MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 571 Rejected three requests

Chapter 571 Rejects Three Requests

Claude expressed his sincere admiration and contempt for the wishful thinking and whimsical thinking of Ministers of the Royal Court. He and Prime Minister Blanchard had a fierce debate, showing three disagreements, non-cooperation, and non-cooperation. Resolute attitude on loan. Refusal to increase troops, invest in railways in the eastern region, and refuse to lease the seaports that are entrusted to the autonomous region.

In response to the Red Dragon Army's request for additional troops, Claude mocked whether Her Majesty the King and the Ministers would occupy the territory of the Hicks Kingdom for a long time or forever. If there is a real need to increase troops, then the autonomous command zone will not be able to control it. As soon as the autonomous region is evacuated and the Kingdom of Breot closes the domestic passage, the Red Dragon Army and the reinforcements of the standing army will wait to die in the Kingdom of Hicks. The land passage is closed and the sea route is unreachable. You have occupied Greece. What's the use of several local counties? Ready to establish an independent principality?

The plan of the Dominion Commander ’s strategy to attack the Hicks Kingdom is only to eliminate this deadly enemy country that is the most threatening to the Kingdom of Ovilas and overseas dominions. Now the plan is mostly successful, leaving only a few central counties and six local counties in the west that haven't been raid. As far as the eleven local counties in the north can be ignored, no one wants to go to the highlands to fight for nothing.

Now the Red Dragon Army is asking for more troops and posing for a long period of occupation. This is simply dragging its hind legs. Claude and Prime Minister Blanchard made it clear that adding troops is okay, but at your own risk. After the Thunder Army and the Storm Army evacuate as planned, do n’t blame the Autonomous Military Command for any changes in the Red Dragon Army and the reinforcements. The original war was a one-off war. If the Red Dragon Army had to occupy it for a long time, it would be unacceptable to the Autonomous Military Command.

Prime Minister Blanchard feels very contradictory, but the report issued by the Red Dragon Corps to the capital is that these local counties in the central part of the Hicks Kingdom belong to the elite region, with a large population, rich products, and a thriving business. Local counties provide at least 200,000 kronor in taxes to the kingdom each year. The tax revenues of the three local counties currently occupied by the Red Dragon Army are enough to meet the one-year military expenditure of the Red Dragon Army.

Now the fifteen counties in the central part of the Hicks Kingdom, the defending army has occupied five counties, and the autonomous region has also occupied the two central local counties that pass through the road from the Kingdom of Breot to Wangjing. The remaining eight In three local counties, the Red Dragon Army has occupied three, and five local counties have not been mobbed. Therefore, the Red Dragon Army asked for additional troops, so it wanted to also attack these five local counties. In this way, the annual tax revenue of the eight local counties can reach more than 1.6 million kronor, which is enough to meet the military expenditures of the three standing legions. And wealthy.

It ’s just a matter of giving up the enemy. It ’s a good idea for the Hicks to help the Kingdom of Ovilas keep a few standing legions and reduce the kingdom ’s military expenditures. Claude sneered and told Prime Minister Blanchard that if the kings had decided to station troops in the Hicks Kingdom for a long time, then they would simply send several more legions over. When the autonomous region was evacuated, the Wang Jing area and Wang Jingsheng Ship The town of Rian gave up troops sent to the kingdom and wished them a longer stay here.

Prime Minister Blanchard knew that without the Thunder and Storm Corps of the Dominion Command as the main attack, and eight so-called Hicks Homecoming Divisions to maintain local order, the Hicks Kingdom Raiders plan could not be successful. . Even the Kingdom of Breot is an ally of the Overseas Dominion, not an ally of the Kingdom of Ovilas. The passage is now open for the Kingdom Legion to pass, and it is also in the face of the Autonomous Military Command.

Once the autonomous region has withdrawn from the Kingdom of Hicks, then the Kingdom of Breot will have to close this land passage. At that time, regardless of whether King Wang wants to increase troops or withdraw troops, he will have to deal with the Kingdom of Breot, and even have to pay for the road. Allow troops to pass through their country. The same goes for the sea route. There are five seaports in the southern coastal area of ​​the Kingdom of Hicks, two belong to the Kingdom of Breot, and three belong to the sphere of influence of the national defending army. In addition, the kingdom does not have the huge ocean shipping fleet of the Overseas Dominion ....

