MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 534 Two bad news

Chapter 534 Two Bad News

Claude was frustrated and full of frustration. At this moment he really realized what a pig teammate was ...

If overseas dominions do not want to be independent from the Kingdom of Ovilas, then this conflict is the best opportunity to expand their influence in the royal court. During the war, the overseas self-governing lords responded to Wang Ting's utmost efforts and gave them their full support, but they were ridiculed as stupid and rich. It was only that the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion were so prestigious. No one could match the record and combat power of the kingdom. Therefore, the overseas dominion in the court of Wang could speak and dominate.

However, after the war, the overseas dominion in the king's court was crowded out by the kingdom's old aristocratic family and local people. Of course, this also had a lot to do with the overseas dominion's cessation of military aid to the king. After all, the kingdom has been completely recovered, and the scattered taxes paid by various places can allow Wang Ting to survive. There is no need to use the future tax of overseas dominions as collateral to obtain military aid, and the tax overdraft for the next ten years is also a Limit it.

During the war, the overseas dominions also deliberately increased their military aid to the Red Dragon Corps and Griffon Corps. They hoped that they could hand in the kingdom aristocratic forces behind the two legions and cited them as Austrian aid in the royal court. However, the overseas dominions underestimated the nobility of these kingdoms. They flattered them before receiving military assistance, and turned down after receiving military assistance. Together with the noble forces of the Guards Corps, they oversold the overseas autonomy in the royal court, resulting in overseas The Dominion was unable to find allies and spokespersons in the royal court. No one spoke for the Dominion ...

To a certain extent, Claude rushed to the capital with three hundred divisions of the Thunder Corps and more than 100,000 troops. He even let the newly formed fourth division be a pioneer. He already had a thunder attack on the king. The anti-domiciled powers of the kingdoms are anti-planning. Although the stupid queen blinded by King Kronen's eyes was the best excuse for this conflict, Claude didn't really want her life, at least it would be missed in the face of Mrs. Maria She and the king's.

Claude didn't want to do anything to kill the monarch. If King Frederick I was unwilling to cooperate, Claude would at best only house the king to overseas autonomy, and then cleanse the kingdom's aristocracy. None of the unfriendly and hostile recorded on the list of overseas dominions will run away. As for what to do after the cleansed kingdom, we will discuss it at that time ...

Of course, if Her Majesty is willing to cooperate, then it is better, what Crowd has to do is to devolve the power of the aristocracy to the National Assembly, so that the National Assembly has the power to govern the country, not just the power to supervise and recommend. The biggest problem in the political circle of the Kingdom of Ovilas is that the aristocratic parliament has real power to govern the country, and the National Assembly has become a display, so that the kingdom's aristocratic forces have no balanced opponents, and even the National Assembly has become their vassal.

Claude hopes to follow the example of Britain in the past and let the Prime Minister or Prime Minister of the Kingdom be elected by the National Assembly instead of the current King's appointment and approval by the aristocracy. The lower house of the British in the previous life had the power to govern the country, so the upper house of the nobility became a rubber stamp, which eventually led to the great decline of the power of the nobility of the kingdom, which was unheard of in later generations.

Claude also knew very well that relying on overseas dominions could not control the kingdom's power at this time, and regional discrimination was everywhere. Until this time, the overseas dominion was still a barren land and a place of exile in the eyes of most of the people of the kingdom. Even if these people from overseas dominions took control of the kingdom by force, they were still regarded as soil buns and upstarts. Set off a rebellion in the kingdom ...

Therefore, Crowder's plan is simple, to purge the aristocratic forces that are hostile to overseas dominions, to devolve the royal power of the royal court to the National Assembly, and to support the National Assembly in the administration of the kingdom. Then, in the National Assembly, members who are close to overseas dominions form a political force, so that the overseas dominions can maintain their influence in the kingdom and the court ...

It is just a good idea, but it is not possible. Although the incumbent Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Marquis Blanchard, is a clever man who can deal with Claude to minimize the adverse consequences of this conflict caused by Queen Christie, Claude has enough in his hands to subvert the entire The kingdom's force, no matter how negotiated, can easily tear up all agreements.

What disappointed Claude was these parliamentarians and officer representatives from overseas dominions, who were not ashamed of their suffering and torture in the earlier period, but were proud of it. In their opinion, Her Majesty's ability to make such a compensation agreement is very sincere, and they are very glad that they can get such good treatment, and are therefore grateful to Dade.

And Marshal Bolonique is a loyal to the royal family. As Crowd had anticipated, someone in the royal palace was indeed working on the idea of ​​30 million kronor funds. Prime Minister Blanchard only talked to Marshal Bolognik for a while, and the difficulties that His Majesty is facing are now busy Clapping his chest to show his allegiance, he wouldn't care if the promise he made would have any adverse effect on the overseas dominion ...

