No one of the generals in the theater command, including Claude, expected that the immigration admission qualifications and personal property land exchange policies they created for the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion would give Cromwell , what a crazy flow of immigrants the two direct territories of Beringia and Ghana brought. Of course, the changes will not be significant in the next six months. After half a year, when faced with the swarming families of officers and soldiers, several generals in the war zone forced themselves to put on a smile and couldn't tell the pain...
Taking the 100,000 retired soldier immigrant families in the Amphiston Territory as an example, it is estimated that one officer and soldier can bring back five or six immediate relatives, which is very good. There are 130,000 soldiers in the two legions in the entire war zone. No matter how you calculate it, on average, there are only about 40,000 to 50,000 family immigrants. This number of immigrants is not impressive at all when divided between the two directly-governed territories. Just build a few towns. Settlement completed.
It's just that Claude and the others forgot about the changes in the situation, coupled with the attractiveness of the rich personal property to the poor people of the kingdom, and when they stipulated that the relationship between officers and soldiers' relatives was limited to immediate relatives, they even let many of the officers and soldiers' relatives There is an opportunity to take advantage of the loophole. When a retired military officer at the grassroots level came to register with forty or fifty relatives, the kinship relationship between uncles, cousins, and clan brothers was an eye-opener for the registration officer. He even asked him out of curiosity, just because of your hundred acres of land Can a small farm support so many people
The retired officer replied that he was not afraid. As long as he was willing to work hard, he could make ends meet even by doing odd jobs in public fields. Bringing these miscellaneous relatives here is mainly to give them a chance. In two or three years, whether it is the Thunder Legion or the Rock Legion, a group of older officers and soldiers will definitely retire. If recruits need to be recruited by then, you can let these miscellaneous relatives go. If you apply, as long as you are called up, if nothing else, your personal property of thirty acres of fertile land will be guaranteed...
It's not just this retired officer who thinks this way, many current grassroots officers also think this way. Those who didn't expect to be reminded by their friends all think this way. In the end, even those legionnaires wrote letters to their families, asking their friends to seize this opportunity. Coupled with the sluggish economy of the kingdom's local economy, and the death of the old king Sterling X, the successor was the second prince Wedelek, and the whereabouts of the eldest prince Hansback was unknown. This gave the kingdom an ominous feeling that a storm was coming, which eventually led to the largest immigration wave in the history of the Kingdom of Orvilas...
Half a year later, nearly two to three million immigrants poured into the five directly-administered areas under the jurisdiction of the war zone headquarters, causing the entire war zone to be in a state of chaos and chaos. Almost everyone was overwhelmed by this huge wave of immigrants. shocked. At the same time, the immigration of two to three million people brought very drastic changes to the overseas territories. For example, the short-sea transportation trade from Tiersim Port to Patrese Port and then to Vibato Port became a A very busy sea channel.
Claude is very relaxed now, and the injuries on his feet are almost healed. In addition to continuing to stay with his wife and children at the Veblen Manor, sometimes the big man Germi would push his wheelchair to the open space behind the manor, and the two would compete with each other on the accuracy of their revolvers. How to shoot bullets on the gun target by feeling without aiming. The two of them often quarreled over who was cheating and secretly aiming...
The reason why Claude and Big Germi were able to waste revolver copper-cased bullets so wantonly was that the first copper-cased bullet production line at Anna Ranch had been completed. This is a mostly manual and semi-automatic production line, employing ten family members of legionnaires, all of whom are female workers. Nearly nine to ten hours of production a day can complete the filling and inspection process of more than 12,000 qualified copper-cased bullets for revolvers.
The completion of this copper-cased bullet production line means that large-scale mechanized production of revolvers can be put on the agenda, and it can also be said that the development of long rifles can continue normally. However, because Claude handed over the license for the production of revolvers in the kingdom to the five major military industries of the old noble families, even if he could carry out large-scale mechanized production of revolvers, the sales could only be in overseas directly-administered territories and not in overseas territories. Returned to the Kingdom.
