Chapter 448

"This can only be left to Beth." Sean still felt a chill when he thought of the man who called himself Steven.

But neither William nor Cecilia had this feeling, so they couldn't understand the fear in Sean's tone. However, since Sean decided to let Beth deal with it, the problem was basically over. At least they didn't think anyone could escape Beth's pursuit.

After finalizing the future foreign aid forces of the territory, the meeting basically ended.

Cecilia seemed to become a little busy, no longer as idle as before, so she got up and left after the meeting. Instead, William was still sitting in the conference room, his chin resting on the back of his crossed hands, staring at Sean with interest.

Not long after, Sean was the first to lose: "what... What?"

"Nothing." William smiled, but somehow his smile made Sean feel cold.

"Don't laugh, the more you laugh, the more I have no bottom." Sean shivered. He quickly reached out and rubbed his arms as if he were warming. "Just tell me what's wrong with you."

Hearing Sean's words, William restrained a little, showed a more serious face, and then said in a deep voice: "now the contractual documents of the territory are in our hands, and I can solve the coming trouble of the peace association smoothly. But have you considered how to deal with the Millennium covenant Empire and the royal family of the Principality of lane? "

"What do you mean?" Sean was stunned. Some didn't react.

"We all know that they are coming for Cecilia, but in fact they don't know who is the awakener of Phoenix blood, so they may settle here for a long time in the future." As William's voice sounded, Sean's eyebrows frowned more and more tightly, because he found that there seemed to be something key that he ignored, "the current standing military strength of our territory is close to 30000. Do you know what kind of concept this is?"

There are ten officially registered troops in Sean's territory.

They are commander Arnold's steel wings, Alfred's Lion of thunder, clough's Cecilia guards, Rena's first cavalry, aldorf's infantry cavalry, Stalin's first infantry, nock's second infantry, Puda's red leaf Town People's corps, void city urban defense army and the dark wings personally commanded by William.

Among these ten legions, the iron wing, the lion of thunder and the urban defense army of void city are all expanded to 5000 people, while the Cecilia guards, the first cavalry, infantry cavalry, the first and second infantry, the Hongye Town People's corps and the dark wing still maintain a staffing of 1000 people, In addition, there are more than 3000 reserve recruits still practicing in Panda town and hundreds of wild slaves brought by Vivian, with a total force of more than 25000.

This does not include the two private armies under the former Viscount Rudd who can be transferred and put into the war at any time.

The size of an army of 30000 people, you know, at least it must be an army that can be fed by a powerful count with a vast territory. The Marquis, who is as powerful as Athena, doesn't count the more than 7000 thunder fronts left in tonis fortress, but the conventional strength of his private troops is only 30000. Even if the second echelon can be temporarily transferred has 50000 troops, the total strength is only close to 90000.

But you know, tonis fortress has more than 100000 permanent residents and more than 100000 floating people, and such a huge fortress only supports less than 50000 standing troops. In Sean's territory, the total population, excluding the number of troops, is only 30000 or 40000. Although the floating population can reach 60000 or 70000, the cost of feeding nearly 30000 troops with such a population is not generally large.

In the past, Sean's practice was to support war by war. A large part of this is because nearly two-thirds of the nearly 30000 troops are composed of northern barbarians and slaves. These people only need to eat enough and do not need salary at all. However, the urban defense army in the void city and the two private armies led by Dayi must pay enough salary.

But with the passage of time, many slaves will gradually become leaders in the future. If these people want to stay in the army, they must pay. So spending on the military will only grow like a bottomless pit, and there is no possibility of shrinking - unless Sean disarms.

After hearing William's dignified words, Sean finally understood what William wanted to express.

The reason why Sean spared no effort to develop military affairs and made way for military affairs even in the case of conflict between government affairs and military affairs is naturally only one purpose, that is, the war with the kingdom of dabion. As the fuse and leader of the war, Sean's greatest benefit is that in the first period after the war, as long as the Principality of lane has not officially intervened, during the war between the Principality of lane and the kingdom of dabion, all the territories and materials seized by Sean will belong to his own property, It does not need to be distributed through the Principality of lane after the war.

But now, if the envoys of the Millennium covenant Empire and the royal family of the Principality of Ryan live in the void city for a long time, it will certainly have a significant impact on Sean's war plan. Not to mention that as the suzerain state of the Principality of lane, the Millennium covenant empire will certainly not want to see the development and growth of the Principality of lane, so once such signs are found, it will certainly try its best to stop them.