The Red Dragon Army wanted to occupy several local counties in the central part of the Hicks Kingdom for a long time. The basis for collecting taxes and maintaining troops was sheltered under the wings of the overseas autonomous command zone. With the withdrawal of the autonomous region from the Hicks Kingdom, the Red Dragon Army became a lone army, even if the Kingdom added several standing legions. They will become the nails of the Hicks Kingdom resistance, the target of all Hicks split forces, these forces will attack and destroy the Red Dragon Army invaders from the Kingdom of Ovilas to show their patriotic enthusiasm strength......

To be honest, the Red Dragon Army will become the scapegoat for the destruction of Hicks Kingdom. As long as the autonomous region is evacuated, the Hicks separatist forces that have been fostered will be able to operate with the Red Dragon Army. They couldn't help the Autonomous Territory, fearing the strike and superpower of the Thunder and Storm Legion, which did not mean that they were also afraid of the Red Dragon Army of the Kingdom of Ovilas. When the Autonomous Leadership Zone is gone, maybe the defending army will fight against the Red Dragon Army to seize the site and expand its strength, and it is justified ...

Claude told Prime Minister Blanchard very clearly that the Thunder Corps could quickly complete the raid plan that swept the East Nine Counties, and then return to Wang Jingsheng in the city of Hiprian in two months to rest, while the Storm Corps and the Thunder Corps rotated To attack, the first thing to attack is the five unsweetened local counties in the middle.

As for the separatist forces that have been planted, the autonomous region has also been identified. After the remaining five central local counties have been swept away, they will be transferred to the Hicks armed group called the Patriotic Front. Therefore, the Red Dragon Army still canceled the idea of ​​long-term occupation and increased the kingdom's army, abandoned the three local counties that had already been occupied as soon as possible, and immediately attacked other local counties, so that a large sum could be harvested before the evacuation.

Of course, if Wang Du insists on his own way, insists on sending more troops, and implements long-term occupation, then the autonomous region will not object, as long as the kingdom does not regret it in the future. At the same time, don't expect the autonomous region to send troops to rescue or anything. There is a record to testify here. Whatever happens in the future, the king should not shirk responsibility to the autonomous region. Anyway, the autonomous region has talked about it and has fulfilled its responsibility. .....

The issue of surges passed, and Crowd didn't want to say more. Then Prime Minister Blanchard raised the issue of railway construction. Claude still objected and refused to allow overseas dominions to invest in this railway line that detours more than half of the eastern region.

Prime Minister Blanchard persuaded Claude that the Autonomous Territory would invest the eastern railway with the proceeds of the war, benefiting the country and the people. And the returns are also many. Think about the railways of overseas dominions. The income has been several times the cost of building the railway. The property of shareholders of all railway companies has doubled ...

Claude sneered, dragging a map of the eastern part of Farrea, and asked whether Prime Minister Blanchard had invested in a king kronor in these eastern parts of the continent since Her Majesty King Frederick I ascended the throne. No, nothing, even the local garrison was entrusted to the autonomous command zone, because the kingdom could not afford the cost of garrison. These areas have been repeatedly war-torn, the economy is down, and the handicraft industry and commercial renaissance are in the foreseeable future. It is only possible to rely on planting and breeding to obtain some basic taxes to pay the official expenses ...

A railway line in the eastern region like this is of strategic significance to the kingdom. It can bridge the trauma of the people in various regions, increase the influence of the kingdom, and strengthen the consciousness of a country. The kingdom should go ahead even if it has any major economic difficulties. Build this railway line. But it ca n’t be counted as an economic account, and investment income or something is used to induce overseas dominions to allocate funds to build this eastern railway, because for the autonomous region, this railway line is meaningless ...

