Müller was so surprised that he doubted his eyes and ears.

Is this still the same arrogant John who can't tolerate half a word?

It wasn't that he accused him so unceremoniously, and before he did it, he would have been arguing a long time ago. Now not only does he accept his merciless criticism, but he also bows and thanks with a full gesture?

With the bad relationship between him Mueller and John, it is possible for such a thing to happen?

The first person in the Brilliant Emperor** is naturally none other than Grand Duke Mattesias who commanded the battle on the front line of Edinburgh. From the Grand Duke onwards, who can be ranked second has a variety of opinions and opinions.

After all, everyone has never fought very seriously, and there is a lack of achievements, so it is impossible to compare each other's skills.

If you don't have to compare, you can always find a basis. It's just this standard, of course, each looking for what is beneficial to him.

In the various evaluations or rankings that are not more formal but widely circulated, General John, the representative of the Mesozoic Era, and General Muller, the representative of the Young Zhuang faction, are the two most mentioned names.

From this point of view alone, the two have a reason to be hostile to each other.

In addition to these superficial things, the differences in the style and even personality of the two commanders also make them look at each other unpleasantly.

General John was well versed in military books, and was well versed in all kinds of military theories and famous military examples, and often made incisive judgments about the current affairs and war situation in various parts of the Oss continent, which made those who heard it admire. Coupled with his swiftness and courage in exterminating mountain bandits and bandits in the province, the battle was decided, which made people affirm his military talent.

If General John is a representative of the academy, on the contrary, Mill should be a representative of the pragmatic school.

He was rough by nature and did not like to read, even military books. thinks that no matter how fanciful he says, it is useless to be the head, it is better to train more soldiers, drill formations, and even pull a real knife on the battlefield.

Mueller didn't just say that, he did. He once came to the front line in Edinburgh with his Tiger Cavalry regiment, and under the command of Grand Duke Mattesias, he fought several battles with the army of the Riga Empire - the result was, of course, more defeats than victories.

This also gave General John a reason to mock and despise him: Look, nine out of ten battles are lost, this is what you are capable of?

And Muller quickly returned the favor: if it were you, the first battle on the field would be captured or killed by the enemy, and there would be no chance of losing later.

Every time the two met, they were mercilessly mocking and sarcastic, and no one would let anyone. But in general, in terms of lip service alone, Mueller is far inferior to the other party.

Now General John's style of painting has changed abruptly, and has become both sincere and docile, which makes Mill feel very uncomfortable for a while.

Anthony hurriedly picked up General John and ushered him into his seat.

General John sighed as he sat down.

"General Müller needs no doubt, what General Ben just said is sincere, not counter-true. Alas, after reading a few military books and suppressing a few bandits, I thought I was a famous general. It's ridiculous and lamentable. This expedition to quell the rebellion can be regarded as making the general see clearly, he is really the frog sitting at the bottom of the well, looking at the small world above his head all day long and smug and croaking. If it weren't for Mr. Anthony's genius and rescue at a critical moment, thousands of Aberdeen soldiers would have to pay for the pride and conceit of the general. ”

said that he wanted to thank Anthony again, but Anthony hurriedly dissuaded him.

Mueller observed carefully from the side, and saw that General John's tone and expression were extremely sincere, not like a fake, and he couldn't help but secretly marvel in his heart.

General John's temper was well known to him, and one of them was pride and conceit, and narrow-mindedness. Stubborn and paranoid, the character of not admitting mistakes is also famous within the emperor ** team system.

Now that he can sincerely admit his mistakes, his personality has undergone a drastic change as if he was a different person, and he has obviously been completely impressed by Anthony. The strength of the young man's leadership and personality charm can be seen from this.

Muller was still speculating that General John had made a serious mistake and was ousted from his position by his unbearable men. Or perhaps the resourceful boy used some trick to snatch command of the army in order to prevent General John from taking the Aberdeen army into the ditch completely.

Now it seems that this is not the case at all, and General John is convinced and willing to abdicate the throne and give up the actual command of the army. Not only did he not get in the way, but he did his best to assist and cooperate with the work.

This is how Mueller could not be shocked and amazed.

Is this the so-called omnipotence of the capable?

