On the way back, Claude had been thinking about whether to send troops directly to occupy the Karnas area... Now the garrison of the Royal City of Polyvisia is the Rock Army, and Claude can order the Rock Army to divide its troops.
Guarding the city of Amys and the Odin Mountains, and adding the Thunder Legion's control of the Karnas region, the royal capital will never be able to get involved in the Sidins region, the Rimodra region, the Eskiline region, and one more.
The Steppes of Karrnath.
In other words, as long as the Thunder Legion and Rock Legion of the Overseas Dominion Military Region set up a defense line in the Odin Mountains and Ames City, and then to the Royal City of Polivisia and the Karnas region, then one-third of the eastern region of the continent
Territories above one will say goodbye to the Kingdom of Overas and become the sphere of influence of overseas autonomous territories.
If the royal capital wants to send troops to attack this line of defense, the Odin Mountains are a natural barrier and cannot be passed through. The only defense lines that can be attacked are the two sections of the defense line from Ames City to the Royal City of Polyvisia, and from the Royal City of Polyvisia to the Karnas region.
But it is a pity that these two sections of defense are near the noble territories that have just been granted by His Majesty the King. If the kingdom's army wants to pass through, it must seek the consent of the lords in advance and guarantee compensation...
This should be regarded as self-defeating. Claude found it a little funny. His Majesty the King and the Royal Court must not have expected that they would grant so many territorial nobles in the Nasseri area, but in the end they would hinder their army from conquering the rebellious overseas autonomous territories.
Roadblock. Can the Kingdom really gather a large army for conquest? You must know that the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion wiped out nearly 700,000 Alliance troops, and destroyed the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas...
The plan in Claude's mind is wonderful, but can it really be put into practice?
Judging from the timing and current situation, the Kingdom of Ovelas simply does not have the strength and capital to fight a war with the overseas autonomous territories. Claude is even sure of destroying the Kingdom of Ovelas and destroying the entire eastern region of Farea Continent.
Under the jurisdiction of overseas autonomous territories. But is this feasible? Claude was very hesitant and doubtful...
If the Overseas Dominions and the Kingdom of Overas are currently in a war situation, then Claude, who is in charge of the military power, can attack in any way he wants. But now the Overseas Dominions and the Kingdom maintain a good relationship, it can be said that they are on a honeymoon. Gram
If Lord takes it upon himself to attack the kingdom or cede territory to himself, he will immediately become what Wanfu refers to as a kingdom treason!
This is the sentiment of the people of the Kingdom of Olvilas. The Sterling royal family’s rule of the Kingdom of Olvilas for more than three hundred years has made all the people in the kingdom consider themselves Olvilas people, even immigrants from overseas autonomous territories.
Exception. If you ask an immigrant from an overseas dominion, he will proudly tell you that he is from Ovelas, and the bloodline inherited from the Sterling royal family is the king he obeys...
Therefore, no matter what thoughts Claude has in his heart, he cannot express them. Otherwise, not only will he be opposed by officers from all walks of life, but there will even be cases where soldiers use illegal weapons. Even Claude himself has been doing this for more than ten years.
After the kingdom's campaign, I began to feel a little self-conscious about myself as a soldier of the Kingdom of Ovelas.
After walking for two days in random thoughts, and still one day away from the city of Canpaste, the capital of the Beibu Gulf region, Claude met the messenger sent by General Albert. The messenger only brought a message from General Albert.
, saying that the king had changed, and asked Claude to rush back to the Thunder Legion headquarters in Campast City as soon as possible.
Claude had no choice but to abandon the large group of troops and led the guard team to rush back to Canpaste City. After entering the legion headquarters, General Albert came up to him and said: "We are going to the parliamentarians and Bologna of the royal capital."
Marshal Croton, General Skerry and other promoted officers were all put under house arrest. The cash of 30 million gold crowns was also taken away. The congressmen who received the letter from Falcon Eagle are now very angry and are demanding that we
Send troops to attack the royal capital..."
Claude suddenly wanted to laugh. This was just a sleepy pillow. It was really a good excuse to fall out. But he didn't understand why the people in the royal capital dared to do such a mindless thing in the face of the world's injustice? It stands to reason.
