The King

  Chapter 361 Big Huyou is online—United Southeast Province

   On the day of the fundraising conference, the residence of the Dalton family was very lively. In addition to the nobles from the southeastern province, nobles from other regions and representatives from various countries also came to join in the fun.

   The euphemism is: learn from fundraising experiences.

  All the nobles in the country have really learned from experience. As long as the southeastern province succeeds in raising funds, they can follow suit.

  Everyone has a herd mentality.

  The efficiency of the southeast province is so high, except for Hudson, the hawkish boss who keeps fooling around, the most important thing is-to have money in his pocket.

  Representatives from various countries joined in the fun, purely to see if the Alpha Kingdom was bluffing or preparing to play for real.

  The final result of the fundraising meeting will directly affect their future foreign policy towards the Alpha Kingdom.

  Glanced at the nobles in the hall, Governor Pierce, who had organized the language, said straight to the point:

   "Our southeast province is close to the Black Rock Mountain Range, and is threatened by animal hordes all the year round, and the people suffer unspeakably.

  In order to change this situation, after many discussions, we unanimously decided to rebuild the Blood Moon defense line to block the beast tide from outside the province.

  Inviting everyone here today is mainly to solve the problem of funding for the construction of the defense line. The preliminary budget requires an investment of 3.8 million gold coins.

  Of course, the actual construction should not cost so much money. The biggest expenses for building fortifications are labor, food and raw materials.

  We can recruit serfs for construction, and the labor cost is directly saved.

   Raw materials Except for some materials that need to be purchased, the main construction materials can be obtained locally, and most of the expenses can be saved.

  Food, this piece cannot be saved, and it cannot be saved.

  However, our southeastern province is a grain-producing area. Since the end of the war last year, the military rations provided by everyone to northern Xinjiang have also been saved, which happens to be used for engineering construction.

  Considering that everyone has a heavy financial burden, I decided after discussing with the Earl of Hudson that we will not forcefully apportion the expenses this time.

  Everyone has money to give money, someone to give people, someone to give food to food, and material to give supplies, and fulfill their respective obligations according to their own actual situation.

  If you have any ideas and suggestions, you can speak freely now! "

  Looking at the calm expressions of the nobles in the southeast province, everyone knew that this was discussed in advance. When formulating strategies, they also deliberately tilted towards the minor nobles.

   Those in the know know that this is an appeasement from the Dalton family to the little nobles. After all, what happened before chilled the hearts of many little nobles.

   Now that the threat of foreign enemies is coming, we need everyone to help each other. Naturally, we must first deal with internal relations.

  According to everyone's fundraising model of "money gives money, someone gives people, food gives food, and materials give materials", theoretically all nobles can complete their respective obligations.

  It is especially beneficial to a group of minor nobles who are on the verge of bankruptcy. During the slack season, sending the serfs in the territory to repair the defense line can save a lot of food.

   But in this way, there are many problems. Most of the minor nobles in the province will choose to send out people. What about other materials needed for the project?

   After all, for many aristocrats, the least valuable thing is manpower.

   During the slack season, even if all the labor force in the territory is sent to repair the defense line, it will not affect everyone's daily life.

  The final result will most likely be a surplus of labor and a shortage of other materials.

   Facing everyone's suspicious eyes, Hudson stood up from his seat and said slowly: "If you have no other opinions, then this fundraising will be carried out according to the governor's proposal.

   Labor force, food, and other materials are all calculated according to market prices. No matter what method you take, you only need to complete the corresponding obligation share.

  The project budget will be divided among the counties, and everyone will directly multiply the project budget by the proportion of the original obligations in the county, which is the share that everyone needs to bear.

  Considering the actual situation, the labor force, various materials, and food provided by you may not match the needs of the project, so your Excellency the Governor and I decided to let you declare first.

  Follow-up coordination will be jointly undertaken by the Dalton family and the Koslow family. If we can't coordinate, the two of us will work together to ensure the smooth completion of the Blood Moon defense line! "

  After hearing Hudson's words, the representatives of various countries who were planning to watch the excitement were completely dumbfounded. Questions involuntarily came up in my mind: Are all the great nobles in the Alpha Kingdom so reckless?

   Encountered a problem, the big nobles took the initiative to jump out to cover the situation, obviously trying to let the small and medium nobles take advantage.

  Either they all operate in this way, what other projects can’t be done?

  Is the construction of the defense line expensive?

   It is simply a joke. Taking the entire southeastern province as a unit, all the materials needed to build the Blood Moon line of defense can be self-raised.

   Maybe the last gold coin doesn't need to be paid out directly, and the project is completed only by the internal coordination of the nobles.

  The only thing that needs to be tested in the southeastern province is organizational ability.

  Referring to the mobilization situation of the Alpha Kingdom during the war, we know that they have a lot of experience.

  The specific defense line construction can be copied directly from the north. The fortifications that can stop the orcs can also stop the human army.

