"... This is the largest military manufacturing workshop in the Kingdom of Nasseri, the royal military industry in the Kamben Valley. However, after inspection, we found that the mechanical equipment here is actually the same as the one we landed and robbed in White Deer City. The level of mechanical equipment in the military manufacturing workshops in Barevia County is not much different, and it is not the most advanced in Farea. According to the requirements of the royal court, these military industries and workshops belonging to the Nasseri royal family in the Nasseri area All will be sealed and stopped. I don’t know how many pieces of machinery and equipment here will still be available after three years... "
Claude took General Bolognik and his entourage to a valley, the Kamben Valley, the largest and most famous military industry in the former Kingdom of Nasseri with the most complete mechanical equipment and capable of producing light and medium artillery. It is said that the Nasseri royal family holds 69% of the shares of this military manufacturing workshop, and the weapons and equipment it produces are used to arm the Nasseri Kingdom's standing army. Compared with the scale of this military industry, the other two military industries in the Nasseri Kingdom are actually earthen workshops, which can only be used to repair firearms and produce spare parts for weapons, or general daily-use military supplies.
After all, General Bolognik had been with Claude for a long time. Seeing Claude bring them here, he naturally understood what Claude was planning. He raised his eyebrows at Claude: "What, you are going to demolish this place?"
Claude smiled: "You know, if these mechanical equipment are sealed and no one takes care of them, then they will definitely be a pile of scrap metal in three years. Especially these hydraulic machines, we can all imagine how rusty they will be by then. Arrived. A month later, isn't there a special envoy coming from the royal court? Isn't his purpose to transport the gold and silver we captured from the Nasseri Kingdom's treasury back to the royal capital, and to seal up the Nasseri royal family's real estate properties? What I mean is to dismantle all the removable items and sell them first, so as to prevent the things from being sealed up and wasted in vain... "
Since Frederick I and Wang Ting insisted on leaving the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion in the newly occupied areas to work in vain, Claude would not be polite and find some compensation for himself and the two legions first. This was also the reason for him and the two legions. The biggest difference between General Bolognik. General Bolognik is an old-fashioned and traditional loyal soldier who will not question the orders issued from above. Just as he believes what the Kingdom's Prime Minister, Marquis Blancarte, revealed to him in private, the Kingdom is preparing to entrust the newly occupied areas to the two legions of the Overseas Dominion Military Region. Guard as compensation for meritorious service.
Claude, however, would not believe these empty promises, and no matter how nice he said them in private, they would not count. As long as Wang Ting did not officially issue a trusteeship order, everything would be a blank check. General Bolognik also argued with Claude about this. He believed that what Frederick I and Wang Ting meant must be true. Because the kingdom is now severely short of money, the best strategy is to do nothing. First, steadily collect taxes and tributes from these newly occupied areas for a few years, accumulate some funds for the royal family and the treasury, and then make other plans.
Nothing can be accomplished without money, and the same goes for a kingdom. After several years of brutal war, the Kingdom of Orvelas has actually become a devastated ship. It desperately needs a period of stability to recuperate. It is also a helpless move to let the two legions of the Overseas Dominion Military District guard these newly occupied areas. Because the military expenses of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion do not need to be paid by the kingdom, and these newly occupied areas are obtained through the hard work of these two legions, the kingdom can only use the commercial interests of these newly occupied areas in the next three years to reward the two. The legion's contribution to the destruction of the country can actually be regarded as a deal...
However, Claude only asked a question and General Bolognik was speechless. The total area of the newly occupied area was already twice that of the Kingdom itself, and the total population was not much less than that of the Kingdom itself. This is a huge sales market. If the Kingdom really lets the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion stay here for three years to collect taxes for the Kingdom, then it only needs to transport the goods and commodities produced by the overseas autonomous territories to these areas for sale. Huge business gains.
