I Will Be The Crowned King Chapter 366

The latest website: Early morning, Beluga Harbor.

An Sen woke up from his sleep, opened his eyes, got up very naturally, washed, changed his clothes, had a cup of unsweetened hot coffee and two slices of butter bread for breakfast, and read the briefing prepared in advance by the little secretary last night.

I don't know if it was because of his good mood. When he finished all of this and left the Rune Mansion, it was a full half an hour earlier than usual, not a bad second; although now he no longer needs sleep in a strict sense. , even the need to eat and read these "everyday" behaviors has been greatly weakened, just because it has not yet gotten rid of the "dependence" on the world and is maintained by a certain inertia.

According to Rune and a certain elf queen, it would take at least a thousand years to completely get rid of this inertia... Anson felt that he didn't need to worry so much.

Although it took less than half an hour to walk from the mansion to the White Whale Harbor Council, Anson went by carriage with Lisa as he was accustomed to; the girl specially changed into a clean and close-fitting new military uniform, and the leather boots just covered a third of her calf. Second, the black copper buckle belt even slightly sets off the curve of the back, and the neckline is decorated with a red scarf.

For some reason, Lisa's interest in food has been waning recently, and she has become interested in dressing up; Anson has thought about it for a long time, and after ruling out the definitely wrong option of a girl growing up, she can only think that she has finally started to consume. Upgraded.

Just like humans in primitive society or all intelligent life, after getting rid of the troubles of hunger and lack of food, the first invariable reaction is their appearance.

Animals perform grooming, washing and even trimming their own hair, while humans go a step further and try to wear more colors and different materials of leather and cloth on their bodies to dress up as gorgeously as possible.

As for better tools, a comfortable place to live, finding a mate and even building a community all come down the list.

In addition, neither the colony nor the surrounding area has changed much; the Storm Corps and the Shooting Corps are doing their usual things, and Beluga Port is still operating normally; factories, markets, streets and alleys...

Everything seemed so orderly, as if nothing had happened.

"How is that possible?!"

Looking at the commander-in-chief, who was full of emotion, Carl, who had been sorting documents in the parliament an hour earlier, rolled his eyes: "It has been three full days since the night of the rebellion ... uprising, and there are many troubles!"

"The Self-Government Council is to be purged, the Governor's House is to be established, the instability of the two colonies is to be suppressed, and the number of troops, the new flag, the relationship with the Free Confederacy... I was still discussing with Alan Dawn last night that the Governor's House was. If we want to adopt the committee system, we should simply let the military corps and staff take over and create a military government!"

"Oh, it's very efficient!" Anson raised his eyebrows curiously:

"Then what is the final conclusion?"

"Conclusion? That means there is no conclusion!"

Carl said angrily: "My commander-in-chief, we can only help you to prepare the draft, and it is up to you to decide the implementation."

"I can only tell you that if we use the committee system, we don't have so many clerks, and the efficiency will definitely be low; if a military government is established, then the officers at all levels must be contracted for management... Yes, it's almost the same as the lord and vassal, Louis. Bernard must know this better than you, so you might as well ask him for help."

"Can't we use the original committee of Beluga Port, and the New World Company to establish a temporary team first?" Anson asked: "We don't have so many administrative affairs to deal with."

"Indeed not, but in that case it will continue to maintain autonomy, so what's the point of establishing the Governor's Palace?" Carl paused first, and the corners of his mouth suddenly rose:

"Don't you think that even if we don't send people to supervise, these two autonomous councils can still be loyal to our 'uprising army'?"

Well, that's a question...

Anson frowned slightly. On the premise that Rune or himself would not waste his power and interfere with reality on a large scale, depriving the power of the two autonomous councils and investing resources to greatly strengthen the influence of the "Governor's Palace" and the control of the colony, it seems that The only option to stay united.

