The civil war in the Roland continent broke out in the spring of the Empire's nine hundred and sixty-fourth year. The Northwest Legion of the local separatist warlords that had been a headache for the Empire for many years collapsed.
In order to win this victory, the empire spent a total of 14 million gold coins in military expenses for this war. What troubled the empire's military was that after this battle, the Northwest Army disappeared, and then, something happened again
One debate was whether to rebuild the Northwest Army in the northwest region of the empire to guard the northwest border of the empire.
Over this issue, a large-scale dispute broke out in the imperial court. Some people believe that there are prairie people outside the northwest of the empire who are watching covetously. Although there are some civil strife on the prairie, the prairie people are barbaric and warlike, and their nature is like greedy wolves.
, the northwest region must maintain a large-scale military presence to make people feel at ease.
People on the other side believe that there is now a Tulip Duke in the northwest region, and the Desa Province, the territory of the Tulip Duke, is the border area. The Tulip family already has tens of thousands of private troops, which are enough to take on the important task of guarding the empire's borders.
The two sides argued endlessly over this issue. After all, rebuilding the Northwest Army was such a major matter, involving all kinds of interests. To rebuild a new Northwest Army, it is natural to promote a large number of senior generals and officers, who hold great power.
As for the important position, there are many wealthy nobles in the empire, many of whom have military backgrounds. Naturally, they are moving up and down, trying every means to hope that this resolution can be passed. They also hope that after the Northwest Legion is rebuilt, their own clansmen can join in.
Go in and get a high position.
The opposing party is a group of imperial officials headed by the Finance Minister. They insist that there is no need to set up a main army in the northwest region. As for the prairie people, it is enough to have the Tulip Duke guarding the country's gates. And the Finance Minister listed a series of
The figures show that if the Northwest Army is to be rebuilt, the empire's finances will bear a huge burden. And this year, a new Landlord War Army has been established, and an almost luxurious Kaspersky Defense Line has been established in the north... If we continue to do this
If this continues, even with Duke Tulip's generous donation, the empire's finances may be in serious crisis in the next few years.
"The Storm Legion needs to be reorganized and reorganized. The new 'Thunder Whip' Legion has just been built, and the Kaspersky Defense Line is still finishing work... There is no money in the treasury now! Want to rebuild the Northwest Legion? It's simply crazy!!"
The finance minister was in the court, his face red and thick-necked, and he shouted angrily at the dignitaries who advocated reconstruction.
What is puzzling is that during this debate, as the ruler of the empire, the regent has not said a word and has not shown any inclination. His silent performance makes people feel even more profound. Not
People on both sides of the argument tried their best to understand the true thoughts of the regent through various channels. Unfortunately, no matter whether they bribed the palace servants or the officers in the Royal Forest Army, the news they got was: Let the court do whatever it takes.
There was a huge quarrel, but after the regent returned to the palace, he never mentioned this issue. The only clue is that the regent was in a very good mood in private in the past few days, and there was even news from the palace.
He came out and said that someone heard the Prince Regent hiding in his room laughing wildly.
Prince Chen is indeed in a good mood. Seeing the ministers quarreling these days, he actually doesn't care at all.
It was true that he was hiding in the room and laughing wildly.
To be exact, Prince Chen is in a very, very good mood right now. This good mood comes from a top-secret battle report!!
"A thousand hot air balloons and high-altitude bombings, it only took less than an hour to disintegrate 70,000 cavalry! The ground attack only lost a few thousand people, and all 70,000 cavalry in the Lu Highlands were wiped out..."
How could Prince Chen not be overjoyed after seeing this battle report?
Overjoyed, he became more determined to launch a special air force!
It turns out that the combat forces in the air are so powerful? It turns out that the Northwest Army's powerful cavalry made the entire continent look at them. Under aerial bombing, they were like three-year-old children, letting the other side ravage them! This advanced way of war can be said to be
It has subverted the previous rules!!
The results of such paintings made Prince Chen feel even more foresighted about the plan he had agreed with Du Wei to build the empire's air force on a large scale!
With such a powerful war weapon, two years later... what are you afraid of?! Huh!!
As for the two sides quarreling in the court, Prince Chen sat on the sidelines and watched. With his intelligence, he certainly knew what those people who high-profile advocated the reconstruction of the Northwest Army had in mind... Humph, they are a bunch of idiots fighting for power!
Prince Chen already has a clue about the future plans of the Northwest, but he is still observing with a cold eye.
Compared with the quarrels over the past few days, Prince Chen is more concerned about two other things.
The first one is the progress of the production of hot air balloons for aerial bombing, which Du Wei cooperates with the military. Half a year ago, the empire set aside a military restricted area thirty miles south of the imperial capital, and a production base has been put into production.
That is what Du Wei advocated before...well, by the way, that name is called "Boeing United Airlines".
Yes, it's this weird name. This is a production base jointly invested by Du Wei and the military, specializing in the production of large-scale hot air balloons. And Du Wei generously handed over some hot air balloon production technology. This secret
In the production base, only some core figures in the empire know about this plan. According to the reported progress, 1,400 hot air balloons have been produced in six months. Du Wei also wrote to tell himself that the gunpowder has also been produced.
