The original Principality of Karnas was a rather peculiar country in the eastern region of Farea Continent. This was not only because it was the only prairie in the eastern region, but also the title of Grand Duke of Karnas was self-supporting. If you study carefully, the inheritance of the Grand Duke of Karrnath is not based on his bloodline, but several large tribes on the prairie fight against each other. The chief of the big tribe that wins in the end automatically becomes the Grand Duke of Karrnath... ..
In the past hundreds of years, every inheritance of the Grand Duke of Karnas meant the coming of bloodshed on the prairie. However, in the past sixty years, the two inheritances of the Grand Duke of Karnas were very peaceful and peaceful, not on the prairie. Make any waves. The reason is simple. Sixty years ago, a heroic figure finally appeared on the Karnas Prairie. He was the chief of the Kemiduo tribe, Jamie Ad. Dorbagi. Kemiduo.
It is said that Chief Jamiad Dorbagi Kermido once traveled most of the Farea continent with a caravan when he was young, and later returned to the tribe and became the chief. He was the first tribal chief to introduce muskets and artillery to equip light cavalry on a large scale, and then used the power of muskets and artillery to continuously annex small tribes, so that the Kermido tribe eventually developed into a large tribe, and at the age of fifty-four, Successfully won the title of Grand Duke of Karrnath.
After becoming the Grand Duke of Karrnath, Chief Jamiad Dorbagy Kermidol changed his tribe's nomadic customs and began to choose dangerous locations to build the Grand Duke's Castle of Beaumaris to make the tribe's people accustomed to settling and living. He lived a life of planting and organized caravans to trade with neighboring countries. He made great efforts to make good friends with the Kingdom of Nasseri and sent his son to study in the Kingdom of Nasseri when he was sixteen years old.
Chief Jamiad Dorbagy Kemidor stayed in the position of Grand Duke of Karnas for fourteen years. In addition to building the Grand Duke Castle of Beaumaris and changing the living customs of the Kemidor tribe, the remaining Time is used to vigorously suppress the other large tribes on the prairie, so that these large tribes no longer have the ability to compete with the Kermido tribe. So when he was dying, he successfully let his son inherit the position of Grand Duke of Karnas. No big tribe on the prairie had the strength and courage to compete for the title of Grand Duke of Karnas.
The successor to the throne was the eldest son Bridul Dorbagi Kermidol who went to the Kingdom of Nasseri to study at the Royal Military Academy. He was also considered the second British master of the Principality of Karnas. What's interesting is that he studied at the Royal Military Academy in the Kingdom of Nasseri, but what he did was more like a businessman. He spent twenty years vigorously developing the Beibu Gulf region, making it the most commercial port in the eastern region, and making the Beibu Gulf region a source of gold and silver for the Principality of Karnars. The annual commercial tax revenue alone is as high as Revenue from the production of two or three large gold mines.
This Grand Duke Bridur Dorbagy Kemidow was called Kemidow II. He also built a city on the coast of the Beibu Gulf, which is Canpaste City, the capital of the Beibu Gulf region. He basically spent his last time in the city of Canpaste, so much so that some people regard the city of Canpaste as the second capital of the Principality of Karnas. Kemidor II reigned for twenty-two years. Before his death due to serious illness, he also allowed his son to inherit the throne of the Grand Duke of Karrnath.
Although the successor to the throne, the Grand Duke of Karrnath, Kelmidor III, is not as cunning as his grandfather, nor as wise and decisive as his father, but in the evaluation of outsiders, he is also the lord of the establishment, controlling the entire Karrnath prairie. More than enough. The only mistake he made was that he should not have tied the Principality of Karrnath to the broken ship of the Kingdom of Nasseri. As a result, the principality was now destroyed and he and his whole family had to go into exile to the Kingdom of Hicks.
Kermidor III has been in office for twenty-four years. His most brilliant moment was during the First Eastern War, when he made a desperate move and used all the last light cavalry in the principality to raid Ovelas who invaded the Karrnath Steppe. The kingdom's three field legions, with nearly 200,000 troops, finally won a complete victory! Because of this great victory in the Karrnath Grassland, the Kingdom of Orvilas was unable to hold on any longer and had to sign an armistice and peace agreement with the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karrnath, thus ending the First Eastern Region War.