A "military government" with layers of enfeoffment is absolutely unacceptable, and the committee system does not have so many resources and manpower. I am afraid that we must make a choice between control and influence.

"Besides that, I'm afraid trade is also a big problem." Anson continued the topic:

"Whether we revolt or not, trade with the mainland is bound to be disrupted this year, which means that there is a large amount of coal and iron ore that cannot be sold and turned into cash and various commodities that the new world lacks, or does not produce at all; this hole cannot be filled. , the economic collapse is still small, and I am afraid that there will be a large-scale rebellion.”

"So you've already realized this!" Carl's expression suddenly became richer:

"Looking at your state today, I thought you didn't realize that you were no longer just the commander-in-chief of the Storm Legion, but the governor of Ice Dragon Fjord!"

"It should be said to be the rebel leader of Ice Dragon Fjord." Anson's face showed a bit of a self-deprecating smile: "Before you know the attitude of the mainland towards us, the entire world of order is our enemy; one step is wrong. , the annihilation of the entire army is only a matter of blink of an eye."

"To put it badly, from now on, we have no way out;"

"Indeed..." Carl's expression finally became solemn:

"So, nervous?"

"Ah, not that."

Anson shrugged quite naturally: "After all, everything is planned, and my plan is perfect."

Carl: "…"

Although this is not the first time, the chief of staff always has the illusion that his always confident boss actually has no so-called plan at all when he says that his "plan is perfect". It is to take a step by step, but every time the result is as he expected.

This is of course not true... Whether it is to win over the Free Confederation and the five colonies in the east, or to advance the New World Corporation, Anson has come to a conclusion after carefully studying the relationship between the colonies and the native land and gathering intelligence as much as possible.

Political and territorial disputes aside, are the resources and wealth of the New World important to the Old World?

Before arriving at Moby-Dick Harbor, or more precisely before ending the Confederate War of Independence, Anson's view on this was "important, but only the icing on the cake"; After the regiment got a list of smuggling from the New World coal miners to the imperial family, his views changed drastically.

The wealth and resources of the new world are not just important to the old world, they are life-threatening!

On the surface, the loss of the New World is only one less source of raw materials and consumer market for Clovis, and the proportion is not large - at least not the scale blown by the "Beautiful People of Beluga" - even if the missing part cannot be supplemented, at most It's just that the prices of raw materials have risen and the prices of consumer goods have fallen.

But in fact, it is not that simple at all, because whether it is steel plants represented by heavy industry, or consumer goods such as textiles, sugar, salt, leather, etc., as long as it is industrialized production, even the slightest upstream and downstream fluctuations will cause violent turmoil and various chain reactions.

Without the import of cheap ore, the price of raw materials will start to skyrocket, but the production index of the factory cannot be easily reduced, and the increased cost must be made up for in price and other aspects; the increase in coal price also leads to an increase in the freight of steam trains, which further increases the ownership system. The cost of the finished product.

At the same time, there is a risky lack of a market where products can be dumped, and the squeezed goods cannot be sold. In order to stop losses, the merchants and manor owners who have suffered losses can only choose to sell at lower prices. It's limited...Similar to the large-scale bankruptcy of the merchants in Clovis City at the beginning of the 100th year of the Saint Calendar, the situation is bound to repeat itself.

This is only for Clovis, the impact on the Empire will only be stronger.

First of all, the empire, which had already lost most of its trade with Clovis because of the war, lost another important source of income with the separation of the colonies; of course, it was not direct taxation, but smuggling.

From the city of sailing to the port of slavery, the smuggling of raw materials throughout the New World is one of the most important incomes of the imperial family, which Anson did not expect at first; Emperor Herid may never know that his court expenses How many "contributions" from the Clovis; once the war between the two worlds broke out, the wealth in the hands of the emperor would immediately shrink at a rate visible to the naked eye.

And this is just the beginning.

Once the war breaks out, it means that all routes on the turbulent sea will be cut off; all the imperial people who want to leave the empire, go to sea or start over in the new world will be forced to abandon their immigration plans and be forced to stay.

