I Will Be The Crowned King

Wherever people gather, there is profit; and when people start to cooperate with each other, the wealth created will multiply.

Stormtroopers have always taken this seriously and acted for financial freedom and a bright future.

Just as Ansen and the Speaker of Winter Torch City finalized the salt trade and military base, the other officers in the military corps were not idle, and they all attacked, taking advantage of the banquet to continue to negotiate with the various colonial speakers and important representatives.

Lieutenant Colonel Fabien pulled up Lieutenant Jason Fruhoff of the cavalry and intercepted the Speaker of the Red Hand Bay, Pete Chatham, in a small corner of the hall to discuss the ore trade.

As a port city with a high degree of overlap with Beluga Port, but the port is not as good as Beluga Port, the status of Red Hand Bay has always been embarrassing. For a long time, it has existed as an unstoppable transit station. It reluctantly maintains its business by smuggling and collecting tariffs. receive.

With the official declaration of war on the empire, there is no need to think about the toll tax, but smuggling is becoming more and more rampant; the advantage is that some of the "connected" Red Hand Bay merchants earn more than before, the disadvantage is that this part of the parliament does not receive tax, and the financial Loss to make ends meet.

For this former competitor, Fabian's suggestion is "industrial transformation" - since smuggling is rampant, then simply give up temporarily, or even take the initiative to win over and facilitate the smuggling trade, and use the remaining manpower to vigorously develop ore smelting.

Red Hand Bay has coal, iron, and sufficient animal power and a large number of "beast slaves". The population is also quite dense, and it is fully qualified to enter the metallurgical industry.

In the past, the empire restricted the development of colonies in all aspects; squeezed Red Hand Bay into the most common source of raw materials; but the selfless Clovis people can provide them with technological upgrades, send people to build factories, and even have funds in the future aspect support.

Of course, the conditions are not without. First of all, the ownership of the factory belongs to the Rune family, and the Red Hand Bay Council can only take one-third of the shares at most. At the same time, it must provide land and raw materials at low prices.

In return, the steel Beluga Harbor will be purchased, and the Rune family will also pay taxes to the Red Hand Bay Council - this means that the Red Hand Bay does nothing, and a money printing machine will fall from the sky. Pete Cha is overjoyed. Of course Tam would not refuse.

On the other side, the little clerk who also smelled the opportunity held his purse, pulled a black-robed priest who didn't know why he appeared here, and promoted a good business called "insurance" to the members of the Black Reef Harbor. .

With the fall of Grey Pigeon Fort, the Black Reef Port, which was originally "in the back", has become a frontier position against the tyranny of the empire; although the Black Reef Harbor shared the same hatred, and even did not hesitate to slaughter the original loyal compatriots.

But to say that they hadn't considered the future would be a bit too contemptuous.

So clerks Carlin Jacques and Alan Dawn took the documents with the "official certification of Beluga Port", and found those big businessmen of Black Reef Harbor to sell "industrial insurance" - if Black Reef Harbor were to fall , Beluga Port will not only pay in full, but will also "temporarily" buy the property they lost due to the war at a lower price.

When the war is over, as long as they still hold the insurance certificate, they can buy it again at any time; of course, the price will be slightly higher.

It seems that Beluga Harbor and Storm Division are trying their best to protect the interests of their allies. In fact, there are at least two traps.

The first is how low the so-called "lower" price is. It is a complete buyer's market, and the Black Reef Port property owners who are about to face war have no bargaining power at all.

So a magical scene happened: on the one hand, the small secretary sincerely analyzed the value of the industry for the sake of customers, and on the other hand, the owners of Heijiao Port, who were eager to guarantee the bottom line, would rather "sell at a low price" to get an insurance to avoid being caught by the empire. The counter-offensive counts and ruins the family.

Under the eager urging of customers, the small secretary only "reluctantly" bought these industries at a very low price.

Secondly, as a famous military strategist said: when your material is taken by the enemy, you should report the loss; if you are lucky enough to take it back from the enemy, you should report the capture - the same Once something has passed through the hands of the enemy, it is two accounts.

