Knowledge cannot replace wisdom, and no amount of explanation, no amount of knowledge can be gathered to free man from suffering.

- Krishnamurti (the greatest spiritual teacher of the twentieth century)

No matter what the deep meaning behind Charlemagne's division of the princes, it cannot change the increasingly chaotic situation of the empire, which is extremely beneficial to Bai Feng's future development; the so-called prince of real power, in Bai Feng's view, is just a puppet belonging to the strong.

Among the six eastern provinces of the empire, the provinces of Brojancson, Mendan, Lyon, Grenoble, and Toulon are full of various shops of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce and peripheral intelligence officers who have netted them, and this is only the non-military strength hidden by Bai Feng.

If you add the huge number of city defense troops in these five provinces, there are only 50,000 people, but the combat power is far better than the Eastern Legion of the new standing army of the military headquarters;

According to Ames's knowledge, once the prince of Pros is officially crowned Prince of the Empire and arrives in the six eastern provinces with his six standing armies, then the army that was originally stationed in the six eastern provinces to prevent the military threat of the orc empire will be reduced.

The army of 190,000 troops of the eight legions under the command of the Duke of Albert and the army of 190,000 of the eight legions under the command of the Duke of Reinhardt will all withdraw from the six eastern provinces, and even the armies of the Duke of Kleist and the Duke of Rundstead will withdraw to the provinces of Besançon and Pollini.

Although the provinces of Besançon and Pollini, which have special geographical locations, have always been the central core provinces of the empire that do not belong to the border areas, their close distance from the six northern provinces of the empire and the six eastern provinces of the empire determines that it is difficult for them to isolate themselves from the border.

If nothing else, the eight legions of the Duke of Kleist and the four legions of the Duke of Rundstead will be divided into two armies of six legions each, with two dukes stationed in the provinces of Besançon and Pollini.

As for the 50,000 elite private troops of the five dukes' families who are still under the command of Duke Rundstead, after the army withdraws from the east of the empire, they will immediately break away from the command of Duke Rundstead and return to the fiefdoms of the five dukes' families.

In addition to the army commanded by these four dukes, the six elite standing legions personally commanded by Duke Gna, because Bai Feng had commanded them, will continue to stay in the six eastern provinces, and together with the five eastern legions, they will serve as the front-line troops to prevent the orc army.

It's not that Bai Feng is wrong here, it's not that Ames is wrong, the militia-like Eastern Legion is going to become a front-line force! These five Eastern Legions, which were formed by Bai Feng and did not cost the empire a single gold coin, will be directly assigned to the command of the imperial military department.

For Bai Feng, there is almost no benefit to speak of, and in fact, it cannot have any impact on Bai Feng; as long as the Eastern Legion remains in the territory of the six eastern provinces, no one will be able to snatch his Eastern Legion, Bai Feng has no doubt about this.

Of course, Bai Feng himself is not unreaping any benefits, Charlemagne, who must take into account the sentiments of the local magnates, will set up a brand-new institution in these four border areas - the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion while dividing his son to the border areas!

The Metropolitan Governor's Office, which has all the powers above the provincial governor's office, will have the prince himself serve as the governor of the province, and the composition of the entire metropolitan governor's office will be directly modeled after the imperial center, with ministers at all levels subordinate to the metropolitan governor's office.

For example, the Imperial Eastern Metropolitan Governor's Office, where the Prince of Pross served as the Grand Governor, would set up a Metropolitan Minister whose status was second only to the Grand Governor, and the Military Governor, the Financial Governor, the Internal Affairs Minister, and the Judicial Governor would be set up side by side, and they would be in charge of each specific department of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

Compared to the central institutions with a well-established imperial mechanism, there is only one less diplomatic department in the establishment of the Grand Metropolitan Governor's Office, and in Bai Feng's opinion, as long as the four Metropolitan Governors are formally formed, there will immediately be four new independent kingdoms within the originally unified Celestial Dragon Empire.

And he, Bai Feng, is the first prime minister of the Eastern Metropolitan Governorship of the empire appointed by Charlemagne, and being able to become the second person in the independent kingdom of Prince Pros, for Bai Feng, it is really a rare good thing, at least he can control the six eastern provinces in the name of righteousness.

After allowing the magic letter in his hand to be burned automatically, Bai Feng sent someone to call back Adrien, who had just left the military tent: "Adrien, you immediately bring someone back to Brojansson Province, and let Moritz send me 10,000 elite city defense troops out." ”

"General, the total number of city defense troops in Brojansson Province is limited, and the original elite has been taken away by General Wink, and those newly formed city defense troops are low in combat effectiveness, can General Moritz transfer the elite of the city defense army from other provinces?"

In response to Adrien's constructive suggestion, Bai Feng still admonished him fluently: "Yes! All the city defense troops in the four eastern provinces under our control are at Moritz's choice; after three months, 10,000 elite city defense troops must go to the thundercloud base!"

"In addition, let Hess move the equipment manufacturing center we built in Brojansson County to the Thundercloud Base as a whole within three months, and all the blacksmiths in the six eastern provinces will also ask him to transfer me to the Thundercloud Base as soon as possible, and not a single one can stay!"

"No!" Adrian, who didn't quite understand the purpose of Bai Feng's arrangement, would only meticulously carry out Bai Feng's orders.

After seeing Adrien leave the military tent again, Bai Feng ordered the empty military tent seemingly casually: "Go back and tell Hades that in the next three months, he must infiltrate the tentacles of the net into the three provinces of Nice, Pollini, and Besançon." ”

"No!" An emotionless and cold voice sounded in the military tent where Bai Feng was alone.

Immediately afterward, Bai Feng summoned the sword-wielding attendants and shield-wielding attendants who were guarding outside his military tent and said, "Maxi, Darnell." ”

"General!" Maxi and Darnell, who heard Bai Feng's call, hurriedly lifted the curtain and walked into the military tent.

"Maxi, Darnell, you two will lead two teams of silver shield infantry back to Besançon early tomorrow morning, and after you go back, you will first take my warrant to the governor's palace to borrow 3,000 city defense troops, and then use 3,000 city defense troops to escort craftsmen and move the equipment manufacturing center to the thundercloud base. ”

The two of them, who looked at each other a little bit about the task, finally asked Maxi as a question: "General, where is the Thundercloud base?"

"Huh?" Bai Feng, who was a little speechless, remembered that he hadn't mentioned the Thundercloud Base to anyone other than Adrien, so he explained with a wry smile: "The Thundercloud Base is the former Wind Base, and now it has been renamed the Thundercloud Base. ”

"Please rest assured, the general, we will not fail in our mission!" After figuring out the destination, Maxi and Darnell immediately accepted the order.

"The equipment manufacturing center in Besançon County has a large number of personnel and a large scale, and it is not easy to move to the Leiyun base as a whole; I give you three months, you must ensure that the task is successfully completed, and there must be no slack and relaxation on the way!"

"No!" Facing Bai Feng, who was solemn, the two of them, who were still a little careless, immediately paid attention to this matter.