Faced with everyone's expectant gazes, Velin remained unmoved.
"Now, give me the truth. How many Aeran Auxiliary Army soldiers has the First Corps trained?"
Upon hearing this, Orlando carefully chose his words before answering, "More than five hundred thousand."
Velin folded his arms and stared at Orlando as he continued, "The exact number."
"Seven hundred and fifty thousand."
The First Corps' many generals were stunned by those words.
They only knew that the number of Aeran Auxiliary Army soldiers recruited from Baimu Province, North River Valley Province, and South River Valley Province had exceeded the three hundred thousand mandated by the Supreme Command. They had never expected the number to exceed it by so much.
"Did you bring over the methods you used back in West Wind County?" Velin gave Orlando a deep look and asked unhurriedly.
"I didn't copy all of it." A trace of embarrassment appeared on Orlando's face as he answered, "To balance the economy, I only implemented part of it."
Hearing this, Velin stood up, turned to look at the map hanging on the wall, and slowly asked, "Then if you fully implemented those methods, how many Auxiliary Army soldiers could you raise without telling me?"
"Baimu Province, North River Valley Province, and South River Valley Province are all heavily populated provinces of the Okra Kingdom. Even after the large-scale warfare, they still had nearly thirty-eight million people after the First Corps fully occupied them."
"If I fully implemented the rules and regulations I established in West Wind County, I could prepare one million regular troops and three million militia for you within three years."
"And what would the cost be?" Velin turned around, looked at Orlando, and spoke.
"The economies of Baimu Province, North River Valley Province, and South River Valley Province would completely collapse.