In the event of the fall of Black Reef Harbor, the storm division fought **** battles to recover, and faced with the ruins of the property that left nothing but the land, even if they had the capital to redeem, what were they going to rely on to rebuild?

It doesn't even matter if they insist on redemption. The "astronomical price" marked by a small secretary for them is still not going to be borrowed from Beluga Port?

As long as one person is willing to lend money, the "Coal Mine Bank" that is about to debut in Beluga Harbor will be able to show its true power: this beast of capital from the old and new worlds will completely penetrate into the Free Confederation. In the blood vessels and bone marrow, control the overall situation behind the scenes.

Considering that Anson Bach, as well as Miss Talia and Sophia, will have a large part of the interests and voice in this bank, the loyal little secretary is more and more confused about who he is working for.

As for a chief of staff who had just lost a bet, he "sought out" with a corps of officers to sell logistics and arms trade.

In the face of the impending war, there can never be too many logistical suppliers; after all, no matter how rich Beluga Harbor is, it cannot support the storm division from Longhu Town to Sail City; the sophisticated Carl Bain is very clear, If you can't lower the price now and wait until the war starts, the chances of being ripped off will be much higher.

With the official completion of the "August Arms Factory" in Beluga Port, the Leiden rifle, which was originally only purely manual, can finally be mass-produced.

For the old-fashioned front-loading guns that have frequent failures, slow loading and are easy to blow up, the Storm Division, who has basically completed the replacement of new weapons, is completely disdainful. The officer corps took on the idea of ​​rebelling colonial militias.

You must know that although the Stormtrooper looks down on it, as a Clovis military standard weapon, the Leiden front-loading rifle is still much stronger than the homemade firearms in the hands of the colonies; coupled with its adaptability, it is easy to repair and modify. The characteristics of it are simply the standard "militia artifact".

The officer corps, who had no interest in being a salesman, got Talia's promise that "except for the cost, all commissions belong to the individual", Lightspeed completed the transition from "rejection" to "giving too much"; Enthusiastic about this murder tool as a necessities of life, selling it to everyone they meet.

The hustle and bustle of the Winter Torch City reception banquet came to an end silently amid the blushing faces and the fierce haggling.

………………

Early in the morning, Anson, who was hungover, slowly opened his eyes, and his mind gradually became clearer with the fireplace fire that had become clear from blurred vision.

Boiled eggs, fried bacon in butter, hot milk, and a bowl of beef and barley porridge with black pepper... After enjoying this winter torch city special breakfast called "pioneer flavor", just put on Talia and put it in advance Brand new military uniform on the hanger, Anson pushed out the door.

Getting ready early, the little secretary in that dress is always waiting outside the door with his hands behind his back, with a faint smile, and said as if he had practiced countless times:

"Good morning, Lord Anson Bach, have you had breakfast?"

"I used it, how about you?"

"Yes, thank you for your concern." Holding the silk bowler hat on his head, Alan Dawn nodded slightly and saluted:

"May I ask if we should leave now, or wait a while..."

Wait a moment... Anson was stunned: "Where's Talia?"

"Miss Talia Rune is in Miss Lisa's room, preparing to spend the whole day teaching her how to make a hearty breakfast." The little secretary explained:

"I have already gone to inquire, and she said that today is the meeting of the Free Confederation, and you can be present at Beluga Harbor and the Storm Division; if there are too many people, it will be too overwhelming - yes, it means literally ."

"Nakal, Fabian and Alexei..."

"It's the same, Lieutenant Colonel Fabien is going to oversee the construction of the barracks, Chief of Staff Carl is negotiating with a group of contractors about the supply of boots and winter clothing, and the rest of the officers are busy dumping stocks for the August munitions... "

The little secretary paused for a while before thinking of this relatively harmless-sounding answer.

Anson nodded, restraining himself from laughing.