General John's personality and attitude changed greatly, and he was even more readily admitted his mistakes as soon as he came up, and Mueller was not good at holding him aggressively. Two people who have always looked at each other don't like each other sit together, and this is the first time that they haven't blushed and have thick necks. The two of them looked at each other, and both felt fresh and weird.

Anthony has just introduced the whole process of the counterinsurgency battle, and then reviewing the gains and losses will inevitably damage General John's face. Muller and he are now considered to have released their previous suspicions, turning their rivalry into jade, but it is difficult to continue on this topic.

Mueller was fine, General John had doubts about him.

"Listening to what General Mueller just said, the Tiger Cavalry Regiment only set off on July 8, and it rushed over in less than half a month, why is it so fast."

The Tiger Cavalry Regiment is a pure cavalry unit with super mobility. According to common sense, half a month is slow to catch up with this little distance. However, the province of Burgundy is dominated by hilly terrain and the roads are extremely difficult to navigate. On those mountain roads, even pure cavalry units were greatly slowed down.

For example, why was the trade route from Edinburgh to Krakow, Burgundy, difficult for Anthony to open for the Hilton family? It is precisely because of the rugged mountain roads and complex terrain that even if the army marches and fights on them, it is slowed down, and it is even more difficult to display the strength of the army. Those bandit bandits can go to any cave and tunnel, or the enemy advances and retreats to fight guerrilla warfare, no matter how many troops you come, it is in vain, and there is no way to talk about suppressing bandits.

Considering the adverse effects of the terrain, the speed with which Muller led the army to help was indeed unexpected by everyone.

Speaking of which, Mueller was also interested.

"Well, I'm really thankful for our brother Anthony."

John was stunned when he heard this: What does this have to do with Anthony? He's always been with us Aberdeen's army, and he's never left.

Looking back at Anthony, he saw that the young man was also stunned, obviously he didn't understand the meaning of Mueller's words.

Mueller looked at Anthony with a laugh and said, "Brother, do you remember 'if you want to be rich, you must first build roads'?" ”

General John looked dazed, completely unaware of what he was talking about. Anthony suddenly realized, and suddenly understood.

At the court meeting, Antony took it upon himself to cut off the head of Prince Riga in public, and Duke Kochis, who had not yet rebelled at the time, advocated that he be severely punished. His Majesty the King ordered Anthony to assist Prince André in managing political affairs in order to "make up for the mistakes".

With Anthony's assistance, Prince André presided over a number of affairs, several of which were quite effective and were greatly appreciated by His Majesty.

Of course, there are also suggestions and opinions that are not well received, such as the proposal to pave a large number of roads in the major provinces of the country to improve the speed and efficiency of traffic and transportation in various places.

His Majesty the King was not impressed, but Grand Duke Mateus was interested in the proposal. By chance, I saw the abandoned plan that Anthony casually called "If you want to get rich, build roads first", I immediately grabbed it, and said that I wanted to find someone to study it well.

It seems that he has not only found someone to study it, but has also seriously implemented it.

"Don't say it, His Majesty the King didn't adopt this plan in the first place, it was really too much work. Not to mention the cost of money and materials, the consumption of manpower and time is also extremely expensive. Not to mention that our province of Burgundy is mainly mountainous, the terrain is complex, and the cost and difficulty of paving roads are probably double that of other provinces. Construction has been under construction for half a year now, and only a few main roads have been paved. ”

Muller vomited a lot of bitterness, but it was obvious that he first suppressed and then raised, and then he had to talk about the proudness.

"Although only a few main roads to the neighboring provinces have been repaired, the effect is completely beyond our expectations. Originally, the reason why my old man liked this plan was because the conditions of access in Burgundy province were so poor that he had to start improving it. Otherwise, if the battle ahead is unfavorable, no matter what kind of response our province has to make, it will be difficult to catch up with the speed of change in the situation due to the limitations of the terrain. Unexpectedly, after the construction of the spacious and flat official road, the first benefit was business. The Anthony brothers' joke that 'if you want to get rich, build roads first' actually happened. ”

Listening to Mueller's description, General John was also a little surprised, and admired Anthony even more.

Sure enough, it is worthy of being the top genius of the empire once in a thousand years, and the composition of its dazzling light is not only limited to martial arts cultivation and military unification ability.

Anthony, like General John, showed a surprised expression very cooperatively, but in fact he was secretly snickering in his heart.

