FerriticMatrix

Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery.
A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him.
He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself.
But how can such things not attract jealous eyes?
The naval superpower- Cantagena,
The unstoppable army of- Exolas, 
The superpower of the east- Adhania,
The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, 
The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, 
And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest,
All want something from each other.
In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all.

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Herald of Steel

Alexander's estimate for the cost of the campaign was nothing to scoff at.

For the entire duration of the offensive, he promised to give the 10,000 professional soldiers 150 ropals per month on top of their free food and equipment, which was 50 ropals more than they received in peace times.

And the levies were promised the same supplies, but 5onlt 0 ropals a month.

After all, they were neither as skilled nor disciplined as their counterpart.

And although only 50 ropals might sound very low, this was actually much more than the standard rate.

Typically levies were paid mostly in loot and booty, with just enough food and supplies given to them so that they could keep fighting.

So Alexander giving them this much money of which the men were saving every penny was really generous.

As for context, a farmer with a family typically needed 6 months to save that much.

Now Alexander did not do it only out of altruistic reasons,

Preparations For The Campaign (Part-2)