Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 534: Two Bad News

Claude was so disappointed and so frustrated that at this moment he really realized what a pig teammate was...

If the Overseas Autonomous Territories do not wish to stand apart from the Kingdom of Ovieras, then this conflict is in fact the best time to expand their influence in the Royal Court. During the war period, the overseas autonomous leaders had responded to the King's court with great support, but were ridiculed as foolish money. It's just that the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion were so vocal that no one in the kingdom was able to reach them, so the Overseas Autonomous Territories could speak up in the Royal Court.

But after the war ended, the Overseas Autonomous Territories were ostracized in the Royal Court by the old-fashioned aristocratic family forces and natives, which of course also had a lot to do with the Overseas Autonomous Territories ceasing their military support to the Royal Court. After all, the Kingdom has recovered all of its own land, and sporadic taxes and taxes paid everywhere will make the King's court viable. There is no need to use future taxes of overseas autonomous territories as collateral to obtain military assistance, and overdrafts of tax revenues of autonomous territories over the next decade is also a limit.

At the time of the war, the Overseas Autonomous Territories also deliberately increased their military support to the Red Dragon Corps and the Lizard Corps, hoping to hand over the kingdom's noble forces behind the two corps and draw them into auxiliary aid in the Royal Court. But the Overseas Autonomous Territories underestimated the face of the noble forces of these kingdoms. Without receiving military support, they turned their backs. Together with the noble forces of the Guardianship Corps, they excluded the Overseas Autonomous Territories from the royal court, making it impossible for the Overseas Autonomous Territories to find allies and spokespersons in the royal court, and no one spoke for the autonomous leaders...

To some extent, Claude arrived in Wang Du with more than 100,000 troops from the three divisions of the Legion of Thunder, and even pioneered the newly formed Fourth Division, with a long-standing intention to use Thunder to launder the kingdom's aristocratic forces against the Overseas Autonomous Territories. Although the foolish queen, blinded by the flashes of Kim Kroon, was the best excuse for the conflict, Claude really didn't want her life, and at least would let her and the king go in front of Mrs. Maria.

Claude did not want to be a Kingslayer, and if King Frederick I refused to cooperate, Claude would at best confine the king's family to overseas self-government and then ransack the aristocracy of the kingdom. None of the unfriendly and hostile people on the list of overseas self-governing leaders can escape. We will discuss what to do with the cleansed kingdom...

Of course, it would be better if His Majesty the King were willing to cooperate, but all Claude had to do was decentralize the House of Lords to the National Assembly, giving it the power to govern, not just supervise and advise. The biggest problem in the political arena of the Kingdom of Orvilas is that the Lordship Council has real power over the country, and the National Assembly has been set up so that the kingdom's noble forces have no balanced rivals and even the members of the National Assembly have become their subordinates.

Claude hopes to follow the example of the British of his predecessors, where the prime minister or prime minister who governed the kingdom was elected by the National Assembly, rather than being appointed by the present king and then approved by the House of Lords. The British House of Lords in previous life assumed the power to govern the country, and the House of Lords became a rubber stamp, eventually leading to a major decline in the kingdom's nobility, which was unheard of in future generations.

Claude is also well aware that dependence on overseas autonomous territories does not allow him to take control of the Kingdom's regime at this time, and that geographical discrimination is pervasive. Until this time, the Overseas Autonomous Territories will remain a wasteland and exile in the minds of the majority of the people of the Kingdom. Even if they control the kingdom by force, they will be treated as dirt buns and outbursts of households, and they will easily be rebelled on the kingdom by hearts and minds...

So Claude's intention was simple: to cleanse the kings of the noble forces of the overseas autonomous territories, to devolve the ruling power of the King's court to the National Assembly, and to nurture it to administer the kingdom. Then in the National Assembly, members of parliament who choose to be close to the Overseas Autonomous Territories form a political force so that the Overseas Autonomous Territories can maintain their influence in the Kingdom and the King's Court...

