Macho Wars

As soon as Karen's words were uttered, the big masters present suddenly showed very subtle expressions, making her subconsciously think that she had said something wrong.

In fact, Karen didn't know that before she entered the house, the focus of everyone's discussion was how to squeeze oil and water out of the local nobles in Nass.

Unlike Karen, who just heard some rumors, the military has a lot of actual evidence in hand, which can prove that the nobles' homes are hoarding food.

Through investigations and tracking of the food sold on the black market around Nass, the military found that more than 90% came from the private granaries of the nobles, and the prices had been fired to an alarming level by them.

In peacetime, one copper plate can buy two potatoes, and the black market now requires three silver coins, and medicines can be sold at sky-high prices.

The investigators were even embarrassed to find that some imperial quartermasters were also dragged down by the local nobles and secretly reselling military supplies.

Regarding the moths of his own, Howard naturally did not hesitate. He directly handed over the list of criminals listed by the investigators to the gendarmerie and asked them to take photos and arrest people. All reselling materials exceeding 50 kilograms would be pulled Go out to shoot.

The real trouble is the local nobles.

Since ancient times, it has been the basic common sense of this world that the ruler of the country and the nobles rule the world together. Therefore, in order to project its influence in the Far East, the empire must have the support of the local nobles in addition to the necessary military power.

Therefore, in such a general environment, if the expeditionary force really attacked the local nobles, it would undoubtedly be a kind of "political incorrect" and would damage the image of the empire.

of course!If Howard really wants to engage these guys, it is not completely impossible.

One is to have definite charges and evidence.

This is easier to handle, not to mention that they do indeed possess a lot of criminal evidence, if they don't, they can think of ways to "create" some.Hypocrisy is the basic quality of politicians!

The second is to get the support of the Tarrance royal family.

But Karen is obviously not the kind of iron-blooded queen who kills and kills decisively. Let her openly support the expedition to copy the homes of the local nobles in Tarrans.

As a result, no one thought that as soon as everyone started talking about this issue, Karen delivered it to the door by himself, and also offered to find the local nobles to "borrow" food, which was just right.

In Karen's eyes, each of these men showed a weird and eel smile to themselves.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"No! Not at all wrong! Rather, we should thank Your Highness that you just provided us with a great idea."

Chapter 323 Unexpected Turning Point

There is an old saying that it is good to say, "If you want to add a crime, there is nothing wrong with it." If the target is not clean by itself, then things will be easier to handle.

After receiving the "strong support" from the future crown prince of Tarrance, the Expeditionary Force Command moved quickly.

They first announced to the public that new progress had been made in the investigation of the previous headquarters bombing, and that the rebels were suspected to have obtained contraband from the local black market in Nass.In order to bring these traitors to justice, the expeditionary force will conduct a large-scale raid in Nas.

So a large number of gendarmes started to act, and they first swept the black market around Nass in a flash, and then went straight to the vines and came to check the water meters of the local nobles.

Since the headquarters had previously passed the noble officials who were loyal to the Tarrance royal family to release "grass" in private, saying that the top empire had completely entered a state of "rage" because of the bombing, and vowed to extract all the corpses from behind the scenes. Million paragraphs.

Therefore, at this moment, nobles dare not scratch the tiger's beard of the empire, all of them are very well-behaved, for fear of being labeled a "traitor".

The gendarmes were not polite. They drove heavy military trucks into the homes of the local nobles, and then went straight to their private warehouses, under the banner of "investigation and evidence collection," and moved all the things inside.

In just one day, the gendarmerie swept the private treasury of more than 30 nobles, and the harvest was staggering.

When Karen saw the data report compiled by the logistics department, she jumped from her chair in shock.

"Twenty-two thousand tons!? My God..."

"It's not all food. There are about nine thousand tons of food. With our current level of material consumption, this food is probably enough to last for about eight days."

"This, this is too amazing!"

Although Karen had heard a little about the private warehouses of the nobles, she never expected that the number would be so amazing!

Of all the 37 warehouses found, the largest one belonged to an unknown baron.

