Chapter 33
My Empire Chapter 33
2020-11-03
Chapter 33 33 War EconomyI rushed all the way to Dez in the Hanhai Castle from behind, and scattered almost all the supplies I was carrying. On the way, Bai gave it to the common people in the three places.
This also made Alanhill dukedom's rule over areas such as the earthen fort stable. Civilians who had no concept of a country began to accept Alanhill, and the eagle flag of black began to fly everywhere.
After Chris's troops entered Vast Sea, General Mordelair took over for Wilkes, took Vast Sea's soldiers out of the castle, and handed over the defense to the grenadiers of the 1st Alanhill Regiment .
The first order that Archduke Chris of Alanhill gave to General Mordelair was for him to train the soldiers of High Seas and form a new infantry regiment.
Because of the rapid expansion, Chris needs the army too much now. He now has a large territory and nearly two million subjects - to support the army, at least 30,000 people can support the army.
Why couldn't a territory support more troops before? In fact, this has to come from other aspects.
The previous territorial taxation was very heavy. Basically, the farmers were the main body to pay the tax. Naturally, they could not support so many troops.
On the other hand, because the army's attack methods are limited, no one can break through the fortified castle in a short period of time, so feeding a large number of troops will only drag down its own economy, but it will not be able to expand to obtain benefits. , we simply do not build such a powerful army.
In addition to the protection of the Holy Demon Emperor, the cavalry of the Prairie Empire did not dare to invade the south in large numbers, and the borders were only making small troubles, so the standing force was naturally lower.
The appearance of Alanhill is actually the biggest change in power in the past 100 years. Who would have thought that a Serris, who was surrounded by enemies on all sides, could swept the entire Northeast region in just over a year.
Because of this, Serris City used to have a pitiful standing army of 1,300 soldiers, and the expansion of the army could only support about 2,000 people. But now it is different, because there is economic support and demand, so a piece of territory can support 5,000 people, and it can be done.
The difficulty facing Chris now is how to arm so many soldiers and how to make these soldiers truly become a reserve force in the future so that they can be equipped with more powerful and advanced weapons and equipment.
"This time, it's definitely not something that money can settle." Leaning on the chair, Dez both hands crossed near chest, and complained to Chris a little helplessly: "The Arrant Empire will never let us develop If they are worried, they will definitely send troops to intervene."
Chris was also helpless, and sighed said, "I can't help it either. Are we afraid of Arrant, we won't fight North County and Hanhai?"
It is absolutely impossible not to fight. How many workers in how many factories are looking forward to war? If Chris says not to fight, they might replace Chris and choose a new Archduke to start the war.
"Winter is coming soon, and we can still have a few months to breathe." Wilkes, who was left by Chris's side, has now become Alanhill's general, although he has no troops, But he was given the title of a staff officer. At this time, he opened his mouth to speak, and Bourgeois and Walter on the side looked over.
He coughed awkwardly, then continued to brace oneself and said with a thick cheek: "It is very unwise to fight in the Northeast in winter, even the Arrant Empire would not make such a stupid decision."
The corruption of the Arrant Empire is something Dez feels. The other side's hoarding of supplies on the border must be in short supply. As long as those generals are not stupid, they will definitely not risk war against Arrant in winter.
If the opponent really comes over, Alanhill can actually win easily: even if he doesn't use the elite 1st regiment, just relying on the 2nd regiment to deal with the opponent, he has a more than 70% chance of winning.
"What General Wilkes said... also makes sense." Dez thought for a while and agreed, "Then this is good news, at least we have a period of peaceful development before next spring. Window."
"Ah, that's right!" Having said that, he remembered one thing, and opened his mouth to report to Chris: "According to reliable information, General Zorn is planning to go south to Dothan. The imperial crusade... It seems to be beneficial to us as well."
"This is good news!" Hearing this news, Bourgeois, who was still worried, relaxed a lot: "If The Arrant Empire and the Dothan Empire went to war, and it was impossible to attack us immediately."
In this way, when the spring came, the Arrant Empire still didn't have the energy to trouble Alanhill. If not, the war will be delayed until the fall.
