Obviously, the three generals were settling accounts, some sighed, and some frowned.
Hearing the movement, the three of them raised their eyes and were all overjoyed when they saw Ning Zhuo coming back.
"Military strategist, military strategist is here!" Liu Er immediately ran down and welcomed Ning Zhuo with open arms.
Zhang Hei laughed and pushed the account book to the center of the table: "Everything is done by the military strategist, my eyes are dazzled!"
Guan Hong was even more straightforward and got up directly: "I'm going to train troops."
Liu Er enthusiastically pulled Ning Zhuo and pressed him to the position of the main general.
Ning Zhuo hurriedly humbly said: "How can a kid sit in the position of the main general?"
Liu Er said: "These account books are all up to the military strategist. If the military strategist can complete it, it will be a great achievement, so why not let you become the main general?"
Although Liu Er only said beautiful words and scenes, he also showed some of his true feelings.
Ning Zhuo sat on the chair and saluted reluctantly, saying that he would go all out.
Liu and Zhang left Ning Zhuo in the big tent and followed Guan Hong.
Ning Zhuo is very good at settling accounts. In the more than ten years of being in the Fire Persimmon Immortal City, he was not welcomed, and his cultivation resources needed to be compared.
Even if you play the role of a devil, you can sell it to the outside world and make a big investment. He also spent a lot of money on the addition of mechanical creations. It can be said that you earn a lot and spend a lot.
And he has been in charge of his own family since he was a child, and only when he became a family member did he know the price of oil, salt, firewood, and rice.
Ning Zhuo was quite confident in this, but after really immersing himself in calculating the account books of the three generals' camp, he also felt a headache.
He immediately understood the pain of the three generals Liu Guan and Zhang before.
On the one hand, all kinds of accounts are quite complicated; On the other hand, the expense was too large, so big that Ning Zhuo also felt frightened.
The majority of military expenditure lies in salaries.
At present, there are more than three hundred monks gathered in the barracks, of which there are about fifty or sixty monks in the foundation building period, and the remaining two hundred or so are qi refining level monks.
For qi refining monks, according to the specific cultivation and combat power, the monthly salary ranges from three thousand to eight thousand lower-grade spirit stones.
For foundation-building level monks, the monthly salary was between 30,000 and 80,000 low-grade spirit stones.
This meant that the monthly salary of the cultivators in the qi refining period alone would have to pay at least 1.3 million low-grade spirit stones.
Although the foundation building monks were few, they had a salary of more than three million low-grade spirit stones.
The monthly salary expenditure alone required at least more than 4.3 million low-grade spirit stones.
And this salary standard is still low. The three generals' battalion distributed the share of the loot to the maximum, which attracted these monks.
Among all the current armies in Canglin Immortal City, the salary of the Three Generals Battalion is the second to last, and the first is the Red Flower Camp.
Next, it is necessary to purchase magic weapons in a unified manner.
Monks in the qi refining and foundation building periods generally use magic weapons.
According to the market price, the magic weapons used for attack ranged from one thousand to one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones each. The price of defensive military magic weapons ranged from two hundred to four thousand low-grade spirit stones each.
Ning Zhuo carefully studied the market in Canglin Immortal City, and according to the two magic weapons selected by the three generals, the total purchase cost was about six million spirit stones.
Next, there are talismans and elixirs (Bigu Dan) for daily use.
Talismans include speeding talismans, protective talismans, sharp blade talismans and other commonly used talismans, which can be purchased from the military channels of the two bets, and the price is about one and a half to three low-grade spirit stones each.
According to the smallest plan, Ning Zhuo calculated that each monk would consume about twenty talismans per month, and consume an average of one hundred to two hundred low-grade spirit stones per person per month for various elixirs.
In this case, this part of the expenditure is also fifty-seven thousand low-grade spirit stones.
"It is better to purchase medicine pools than to distribute elixirs."
"Calculate the cost, the army lasts for more than three months, and it is even more cost-effective to purchase a potion pool."
"In the same way, it's best to purchase a mana pool."
These two heavy weapons in the army, purchased according to the minimum specifications, each one required four million low-grade spirit stones, a total of eight million low-grade spirit stones.
Then, there are magic weapon maintenance, accidental loss, barracks construction, sudden accidents, etc., which must be budgeted.
According to the standard of 10% of the normal total expenditure, it is nearly 500,000 low-grade spirit stones.
"But that's not enough."
"You also have to configure the battle flag, and it is best to have a mount."
The battle flag is very important.
The battle flag is often the carrier of military morale cohesion, the eyes of the battle formation, and the qualitative improvement of the entire army.
This aspect must be purchased, but it cannot be rushed for the time being - it depends on what kind of battle formation Liu Er, Guan Hong and Zhang Hei can train in military training.
Through the battle formation, it is most appropriate to purchase battle flags.
Mounts may not seem like a necessity, but they are not.
Although monks in the Qi refining period could fly with swords, they could only fly short distances and could not fly long distances for a long time.
On the battlefield, an army must consider the whole.
