Your Majesty, the spectacle is misleading the country! ttp:

In fact,

When Claire's words blurted out, everyone present was a little confused.

Encourage the Kingdom of Basel to attack us?

What the hell?!

This is more or less nonsense...

Yes,

Unbelievable, unbelievable...

Almost at that moment, various strange emotions flooded into the hearts of many high-ranking Idar officials.

"Isn't this...impossible?!" Ford, the elder of the Idar Government Affairs Office, asked hesitantly.

"Yes, yes! How is this possible!"

"That's right..."

It’s no wonder that many high-ranking Idar officials present felt incredible.

After all... before this, because it had a backer like the Norman Empire, the Kingdom of Basel, which was far away from the war, had not launched or even participated in a real war for nearly a hundred years.

The only conflicts that the Basel army participated in were at most to suppress some unarmed serfs and quell the riots of civilians.

But……

Civilians simply do not have powerful enough weapons of destruction. The consequences of fighting regular troops with black bread can be imagined even with their own toes.

It is precisely because of this that when Krell mentioned that the Church of Light wanted to incite the Kingdom of Basel to launch a war against itself, everyone felt a little...surprised.

In their subconscious mind, no matter how hard the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel think about it... there is no need to mess with the Principality of Idar, right?

Don't they know that the Odin Empire was defeated in embarrassment?

Don’t you know the power of Idar’s army?

Or maybe you haven’t heard of the “Basel Scalpel” plan previously launched by the Principality of Idar?

"Although the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel are short-sighted, they are not stupid. In the past, no matter how deceived the Church of Light was, they would not have dared to act rashly, but... the development of magic industrialization and the establishment of the Idar Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of Basel

The dumping has already changed their minds!”

"What does this have to do with Idar Chamber of Commerce?!" Julian Heaton frowned and couldn't help but ask aloud.

"Of course it is related! In other words... the development strategy of the Principality of Idar will inevitably cause a local war or a full-scale war to break out between us and the Kingdom of Basel!"

This time, before Claire could speak, Bruno said in a deep voice.

"The development idea of ​​the Principality of Idar at this stage has always been very clear, which is to build a prosperous, powerful, civilized, and civilized country under the leadership of the Stuart family with magic technology as the core and the support of the Idar people as the foundation.

A new harmonious country!”

"And what did magic technology bring? It brought magic industrialization!"

"In these days, magical industrialization has developed rapidly in this land. A large number of factories have been built and a large number of workshops have emerged. More and more people have broken away from the fields they have relied on for generations and become workers in factories.

Working professional workers.”

"These changes have never happened in the past few hundred years. Therefore, in my opinion... at this moment, mankind is facing a major change that has not been seen in a century! And the Principality of Idar... is the leader of this change.

Leader!"

Hearing this, everyone present nodded in agreement.

The changes in the Principality of Idar during this period indeed involve all aspects, the aggregation and redistribution of power, the prosperity and prosperity of commerce, the birth and development of industry, the rise of civilians and the demise of serfs...

All of the above are changes that have taken place under Bruno’s leadership!

And everyone here today is also a participant in this great change unseen in a century!

So... they naturally have a deep understanding of this.

But the problem is...

What does this have to do with the convulsed Kingdom of Basel?

Then……

I heard Bruno continue:

"It seems that the development of the Principality of Idar has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Basel."

"But... let me ask, the large amount of cloth produced by the Idar Textile Factory, the Horn Bicycle Manufacturing Factory, the Idar Papermaking Workshop... are the products produced in these factories and workshops only sold in the Principality of Idar?

?”

After hearing Bruno's question, Julian Heaton quickly replied:

"Of course not, the Idar Chamber of Commerce will take these... wait, what do you mean..."

"Yes……"

Bruno nodded: "As I mentioned before, the development of magic industrialization has greatly improved the production efficiency of the Principality of Idar."

"Take cloth. If it is in the Kingdom of Basel, if ordinary civilians want to sew it into a piece of cloth, it will take a long time. But if it is placed in the Principality of Idar... the birth of Jenny machine not only improves the production of cloth

The efficiency has doubled, and the cost of cloth has been reduced by an unknown amount."