It's just a good idea, but it's not possible. While the current Prime Minister of the Kingdom, the Marquis Blancat, is a smart man who can circle with Claude to minimize the negative consequences of this conflict caused by Queen Christie, Claude has enough force in his hands to subvert the entire kingdom, and any negotiations can easily tear down all agreements.

What disappointed Claude was those parliamentarians and representatives of the overseas autonomous territories, who were not ashamed of the suffering they had suffered in the previous period, but rather proud. It seemed to them that His Majesty the King had been very sincere enough to make such a reparation agreement, and they were glad to receive such a gracious treatment and were grateful to Dade for it.

And Marshal Bolognick, more of a royal fool. As Claude predicted beforehand, someone in the palace was really working on this 30 million gold kroner fund. Prime Minister Blancat only talked to Marshal Bolognick for a moment about the difficulties facing His Majesty today, and Marshal Bolognick expressed loyalty to his busy chest slapping. He wouldn't care if the promises he made would have any negative impact on the Overseas Autonomous Territories...

On the contrary, General Skerry, the day after his arrest, was brought to trial, and a man claiming to be the chief of the interior of the palace wanted him to take the lead in obtaining a patrimonial family territory from His Majesty the King. General Skerry did not hesitate to reject the offer and sarcastically said that His Majesty had lost his mind about the money and wanted to open the gap from him, collecting dozens of people's fees for martial arts and land selection, so that he took the sum of 30 million gold kroner in good faith. So he was beaten hard, but General Scully bit his teeth and shut them down without saying anything...

More than 40 injured members of parliament and representatives of military officers, like General Skerry, survived the first trial. The reasons for their suffering are simple: they are young and in good health and can withstand severe torture. Unlike Speaker Bennett and Chairman Henderman, who were too old to be stimulated, the guards of the palace feared that something would happen to them. The threat of Thunder Corps and Rock Corps is no joke in case of death.

Claude's Eagle message was also very timely, reminding His Majesty the King and His Majesty the King's ministers that without his autograph and the autograph of the other two generals, the 30 million gold kroner's money could not be moved and he would not admit it. Of course, the most critical issue is that Claude and the other two generals are leading the Legion of Thunder and the Rock Legion into the King's army...

As a result, torture of members of parliament and representatives of military officers arrested in the context of the overseas autonomous territories was immediately suspended and, on the contrary, they had to be assisted in changing their homes and providing meticulous care and medical care. Though still under house arrest, the arrested parliamentarians and officers' representatives spent half a month in the palace of the royal palace relaxing and quiet. Even His Majesty and the Queen took the time to offer their condolences, and His Majesty, on behalf of Queen Christie, apologized for her recklessness and sincerity.

This is what Claude discovered when the Legion of Thunder arrived in Wangdu, and no member of parliament was interested in his proposal that the King of Laundering should fight against the noble forces of the overseas autonomous kingdoms. Even Speaker Bennett and Chairman Henderman advised Claude not to stick his hands in the water in the king's chamber. The two of them are quite straightforward. Our foundation is the Overseas Autonomous Territories, and what follows is the Northern Bay area of the Kanas Prairie.

As long as it is planned and developed in a unified manner as our hereditary family territory, it is equivalent to the presence of a solid base for the Overseas Autonomous Territories on the Farea continent. The two regions can complement each other commercially and can even set aside the free development of the Kingdom's jurisdiction. So overseas autonomous leaders really don't have to get involved in Wangdu's politics. Neither the wind waves nor the ups and downs here affect the development prospects set in our overseas autonomous territories...

Parliamentarians objected, and officers did not approve of such a radical strategy as Claude, who, arguably, found himself unable to find a like-minded partner when he arrived in the capital. Like Marshal Bolognick, his commitment could be described as a betrayal of the interests of the entire Overseas Autonomous Territory by offering new rifles and bullets to the Royal Army Ministry without consultation, as well as an Ironclad fleet to offset the shortfall in martial fees and land selection fees.

