"... At present, four of the five fortress-type castles we originally planned to build have been completed. Wickham Castle in the Cromwell Territory and Rumbichuk Castle have been completed. The Beringana Territory has been completed. The Bek Hill Castle and Harold Castle have also been delivered, and the remaining one is the Galicia Castle that is under construction and is expected to be completed in June next year.
After the completion of the five fortress-type castles, we still need to build traffic arteries and coastal defensive sentries directly to the Vibato Port in the two municipalities of Cronwell and Baijingana to improve early warning and protection against attacks from the sea. defense. Consideration is also being given to building a fixed stone bridge over the Dolinibara River to replace two small pontoon bridges.
However, it seems that these infrastructure projects need to be postponed. The city of Monkenad under the direct jurisdiction of Vibato Port needs to be rebuilt, and the silver mines there also need manpower to excavate and produce. That is the wealth that belongs to our direct jurisdiction in the war zone. After the Nikancha people rioted, they almost destroyed the city of Monknad. Now we have to make this silver city run again.
The Mining and Commerce Association has sent experts to investigate. If there are sufficient manpower, it will only take two months to get the silver mine up and running again. It is estimated that it can produce silver worth 150,000 gold crowns per year. Mine will make up a lot for the financial constraints faced by our war zone today.
In addition, Monkenad City is located in the vast eastern interior mountainous area of the Vibato Port Direct Territory, and is only a hundred miles away from the country established by the Nikancha people. If we do not send people to garrison this abandoned silver city, once it is occupied by the Nikancha people, The area occupied by the Chaos was equivalent to one-third of the inland eastern area of the Vibato Port Direct Territory.
My suggestion is that we should take advantage of the fact that the Nikancha people have just established a country and still need our military assistance and conduct various transactions with our war zone. We should first demarcate a clear border line with them to prevent them from being directly under the jurisdiction of our war zone due to the national border in the future. The dispute between the two parties was caused by the unclear border line between the two countries. Because now there are often groups of wandering Nikancha people entering the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Vibato Port until they are expelled by our patrol team... "
This is the year-end summary meeting of the direct-administered theater. General Skerry, the commander of the theater, will give a year-end summary report. The meeting will be attended by Claude, General Bolognik, General Albert, General Bichlin, and the independent Mr. Bennett, who was the chief of staff, and Mr. Chazolac, the newly appointed patrol chief of Cromwell and Beringana. To put it bluntly, they are still the same leaders from the original war zone, except that there is one less General Sevicit who was assassinated.
The city of Monkenard needs to be rebuilt and built into a fortress like Wickham Castle. This is not only because of the large silver mine next to it, but also because it is less than a hundred miles away from the national border established by the Nikancha people. When it used to be a colony of the Kingdom of Hicks, Monknade City was surrounded by colonies of the Kingdom of Hicks, so protection did not matter. Even after the Nikancha people rioted, they immediately attacked the Silver City and rescued those Nikanchas. The Kancha mining slaves killed almost all the slave owners and supervisors, and set fire to the Silver City.
Immediately afterwards, Claude led the Thunder Division to sweep through the Colonial County of Port Vibato. The Hicks Kingdom was left with only one standing legion huddled in Port Vibato, and the city of Monknade was abandoned. Now the Colonial County of Port Vibato has become the eighth overseas territory directly under the Kingdom of Ovelas. According to the original map demarcation, the city of Monconade and the Silver Mine also belong to the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Port Vibato. They were forced by funds. Crazy General Skerry set his sights on this silver mine.
"Our theater's fiscal deficit this year is close to 1.45 million gold crowns. The main expenses are the resettlement of immigrant relatives and the construction of Cromwell and Beringana." General Skerry continued. Report: "Currently, nearly two million immigrants have been resettled in the two directly-governed territories, and 23 new towns have been built. According to statistics, on average, an officer and soldier has 18 relatives who have migrated, with the highest number being as many as 67 There are at least six people, which is the main reason for the lack of funds in our war zone...
Fortunately, most of the officers and soldiers of the two legions have already moved their relatives to the two directly-governed territories, and the remaining two or three hundred thousand people are estimated to arrive next year. The problem is that such large-scale immigration has attracted the imitation of many local civilians in the kingdom. In order to avoid the civil war in the kingdom, they are also willing to follow the relatives of our officers and soldiers to migrate to overseas territories directly under the jurisdiction of the country.
The Storm Fleet in Bailu City only cares about earning high transportation fees and does not care whether our overseas territorial theater can withstand so many immigrants. It only knows how to transport boatloads of immigrants. In addition, the governors and admirals of the three direct jurisdictions of Tiersim, Mormali and Arturas did not care about the lives of these immigrants and only sent them to the direct jurisdictions under the jurisdiction of the war zone. There are now nearly 200,000 registered immigrants who are not involved with the officers and soldiers of our two legions, and they have all been placed in the Robisto Territory...