The question is, will the kingdom's established aristocratic families be willing to hand over such huge commercial gains to the two legions and watch the merchants in the overseas autonomous territories make a fortune? General Bolognik couldn't answer. These old aristocratic families in the kingdom pushed Frederic I to the throne, and their contribution to the establishment cannot be ignored. In addition, they also suffered huge losses in the wars in the past few years. What should Frederic I and the royal court do? To make it up to them...
Who doesn't have a few small workshops in their hands to produce some daily necessities? In order to allow the two legions from the overseas autonomous military regions to return to the kingdom to participate in the war, the kingdom has touched the cheese of these old noble families and let go of the kingdom's mainland. The commercial restrictions in each local county allow overseas autonomous territories to establish ten trading houses to conduct various free commercial trades in various local counties in the kingdom. This is tantamount to giving up the pricing and trading rights dominated by the established aristocratic families.
At that time, the kingdom was forced by the alliance army and faced the crisis of national subjugation, and the forces of the established noble families had no choice but to bow their heads. Now that the war is over and the Overas Kingdom has become the final victor, the old aristocratic families in the kingdom will naturally find ways to compensate for their losses from other places. Claude believed that this plan to entrust the newly occupied areas to the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion would inevitably cause great troubles in the royal court.
The fact that the Kingdom has no money does not mean that these established noble families have no money. Otherwise, the Red Dragon Legion and the Griffin Legion would not be able to survive even though the Kingdom’s Ministry of War has cut off their supplies of military supplies and has been in arrears for more than half a year of salary and welfare subsidies. It can be maintained. In troubled times, having soldiers is the greatest reliance. They also belong to the kingdom's established aristocratic families. They are willing to spend money to maintain these two legions because they believe that their current efforts will receive greater rewards and benefits in the future.
So Claude thought clearly that no matter how good a promise is, it is useless nonsense if it cannot be fulfilled. He had no power to touch things like land and mines, so he took the opportunity to sell everything that could be sold as a reward for the two legions to guard these newly occupied areas for free for the kingdom. Even though the machinery and equipment of the largest military industry in the Nasseri Kingdom are not the most advanced, if they are all disassembled and shipped to overseas autonomous territories, they can be sold for at least two to three million gold crowns, enough to feed two legions for one or two years. Military spending is up.
What the overseas autonomous territories need most now is these large-scale forging and refining machinery and equipment. The military manufacturing in the Dominion Military Region has met the production needs, but the demand among the civilians in the Dominion for these large-scale forging and refining machinery and equipment is very strong. Not to mention, not only the production of railway rails, but also some privately invested shipbuilders Workshop, also began to prepare for the construction of all-iron-hulled ocean-going transport ships. General Skerry's letter to Claude stated that the supply of some large-scale forging and refining machinery and equipment shipped back from the Farea continent would exceed demand.
Since the royal court is planning to seal up the military industry here, Claude naturally doesn't mind dismantling all the machinery and equipment here and transporting them back to overseas autonomous territories. Even if the kingdom's special envoy comes to see him, what can he do? There is no way to stop Claude's order. At the worst, Claude can provide some compensation based on the scrap price after three years. It is nothing more than tens of thousands of gold crowns. There is no need to make a fuss about it.
"I have sent people to register all the skilled workers who originally worked in the military industry here, and most of them agreed to immigrate to overseas autonomous territories with their families. There are more than 3,000 people in total, and more than 10,000 of them together with their family members.
These are considered skilled immigrants. I have written to General Skerry and Mr. Veblen. They will arrange the personal industries and jobs of these skilled immigrants. The best ones will be given priority to join our military industry, and the rest will be allocated to railway companies. and shipbuilding workshops..."
General Claude and General Bolognik walked along the road of this military manufacturing workshop. The guards were spread out more than ten meters away so as not to disturb the private conversation of the two generals.
"Okay," General Bolognik nodded: "Then next time the prisoners are transported to overseas autonomous territories, we will give priority to taking care of them on the ship. By the way, Claude, several of my staff suggested that the next time the ocean transport fleet leaves, The eastern route can save four or five days of sea voyage and avoid the trouble of sailing along the coast of the kingdom. What do you think..."
