Proposal to Relocate the Capital

After Reff finished speaking, everyone in the hall once again revealed shocked, disbelieving expressions.

An expansion of nine hundred thousand troops was not particularly frightening in itself, but what was frightening was that the major elite legions would directly double in size.

Moreover, the newly formed heavy infantry legion, heavy cavalry legion, and light cavalry legion would all require equipment and mounts—each of those was an astronomical expense.

They could not afford it. They simply could not afford it. To meet the demands of this military expansion plan, the Terra Kingdom alone was nowhere near enough. They would have to swallow up at least most of the Autran Kingdom before they could perhaps barely sustain it.

At this moment, Leslie was also dumbfounded. He had fucking agreed to Reff's plan to expand the army to 1.8 million troops.

But he had not agreed to such a massive expansion of the cavalry, especially the heavy cavalry legion. Every heavy cavalryman could practically be said to be piled up with gold coins.

Not to mention that the heavy full-body armor they wore was already immensely valuable and far more expensive than light armor; even the warhorses capable of bearing hundreds or even thousands of pounds while maintaining a charge were more expensive than the equipment.

Furthermore, while a large-scale heavy cavalry force did not have to consist entirely of professionals, every soldier still had to be carefully selected, physically strong, and robust. Training such a soldier cost far more than training a light infantryman.

Most crucially, the heavy cavalry legion Reff intended to establish would number as many as two hundred thousand. This alone would consume most of the resources Leslie had prepared for this military expansion.

"Director Reff, how are we supposed to cooperate when your Military Affairs Department has produced