Once completed, the first batch of goods will be delivered within a month.
Moreover, Du Wei also wrote a special plan, which is a set of special training methods specifically used to train soldiers for air combat.
Prince Chen could see the value of this thing at a glance!
The second thing that Prince Chen is concerned about is the upstart in the military that he is secretly supporting, that Alpai...
Just fifteen days after the end of the Northwest War, the quarrel in the imperial capital finally came to an end.
What is worth pondering is that during this quarrel, Prince Chen was not the only one who did not express his position, but the current Acting Minister of Military Affairs, Old Prime Minister Rob Schell, also remained silent.
It stands to reason that the military strongly advocates the reconstruction of the Northwest Army. However, as the Minister of Military Affairs, the old prime minister's silence undoubtedly prevents the military's strong intention from receiving strong support. There are even many people within the military who are not convinced.
The Acting Minister of Military Affairs expressed his dissatisfaction. He believed that as Minister of Military Affairs, even if he was acting as an agent, he was really unqualified! As Minister of Military Affairs, he did not seek benefits for the military.
What no one knows is that the old prime minister has secretly reached an agreement with his assistant, Mr. Camisillo, whom Prince Chen sent to him to do the gold plating these days.
On this day, a piece of good news came out: the old prime minister Robschel was getting married to the upstart Camisillo of the empire. The old prime minister was going to marry one of his grandnieces to the thirty-year-old Camisillo.
.This marriage also received the blessing of the Regent.
As you can imagine, this is a marriage with obvious political overtones. Camisillo has been regarded by many people as a future military upstart, and at this time, with the aristocratic wealthy family with a long history, the old Prime Minister Rob Che
The marriage between the two families has undoubtedly given the young Camisillo a huge political backing, and his future will be brilliant in the future!
And just when everyone was eager to give their blessings, whether it was sincere or against their will, Camisillo's mansion was filled with guests. At this moment, another piece of good news came from the palace.
!
The current ruler of the empire, Prince Regent Chen, has announced that he will be getting married again!
Although he has not been crowned emperor, legally, Prince Chen's title is only lower than that of the emperor. According to imperial law, although he already has a head wife, he can still marry two more princesses.
This time, the woman Prince Chen decided to marry was an ancient family with a long history from the south of the empire. This family was once glorious before the rise of the Augustinian dynasty. Although it declined slightly later, its profound heritage made it still
He is one of the richest families in the empire.
And this girl who is about to become the regent's princess is only eighteen years old. It is said that she is famous among the aristocratic circles in the south. When she was sixteen years old, she has fascinated countless young aristocratic talents in the south. She is good at
Art and painting, and also has a special talent for dance. What is even more amazing is that this girl is not only versatile, but also said to be a very kind girl. During the snowstorm in the south last year, she
All of my jewelry was donated, which won the appreciation of many people.
In the aristocratic circles of the empire, this aristocratic girl named Delly and Angel, the younger sister of Mrs. Lister from the Lister family in the north, are known as the two beauties of the younger generation of the wealthy families in the empire.
At the same time, a noteworthy detail...especially a detail that would attract Du Wei's special attention!
This girl named Delly, her brother, was just promoted to the division commander of the Fourth Division of the Imperial City Guards a year and a half ago, and performed outstandingly in the just-concluded Northwest War, winning the
Great service to General Arpai!!
After this news came out, there was another sensation in the imperial capital!
The young monarch of the empire married the most famous beauty in the aristocratic circle in the southern part of the empire. People with a keen political sense immediately thought of something! Especially after knowing the military exploits of General Alpay in the just-concluded Northwest War,
Everyone realizes: I am afraid this will be the rise of a new upstart!!
Although General Arpai had just led the army back in a hurry, more than a dozen groups of guests had already visited his home. Everyone was eager to try to curry favor with this rising star.
For a time, these two names, Camisillo and Alpai, became the hottest focus in the imperial capital.
Everything is just like when Du Wei suddenly rose to become the Tulip Duke.
These things diluted the attention of the court on the reconstruction of the Northwest Army. Then, the regent suddenly made his own decision without asking any ministers for their opinions, and issued several orders in one go.
"The first order, in view of the outstanding military exploits during the war and the great contribution to the Empire, to commend the Imperial Tulip Duke Duwei Rudolf, to award the Imperial Order of the Golden Thorn, the Imperial Outstanding Contribution Medal, and
The title of Court Countess (for life, not hereditary) was conferred on Miss Vivian, the fiancée of Duke Duwe Rudolf..."
If the order up to this point is what it should be, then after all Du Wei’s credit lies there, everyone knows that his rewards are indispensable. These rewards are indeed very generous. But next, this
The last paragraph of the command made everyone lose their glasses!
"...At the same time, in view of Duke Tulip's illustrious military service for the empire during the war, Duke Tulip was appointed as the Chief of Military Affairs of the Northwest Empire, and Duke Tulip was awarded the rank of Imperial General!"
General rank?!!
And what does the new official title "Chief of Military Affairs of the Empire's Northwest Army", which has never been seen before in the empire, mean?
However, what is even more surprising is yet to come...