The transport fleet currently being escorted by the ocean cruising fleet of the Overseas Dominion also departs from the Port of Copicius in Tilsim State of the Dominion, crosses the Silent Ocean and the Stormy Sea, arrives at White Deer City, and then goes east along the Kingdom's coastline to Remo. The seaport of Florik in the Deira region has a somewhat long route. At the same time, the supplies that landed from the port of Florik had to go through a month-long land transportation before reaching the Royal City of Polyvisia.
To put it simply, the transportation of supplies from the overseas autonomous territories to the Royal City of Polyvisia, where the Thunder Legion is located, requires a month of sea voyage and a month of land journey, and two months are spent on the road. Now the nearly 100,000 prisoners of war from the Nasseri Kingdom are searching for their families and preparing to force them all to immigrate to the Aturas State of the Overseas Dominion to grow tobacco. If we still take the old transportation route, it may take more than two months.
Claude shook his head: "No, the best sea route is to take the western route. The eastern route is too dangerous for us. At least we can't guarantee that we can safely pass through the waters of the Nubari Islands, which was a paradise for pirates. Back then Before the route from White Deer City to the Direct Territory of Tilsim was opened, the kingdom's fearless fleet escorted the transport fleet on the eastern route. They were attacked by pirates every time, resulting in huge losses and heavy casualties. The eastern route was called the bloody road. .
Although our overseas autonomous territories already have an armored fleet, they are invincible at sea. But last year, the armored fleet suffered serious damage in a battle with the Hicks Kingdom's Sea King Fleet. Most of the armored warships returned to the Port of Patres in the Dominion for overhaul, and it would take at least seven or eight months to regain strength.
There are now four armored destroyers in relatively good condition in Florik Harbor performing patrol missions in the coastal waters. Do you think that just these four armored destroyers and the ocean cruise fleet can escort such a large ship, more than 300 ships? Did the transport fleet composed of ocean-going ships pass through the pirate paradise waters on the Eastern Front without incident
If it is all about transporting supplies, I have no objection to taking the eastern route. In that case, even if we are attacked by pirates, the losses will be supplies, not human lives. But we are transporting nearly 100,000 prisoners and their families, so don’t take this risk. The so-called troubles when traveling along the kingdom's coastal waters are nothing more than encountering difficulties from local officials when supplying supplies, which is actually just a trivial matter.
Don't forget that we still have guns in our hands. No one dares to really offend us now. At worst, we will directly send the families of local officials who make things difficult for us to overseas autonomous territories to mine and grow tobacco. Our fleet replenishes supplies in coastal towns without paying. Every time the fleet resupplies along the way, it actually brings economic income to the local area.
To make things difficult for our local administrative officials under such circumstances is to make enemies of our overseas autonomous military regions, so we don’t have to be polite or consider anything, just take action directly. We will not lose this lawsuit even if it is brought before His Majesty. If something goes wrong Our two legions are responsible for everything, I believe His Majesty and Wang Ting will give us face..."
After hearing Claude's words, General Bolognik burst out laughing. He said with some emotion: "Claude, there are five of us in the Dominion Military District. Allen is brave and militant but not good at strategy. Piccolo is honest and steady but has a good character. Scree is thoughtful but has too many worries. And I am too old. I started to think a lot, became less courageous, and didn’t want to offend anyone. You are the only one who still retains that spirit and is not afraid of any risks. The fact that our autonomous military region is what it is today is really due to you. Without you, there would be nothing. Our current scenery.
No wonder Marshal Michelich said to me when he left that year, you are the only one among the five of us who can really rely on you at critical moments. He told me not to think too much when I encounter difficulties in the territorial war zone and to support you in what you do. Any decision is made. Because you can find a way for us when there is no way, just like your ingenious tactics and tactics during the sand table drill, which gave us all a headache... "
Claude said nothing and just patted General Bolognik's left shoulder. These friendships need no words. So many years of ups and downs have united the five generals of the Autonomous Territory Military Region as one, sharing weal and woe. It's just that General Bolognik mentioned Marshal Michelchi, which made Claude a little sad. Without Marshal Michelchi's attention and promotion, Claude would not have reached such a high status in just a dozen years. .