"Huh!" Chris, who put out a long breath, thinks that starting a war next fall is a situation he can accept: at least by that time, he can prepare three serious main groups. Bar?
He thought for a while, looked towards Dez again, and asked, "Can you think of a way...to delay the war...?"
"Not very good. Do, with the cannons we provide, fighting Dotson is likely to turn into a do it quickly war..." Dez shook the head and said, "This is all one cause and one effect, and there is no way to avoid it."
In his opinion, if General Zorn doesn't get the blueprint of the artillery, the crusade to the Dothan Empire will not start. When the time comes Arrant, he might go north to punish the disobedient Alanhill first. Small country.
Now that General Zorn has the blueprint and cannons, he will first go south to attack the Dothan Empire, and give Alanhill a chance to delay.
"I hope the Dothan Empire will work harder... hold off Arrant for a few months. When the time comes winter in the north, you can hold off for a few more months." Chris is a little greedy said.
Once that hope is realized, Chris will have a full year to prepare for war. According to the current development speed, after a year, at least the problem of bullet supply can be initially solved.
"Yeah, if the Arrant Empire goes north and suffers a loss for us, then it may disturb the Holy Demon Emperor country... Our army, facing magician and Dragon Knight... is still a little reluctant. ." Dez replied, scratching his head.
Magician? Dragon Knight? Listening to these heart-pounding words, Wilkes and Bourgeois on the side glanced at each other - what kind of country did they join? How dare you have a meeting to plot against Magic Empire?
After talking about dealing with Arrant, it's time to count the benefits of the war. It's just the exciting time that makes Dez extremely happy: there are two large iron ore mines in Tubao. These iron ore mines have mature mining conditions, and the personnel are also complete. The output can basically meet Chris's consumption.
In Dez's view, just these two large iron mines that Alanhill desperately needs are almost worth the cost of the war at this time: even if they invest another 100,000 gold coins, Dez will not feel lost .
Similarly, Tubao and North County are big coal producers. In the past, most of the coal mines that Alanhill wanted to buy came from these two places - now, the money for purchasing steel and coal mines , basically can be saved.
With these high-quality coals, metallurgical technology can be improved, and thermal energy can be plentiful. With the steam engine, the factory has continuous power, and with the thermal power plant, Chris's idea of electrical energy can be implemented immediately.
In addition to these two, there is also a small kerosene mine in the Hanhai area, which is the oil mine in Chris's cognition. However, this oil mine has very little output and a lot of impurities, so it needs to be purified before it can be used. But even so, it's far better than Alanhill's previous reliance on oil purchases.
The biggest gain for Chris in the Hanhai area is actually the reinforcement of saltpeter and sulfur ore. These minerals are vital to the production of gunpowder and are essential raw materials for many chemicals.
In addition, Chris also seized a large amount of kerosene for the defense of the three castles, as well as some gold coins in reserve-in the past six months, the profits they obtained from extorting Alanhill basically returned to Chris's pocket.
"No wonder powerful countries and capable kings like wars so much... We spent almost 500,000 gold coins before, and we got back more than 200,000 in this battle." The accounts in, Dez exclaimed with satisfaction.
If you spend two gold coins, almost one gold coin will be returned to your pocket immediately. Everyone is willing to do this kind of business, so is Dez. He even felt that if conditions allowed, it would be the right choice to directly fight another country to make money.
He once thought that the war would bring a lot of benefits, but he really didn't think that a do it quickly victory could expand the benefits to such a degree. Just by the current speed of gold coin withdrawal, it can be said that this battle has not lost any money. If you count the income from the mines and the population, it is really a good business that has doubled.
"There is no shortage of copper. At least, there is no problem in producing 100,000 copper shell bullets." Chris saw the number of copper mines in the material statistics, and said with relief: "I don't know Dao Will the production of Child ammunition speed up?"
"I don't know about the bullets." Dez shook the head and said, "But I know a little about the artillery, the second equipment in the arsenal. It has already been put into production...the production speed should be twice as fast now."
"That's really good." Chris was nodded with satisfaction. It seems that when he was on a quest, the production at home was It didn't fall off - thanks to the efforts of Deans and Gurlo, who were the lubricant that kept the country's machinery going.
(end of this chapter)