I was a knight in the Middle Ages

Chapter 167 Waiting for price

"Lord Apollo, the food reserves are seriously insufficient, and we can hardly maintain the existing team." Now, Liv has almost become Alpha's logistics director, but she was originally only responsible for the affairs of more than a hundred people, but now the number has suddenly increased to five or six hundred, and the pressure has doubled.

"I'll find a solution to this problem." Alpha frowned.

"Monkey, call Guromas and Hillier to a meeting." Alpha had to consider the ideas of the two and had to convince them.

"Respected Highness Hillier, hello, I am Liv Gust!" Liv bowed and saluted. Only Alpha, Liv, Gulomas and Hillier were left in the secret room. After all, Hillier's identity could not be made public for the time being.

"How do you know my identity?" Hillier looked surprised.

"I met His Highness Hillier at a palace banquet before." This was actually Alpha's speculation. The last time Liv attended a palace banquet was ten years ago. Who could remember it so clearly?

"Okay! Miss Liv won't report us!" During this time, in order to avoid being recognized, Guromas and Hillier were almost invisible.

"Of course not. We have common enemies, those old nobles." The Gust family is engaged in trade and can only be regarded as an emerging noble family. They are severely suppressed by the old nobles, and there are many conflicts between the two sides.

"What do you want from us this time?" Although the two sides are not enemies, they do not seem to be allies.

"Your Highness Hillier, do you think the revolutionary army can defeat those old nobles this time?" Liv brought up this topic actually to lead to the follow-up.

Hillier frowned and said frankly: "To be honest, I am not optimistic about the revolutionary army this time. If it were not for the regulations of the European continent, their influence could even affect the periphery of the kingdom. Coupled with those magicians, the revolutionary army has no chance of winning." Hillier was right.

"Yes, this is the general rule, but under special circumstances, I think Rimuru can't hold on, and the Revolutionary Army will definitely win." Liv vowed.

"What do you mean? Do you think the revolutionary army can win?" Hillier did not agree with Liv's judgment.

"Captain Apollo, is this your opinion?" Guromas knew that Liv was very close to Apollo now, and this was probably Apollo's opinion.

"Rimuru's victory or defeat is not important. The key is whether certain people want the Revolutionary Army to win." Alpha deliberately only said half of it, pretending to be profound.

"Captain Apollo, do you think there is someone supporting this riot?" Guromas was shocked, but he couldn't guess who would support these people.

"It's hard to say, but it doesn't matter. The revolutionary army's occupation of Rimuru is an inevitable trend. The key is whether they can defend it afterwards." Alpha deliberately guided the prince.

"They will definitely not be able to hold on. Even if there are internal differences among the nobles, they are surprisingly united in the face of riots and will eliminate all dissidents. Once the army arrives, the revolutionary army will definitely be crushed." Peasant uprisings are common in history, but the final outcome is always a disastrous defeat.

"That's right. If the nobles unite, the revolutionary army will surely die. But what if the nobles do not unite? In other words, this revolution is led by the nobles, and it is the ambition of the emerging nobles to rise to power?" Alpha once again guided the prince's thoughts.

After listening to Alpha's words, Hillier and Guromas began to think about the meaning of Alpha's words.

"Captain Apollo means that we should use this revolution to make them hand over power to us?" Hillier swallowed and looked at Alpha nervously.

"This is almost impossible." Guromas exclaimed, obviously feeling a little dizzy.

"Of course not. It is certainly impossible to ask the revolutionary army to hand over power, but what if everyone takes a step back and satisfies their respective needs? The revolutionary army needs living space, emerging capitalists need markets, and the royal family needs freedom and rights." Alpha is not optimistic about this action, so he will only unite everyone instead of directly participating in it.

"How to unite? How to meet each other's needs?" Hillier was obviously persuaded. Wasn't he working so hard to sell weapons just to fight for freedom and rights?

"Implement separation of military, political and legal systems, allow each party to take what it needs, check and balance each other, and develop together." Although Alpha is not optimistic about the system of separation of powers in the United States in the future, it is suitable for the current situation.

"Then what do we need to do?" Guromas realized that he had become the weakest force and didn't know how to participate in the separation of powers.

"You have the advantage of your identity. As long as you maintain your identity, many neutral forces will not intervene, and the royalists will also join in. At the same time, we can unite the emerging capitalists and the enlightened old aristocrats, so that our only enemies will be the stubborn and conservative aristocrats." In this way, Alpha resolved the contradictions, and the number of enemies was reduced by more than half in an instant.

"This matter requires serious consideration, and it is not appropriate to make a decision lightly at this time. If the leader of the revolutionary army is unwilling to give up power, then everything is in vain." Alpha's proposal was based on the fact that the leader of the revolutionary army was relatively rational. If the other party was stubborn, then nothing could be done.

"Okay, I'll think about it carefully." Hillier didn't dare to make a decision easily. After all, once his royal identity was exposed, his future situation would probably become more difficult.