General Bolognik and others believed that sharp weapons such as revolvers could not be sold among civilians and could only be purchased by the military. Limited to twelve gold crowns for a revolver and a copper-cased bullet for a silver thaler, General Bolognik squeezed out a little military expenditure like a toothache and ordered a thousand revolvers. Each revolver An order for a pistol with thirty rounds of copper-jacketed ammunition. It is planned to use revolvers as the sidearms of the school-level officers of the two regiments and their personal guards to ensure personal safety and prevent further assassinations.
This made their sisters Anna and Mrs. Sonia very disappointed, and they were too lazy to develop any mechanized large-scale production lines. It took the two of them a week to refine all the accessories of the thousand revolvers in the alchemical magic talisman array, and then put them together. Of course, these are all simple versions without any decorations. Anyway, for the army, as long as they are easy to use, if you want to look good, you can think of a solution yourself or pay someone to help...
So after Claude recovered from his injury, he went to his sister's ranch to inspect the progress of the long rifle developed by her and Mrs. Sonia. As a result, his sister Anna complained. Originally, my sister wanted to make a fortune by customizing this revolver, but she didn't expect that the theater command only placed a small order for a thousand revolvers.
Although the profits were huge and they earned more than 7,000 gold crowns, the two of them were very busy that week. Moreover, if a mechanized large-scale production line of revolvers is to be designed, the profit income from these thousand revolvers may not be enough to cover the infrastructure construction, equipment purchase and hiring of labor for this production line.
There was nothing Claude could do, and the theater command couldn't afford more military expenditures. The Royal Capital and the Kingdom's Army Ministry have completely ignored the affairs of the overseas war zones directly under the jurisdiction. Last month, I only sent a text message, which means that everything is business as usual. It is best not to bother the big guys in the capital if you have something to do. Now is the time when the situation in the kingdom is most critical...
It was indeed critical, because Prince Hansback led his personal entourage and suddenly appeared in the three eastern counties of the newly occupied territory of the former Eskiline Principality, seizing the command of the Blue Feather Army. In a small-scale bloodless mutiny, most of the senior officers of the Blue Feather Legion were escorted by their soldiers on their way back to the capital...
This was a sign that Prince Hansback was about to start a mutiny. Envoys and persuaders from the royal capital rushed to the three eastern counties of the newly occupied territory in an endless stream, hoping to eliminate the upcoming military disaster between the brothers. Therefore, for the powerful men in the royal capital, what happened in the overseas territories of Nubisia was already insignificant. It was best to maintain the current situation first.
The problem of tight military expenditure faced by the theater command is not in the five directly-governed territories under the jurisdiction of the theater, but in the other three overseas directly-governed territories. The three overseas jurisdictions of Tiersim, Mormali, and Arturas are not within the jurisdiction of the theater command. They have their own governors and admirals responsible for the civil and military affairs of the jurisdictions. In response to the colonial war launched by the Kingdom of Hicks, the royal capital assigned all the taxes from these three jurisdictions to the war zone and used them as military expenses.
Now, these three direct territories have begun to refuse to hand over taxes to the war zone as military expenditures for the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion. The reason is that the port of Vibato has been captured and the colonial war has ended. Therefore, the taxes collected by these three direct territories must be paid to the kingdom's treasury and can no longer be given to the war zone for military expenditures. In peacetime, the military expenditures of the second-line armies in various localities are guaranteed by the Kingdom's Ministry of War and cannot be collected from the local areas themselves.
This is actually a test by the governors and admirals of the three directly governed territories to make a profit from taxation. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. They believe that with the current situation of the kingdom, they can't care about such trivial matters as overseas direct jurisdictions, and the excuses and reasons they used are also very legitimate. It was for this colonial war that year, all taxes from overseas territories were attributed to the war zone and used as military expenditures for the five reinforced divisions.