To put it bluntly, King Frederick I and the Marquis of Blanchard were not stupid people. How could they be fools who could plan to grant the title? Why did they think that doing so would not lead to retaliation from the Overseas Dominion Military Region?
Take the three recently reorganized and reorganized Guards Corps, the Red Dragon Corps and the Griffin Corps. They are still equipped with old-fashioned matchlock guns. Even if their combat effectiveness has improved, they are no match for any legion in the Dominion Military District.
The Kingdom's 6th Military Headquarters should be very clear about this, but why do they have the guts to put under house arrest the parliamentarians and officers who went to see the king? Aren't they afraid that the newly stabilized situation in the kingdom will be beaten to pieces again?
"Don't worry, tell me the whole story." Claude said.
In fact, what happened is very simple. The royal court of the Kingdom of Ovelas has always had a tradition, that is, a court meeting will be held on the 10th, 20th and 30th of each month. His Majesty the king and his wife will meet with everyone in the royal court.
Together with the ministers, they summarize and make decisions on various official affairs of the kingdom in the past ten days. In normal days, national affairs are handled by the royal affairs meeting responsible for the kingdom. They also have to report to His Majesty the King at the court meeting...
...
A few days ago, at the General Assembly on November 10th, Marshal Bolognik, General Skerry, Speaker Bennett and President Hindman also attended the Assembly on behalf of the parliaments and military regions of the overseas autonomous territories. Then they attended the General Assembly at the General Assembly.
The court bid farewell to His Majesty King Frederic I and Queen Christie, saying that they were preparing to leave the Royal Capital and return to the overseas autonomous territories the next day.
His Majesty the King was shocked and asked if they wanted the hereditary family territory. Speaker Bennett said that the price was too high and they could not afford it, so they did not want it. Minister Blancart hurriedly came out and told Marshal Bolognik and General Skerry,
The two of them were promoted to hereditary nobles due to their military exploits, and could obtain hereditary family territory without paying any fees...
However, what the royal ministers present did not expect was that Marshal Bolognik and General Skerry smiled and rejected the free hereditary family territory in front of His Majesty the King. They said that Marshal Claude, Eberron
General Special and General Beach Green have both made the same decision. They will stand with all the parliamentarians of the overseas autonomous territories, the promoted officers and the honorary nobles of the kingdom. Either everyone will get a territory, or no one will.
This shows that everyone in the overseas autonomous territories is closely united.
It is said that the atmosphere in the royal court was very awkward at that time, and at this time Queen Christie spoke inappropriately. She said that if you have no money, I can lend it to you, so that you can each get a piece of it.
Hereditary family territory.
Speaker Bennett stood up and retorted, saying that our overseas dominions are not without money, but we feel that this deal is not worthwhile. For a piece of hereditary family territory, we have to pay a price of 500,000 gold crowns. So even if this hereditary family territory is
It can give us an income of five thousand gold crowns a year, but it will take us a hundred years to get back the money.
Moreover, this kind of granting of titles is not fair to our overseas autonomous territories. We have learned that almost all kingdom nobles who obtain territories have discounts and discounts, or even free of charge. Especially those kingdom nobles who receive loans from Her Majesty the Queen.
They can all get a 50 to 40% discount. But for our overseas dominions, there is no discount at all, so we reject this unfair deal...
Transaction? How dare you call His Majesty the King's grant of a title a transaction? Queen Christie almost turned her face with anger. The faces of His Majesty the King, the Prime Minister, and the ministers of the royal court who were present also had very ugly expressions.
This is indeed a transaction. President Hindman also stood up. He said that we paid money to obtain the hereditary family territory from His Majesty the King. What is this but a transaction? The only difference is that the object of the transaction is the king, and the goods
It is land, and the name is "confession", which sounds nice in name, but the real essence is still a transaction. It's just that as buyers, we feel that this transaction is not worthwhile, so we just refuse to buy...
This is unreasonable! Queen Christie is furious. No money means no money. You are a group of paupers and overseas bumpkins. Only you will regard the favor given by the Wang family to you despicable businessmen as a kind of transaction! Let you stand in this noble place.
