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Although attempts had been made before, the sample size was still too small. Out of the more than twenty thousand of my own private army, there were only two or three hundred who could match the low-level Knights through physical training.
Whether these people were naturally gifted or the theory was truly effective still needed more testing with a larger sample size.
Hudson was doing everything within the standing army, both to improve the battle strength of the kingdom's army and to verify his own theories.
In fact, that expenditures hadn't exceeded the budget was also related to the current price system in the Alpha Kingdom. Normally, market prices would skyrocket due to supply and demand.
However, the production resources of the kingdom were currently in the hands of the Noble Consortium. Essentially, they were still following a planned economy route. The prices agreed upon by the government and the Noble Lords wouldn't change.