When Galen left the castle, he was a little depressed, muttering words like "stingy" and "damm old man"...
When he returned to his courtyard, he found Omar and Varokal already waiting for him there. "Omar, Varokal, do you two know how to make money quickly?"
Omar and Varokal were confused by the question. You could ask them to charge into battle and deploy troops, but asking them how to make money was like asking a blind man. The person you should ask about business is Harmon Kaven, the caravan manager.
As Galen's most trusted confidants, both were discovered by Galen and promoted from the militia. Apart from the fact that they were also well-known NPC characters in Galen's previous game career, what was more important was that they had talent, potential, and drive. Both were born as commoners in Stromgarde, but due to their extraordinary talents, they were already high-level professionals in their twenties, which was rare among the human countries. Reaching the legendary level in the future might require a bit of luck, but achieving two ninth levels was a sure thing.
Not only was Galen optimistic about both of them, even Thoras said he highly recognized them. Just like Thoras's right-hand men, General Orestes and General Amaren, both were selected to join Thoras's personal guard when they were young and achieved their current success through their own efforts. This could be considered a Stromgarde royal tradition, training talents for the royal heir in advance.
However, from Galen's question, we could also see the difference between the two. Just as Galen realized he had asked the wrong person, Omar hesitated for a moment and said to the prince, "Your Highness, is making money quickly limited to business methods?" When Galen heard that Omar actually had an idea, he became interested and replied, "Tell me, what do you think?"
"Your Highness, my superficial view of business is to turn other people's money into your own money. Harmon will naturally achieve this. But we need a lot of money, and trade is not the only option. Your Highness, I have heard that trolls have a custom of burying people with gold. And they like to use gold to make all kinds of ornaments." Having said that, Omar stopped talking.
Everyone knows what they should understand, so there is no need to explain it in too much detail. It must be said that Omar had exceptional qualities to become the future first general of the Scarlet Crusade. When Varokal heard this, his eyes lit up. Galen also felt as if he suddenly realized something. Omar had opened his mind and realized that making money was not just a way to rely on caravan sales. He also practiced martial arts diligently. What Omar said could be understood as a war dividend, which had relatively high demands and required winning a war, which required strong force, which Galen did not have at this time.
Galen didn't have it, but he could finance it through crowdfunding. Domestic nobles had a lot of money, and powerful nobles also had soldiers. He could find ways to make them pay and achieve his own goals. As long as he could feed them in the end, his money problem would be solved. A preliminary plan gradually took shape in Galen's mind.
Excited, he said to Omar and Varokal, "Mobilize our intelligence network and spread the news that His Majesty the King intends to train the prince and wants to establish an independent team with the First and Second Legions and the Militia Legion under the prince's command, stationed in the abandoned southeastern mine of the former royal family."
"Yes, Your Highness." After receiving the order, the two of them left Galen's courtyard together. A conversation between two people could be faintly heard outside the courtyard wall. "Omar, why does the prince want us to spread this news?" "Because the prince wants more people to know that the king allows the prince to lead an army alone." "I don't know." "That's why I told you to study more. It's not enough to just practice martial arts, Varokal" "I have already completed the basic course given to me by the prince. I also need to learn how to make maps. I don't have time to read books." "Varokal, your future is not limited to being a general. Only by studying more can you become a marshal."
"If you want to be a marshal, you have to read more books, right? I know, I know, but why do you keep asking me to read books like the prince?" … Varokal was born into a commoner family. He possessed great martial arts skills and led his troops by shouting and charging recklessly. He didn't like to read, and his brain was full of muscles. But it was precisely this kind of character, his focus, and loyalty that earned him Galen's trust. Compared to Varokal, Omar was much more stable and had a more flexible mind. He was an all-rounder. After years of training, he was now capable of standing on his own.
Galen had high expectations for him. Hearing their voices gradually fading away, Galen prepared to return to his room to wash up and rest for a while. After all, in order to see Thoras again as soon as possible, they had been traveling non-stop all the way. Now Galen had a slight cramp in his thigh and felt unsteady on his feet. Lying in the bathtub, with the warm water soaking his whole body, Galen felt completely relaxed. He leaned his back against the edge of the tub, rested his elbows on the platform, closed his eyes, and turned his gaze back to the base.
When Galen was on the road, every time he stopped to rest for a while, he would go to the town hall and barracks and maximize the training queue. At this stage, gold was a bit insufficient, so Galen did not build a second barracks. Due to the current peaceful environment and the fact that the base's location was very secret, Galen could build the base leisurely without having to precisely calculate the use of every unit of gold.
After a quick glance, it seemed that the Archmage would be able to complete his training in less than half an hour. He looked at the farmer's construction list again, and the buildings that could be built at this stage included sentry towers and arcane vaults.
Sentry Tower: A basic watchtower with no attack power. Can be upgraded to Arrow Tower, Arcane Tower, and Cannon Tower. Magic Sentry can be researched at the Arcane Sanctum. Requirements: 30 gold units, 20 wood units
Arcane Vault: Builds a shop to buy and sell items. The items in the shop depend on the level of the town hall. Requirements: 1300 gold units, 300 wood units As for the shop, it should be built in the center of the entire base.
A farmer was selected, and the Arcane Vault was deployed in the open space in the center. The farmer then began to hammer away in the open space. At this moment, the number of combat units in the base had exceeded 100. When Galen left Three Forks, there were already three teams with eighteen people in the base. Later, Galen returned to Stromgarde and spent five days training more than eighty units in the barracks.
Just as Galen was about to reorganize the infantry and musketeers, a golden light shone on the Altar of Kings, and an old man with a white beard riding a white horse slowly took shape in the golden light. The golden light slowly dissipated, and the old man riding the white horse had sharp eyes and a commanding gaze. He wore a grayish-white mage robe, held the reins of the white horse in his left hand, and held a sword inlaid with a huge blue gem in his right hand. The white horse led the white-robed mage around the Altar of Kings step by step. This was a very interesting way of appearance. Galen witnessed it from a 360-degree angle. He muttered silently in his heart: The one riding the white horse may not be the prince, but Gandalf...