"In fact, it's not just cloth, farm tools, ironware, bicycles... For the Principality of Idar, the cost of producing these items is not much lower than that of other forces?"

"As these high-quality and low-priced Idar products continue to pour into the land of the Kingdom of Basel... the original social structure of the Kingdom of Basel is also suffering a crazy impact!!"

"Most of the aristocratic forces in this era were based on a self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy. Most civilians and serfs relied on the nobility to survive and could only rely on the output of the fields to support the lords."

"But... the sudden influx of Idar's goods seems to have opened a bleeding trough for the Kingdom of Basel. A large amount of gold coins and cheap raw materials continue to flow into the Principality of Idar, but the local goods of the Kingdom of Basel are difficult to sell."

"Although the Idar Chamber of Commerce continues to expand, it distributes part of its profits to Duke Stein, the McCawlin family and other wealthy nobles in the Kingdom of Basel, but... after all, it is impossible to take care of the interests of every noble."

At this point, everything is self-evident.

The dumping of goods from the Principality of Idar caused huge losses to the original interests of the local nobles in Basel, so... this allowed the Church of Light to seize the opportunity, hoping to pay a certain price so that the Kingdom of Basel could

Try to hold back the Principality of Idar as much as possible. After all...

Since the conflict between the Principality of Idar and the Church of Light is inevitable, it would be an excellent choice to let the Kingdom of Basel test the strength of the Principality of Idar first.

"Now, the question I want to know most is...if the Kingdom of Basel really wants to break up with us, how long will we have to react?!"

While doing so, Bruno turned his gaze to Krel, the director of the Idar CIA.

"Your Excellency, you should be well aware of the stubbornness of those conservative and old-fashioned nobles. Even if the Church of Light is running around, I'm afraid...it won't be possible to send out troops in less than half a year."

Krell's words are quite reasonable.

You must know that in this era of extremely backward transportation, other forces do not have such transportation gods as steam locomotives and railroad tracks.

Therefore... even if the nobles of Basel are really subdued by the church, it will take a long time just to prepare food and supplies and mobilize soldiers from various places.

"If it is as you expected...then the time left to the Principality of Idar is completely enough."

"My Lord Duke, do you mean...to take the initiative? Or to strengthen the defenses in advance?"

Seeing Bruno's confident expression, Defense Minister Sarah Coren couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, everyone present also pricked up their ears.

Although the Idar people are more accustomed to convincing people with reason and like peace and stability, but...the Idar people, who are full of martial virtue, have never been afraid of war!

What's more... this is still at a time when Idar's army is constantly expanding and its weapons and equipment are constantly being upgraded.

Everyone present looked at Bruno, who was sitting in the first place, because... they were already eager to try it!

Scanning the faces of everyone, Bruno is almost certain that as long as he gives the order to take the initiative, then in the next second, all Idar soldiers will be ready and ready to have cordial and friendly exchanges with the soldiers of the Kingdom of Basel.

.

"No need..."

Bruno's words exceeded everyone's expectations.

"ah?"

"No need?!"

"But Your Excellency, although the army of the Kingdom of Basel has long been in decay, it is still a kingdom after all, and we must not take it lightly..." Old Ford advised earnestly.

"Today's Idar army has troops stationed in various important cities. Right now, the Idar army stationed in Mann Fortress alone has a size of more than 3,000 people. There is no need to go to war."

"And... by then, it is still unknown whether the Kingdom of Basel will have the strength to launch an attack..." Bruno said solemnly.

"You mean..."

"Would it be wrong to fight and kill too much? Although the Idar people are full of martial virtue, this Duke is kind and loving to the people, has a broad mind, and always upholds the concept of peace as the most important thing! So... maybe we will give gifts to the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel

How many flowers did they change their mind?"

"Send...send flowers?"

As if he didn't notice everyone's astonished expressions, Bruno continued to say with great interest:
To be continued...