king of war

Chapter 26 Building Arms
When Krosos heard the name, he suddenly felt incredible. He asked full of doubts: "Umbrella?! What does this mean? I haven't heard of this word before?"

"Oh, this is a foreign word, which means umbrella in Greek." Qin Rongshuai waved his hand, "Don't pay attention to these details, remember that your mission is to quietly find the Pieces of Eden, and develop and offline by the way, don't do it Others. This shouldn’t be difficult, after all, our goals are the same as those of the Ancient Order.”

Krosos nodded, indicating that he understood the boss's intentions. He thought for a while, "Then, do we need to merge with the Order of the Ancients and infiltrate control?"

When Qin Rongshuai heard this proposal, he was astonished. Krosos is a man with a good head, and he won my heart.

"This proposal is a good idea, but you don't need to put too much thought into it." Qin Rongshuai nodded and warned with a smile.

Crosus was a little confused, "Why, I think it is better to merge into one organization than to have two organizations compete with each other."

"Because the mind of the Order of the Ancients is to rule the world and establish a new order," Qin Rongshuai patted Crossos, "What's more, the Order of the Ancients is stronger than the Cult of Order. After the merger, our people will easily Marginalization is even in danger of being eliminated, and strengthening ourselves is fundamental.”

"Don't be anxious. Once the Cult of Kosmos is done well, it will be a matter of course for the two organizations to merge in the future, and even annex the Ancient Order."

Crosus is a smart man, so he can see through it naturally. , Qin Rongshuai raised a few more points for him, such as strengthening economic construction, with money, many things will be easier to handle.

Make more friends and bind more people with benefits. This will not only expand intelligence channels, but also increase organizational strength.

Strengthen the construction of corporate culture, set a lofty and great goal as the purpose, and carry out more down-to-earth and affordable welfare activities on a daily basis.

The rest is the matters needing attention in the activities of secret organizations and strengthening the confidentiality measures.

A large number of key points were listed to Croesus in general, and the rest was left to him to add detailed provisions.

After explaining these things, Qin Rongshuai received [-] gold coins sent by Themis. This was the money for the thirty war horses that had been negotiated before.

Themis is a very busy man now, busy preparing for war, dealing with traitors and spies, unifying the minds of the citizens of Athens, and squeezing the Speaker severely. The Speaker of the Deep Sea handed over a large sum of money and donated it to After parliament, he retired early and with dignity.

But now Qin Rongshuai is not so excited about the fifteen hundred gold coins, because a large treasure was found in the secret room of the God of Kosmos, with more than 10,000 gold coins alone.

With money, it is natural to go shopping. Qin Rongshuai was very excited and asked the clerk to contact the largest slave trader and arms dealer in Athens. He has never been so rich in eight lifetimes, so of course he has to open up.

However, when he heard the slave owner's offer, his expression was not very good, because the slave owner proposed that Qin Rongshuai would exchange salt.

In ancient Greece, the general slave trade liked to trade in salt, but Qin Rongshuai only brought a hundred small bags of salt in total, no matter how good the quality was, he could not exchange many slaves.What's more, he was going to use the salt as a gift, how could it be possible for those greedy slave owners for nothing.

Qin Rongshuai flatly rejected the proposal and proposed to pay for the goods with gold and silver coins.

Sources of slaves in Greece include prisoners of war, bankrupt farmers, pirates plundering population, slaves giving birth to children, etc. According to age and health status, the price ranges from 4 silver coins to 40 silver coins.If it is a craftsman with craftsmanship, it will be more expensive. For example, a slave in a weapon workshop is worth 100-150 silver coins.

The slave owner was very disappointed when he saw that Qin Rongshuai refused to sell the refined salt, so he wanted to kill him. You must know that Qin Rongshuai's purchase of slaves was the largest in history.

Facing the slave owner, the lion opened his mouth. Before the boss could say anything, the clerk jumped out and started haggling with the other party non-stop.

In the end, the two sides reached an agreement. Qin Rongshuai purchased 30000 slaves for 20 gold coins, most of whom were adult men, between 40 and [-] years old, with strong bodies. They also brought a large number of trained gladiators, plus a thousand Artisan slave.

This business almost wiped out the inventory of all slave owners in Athens, and the price of slaves soared for a while.

It's not that Qin Rongshuai didn't think about buying more slaves, but he couldn't afford to buy more slaves. These 2000 slaves would consume 6 gold coins every month.Then it cost more than [-] gold coins to buy a weapon, and the Cult of Kosmos' deposit was cut in half in an instant.

But Qin Rongshuai didn't feel distressed at all, anyway, the money was stolen from the God of Order, it was easier to come and go faster, and he was a boss who firmly believed in people-oriented.

People are capital.

With people and weapons, there is no need to worry about money.

Go grab it again...ah, no, just go earn it again.

Qin Rongshuai is planning to arm these [-] slaves and follow the Spartans to block the Thermopylae. When the time comes, there will be logistical support from the Athenians in the rear. Xerxes will not be killed unless he is exhausted.

When the time comes to block the Persian army, the Athenian navy will have no worries and can directly go to sea to face the Persian fleet. Under the command of the talented general Themistocles, the Athenian navy will naturally be sure to win.

As long as the Persian navy is annihilated and the Persian army does not want to be cut off, it can only retreat, and Thermopylae will be held.

This is the safest customs clearance plan that Qin Rongshuai can come up with. He doesn't want to be stuck in Hot Spring Pass with the 300 Spartan warriors and die in battle.

The Persian army seems to be strong and strong, and it is known as an army of one million, but it is not to be feared.In the Hippo-Persian War in real history, when King Leonidas of Sparta was defending, Athens mobilized all the citizens to go to sea to escape collectively, turning Athens into an empty city, and then the navy looked for fighters on the sea to fight the Persian navy.

The Persians set fire to the city of Athens to vent their anger, but the Spartan army had assembled. The Persian army hesitated in Athens, and the navy was wiped out by the Athenian fleet. Xerxes was afraid that his rear would be cut off, so he had to retreat in a hurry.

So as long as you are blocked at Hot Spring Pass, the longer you delay, the greater your chances of winning.

It is now April, and the Persian army will arrive at Thermopylae in August. This three months is enough time to train these slaves.

Because the Greek infantry phalanx is most suitable for the novice with insufficient training. Except for Sparta, other city-states do not have a standing army.

During the battle, everyone lined up holding shields together, obeying the command of the commander and stabbing with spears together. In a mountainous peninsula like Greece, other countries could not chew on this kind of hedgehog and tortoise shell phalanx. .

With Qin Rongshuai's ability, it is more than enough to train these people, not to mention the defense of the position to block the opening, they are still on the second line of preparation, so it is not a problem.

But now the biggest problem is how to make these slaves obedient.

If you want these slaves to be obedient and obedient, not to run away or cause trouble, it is not enough to rely on Huairou to influence them.

He needs to use the ability of the golden apple, but the golden apple is not very easy to use now. If he wants to achieve the effect of brainwashing 1 people, he needs the cooperation of the scepter.

The only scepter that Qin Rongshuai knew about was the scepter of Pythagoras' Hermes.

However, this man traveled everywhere and his whereabouts were uncertain. The only definite clue was that he stayed in Sparta for a while, and it is not known whether he is still there now.

Whether he was there or not, Qin Rongshuai had to go to Sparta.

(End of this chapter)