Chapter 382
Chapter 384 [Ambition on the Sea]
When Adrik raised the question, his tone seemed serious, his gaze staring at Gislent.
The son of the storm of the Landis Kingdom held a grin and smiled. Although facing Adrik's eyes full of oppression, Gislent cleverly turned his head, avoiding the other's eyes, and then he answered the question indifferently. : "Sir Minister of Military Affairs, you have forgotten, I ... is the Navy. You are asking a navy general about the Army. This is not a professional matter."
A little flash of disappointment in Adrik's eyes, he shook his head: "You know very well, this is not a tactical issue."
"Then I have no right to answer this question." Gislent smiled. "Even if I answer, my personal opinion cannot represent the will of the country that I am loyal to."
Adrik was silent for a moment. His eyes seemed a little worried, as if deep in his heart he was worrying deeply about something.
It took a long time before he finally spoke again. This time, the famous Byzantine empire, his tone even showed a sense of frustration.
"... Her Majesty, I want to see you, Gislent."
Gismente glanced at Adrik, and a sudden smile on his face—a smile that looked rather rude to a man with a beard and a rough face. At this moment, Gislent's smile was somewhat meaningful and even more cunning.
"When should I go and see His Majesty the Byzantine Emperor?"
"... Tonight." Adrik answered the question, then he stared deeply at Gislent: "I remember when you first came here that you came as an unofficial, so Can't meet my emperor. "
The son of Stormy smiled stubbornly: "At this moment, then, my dear Lord Adrik."
"What I am worried about is exactly this." Adrik replied in a cold tone, even with a stiff taste.
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"This is a bad time."
At the end of a remote road in Osgilia, the deepest part of a huge house, in a circular study-just a few months ago, it was once considered by the entire emperor to be the most mysterious and most letting. Awesome place-before the man named Cavie Hill died.
At this moment, a girl was sitting on a soft couch behind the desk with a half-lying posture. One arm rested on the armrest next to the soft couch, and an unrolled book was also on hand. A dark linen-brown and black hair came loose naturally, and Qing Xiu's face was full of book curls, and his cheeks were dotted with small freckles, which added a playful taste to the original Qing Xiu's face.
It was a young face, but what flashed in those eyes seemed to be wisdom that did not match this age.
"... bad timing." The girl sighed sighingly.
When she talked, her eyes did not look at the person in front of her, but her eyes were dangled, and her eyes were covered with long eyelashes, which looked a little mysterious.
Standing in front of the freckled girl was a tall woman with a stunning long purple hair that burst into a fascinating beauty. Her exquisite figure was full of hot charm, but she was on her face. The half iron face added a coldness and toughness to her who was supposed to be gorgeous! Under the iron face, in those purple eyes. It seems more and more strange!
Via stood there, standing at the desk. Her face was as cold as ever, her eyes were as indifferent as ever, and her body was as straight as ever.
But at this moment, the purple-eyed woman's heart was not as calm as she was.
Via looked at the **** the soft couch in front of her ... This girl was originally just a follower beside the man, a shadow, a little tail hiding in the dazzling light of Cavill Hill.
But now, the girl was sitting in Cavill's study, lying on Cavill's soft couch, with Cavisir's book on hand—even the taste of her words looked a little like that. The dead man.
This feeling made Wei'a very uncomfortable, and when she saw another person sitting in this familiar place in this familiar place, she felt very awkward, so she seemed to be absent-minded.
"You are not listening to me carefully." The girl lying on the soft couch suddenly dropped a sentence.
"... Um." Via looked at the girl in front of her. "You sit at the teacher's place."
The girl smiled: "And still in the teacher's study room ... Do you feel like I have inherited everything from the teacher? So you are a little dissatisfied with this?"
Via did not speak.
The girl sighed suddenly: "Trust me, it doesn't feel good. Maybe you will be dissatisfied with such things, but I promise, I inherit more than just these-but also the responsibilities left by the teacher."
Via smiled silently.
"You and I are his students." The girl lying on the soft couch suddenly stood up and stared at Via: "So, about jealousy, imbalance ... These negative emotions are clear to you and me. It ’s all very boring. I do n’t care what you think in your heart. You can be dissatisfied or unhappy with me, and I do n’t care about it. My only requirement is that you have to follow me If you do, I only need the results. I don't care about the changes in your psychology and emotions in the middle of the process-these are also the arrangements made by the teacher during his lifetime. "
Via took a deep breath, her purple eyes completely cold: "... Keep talking."
The girl retracted her eyes looking at Via, and continued to lower her eyes, as if strolling through her heart, and then slowly said, "This is a very bad and bad time-the news I just received, Your Majesty asked to meet Ji immediately. Slent. "
Via did not speak.
"A lot of people have overlooked a question that is actually very important-this question was asked a long time ago by the teacher, but was ignored by most people." The girl frowned slightly: "Landis, far Much more dangerous than we think. Even teachers think that compared to Odin, Lantis talent is our real confidant in the future. "
"Future?" Via laughed sneer: "On the premise that Byzantium can continue to exist in the country of immortality, otherwise, there is nothing you say" the future "."
