""Arums are real soldiers, and I want to hire them to train and advise the lowlanders to fight their own wars—at least this one.” “You’re asking me to put myself out of business, Althalus,” Albron objected. “Not really. After we’ve smashed Ghend’s armies, things should go back to normal. The princes of the low countries will still break out in rashes of ambition, and they’ll come here to Arum to hire professionals to do their fighting. It’s a matter of economics, Albron. It’s very expensive to train and maintain any army. Even when there’s no war, you have to keep feeding them. It’s cheaper in the long run to hire Arums.”"
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