I really can't control myself

"Huh?" Garsain here was stunned for a moment, "Who are we going to fight?"

"I don't know." Linton spread his hands.

"I don't know?" Gasein looked confused. "You didn't say you wanted to fight. You don't know who you want to fight?"

"I just like war. It doesn't matter who I fight, does it?" Linton looked into the distance and said lightly.

"It's very important, okay? How can you come up and say you want to fight without even knowing who to fight?" Garsain roared.

"I don't know if it happened before, but now it does. In short, I just want to find someone to fight with. Please give me a plan quickly." Linton said.

"Is this okay?" Garsain was really confused. "What do you want to do? Is this a situation where your new undead magic requires a lot of corpses or innocent souls?"

"Yes, yes, that's the case." Linton didn't know how to explain it at first, but in the end, Garsain read and understood it himself, which was convenient.

"It is indeed an evil necromancer." Gasein held his forehead.

"Then can you help?" Linton said.

"This is not a question of whether to help or not, okay?" Gaseon said, "I never thought about beating anyone. It's not like you don't know the situation in the territory now. We have just established a firm foothold. The current situation in the territory is still very bad, and we simply cannot support a war."

"What's the difference?" Linton asked.

"Everything is missing, no money, no food." Gaseon said, "I don't know where the property in the territory was hidden by the Duke of Rennes, and it has not been found until now. And it is not collecting taxes now. It’s the season, and we won’t be able to catch our breath until at least next year’s autumn harvest. This year will be very hard, okay? We don’t have the strength to start a war at all. It’s better if others don’t come to attack us.”

"Is someone coming to beat us?" Linton asked.

"Not yet," Garsain said.

"That means we still have enemies, right? Someone might hit us, right?" Linton said.

"It can't be said that they are enemies." Garsain said, "Because they have nothing to do with us. They really have deep conflicts with the former Duke of Rennes."

"What's the specific situation? Tell me." Linton asked immediately.

Gaseon explained a little here. Their territory is located to the west of the St. Willand Empire. To the east is the empire territory, which is naturally a safer area. To the south is the jungle area, which is where the barbarians lived before. Development is very difficult and the value is very low. To the west is a desert area, and across the desert is a nomadic alien tribe. It is a relatively dangerous place and of course has little development value. The only richer frontier is to the north.

The area to the north is a territory called the Kingdom of Kowikra. The strength of this kingdom is naturally not worth mentioning compared to the St. Willan Empire, but they have formed an alliance with three other small kingdoms. This small alliance of four countries The scale of them is still quite large. At least it is still difficult for the St. Willan Empire to eat them, so the empire currently has nothing to do with them.

Linton's territory is adjacent to the Kingdom of Kowikra. The relationship between the two sides has not been very good for a long time. War has often broken out, but the war is still in a relatively restrained stage and has not escalated to the entire empire and the other four countries. The alliance's confrontation was just a war between their duchy and the other individual kingdom.

As for why no large-scale war broke out, the reason is simple: neither side wants to fight. Although the Four Nations Alliance sounds like it consists of four countries, their combined strength is not as strong as that of the Saint Willan Empire, and they dare not fight at all. The St. Willan Empire can indeed defeat them, but the enemies they have to face are not just the four-nation alliance. Other powerful enemies around them are looking at them eagerly.

Of course, Gasain also understood this situation after taking over the territory, but for now, it seems that the Kingdom of Kowikra will not pose a threat to them for the time being. The reason is very simple. The Kingdom of Kowikra does not have the money to fight now.

Yes, another reason why Duke Rennes dared to rebel was that his rear was very stable. The barbarians in the south were bribed by him and were temporarily stabilized. There was no movement in the west, but the Kingdom of Kovikla in the north was in trouble. Just this summer, the Kingdom of Kowikra experienced the largest drought in the kingdom's history. Most of the country's cultivated land was affected, and some land even lost its harvest. During the autumn harvest, the Kingdom of Kowikra had almost no income, and the flow of refugees in their country also began to erupt.

In order to deal with this natural disaster, the kingdom has consumed a lot of national power. Whether it can survive this is really a question. So where can we start a war now? That's why Ren can do his own thing with peace of mind. Of course, after Gasein took office, he also knew about this situation, and of course he felt relieved.

"Well, it sounds good, then it's them." Linton said after hearing the situation.

