Sean still remembers the refreshing feeling when he saw this series of information for the first time.
This is no longer a simple carrot and stick policy, but kills two birds with one stone. It not only appeases those nobles and nobles who have suffered losses, but also attracts investment to their own territories in disguise and promotes the development of commerce and trade.
With that series of preferential conditions, it seems that the Princess Regent has suffered a lot, but if those nobles, big and small, really go to open workshops or do business, it will be the Princess Regent who takes advantage in the end.
You need to pay taxes to open a shop, workshop, or factory! You need to pay taxes to do business!
Although part of the tax is paid to the royal family, the bulk still falls in the hands of the actual owner, the regent princess.
The most important thing is to realize the circulation of goods in the territory.
Only in the process of exchanging what is needed can goods and currencies realize their own value, and the territory can develop at the highest speed.
After wandering around for a long time, they not only sold the land to the regent princess cheaply, but also worked for her to create more wealth.
What impressed Sean the most was that the Regent Princess Sophia did not have the bad habits of most of the Lords and Nobles of the Byron Alliance.
After most lords and nobles have some wealth, they either spend it on the family castle that has been built for many generations, or they spend all day at various banquets and parties, leading a high-profile and luxurious life, or they put it in their family treasury to grow moldy.
rot.
There are very few people who are willing to invest in their own territory and carry out infrastructure construction for people's livelihood. Sophia Liya is undoubtedly one of these few.
Although the speed at which she spends money is not as exaggerated as that of the Yongye Group Army, it can still be said to be one step at a time.
After five or six years of continuous investment, everything from ancillary facilities to roads has been built. There are also a group of small nobles who have lost their territories and are doing business among them. In addition, there have been no disasters or floods in the past few years. It is impossible to think about prosperity.
Disaster.
The current fiefdom of Princess Regent Sophilia can be said to be a rich and fertile land second only to the royal capital of Valesta and the Holy Land of St. Ether's Holy See.
All of this is the basis for her New Deal.
The Princess Regent's new policy, in Sean's opinion, is not complicated. It is a relatively simple separation of military and political affairs, the establishment of a special municipal council, and the corresponding tax collection, construction of public facilities, etc.
However, the implementation of this new policy encountered many obstacles, even in its own fiefdom.
Because this new political situation has weakened the role of nobles and nobles, if all cities are managed by municipal councils, what do they, the powerful nobles and nobles, do?
Sophia is not only a princess, but also a regent. Once her experiment is completed, what will happen to the entire royal fiefdom?
However, the title of Iron Princess is not for nothing, it refers to her iron-fisted methods, and she will never compromise on the policies she decides to implement.
Even if it is easier to succeed by making a roundabout compromise, she will not do it.
It's not that Sophilia doesn't know how to adapt, but she really understands the character of those nobles and nobles. Your compromise will not win their approval, but will be more of an extravagance.
If they adopt a desperate attitude and risk losing both sides, these guys will easily become weak and retreat voluntarily.
The result this time, there is no doubt that the regent princess Sophilia won completely.
Because the New Deal was carried out in her fiefdom, she held the absolute power of life and death. The lords and nobles below were so happy that even if they were exterminated by her, no one would jump out and say no.
However, Princess Regent Sophia's new policy is limited to this and has no intention of being implemented throughout the royal family.
This is her shrewdness. The new policy in her territory is a test, a test for the big and small lords, to test their acceptance of this new policy.
At present, it is not ideal.
If the regent princess Sophilia enforces it, the result will only push all the lords and nobles to oppose themselves, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
However, the implementation of the New Deal this time is not without its benefits, that is, it puts a brand new possibility in front of those nobles and nobles. After the effects are seen, some enlightened nobles and nobles will naturally follow suit. After time has fermented, then
Consider implementing it on a large scale.
This is the behavior of a mature ruler.
Not to mention three years ago, even one year ago, Sean never thought that he would have the opportunity to deal with him directly. But now, the two sides are face to face, with a distance of no more than ten meters.
"You only have half an hour, messenger from the mountains." The graceful female knight reminded Sean in a low voice.
"Thank you very much." Sean bowed slightly to express his gratitude.
