Just knowing the reason for the disappearance of the Nikancha spy did not allow Colonel Kofisler, the head of the intelligence department of the theater command, to take the initiative to ask for credit from Bockaar. The most important thing is that Bockaar allowed the Bison Trading Company to establish itself in the Port of Vibato. In just six months, a network of human connections was built for the Buffalo Trading Company that was enough to protect itself. .1kanshu Although Bock Al cannot get in touch with the high-level powerful people in Vibato Port City, whether they are middle- and lower-level officers in the military logistics department or management officials in the city administration department, they basically have a job with this fat man. Not a small friendship
Perhaps to a certain extent, the news and intelligence Bokoar obtained from the middle- and lower-class people he interacted with in Vibato Port were earlier and more detailed than the colonial governor of Vibato Port in the Kingdom of Hicks. Basically, All places in the city of Upper Vibato Port are not secrets or forbidden areas for this fat man. Even the head of the Intelligence Division, Colonel Kefisler, praised Bokhar in his merit report, saying that he was a born first-rate spy.
Merely searching for information and passing on intelligence may not be able to show the excellence of Bockar. What is rare is that this big fat man also used smuggling to make the Buffalo Trading Company earn more than three thousand gold crowns in half a year. The first time I smuggled grain and grass, I actually didn't make much money. The Vibato Port Colony had already solved the grain shortage, and there was no profit from the smuggled grain and grass. Bock'ar also made a small fortune by purchasing hundreds of packhorses at double the price and transporting them back. But then Big Fatty specialized in smuggling luxury goods, high-end ingredients and alcohol, and used this to build relationships with mid-level officials in Vibato Port City.
Thanks to the outstanding performance of the Thunder Division led by Claude on the battlefield, the defenders of Vibato Port could only defend and dare not attack. As a result, the prices of various alcoholic drinks rose sharply, and Bockar made a lot of money from this. The pen not only did not require funding subsidies from the Intelligence Department, but also gave the Intelligence Department a large amount of extra money. This was the main reason why Colonel Kofisler was full of praise for the fat man.
Claude wrote the words of approval on the report asking for credit from the Intelligence Department, and then signed and sealed it. It's a pity that Bokoal went to Vibato Port again in the name of gathering intelligence. In fact, everyone knew that the fat man went to do business again, but no one would say anything. Who told this fat man to be a good man? The Field family of Buffalo Trading Company accounted for 40% of the shares, the theater logistics department accounted for 30%, the theater intelligence office accounted for 20%, and the fat man himself accounted for 10% of the shares. During this time, the port city of Vibato has cut off transportation links with the colonies outside the city. Prices in the city have skyrocketed. Bockar will not miss such a good opportunity to make money.
Sometimes Claude has to give a thumbs up to his childhood friend. Not to mention his business vision, he also appears to be very shrewd in dealing with interpersonal relationships. Originally, Claude asked his sister Anna to acquire the Buffalo Trading Company as a property of the Field family. Then it was lent to the Theater Intelligence Office for use as a protective vest. In order to enable Bockaar to go to Vibato Port to gather information smoothly, Claude asked Bockaar to conduct smuggling as a shareholder of Bison Trading Company, and gave him 20% of the shares and a share of the profits.
However, after Bock'al came back, he privately asked Claude to hand over another 40% of the profits from the shares of Bison Trading Company, and he also took out 10% of the profits and distributed them to the Theater Logistics Department and the Theater Intelligence Office. Bockaar makes it clear that eating alone can easily make you a target of public criticism. Now that Claude is the supreme commander of the theater, the theater logistics department and the intelligence department have to cooperate and can only turn a blind eye to the smuggling activities of the Buffalo Trading Company.
In this situation, it is better to use interests to bring the two departments together. The Buffalo Trading Company actually has a lot to do. With the same interests, Claude does not need to intimidate his subordinates to execute orders. There are many things that Claude does not need to say. , can be solved. For example, the War Zone Logistics Department can hand over the useless seized material reserves to the Buffalo Trading Company for sale, and the Intelligence Department can cooperate with the Buffalo Trading Company to crack down on other smugglers in the directly-governed territory that are not under its control, etc.
After closing the official document requesting credit for Bokhar, Sir Bennett's civil affairs were next. The last batch of immigrants had arrived and been resettled. The Fourth Rock Division led by General Beach Kerin had been formed. At present, In training. Related to the Thunder Division is the issue of the sale of captured packhorses in the Third Colonial War. More than 5,000 packhorses were pushed to the market, in exchange for a huge sum of nearly 30,000 gold crowns.
Claude led the Thunder Division to annihilate the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karrnath in the Third Colonial War, and captured more than 50,000 war horses and more than 2,000 pack horses and healthy horses, and then annihilated the Kingdom of Nasseri The total number of captured packhorses and healthy horses reached more than 3,000.