Although the fiscal deficit in our theater this year is as high as 1.45 million gold crowns, we do not need to pay a lot of cash. The vouchers proposed by General Claude have effectively relieved our lack of funds, but this does not mean that our funding problems have been solved. In the next year or so, we will not receive much tax revenue from Cromwell and Beringana. At the same time, we need to mobilize goods from several other jurisdictions to be transported to Cromwell and Beringana. Carry out sales.
In other words, after the goods we purchased with real money were sent to Cromwell and Beringana for sale, all we got were the vouchers we issued this year. We just transferred the financial problems we encountered this year. Just put it off until next year. If possible, I really wish our war zone could issue vouchers every year to replace the gold crowns.
The two major problems currently facing our war zone are: first, the lack of construction and development funds. Even if military expenditures are misappropriated, this big hole cannot be filled. The two direct territories of Cromwell and Beringana will not be able to collect normal taxes until two years later. By then, the funds in our war zone will be replenished, but this is a long-term process. It is expected that we will need more than ten years. It will take time to recover the investment in development and construction funds.
Another problem is that the Kingdom has not invested so much cash in the overseas territories. Even the national banks in the overseas territories cannot borrow so much money. They do not have so much gold crowns and silver thalers. This has had a very negative impact on private business, trade and construction investment in overseas territories directly under the Central Government. As those production workshops indicate, there are people who need the goods they produce, but they cannot provide cash and can only barter, which increases the difficulty of transactions.
The suggestion from the Mining and Commerce Association is that our overseas territorial theaters mint their own currency privately. They privately purchased several waste coins from the mint in the royal capital at a high price to be recast, which could be used to mint gold crowns, silver thalers, riaso and penny, leaving only sunar and pennies. However, the shortage of sunars and pennies can be transported in from the kingdom. The gold, silver and copper mines in the overseas territories are enough to cast these gold, silver and copper coins. They are willing to provide our war zone with an income of 300,000 gold crowns every year... "
Sometimes Claude had to be surprised by the courage of the businessmen in the Mining and Commerce Association. It was like there were people who were involved in the beheading business, but no one was involved in the loss-making business. The laws of the kingdom stipulate that all gold, silver and copper coins can only be minted by state-run mints. There is only one fate for privately minting gold, silver and copper coins. Death penalty. However, the kingdom's various restrictions on overseas territories have caused the economic development of overseas territories to come to a standstill. Mining and business associations have been trying to break down these restrictions.
Without enough currency, there will be no large-scale profits. In the past, the kingdom used resources to plunder overseas territories. Mining and business associations were the first to bear the brunt. The various mineral resources they mined could only be refined into ingots and then transported to the kingdom's mainland. sell. Pricing is controlled by the commercial aristocracy in the kingdom, which monopolizes trade between the two continents. They obtain most of the profits, leaving only scraps for the mining and business associations.
For example, gold and silver mines can only be transported to the Royal Capital for free and handed over to the Kingdom's Ministry of Finance. The Mining and Business Association's income in this area is less than 10%. This is why they colluded with the theater headquarters last year to obtain funds for the construction and development of the direct-administered territory. Dropped these gold and silver ore ingots. Unexpectedly, they had even prepared follow-up arrangements. They minted gold, silver and copper coins privately, and even involved the war zone to make sure nothing went wrong.
Claude knocked on the table: "Tell the people from the Mining and Commerce Association that our war zone can agree to them privately minting gold, silver and copper coins, but we want an annual income of half a million gold crowns. We can use the silver from Monkenad City to The mine is contracted by them, and our war zone will be responsible for their safety. But they need to keep it secret when making currency, and don't make a fuss in the city. Everyone knows that it will make our war zone very embarrassed... ..”
The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Anyway, there is still an ocean of silence between the two continents. The kingdom itself is also engaged in civil war between the two kings competing for the throne, and has no time to take into account the development of the overseas territories. And the war zone is strapped for funds, so we can't bankrupt ourselves. Now, regardless of whether it is illegal or not, if there is a straw, it should be grasped first and then the problem can be solved. The most important thing is to be able to solve the problem.
General Bolognik nodded: "After the Chinese New Year, I will go to the three direct jurisdictions of Tiersim, Mormali, and Arturas to discuss with the governors and admirals, talk about the difficulties faced by our war zone, and ask them to help. For a moment, don’t deduct the 30% of tax military expenses, so that the war zone can also increase its income by about 100,000 gold crowns."