Several military-industrial industries controlled by the kingdom's old-fashioned aristocratic family did imitate the Sonia 91 model new rifle equipped in the Overseas Autonomous Territory, producing a similar new rifle called the Tigerston 600 model new rifle. According to intelligence sources, this new type of rifle is five or six centimeters longer and weighs about half a kilogram more than the Sonia 91 model equipped in the autonomous territory. The reason why this new type of rifle cannot be produced on a large scale is that they are still unable to solve the problem of the underlying fire with the bullets of the new type of rifle…

It is said that the technologists in the military industry of the old-fashioned aristocratic majorities had no idea. It's just that even if they scraped off the bottom powder behind the bullets produced by the Overseas Autonomous Territories for research, they still couldn't tell what kind of formula and ingredient it was. In the absence of the ability to successfully test the substrate powder, a technician invented the substrate powder with ground crystal powder, continuing the style of bullets fired with a flare chip as the substrate.

However, the price of petroleum ore is increasing and has now quadrupled or fivefold. And this crystal ore production has never been very high. If all of it is made as a base flame powder, the mass production is too small to supply, and the price is expensive. That is why the military industry controlled by the old noble family forces reported the price of 45 gold kroner, a new rifle, a silver tower and a bullet to the Royal Army Ministry. To be honest, the cost of this bullet is really not expensive...

Lenovo recalls that a few months ago, the old-fashioned aristocratic family forces had asked the Autonomous Leadership Region for the price of the bullets, which were still available in the same caliber as the Tigerston 600 new rifle they had produced, imitating the Sonia 91 new rifle. Claude doubted that the old noblemen had fought the idea of using their new rifles, equipped with bullets produced by autonomous military districts.

Unexpectedly, Marshal Bolognick responded to the Royal Court's request by supplying 400,000 new rifles and 40 million rounds of ammunition to equip the kingdom with three major Ace Field Regiments that have been restructured and restructured, while also providing the kingdom with an Ironclad fleet of sixteen Ironclad warships!

This is ridiculous! Claude's anger is unstoppable. Although Marshal Bolognick's rationale is to offset the less than KK 16.4 million in martial fees and land selection fees with new rifles and armoured fleets, the Overseas Autonomous Territories can make half of the profits from this arms deal. But the problem is that the Royal Court is also a white wolf with empty gloves, offsetting the cost of the arms deal with so-called martial fees and land selection fees...

At a time when Marshal Bolognick was complacent that both sides of the arms business were profiting from each other's interests, Claude pointed out sharply that Wang Ting had won time and instant power. Red dragons equipped with new weapons, vultures, and field regiments defending the Three Major Aces pose a great threat to the two major regiments in the Autonomous Territory. While they are still not rivals to the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion, they have gained more casualties for the two major regiments of the Autonomous Territories in order to defeat their fighting power...

Besides that, what made Marshal Bolognick promise to provide the Kingdom with a fleet of sixteen Ironclad warships? What is in his mind, does he really understand what the Ironclad fleet means to overseas autonomous territories?

Claude couldn't help being angry and shouting. Tell Marshal Bolognick that the kingdom's native Ironclad fleet means that the Overseas Autonomous Territories' Ocean Transport Fleet can no longer be separated from the Ironclad Fleet's escort, and that the entire coastal area of the kingdom is no longer a safe area for the Overseas Autonomous Territories' Ocean Transport Fleet to and from freely!

Even if the kingdom's major shipyards came together to study the manufacture of Ironclad warships, much progress could not be made to own a true Ironclad warship within three or five years. The development of overseas autonomous Ironclad warships was largely guided by the prophet Claude, avoiding many senseless errors and research directions, saving a lot of time and money, and after three or four years of maritime experimentation, the achievements are now achieved!