"What's going on? You arrived three days later than the agreed time. Do you know how much I spent to arrange this meeting? If you come half a day later, Her Royal Highness will be leaving. If you want to see me again, you have to go to
Go to the royal capital of Valesta, or wait until next year." Angibena complained in a weak mosquito voice.
This meeting was of course carefully arranged.
The regent princess is not something you can just meet if you want, especially when Sean is an Andis. As for the name of the general of the Yongye Group Army, it is not useful in front of others. Maybe they don’t even have the name of the Yongye Group Army.
Heard it.
The opportunity to meet the regent Princess Sophia was obtained by Angie Beina through vigorous efforts.
The two of them can be regarded as close friends who have known each other for many years. Sean went to Solo City the year before last and met Angie Beina after a while. At that time, Angie Beina was going to meet the regent Princess Sophia Liya who came to inspect the fiefdom.
Already.
Every year during the autumn harvest, the Princess Regent sets out from the royal capital of Valesta to her fiefdom. In name, she inspects her fiefdom, but in reality she inspects the situation in the royal territory.
The plains of Asia Minor are in the shape of a tadpole. The royal capital Valesta is located on the head of this big tadpole, and the fiefdom of Princess Regent Sophilia is located on the tail of this tadpole, with the Manyu Army Leader, the Broken Vein Grassland, and the Carthus Hills.
The situation can be said to be complicated.
Speaking of the princess regent's fief, there is a story in it, because this fief is the first thing she did after taking over as regent - she chose the fief for herself.
The reason why he chose his fiefdom to be so remote is to show his attitude and show that he has no intention of spying on the throne - it is so far away from the royal capital that it is not convenient for rebellion.
"After receiving your message, I rushed here as soon as possible. You must have informed me a little too late!"
Helping Sean secure an interview with the regent Princess Sophia is something that the two parties have discussed long ago, but it depends on the other party's schedule. Sean cannot take such a big risk and travel all the way to the royal capital of Valles.
See you in the tower.
After receiving the message from Angie Beina, he turned back from the northern fortress to the Jacob's Ancient River Channel, and then rushed all the way back, which naturally caused some delays.
"I didn't expect that time was so tight. There was something wrong in the capital, and the schedule changed. I said everything I needed to say, and I did what I could do. Whether you can reach an agreement depends on your ability.
." Angie Beina winked, looking like I'm optimistic about you. It was obvious that she had hit a big or small nail.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Princess Regent Sophia finished processing the documents in her hands, put down the quill, and said with an apologetic look, "There is no need to introduce yourself, Angie Beina has already introduced your basic situation.
Okay, since you have put so much effort into arranging this meeting, you must have done some research on me and you know everything you need to know, so let’s get straight to the topic!"
"Your Highness is quick to speak, so I won't be verbose."
The simplicity and directness of Princess Regent Sophia was somewhat beyond Sean's expectation. This was completely inconsistent with the aristocratic etiquette of the Byron Alliance. In the eyes of other nobles, doing so was definitely an insult to them.
I wonder if the Princess Regent treats everyone like this? Or is she treating him differently because he is an Andis and knows that he does not understand those etiquette?
The latter is most likely, after all, among the many rumors about the Princess Regent, there is no such thing as ignorance of etiquette.
From this small detail, it can be seen that the other party is a thoughtful and thoughtful person, and he is well prepared for this meeting. This discovery makes Sean's confidence slightly increase, and he can convince someone who is interested in his proposal to go far.
It is much easier than persuading someone who is afraid of seeing you.
As he spoke, Sean had already taken a look at this woman who was considered the most powerful woman in the Byron League.
Just like the legend says, she is really young, unimaginably young. It is hard to imagine a woman in her early twenties carrying a kingdom on her own shoulders and has been doing so for six years.
Compared to his brilliant records and achievements in the past six years, the achievements Sean has achieved now are really nothing.
However, it is far from the aggressive, oval-shaped face, pink-eyed, and Wang Xifeng-style CEO-like strong woman that Sean expected. After all, the other party is famous for her iron fist, and people can't help but think about it.