"What?" Garsain was stunned. "Didn't you listen to what I said? We have no money and can't fight."

"We only have 3,000 soldiers, can't we even pay them wages?" Linton asked.

"It's true that we can't afford it. It's a bit difficult to maintain the current army." Gaseon said. Originally, Rennes' territory could support an army of at least 5,000 people without any problem. In fact, Rennes' private troops are far more than this number, but The problem is that the properties left by Renn have not been found in Garsain, and the taxes have not yet been confiscated. The territory is indeed in difficulty at the moment, and it will not be relieved until at least next year's autumn harvest.

"Okay, we declare war, but we won't fight." Linton thought for a while and said.

"What?" Garsain was stunned.

"We declare war and then hoard our troops to the border, but we do not take the initiative to attack their territory," Linton said.

"What's the point of that?" Gasein looked confused.

It really makes no sense. Linton just wanted to try the battlefield construction task. Of course, he couldn't say that. After thinking about it, Linton said: "Have you not heard the family motto of our Meloway family? How can we allow others to snore on the side of the bed? This Kingdom of Kowikra is on our border and is currently our only Enemies, right? If we want to continue to develop, we will have to eradicate them sooner or later."

"Hmm..." Garsain nodded slightly, unable to tell what was wrong. He is not a city defender. He is only in his 20s. Of course he wants to expand his territory and continue to expand his territory. However, the south and west of the current territory are very desolate, and the only area that can be expanded is the north, so Linton seems to have no problem with what he said, "But..."

"The Kingdom of Kowikra is in trouble now, isn't it? While his illness is killing him, why don't we add insult to injury now? So as long as we put our troops on the border, even if we don't attack, we can make the other party waste their national power in a hurry. Why? Are you happy?" Linton continued.

"Really? But if a fight really breaks out..." Gassern is a little worried. Indeed, their current standing strength is 3,000 troops. You said there is no problem in moving the troops to another place, but once a fight really breaks out, the money will be lost. Started to consume like crazy. There are too many things needed to fight a war. Money is needed to replenish soldiers, money is needed to supply food, and money is needed to weaponry and equipment.

"If there really is a fight, I will find a way for you to raise money." Linton waved his hand and said, "In short, no matter how hard we look for them, we can't let them survive this wave of disaster safely, right? Otherwise, when the other party calms down, what will happen to them?" Our threat is not greater. Now, while the other party is weak, we can cause as much trouble as we can. We need to take a long-term view, understand?"

"It seems... there is some truth." Gasein touched his chin, as if he was convinced by Linton, "Then I will discuss it with the people below."

A cabinet meeting was immediately held in Garsain to discuss whether to cause trouble for the Kingdom of Kowikra. As a result, there was an immediate quarrel among the cabinet, and the generals were wildly supportive. Yes, they didn't care about the issue of money. Now everyone wants to fight, and they just want to make meritorious service and be promoted. The civil servants were all opposed because they had no money. How could you ask us to change the money to fight the war for you?

"Your Majesty the Duke, you know the situation in the territory. The treasury really has no money." A civil servant tried to persuade Gasein. Other civil servants also stood up to dissuade him, and Garsain was also a little embarrassed because he really had no money.

At this time, Linton suddenly discovered a situation. Because he wanted to discuss the war with the Kingdom of Kovikla, the border map was hung in the conference room. Linton pointed to the place marked on the map and asked: "This is a mine. ?What mine?”

"It's a gold mine." A civil servant next to him replied.

"What the hell? There is a gold mine next to us?" Linton was stunned for a moment, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's grab it quickly."

"Master Sword Master, this gold mine is the lifeblood of the Kingdom of Kowikra. If we take it away, they will fight us desperately." Another official stood up and said.

"I don't care whether you fight hard or not. There is a reason not to grab this gold mine right in front of you. Are you all out of your mind?" Linton said, "In short, the goal this time is to seize the gold mine. We The financial problems in the territory have not been solved either.”

Of course, Linton didn't really mean to solve the territory's financial problems by saying this. Since this gold mine is the lifeblood of the Kingdom of Kowikra, the other party will definitely take it back after it is robbed. They will naturally station heavy troops, and there will naturally be a formation around the gold mine. A long-term battlefield. Linton was still worried about how to build a battlefield before, because building a battlefield requires a long-term confrontation site, so now it seems that this gold mine is the best choice.