Claude secretly curled his lips. General Bolognik was not good at this. He always thought too well of others and was a believer in the theory that human nature is essentially good. I don't even think about whether the governors and admirals of the three direct territories would be willing to spit out the meat they ate in their mouths, or let General Bolognik hit the wall.
Sir Bennett said: "Because the three demesnes of Cromwell, Beringana and Robbinstown have large numbers of immigrants, the workshops and workshops in the demesne of Amphiston have received a large number of immigrants. For commodity orders, it is expected that the tax revenue will increase significantly next year, and there will probably be an additional 100,000 gold crowns in commercial tax revenue, which should reduce the financial burden on some war zones.”
"If we can have an extra 700,000 gold crowns next year, I believe our life in the war zone will be easier." General Skerry replied: "The situation in our war zone is that there is no shortage of food. In November this year, Cromwell and White The winter wheat planted in the two municipalities of Ghana can be harvested in April next year, followed by the planting of summer wheat, and a crop of potatoes can be planted after the harvest in September. The land in these two municipalities is fertile and suitable for farming and animal husbandry.
In addition, the land development of our five fortress-type castles and the 23 newly built towns is all carried out according to the distribution model of half public fields and half personal industries. All public fields are cultivated and planted by the relatives of the relocated officers and soldiers. By next year's harvest, the two million immigrant population will be completely self-sufficient in food...
The largest capital investment and expense in our theater this year is here. The construction labor of the five fortress-type castles is the 200,000 prisoners of the Hicks Kingdom. For them, we only need to provide food and clothing to keep them fed and clothed. , providing a little medical treatment is enough, and the materials to build the castle only cost 100,000 gold crowns.
However, we spent one million gold crowns on hiring relatives of officers and soldiers from two legions to reclaim public fields, build water conservancy facilities and twenty-three new towns, and build road and transportation facilities leading to these towns. Fortunately, Gram General Lord suggested issuing vouchers, which alleviated our financial difficulties, otherwise we would have been unable to support it long ago.
But next year our theater will need to continue investing in and constructing public facilities in these two territories, and we will also need to build small shipbuilding workshops in the coastal areas and build small fishing boats to fish offshore. This will also bring certain benefits to our theater. income. The most important thing is that we cannot let the relatives of the officers and soldiers of the two legions stay in the directly governed territories doing nothing, as that will have a very bad impact on the public security order of the two directly governed territories... "
Claude could only smile bitterly. Next year, he would have to continue to invest in the public facilities of the two municipalities. For example, each town would need to establish a patrol team, open national primary schools and middle schools, and town offices and other administrative agencies, so that these new towns could be properly treated. Implementing effective management requires a large amount of capital investment. It seems that another voucher will be issued next year...
General Bolognik rubbed his brow. As the acting supreme commander of the war zone, the difficulties faced by these war zones were all pressure on him. In just six months, almost half of the hair on his head turned white, and the wrinkles on his forehead Also deeper.
"Let's do this for now. Everyone is aware of the current situation in the war zone." General Bolognik said: "A civil war has broken out in the kingdom, and we don't know which prince can win the final victory and become the new king of our kingdom. For us For us, doing our own thing is the most important thing, and it is our responsibility to take good care of the territories directly under our jurisdiction.
General Claude and I discussed that we must reorganize our two legions starting next year. After the civil war broke out in the kingdom, we will no longer get news from the Kingdom of Hicks from the royal capital. Last month, we got the news from the captain of a smuggling ship that came to the port of Vibato to purchase supplies that the Kingdom of Hicks had calmed down the civil strife.
Of course, we don’t know whether this news is true or false, but even if it is false, we must treat it as true. Based on the nature of King Melchid III of the Kingdom of Hicks, he would never admit that he had lost this colonial war. Perhaps while we were talking about this, he had already recruited a new legion and was preparing to attack our direct territory.
I plan to move the theater headquarters to Wickham Castle in the spring of next year. Now the two direct territories of Cromwell and Beringana have become our basic base. Even if the Kingdom of Hicks suddenly attacks and captures the port of Vibato , we can no longer retreat from these two directly-administered territories to implement the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, and can only fight to the end with the enemy.
General Albert, next year you will lead a division of the Thunder Legion to station in Monkenad City and strive to draw a clear boundary between the two sides with the Nikancha people. General Bechkerin, you are responsible for the defense and early warning of Vibato Port, Patres Port and the coastal areas of the theater directly under the jurisdiction of the theater. You will deploy a division of the Rock Army. As for General Claude and I, we are respectively responsible for the defense and patrol of various areas in the theater. Once a war breaks out, General Claude will provide reinforcements... "