Chapter 604
2021-01-29
Chapter 604 The Civil War Begins
The 187th year of the Haiyuan calendar, the late autumn season.
Tulip Islands.
The southern city of Gloucester, which had been silent for a long time as an important commercial port with the Kingdom of Ilya, suddenly became lively again.
One hundred and twenty kilometers away in its south-east direction is the city of Hereford, the kingdom of Ilya, and the closest place Ilya is to other allied nations.
Although the overall natural resources of the Tulip Islands are still abundant, their distribution is extremely uneven, and the trade between countries is a rigid demand.
It was not until the tragic “Great Uprising” in the Kingdom of Ilya that the navigation between the two sides was stopped for the first time, and the sight of ships coming and going has disappeared for three months.
However.
At this time, what came here was not the merchant ship loaded with goods after the resumption of trade, but the other five members of the alliance: Phalatis, Taylor, Palos, Thessaly, and Tulip. warship with national flag.
At least one quasi-Legendary came from each family, and at least one Level 5 ship accompanied them.
In the “Benin Naval Battle” that decided Tulip’s national fortune, in addition to Ilya, who had already retired from the group, there were only thirty-three battleships in the alliance.
At this time, forty-five ships had arrived, forming a terrifying combined fleet!
The cloud-like banners fluttered in the sea breeze.
Although it is mainly a compromise model of Level 4 ships, it is enough to see that the senior leaders of the countries are afraid of the new ruler of Ilya.
Although the exiles of the royal family who escaped from the palace ahead of time have been missing, many nobles who saw that something was wrong and fled Ilia ahead of time by throwing away their manor and land, brought everything there to Tulip. the allies.
The continuous information made them feel how miserable the nobles in the kingdom of Ilya who are inextricably related to them are. It would be too terrifying to export such a regime that killed kings and nobles to the entire alliance.
In the combined fleet, the commander of the regular fleet is Rear Admiral Dermund Brand, the captain of the Phalatis “Brilliant”. The ones in charge of the formation are the titled Knight “Lightning Halberd” Augustus from the Kingdom of Taro, and a certain high-ranking wizard who is not yet known.
It can be seen from the personnel allocation that they not only want to completely remove the bourgeoisie, but they have even done a good job of distributing the benefits of Ilya’s big cake after the chaos is sorted out.
And Ilya’s side, long before the coup, had already recalled a large number of warships all over the world to defend their “uprising” achievements.
After giving up most of their overseas interests and taking back their main fleet, they were now strong and confident.
Although there are some remaining Royal Party warships, after “defection”, they became the leading party of the Alliance.
However, a large number of pirates in the Black Sea changed into military uniforms and became the regular army of the new “Ilia Republic”, and the pirate king “Octopus Ghost” Huggins himself became the new Admiral. .
In the autumn sailing season, when other countries are impossible to give up their overseas interests and go all out to strangle Ilya, just looking at the momentum of the fleet, the Republic Army is still above the Alliance Army.
In addition.
Three months is enough to reveal everything.
The Constituent Assembly, dominated by the bourgeoisie, became the highest state organ, and a new “Iliad Republic” was established.
It is worthy of the “liberal capitalism” that pursues interests wildly. In order to give back to its own class, the republic government controlled by them is immediately after eliminating the traditional aristocratic forces.
A series of bloody legislations were issued to suppress and exploit the Level 3 civilians who once fought alongside them in order to ensure social stability and the vested interests of the rich.
The new deal that was just released was pretty normal.
The “Religion Act” equals missionary rights, and based on the concept of “freedom of belief”, it denies the exclusive missionary rights of the “Black Iron Cross Church” on the land of the Republic.
I didn’t force the common people to convert. After all, I know that belief in this thing cannot be forced. If it is rejected from the bottom of my heart, no matter how much legislation is used, it will be useless.
But the official support of the “Black Wing Order” is growing rapidly, and the new name “God of Capital and Wealth” is enough to attract attention. Moreover, ordinary people do not know what “capital” is, but they know that “wealth” is a good thing.
However, the second decree reveals the true face.
With the victory of the “uprising”, although the drought has ended, the nightmare of farmers has just begun.
Because they directly passed the “Enclosure Act” in the form of legislation, led by the Constituent Assembly to occupy domestic land on a large scale, and then “lease” it to large farmers and ranches at low prices host.
Whether it belongs to the traditional aristocracy or the land of ordinary farmers, all the land is spared.
Then.
Men, women, old people, orphans, parents and babies began to wander around. When they used up their limited money in the wanderings, in addition to being hanged for stealing or going from house to house to beg for food, What other way?
If they go begging for food, they will be sent to prison immediately. The factories, ranches, farms, and mines of the bourgeoisie are their final destination.
