"When talking about the Alfred family, I remember that this family was not actually our Zeman people, but the Norman tribe who migrated from the north and south when the ancient holy empire split, but became a Zeman branch.
The royal family of the Brooks.”
John was born into a branch of a large family and received much higher education than Frank von Schwanitz, who was born into a lower class aristocrat. He also knew a lot about these historical inside stories.
The navy colonel was stunned when he heard this. He really didn't know that there was such an inside story here, and sighed:
"No wonder Brooke has been de-humanizing over the years, and it turns out that the root of it is here."
John smiled:
"Of course, the Normans actually have a nation with common ancestors and the Zemans, but this commonality is too early, and it can be traced back to at least a thousand or even two thousand years ago. At that time, the Normans were still in a barbaric primitive tribe.
During this period, we called the Northern Barbarians, and the name Normans came from this.”
As we all know, the Alfred family was actually a family and was a branch of the famous former Franz royal family.
The Stuart family once ruled the two countries of Franz and Brooke. Later, due to conflicts of interest, one of them was forced to step down and exile in Brooke due to a coup. Later generations used their ancestors as their surnames and became Brooke's royal family.
After dozens of generations of changes, the blood relationship between the two sides has actually been very far away. Instead, because of the hatred of their ancestors, it has become an opposing country of feudality. The Alfred family is still claiming that they are the orthodox of the Franz Empire, but they are not
Not many people agree.
Even brothers from a family can do this, not to mention that Heisencel and Alfred are just cousins.
So John never put his hope on the kindness and kindness of Brooke and several relatives on the Old Continent.
Which family has changed to the top, probably said that they should treat the Heisen Sail people well, but in fact they must secretly suppress or even eradicate the influence of this family in Emsdan to maintain his own rule.
Frank continued to introduce John to the situation of the Sea of Stars.
Green Island, which ranks second in area, is located not far from the north of Cabana, with more than 80,000 square miles of land. It is the overseas territory of the Brook Empire, the world's largest power, and is also the main spice production area of the New World.
"Although Green Island is not as large as Cabana, the geographical environment is better. In addition, Brook has rich people, so the development level is also high. The production here accounts for almost one-third of the world's total spice production, and the other third is
One comes from the Indian region, and the rest is other spice production places. Every year, Brooke brought a large amount of gold pounds. The Royal Navy, which supported them, turned the ocean into its own bathtub, and made it the world's number one.
The reputation of a powerful navy and the first colonial power…”
The naval colonel couldn't help but be envious and jealous in his tone. After all, he was a naval officer and most hoped that the kingdom navy would become stronger.
The Sea of Stars belongs to the tropical region, and is most famous for its spice archipelago in the New World, as famous as the Tianzhu area where spices are produced and the East Tianzhu Islands in the southwest of the Tianzhu Sea.
However, the earliest spice islands refer to the East Tianzhu Islands. However, after being isolated from various natural dangers in the East and the West, ships from the Old Continent could only safely sail to the coast of Tianzhu near the east, and Europa lost contact with the East Tianzhu Islands.
After the ship that did not believe in evil sailed across the Indian Ocean, it was a life-threatening death, or even ten deaths. Only a very small number of people were able to return to Europa, so the conditions for developing into the East Indian colony in John's previous life were lost.
After that, when people talked about the Spice Islands, they meant this tropical island in the Sea of Stars in the New World.
The Antilles Islands, a private residence in the Kingdom of Emsdan, is located in the southeast of the Star Sea, slightly far away from the two fronts. Strictly speaking, it is also part of the Spice Islands, but because it is located south, closer to the Southern Continent, and because
The Strait of Stars close to the exit of the Sea of Stars is affected by the airflow from the eastern ocean. The average temperature here is lower than the other two major archipelagos in the tropical environment, probably in the subtropical climate.
It is much better than most areas of Haigar, where there are severe drought and desertification. At least there are summer and autumn, instead of the hot and dry seasons throughout the year, it is obviously more suitable for human habitation.
Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. The yield and quality of expensive spices such as pepper and lilac in the Antilles Islands are somewhat inferior to those of the other two places in the Spice Islands, but the climate in Antilles is suitable for planting sugar and rice.
A specialty from the Eastern world, Emsdan produces snow-white, high-quality sucrose and sweet high-quality rice, which are very famous. Many of them are exported to the Old Continent and become delicacies in imperial courts and high-end restaurants.
In terms of profits, it is basically the same as the spice industry in Cabana and Green Island. No wonder Emsdan is coveted by all parties. The annual income brought by this small land is almost as good as that of the North.
One-third of the fiscal revenue of the Holy Empire Alliance, the top five powers in the world.
The former has only a few tenths of the land area of the latter.
When Frank introduced these, his tone was very proud. The Emsdans were obviously proud of their country because they created it with their hands together. They were in the impression of a hurry to migrate from the Old Continent to this civilized country.
The wild island has been hard-working for several generations to achieve today's achievements.
Compared to whether the national strength and military strength are strong, this kind of pride of the nation and the country is actually something John pays more attention to. Just like the morale during war, because only such cohesion can one focus on doing things, otherwise the disorganized hearts will not be able to do anything at all.
, then it’s better not to have this throne.
John chose to contact Colonel Frank, an officer of the Kingdom Navy. In addition to making friends, he also wanted to take this opportunity to make an appearance between the people of the Kingdom of Emsdan and the upper class through this social channel.
As a child of a family from a lower class aristocrat, Frank was able to climb to this position today, in addition to his own efforts, he naturally had the help of others.
According to the situation revealed in Frank's words, although he is a nobleman, he has also been promoted by hard work and strength.
The Schwanitz family was originally a naval family. From the old continent, they were the supporters of Emsdan and even the Holy Imperial Navy. The family territory was dominated by fishermen. Before the rise of professional naval forces, there would be naval wars in various countries.
They all recruit fishermen or merchant sailors to serve as navy to fight the enemy.
It can be said that this family is like many small and medium-sized families in the Holy Empire, which together form the grassroots of the Holy Empire's Army and Navy. Although the title is not high, there are many relationships between them.
Didn't you see that there were just a group of military aristocrats in the Northern Holy Empire Alliance? The king of Wolf Castle was just the leader they chose, and he was only in charge of his own kingdom.
Therefore, the Schwanitz family has a good relationship with the people of the local fishery class in Emsdan, many of whom are even from the former serfs and subjects of the Schwanitz family.
Frank's rise to power is not without those people behind his back.