Unlike in the past, when the grain harvest was harvested, the grain was sold cheaply. After a hard year of hard work, it ended up making the grain merchants pick up the bargain.
Because of this, Aslan's prestige has once again been greatly improved, especially the secret agents of the people hidden in the Anbu have jumped out to publicize what Aslan has done, just to let the people live a good life.
For a while, the people of Mellocks province were grateful to Aslan.
"The unified army still maintains the scale of 500,000. The Knights of the Tax Police are merged into the Knights of the Rose, and with expansion, the scale of the Knights of the Rose has reached 20,000. The tax police has 50,000 people, and the Merlot Knights have two. Ten thousand people, and the Merlot regiment is eighty thousand, among which five thousand heavy guards are also included, with a total military strength of 670,000."
"Aviation Magic Brigade has 1053 people and Alpha Action Team has 3786 people." Natal said lightly, with unprecedented pride in her heart.
The Aviation Magic Group and Alpha Operation Team are independent of the unified army. Without the transfer orders of the Duke of Medea and Aslan, even Natal, the military commander, has no right to transfer.
Operation Alpha is the original Billy City Magic Army, and the lowest is composed of intermediate magicians. Their main equipment is a tactical vest and a rifle stick. They don't even have a tactical helmet and knee pads, let alone flying boots.
After all, they are all magic equipment, and they cannot be mass-produced for the time being. Naturally, they are given priority to the aviation magic team.
The biggest difference between the Alpha Action Team and the Aviation Magic Group is that there are no other alien races, basically all composed of human races, it is not that Aslan does not want other alien races to join, and conditions do not allow it.
Nowadays, many industries need magicians. The middle and low-level magicians of foreign races are the key productivity for producing these magical equipment. Inscribed magic circuits are not capable of magical apprentices.
In this respect, the elves have unique conditions.
Although Operation Alpha cannot maneuver as quickly as the Aviation Magic Brigade, it is better at defensive warfare and positional warfare in an environment with abundant supplies.
"The Billy Magic Legion has also been expanded to 10,000 people, but its strength is slightly reduced. After all, the magicians of the Magic Legion are mainly junior magicians."
When Natal talked about the Magic Legion, her face couldn't help showing a touch of regret.
Once upon a time the Magic Legion was the pride of Billy City.
Now that there are more and more magicians in the province of Melox, the importance of the magic army is getting weaker and weaker.
The role of the Magic Legion is to cooperate with the Magister to speed up the casting speed of top magic and even forbidden spells, and it is also a mobile source of magic power to reduce the Magister's consumption of magic power.
The quality is not enough, only the quantity can be collected.
Now the magic forces are divided into three echelons, the first echelon of the aviation magic group, the lowest standard is advanced magician, as long as there is a breakthrough in Alpha Operation Team, and they are not willing to stay in Alpha Operation Team as an officer, they can be promoted to aviation The same is true for the Magic Group and the Magic Legion.
Nearly 700,000 troops, and all of them are full-time professional soldiers. The annual salary alone is more than 400,000 gold coins, which is almost enough to cover a year's head tax.
If it weren't for the recent addition of a vehicle tax and a road maintenance fee to Aslan, it would be a commercial tax alone. It would be impossible to maintain the infrastructure of the huge Mellock province.
As for the business tax and the vehicle and vessel tax, they will not be collected until the next quarter, so Vatini did not say anything.
"The reserve forces have not stopped training because of this. All people as long as they are 18 years old must participate in 10 hours of military training every week. Today, the number of reserve militias who have completed recruit training has reached 490,000." Natal said this. At that time, he also looked incredible.
The so-called recruit training is the regular military training of the Unified Army, except that the reserve service did not last three months like the training of the Unified Army recruits. Instead, they trained intermittently for 300 hours, which also ensured a certain level of combat effectiveness.
The key is that the reserve militias only need to be full and meat during the training period, and they don't even have to pay for military expenses.
It's totally for nothing.
"Reserve militias are related to the future and should not be missed!" Duke Medea rarely added. She is well aware of Aslan's ambitions. These militias can quickly transform into professional soldiers at critical moments.
"By the way, I almost forgot. The Valkyrie Troops still maintain the size of a ten-thousand-strong unit and are stationed in Changfeng City." Natal added at last.
The others nodded, and they had always been indifferent to the attitude of the Valkyrie troops.
Although the Valkyrie army has not fought several battles, its combat effectiveness is still quite good. It has not expanded its army in the past six months. Instead, it has strengthened training and cultivation, and its strength has not fallen but increased.
When the others wanted to continue to propose the motion, a huge explosion suddenly sounded and Aslan stood up abruptly.
After all, the explosion sound came from Merlot.
Aslan had just rushed to the outdoor balcony and saw the flames of the explosion splashing.
That is the industrial area behind Fort New Merlot.
"Could it be that a spy sneaked in?" Aslan murmured subconsciously, and flew towards the new Fort Merlot, and drove with him, or the aviation wizard group stationed on Copeland Mountain.
The place where the explosion took place was a glass factory. The furnace responsible for the specialized glass firing broke out. It was just that the explosion was somewhat powerful, and it directly killed the three workers in charge of the furnace, and the ordinary workers outside also wounded several people.
Aslan looked at the glass factory that had fallen into a sea of flames, with a pale expression on his face.
"The first squadron saves people, and the others are responsible for extinguishing the fire." Aslan shouted loudly.
"Yes!"
Jackie of the first squadron quickly led people down, propped up a huge magic mask, and rushed directly to the scene of the fire. The magic soldiers of the other aviation magic squadrons sacrificed water magic, and the glass factory was installed in a few minutes. The fire was brought under control, and many employees were also rescued.
Aslan didn't take care of them, but walked to the kiln on his own, watching the kiln quietly, hoping to find the cause of the explosion.
"The kiln exploded from the inside, and the explosive power was very powerful, so it opened the kiln directly." Aslan glanced at the kiln and quickly made a judgment.
The kiln is inscribed with magic circuits and magic runes, which not only speeds up the operation power of the kiln, but also greatly enhances the sturdiness of the kiln. Even if it is hit with a flame bomb, it will not explode for a while.
"What's the matter?" Olga came first and asked curiously.
Neither Vattini nor Natal came, and sent their respective assistants Olga and Qatar.
"The furnace exploded!" Aslan said lightly.
Qatar also arrived at this time.
"Are the casualties high?"