Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Chapter 378 The Key to Campbell's Military Reform

In Bai Hao's previous life, there were too many machines that required electricity to operate. Now Bai Hao just uses the Life Magic Stone as a bridge and uses magic power to replace electricity and some common industrial energy sources in his previous life.

In the military, we can design some magical vehicles for transportation, magical standard weapons for attack, magical radars for exploration, etc. Due to the existence of the life-saving magic stone, these can be used by ordinary people without magical talent.

In terms of people's livelihood, some magical technologies that are closely related to daily life can also shine, such as external skeletons that can enhance physical fitness, medical kits that can achieve out-of-body treatment, and small magic stones that can provide simple lighting, storage, and fire-making.

There are countless magical technologies derived from the technology of the Life-saving Magic Stone. These novel designs that have never appeared before can improve people's quality of life by several levels. The "people" here also include ordinary people who cannot use magic!

In this regard, it would be an understatement to describe the invention of the Jie Ming Magic Stone as great. Bai Hao knew better than anyone that the Jie Ming Magic Stone was a revolutionary technology, a supreme technology that could bring about earth-shaking changes in the world.

The design drawings provided by Bai Hao were not very detailed. Most of them were just a preliminary prototype, a design concept, or a simple template.

But Bai Hao believed that the craftsmen in his own Campbell Territory were not mediocre. Like many craftsmen on the Walterland continent, they were limited by the current level of magical technology.

Even if he hadn't taken out these design drawings, after the Jie Ming Magic Stone technology was promoted throughout the continent, similar designs would surely emerge like mushrooms after rain.

He was only speeding up the process now, but his greater selfish desire was to allow his own Campbell Territory to take advantage of this information time difference and rise rapidly.

Thinking of this, Bai Hao immediately looked at Aisha with a sharp gaze and said, "The key to military reform is still the expansion of the Orc Legion. What do you think, mother?"

As an illustrious general of the Omo Empire, Aisha must have unique insights into the military reforms caused by the Life-saving Magic Stone. Bai Hao is probably not as good as his mother, who is an expert in the field, in this regard.

Sure enough, Elsa chuckled and nodded when she heard this, and then discussed many specific reform plans for the orc soldiers with Bai Hao. Her meticulous and thoughtful considerations amazed Bai Hao again and again, and many details that he had not considered were dug out by Elsa one by one.

Elsa believes that the orcs' advantage has always been their excellent physical fitness and their unparalleled magic resistance. If the orcs were allowed to use magic, this type of soldier would be far superior to human soldiers of the same level.

Although human mages can be promoted to high levels and use some powerful high-level magic, which is indeed more powerful than orc soldiers who can only use mid-level magic at most, not every mage has the talent to become a high-level mage.

The cost of training a high-level wizard should not be underestimated, so even though the upper limit of a human wizard is indeed very high, an orc soldier who can skillfully use the life-saving magic stone is more cost-effective.

The common combination of "human mage + orc soldier" may no longer be the majority. Ordinary troops composed entirely of orcs and elite troops composed of high-level mages will be the mainstream in the future.

In terms of military reform, Bai Hao can only act as a guide at most. There is no need for him to propose more specific reform plans. Aisha is an expert in this field.

However, there is one aspect in which he can give his mother some advice. After taking a sip of water, Bai Hao said softly, "Where does mother plan to introduce the orc soldiers from?"

After hearing this, Elsa thought for a moment, but there was really nothing good to say. She just mentioned a few orc slave markets near Campbell Territory.

This was not unexpected to Bai Hao, because in the human empire, the prices of orc slaves were mostly similar. If they were just bought to serve as a source of soldiers, some of the most ordinary young and strong orcs with little bloodline would be able to do the job.

These orc slaves can be seen everywhere. Slave owners can be seen leading them to sell on the streets of any human town. These strong orcs who specialize in hard labor often only need a dozen gold coins, and no more than 30 gold coins at most.

However, if Campbell Territory wants to meet its military reforms, it may not be enough to clear out all the orc markets around the territory. Such large-scale purchases of orc slaves will cause price chaos in the slave market.

Those slave owners who value money more than anything else are the most informed. The next batch of orc slaves to be replenished will be sold at a higher price, and the Campbell family, who want to quickly reform the military system, will have to spend several times the price to buy orcs.

Elsa also understood this, so she planned to purchase them from many orc slave markets in the three major human empires. Although it would take some time, both the quality and price would be much better than purchasing them in the market of the same country.

"Mother, I do have a place to recommend," Bai Hao said with a smile and a mysterious look on his face, "The place I recommend is the largest orc slave distribution center in the Swart Empire, and the price will be much lower than other places!"

Elsa understood immediately after hearing this and clapped her hands, "You are talking about Kled Territory, right? The place where you became a hero a while ago?"

"Not bad!"

After just a little thought, Elsa knew why Bai Hao recommended this place. The western suburbs of Kled Territory was the largest orc slave market in the Swart Empire, and most of the slave owners who distributed the goods would choose to purchase their goods here.

Despite this, Elsa still wanted to hear her beloved son's opinions. Chatting with Bai Hao has always been Elsa's favorite thing, no matter how boring or trivial the matter was.

Seeing Aisha's expectant expression, Bai Hao paused and said, "Kled Territory has just experienced a devastating explosion disaster. Not only the main urban area was severely damaged, but also the underground orc slave market in the western suburbs."

"Most of those orc slaves were still imprisoned in underground cages when the explosion occurred. Although they were strong, their flesh and blood were of no use in front of the heavy rocks."

Aisha already knew what Bai Hao was going to say, and she smiled and said, "So, most of the orc slaves in the western suburbs of Kled Territory are injured. This will cause the value of orc slaves to drop significantly. After all, no one wants a half-dead orc slave."

"That's right. Those stingy and heartless orc slave owners will most likely not pay to treat these injured orcs. They must be in a hurry to sell off the prices and can't wait to get rid of these sick and disabled orcs."

Elsa nodded. She expected that the price of orc slaves in the western suburbs of Kled would become very cheap. However, there was one more important issue that had not been resolved. So Elsa looked at Bai Hao who was confident and said in a gentle voice:

"Well, you should also know that these sick and disabled orc slaves are far from meeting the standards of Campbell's soldiers, so what should we do with them after we buy them at a low price?"