Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 480: Aftermath and Autonomy

On the evening of 11 November 594, Holy Light, Claude walked into theatre command with General Albert and General Beachcline.

General Bolognick and General Skerry, who have been under house arrest for almost half a month here, have been given their freedom, sitting in General Bolognick's office waiting for the arrival of the three Claudes.

It must be said that the will of Sterling XI, brought about by this Royal Envoy, has struck General Bolognick in spirit. Now the will is on the desk, and General Bolognick, who has seen all the content of the will, looks dead and pale. He was well aware that if the Kingdom's envoys were to carry out Sterling XI's intentions in overseas jurisdictions, everything they had fought for in previous years would be meaningless...

But after Claude's three men entered the office and closed the door, General Bolognick opened his mouth in a somewhat chilling discontent with the duck on the shelf: "As you expected, are you satisfied now? So when are you going to proclaim the independence of the Overseas Territories, my Lord Claude? ”

General Skerry and General Beechlin, General Albert, did not speak, just looked at Claude. This operation against the Royal Special Envoy was planned entirely by Claude, and General Albert took refuge, indeed because he was far from catching up. General Skerry, though an informed man, kept a secret from Claude's plan and General Bolognick stood together to greet the Kingdom's envoy, and was similarly held under house arrest for more than a decade in theatre headquarters.

Claude was the only one who deliberately avoided the welcoming ceremony of the Special Envoy of the Kingdom on the pretext that the Blackstone Firearms Manufacturing Workshop under the direct jurisdiction of Port Vibato was not present in front of the Special Envoy of the Kingdom. Otherwise, he would have been placed under house arrest in theatre headquarters, just like General Bolognick and General Skerry, which would have had a significant impact on his plans.

Although being placed under house arrest did not mean that Claude had lost his resistance, at that time, no matter what he and his men did to resist, he would be seen as a struggle for power in the upper echelons of the direct administration, and there would be no way to lead an army as desirable as today to capture the kingdom envoys who held the gold and silver reserves of the Overseas Minsheng Bank.

And General Bolognick's words are indicative of this dissatisfaction. Why don't you just arrest the envoy of the Kingdom? Dragged the four of us into the water, and now you're going to declare the entire Overseas Territories independent and king?

Claude shrugged his hands apart helplessly: "To be honest, I did nothing, and it would take at least six or seven days for the Kingdom's envoys to be hooked up and stir up resentment and indignation among the population of the entire zone of direct jurisdiction, which would be the best time to confront the Kingdom's envoys. To make all the people aware of the unkindness, greed and despicability of the Special Envoy of the Kingdom, so that all the people can see the attitude of our new King towards the direct administration and the true face of the unconscionable.

It's just that I didn't expect these kingdom envoys' dog noses to be so smart that it took over the war zone power for two days to come up with the idea of an overseas Minsheng bank. It can only be said that the gold and silver reserves in the bank were obsessed with their eyes, leading them directly to the opposite side of the entire population of the direct administration. Although this is not my arrangement, the people of the direct administration are now in a state of mass emotion, and I fear that there will be an uncontrollable change before I come forward to arrest all the Kingdom envoys.

Besides, you've got to be kidding me. I don't want to rebel against the kingdom. Why declare the independence of overseas territories? The center of the world is in Farea, not in Nubian, even if the overseas territories are large, and the kings here are like the independent founding of the Nikancas, being treated as closed doors and playing house wine? ”

Well, General Bolognick frowned: "You don't want to declare the independence of the Overseas Territories, and you don't want to be king, did you not want to rebel against the kingdom? ”

Claude gave him a positive answer: "Of course, I am from the kingdom of Ovilas, which is still the territory of the kingdom of Ovilas on the continent of Nubia. ”

“Then why did you arrest all the envoys of the kingdom and you could totally talk to them..." General Bolognick rejoiced.

Claude was speechless and could only shake his head in silence, which was probably the experience of insight and life. Although General Bolognick is almost twenty years older than Claude, it has to be said that his thoughts in some respects are simple and very childish. In all seriousness, General Bolognick is the kind of kingdom loyal, and no matter how the monarch treats him, he suffers without complaining until he dies in good faith.

Moreover, General Bolognick, born of civilians, has spent his entire life in the brigade and has never thought of the dark side of the elite class of society and the rivalry between them, all sorts of conspiracies and death fights for his benefit. He had not experienced or seen it. He believed in the goodness of humanity. Sterling XI was only a moment of confusion. The royal envoys were king's orders. As long as there was good communication and negotiation, everything in the Overseas Territories would be put back on track. As for his own power and position, he didn't pay much attention...

Unlike Claude, he is not an indigenous of the Farsian world, he is a transcendent, and his predecessors, as the first-born grandchildren, have long engraved the words of His Majesty King Sang-nin in their blood. Instead of reverencing the noble lineage and family heirlooms like the noble brothers of the West, he saw much shame and darkness in the novel films he had seen in his previous life. Even if this world had become an honorary Viscount of the kingdom, he still did not take this aristocracy seriously.