Now Vibato Port has been occupied by the Kingdom and has become the Kingdom's eighth overseas territory. This means that it is impossible to have a large-scale land war with the Hicks Kingdom. It also means that the Kingdom has obtained this colony. The victory of the war. Now that this colonial war is over, there is no need to turn over the tax revenue from the direct territory under your jurisdiction to the war zone as military expenditure. It can be recovered and handed over to the national treasury...
The three direct jurisdictions of Tilsim, Mormaley, and Arturas were not affected by the war. Instead, the three overseas jurisdictions of Cromwell, Beringana, and Robistoe were affected by the war. The strategy adopted to strengthen the walls and clear the country has caused most of the kingdom's residents in the three direct jurisdictions to move to the three direct jurisdictions of Tiersim, Mormali, and Arturas, which has brought a great deal of damage to these three jurisdictions. economic development. In terms of economic strength, these three jurisdictions currently have the best people's livelihood and economic development among all overseas jurisdictions.
Likewise, the annual taxes collected by these three jurisdictions have become the mainstay of the largest portion of military expenditures in the war zone. Now that these three directly governed territories want to cut off this tax that is used as military expenditure in the war zone, the acting supreme commander of the war zone, General Bolognik, is furious and hurriedly rushes to these three directly governed territories for discussions.
When General Skerry went to Anna Ranch to accept the thousand revolvers customized for the war zone, he commented with Claude that General Bolognik had done something wrong. He shouldn't go to discuss it in such a hurry, because doing so would make the war zone too nervous about the tax, and it could easily be used as a blackmail by the governors and admirals. Since the governors and admirals of these three direct territories can ignore the orders of the Kingdom's Ministry of War and not provide tax revenue to the war zone for military expenditures, then the war zone should send troops there instead of General Bolognik rushing there in such a hurry... .
General Skerry's worries came true. After General Bolonik returned, everyone learned that 30% of the tax revenue had been withheld by the governors and admirals of the three territories, saying that it was used for local public facilities in the three territories. Infrastructure construction, the remaining 70% goes to the war zone for military expenditures. Fortunately, because of the occupation of Vibato Port, the lost military expenditures can be made up from the seizure and local tax revenue from the direct jurisdiction of Vibato Port, so there is no need to worry about the lack of military expenditures for the time being.
From October of the 590th year of the Holy Light Calendar to April of the 591st year of the Holy Light Calendar, during these six months, whether it was the Kingdom itself or the overseas territories directly under the Nubisia Continent, as well as other parts of the Farea Continent. The country has had some events that will be remembered in history.
First, Sterling X, the old king of the Kingdom of Ovelas, finally went to the Kingdom of War after being bedridden for many years. The will he left before leaving stated that the name of the successor was not Hans Back, who had been acting in state affairs for many years. The eldest prince, but His Highness Widelek, the second prince who has always been regarded as a libertine and playboy. This result caused the eldest prince to run away from the royal capital in anger and his whereabouts were unknown.
As for the colonial war that took place on the Nubisian continent, because the colonial army of the Kingdom of Overas captured the Hicks Kingdom's only deep-water port on the continent, the Port of Vibato, and even the Hicks Kingdom lost control of the coastal areas of the Nubisian continent. There is no longer a foothold, and it is impossible to increase troops to the inland colonies. The consequence is that the huge inland colonies of the Hicks Kingdom are silently encroached and annexed by the newly established Nikancha people country...
In the same year, the revolver invented by Claude, the commander of a local second-line army in the Overseas Territory of Nubisia in the Kingdom of Ovelas, was authorized by the five major military industries of the Kingdom of Ovelas to produce it. It was renamed the Wheel Gun and began to appear on the firearms stage in the Farea continent. With its unique musket design and convenience of continuous fire, it has won the favor of countless dignitaries and is known as the first choice of self-defense weapons.
