Chapter five hundred and twentieth dismantling and dividing the spoils
Chapter 520: Dismantling and dividing the spoils
"...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 in the Nasseri area belong to the Nasseri royal family.
All operations 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, Cambon 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-sized artillery. It is said that this military manufacturing workshop Nasseri
The royal family holds 69% of the shares, 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 of the Nasseri Kingdom are actually just soil.
Workshops 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 bringing them here, he naturally understood what Claude was planning. He raised his eyebrows at Claude:
"What, are you 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.
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?
What I mean is to dismantle all the removable items and sell them first, so that the things will not be sealed up here 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 Bolonik and General Bolonik is that he is an old-fashioned and traditional loyal soldier who will not question the orders given by his superiors. Just like he believes what the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Marquis Blancarte, revealed to him in private, the Kingdom is preparing to take over the newly occupied areas.
As compensation for meritorious service, two legions were given to the Overseas Dominion Military District to guard the territory.
Claude, however, would not believe these empty promises. No matter how nice they were in private, they would not count. As long as the royal court did not formally issue a trusteeship order, everything would be a blank check. General Bolognik also argued with Claude for this.
After some debate, 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 and first steadily collect a few dollars from these newly occupied areas.
Annual taxes and tributes will accumulate some funds for the royal family and the treasury before making other plans.
Nothing can be done without money, and the same is true for a kingdom. After several years of brutal wars, the Kingdom of Ovilas has actually become a broken ship. It urgently needs a stable period of time to recover.
Vitality. Letting the two legions of the Overseas Dominion Military Region guard these newly occupied areas is a helpless move. 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 also rely on the hard work of these two legions.
Yes, the kingdom can only use the commercial interests of these newly occupied areas in the next three years to reward the two legions for their contribution to the country's destruction. This is actually a deal...
However, Claude only asked a question and General Bolognik was speechless. The total area of the newly occupied area was 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 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, and it will be able to obtain huge commercial benefits.
The question is, will the old aristocratic families in the kingdom 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 can't answer. These old aristocratic families in the kingdom will take Frederic to the throne.
For those who were promoted to the throne, their support cannot be ignored. In addition, they also suffered huge losses in the wars in the past few years. How should Frederick I and Wang Ting compensate 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, which 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 to face the crisis of national subjugation, and the old aristocratic families had no choice but to bow their heads. Now that the end of the war has been decided, and the Kingdom of Ovelas has become the final victor, then the old aristocratic families in the kingdom will naturally find ways to do so.
Compensate their losses from other places. Claude believed that this plan of entrusting the newly occupied areas to be guarded by the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion would inevitably cause great troubles in the royal court.
Just because 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 despite the Kingdom’s Ministry of War cutting off their supplies of military supplies and arrears of salary and welfare subsidies for more than half a year.
It can be maintained. Having soldiers on hand is the biggest reliance in troubled times. They also belong to the kingdom's old aristocratic families. They are willing to spend money to maintain these two legions because they believe that their efforts now will get greater returns in the future.
and income.
So Claude thought clearly that no matter how good the promise was, it was useless nonsense. He had no power to touch things like land and mines, so he took the opportunity to sell everything that could be sold, treating it as two legions.
It is a reward for the kingdom to guard these newly occupied areas for free. Although 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.
The gold crown is enough to cover the military expenses of two legions for one or two years.
Nowadays, what the overseas autonomous regions need most is these large-scale forging and refining machinery and equipment. The military manufacturing in the autonomous military regions has already met the production needs, but the demand among the people of the autonomous territories for these large-scale forging and refining machinery and equipment is very strong, among other things.
Not only the rail production of the railway, but also some privately invested shipbuilding workshops have also begun to prepare for the construction of all-iron-hulled ocean-going transport ships. General Skerry's letter to Claude stated that shipping from the Farea continent
When some large-scale forging and refining machinery and equipment comes back, demand will exceed supply.
Since the royal court is preparing to seal up the military industry here, Claude naturally doesn't mind dismantling all the machinery and equipment here and transporting them back to the overseas autonomous territories. So what if the kingdom's special envoy comes to see him? There is no way to stop it.