But reality is more likely than novels to have similar plot twists. Sophia Liya does have a bit of heroism in her eyebrows, but overall she is more feminine. Between her frown and smile, she has a romantic feeling. This may be related to her relatively petite face.
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The other party is not the kind of peerless beauty that makes people shine, but she is very attractive and makes people feel very comfortable overall. The more you look at her, the more you like her.
Sean considered his words and said: "I don't know to what extent Countess Angelberna and His Highness talked. Let me reiterate my purpose of coming. I brought the goodwill of the Andis people and a rather special sum.
If the deal can be done, it will be a win-win situation for both of us."
"If it can be done, it is indeed a win-win situation. What I am very curious about is, how do you plan to bring Jacob Jiang back to life? More precisely, how do you prove that you and your people can bring Jacob Jiang back to life?
Ability to flow? You don’t think that I will believe you if you just say something in vain, do you? How can I be sure that you are not a pretentious and boastful person? I don’t know how many people I have seen like this. You
How do you prove you are not one of them?"
Sophia Liya crossed her hands, supporting the desk, leaning forward slightly, staring at Sean with her eyes fixed on Sean, a compelling edge emerged spontaneously. It was obvious that her weak appearance was just a disguise of her nature. This is what
A true iron-blooded princess.
"I personally visited Tang's territory and saw that they indeed have..."
Angie Beina wanted to help Sean defend, but was interrupted unceremoniously by Sophia Liya: "Your Excellency, Countess, you have said and done enough. It is on this basis that I agreed to this meeting.
, you should know how big the interests involved are. It is impossible for me to make such a decision just because of your words. At the very least, I need to know what kind of person my future collaborator is? Use my eyes to see,
Listen with my ears and feel with my heart, not through your mouth. Allowing you to listen is my last line. From now on, please shut up, otherwise, I will ask you
Out."
"Okay! Okay! Okay! It's my fault. From now on, I won't say a word. I only have ears!" Angie Beina raised her hands in a gesture of surrender.
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At the same time, I threw one to Sean. I can only help you so far. The rest is to look at your own little eyes and just watch on the sidelines, because she really knows the nature of her best friend, and she can tell
I can definitely do it, even if I apologize afterwards, I will show no mercy when it's time to kick you out.
Sophia's eyes turned back to Sean, her meaning was very obvious, I'm waiting for your answer, and her scrutinizing look became more intense.
It doesn't matter if you mess up the rules, because before that, Sean has fully assessed the difficulty.
Unexpected, but true, he did not expect that Sophia Liya would ask such a question as soon as he got started. The speeches he prepared before coming were all centered around what Jacob Jiang would do to the other party after he returned.
What kind of huge benefits will it bring, how should they use this matter to maximize their benefits, and cooperate on this basis to achieve an exchange of benefits.
Both Sean and the military staff have ignored a core issue: how to make the other party believe that they can dig through the mountains and let the Jacob River flow again?
This is their blind spot from their own perspective, because the Spring Thunder Plan has been prepared for too long, and it has become a semi-open secret in the Yongye Group Army. No one considers whether they can do it, but when to do it. This kind of
In matters where we can take the initiative, we must naturally maximize our interests.
The problem is, Sean now has to convince a stranger who probably didn't even hear his name a few days ago.
Unless you show your trump card, it will be difficult to do this.
This is what Sean is unwilling to do. The secret of black powder, even Angie Beina, Sean has not leaked the slightest bit. How could it be leaked to a character who only existed in hearsay and on paper a quarter of an hour ago?
This meeting involves many unilateral subjective wishes of the Yongye Army, and there is great uncertainty as to whether it can succeed.
Of course, this meeting was not a decision made by Sean on the forehead, but the result of repeated discussions and research by the senior officials of the Yongye Army.
Bringing Jacob Jiang back to life is by no means a matter for the Yongye Group Army and his family.
Instead, it involves more than half of Ashan, running for more than 3,000 kilometers, and most of the ancient river channels at that time, like the current location of the Yongye Group Army, have been turned into fertile farmland.
If the Yongye Group Army accidentally exploded and hundreds of millions of tons of river water swarmed down, what kind of disaster would it be for the unprepared people on both sides of the ancient river.