   If there was a real fight, the battle would not be that intense. After all, human soldiers are much smarter than those low-level orcs with poor brains.

   There were no surprises. After the two big bosses finished their speeches, a group of nobles from the southeastern provinces began to declare in twos and threes.

  The fundraising meeting went so smoothly without any disturbance, which really opened up the eyes of many people.

  The nobles in the kingdom are alright. Similar operations don’t happen much in everyone’s life, but it’s not without cases.

  Representatives from various countries are different. From the eyes of everyone, it can be seen that they are terrified. It is estimated that what happened today will shock them for many years.

  The seemingly simple fundraising meeting revealed something far from simple. The dedication of the great nobles of the Alpha Kingdom is just the tip of the iceberg.

   What really scares everyone is the unity of the nobles of the Alpha Kingdom.

   Everyone has inquired beforehand that the Dalton family and the Koslow family are deadly rivals. The two families are crowded in the southeastern province, and there are countless frictions in private.

   According to normal circumstances, such two families should hold each other back. Whatever you support, we oppose.

   Unless the interests involved are large enough; or in a life-and-death crisis, if you don’t cooperate, everyone will die together, and then it is possible to cooperate.

   But the reality is very embarrassing. The two families that were supposed to stab each other started to cooperate without even seeing the shadow of the enemy.

   After all, the so-called Hesse threat is purely wishful thinking. At present, there is no sign of the Kingdom of Hesse sending troops at all, let alone fighting across the Blackstone Mountains.

   Regardless of the fact that the distance between the two sides is less than a hundred kilometers, if the army really wants to cross from here, it will not be easy at all.

  Even if a passage is opened up, heavy troops must be sent to guard the passage to ensure their own logistical security.

  It's a pity that the nobles in the southeastern provinces who suffer from deep persecution paranoia mostly think that once the war breaks out, the Hessians will come here to kill them.

  The theoretical basis that supports everyone's conclusion is the orc. In the war of orc invasion not long ago, the Beamon army detoured all the way, interspersed with many countries, trying to stab Alpha in the eye.

  If Hudson hadn't led the expeditionary force back to rescue in time, the empty southern provinces might have been successfully attacked by orcs.

   It is fine to run for thousands of miles, and it is naturally not a problem to open a passage less than 100 kilometers.

   Regardless of whether other people believe it or not, Governor Pierce believed it anyway, and with Mr. Hudson helping the flames, everyone quickly came to the conclusion that the Kingdom of Hesse is planning to invade the Kingdom of Alpha from the Blackstone Mountains!

  This is a life-and-death crisis, we must unite!

  As for the dispute between the Dalton family and the Koslow family, it is just a battle between the boss and the second child. Even if one family wins, it will not kill the other.

  The conference came to an end soon, and there were no nobles to watch, they left in twos and threes, and finally only Master Hudson who stayed here to drink tea was left.

   "Your Excellency, can this really deter the Kingdom of Hesse?"

  Governor Pierce asked uncertainly.

  The line of defense can be repaired at any time. Before the southern provinces, the two families spent a lot of money to co-direct such a big show, naturally not for the sake of pretending.

   "Your Excellency, relax! You can tell from Minister Hessen's reaction that the meeting just now scared him a lot.

  From today, our southeastern province is a united province in the eyes of the outside world. Anyone who wants to attack us must think twice.

  Human nature is to bully the weak and fear the hard.

  The area bordering the Kingdom of Hesse is not just the southeast province. Realizing that we are not easy to mess with, naturally we will not meet head-on.

  Even if war breaks out immediately, they will not list us as the primary breakthrough target.

  As long as the Blood Moon line of defense is made the kingdom's strongest line of defense and the enemy realizes that the southeast province is difficult to break through, we will be removed from the attack target by the Kingdom of Hesse.

   If a large-scale war breaks out in the future, we will still be the rear of the kingdom! "

   Hudson tried to fool him.

  After the war, in order to obtain a period of peaceful development, he was working hard to make a strategic layout, but the desired effect has not been achieved for a long time.

  Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

  The sudden assassination case created an opportunity for him. The Hesse threat theory, which had been preached for many days in the southeastern province, was finally put to use.

  With the previous public opinion base, Hudson successfully fooled a group of nobles in the province, and then used everyone's common consciousness to trick Governor Pierce.

   eventually contributed to - "United Southeast Province". Believe it or not, Hudson believed it anyway.

  Since it is a united province, it is natural that we cannot continue to engage in friction. All kinds of skirmishes in the past must stop now.

  In order to keep Governor Pierce busy and have no time to think about it, Hudson not only guided everyone to improve the construction specifications of the Blood Moon Defense Line, but also gave up the initiative in the construction of the Blood Moon Defense Line.

  As for whether the Kingdom of Hesse will come from the Blackstone Mountains in the future, we can only ask the Hessians, anyway, Master Hudson doesn’t know.