"Correct you, not what I said, but the teacher." The girl said sternly.
Via closed her mouth and made a "continue" look.
"... This problem has been ignored by the royal family forever, whether it is the prime minister, ministers of various ministries, or the power of the empire. They have never faced that overseas island nation. Yes, Landis has only one-third of our land area. The population is only one-tenth of ours. And, at least so far, this maritime kingdom has never revealed any ambitions for mainland land. But the teacher believes that this is not because they do not want to ... but because they belong to Randy. The best time for Sri Lanka has not come. "
The girl suddenly picked up the book next to the armrest and turned it over a few pages-it was not an ordinary book at all, and it was packed with dense line-by-line data.
"It is this Landis. It has always given us the impression that it is rich, favoring overseas. There is no intention to fight for control of this world, lack of initiative, the only foreign policy is balance, balance ... endless balance .But if I say the following data, maybe you will understand what I mean. "
The girl took a deep breath: "Before this civil war broke out, the fiscal revenue of the Byzantine Empire for one year was about 30 million gold coins. Of course, this data excludes those Tema military areas that are not under the control of the central government. If If you add the population and land controlled by the governors of the Tema Military District, this number may double. There are about 65 million gold coins. However, please note that in this data, the 65 million gold coins Fiscal revenue, each year, consumes nearly 20 million gold coins in military expenditures. The other 7878 losses include the normal expenses to maintain the operation of this empire ... In fact, the annual financial savings of the Byzantine Empire are Rarely, sometimes additional taxes need to be levied to meet demand. Do you know how many troops we support under such circumstances? About 200,000 well-equipped Central Standing Army, 800,000 semi-professional local defense forces and Peasant soldiers-It is ridiculous that these 800,000 figures are only on paper. You and I are very clear about the following things that take up short space.
Let's look at Odin again ... The political system of the Odin Empire is different from us. They are more brutal, backward, and rougher. Their population is one third of ours, and our land is about 70% of ours-but Less arable land! According to our estimates, the fiscal revenue of the Odin Empire for the year is only 10 million gold coins, but due to their almost barbaric system, their armament consumption is much lower than ours. Of course, this is not worth our learning. "
The girl said here and turned the book in her hand: "Let's look at Landis again ... this overseas kingdom we remember, their land is one-third of ours, and the population is ten One ... but their annual government revenue. It's about ... "
Having said that, the girl paused deliberately, and then uttered the answer word by word: "80 million gold coins! And-this is still data obtained three years ago, given that the surveillance system of the Landis Empire is getting more and more Strict, it is increasingly difficult for us to get the most accurate information. But according to historical data, it shows a very interesting situation-whenever the Byzantine and Odin war, the Landis Empire ’s financial revenue for the year They will show a stimulating growth! What does this mean ... They are making great fortunes! The two great powers on the mainland are biting each other, bleeding, and when you are fighting for your life, the Landis will quietly Involved in war. This intervention is not open, but in a cunning and despicable way. They will quietly support both sides of the war, and then supply the resources needed by both sides: weapons, ordnance, and even ... food! Even in In some years of war, the Landis could lease their fleet to us to transport the food and ordnance we needed! They earn our gold by renting out the fleet -! And not the death of one person, without spending a penny of their own mean that we use in our military, to help them maintain their boats maintenance expenses with our money to support their warships!!
They maintained nearly three hundred warships, most of which drove far more draughts and loads than us—not to mention the Odin Empire, which had no navy at all.
The annual financial revenue of more than 80 million gold coins, but do you know the annual financial balance of the Landis Kingdom? "
The girl's smile was a bit complicated: "... less than six million coins!"
She sighed longly: "Think carefully, their population and country are much smaller than ours, but in the past two decades, almost every year their huge financial income has been used up, and the balance Less than one tenth! Where is the huge amount of wealth www.wuxiaspot.com used? We have only seen that the army of the Landis Kingdom is less than 60,000, but the establishment of the two corps, but ... What we haven't seen is that the reserve system of the Landis Kingdom is the most complete and advanced among the three countries! They have more than 800,000 reserves all year round! These reserves usually look ordinary. There is no difference among the people, but they spend 80 days a year gathering in various areas for military training, and the time lost for military training and their work are subsidized by the government of the Kingdom of Landis At the same time, every adult man must be forced into the reserve system at the age of eighteen!
They only have two standing corps on the bright side, but in fact ... if they want, a mobilization order can recruit more than hundreds of thousands of well-trained soldiers in a month!
At the same time, they have the most powerful navy, and the total transportation volume of the navy is a number we cannot imagine! As long as they are willing, they can easily use that invincible navy to enter our inland sea. With their transportation capacity, they can transport 200,000 troops outside the port of Osguilia in a month-including weapons. And forage!
I would like to ask, if it is really a country with "no mainland ambitions and no enterprising spirits", why would such huge fiscal revenue be invested in reserve each year? Maintaining such a huge reserve? "