"On the side of the parliamentary representatives, Miss Paulina Frey said that she is still a little nervous. I hope you can meet her privately, even for a few minutes, before the meeting." Allen lowered his voice suddenly;

"As your secretary, I refused this invitation on my own behalf - this is Winter Torch City, not Beluga Harbor, we can't guarantee that when you meet her, there will be no eyeliner from other colonies around. If it goes public, it will have a very bad impact.”

"Of course, if you must see her... Miss Paulina will be waiting in her room until fifteen minutes before the meeting, and you can always..."

"No, you are doing the right thing." Anson raised his hand and interrupted:

"We came to Winter Torch City this time as a guest to watch. Since we are a spectator, we should not have any private contact with a member of the council at this time."

He even suspected that Paulina would deliberately reveal the news, so that other colonies could see for themselves the strength of the Storm Division's support for the liberals in Greydove Castle - which is equivalent to trying to reverse the Storm Division to the Frey family's chariot.

Obviously it is something that can be controlled behind the scenes, of course Anson can't end the game in person.

"In addition... there is also some good news at Heijiao Port. Our 'industrial insurance' has been insured by at least 70 property owners, and the total value is at least 400,000 gold coins... Of course, it is the price." The little secretary pretended to make waves. Not surprised, but there is still a bit of pride in his tone:

"If all goes well, at least after the war, it can bring fixed asset income of no less than one million, or even two million gold coins to the bank and the storm division."

Two million? Anson looked shocked:

"There are so many?"

"There are so many."

The little secretary nodded seriously: "These are all fixed assets, and the development level is much higher than the Beluga Port, which has a history of only 50 years. All aspects are very mature, and the production capacity is guaranteed - especially those The plantations, even if they were all re-rolled after the war, were far more productive than the Legion farms we were working on."

"Of course, this is only the result of the valuation. In fact, if it weren't for the war, those property owners would not have been able to sell their properties - many of them are already the third and fourth generation of colonists in the New World. The family history is generally more than a hundred years.”

"If it goes well, their property will, together with their family, become the cornerstone for the 'Coal Mine Development Bank' and the Luen family to gain a firm foothold in the New World, and the benefits will even go far beyond the Storm Division's entire income in Hantu. "

As he said that, the little clerk turned to open the door and handed over the three-cornered hat that had been in his bag: "Master Anson Bach, it's time for you to go - all the representatives of the Free Confederation are waiting for you to arrive."

"Yes?"

An Sen, who took the hat, put it on neatly, and said indifferently:

"Then let's go, we can't make them wait any longer."

"Yes."

The little secretary bowed and saluted, and followed behind.

When the two came to the hall of the Winter Torch City Council, there were already no empty seats under the towering vault. At the same time, the loose layout of the long table in the middle with chairs on both sides was also changed: they moved the long table sideways to the "big fireplace". ” position, and lined up behind it with six armchairs facing the door.

The reason why there are six is ​​because the Free Confederation did not exclude this important colony because the empire's counter-insurgency army controlled Yangfan City, and even purged the liberals in the city~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I don't even know Whether it was intentional or not, the long table in front of the big fireplace was quite spacious, and after it was filled with six people, there was still plenty of room to put down more...for example, thirteen chairs.

As for himself... Anson turned his head to look, and found Clovis's unicorn king flag under the colonnade on the left side of the big fireplace, and the seats in front of the flag-the seats were even bigger than those six seats. further back.

I don't dare to offend, and I don't want to be too servile... It's evident that the Free Confederation is respectful and afraid of Beluga Harbor and Stormmaster.

Feeling the five pairs of eyes behind the long table with different expressions and extremely complicated expressions, An Sen, who smiled indifferently, walked to the seat they had prepared for him and sat down; the little secretary standing humbly behind the chair, took out Out of the notebook for meeting minutes.

Looking at An Sen's expressionless face, the several Speakers who had carefully prepared all of this breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other. In the end, the Speaker of Winter Torch City, who was the host, had to stand up and said loudly:

"I declare—the First Supreme Council of the Free Confederation, officially begins!"