Claude settled a bill for Prime Minister Blanchard on the spot. If the overseas dominion invests in this eastern regional railway line, the date of the date will be at least three or fifty years. Prime Minister Blanchard is still not convinced, but Claude proved this with informative data. The economic downturn in these areas and the recovery of business and handicraft industry will take a long time. Most of the towns are connected by small vendors. There is no big deal at all. Commercial banks came to invest and run workshops.

In addition, don't forget that the autonomous region has the coastline of the entire eastern region, and the huge ocean shipping fleet has replaced the role of the eastern railway line. Just considering the distance and speed, the ocean transport fleet traveling along the coastline is even faster than the train. After all, the speed of the train is no more than thirty miles per hour. Therefore, the construction of this eastern regional railway line is laborious and unpleasant for the autonomous region, and it will be regarded as an injustice ...

Prime Minister Blancate said suddenly that Claude was a miser, and why he didn't invest so much money from the Hicks Kingdom into aspects that would be beneficial to the kingdom's economic recovery. Claude answered with a bitter smile. First of all, these seizures are not their own, and they are not all in the Autonomous Territory. They also need to separate accounts with the Autonomous Territory Council, and many of the seized proceeds must be invested in the construction of the Beibu Gulf Territory.

Secondly, the Autonomous Territory is short of money. Don't forget that the western coast of mainland Nubia is still engaged in a war for the freedom and liberation of indigenous peoples. As a behind-the-scenes supporter, the autonomous region has invested more than 10 million kronor in capital costs. It is estimated that at least another 30 million kroner will be needed in the next few years. As for the recovery of these investments, it will not be possible until the situation of these indigenous nation states has stabilized, which will be a few years later ...

Since both of the previous two requests were denied by Claude, the third more unreliable lease request was that Prime Minister Blanchard believed he would also be rejected by Claude. Unsurprisingly, Claude ridiculed that all the royals wanted to be beautiful, and leased the place that was originally hosted in the Autonomous Region to the Autonomous Region. Is Claude a queen?

However, Prime Minister Blanchard couldn't understand why the Autonomous Territory was willing to spend huge sums to lease Port Karakla from the Kingdom of Breot. He said that after receiving this news, he looked at the port of Patkara on the map for a long time, and collected all the information about the port of Patkara, but found no difference between it and other seaports. And isn't the Autonomous Territory commanding to withdraw troops from Hicks Kingdom? Why lease Port Patkala to allow the subordinates of the Dominion Army to have a garrison base?

Crowder picked up a red pen, drew a line marked on the map in Beibu Gulf and Port Patkala, and then told Prime Minister Blanchard that this sea line was nothing strange from a military point of view and very mundane. But from a business point of view, if you think about it, you will understand that if this commercial land develops, it will become a famous golden sea road ...

Prime Minister Blanchard is naturally not a stupid person. After looking at it for a while, he finally understood the intention of leasing the Porta Calla in the Dominion Area. This was not just to maintain the presence and influence of the Dominion area in the region of Hicks Kingdom. I want to get a huge profit from the maritime commerce in the two places in the future. What you pay now will be collected in the next few years.

So Prime Minister Blanchard began to look closely at the seaport cities in the eastern region on the map, hoping to develop a seaport town in a coastal area, and get a share in the business activities of this golden sea route.

Claude told him bluntly, stop dreaming, Wang Du wanted to make a profit without investing a penny in these eastern coastal cities. Unless these harbour cities in the eastern region are allowed to develop freely in the past two or three decades, a certain scale can be formed and a little leftover food can be obtained from this golden sea road ...

But isn't this Florique harbor developing well? Prime Minister Blanchard argued convincingly at the map.

Claude laughed, and Frolic Harbour was the most complete and largest seaport city in the former Principality of Modrodra. During the First World War, the base of the anti-Austrian Fleet fleet was the base camp. Later, Prince Hansback returned to the newly occupied territory in the east after the civil war, and was assassinated in the main residence of this harbour city.