The above words were introduced by General Albert, who came to greet Claude and Marshal Bolognik. He has been sitting in the Karrnath Prairie for more than half a year. When he is not doing anything, he will capture the documents of the Principality of Karrnath. The information was turned upside down. He had no choice but to find some information about horse bandits who came and went without a trace in these documents to see if they were nomadic tribesmen pretending to be horse bandits...
"The Principality of Karnas is not divided into local counties because the grassland is too big, and even if it is divided, the boundary lines cannot be remembered. Therefore, the Principality of Karnars is only divided into four small districts and one large district. The most famous ones are the Beibu Gulf area, the seaport and the three districts. A town can be regarded as a commercial area. Next is the Grand Duke Castle of Beaumaris, the nominal capital of the principality, which is an agricultural planting area and the largest grain base of the principality. It mainly has three rivers that can be used for agricultural planting and irrigation.
The third community is the Likumada Hill District, a mineral resource area in the Principality of Karnas. However, there are no gold, silver, and copper mines. There are only three small and medium-sized iron mines and some stone mines. There is also a large open-pit black stone mine, which is the Lord, you're talking about the coal mine. The black stone produced here is of very good quality and has very little smoke. People in the Principality of Karnas mix black stone powder with soil and press it into black stone cakes for cooking, boiling water and heating.
The last community is Qingshan District, southwest of the prairie, which is relatively remote. That is the area granted to the nobles of the Principality of Karrnath. I led two regiments to sweep it and found that the nobles of the principality there were all so poor that the total loot captured was not worth thirty thousand gold crowns. It's a remote area. As for that large area, it refers to the Karnas Prairie. Any place with endless grass is considered a grassland area. "
General Albert continued to point to the prairie and introduce it. Marshal Bolognik really liked this boundless grassland scenery. The horseshoes trampled the half-foot-high wild grass, as if walking on a huge green field. Velvet carpet in general. Riding his horse for a trot, he came back and asked, "Where are we going? Fort Beaumaris or the Gulf of Tonkin?"
General Albert replied naturally: "Of course it is the Beibu Gulf, with sunshine, beaches, delicious food, and beautiful and considerate girls. Now is the best time to play in the water and escape the heat. We can rest on the beach for a few days. , waiting for the arrival of the armored fleet. You know, the sea water here is blue, unlike the sea water on the Nubicia continent, which is dark red.
Although we know that the sea water is the same, and that certain minerals in the Nubicia continent turn the sea water red, the feeling in the blue sea water is completely different from that in the dark red sea water. For me, this place is simply paradise. If there weren’t those fly-like horse bandits coming to harass me from time to time, I really want to spend the rest of my life here... "
"Is it really as good as you say?" Claude said with a smile.
General Albert yelled like he was swearing: "Of course it's true. I didn't know until I got to Canpaste City why Kemidor II built this city and stayed in the Beibu Gulf until his death." I haven't even returned to the Grand Duke's Castle of Beaumaris. Compared with Canpaste City, the Grand Duke's Castle of Beaumaris is more like a military fortress. The stone fortress there is cold and dark, and it is not suitable for living at all. So I will also command The headquarters is arranged in the city of Canpaste, and a light cavalry battalion is sent to garrison at the Grand Duke Castle of Beaumaris... "
Marshal Claude and Bolognik, accompanied by General Albert, arrived at the city of Canpaste in the Northern Gulf region on September 2. Just as General Albert boasted, the city of Canpaste was indeed It is a seaside city with beautiful scenery. There are specialty goods from various countries in the Falea continent, and there are also many specialty goods from the colonies on the west coast of the Nubisia continent. Goods from the two continents meet and trade here, creating a prosperous ocean trade. A big city with a very strong commercial atmosphere.