Even under such circumstances, war broke out, but now there is such an envoy of the royal family of the Principality of Ryan in Sean's territory, so he is equivalent to occupying the name of orthodoxy. In this case, even the nobles are not just Sean, a pioneering knight. All the territories and resources he fought down should be included in the name of yasna. Under the supervision of the Royal envoys, as long as the war starts, it will be the official intervention of the Principality of Ryan. Therefore, it can be said that Sean is of no benefit at all.

William and Neil know this. Now, reminded by William, Sean has completely awakened.

After all, in the orthodox history of the game, when the war broke out between the Principality of lane and the kingdom of dabion, the Millennium covenant Empire had no chance to intervene. When the Millennium covenant Empire wanted to intervene with a tough attitude, the war between the Principality of lane and the kingdom of dabion had ended with the destruction of the kingdom of dabion. But now in this world, because Cecilia awakened the blood of the Phoenix, she led the visit of the Millennium covenant Empire and the Royal envoys of the Principality of lane, which completely disrupted Sean's steps and plans.

"What do you and Neil think?" Sean knew that since William had said so, he must have negotiated with Neil. It's better to listen to the views of these two professionals than to think about each other without a clue.

"The quickest way is naturally to meet the requirements of the Millennium covenant Empire and let them leave as soon as possible." Said William.

But before he finished, Sean had mercilessly interrupted: "impossible! There's no way I can hand Cecilia over. That's not a good thing. If Cecilia were to go to the Millennium covenant empire for further study, maybe I would agree, but it was a living experiment! Do you know what that means? "

"Of course I know." William nodded very calmly, "I just said to meet the requirements of the Millennium covenant Empire, not to hand over Cecilia."

Hearing this, Sean was stunned: "what do you mean?"

"They want blood awakeners, right?" William continued, "but the problem is that they now have no idea who the blood awakener is. On this issue, we can completely forge some illusions to deceive them. For example, the blood awakened one has left our territory... "

"Do you think they will believe such a mean lie?"

"It doesn't matter whether they believe it or not. The most important thing is that we must have more advanced information than them." William said, "rupee caught several spies from the Intelligence Department of the Millennium covenant Empire some time ago. These people are really tough. They are worthy of being born in the seven empires. They didn't speak even in the face of our interrogation..."

"Can I get to the point?"

"All right." William gave Sean a dull look, and then reluctantly said, "for these spies, we directly punish them with heavy punishment. Although all these people died in the end, we still got some useful information They have been sneaking into our territory for one or two months, but they haven't got any useful clues on the issue of Phoenix blood... "

"Isn't that what I got in tinkie these days?"

"Yes." William nodded, "they collected data by exclusion method for some important personnel in our territory, and finally targeted Rena, Shina and Cecilia. But when they just returned this information to the head of the Intelligence Department of the Millennium covenant Empire, these spies were captured by us. According to the way the Intelligence Department of the Millennium covenant Empire handled the problem, this information should still be in the hands of the general director, not to the envoys of the Millennium covenant empire. "

Hearing this, Sean has fully understood: "so as long as we catch the general head of the Intelligence Department of the Millennium covenant Empire, the other party will have no harvest on the issue of Phoenix blood. At that time, even if the excuse we give is absurd, they can only choose to accept it and can't continue to investigate in our territory..."

William suddenly supported his chin with one hand and gently tapped the table with the index finger of his right hand. His eyes suddenly exuded an excited look: "do you think this Stephen would be the general head of the Intelligence Department of the Millennium covenant Empire?"

"Probably not?" Sean was a little stunned. "Such a dangerous thing, a noble guy like the general manager can't do it himself?"

"I'm not sure." William said faintly, "anyway, since we all want bass to do it, why don't we do it right away Even if he isn't, it's enough to prove that this man is not simple to hide from Neil and me. Maybe he has any more important intelligence or other clues? "

"I'm going to find Beth now." Sean got up without hesitation.

"No, I'll do it." William showed a charming smile, his face turned a little drunk red, and his breath began to become a little thick, which suddenly made his whole person feel a little more like a country.

But Sean knew that once William showed this smile, it meant that he was really excited. And once William gets excited, I'm afraid life won't be so easy for the prey he usually targets.