This means that an army without mounts has very weak movement ability and will often be beaten by the enemy, and will be in an extremely passive disadvantageous situation.
Many past examples of warfare warn future generations that the ability to move the army is extremely important.
Sometimes, whichever army arrives on the battlefield first, occupies favorable terrain and sets up a battle formation in advance, which army often has a huge advantage.
Because of this, in the art of war, the spell of "soldiers are valuable and fast" is always the priority.
This is recognized by many people in the art of war.
"The monthly salary is more than 4.3 million."
"The total cost of the entire army is about 6 million for the installation of offensive and defensive magic weapons."
"The consumption of talismans and elixirs is fifty-seven thousand. This is the minimum standard, but in fact, when training soldiers, it often exceeds a lot."
"To buy medicine pools and magic pools, you need to invest eight million."
"For magic weapon maintenance, accidental loss, etc., 500,000 yuan must be reserved."
Calculated, the military expenditure will reach 18.9 million low-grade spirit stones.
"Not counting the future purchase of battle flags and mounts."
At this point, Ning Zhuo can be described as dry mouth and unrealistic in his heart.
When it was really calculated, the military expenditure was higher than he expected. However, these are still purchased according to the minimum standards, adhering to the principle of saving if possible.
"How nice it would be if it was a great war in ancient times."
Ning Zhuo couldn't help but miss the past of history.
At that time, the cultivation of all arts was not yet developed, and it was far from a hundred flowers blooming. There are great wars in the cultivation world, all of which are organized and carried out in the form of hiring.
Every monk is self-sufficient, receiving military tasks, and receiving rewards, material or military merits.
This kind of battle pays attention to the cultivation and combat power of individual monks.
However, with the advancement of the formation and the formulation of unified magic weapons, the aura became more and more intense, and the vigorous development of military and official skills became more and more exquisite in the use of luck and national strength.
The form of mercenaries in the past has become more and more backward and has gradually been swept into the corners of history.
Not to mention now, in the later stages of the Bloody Killing Dynasty, the war form of the monk army has already appeared on the stage of history.
After the subsequent two imperial dynasties, multiple imperial dynasties, and countless dynasties, the battle of the monks became very professional and paid attention to all aspects.
There must be a unified offensive and defensive magic weapon in order to give full play to the advantage of numbers!
There must be the art of war in order to better integrate forces and create the actual combat effect of leapfrog operations!
If you are really an elite soldier, every monk in the army must practice the same exercises! For example, the Golden Halberd Army was searched for by the two countries from all over the country, and they began to cultivate it from the beginning of their practice. The weapons, armor, mounts, etc. equipped are all uniform and excellent.
Once such an army goes to war, it will erupt into a terrifying force. A fledgling army like the Three Generals Battalion couldn't resist a round at all, and it would inevitably collapse at the slightest touch!
"Burning money and forming an army is burning money at all times!"
Ning Zhuo was completely over, and there was already a thin layer of sweat behind him.
At present, the spirit stones on the books of the three generals can last for up to three months.
Ning Zhuo can't wait to mobilize the army now and go to the front line. More than 300 people, the daily consumption makes it difficult to breathe.
But he knew very well in his heart: they must practice diligently, and their training must meet certain standards before they can enter the battlefield.
Otherwise, it's cannon fodder!
and if you are diligent in military training, your daily expenditure will increase again.
"It's really not good, so I can only fill it in." Ning Zhuo came out of the big tent and observed the training of the three generals Liu Guan and Zhang from a distance.
Ning Zhuo's knowledge is limited, after all, he only traveled to the mountains this year, but his knowledge is still solid, at least the basic things are quite comprehensive.
He looked at it for a moment and recognized that it was a triangular arrow formation.
If you look down from above, this formation is a positive triangle.
Three Jindan-level generals, distributed in three corners. At the forefront is Liu Er, on the left is Guan Hong, and on the right is Zhang Hei.
This triangular arrow formation is the most classic assault formation, with the strongest monks in the army on the three corners, a large number of Qi refining period monks filling in the middle, and the two sides facing are distributed with foundation-building level monks.
The formation is divided into moving formation and static formation.
The history of the static formation is much longer than the moving formation, the most classic static formation is the spirit gathering array, which allows the monk to condense the surrounding spiritual energy and use it for his own practice, increasing the efficiency of the monk in absorbing the spiritual energy.
The history of the dynamic formation is probably less than half of the static formation, but once it develops, it is extremely vigorous, especially on the battlefield, and the speed of improvement is extremely fast.
The triangular arrow formation is a typical moving formation.
Ning Zhuo looked at it for a moment, and couldn't help but be secretly worried: "It is difficult to practice formation, how long will it take to reach the minimum formation standard? You have to burn money every day!"
Every exercise of the movement requires a lot of time, material resources, and manpower.
Ning Zhuo felt more and more that forming an army was like a big gamble.
The three generals Liu, Guan and Zhang have already bet on all their net worth!
And Ning Zhuo wanted to plot the mother's relics in the hands of the Six Cave Sect, such as locomotive carriages, etc., with the help of the two Zhu Guo, and the three generals of Liu Guanzhang were undoubtedly the most labor-saving approach.