"This is indeed a nice place." Claude praised, he likes the free business atmosphere here. The only thing I feel is inadequate is that the future development of this city was not anticipated when it was built. As a result, the houses and residences in the entire city, as well as the road traffic construction, appear narrow and small. Although they look a bit exquisite, they are not spacious enough, giving people a pattern. Not a big feeling.
The military camp was deployed outside the city, while Claude and Marshal Bolognik stayed at the city lord's palace. During the three days before the armored fleet arrived, Claude was busy holding promotion and canonization ceremonies in the temporary legion. After all the rewards and promotions for the meritorious soldiers in the division were completed, the temporary division was disbanded and the troops were reorganized into the First and Second Thunder Divisions.
Two days later, General Beach Kerin and Mike Jack led the 3rd Thunder Division and the newly formed 4th Thunder Division, and escorted the families of the officers and soldiers who had newly joined the 4th Thunder Division to Campast City. , check into the camp that has been completed. This time, while escorting all the MPs from the overseas autonomous territories and the honorary nobles of the Kingdom, the armored fleet also cooperated with the ocean-going transport fleet to transport a batch of military supplies and grass supplies to the Thunder Legion and the Rock Cloud Group. These Thunder will be transported when they return. The families of the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Division went to overseas autonomous territories to naturalize and settle down.
After two days of busy work, Claude delegated all the military affairs at hand to Michael Jack and his younger brother, and then he and General Albert dragged Marshal Bolognik and General Beachlin to the A day at the beach. As General Albert said, it is indeed more comfortable and pleasant to stay in the blue sea water than in the red sea water, and it is more fun to play in the water. Just when they were excited and ready to turn back for dinner, wisps of green smoke appeared on the horizon in the distance, and the armored fleet finally arrived in Beibu Gulf.
Claude suddenly found that his observation of human nature was not yet complete.
Ever since Frederick I issued the granting decree in the royal capital on June 1, Claude had been pessimistic about the future of the overseas dominions. He believes that human nature is inherently selfish. His Majesty used the conspiracy of granting hereditary family territories. Those congressmen in the overseas autonomous territories will definitely be stunned by this big pie falling from the sky, and they will definitely go bankrupt. The family is promoted to a noble title in order to obtain a hereditary family territory. Claude believed that Frederick I and Wang Tingli, the big guys who planned this conspiracy, would think so in their hearts...
Compared to the overseas autonomous territories, the Farea continent is the center of the world. If these overseas councilors and the honorary nobles of the kingdom get a hereditary family territory in the eastern region, then they will definitely focus their energy on the development of this family territory. The result is obvious. When these parliamentarians and honorary nobles of the kingdom are busy working in their hereditary family territories, the overseas autonomous territories will be self-defeating without these backbones. It will not be far away from the overseas autonomous territories to transform into the kingdom's overseas direct jurisdictions. .
This was the thought that Claude had always kept in his heart. He never believed that the members of the overseas dominions would all be selfless and consider the future of the dominions. The main reason why he and General Bolognik did not choose a family territory in advance was to let the members of the overseas autonomous territories know that he and the soldiers who had made military achievements were willing to unite with them to keep warm and obtain His Majesty's hereditary family. There is no objection to the territorial conferment on oneself, but the objection puts everything on the hereditary family territory, thereby ignoring the development prospects of overseas autonomous territories.
It’s just that Claude forgot the most critical and important point. In such a barbaric land directly under the jurisdiction of overseas countries, he could build a family business for himself with his bare hands and become a famous person and powerful family with local reputation and industry. None of the MPs from the Dominion are cunning, cunning and thoughtful people.
They had already discussed it during their trip to the Beibu Gulf. Everyone wanted the hereditary family territory, but the overseas autonomous territories were the fundamental place for everyone and they must not give up. The most important thing is that most of the MPs from these overseas autonomous territories are civilians or businessmen. For them, compared to the industries and reputations of the overseas autonomous territories, as well as business connections, hereditary family territories are not particularly important. .
This is actually a misunderstanding between civilian merchants and traditional nobles. For traditional nobles, obtaining a hereditary family territory is the most important thing, and they can pay any price. But for the parliamentarians of the overseas autonomous territories, from the perspective of businessmen, they do not value the profits from the land, nor do they attach great importance to the power of life and death for the territorial residents. They value business interests and family prestige more than power...
