Chapter 261
This ridiculous plan that now seems to betray territorial sovereignty, can be called a national thief, caused a sensation among the upper echelons of the empire at that time. What is even more incredible is that this The "Rhine Project" was approved by more than 70% of the imperial generals at the joint meeting of the military at the time!
After knowing that the Great Emperor Raul is a transmigrator like himself, Connor has carefully studied the history of that period, coupled with the rich historical materials of that period, so this allows Connor to understand the "Rhine Project" It’s so popular with my own guess.
In that era, the new army established by the Great Emperor Raul just swept the Odin tribe on the Odin Icefield, but because the Kaman simply couldn’t adapt to the Odin Icefield. The harsh natural environment made it impossible for the Kaman Empire’s army to be stationed there for a long time, so even if the Odins were defeated, the Kaman Empire’s army would have to withdraw to the mainland and be stationed on the border.
The dizzy Odin people who were beaten by the new army of the Great Emperor Raul felt the crisis for the first time. They quickly abandoned the tribal organization. After a bloody internal integration, they Following the example of the Kaman Empire, the Odin Empire was established. However, unlike the current similar constitutional monarchy in the Kaman Empire, the Odin Empire is more like a centralized monarchy, and the entire country is determined by the emperor alone.
The Kingdom of Persis is a kingdom of religion and politics. It is called a kingdom but has no king. Instead, it sets up a prime minister following the example of the Kingdom of Kaman, in charge of the administrative power of the country, and is directly responsible to the Pope, the supreme leader of the Kingdom of Persis.
When the Odin Empire and the Kingdom of Persis were proposed in the Rhine Project, they both had their own internal problems. The Odin Empire has just progressed from tribes to centralized power, and various internal problems have appeared. The ** Kingdom of Persis is because the old pope is time is limited, and the new pope has been unable to establish itself. Regarding the question of inheriting the pope, the internal factional crushing is also a mess.
Connor believes that it is this external situation that led Lineker, who was then the Minister of Military Affairs of the Kaman Empire, to propose to sell the sovereignty of the disputed border area to reach a peace treaty. Crazy plan! ,
In Lineker's plan, once his "Rhine Project" succeeds, with the resources of Hoy continent, Kaman Empire may reach the height of the ancient Byzantine Empire... ··Unfortunately, Lineker and his "Rhine Project" were directly rejected by his emperor, the Great Emperor Raul.
As for the historical scholarship of the reason why the Great Emperor Raul rejected the "Rhine Project", there are many speculations. The more authoritative one is that although the ship at that time had developed into steam power, it was still primordial. More steam-powered, it takes at least a year to sail between the new continent and the mainland of the Kaman Empire. The stormy ocean between the two is in a period of once in a hundred years of instability. There will be large-scale rainstorms at both ends of the sea in three days. It appears that 150,000 people set off from the mainland. After a year of voyage, how many people are left in the new continent? Even the most optimistic people think that the answer is only half!
And the most important thing is that after arriving at the new continent, after a year of sailing for the remaining people, no one knows what kind of battle strength the army can maintain.
After negating Lineker’s "Rhine Project", Great Emperor Raul came up with his own Hoy strategy. His meaning is very simple. The Imperial ZF does not lead directly, but encourages the organization of civil forces. , Went to Hoy continent to carry out commercial activities, sold the over-produced industrial products of the Kaman Empire to Hoy continent, and transported the raw materials produced by Hoy continent back to the Kaman Empire, forming a virtuous circle.
The Great Emperor Raul organized the Great Chamber of Commerce and the great nobles of the empire at that time, and jointly established a company that managed Hoy, and because the navigator of the Kaman Empire at that time discovered that it was the Hoy continent. To the east, this company was called "East Hoy Company". Since then, East Hoy Company has become the representative of Kaman Empire's interests in the new continent. Since the establishment of the company at first, it is an ambitious tool!
Early-Stage established by East Hoy Company, because the empire’s shipping industry and shipping tools were developing very slowly, shipping from the Kaman Empire to Hoy continent was very risky and the transportation was inconvenient. Although the Hoy Company wanted to directly interfere in the rule of the local Hoy people, it could not do it at all. It could only provide arms and medicines to support the Hoy people to kill each other. On the one hand, they obtained huge economic benefits. On the other hand, it also intensified the hatred among the local Hoyzhin tribes, preventing them from uniting. This laid a solid foundation for East Hoy to realize its ambitions.
Eighty years ago, technological changes changed the destiny of the Hoy people. With the tremendous progress made in the research of imperial steam engine power, all walks of life in the Kaman empire were greatly affected. It is the shipping industry. After the completion of the technological transformation, the speed and stability of all shipping tools have been greatly improved. This directly leads to the significant reduction in shipping time from the Kaman Empire to the Hoy continent. It has changed from one year to one year. For three months, and not only that, the stability and safety of ships have also been greatly improved. It is basically difficult to shake ships with ordinary rainstorms on the vast ocean of storms.
The shortening of shipping time and the improvement of safety from the mainland of the empire to the Hoy continent undoubtedly make more and more people more and more interested in exploring the Hoy continent. At that time, the Kaman Empire The solidification of classes and the increasingly difficult social background for ordinary persons also promoted the colonization of the Kaman Empire into the new continent.
East Hoy Company, which has accumulated countless wealth in the trade between Hoy continent and Kaman Empire, is the biggest beneficiary of this colonial wave. The talents who showed their talents provided generous conditions to let them come to Hoy continent and provide them with the platform of East Hoy Company. However, they showed their talents to their fullest. In less than ten years, East Hoy Company’s The strength has grown tremendously, and the East Hoy Company has changed from a businessman role in Hoy continent to a Hegemon of nowhere!
The East Hoy Company, which has achieved tremendous growth in strength, began to show the Hoy people their long-hidden tusks. They are no longer satisfied to purchase raw materials from the local Hoy people, but start directly. Relying on the huge advantage of their weapons, they began to act in their footsteps to conquer Hoy continent