"If the cost is not enough, I'm afraid I can help one or two."
Ning Zhuo must hurry up and must follow.
When the war broke out, his mother's locomotive carriage and other things were likely to disappear in the war. He needs to participate in person, be present at the scene, and adapt to the situation before it is possible to seize the target item.
If he misses this battle, it will be countless times more difficult for him to find these things again.
Ning Zhuo returned to the mechanism dragon and counted his assets.
He has a lot of spirit stones.
The last time he was in the Hidden Mist Mountain, the mountain god gave him ten thousand middle-grade spirit stones, which were converted into lower-grade spirit stones, which was one million.
He also has many treasures.
For example, Wuxiu orchid, heavy thunder beetle, heavenly dew, floating clouds, walnut mountain spirit, haze stone, ghost bamboo, etc.
If this is sold, there will also be a lot of spirit stones.
Among the treasure materials, the most valuable is undoubtedly the primordial infant-level treasure material produced by the old monster in the stone.
But these treasures can have hidden dangers.
Ning Zhuo took out a lot of pieces before, but now if he wants to use the truth to practice, these treasures cannot be used at will.
It is worth mentioning that every time the Wanli Wandering Dragon travels through the void, the starting price is 500,000 low-grade spirit stones.
These assets were more than enough to satisfy the cultivation of Sun Lingtong and Ning Zhuo.
But on the battlefield, it immediately became much thinner to maintain an army.
Ning Zhuo came to the training cabin and knocked on the tire spirit boat.
Sun Lingtong, who was practicing inside, opened his eyes and walked out of the spirit boat: "Xiao Zhuo, what's the matter?"
If there is nothing wrong, Ning Zhuo will not interrupt his practice.
Ning Zhuo told Sun Lingtong the details: "I plan to open up and reduce expenditure."
"On the one hand, contact Wan Yao Sect and purchase basic elixirs such as Bi Gu Dan from them in large quantities. According to my friendship with them, I can get a low price."
"On the other hand, I can order the Ning family to branch up and refine Jade Run Xuangang. Boss, do you remember the battle next to the Hidden Mist Mountain?"
"At that time, the sergeants who were respected by themselves wore heavy armor of jade and steel, and they were quite effective in dealing with those demon cultivators and monsters."
"If I can sell these armors to the three generals, I may be able to open up a new market for the family."
"Alas...... It's still too short."
"I really hope that right now, the poisonous flame chrysanthemum can be harvested."
"I don't know if the ancestors have returned to Huoshiki Mountain now."
Sun Lingtong thought for a while: "Even if these can be done, distant water does not quench thirst nearby, and the degree of thirst quenching is quite limited."
Ning Zhuo nodded: "So I think about that old monster in the stone again. If we steal him back, we will get rich overnight, and the current financial gap is not worth mentioning at all!"
Speaking of this, Sun Lingtong's eyes immediately lit up: "Yes, yes, Xiaozhuo, your idea is too good."
"To tell you the truth, I've been thinking about this when I've calmed down these days!"
"We can deal with Dao injuries now, and that stone ball is a complete treasure."
"This matter must be done as soon as possible."
"Once it is discovered by others, the old monster in the stone is dead, then it will be all over."
Ning Zhuo pondered: "If we want to enter the Thousand Peaks Forest again, we must first repair the dragon and solve the blood shadow on the dragon's body, and at the same time, we need to have more fire essence reserves."
Because I have been there before, there are accurate signposts in the mechanism dragon, which can shuttle directly to the destination at once.
Very convenient.
Sun Lingtong frowned, feeling embarrassed: "The Blood Shadow Cave Master is a primordial infant level, and it is very difficult for us to eliminate the methods he planted."
"It would be nice if there was good water, and you could wash these away."
"It is difficult for us to do this step alone, and we have to rely on external help."
Ning Zhuo: "How about Zhang Chongyi?"
Sun Lingtong thought for a moment and said: "He has strong medical skills and can even cure injuries. After all, he used to be a primordial infant-level monk, and the blood shadow spell probably couldn't help him."
"However, in this way, we will expose the existence of the dragon."
"Is this appropriate?"
"In other words, can Zhang Chongyi be trusted?"
Ning Zhuo thought for a while: "Zhang Chongyi adheres to the right path, and like me, he has a righteous heart."
"Whether he was convicted or joined the army this time to help General Mulan, it shows his life philosophy of repaying kindness."
"We treated the disease this time, thanks to his intervention. It would not have been possible without him."
"I still trust him more."
"Alas......" Ning Zhuo said this, sighing deeply, "I didn't want to treat a good person like this, but for our safety, I decided to use the human life suspension thread and my Buddha's heart demon seal against him!"
Sun Lingtong patted Ning Zhuo's forearm: "Xiaozhuo, I know you are kind-hearted, but don't have any burden."
"We didn't murder him."
"It's just that you have to be vigilant."
"Just talk to him!"
Ning Zhuo hummed, he didn't know at this time, Zhang Chongyi also wanted to talk to him.