On the contrary, General Scree, who was brought up for trial the next day after being arrested. A person who claimed to be the house chief wanted him to set an example by first obtaining a hereditary family territory from Her Majesty the King. General Scrie rejected the proposal without hesitation, and ironically said that His Majesty the King wanted money and went crazy, and wanted to open a gap from him, and collected dozens of people's promotion fees and land selection fees, and just took the money. A huge sum of 30 million kronor. He was severely beaten, but General Scree clenched his teeth and promised nothing ...

More than forty injured parliamentarians and officers, like General Scree, survived the first trial. The reason for their suffering was simple. They were young and in good health and could withstand severe torture. Unlike Speaker Bennett and Chairman Hendman, the elderly guards were too excited to be stimulated, and the palace guards were also worried that they would not dare to act on them. In case of death, the problem will be big, and the threat of the Thunder and the Rock is not a joke.

In addition, the eagle eagle's letter from Claude was also very timely, reminding His Majesty the King and the royal court's ministers that no one can move the money of 30 million kronor without the signature of him and the other two generals of the Dominion He did not admit it when moved. Of course, the most critical issue is that Claude and the other two generals are leading the Thunder Army and the Rock Army to the king ...

So the torture tortured parliamentarians and military officers arrested overseas dominions was immediately suspended. Instead, they had to help them change their residences and provide careful living care and medical services. Although still under house arrest, the arrested members of parliament and officers spent half a month of leisure and quiet in the palace, and even Her Majesty the King and the Queen took time to console them. His Majesty also represented Queen Christie apologized sincerely for her recklessness.

This is what Claude discovered when he led the Thunder Corps to the capital. No member of parliament was interested in his proposal to purge the capital of the anti-domiciled kingdom of the Overseas Dominion. Even Speaker Bennett and Chairman Hendman also advised Claude not to plunge his hands into the muddy water of the capital. The two of them are quite straightforward. Our foundation is overseas dominion, and the next development is the Beibu Gulf area of ​​Kanas prairie.

As long as there is unified planning and development as our hereditary clan territory, it is equivalent to the overseas dominion also having a solid base in the Vale continent. The two regions can complement each other commercially, and can even abandon the free development of the kingdom's jurisdiction. Therefore, it is really unnecessary for the overseas autonomous territories to intervene in the political arena of Wangdu. The storms and ups and downs here will not affect the development prospects set by our two overseas autonomous territories ...

Lawmakers objected, and officers did not agree with the radical strategy of Claude. It can be said that after arriving in the capital, Claude found that he could not find like-minded partners. Like Marshal Bolonique, his commitment can be said to betray the interests of the entire overseas dominion. Without consultation, he promised to provide the Kingdom Army with new rifles and bullets, and an iron armored fleet to offset the shortage. Jinjue fee and land selection fee.

Several military industries controlled by the kingdom's old aristocratic family forces did indeed imitate the Sonia 91 new rifle equipped in the overseas autonomous region, and came up with a similar new rifle, named Tigerston 600 new rifle. According to secret agent information, this new rifle is five or six centimeters longer and weighs about half a catty longer than the Sonia 91 new rifle equipped in the autonomous region. The reason why this new-style rifle cannot be mass-produced is that they have not yet been able to figure out the bottom fire problem of the bullets equipped with the new-style rifle ...

It is said that the technicians in the military industry of the old aristocratic family have not thought of ideas. However, even if they scraped off the base powder behind the bullets produced by the overseas dominion for research, they still couldn't tell what kind of formula and composition it was. In the case that there was no way to test the base gun powder, a technician invented the ground gunpowder powder as the ground gun powder, continuing the style of bullets fired with the fire chip as the base fire.

It is just that the price of fire crystal ore is increasing day by day. Moreover, the output of this feldspar mine has always been small. If all the powder is used as the bottom fire powder, the first is that the mass production is too small and the supply is insufficient, and the second is that the price is expensive. Therefore, the military industry controlled by the old noble family forces will report the price of forty-five gold kronor a new rifle, one silver taler and one bullet to the Kingdom Army. To be honest, the cost of this bullet is really not expensive ...

Think of the old aristocratic family forces a few months ago to ask the autonomous region about the price of bullets, because the Tigers 600 new rifle produced by them is imitated the Sonya 91 new rifle, the same caliber bullet generic. Claude doubted whether these old noble families would play the idea of ​​using the new rifles they produced and the bullets produced by the autonomous region.

Unexpectedly, it is better now, Marshal Bolonick agreed to Wang Ting's request, and provided the Royal Army with 400,000 new rifles and 40 million bullets to equip the three major ace field army corps that the Kingdom has rectified and adapted. The Kingdom offers an Iron Armored Fleet of 16 Iron Armored Battleships!

What a reason! Claude was furious. Although Marshal Bolonick's reason was to use the new rifle and the armored fleet to offset the inadequate 16.4 million kroner promotion and land selection fees, the overseas dominion could earn half of this arms deal. Profit. But the problem is that Wang Ting is also an empty glove white wolf. The so-called promotion fee and land selection fee offset the cost of this arms transaction ...