Originally, Anson didn't think it was a big deal. Clovis had a lot of immigrants going to sea every year; bankrupt businessmen, landless farmers, homeless people, criminals... There were a lot of them, but they were definitely not many.

But when he really understood it, he suddenly realized a very crucial question: Compared with the Empire, Clovis is obviously more eager for the raw materials of the New World, so why is it not Clovis who colonized the New World first, but the Empire people Woolen cloth?

And the time when the two sides started the colony is also a hundred years apart. Clovis only controlled Beluga Harbor and Grey Snow Town, but the empire already had six large colonies; if you count those scattered small strongholds, I am afraid Not hundreds of them.

Why?

Apart from the fact that the population of the Empire is larger than that of the Clovis and its territorial scope is wider, one of the simplest reasons is that there are thousands of people living in the middle and lower classes of the Empire. The Clovis people are more active in leaving their hometown and colonizing the New World. Much more!

The new world is like a huge spillway to the old continent; all contradictions can be resolved by mass immigration to the colonies; rioting peasants, prisoners full of prison cells, large-scale heretics or heretics... All rushed to the new world, and the problem was solved.

Without this "decompression valve", the empire would have to invest a lot of resources, manpower and material resources to deal with various problems that "did not exist"; either suppression or appeasement would inevitably involve a lot of energy from the emperor.

And this kind of contradiction will not be eliminated by time. On the contrary, the longer the war drags on and the more brutal the suppression, the more acute the contradiction will become. Little by little, it will slowly erode the foundation of imperial rule.

"... Therefore, the one who should really be nervous about this war and hope that it will end as soon as possible is not us, but the empire." An Sen smiled confidently:

"October... If the war really starts in June, as long as we can drag it out until October, the jihadist army will no longer be invincible; the baggage of the 150,000-strong army is a sum that the whole new world cannot afford. astronomical; they have to go by sea if they want to continue the war."

"After a long journey, it has to be transported across the sea... I am afraid that the loss in the middle can't be described in ten. The church can subsidize the empire's treasury, but they can't make food, and they won't be able to convert water into oil and wine magic, then It can only squeeze the bones and marrow of the local people at the bottom, accelerating contradictions and conflicts.”

"People's grievances are boiling, coupled with the opposition of the nobles headed by Bernard and the Roland family, do you think Emperor Herid can hold on for one year or two?"

"I don't care!" Carl pouted and handed over the documents on the table:

"Right now, I only think about two things - how to set up the Governor's Palace, and in addition to the coal and iron ore dug up this year that we can consume ourselves, who can we sell the rest to?!"

Seeing the blushing face of the chief of staff, looking like he was about to explode, An Sen had to restrain his smile, calm down and carefully read the report and plan he had painstakingly prepared, and pondered silently for a moment.

"For the time being... let's build the Governor's Palace in accordance with the committee system." An Sen frowned slightly:

"I know the problem of insufficient manpower. First, consider adding more loyal people from the Beluga Port Committee. As for the grassroots, you can consider the Trustworthy Alliance and... um, the Knights of Untrustworthy."

"…you sure?"

"Not sure, but it's better than turning all our officers into lords and little warlords." Anson shook his head: "At least in the current situation, they won't betray us."

Carl nodded slightly. He basically knew a thing or two about the situation of the Wuxin Knights. He knew that this organization had been completely incorporated by Anson: "What about the export of raw materials?"

"It's very simple." Anson shrugged: "Since Clovis can't buy it, he can only find another buyer."

"Who?"

"Whoever wants to buy it, we will sell it to whoever." Anson looked at his chief of staff with a playful look:

"The world of order is not the only two countries, Clovis and the Empire."

Not only these two countries... Carl was stunned for a while, and finally realized something:

"The Three Kingdoms of the North Sea?!"

Chapter end