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CHAPTER 42 Threat

Under Ling Feng's command, Fire Bamboo City had already begun to slowly get on with the job, and it was quickly expanding! Especially the recruits that had just been recruited, they were becoming stronger at an unprecedented speed!

Because the conditions offered by Ling Feng were quite good, in about ten days, he had recruited over two hundred thousand new recruits! This caused the number of troops that Ling Feng had under his command to directly rise to 300,000 from the original 90,000!

In the Bedlam Lands, three hundred thousand soldiers was already considered a first class power. But of course, there was still a small gap between them and the top ten powers!

This new recruit of over two hundred thousand soldiers, besides training them into a elite soldier, there was also their equipment, which was also a huge problem! No matter how strong an army was, if they didn't have good equipment, they wouldn't be able to become an invincible division!

The original Blood Wolf Army was made up of the Celestial Dragon Bandits of Coiling Dragon Mountain and the people of Qian Qingfeng Stronghold. They already had some excellent equipment, but they did not let Ling Feng worry about their equipment!

However, the situation was different now. The 200,000 new recruits were all young and strong people who had just entered the army. They couldn't be compared with those bandits and didn't have any equipment to hand over. They could only think of one way, Ling Feng!

If it was an ordinary set of equipment, a set would still cost about one or two gold coins. Moreover, they were all inferior quality equipment, but even so, it would still cost more than four hundred thousand gold coins!

This was not all. If the equipment was slightly better, it would cost more than ten gold coins per set, and if the equipment was better, it would cost around a hundred gold coins!

In order to truly equip 200,000 fine pieces of equipment, one had to pay 20 million gold coins. Even a rich rich woman like Jin Yuyan couldn't afford that much money! Of course, they could choose the lowest grade, but it would still cost millions of gold coins!

To Ling Feng, who had just taken over Fire Bamboo City, several million gold coins was an astronomical figure!

No wonder the total population of the Bedlam Lands had already reached a few billion, but even the top ten powers only had around a million troops! To raise such an army, the cost of building it wasn't something that an ordinary force could afford!

Just based on the military salary alone, Fire Bamboo City's income and expenditure had already reached a precarious level. If they were to put out millions more to equip the army, Fire Bamboo City would definitely be in an economic crisis!

At this time, the role of the alliance became clear. Jin Yuyan, who possessed the Treasure House, as an ally of Ling Feng, gave her a helping hand! Not only did they agree to help Ling Feng pay in advance for the equipment that would cost millions of gold coins, they also used the trading advantages of the Treasure House to help Ling Feng buy the equipment!

She believed that Jin Yuyan had gone too far this time. Although several million gold coins were not a big deal for the Treasure House, this was still a year's benefit for the Treasure House. Giving it away like this was indeed a bit hard to accept!

"Miss, I can understand why you did that. After all, Young Master Ling helped us during our most difficult times!" An old man who looked like a housekeeper said to Jin Yuyan, "But, to take out so much money all at once, is it worth it?"

Behind this old man were several other similarly capable old men. They were Jin Yuyan's subordinates, the shopkeepers that helped manage the Treasure House, and also the ones that Jin Yuyan trusted the most, the upper echelons of the Treasure House!

Looking at these highly respected subordinates of hers, Jin Yuyan knew that if she didn't convince them today, her decision would be difficult to implement!

Therefore, Jin Yuyan said, "I know that you all think that what I'm doing is too risky, but this is a type of investment. Although the risks are great, the same rewards will also be great, and if we help Ling Feng through this crisis, in the future, our benefits will be even greater. Have you thought about it, if Ling Feng can control Fire Bamboo City, then just selling this kind of material will be more than enough for our Treasure House to make a profit!"

Indeed, Jin Yuyan was right. Fire Bamboo was a highly sought after material, and both refiners and military factories had a huge demand for it!

A normal fire bamboo could be used to make a bow, but its price in the Bedlam Lands was over a hundred gold coins. Moreover, it would increase with the age of the fire bamboo.

If the Fire Bamboo was transported out of the Bedlam Lands, the price of the Fire Bamboo could increase several times, or even ten times over!

When he thought about the bamboo forests north of Fire Bamboo City in the valley, he felt that if he could sell this flame bamboo, then millions of yuan would be worth it. Furthermore, he would be able to sell this bamboo for a favor!

A few days later, Jin Yuyan's equipment was delivered to them in a steady stream through the Treasure House trading channel. Although it was only an ordinary equipment, but in the Bedlam Lands, this large scale equipment of 200,000 people was not something that an ordinary force could achieve!

Of course, Ling Feng would not be satisfied with just this. What he wanted was to unify the entire Bedlam Lands! If he only relied on the current army of three hundred thousand, it would be impossible. He would need even more warriors!

However, it was already the limit for Fire Bamboo City to support 300,000 soldiers. If they were to continue to develop their military, it would definitely affect the development of Fire Bamboo City. For Ling Feng, who had just started out, this was absolutely not feasible!

As the base behind Ling Feng, Fire Bamboo City's development cannot be affected! After weighing the pros and cons, Ling Feng decided to take the elite soldier route. Since the army could only be controlled at around three hundred thousand, then he would turn this army of three hundred thousand into a true invincible division! Let every soldier become a captain that can command a small squad!

Although the two hundred thousand recruits were equipped, Ling Feng did not relax and continued to develop the military manufacturing in Fire Bamboo City. By doing so, he could not only solve the problem of equipment for the army, but also provide a new source of income for Fire Bamboo City and solve the problem of a large amount of labour!

As for the management of military manufacturing, Ling Feng directly gave it to Qian'Er, this freak. As a refiner, she would never be idle, as a whole, she would produce some strange things. Although most of it was useless, under the guidance of Ling Feng, it was still very suitable for this position!

In addition to the newly built military manufacturing, another source of income for Fire Bamboo City was the sale of Fire Bamboo City. This was the main form of income for Fire Bamboo City in the past!

Ever since Ling Feng took control of Fire Bamboo City, the transaction for Fire Bamboo had always been restricted! Now that Fire Bamboo City was stable, the sale of Fire Bamboo City was carried out once again. After all, it required a large amount of gold coins to maintain the city!

As an ally of Ling Feng, Jin Yuyan naturally received the majority of the rights to sell fire bamboo. Furthermore, she had helped pay up several million gold coins, so Ling Feng decided to use fire bamboo to repay her debt! This made Jin Yuyan make a fortune out of it!

However, in Fire Bamboo City, things were changing at a rapid pace! The Raging Dragon Gang, one of the top ten powers closest to Fire Bamboo City, could no longer sit still!

Although the Berserk Dragon Gang was still some distance away from Fire Bamboo City, it was still one of the ten major factions closest to it! Over this period of time, Ling Feng's unceasing development had finally alarmed the old faction in the Bedlam Lands, causing it to feel the threat of Ling Feng's rise. Hence, this threat was stealthily approaching that of Fire Bamboo City against Ling Feng …