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Mercenaries cost a lot of money. Back then, Switzerland and Germany in Europe were famous for their abundance of mercenaries. Their participation is indispensable in any war, so that the Pope of the Vatican still employs Swiss mercenaries as guards.

Russia has no living soil for mercenaries. After all, most soldiers are serfs, and they have no freedom at all. It is impossible to do odd jobs all over the world like the Germans and Swiss.

Dmitry felt that Li Xiao's so-called mercenaries were volunteers or joint defense teams similar to the regiment training or village bravery in the late Qing Dynasty. This is very common in Russia. Every time a war breaks out, some old generals will raise their arms and organize a group of troops to assist the regular army in fighting.

However, this type of troops is similar in nature to mercenaries. They need to be responsible for their own profits and losses from weapons to food and grass. After all, they also have to eat and dress.

Even if Russian lives are relatively cheap, it is necessary to arrange more or less clothes and weapons and some settlement money.

If there were only tens of hundreds of squires and nobles, it would still be affordable, but Wallachia obviously needed more than this number of people, at least tens of thousands of people, which was not a small expense!

Li Xiao laughed dryly and explained in a low voice: "Actually, it doesn't cost much. Military uniforms and weapons are ready-made, and there is basically no need to pay for settlement. After all, I don't know how many people in China want to make a big contribution in Bulgaria. !"

Dmitry immediately realized that the situation was indeed rather special. In the past, the settling expenses and even travel expenses and living expenses were indispensable. But now the country is eager to see through Bulgaria. Almost everyone thinks Bulgaria is a big gold mine. As long as they pick up their guns and gather a group of people to follow the army to sweep it, let alone bread and butter, it is very possible to be promoted to a noble. of.

The problem now is that not everyone has the opportunity to go to Bulgaria to pan for gold. I have not seen that the nobles from all walks of life have sharpened their heads and want to run to the army. They all hope to follow Paskovich and Duke Mikhail to make contributions!

This led to serious involution, and only the most prestigious and influential families could stuff their children into the army of Paskovich and Duke Mikhail. As for other ordinary aristocratic families, I really can only look at them.

If Li Xiao suddenly told these people that Wallachia needed mercenaries, do you think these people would be overjoyed?

Although there is a big difference between serving Wallachia and going directly to the troops of Paskovich and Duke Mikhail. But Wallachia is so close to Bulgaria! According to the thinking of these small nobles, as long as the war starts, they will have the same opportunity to go to the battlefield as the big troops, and they can also make contributions.

What settling fee is needed for such a good opportunity to drop a pie in the sky? It doesn't matter if you let them be prostitutes! It doesn't matter if you have money or not, as long as you give it a chance!

After figuring this out, Dmitri had to admit that Li Xiao was too shrewd. He prostituted a team for free without paying a dime. This deal is really worth it!

However, Dmitry also admitted that this kind of business can only be done in Wallachia. The reason is very simple. Try Moldavia, do you see that they are still so enthusiastic?

Secondly, if you want to pull the team together, you need a material base. Because Wallachia started preparing for war early, it has sufficient guns and materials. Look at the Volunteer Army that Grand Duke Constantine built impromptuly. Most of the soldiers can't even do it with a rifle. You even have to go to the country to pick up garbage to make up the number. Now is not the era of cold weapons, and you can get a stick or a rake to make up for the battlefield.

Demirit is well aware of how important combat readiness is. In this regard, Wallachia is much better than the Russian army. They can have a neat and well-trained army, but most of the Russian army are serf soldiers.

Many people didn't even have shoes. In order to meet the requirements of Paskovich and Duke Mikhail, the Ministry of War had tried to make up the number from the whole country.

But here, in Moldavia, Grand Duke Constantine made a move, and a large amount of food disappeared, and you can see the whole leopard at a glance. Seeing these details, you can know how much it is to start a war machine It's difficult.

"How many mercenaries are you going to recruit?" Dmitry asked.

"About ten thousand people,"

Li Xiao sighed again as he spoke, because the closer it was to a modern war, the larger the scale would be. Before the Napoleonic era, tens of thousands of people participated in the battle, which was already a great battle.

But in the era of Napoleon, decisive battles with hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of moves are not uncommon. Especially in the face of the Turkish army with relatively abundant human resources, it may not be able to withstand the lack of sufficient numbers.

It's just that they really have limited financial resources, and recruiting another 10,000 troops is already the limit, and their finances will collapse if they have more.

Dmitry pinched his fingers and counted. He had 40,000 troops in his hands. If you want to say less, it is not less, but he has always been cautious and thinks it is better to prepare for the worst. After all, no one can guarantee that Britain and France will not send troops to assist Turkey in fighting.

If Britain and France get involved, then these 40,000 troops are really not enough. However, he did not ask Li Xiao to recruit more mercenaries, because he also knew that Li Xiao and Alexei had tried their best, and the situation was much better than he expected.

"I tried to discuss with the Ministry of the Army and ask them to support you with some supplies. Although it won't be of great use, it's better than nothing, isn't it!"

Dmitriken's help was within Li Xiao's expectation, and he would sell a little face in the Ministry of War. After all, he was the favorite of Crown Prince Alexander, so even if he didn't give face to Demeter, he would have to give face to Crown Prince Alexander, right?

"In the next stage, I will focus on inspecting fortification projects," Dmitry directly pointed out his work priorities, "According to Count Rostovtsev's estimation, this war may not go smoothly. Once Britain and France intervene, we will be in Bulgaria. The operation will come to an abrupt end, and may even be pursued by the Turkish army and the British and French intervention forces. We must be prepared to fight a defensive war!"

Li Xiao agreed with both hands, but he and Dmitry disagreed on how to build the fortification.

What Dmitry meant was that good steel should be used wisely. Since Wallachia’s finances are tight and it is impossible to build fortresses everywhere, then simply focus on the front line of Bulgaria and concentrate financial resources on this line to build a solid line of defense...

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