What the Grand Duke saw "by chance", this is simply whether he directs it or not.

The historical development direction of the Ostros continent and the other world where the system is located are different, and the social structure is also different, but there are always similarities and places that can be learned.

In terms of the glorious empire at this stage, it is roughly equivalent to the feudal society of another world. The economic form is mainly based on land, agriculture and handicrafts are combined, and the mode of production is mostly based on the family or clan unit, which has the characteristics of strong independence and closure.

As for business, it is not very developed. A large city with a large merchant and a strong commercial atmosphere like Edinburgh City is the only one in the entire empire.

And the status of businessmen in society is also very embarrassing, even if they have more money.

A large merchant like the Hilton family is extremely financially strong. Even before Anthony joined, there were not many companies in the country that could overpower them in terms of wealth.

But what is their social status? Looking at the two patriarchs before and after, desperately trying to enter the real aristocratic circle at any cost, you can probably estimate one or two.

The local economy is relatively closed, and commercial circulation is not frequent. With no precedent and no similar empirical evidence, it is difficult for the top leaders of the empire and the provinces to have an accurate idea of how much smooth traffic and transportation channels can contribute to commerce and the economy.

But Anthony can "see" very clearly.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first" seems to be a joke here. But on the other side of the world, it is the last word in economic development.

With the help of Antony, the Hilton family opened a small trade route to a county in the province of Burgundy, which freed them from the family crisis and turned defeat into victory. The benefits of this trade route can be imagined.

Of course, there is a factor in the fact that things are scarce and expensive, but there is no doubt about the abundance of products and the popularity of goods in the province of Burgundy. As long as the trade route is unimpeded, even if the unit price of goods will drop because of this, the quantity will be thousands of times sharpened, and the commercial income of the province of Burgundy will naturally rise, which makes the Grand Duke of Mateus smile from ear to ear.

All of this was expected by Anthony at the beginning of his plan. It can even be said that the most important and central part of Anthony's plan is in the province of Burgundy.

Therefore, when His Majesty rejected his proposal, Antony took the part of the proposal that was specifically specific to the province of Burgundy and showed it to the Duke of Mateusta "very coincidentally".

Then, everything fell into place.

Of course, for the three of you here, there is no time to care about business and economics for the time being, and it is a surprise that Muller and the Tiger Cavalry Regiment can take advantage of the unobstructed official road to arrive early.

Now the most important thing for them to consider was the next move of the two armies of Aberdeen and Burgundy.

"Mr. Anthony has proven to be a 100-fold better leader than I am. Whether the soldiers of Aberdeen advance or retreat, attack or defend, it is all up to Mr. Anthony to decide, and the general will have no other words! ”

General John was the first to take a stand, and his attitude of completely ceding power did not surprise everyone.

Not only that, but he also looked at Muller on the side: "As for the Tiger Cavalry Regiment...... General Mueller must also be aware of the disadvantages of ordering multiple doors, and the army still needs unified command after all. The choice of this manager, Ben will think that Mr. Anthony is more suitable. With all due respect, General Müller, though he is outstanding, is probably still inferior to Mr. Anthony. ”

With this tone and attitude, Muller finally regained the familiar feeling that the two had met before.

"Humph! What did General John say? If you want to sit in this handsome position, I will inevitably have to fight with you. But since yours is Brother Anthony, then I have no objection. I know my own business, and I really can't beat Frankie when I fight him. ”

Mueller has a straightforward temper and unabashedly admits that he is no match for Frankie.

And he is very clear about how much he has the ability, leading the charge into battle, being a general, he can still be competent. However, commanding the whole army and coordinating and mobilizing various units to cooperate in combat is not what he is good at.

Even General John, whom he had always looked down upon, was probably better than himself in this regard.

General John smiled slightly and nodded repeatedly: "That's good." ”

Then he turned to Anthony and asked, "Mr. Anthony, I'm going to trouble you more in the future." ”

Muller also shouted on the side: "Brother Anthony, can you tell me how we will fight next?" Do you just chase them up and fight them, or do you go and copy their nest after slowly repairing them? ”

The heads of the two armies put themselves in command in a few words, and Anthony did not pretend to resign, but accepted it calmly.

Anthony gave only one word to the question of the two of them:

"Wait."

The two old rivals looked at each other and were very puzzled.

Wait?

What are you waiting for?