He has a private winery on the outskirts of Nass, and in the woods behind the manor, there is a mine that has been abandoned for many years, which he sent to transform it into an underground warehouse.

When the gendarmerie rushed into his manor, the baron once wanted to take his family to fight back. As a result, the gendarmerie showed off a machine gun and shot a bunch of bullets against the ground. These guys immediately became honest.

In his underground warehouse, the gendarmerie moved out a total of 1,200 tons of food, 700 kilograms of magic spar, a full wagon of medicines, a large amount of weapons and ammunition, and a "private prison."

Obviously, the baron's business was not as small as he claimed to be.

Especially in that private prison, there are 87 living people in more than 20 dark and damp cells.Most of them are young women, but there are also a few handsome boys.Each one was unclothed, and there were a lot of scars all over his body, and there was not a trace of expression in his dull eyes.

According to the baron's men, they called it the "Happy Farm", specifically for those who have special hobbies to cultivate slaves.

Facing the iron evidence in the mine, the baron showed his composure. He defended to the gendarmerie that these detainees were “voluntarily” sold as slaves because of their inability to repay their debts. He had a full set of legal documents in his hand. Prove your "legitimacy".

It's a pity that the officer that the baron faced was Dragon. He was taking the documents handed by the other party, looked at it pretentiously, and then handed it back with both hands.

Seeing this scene, the baron subconsciously thought that he had "passed" once again. He just showed a smile on his face, and wanted to take out the gold watch he had prepared and give it to the young colonel who looked very good.

As a result, Dragoon took two steps silently, took out his pistol and exploded his dog's head without saying a word, making the final astonishment permanently fixed on his face.

In subsequent reports, the baron was shot dead on the spot for attempting to attack the officer.The gendarmes at the scene testified for Dragon. It was the other party's first hand. He took his watch out of his pocket as if he was taking a gun.

In short, this operation was a great success, and the food crisis was easily resolved with the "evidence" returned from the search.And there was an unexpected good news from the north—the Sapphire Principality had a mutiny!

When this information was first received, the headquarters thought it was false news, but soon the 7th Division also sent a telegram saying that the enemy forces on the front had suddenly stopped their offensive. He actually started fighting himself.

Subsequently, more and more intelligence was confirmed that the Sapphire Principality did indeed have a civil strife, and it was no one else who initiated the mutiny, but the eldest son of the Sapphire Grand Duke.

This eldest son is 29 years old this year. When he was young, he went to study abroad and visited many developed countries.

However, according to rumors, Grand Duke Sapphire did not like this talented eldest son, and suspected that he might not be his own species, so he deliberately passed the seat to his younger son.

The cause of this mutiny was entirely due to a failed "assassination."

According to the information obtained by the intelligence department, about two weeks ago, the eldest son came to the front line in person.While inspecting the combat troops, a soldier suddenly raised a gun and shot at him.

Fortunately, the eldest son's personal bodyguard responded quickly and pushed him away at the moment of his death, which allowed the eldest son to escape.The assassin was shot dead on the spot by a burst of random guns before attempting to fire a second shot.

After this incident, the Principality investigated and believed that the soldier who attempted to assassinate the eldest son was simply insane because of being in the battlefield for a long time.

But the eldest son believed that this was a premeditated assassination, and the master behind the scenes was either his father or the stepmother who had been looking at him unhappy.

As a result, the eldest son, who did not want to sit still, immediately found the commander of the federal army, hoping to get in touch with the federal high-level through the other party and get support.

As a result, the subsequent developments exploded in an instant, just as the empire saw it!

Interestingly, the EFF’s attitude in this incident is very subtle.Logically speaking, they should choose to support Grand Duke Sapphire, because this guy is a steadfast warrior who claims to fight the Empire to the end, but this time they are on the side of Grand Duke.

Regardless of the actual reasons, this is undoubtedly a major turning point for the Imperial Expeditionary Army.

In order not to let go of this opportunity, Howard immediately made a decision to change the original combat plan, keep the eastern front as it is, and send the two main divisions that had just been withdrawn from the southwest front to the north.