldiers and twenty in training and four knights including me, My Lord”
“200 soldiers… that’s not bad”
Hearing Milton’s words, Max couldn’t help but worry“My Lord, are you thinking of the territory?”
“Of course I ahed, but silently nodded in his head
‘We definitely have to prepare for the worse case scenario’</ehts, the first thing that came to his mind was…
“Then don’t we have too few soldiers, sir?”
Max's iht was to increase the number of soldiers He had already calculated the nu territories And when it ca in troops
“Viscounts Harmon and Rosswai have at least 300 men And I believe Count Rosscaiz has over 700 men, My Lord”
“Is that so And if we combine all three territories, then they have about 1,300 ht by Milton's nonchalant response
“My Lord! That’s not just a lot We need to recruit more to increase our troops or recruit mercenaries to increase our numbers”
Max was correct Since our enemies had a lot of men, we ument However…
“Even if we increased our troops, they're of no use without a stable foundation; they would just waste our budget”
Milton believed increasing the number of men would only become a burden to the territory later on
“I also know that, My Lord But I believe as long as the surrounding territories posed a threat to us, it would be better if we expanded our troop size Isn’t that so, Sir Jeroreeree with increasing the numbers of soldiers
Jeroht Commander, I am happy to hear you say we should expand our troop size”
“Then…”
“However, as the Viscount said, it becomes a different story if it would become a burden to the territory”
Max frowned,“But don’t you need more men to win a battle?”