After the autonomous region decided to intervene in the Second Eastern Regional War, the Thunder Corps landed from Froric seaport, hit the Alliance Army by surprise, and attacked the King of Polynesia in the Naseri Kingdom from the Sidings area, laying the first The basis of the victory in the Second Eastern World War made the Kingdom of Ovilas defeat from the edge of the dead country and become a hegemonic power in the Eastern Region.

Therefore, the Floric Seaport has become the most important logistical supply base of the autonomous region in the eastern part of Valeria. All the dock facilities and urban traffic roads have been maintained and repaired by the garrison. This is what the Floric Seaport looks like. The main reason for the better development of other harbour cities is that there is no penny relationship with Wang Du's indifferentness.

Now Prime Minister Blanchard said that the development of the Floric Seaport was good, which just gave Claude a chance to beat his face. Claude told the Prime Minister that he knew the reason why the Florik harbour felt better than the harbour cities that distinguished it from the eastern coast?

That's because the ocean shipping fleet of the Autonomous Leadership Region has always used the Floric Seaport as a logistics supply base. Almost half of the agricultural products in the Rimodera region have been gathered in this seaport city and become materials purchased by the ocean shipping fleet. The Autonomous Leadership Zone has always paid the price and traded fairly, which has given Floric a harbour with a little commercial atmosphere and vigorous vitality.

It is a pity that after so many years of efforts by the Autonomous Military Command, the Floric Seaport is still a place for selling agricultural products and has not formed a large commodity trading market. Most of the farmers and farmers in the Rimodera region traded their own production materials to the logistics procurement department of the Autonomous Military Command and returned, and rarely bought the goods produced by the overseas dominion. People in this area are more accustomed to the economic life of self-sufficient small farmers ...

By the words of Claude, Prime Minister Blanchard knew that this time he was in vain. Three of them asked Crowd not to agree, but he was mocked. This embarrassed Prime Minister Blanchard. But he couldn't help it either, and Claude had already indicated his refusal to cooperate.

The increase of troops is at your own risk. It is impossible to invest in railways. It is impossible for the Autonomous Leadership Zone to self-defeated martial arts. There is no need to build a railway to compete with the ocean cruise transportation fleet. As for leasing, it is a joke. The autonomous region does not like these semi-abandoned seaport cities in the eastern coastal areas.

Is there any way you can collect funds for the construction of this eastern railway line? This is the first question of Prime Minister Blanchard.

Crowder's answer was to sell rail bonds and set interest rates to a high point, such as a three-year or five-year period, with 15% to 25% interest due. One batch is sold each year, such as a fixed amount of 5 million kronor. Anyway, the railway takes several years to build, and the railway bonds can be sold slowly to collect funds and be used for special purposes. If the interest is too high, sell more bonds, and then use the proceeds of the railway operation to repay ...

Is there any kingdom harbour that the Dominion wants to lease? This is the second question of Prime Minister Blanchard.

"Yes," Crowd replied. "White Deer City, if the Kingdom is willing to lease White Deer City to the Overseas Autonomous Territory, then the rent is twice as high as that of Port Karakala. The hope is that the lease period can be extended to ninety. Nine years ... "

Prime Minister Blanchard stopped talking, and the Kingdom would not agree to this request. White Hart City is an important town in the three southwestern counties and has direct access to the trading ports of overseas autonomous territories. When it develops, the ocean trade between the two continents will make White Deer City rich in soil and gold, becoming the kingdom's native cornucopia.

Prime Minister Blanchard left with a sullen expression.

Claude instructed his lieutenant, Captain Fahsselin: "Has Albert, who calls himself my elder brother, been waiting in the conference room? Let him in, let me see what he has to say ..."

Soon, Albert, who hadn't seen him for more than two decades, appeared in Crowd's office. Unlike Crowd's impression, that year was turbulent, rampant, hypocritical, jealous of his brother and sister. The prodigal brother Albert has now become a stable middle-aged gentleman. He thanked Captain Fahselin, who was leading him, with graciousness, and greeted Claude with a kind smile on his corner of his mouth: "Long time, Claude."

Claude stared at Albert's face, expressionless: "I want to know, when I was given the title of knight, the character given was Han. How did you come from this mulberry character?"