“I intend to send both the Marine Battalion and the Kingdom's envoys to the Rocky Hills, where there is a dearth of miners.” Claude said, "In addition, I have ordered the port of Cobichous to be armed to capture naval officers and soldiers from the seven battleships that this time sent the Kingdom envoys to the Rocky Hills for several years to dig gold...”

“You, you...” General Bolonik jumped in shock: “Didn't you say you didn't rebel against the kingdom? Why are you still doing this? This is treason! ”

“No, you're wrong.” Claude laughed: "It was just a protest against Sterling XI expressed by our Overseas Territories, not an act of rebellion. Of course, if His Majesty the King considers it an act of treason, then I cannot help it. And what can His Majesty do with us? Which regiment is he sending to fight us? Does he have a boat? Does he have a battleship escort? Can you get an army here at once?

By the way, I shouldn't be discussing this, but I should ask our wise king, is there any money left in the treasury? Can you support this crusade across the Silent Ocean? I hope that His Majesty the King will not forget the fact that the 10 Standing Legions of the Kingdom of Hicks have just been wiped out by the war zones under our direct administration and that more than half a million Hicks prisoners are labourers in our war zones. He has to think carefully about how many Legions he has to prepare to crusade against us...

Bonnie, you're our friend, and we all know you want to be a loyal general in the kingdom, and so do we, and we don't want to betray our kingdom. But as Acting Chief Commander of the Direct Territory War Zone, you score who is worthy of loyalty. You have seen the will of His Majesty brought here by the Kingdom's envoys, and it should be clear to you that the future of the Overseas Territories as a whole is a dark place if it is carried out as intended.

Our rebellion is not treason, but the defence of our kingdom over the territory of the Nubian continent, the new territory that the late King Sterling X pioneered for the future of the kingdom. Our mission is to preserve it, to protect its prosperity and development. This is the mission of the elders of our Order of Rangers and the mission left to us by Marshal Michel before his departure. So we cannot let the unconscious Sterling XI spoil and destroy.

Think of the five million kingdoms immigrants living across the Overseas Territories, whose tranquillity and happiness are more important than satisfying the selfish desires of a greedy monarch? Our Overseas Territories, to be renamed Overseas Autonomous Territories, remain the Overseas Territories of the Kingdom of Ovilas, except that we no longer accept the will of the unconscious monarchs. When His Majesty the next wise King comes to power, our Overseas Autonomous Territories will regain control of the kingdom... "

Claude made it clear that anti-Sterling XI was not anti-Kingdom, and that the overseas administration was currently leading the way in self-government until the next new king came to power. If the next king was wise and wise, Claude would naturally forgive their resistance and reintroduce the Overseas Autonomous Territories into the Kingdom's jurisdiction. The Overseas Autonomous Territories could continue to hang like this if the next king on the throne were still like Sterling XI today.

Anyway, there is no way to take the overseas autonomous territories on the mainland of the Kingdom. If there is no boat, no boat, no money and no money, the whole kingdom is just three Ace Field Legions. What do you use against the two major regiments of overseas autonomous territories? As far as Sterling XI's integrity is concerned, would he have the audacity to lay on his salary and try to clean up the old River Mountains in order to retaliate against the Overseas Autonomous Territories? Impossible. With that idle kung fu, he might as well throw a few more banquets or something. Drunk or dead. At least in his dreams, he won't be a joke among other people...

General Bolognick stood there with a changed face, and he knew in his heart that Claude was telling the truth, and with the strength of the current war zone, don't say crusade on the mainland side of the kingdom, he can't even resist. That was Claude and his separation, and Claude would resist injustice with his strength, and he would only bear it the other way around. He wanted to serve his kingdom, because Sterling XI simply did not care about the loyalty of a small kingdom general far from the Nubian continent.

“Alas...” General Bolognick sighed deeply, turning around and walking out the door: “Here you go, Claude, I'm going home. ”

Claude immediately saluted him: "Okay, you go home and get some rest. You two have suffered in this time. Local people from all the territories are now on their way to Langhu City to hold an autonomous election convention in half a month, and you will be needed to preside over it..."

General Bolognick's footsteps stopped at the door, wanting to turn around without turning around and hesitating to nod silently, which pushed him out of the door, escorted by the re-recruited guards, and boarded the carriage and left the theatre command.

“Claude, as Bonnie said, why not make the founding of the independent nation King, I assure you that all three of us will serve you and then wait for you to grant us a Grand Duke...” General Albert asked with a smile, and General Scully and General Bitchcline looked curiously at Claude and waited for his answer.

Claude leaves his mouth open, finds a chair and sits down, reaches out to get the cup ready for a sip of water. General Albert was quick to see: "Don't worry, I'll get you a bottle of good wine. I know where Bonnie hides good wine in this office. ”

When General Albert poured everyone a glass of fruit wine, Claude tasted the wine and thought, "My father once said to me," To wear a crown, you must bear the weight. I lived in White Deer City when I was a kid, and I was still in White Deer Town, and I didn't upgrade to it. There is a temple of the Mother Earth in town, with a pair of very beautiful and gorgeous crowns, made of real gold and silver, embedded with many precious stones, very precious.

