At the moment, Ragnar was standing in the Great Hall of Nottingham.. now redesignated as Regional Branch Office 2. Surrounded by his Board of Warlords, in front of them was a large oak table with a giant surveyor's map splayed across it.
Upon this map were not just figures of armies, but charcoal lines representing supply chains, resource nodes, and the most ambitious project in the history of the 9th Century.
It had been roughly a week since Ragnar first liquidated the Mercian leadership.
After several overwhelming "Market Corrections," he now found himself controlling the entire Midlands. But holding territory was expensive.
Since the beginning of the "Hostile Audit," Ragnar had put in place measures to begin mass recruitment.
He knew his elite force of 4,000 "Iron Gear" soldiers was not enough to pave a road to Winchester while suppressing Saxon rebellions.