In addition to equipping the 3rd Rock Division led by General Albert with 35,000 war horses, Claude also assigned the rest of the war horses to the troops directly under the theater command and three other divisions. These three The division's packhorses were replaced and given to Sir Bennet, who then sold them to immigrant families. Nearly 5,000 draft horses have been put into the market, which can be regarded as greatly alleviating the difficulty of tight civilian transportation capacity in the directly-administered territorial war zone.
This huge sum of more than 30,000 gold crowns has been transferred to the account of the Thunder Division. The proceeds from the sale of this money as captured trophies will be distributed according to the usual distribution principles of the Kingdom's army. That is to say, 30% goes to the public, 30% goes to all the officers of the division, 20% goes to all the soldiers, and the last 20% goes to the dead and disabled in the battle. Claude only glanced at the money, and it was finally distributed by Colonel Siegfeldt, the division's logistics department director.
After a busy afternoon, Claude finally finished handling some urgent business. He was sure that he could handle all the trivial business before the new commander of the theater took office, and would not let the new kingdom general and hereditary earl pick him out in this regard. What's wrong? Claude also relaxed and was ready to go home to see his wife and children whom he hadn't seen for eight months.
In fact, the women of the Field family have become accustomed to Claude appearing in front of everyone every once in a while. As a major general of the kingdom, they naturally have to work hard for the kingdom. Even if Claude goes to the battlefield, the family rarely worries about him. Just like what his mother said, Claude is already a general and naturally has guards to protect him. There is no need to charge into battle and risk his life. She was mainly worried about her younger brother Blovik, who was still a small non-commissioned officer and could only be used as cannon fodder in the war.
Kaifani was busy taking care of her second son, and her eldest son had been completely left to his grandmother to take care of. Fortunately, Mr. Veblen, who rented this manor villa to Claude, was considerate and helped Claude find two family members of immigrants from the kingdom to do housework and take care of the baby. Therefore, Kaifani's delivery and raising the baby this time were not as difficult as when she gave birth to her eldest son. In the year after giving birth, she quickly regained her figure and her complexion became better.
After returning home, I first greeted my mother and swore to her that my younger brother, Little Booker, was alive and kicking and as healthy as a calf on the front line, and finally gave up under my mother's nagging. Then he went to take a shower and change clothes, and accompanied Kaifani to tease his second son. Soon it was dinner time. After dinner, Claude was about to go for a walk with Kaifani by Lake Orchid, when the big man Germi came to report that Mr. Veblen was here.
Mr. Veblen came this time to deliver the latest news to Claude. All General Bolonik got from the Mining and Commerce Association was news about the war zone. Mr. Veblen brought Claude various intelligence and gossip about the Hicks Kingdom and the Royal Capital collected by the Mining and Commerce Association in the Royal Capital, which was of great help to Claude. , which is very helpful for him to judge the situation from the overall perspective.
Claude first found the information about the Kingdom of Hicks. Although most of the information about the Kingdom of Hicks collected by the Mining and Commerce Association came from newspapers and gossip, Claude was surprised after reading the information. He breathed a sigh of relief. There was an internal problem in the Kingdom of Hicks. In a short period of time, it would probably not be able to care about the colonies on the mainland of Nubisia.
The simplest proof is a morning newspaper from Hicks' neighboring kingdom of Breault, which published a report in a gloating tone. According to the report, due to the compulsory conscription order by the Hicks Kingdom's military, the local security forces of a local county called Lesmenda were unwilling to go to the mainland of Nubisia Colony. They robbed the county's arsenal and ran to the nearby mountains. Raising the flag to rebel.
Two or three local police forces sent by Hicks' military were defeated by them, and more people joined the rebel ranks. The Hicks military had to deploy a standing army to deal with these rebels. However, these rebels went deep into the mountains and played hide and seek with the standing army. The war situation has been deadlocked for more than a month.
However, the reason why the local police force of Lesmunda County rebelled was not reported much. Claude searched for a long time and could not find any relevant information in the several morning newspapers brought by Mr. Viberda. He had to ask Mr. Viberda if there were any other related reports on the news of the rebellion of the Hicks Kingdom's local security forces.
Mr. Viberda thought for a moment before replying that there was, probably a newspaper from the Menbamark Kingdom, which clearly analyzed the cause of the rebellion. Claude found this newspaper called the White Horse Express and found an analysis article about the rebellion on the second page.
The article analyzes that the Kingdom of Hicks is a kingdom with a traditional feudal lordship system. The young and powerful King Melchid III hoped to change the lordship system, reduce the force controlled by the territorial nobles, and enhance the power of the royal court, so he made several policy changes. One is to grant the new territorial nobles to the colonies on the Nubisian continent, and the other is to reduce the traditional territories of those noble families and replace them with the colonies of the Nubisian continent on a one-to-two or one-to-three basis.