For Claude's order, at most it would be enough for Claude to provide some compensation based on the scrap price three years later. It is nothing more than a matter of tens of thousands of gold crowns, so there is no need to make a fuss.
"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…”
Generals Claude and 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 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 Floric in the Deira region has a somewhat long route. At the same time, the materials disembarked from the Floric harbor have to undergo a month-long land transportation to reach the Royal City of Polyvisia.
To put it simply, it takes one month of sea voyage and one month of land journey to transport the supplies from the overseas autonomous territories to the Royal City of Polyvisia where the Thunder Legion is located. Two months are spent on the road. Now it is so close
One hundred thousand 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 use the old transportation route, it may take more than two months.
moon.
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 Nobali 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 along 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 dominions already have an ironclad fleet, which is invincible at sea. But last year, the ironclad fleet fought with the Sea King Fleet of the Kingdom of Hicks and suffered serious damage. Most of the ironclad warships returned to the Port of Patres in the dominion for overhaul.
It will take at least seven or eight months to get back on track.
There are currently four armored destroyers in relatively good condition in the port of Florik 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 what we have to transport are 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 are actually just trivial matters.
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 those local officials who make things difficult for us to overseas autonomous territories to mine and grow tobacco. Our fleet is in coastal towns
It’s not like you don’t have to pay for supplies. Every time the fleet supplies supplies 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 listening to Claude's words, General Bolognik burst out laughing. He said with some emotion: "Claude, there are five of us in the autonomous military region. Allen is brave and belligerent but not good at strategy. Piccolo is honest and steady but has a good character.
Scree is thoughtful but has too many worries. As I get older, I start to think a lot, become less courageous, and don’t want to offend others. Only you still retain that energy and are not afraid of any risks. Our Autonomous Territory Military Region can
Today, it is really all thanks to you. Without you, we would not be where we are now.
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 you make is fine. Because you will be able to 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 didn't say anything, just patted General Bolognik's left shoulder. These friendships need no words. So many years of ups and downs have connected the five generals of the Dominion Military Region as one, sharing weal and woe. It was just that General Bolognik mentioned
Marshal Michelchi 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 itself?" 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 Pregasin County in the northeast of the kingdom.
There is a small mountain village in the hills. Our personnel went there and found that the small mountain village had been burned to ashes before the civil war in the kingdom. There was no 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, and Claude asked: "Is the current financial situation of the kingdom really that difficult? So even the gold and silver reserves of millions of gold crowns are rushed to send envoys to transport them away? Thinking about it, I feel like
It's ridiculous. 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 we divided all the spoils? Don't let that special envoy arrive.
What kind of thoughts do you have when you see that we have 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 will also be transported away. Except for a part 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 addition to the cost of compensating casualties, each soldier of our two legions will
You can get a bounty of 80 to 100 gold crowns or commemorative items of similar value, and officers will get double that. No wonder you said that before, you can make money and make a fortune in war.
Now in the warehouses of the royal city, most of what is left are gold-plated and silver-plated copperware and glassware, which fill three or four warehouses and are worth about one or two hundred thousand gold crowns. I deliberately keep these items in the warehouse, that is
I hope that the special envoy can come over and see that our spoils are these things, not gold and silver. After fooling the special envoy and then selling them to merchants, we can also make more funds..."
The loot captured by the Thunder Legion this time in the Kingdom of Nasseri, the three principalities and the enclaves of the Kingdom of Hicks was a total value of nearly 56 million gold crowns. Among them, gold and silver coins from various countries worth 20 million gold crowns and
The gold and silver reserves were transported back to overseas autonomous territories and deposited directly into the Overseas Minsheng Bank as former loan repayments and military fund reserves for the military regions.
In addition, precious 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.
It was divided among the generals. Claude estimated that his income 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 can be passed down to future generations of a family.
's background.
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. Like Belklin, this
The property can be distributed to hundreds of thousands of gold crowns at a time, and the most ordinary soldier also has a reward of 80 to 100 gold crowns.