No matter how much money the coastal States of the Farea continent devote to the development of Ironclad warships, they will not be able to reach or exceed the level of overseas autonomous Ironclad warships in the short term. It can be said that the Ironclad fleet is an artifact of the Overseas Autonomous Territories.

But Marshal Bolognick was generous enough to give the kingdom an Ironclad fleet as soon as he spoke. Thinking about the bomb thrower, it can be concluded that this Ironclad fleet sent to the Kingdom will soon become a replica of the countries of the continent. It will be studied thoroughly from head to toe, and soon it will raise the level of manufacturing of Ironclad warships in all countries!

General Scully, General Albert and General Beechlin, while angry, remained sensible compared to Claude's thunderous rage. The reason they were angry was that Marshal Bolognick simply did not have the authority to sell the new rifles and armored fleet from the Overseas Autonomous Territory to the King's Court.

Even though Claude now has the greatest authority over the entire autonomous territory, they will be consulted before a decision is taken and unified views and opinions are reached before being put into practice. Instead of signing an arms deal with Wang Ting on his own behalf on behalf of the autonomous military region, as Marshal Bolognick did.

It's just that a paper-black agreement has been signed to pinch your nose and wipe Marshal Bolognick's ass, even if you're not happy anymore. However, Marshal Bolognick was ashamed to announce on the spot that he had been removed from military service in the Autonomous Territory and transferred to civil affairs management, finally recovering a little face for himself. Claude also had to take over the arms deal that he and King Ting had signed to become the actual implementers.

Fortunately, in this arms deal between Marshal Bolognick and King Ting, only new rifles were involved, and there were no new types of artillery, which was self-evident to Marshal Bolognick. Because the production of the new type of artillery was at the Blackstone Firearms Manufacturing Workshop in Claude, and the production line of the new type of rifle was handed over to the Langhu Military Manufacturing Industry under Mr. Viberon's control. So Marshal Bolognick can trade new rifles, but he can't meet the King's demand for new guns.

Claude's private blackstone firearms manufacturing workshop now involves the production of new types of artillery, sniper rifles and bullets, as well as the development of various types of guns and new types of weapons. Production lines such as modern rifles are transferred to the Langhu Military Manufacturing Industry in order not to take up excessive human and material resources. More than 100,000 new rifles have been produced in stock over the years, and an additional year or two of emergency production can be delivered to the Royal Court to complete the order for 400,000 new rifles.

As for the Ironclad fleet, Claude is going to be delaying it for a while, and even building an Ironclad will take a long time. But Claude still needs to talk to General Muriel, the fleet governor, to see what he can do to confuse the past.

While Claude was busy, two messages came from the Kingdom of Hicks and the Overseas Autonomous Territories, all of which were not very good news. First, the Kingdom of Hicks, Machid III, proclaimed the founding of the King in exile of the Kingdom of Nasser in his royal city, and His Royal Highness Wedalio, the seven princes of the Kingdom of Nasser in exile in the Kingdom of Hicks, ascended to Nasser VIII. On the same day, the Grand Duke of Kanas also announced the establishment of the Royal Court of exile of the Principality of Kanas.

The Kingdom of Hicks, declaring that it does not recognize the occupation of the Nasserly region and the Kanas prairie by the Kingdom of Ovilas, will do its utmost to help Nasserly VIII and the Grand Duke of Kanas to restore their country and to finance their formation of the Resistance Army, and calls upon all righteous men who are unwilling to yield to the cruel rule and oppression of the Kingdom of Ovilas to take part in this sacred battle for rebirth...

The message from the Overseas Autonomous Territories is that the colonies of the countries of the West Coast have issued a joint declaration that they will henceforth make every effort to prohibit the import of goods and goods from the overseas autonomous territories into the colonies of the countries of the West Coast, vigorously combat their maritime smuggling, strengthen maritime bans, prohibit the commercial rights of the overseas autonomous territories' comptoirs in their colonies, and expel their comptoirs...