General Skerry bluntly told Claude and others that what they were most worried about during the journey was that the meritorious soldiers of the two legions had taken the lead and obtained the family territory from His Majesty. In that case, the political alliance between the Dominion Parliament and the military region will produce conflicts and distrust. If everyone cannot unite, they will be unable to bargain with His Majesty. It wasn't until we landed ashore and found that none of you had obtained hereditary family territory from His Majesty that everyone felt relieved.
Claude was relieved. Everyone had this realization and it couldn't be better. However, General Albert was very interested in what General Scree meant by bargaining with His Majesty. General Scree said that the MPs from the Dominion calculated an account when they were on the ship and believed that he was promoted from an honorary baron to a hereditary baron. It costs 300,000 gold crowns, and it is uneconomical to spend another 100,000 gold crowns to obtain a family territory, so I hope your majesty can give you half the price.
Although each member of the overseas autonomous territories has a net worth of 400,000 gold crowns, considering that there are 112 members of the entire autonomous territory, plus those who have already obtained honorary noble status, then His Majesty and the Royal Court can benefit from these people. No one could calm down after finding a huge amount of more than 40 million gold crowns.
Everyone felt that the wealth they had worked hard for most of their lives was handed over to His Majesty and Wang Ting in exchange for a territory that would take who knows how many years to recover. Everyone felt very unwilling. Especially after obtaining this intern family territory, you still need to invest in the territory, which will definitely cost a lot. So everyone agreed on the boat that if His Majesty refused to give up, then everyone would reject the grant of the family territory and just wear the title of Honorary Baron of the Kingdom.
A person's unscrupulous refusal to be granted a title without promotion is just a trivial matter to Your Majesty, and you don't have to care about it at all. But if all the members of the Dominion and the honorary nobles of the Kingdom do this, it will be a big deal. No matter how much the discount is, it will be a huge sum of more than 20 million gold crowns. I believe that if His Majesty does not agree, he himself will not be able to sleep well. Anyway, the overseas dominion is on the continent of Nubisia. Even if His Majesty and the Royal Court want to retaliate, they cannot lose a single hair of the congressmen.
As merchants and industrial owners, councilors focus on what output the territory can produce or whether they can build any workshops, rather than thinking about how to squeeze the last copper coin from the people of the territory. This is why they think differently from traditional nobles. place.
With a hereditary family territory in the east, MPs also need to consider security issues. It's not that acquiring a hereditary family territory will mean you will never have to worry about it. There are many cases where territorial nobles lose this hereditary family territory due to territorial wars and poor management. Therefore, the congressmen hope that everyone's hereditary family territories can be sealed in one area and an alliance can be formed to ensure the security of all family territories.
"Tell me your specific requirements." Claude was curious about what the congressmen thought.
Speaker Bennett used his remaining hand to pick up the wine glass and drained the fruit wine in one gulp. Then he said: "We have three requests. First, we hope that your majesty can grant hereditary families to all the eligible families in our overseas autonomous territories. The territories of the people in the territory are all arranged in one area, so that everyone can help each other. The second is that all fees must be discounted in half at least, otherwise we will refuse the territory's grant, and we will not choose the land if we do not promote it. The last thing is the needs of the territory we grant A seaport to facilitate our communication and exchanges with overseas autonomous territories... "
Claude shook his head: "Unfortunately, there is currently no seaport in the Nasseri area and an area large enough to accommodate the hereditary family territories granted by all the overseas autonomous territories. They have all been occupied by nobles from other kingdoms."
According to statistics, the 768 territorial nobles that have been granted titles by the kingdom now occupy only one-third of the total area of the Nasseri region, but their territories are scattered among the 28 local counties. They are all good places. It is indeed difficult to arrange all the feudal territories in the overseas autonomous territories together. At the very least, a dozen territorial nobles who have already occupied the territory must be relocated to make room.
Speaker Bennett looked at the charming bay scenery outside the window and said thoughtfully: "Actually, I think it's pretty good here..."