Just when Marshal Bolonick was complacent and thought that the arms business would benefit the nation and the people from each other, Claude pointed out sharply that Wang Ting won the time and won the immediate combat power. Equipped with new weapons, the Red Dragon, Griffon, and Guards are the three main ace field legions, which will pose a great threat to the two legions of the autonomous region. Although they are still not opponents of the Thunder Corps and the Rock Corps, they have obtained more and more casualties for the two major legions of the Dominion to defeat their fighting strength ...

In addition, what made Marshal Bolonique promise to provide the kingdom with an iron armored fleet of sixteen iron armored battleships? What was he thinking in his head, and did he really understand what the Iron Armored Fleet meant to overseas dominions?

Claude couldn't help anger and yelled. Tell Marshal Bolonick that the Kingdom ’s homeland has an Iron Armored Fleet, which means that the ocean carrier fleet of the Overseas Dominion can no longer be escorted from the Iron Armored Fleet. Sea area!

Even if the kingdom's major shipbuilding workshops have joined forces to study the manufacture of iron armored warships, great progress has been made, and it is impossible to own a true iron armored warship within three or five years. The development of overseas dominion's iron armored warships was largely guided by the prophet Claude, avoiding many unnecessary mistakes and research directions, saving a lot of time and money, and after three or four years of sea trials, With current achievements!

No matter how much capital and manpower are invested in the coastal countries of Valeia to develop ironclad warships, they will not be able to reach or exceed the level of overseas autonomous territories ironclad warships in a short period of time. It can be said that the Iron Armored Fleet is a town artifact of the overseas dominion.

But Marshal Bolonick was generous and gave the kingdom an ironclad fleet as soon as he spoke. Thinking about the original projectile, it can be concluded that the iron armored fleet sent to the kingdom will soon become a replica of the mainland countries, and it will be thoroughly studied from head to toe. s level!

Compared to Crowd's Thunder rage, General Scree, General Abrent and General Beechklin were still angry, but still kept their senses. The reason they were angry was that Marshal Bolonick simply did not have the power to take the initiative and sold the new rifles and armored fleets of the overseas autonomous command zone to Wang Ting.

Even if Claude is now in charge of the largest power of the entire autonomous region, he will discuss with them before making a decision and reach a unified perspective and opinion before implementing it. Instead of signing an arms deal with Wang Ting in his own name on behalf of Marshal Bolognik.

It's just that the agreement in black and white has been signed. Even if the heart is dissatisfied, you still need to hold your nose to help Marshal Bolognik to clean the bottom. However, Marshal Bolonick was ashamed, and announced on the spot that he would dismiss the military post of the Autonomous Military Command. From then on, he switched to civil affairs management, and finally saved a little face for himself. Claude had to take over the arms deal he and Wang had signed, and became the actual executor.

Fortunately, this arms deal between Marshal Bolonique and Wang Ting only involved new rifles, and no new artillery. This is also considered Marshal Bolonick's self-knowledge. Because the production of new artillery is in Crowder's Blackstone Firearm Manufacturing Workshop, and the production line of the new rifle has been transferred to the Lanhu military manufacturing industry under the control of Mr. Wyberon. So Marshal Bolonick could be the master rifle trader, but could not meet Wang Ting's demand for new artillery.

Crowder's private Blackstone Firearms Workshop now involves the production of new artillery, sniper rifles and bullets, as well as the development of various types of naval guns and new weapons. The new rifle production line is transferred to the Lanhu military manufacturing industry to avoid occupying too much human and material resources. In recent years, there are still more than 100,000 new-style rifles in stock. After another year or two of emergency production, it can be delivered to Wang Ting to complete an order for 400,000 new-style rifles.

As for the Iron Armored Fleet, Claude plans to drag on for some time. Anyway, even if it is to build an Iron Armored Battleship, it will take a short construction period. However, Crowd still needs to discuss with General Admiral Murray and see if there is any way to fool the past.

While Claude was busy, two news came from the Hicks Kingdom and the Overseas Dominion, both of which were not very good news. The first was the Kingdom of Hicks. McKid III announced that the exile of the Nasseri Kingdom was established in its city. His Highness Vedario, the seven prince of the Nasseri Kingdom who was exiled to the Hicks Kingdom, ascended to the throne and became Nasseri VIII. On the same day, Grand Duke Kannas also announced the establishment of the Duchy of Kannas.

The Kingdom of Hicks declares that it will not recognize the occupation of the Nassiri region and the Kanas savannah by the Kingdom of Ovilas, and will fully assist the Nassiri VIII and the Grand Duchy of Kanas, and will fund their formation of the National Recovery Army, Call on all those who are unwilling to yield to the cruel rule and oppression of the Kingdom of Ovilas to participate in this sacred battle of resurrection ...

The news from the overseas autonomous territories is that the colonies of the West Coast countries jointly issued a statement that they will fully ban the import of goods from overseas autonomous territories to the colonies of the West Coast countries, vigorously crack down on their smuggling at sea, strengthen the sea embargo, and ban the businesses of overseas autonomous regions The right to do business, to drive their business personnel out of the country ...