The third decree, “The Legislation on Craftsmen, Workers, Agricultural Servants and Apprentices of All Trades”
The decree stipulates that any homeless person who is able to work shall be arrested and flogged or tied after a carriage Those who disobeyed the law for the second time were whipped and had to have half of their ears cut off; those who violated the law the third time were executed.
The decree stipulates that if a homeless person cannot find a job within a month, once someone informs them, they will be sentenced to be the informant’s slave. The owner has the right to use chains and whips to force them to work. Such slaves who escape for more than 14 days will be sentenced to life-long slaves, and the S mark will be branded on their foreheads or backs.
The decree stipulates that all craftsmen and workers who are paid by the day or by the week, and are employed by others, from February to October every year, shall be at five o’clock or before five in the morning. Start work until eight o’clock in the evening, with the exception of breakfast, lunch and water, but these hours should not exceed two and a half hours per day.
Evidently, even nominally a worker and not a slave, it is not much different from a slave.
And the first evil result of the lack of macro-control, appeared so rapidly!
After they drove farmers directly from the land and turned them into pastures for raising sheep, the current productivity development level of the whole society simply did not prepare enough corresponding jobs.
Even if the salary is extremely meager under the fierce competition, it is still impossible to arrange so many people.
For the bourgeoisie, this is a happy annoyance, but for the peasants who cannot find work within the stipulated time, it is a nightmare that will never wake up.
A total of 17,000 people were killed in three months, most of them were traditional aristocrats and their families who hindered the rule of the new class, but there was no shortage of “loafers” .
The commoner class who just felt that they had turned over had not had time to sing before being stepped into the mud again.
And the business aristocrats don’t have the sense of honor that the traditional aristocrats and Knights have cultivated in symbiosis with the people for hundreds of thousands of years, so they almost wrote the word “cannibalism” directly on their foreheads.
I was at least a person before, but now I’m just a person.
In addition to creating value for the bourgeoisie, all attributes that belong to human beings have been stripped away.
It also gave the alliance a chance after waiting for three months.
At this time.
Alwin and Anita stood side by side on the bow of the Cape Storm, watching through the eyes of seabirds on the movements of the diplomats who had just arrived on the island.
After all, there is a True God behind the group of bourgeois. If you can’t fight, don’t fight. War is always just a means, not an end.
Although the [Legendary battleship ·Crown of Miracles] was not released in advance, he had already brought his entire team, and the power of one person was enough to fight a high-intensity war.
Except for the combination of the two fourth rank monsters and the Pirate King whose identities have gradually become clear, others are not in his eyes.
And before, they also made a special trip to the “Eye of the Storm” in the Black Sea to visit the “Church of Raging Waves”. Although they made it clear that they did not have the ability to control Hudgens, the “incapable”, they didn’t know what to do from Fisher. There is also a lot of information about the pirate king.
One of the most important points is the [Legendary battleship Sea Soul (Chapter 495)] of the “Church of Raging Waves” that he is in charge of! It should also be one of the biggest reliances for them to believe that they can hold onto the results of the uprising.
And when the holy angel Belenus left with a relaxed face, he also gave Isabella a promise. As a support for the Kingdom of Phaletis, as long as the Kingdom can build an extraordinary battleship, He is willing to expend enormous power to give blessings and turn it into a real Legendary battleship.
The treasure tree originally used to build the [Sea King Power] with a designed displacement of 5,826 tons has a surplus after the actually built [Crown of Miracles] with a standard displacement of 2,800 tons.
Subtracting the steel components, the “Treasure Tree” is actually a small half left. Alwin rubbed his chin, and was also considering whether to trade to the kingdom, and what benefits would he gain if he traded for himself.
Suddenly, Anita reached out and grabbed Alwin:
“The negotiation failed, prepare for battle!”
The class confrontation on Tulip’s side was in full swing, and she Cyrus, who was separated by a sea, was also not at all calm.
It has been a year and a half since Philip II was crowned emperor and Cyrus was promoted to the empire.
I don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse.
As a model of totalitarianism, the Empire of Cyrus had few poor handicrafts, let alone the mature bourgeoisie.
It can be said that Cyrus is the farthest place from the [capital] beast, and it is also one of the countries most qualified to eat melons in the entire source continent.
But they also have their own troubles to deal with.
After the Reformation, there was a serious confrontation between the old and the new religions, and the same people were killed.
Philip II set up a “flame court” within the empire and promulgated a “bloody imperial decree”, which was specially used to judge and burn heretics, who were basically stubborn old believers. Prepare to cleanse your empire thoroughly and cut off the minions of the “Fire of Eternal” sect.
The traditional “Fire of Eternal” sect certainly can’t sit still and set up an inquisition within the radiation range of its own beliefs. In addition to punishing transcenders, it specifically hunts and kills Protestants in the “Fire of Eternal” sect.
Compared to foreign enemies, killing each other is the first priority!
Yuancontin’s current top two forces are in turmoil, and they can’t take care of others for the time being.
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(end of this chapter)