Chapter 25: Homeward (4) (2/2)
“That’s correct However if we can ith the men we have now, then there’s no need to increase our nu you can win even when the enemy has six times the amount of men than we do?”
Jeroht”
Milton also responded as though it was a ree There is no need to increase the size of our troop”
Max couldn’t understand how Milton and Jerome could be so confident
“My Lord, if the three territories combine their troops, they would have over 1,000 men”
“I know that”
“And while I hts And if we add in the trainees, then it’s at least an additional fifty, My Lord”
“I assuin to lightly criticize, “But you still believe we could win?”
“We can win”
“Yes, we can win”
Milton and Jerome responded without hesitation It was the voice of confidence The voice of victory
Bought over by their confidence, Max began to believe they could win as well
“Max, when it comes to war, leave it to me and Sir Jerome I swear on my name, ill be victorious”
With Milton like this, there really was nothing more Max could say If Max was still doubtful despite his lordan oath upon his own name, then he would be a disloyal servant
“Since that’s the case, My Lord, I’ll begin preparations with the assumption we have won”
“You do that Oh, and before that, take care of the auction”
“Yes, My Lord”
And with that, Max decided to devote himself to his duties rather than needlessly worry Based on what he’s seen so far, Milton wasn’t someone who spoke empty words
ht turn out, but I’ll focus on my oork’
After Max left, Milton and Jerome continued the discussion
Jerome spoke first, “The Administrator seems to have a lot of anxiety about the battle”
“He’s smart, but he’s lived his whole life peacefully on the territory It’s only natural he’d be unfamiliar and nervous about it”
“I understand This territory, no, this whole country is peaceful”
“That’s right And more so on a border territory like this I believe the last battle in this region was about fifty years ago?”
“I can’t help but be envious That would be unthinkable in ave a bitter s either”
To Milton, the situation in the country wasn’t great Jerododom was always in conflict with the three northern Republics, it had been constantly war-ready
For that reason, the kingdoh and violent Frequent duels and battles happened between nobles too Naturally, their ar and their soldiers well trained
To begin with, no ht have served, soldiers who hadn’t actually fought in a ere treated as trainees Codo peaceti actual battle, soldiers didn't take the lect their training While it was great for a country to be peaceful… A peaceful country sinks first in tu based on the quality of soldiers, then there’s no ould lose to those fools who haven't even seen battle once However…”
“The ene 1,000 h they may be fools, it will always be bothersome when the eneize if ant to e”
“What do you plan to do, My Lord?”
On the Western Front, Jerome had discovered that Milton was an excellent commander He was ready to carry out whatever Milton commanded
“In a situation like this…”
Milton had already started the battle si the battle, the Forrest territory’s food auction had started: 800 bags of wheat, 1100 bags of barley, and 600 bags of oats
While it wasn’t a lot in the past, it was a lot during this ti, and many of the merchants wanted to secure supplies
On the day of the auction
Many athered at the auction Max, the Administrator of the Forrest territory, personally directed the auction
“ I will com process”
And so, Max officially opened the auction to the representatives of the s of oats The starting bid is100 gold”
The cheapest of all grains, oat, was priced at one gold per six bags of oats In the past, one could use 1 gold to purchase 20 bags of oats
But what could be done? Now, there were so many people anxious to buy it at this priceold”
“130 gold”
As soon as the auction started, the prices began to rise With over twenty , the price soon exceeded 150 gold
In the end, the other old
“155 gold I have 155 gold Do I have any further bidders?”
Max looked around, and at that old”
One man raised his hand The other bidders were flustered