This is the greatest insult to the royal family. Guards, drive these despicable businessmen out!
General Skerry stood up and said sternly, "Your Majesty the Queen, please don't forget that it was us, a group of bumpkins from overseas and despicable businessmen, who paid the taxes and tributes of the overseas autonomous territories in advance for ten years at the critical moment of the kingdom's demise."
The gold helped the kingdom to survive. It was also the two legions formed by us overseas bumpkins that swept across the entire eastern region of the continent and destroyed the kingdom's mortal enemies, the Kingdom of Nasseri, the Principality of Karnas, the Principality of Sidings and the Kingdom of Limo.
The Principality of Dara has regained its lost territory, allowing you and His Majesty the King to return to the royal capital.
We despicable businessmen have completed the agreement reached with His Majesty the King, wiped out the alliance army, expanded the territory of the kingdom to the entire eastern region, and are now garrisoning the newly occupied territories for the kingdom for free. Regarding the grace given to us by the royal family,
We are indeed grateful. So when we come to the capital this time, we also bring full sincerity. You can go to the balcony to see if we have no money...
The palace hall where the royal court discusses matters is built on a stone hill, with a height difference of about five meters from the square below. The square is where the attendants of the ministers who come to discuss matters wait, but today they were led by members of the overseas dominions.
The sixty large iron and wooden boxes that came took up a large area. Next to each large iron box stood four tall palace guards. They were responsible for the safety of the royal court, and these large iron and wooden boxes were
It was locked and they couldn't open it for inspection, so they had to send someone to stand guard next to the box.
If Speaker Bennett insists on moving these large iron-wood boxes into the conference hall, they must first open them and let the royal guards inspect them. But if they are placed in the square more than 20 meters away from the conference hall above, it will not work.
It doesn't matter. It's just that there are many ministers and servants watching the excitement around the square, as well as servants and maids in the palace, all wondering what is contained in these big iron and wooden boxes, so heavy...
"It is said that those overseas country bumpkins want to put it here for His Majesty the King to see. I wonder if it is filled with gold coins?" An attendant had already guessed the truth, but he didn't know it.
Sure enough, his guess was ridiculed and ridiculed by his companions: "Pull it down, how can it be filled with gold coins? Such a big box can hold hundreds of thousands of gold coins. How can those overseas country bumpkins be so rich? Look here.
Sixty big boxes."
"The last time I went to the treasury with my family, I saw that the iron boxes containing gold coins were probably twice as big as this one. It is said that they can hold one million gold crowns. But I have never seen a box full of gold coins.
The bottom was covered with gold coins, and the man in charge of the warehouse used a big iron ladle to reach into the iron box to get the gold coins..." said another attendant who was watching the fun.
"Hey, you said that two or three soldiers could be hidden in such a big box. Do you think those overseas bumpkins wanted to rebel and hid soldiers in these big boxes, waiting for the opportunity to rush out and murder His Majesty the King and the ministers?
They?" The guess has begun to become outrageous.
At this moment, four representatives from overseas autonomous territories and several curious ministers walked out of the side door of the meeting hall. From this side door was a very large balcony, where sometimes several ministers would drink afternoon tea and bask in the warm sunshine.
Take a short break. Standing on the balcony, you can clearly see the plants and trees in the square below...
"Open the box!" General Skree shouted from the balcony.
Five or six guards wearing the brown-gray military uniforms of the Dominion Military District ran up to the edge of the square. They held a series of keys in their hands. They came to the big iron and wooden box and opened the lock while saying to the palace guards standing next to them: "Brothers,
, please be careful when I open the lid of the box and don’t let anyone take advantage of you, otherwise you won’t be able to shoulder this responsibility..."
A guard was about to retort, but at this time the guard holding the key had already unlocked and opened the lid of the box. Under the sunlight near noon, the box was shining with a brilliant golden light. The guard, along with his
The three friends were stunned for an instant, and then the exclamations from all around reached their ears: "Gold, all gold coins, all gold crowns, my God, how much is this!"
