Chapter 258: Consolidation
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Chapter 258: Consolidation
With the crisis averted, Sage could only reflect upon the fact that the Hoplites had only fought on equal ground with the Fierce Tigers. If the provincial rulers were first rate powers, and county level figures were second rate powers, then the Fierce Tigers could be considered a high level third rate power. They could easily control a city or more than one if they wanted to. That meant the Jade Horde was only a third rate power. While impressive for being established only a few years, it was still far from enough.
Sage didnt want to take over a province or country, far from it. On the other hand, he didnt want to be bullied by those first and second rate powers who did. In the capital there were many first and second rate powers that didnt control any provinces or counties. They had the strength of such powers, but didnt want to manage large swathes of land and people. Sage aimed to follow in their footsteps. To that end, he had to increase the strength of the Jade Horde. If he hadnt been able to reinforce Whitestaff here, they would have lost the mine almost immediately. The Fierce Tigers wouldnt have been hired since the Consortium branch forces would have overrun them.
He couldnt afford the expensive cultivation resources that would be needed to push all the Seven Stars into the fifth rank, but he still needed to push their strength to a new level.
Seems I need to let go of a few more secrets.
The weapon upgrades for the entirety of the Jade Horde were sure to make a difference, but he was also going to need even more powerful equipment to give to the Seven Stars and their sub-commanders. They would need methods to deal with those existences in the fifth rank. If they were going to expand throughout the whole kingdom, they would need more than two people as backers.
Pleasantly surprised, Sage put them to work. Teams were sent to gather more stone blocks like on the first wall, while others were sent to the nearest city to purchase bricks. Instead of shuttling them back a few at a time on the Vulture Geckos he set a large portion of the troops to blaze a trail to the nearest town, and the order for bricks would be sent to that town and carted with Storage Chests in a caravan. Mundane bricks only cost gold coins, and Sage still had plenty of those.
With that underway, Sage retired to the Universe Ring to run some tests in his workshop. By the time the trail was finished and the bricks escorted back, he put the next phase into motion. All those who were able were set to carving a symbol onto a brick. Depending on their success with the application, the brick would end up two to three times tougher than it started. It was the same tactic the Holy Flame Sect used to train new refiners. In addition to ordering bricks, the troops recruited a few Craftsman. With their help, Sage drew up some plans for the site and they set to work. The Cloudmetal Charcoal had to be mined and refined before it could be used. Since he didnt want to risk breaking the agreement with the Cloudmetal Consortium, he planned to build a refinery right next to the mine. While he was at it, he also added a forge and factory to turn that metal into finished goods.
He was already planning on making this place impregnable, so he might as well make better use of it. The new town would be built entirely of strengthened bricks with high stone walls and with a few layers of Array Formations. Once the plan had been laid out, Sage let the men get to work while he returned to his experiments. He planned to adapt the third weapon hed slated for the Hoplites, an auto-crossbow, for general sale. With his troops equipped with the Arrow Wall shields, they would have nothing to fear from auto-crossbows. The models released to the public would be much cheaper and weaker than both the current weapons available and those he issued to his troops.
There was also the matter of equipping the Seven Stars, and combining the idea of army formations, and the Formation Machine.
Ive got a lot of work to do.
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Chapter 258: Consolidation
With the crisis averted, Sage could only reflect upon the fact that the Hoplites had only fought on equal ground with the Fierce Tigers. If the provincial rulers were first rate powers, and county level figures were second rate powers, then the Fierce Tigers could be considered a high level third rate power. They could easily control a city or more than one if they wanted to. That meant the Jade Horde was only a third rate power. While impressive for being established only a few years, it was still far from enough.
Sage didnt want to take over a province or country, far from it. On the other hand, he didnt want to be bullied by those first and second rate powers who did. In the capital there were many first and second rate powers that didnt control any provinces or counties. They had the strength of such powers, but didnt want to manage large swathes of land and people. Sage aimed to follow in their footsteps. To that end, he had to increase the strength of the Jade Horde. If he hadnt been able to reinforce Whitestaff here, they would have lost the mine almost immediately. The Fierce Tigers wouldnt have been hired since the Consortium branch forces would have overrun them.
He couldnt afford the expensive cultivation resources that would be needed to push all the Seven Stars into the fifth rank, but he still needed to push their strength to a new level.
Seems I need to let go of a few more secrets.
The weapon upgrades for the entirety of the Jade Horde were sure to make a difference, but he was also going to need even more powerful equipment to give to the Seven Stars and their sub-commanders. They would need methods to deal with those existences in the fifth rank. If they were going to expand throughout the whole kingdom, they would need more than two people as backers.