The purpose of this crown, as you should also know, is that every September at the Harvest Festival, the town selects the most handsome boys and the most beautiful girls, who will be harvesting princes and harvesting princesses, wearing these pairs of crowns and gorgeous clothes, and then holding marches and rallies in the town to celebrate the harvest for three days. When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and wear the crown of a harvesting prince, standing on a gorgeous carriage marching like a majestic king.

My father knew about my wish. He took me to Mother Earth sometime and brought me the crown. Asked me if I liked it. Wanna wear it? Of course I would. But my father said I could wear this crown, but it would take me an hour to get it off. I didn't want to be too short for an hour to wear this crown on my head for three days and three nights like the princes and princesses of Harvest Festival.

And then I regretted it, because I had no idea that the gorgeous, very heavy crown would look, and it would be so uncomfortable on my head. I couldn't stand it more than a decade ago, crying out for my father to help me take it off. You know there's a clasp on the crown, you put it on your head, you put it around your head, you need someone to open it for me to take down the crown. But my father refused my request and sat next to me drinking tea, watching me cry and wanting to take the crown...

I don't know how I survived that hour, I just know that that hour was very painful and painful for my head. When my father took the crown for me an hour later, I was like a fish dumped in the mud, breathing air in my mouth. Then my father told me that and explained it to me. There is nothing in the world that I get for nothing, and when I want to get something, I have to think about my readiness to assume the responsibilities and obligations that this thing entails without...

The crown is a beautiful and precious symbol of power, but it also means that as a king, you must take responsibility for your people and your kingdom. It's easy to be a dazed king like Sterling XI, but what's the point of such a throne in our lives? At the end of the day, it was nothing more than the traitorous departure of the relatives, leaving a disgraceful amount in the history books and becoming a comatose monarch who had been rejected by his own people.

Today, our battlefield, with nine direct jurisdictions, is bigger than the kingdom itself today. If allocated according to the size of the counties in the kingdom, each jurisdiction can divide at least three to four counties, nine jurisdictions can divide more than thirty counties, and our kingdom, now ruined by His Majesty the King, has only twenty-seven counties, lost twenty-one counties in the newly occupied territories and abandoned four frontier counties.

The size of the kingdom is larger than the size of the kingdom itself, but the entire population of our overseas territories is only about five million immigrants. Twenty-seven local counties in the Kingdom itself have over 20 million inhabitants of the Kingdom. Even now the kingdom itself is ruined by the civil war, but if it is settled and the king's governance is sound, the people will be restored in less than five years to complete the renaissance. That is the bass of the kingdom itself, not comparable to the sparsely inhabited overseas territorial war zone of our land.

In such a case, it would be foolish for an overseas sovereign to be king of independent statehood. Not to mention that nearly two or three million immigrants have just migrated from the kingdom itself in recent years. There is also deep feelings for the kingdom. It takes only 20 years to regain power to make the kingdom a regional power. Then our independent kingdom becomes its enemies for life and death. Why is that so painful? At least I don't think I can be a qualified king now...

Also, if you think about it, the entire Nubian continent is a colony of the countries of the Farea continent. If we build independent States in the war zones under our direct jurisdiction, that means that we will become the aliens of the Nubian continent. It will be targeted by all the countries that have colonies on the Nubian continent, and it means that those countries are well placed to declare war on us and attack our kingdom and turn our territory into their colony.

As an Overseas Territory of the Kingdom of Ovieras, even if we establish an Autonomous Territory, any country that wants to attack us will have to consider the reaction of the Kingdom. And since our independence, other countries have lost that concern. We can defeat the 10 Standing Legions of the Kingdom of Hicks, but can we afford the combined offensive of all the colonial Powers on the continent of Nubian? ”

None of the three generals expected Claude to make such a profound statement, and General Scully thought about it, somewhat ashamed to say, “You're still sober and thinking about it for so long. In fact, when I was held here under house arrest by the envoys of the kingdoms, I was angry and I wanted to cut off all relations with the kingdoms once I was free. We were born and died to win this colonial war for the kingdom, but we were treated like this by the unconscious king. There is something wrong with us! ”

General Albert and General Beechlin nodded their hearts with relatives.

Claude laughed: “When I was a kid, I saw a sentence in a book that said," Come and go without being rude. "It means friends come to visit, and we have to come back to visit to be polite. Now that the Royal Special Envoy and the Marine Battalion, as well as the Navy officers who escorted them, have been ordered by me to dig the mines, Sterling XI must still be waiting for their news and expecting them to scrape their belongings from our immediate battlefield for his expense.

So we have to tell him not to wait, the envoy of the kingdom won't go back. I have ordered Thundering 1st Division Battalion to return. After the Autonomous Electoral Convention, Alan, you worked hard to lead the Legion of Thunder into the mainland of the kingdom under the escort of the cruise fleet of the ocean. Didn't you say that the mainland of the kingdom has a lot of displaced people? Go help us gather it up and transport it back to our overseas autonomous territories, which is a big problem for the kingdom... "