  The enemy's invasion from the Blackstone Mountains can prove the foresight of Master Hudson's proposal to build a defense line; if the enemy does not attack from this side, it means that the strategy of "surrender without fighting" has succeeded.

  No matter what the final result is, Master Hudson's judgment is correct.

  Once the project starts, there is no turning back. Since it was announced in front of so many nobles in the mainland that they would spend huge sums of money to build the Blood Moon defense line, it must be implemented.

   It costs a lot, and Lord Hudson doesn't care. The big deal is to destock, instead of piling it up in the warehouse to rust, it is better to take it to a place where it can be used.

  If there is redundant labor, it can also be exchanged under the banner of coordinating resource allocation to speed up the development and construction of the territory.

   After a few years, the construction of the Blood Moon line of defense was completed. The family's swampland has almost been developed, and the first batch of Warcraft cubs have grown up to be ready for official service, and the foundation of the Koslow family is also stable.

   At that time, even if the Dalton family realizes that they have been fooled and wants to take action, it will be too late to curb the development of the Koslow family.

  …

  Kingdom of Hesse, looking at the information sent back from the Kingdom of Alpha, Alexander V asked suspiciously: "The Alpha people reacted so fiercely, Count Nicholas, what new military plan has your military affairs department come up with?"

   Originally, he wanted to settle accounts with the Alpha Kingdom, but judging from the current situation, they are the one actively preparing for the war.

  The news of the assassination of the prince came back for several days, but the Hesse Kingdom has not yet reached a conclusion on whether to take advantage of the issue to fight the Alpha Kingdom.

   It's not that they are afraid of the Alpha Kingdom, it's mainly because of the current complicated international situation that makes everyone feel uncertain.

  Testing through diplomatic channels, every big country is hinting at them: Let's do it as much as we want, we promise not to make trouble!

  The more everyone agitates, the less the Kingdom of Hesse dares to move. Don't look at everyone cheering them on now, if war breaks out, they will immediately turn into another face.

   Unable to understand the reason, Alexander V could only suspect that his own strategic plan had been leaked, which aroused the high vigilance of the Alpha Kingdom.

   "Your Majesty, our Ministry of Military Affairs has not formulated a military plan recently!"

   Count Nicholas replied with a confused face.

  Military plan, when it happened, how could he not know?

   Could it be that the people below are messing around again?

   That's not right either! The bureaucrats in the Ministry of Military Affairs are lazier than the other. Whoever is full has nothing to do and runs to make military plans!

"oh!"

   "It's not because of you, what is the reason? The Alpha people are like crazy, desperately repairing the defense line on the border, as if we will fight there soon!"

  The words of Alexander V made all the princes and ministers dumbfounded.

   They really don't understand the operation of the Alpha Kingdom. They haven't figured out whether to start a tentative war, they are preparing for a full-scale war.

   There is no doubt that under the current international situation, it is impossible for the Kingdom of Hesse to launch a full-scale war.

  Looking at the data on paper alone, they are indeed much stronger than the Alpha Kingdom now, but they are not the only two countries in the Aslant Continent, and they have to keep people to guard their hometown.

  The number of troops that can really be used in the war is not necessarily more than that of the Alpha Kingdom. After all, the family dominates in the north, and there are not so many countries holding back.

   "Your Majesty, the Alpha Kingdom must have been frightened by us!"

  Prime Minister Milton said uncertainly.

   "Your Excellency, the chances of the Alpha people being frightened are not high. The envoy to the Alpha Kingdom sent news that July will announce the responsibility for the assassination, and the Alpha Kingdom is organizing a manpower siege.

  We proposed to redraw the sphere of influence, but the other party didn't even talk about it, so we directly rejected it.

  Since the assassination broke out, they have done nothing but send some supplements.

   Obviously they want us to admit that the assassination was done by the cult in July before conducting in-depth negotiations. "

  Marquis Krasner immediately vetoed it.

   Whether you are scared or not, the problem can be seen most in diplomatic activities. The foreign policy of the Alpha Kingdom has continued to be strong in the past, obviously not because they are afraid of them.

   "Let our people test out their real purpose. Such a big thing can't be explained by a cult!

  In addition, strengthen the intelligence collection within the Alpha Kingdom. If the Kingdom wants to go north, they are our biggest obstacles.

   Send an order to call the governors and sheriffs of the provinces to the capital for a meeting to discuss the strategy for the Alpha Kingdom. This news is released directly, there is no need to keep it secret.

  The military can't be idle either. They dragged the team to wander around the border to put pressure on the Alpha Kingdom! "

   Alexander V said angrily.

   It can be seen that Alexander V was really **** off. His own son was assassinated in the Alpha Kingdom, but the other party didn't take it seriously.

   "Cult organization", such a rough explanation can also fool children.

  In the continent of Aslante, two-thirds of the cases that cannot be found are blamed on cult organizations, and the remaining one-third are blamed on foreigners.

  (end of this chapter)