"Have we not found the whereabouts of Marshal Michelchi in the kingdom yet?" Claude asked.
General Bolognik shook his head: "No, the news we heard is that after Marshal Michelci was assassinated in the royal capital, he took his family back to his hometown to recuperate. His hometown is Puligarson County in the northeast of the kingdom. A small mountain village in the hills. Our dispatched personnel went there and found that the small mountain village had been burned to ashes before the civil war in the kingdom. There was not a single mountain villager found nearby, so we never knew about Michelle. The life and death of General Qi, and his whereabouts could not be found. I began to wonder if someone had murdered the Marshal's family... "
Claude was disappointed: "Forget it, there will always be a day when the truth comes out. If the Marshal's family was really murdered, then we will definitely avenge him."
"That's natural," General Bolognik nodded: "He is our teacher. It is only natural for students to avenge their teachers. I will never let go of the murderer who murdered the teacher's family."
The two walked a few more steps before Claude asked: "The current financial situation of the kingdom is really that difficult, so even the gold and silver reserves of millions of gold crowns are rushed to send envoys to transport them away. It feels ridiculous when I think about it. There were no candidates to be appointed as supervisors, and officials resisted. But when we sent a special envoy to transport gold and silver, there were a lot of people rushing to come over. By the way, have all our spoils been divided? Don’t let the special envoy see us when he gets here. What thoughts come from having so many seizures..."
General Bolognik was responsible for this matter. He replied with a smile: "Don't worry, gold and silver coins and gold and silver reserves worth 20 million have been shipped to overseas autonomous territories and will be deposited in Overseas Minsheng Bank. In addition to repaying previous loans, the rest They will all become the military fund reserve of our military region. There are also relatively expensive jewelry and art treasures worth tens of millions of gold crowns. They are also shipped away. Except for some of them that will be auctioned in the Dominion, the rest will be distributed among the five of us.
In addition, those gold and silver tableware and the like can be freely chosen according to the wishes of the officers and soldiers of our two legions, whether they want these things or direct cash rewards. In total, excluding the cost of compensation for casualties, each soldier of our two legions can receive a bounty of 80 to 100 gold crowns or commemorative items of similar value this time, and officers are doubled. No wonder you said that before, war can also make money and wealth.
Most of what is left in the warehouses of the royal city are gold-plated and silver-plated copper and glassware, filling three or four warehouses, with a value of only about one or two hundred thousand gold crowns. I deliberately left these items in the warehouse, just hoping that the special envoy would come over and see that our spoils were these items, not gold and silver. After fooling the special envoy and then selling it to the merchant, we can also have more funds... "
This time, the loot captured by the Thunder Legion in the Kingdom of Nasseri, the three principalities and the enclaves of the Kingdom of Hicks was worth a total of nearly 56 million gold crowns. Among them, gold and silver coins and gold and silver reserves from various countries worth 20 million gold crowns were transported back to the overseas autonomous territories and deposited directly in the Overseas Minsheng Bank as former loan repayments and military fund reserves for the military regions.
In addition, valuable jewelry and art treasures worth 10 million gold crowns are owned by the five generals of the military region. They will use part of them to auction in overseas autonomous territories. The auction gold and the rest of the jewelry and art treasures are owned by the five generals of the military region. divided among the generals. Claude estimated that his profit this time was at least more than two million gold crowns. Of course, what he valued more was the treasures. These jewelry and art treasures could become the heritage of a family and be passed down to future generations.
The remaining property of more than 20 million gold crowns, in addition to the generous pensions for the casualties and the rewards allocated to the naval officers and soldiers of the armored fleet and the ocean cruising fleet, became rewards for the soldiers of the two legions. For example, Belklin can be allocated hundreds of thousands of gold crowns this time, and the most ordinary soldier can also receive a reward of 80 to 100 gold crowns.
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