Perhaps in the view of Melchid III, his changes would not arouse fierce opposition from the territorial nobles. After all, the territory of the Kingdom of Hicks was limited, but the number of nobles increased year by year, and several new ones had to be conferred every year. Territorial nobility, which means that the land that the royal family can control is getting smaller and smaller. If it goes on for a long time, the kingdom may become a principality.
But it is a pity that the nobles of the Kingdom of Hicks are not willing to go to the mainland colony of Nubisia to open up new territories. Anyway, all the nobles have the right to send people to the colonies to mine and explore to find wealth. Why covet a desolate land? The land binds the fate of his family and his descendants there. Therefore, not surprisingly, Melchid III's plan was resisted by all the nobles of the kingdom.
So Melchid III provoked a colonial war with the Kingdom of Ovelas. The seven standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom that were annihilated by Marshal Michelchi in the first two colonial wars actually belonged to the traditional territories of the kingdom. The power of the nobility. For King Melchid III, he almost wanted to cast a large medal and award it to Marshal Michelchi in recognition of his reduction of the influence of traditional territorial nobles in the army of the Kingdom of Hicks.
But the traditional territorial nobles of the Hicks Kingdom were not fools. They soon discovered the plan of Melchid III. After all, in addition to losing some money and face in the treasury, the Hicks royal family had lost a lot of money in the previous two colonies. The failure of the war had no impact on its strength. The seven standing legions that were annihilated were all within the sphere of influence of the traditional territorial nobles, and the officers serving in them were all members of the traditional territorial nobles. But they are now captives of the Kingdom of Ovelas, and even their relatives cannot redeem them because of the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Just as the Hicks Kingdom announced to the outside world that it would establish ten more standing armies to continue this colonial war, all conscription ranges are on the territory of traditional territorial nobles, and they are also happy to let people from traditional territorial nobles serve in these standing armies. The regiments held mid-level and senior officer positions, and the treasury paid for them to be armed. However, in the end, these completed standing regiments had to go to the mainland of Nubicia to participate in the subsequent colonial war.
The sober-minded territorial nobles discovered that this was a disguised way to reduce the influence of their power in the army. If their people won this colonial war, it would be okay. If they failed, it would be embarrassing. Even if they could escape, they would be embarrassed. Neither can serve in the kingdom's army. In terms of combat effectiveness, a standing legion of their kingdom cannot compete with a division of the Kingdom of Overas, especially the enemy's commanding officers, who are more versatile than the last. The most painful thing is that the troops were completely wiped out, and it is not even clear why the enemy defeated our own army.
As a result, the territorial nobles of the Hicks Kingdom began to resist the order to recruit troops to form ten standing legions within their territories, resulting in the Hicks military's plan being only half completed so far. The two standing corps formed first completed their training and were sent to the mainland colony of Nubicia. The next three standing corps finally completed the recruitment task and just started training. The remaining five legions are still on paper, and they can't even build up the airs of officers.
After the news of the failure of the third colonial war reached the Kingdom of Hicks, the traditional territorial nobles quit. This time, the direct territorial war zone of the Kingdom of Overas launched the first attack, annihilating the three colonies in the colony. The main army, it can be seen that the newly formed standing army is no match for the enemy. Therefore, the traditional territorial nobles asked Melchid III to dispatch several of the eight elite standing legions belonging to the royal family to stabilize the situation in the colony.
Melchid III was unwilling to do so. The Kingdom of Hicks had a total of fifteen elite standing legions, seven of which belonged to traditional aristocratic forces. They were annihilated by Marshal Michelchi in the first two colonial wars. The eight existing elite standing legions in the kingdom all belong to the royal family and are the cornerstone of Melchid III's stabilization of the kingdom's situation. He will not send them to the colonies.
So Melchid III sent special envoys to the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, intending to hire several more main legions from these two countries. But these two countries also rejected this request. It is impossible for them to hand over the few remaining main legions in the country to the Kingdom of Hicks.
In the end, Melchid III decided to focus on the traditional territorial nobles. He asked the kingdom's military to issue a compulsory conscription order and mobilize the private armies of these traditional territorial nobles, that is, the local security forces of each noble territory, to form a new army with the capabilities of The combat-capable legion is ready to be transported directly to the mainland of Nubisia.
The result is that these traditional territorial nobles can't stand it any longer. They can barely tolerate conscription within their territories, but mobilizing their private armies touches the bottom line of all territorial nobles. With their acquiescence, the police force of Lesmenda County rebelled and directly occupied the mountain as king. They even made a big splash by virtue of the geographical location. Behind this was actually the struggle between the traditional territorial nobles and the royal family of the Kingdom of Hicks.