It is a pity that the five major military industries in the Kingdom of Overas did not vigorously promote the idea of this wheeled short gun. They only made this weapon a noble and luxury item among firearms, and used it as an exquisite self-defense weapon and gift. Come give away and sell. Each blunderbuss is engraved with exquisite family patterns and gold and silver rims. The lowest value of the blunderbuss is more than a hundred gold crowns. Powerful people and wealthy families in various countries on the mainland all aim to show off to others by owning an exquisite revolving blunderbuss...
In February of the 591st year of the Holy Light Calendar, His Highness Hans Backer, the missing eldest prince of the Kingdom of Overas, suddenly appeared in the three eastern counties of the border and seized the command of the Blue Feather Legion, one of the king's ace legions. , the situation in the kingdom immediately became tense, and it seemed likely that a civil war would break out in the kingdom.
Compared with the big news brought by Prince Hansback, the disputes over taxation and military expenditures in overseas territories seemed a bit calm, and the war zone suffered a big loss.
What caused an even greater sensation in the Farea Continent in March was a drama written and directed by the King of the Kingdom of Hicks, Melchid III, which shocked all countries on the continent and refreshed their understanding of this king's lower limit.
The cause of the incident lies in the three members of the Gray Tower Master who were brought back to the royal capital by the special envoy. These three prisoners soon placed a reward on the King of Hicks Kingdom, Melchid III, on the Gray Tower Master, and offered a large sum of money to request the Gray Tower Master to dispatch them. The personnel went to the Overseas Directly Administered War Zone of Nubicia Continent and assassinated several generals in the war zone. They must make the Overas Kingdom Colonial Legion fall into civil strife and have no time to attack the Vibato Port to delay the time. They confessed their intention and made it public. It aroused strong public comments in the countries of Farea Continent.
But King Mechid III of the Hicks Kingdom was very thick-skinned and claimed that he had been slandered and wrongfully accused. He had never offered a reward to hire any Gray Tower mage to assassinate him. All of this was the fault of the Kingdom of Ovelas Pouring sewage on yourself and so on.
However, due to the solid evidence, public opinion is more biased in favor of the Kingdom of Ovelas. Melchid III held a banquet for envoys from various countries in mid-March and reiterated that he had nothing to do with the assassination. In the middle of the banquet, a palace guard came to report that a special envoy from the Kingdom of Ovilas came to see him. This aroused the interest of the envoys from various countries sitting here, and they also felt strange. I had never heard that the Kingdom of Ovelas sent a special envoy. In addition, didn’t the Kingdom of Hicks refuse the entry of the envoy of the Kingdom of Ovelas
It's just that the two so-called envoys of the Kingdom of Ovelas who appeared in front of everyone behaved very strangely. Not only did they not behave like envoys, but they only knew how to move closer and were more than ten meters away from Melchid III. He took off his envoy's ceremonial robe, revealing the gray robe underneath, and launched a magical attack on Melchid III.
According to the description given by one of the envoys present, there were an unknown number of magical defensive spells covering the body of Melchid III. The light emitted when it collided with the offensive spells blinded the eyes of many envoys present. The two gray-robed magicians who pretended to be special envoys were captured on the spot, and then immediately confessed that the eldest and second princes of the Kingdom of Ovilas hired their gray tower wizards to assassinate Melchid III...
It is a pity that Sterling X is dead, and Melchid III can only blame the two princes. He completely forgot that the two princes were at war with each other at the moment and were preparing to fight for the throne. How could they conspire to assassinate him? The king of this kingdom of Hicks...
In addition, the two assassins were not professional. They pretended to be Gray Tower mages and came to the door to be arrested. Many of the envoys present saw the trick and watched with a smile as Magad III performed a thief shouting "Catch the thief" A good show, and I have a deeper understanding of the king's lower limit.
After news of the assassination reached the Kingdom of Ovelas, it was said that the kingdom's prime minister, Duke Duncan, was so angry that he vomited blood at the shamelessness of Melchid III. But now the kingdom is facing the outbreak of a new civil war. In order to calm the dispute between the two princes, the kingdom is not yet able to care about these things with the Hicks Kingdom...