Pleasantly surprised, Sage put them to work. Teams were sent to gather more stone blocks like on the first wall, while others were sent to the nearest city to purchase bricks. Instead of shuttling them back a few at a time on the Vulture Geckos he set a large portion of the troops to blaze a trail to the nearest town, and the order for bricks would be sent to that town and carted with Storage Chests in a caravan. Mundane bricks only cost gold coins, and Sage still had plenty of those.
With that underway, Sage retired to the Universe Ring to run some tests in his workshop. By the time the trail was finished and the bricks escorted back, he put the next phase into motion. All those who were able were set to carving a symbol onto a brick. Depending on their success with the application, the brick would end up two to three times tougher than it started. It was the same tactic the Holy Flame Sect used to train new refiners. In addition to ordering bricks, the troops recruited a few Craftsman. With their help, Sage drew up some plans for the site and they set to work. The Cloudmetal Charcoal had to be mined and refined before it could be used. Since he didnt want to risk breaking the agreement with the Cloudmetal Consortium, he planned to build a refinery right next to the mine. While he was at it, he also added a forge and factory to turn that metal into finished goods.
He was already planning on making this place impregnable, so he might as well make better use of it. The new town would be built entirely of strengthened bricks with high stone walls and with a few layers of Array Formations. Once the plan had been laid out, Sage let the men get to work while he returned to his experiments. He planned to adapt the third weapon hed slated for the Hoplites, an auto-crossbow, for general sale. With his troops equipped with the Arrow Wall shields, they would have nothing to fear from auto-crossbows. The models released to the public would be much cheaper and weaker than both the current weapons available and those he issued to his troops.
There was also the matter of equipping the Seven Stars, and combining the idea of army formations, and the Formation Machine.
Ive got a lot of work to do.
Chapter 258: ConsolidationWith the crisis averted, Sage could only reflect upon the fact that the Hoplites had only fought on equal ground with the Fierce Tigers. If the provincial rulers were first rate powers, and county level figures were second rate powers, then the Fierce Tigers could be considered a high level third rate power. They could easily control a city or more than one if they wanted to. That meant the Jade Horde was only a third rate power. While impressive for being established only a few years, it was still far from enough. Sage didnt want to take over a province or country, far from it. On the other hand, he didnt want to be bullied by those first and second rate powers who did. In the capital there were many first and second rate powers that didnt control any provinces or counties. They had the strength of such powers, but didnt want to manage large swathes of land and people. Sage aimed to follow in their footsteps. To that end, he had to increase the strength of the Jade Horde. If he hadnt been able to reinforce Whitestaff here, they would have lost the mine almost immediately. The Fierce Tigers wouldnt have been hired since the Consortium branch forces would have overrun them. He couldnt afford the expensive cultivation resources that would be needed to push all the Seven Stars into the fifth rank, but he still needed to push their strength to a new level. Seems I need to let go of a few more secrets.The weapon upgrades for the entirety of the Jade Horde were sure to make a difference, but he was also going to need even more powerful equipment to give to the Seven Stars and their sub-commanders. They would need methods to deal with those existences in the fifth rank. If they were going to expand throughout the whole kingdom, they would need more than two people as backers. Pleasantly surprised, Sage put them to work. Teams were sent to gather more stone blocks like on the first wall, while others were sent to the nearest city to purchase bricks. Instead of shuttling them back a few at a time on the Vulture Geckos he set a large portion of the troops to blaze a trail to the nearest town, and the order for bricks would be sent to that town and carted with Storage Chests in a caravan. Mundane bricks only cost gold coins, and Sage still had plenty of those. With that underway, Sage retired to the Universe Ring to run some tests in his workshop. By the time the trail was finished and the bricks escorted back, he put the next phase into motion. All those who were able were set to carving a symbol onto a brick. Depending on their success with the application, the brick would end up two to three times tougher than it started. It was the same tactic the Holy Flame Sect used to train new refiners. In addition to ordering bricks, the troops recruited a few Craftsman. With their help, Sage drew up some plans for the site and they set to work. The Cloudmetal Charcoal had to be mined and refined before it could be used. Since he didnt want to risk breaking the agreement with the Cloudmetal Consortium, he planned to build a refinery right next to the mine. While he was at it, he also added a forge and factory to turn that metal into finished goods. He was already planning on making this place impregnable, so he might as well make better use of it. The new town would be built entirely of strengthened bricks with high stone walls and with a few layers of Array Formations. Once the plan had been laid out, Sage let the men get to work while he returned to his experiments. He planned to adapt the third weapon hed slated for the Hoplites, an auto-crossbow, for general sale. With his troops equipped with the Arrow Wall shields, they would have nothing to fear from auto-crossbows. The models released to the public would be much cheaper and weaker than both the current weapons available and those he issued to his troops. There was also the matter of equipping the Seven Stars, and combining the idea of army formations, and the Formation Machine. Ive got a lot of work to do.