"It's not just one box. All the boxes I opened are gold coins! Oh my god! Am I not crazy? Are all the sixty big boxes filled with gold coins?"
Congratulations, you got the answer right, but unfortunately there is no reward...
To be honest, it is not that there are no ministers of the kingdom who have never seen huge amounts of money. As the minister of the kingdom, the Marquis Blancarte has handled more than one or two National Bank exchange coupons with a face value of 10 million gold crowns. It is just this kind of special use
The huge denomination exchange coupons used for the turnover accounting of various administrative departments in the kingdom feel light and fluffy no matter how much they are taken. They are just a few pieces of paper with exaggerated denominations. Even if they are taken outside, they will not be used as money.
...
But now the sixty large iron-wood boxes placed in the square below are filled with gleaming gold crowns. Under the sunlight, the entire square seems to be shrouded in a layer of golden light. No matter what
Whether it was His Majesty the King and the Queen who were looking down from the balcony above, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom and the royal ministers, and even the onlookers and palace guards around the square, they were almost completely immersed in this extremely charming golden light...
...
"Pah! Pah!" Two crisp claps sounded, and the guards standing at the edge of the square ran up again. This time they covered the boxes one by one and locked them again. Waiting for the six people in the square
After all ten large iron and wood boxes were covered again, you could still vaguely see the intoxicated expressions on everyone's faces and eyes.
"These are sixty large iron and wood boxes filled with gold crowns. Each box contains half a million gold crowns in cash, a total of 30 million gold crowns." Speaker Bennett said: "This
It is all the reserves in the Minsheng Bank of our overseas autonomous territories. We have brought all these gold coins over to show our sincerity.
Unfortunately, we never expected that the so-called promotion fees and land selection fees would be so expensive. For us, it makes no sense to obtain a hereditary family territory at such a high price. Members of our overseas autonomous territories
We are indeed from humble business backgrounds, but we businessmen also have our own vision.
Perhaps we will never become noble nobles of the kingdom, but we all agree that instead of investing so much wealth in acquiring some hereditary family territory, it is better to invest in overseas autonomous territories, open more manufacturing workshops, and build more
A school and the purchase of one more armored warship are more meaningful than a piece of hereditary family territory.
Therefore, your two distinguished majesties, we have placed these sixty large boxes filled with gold coins in this square for you to see, not to show our wealth, but to express our sincerity. It is just a pity that we
No agreement can be reached. We will embark on the return journey tomorrow. How did we transport these big boxes and how do we transport them back..."
After triumphantly arranging a performance in front of everyone, the four representatives of the Dominion, Speaker Bennett, Marshal Bolognik, President Hindman and General Skerry, stepped forward and bowed to retire, and then escorted the sixty people.
A large box filled with gold crowns returned to the overseas dominion's office in the capital.
"But that night, the palace guards followed Queen Christi's order and arrested all the overseas council members and promoted officers, including Marshal Bolognik. They were all taken to the Red Stone Castle in the royal court.
, Everyone knows that the Red Stone Castle is the prison dungeon in the palace. The excuse for those palace guards to arrest the parliamentarians and promoted officers was that they were slandering the reputation of the king and queen behind their backs, which was treason..."
General Albert held a falcon letter and said: "This is news from another secret source in the Royal Capital. The office in the Royal Capital of our overseas dominions has been sealed, and the 30 million gold crowns have also been sealed.
The palace guards were transported away, they should all be transported to the palace."
"Do all the congressmen know the news?" Claude asked.
"Yes," General Albert said with a wry smile: "The MPs from the Dominion and the honorary nobles of the Kingdom who stayed here have seen the news from the royal capital. They were furious and demanded that the two legions of our military region immediately go to the royal capital.
But at this time, we received another falcon letter signed by His Majesty the King and a falcon letter from the Marquis of Blancart.
The two of them said in the letter that this was just a misunderstanding, because the 30 million gold crowns carried by our congressmen were exposed in the square, and everyone in the royal capital already knew about it. In order to ensure the personal safety of all personnel, they
I sent the palace guards to invite everyone into the palace that night, and even transported the funds. The main reason is that I don’t want young people to take advantage of it..."