Alpha recruited Monkey, Gulis, Liv, Burt, Gus, Obama and others to study the next military deployment. After all, in troubled times, the army is the foundation of survival.

"Considering the current chaotic situation, I will now make the following adjustments to the mercenary group."

Alpha glanced around and said, "Gus, you set up a heavy armor battalion; Gulis, you set up an assault battalion; Monkey, you set up a special operations team; Burt, you set up a main force regiment; Obama, you set up a reconnaissance company. Please note that the reconnaissance company belongs to special operations. In addition to the reconnaissance company and the main force regiment, the rest of the people need to be quickly expanded to one hundred." Currently, the mercenary group has six or seven hundred people, which meets Alpha's requirements, but the quality is uneven and requires strict training.

"Remember, quality must be strictly controlled. Don't make do with shoddy products or pass off inferior products as good ones. Liv, you are in charge of logistics. Remember, the staff's meals cannot be left behind and cannot lag behind." Alpha knew the current situation and did not reduce the food provided.

"Does anyone have any questions?"

"No problem!" everyone shouted.

"Okay, take the training manual and strictly follow the training plan. I want to see results as quickly as possible. Monkey and Liv stay, and everyone else go back." After Alpha arranged the tasks, the only remaining problems were some difficulties.

"Liv, based on the current consumption, how many days can we last?" Alpha is most worried about the supply issue now. The food purchased before cannot meet the current consumption at all.

"Based on the current number of people, we can only hold out for a week at most. But our number is still increasing, and there are still many refugees around. Should we rescue them?" This is only the first day, and the number of refugees will only increase in the future.

"Open the map for me. Where is the nearest producing city to us?" Rimuru is in chaos and ordinary transactions certainly cannot satisfy the urban area.

"There are no big cities within 200 kilometers, only some small counties, which can't provide us with enough support." Liv had already searched all the situations and sent people to the surrounding counties to buy food, but it was just a drop in the bucket and was of no help.

"Then we can only consider it in Rimuru." Alpha began to think.

"By the way, for the current situation, we have set up a porridge distribution site for the refugees, twice a day, and added some leaves and grass roots to the porridge.

At the same time, we will provide work-for-relief. If anyone is willing to go to Tagula Mountain to support, they will be fed and paid. "Alpha is preparing to relocate these people.

"Monkey sent someone to inform Rowling to prepare to capture Fields, and let Phyllis build siege equipment." Alpha looked at the map. It was too uncomfortable to have Fields in between his Titanium Mine City, Menis Iron Mine City and the Tagula Mountain Pass. If they were connected in a straight line, then material supply would be much easier.

"Okay, leave this to me." The monkey accepted the order.

"Liv, arrange for someone to go back and let the family members discuss the division of the family. Remember, we only want food supplies and trade between the north and the south. You can take care of the rest. We need to rebuild a new trade route." Alpha needs space and resources.

"Okay, I'll arrange it later." After seeing both of them leave, Alpha called Ito Mii.

"Are you used to it recently? Is there anything I can help you with?" Alpha lay on the bed holding Ito Mii.

"I think you need my help, sir." Ito was very smart and realized that Alpha was short-handed.

"We help each other. Only when I become strong can I help you take back what belongs to you." Alpha said shamelessly.

"Lord Alpha, will you really help me regain my status and identity?" Ito was still a little skeptical.

"You should take a good look at my plan. My final destination is the sea. I will go to the East, and I will support you if you want to be the queen at that time." Alpha had no interest in the small island country and just wanted to support a spokesperson.

"Okay, I believe you, Lord Alpha. What do you need me to do?" At this moment, Ito Mii had complete faith in Alpha and was willing to do things for him.

"Help me build a reconnaissance team to be responsible for protection and spying on military intelligence." Alpha plans to build two special teams, one in the open managed by Monkey, and the other in secret.

"Okay, I accept the order, but I need a lot of money." This was exactly what Meiyi wanted.

"Money is not a problem as long as you can complete the task." Alpha is not short of money now. There was a large amount of gold in the Kalia Gold Mine that had not been shipped out before, and now it has all fallen into his pocket.

"Lord Alpha, do you need me to use Rimuru to show you my strength?" Meiyi was ready for a big fight.

"No, Rimuru is not our battlefield. If you want to perform, I'll point you in a direction." Alpha pointed at the map and pointed to Phils.

"Okay, I understand, but you have to give me something to make them believe that I am yours."

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After several days of careful consideration, Hillier realized that he had to get involved, otherwise he would be eliminated by the times, so he decided to support Alpha's plan.

Guromas also supported Alpha's plan and exchanged a lot of ideas with Alpha about the distribution of power. Of course, they were all fighting for more power. All this could only be accomplished when several major forces sat together. Facing Guromas' request, Alpha smiled and did not comment.

Hillier suggested: "Lord Apollo, why don't we contact the leader of the revolutionary army?"

Apollo smiled mysteriously, "Waiting for a good price. The meaning of us going to them and them going to us is completely different, and the value created is even more different."