Apathy can be overcome, irritability can be controlled, and man has the ability to retain his mental freedom and independence of mind, even when he is under the stress of terror both physically and mentally.

—Victor Frank (Professor of Psychosology and Psychoanalysis)

After the battalion was divided into two units, the Eastern Legion of Aetius, Cabitus and others was sent by Bai Feng to the provinces of Brojancón, Toulon, Lyon, Grenoble, and Fortress of the Wind.

With the adjustment of the various armies by Duke Gna, Bai Feng realized that it was difficult to control the overall situation, so he made arrangements for the Eastern Legions that were still under his control in advance.

Among them, the 1st Eastern Army of Aetius was stationed in the province of Lyon, the 2nd Eastern Army of Capitus was stationed in the province of Grenoble, the 3rd Eastern Army of Keitel was stationed in the province of Brojançon, and the 4th Eastern Army of Braucić was stationed in the province of Toulon.

According to common sense, Luke Jr.'s Fifth Eastern Army should be stationed in Mengtan Province, but more than 800,000 troops have already been assembled in Mengtan Province, and the Fifth Eastern Army, whose combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the Standing Army, is of no practical value at all.

As a result, Luke Jr.'s Fifth Eastern Legion was deployed by Bai Feng in the newly built Tempest Fortress, which was located in the territory of the Brojansson Province, which was converted from the former base of the Tempest Thieves Regiment, and was definitely an important military town that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Previously, Bai Feng's idea was to have Moritz, the military officer of the Brojansson Province, form an additional city defense force to be stationed at the Storm Fortress to serve as the military core of the Brojansson Province, but as a result, the simultaneous expansion of the city defense forces of the four provinces took up too many troops and resources.

Since Moritz no longer has enough troops and resources to form additional city defense troops, the Fifth Eastern Legion, which has no garrison mission for the time being, has naturally become the most suitable force in Bai Feng's eyes to garrison the Wind Fortress.

Leaving each of the five Eastern Legions to defend one side was only the first step for Bai Feng to strengthen his control over the four eastern provinces, and then Bai Feng issued a new order to Adrian, who was in charge of the net, to double the size of the net within a month!

There are more than 50,000 peripheral members, and there are only more than 1,000 core members; compared with the huge number of peripheral members, it is more troublesome to expand the core members who have extremely strict selection requirements, after all, that is the real core of Luowang.

The core members of the Luowang organizations in the six eastern provinces will not exceed 200 in each province, and the average number of core members in each county will be only 40 or 50; it is far from enough to have only 40 or 50 core members in charge of intelligence work in more than 10 cities in one county.

Fortunately, the existence of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce has greatly made up for the shortcomings of Luowang's lack of personnel, and the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, which has opened stores in almost every town in the six eastern provinces, has invisibly helped Luowang extend its influence to every corner of the six eastern provinces.

In fact, at least three of the guys in each shop of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce are the peripheral intelligence officers of the net, and the person in charge of the shop in some key areas may be the core members of the net, and the purpose is to hide the true identity of the core members.

Therefore, to a certain extent, if the size of the net is to be doubled within a month, the corresponding size of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce must also be doubled, which is not an easy task for the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, which has reached a bottleneck stage.

The assistance of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce was the biggest boost to the rapid development of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, but it was impossible for the two chambers of commerce to be completely in a state of mutual help, because commercial competition was unavoidable for the two chambers of commerce.

For example, in the county town of Brojansson, which has just experienced a 'fire', the people who are worried about the fire in their homes will buy some small items for defense, and the Westminster Chamber of Commerce and the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, which deal in such small items, will inevitably become sales competitors.

If it weren't for the fact that the market of the five provinces recovered by the empire was too large, perhaps the good relationship between the Westminster Chamber of Commerce and the Sophia Chamber of Commerce would have broken down long ago, and even so, the continuous competition still caused a lot of contradictions between the shop heads of the two chambers of commerce.

In terms of overall strength, the Westminster Chamber of Commerce, which has a power in various countries on the mainland, is much more powerful than the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, which only develops in the six eastern provinces of the empire; it is no exaggeration to say that the two are not at the same level at all, and the difference in strength is very large.

If the Westminster Chamber of Commerce really has the intention of targeting the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, even if Bai Feng is the behind-the-scenes supporter of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, which lacks foundation, will be defeated by the Westminster Chamber of Commerce sooner or later, so it is very important to seek cooperation with the Westminster Chamber of Commerce.

On the way back to the province of Nice, Bai Feng deliberately rested in the county of Brojansson for three days, during which Bai Feng personally invited Duke, the head of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce in the six eastern provinces, to his military camp.

After a whole night of confidential talks, Bai Feng and Duke reached more than 100 commercial terms involving all walks of life, and in these commercial terms with clear division of labor, the business scope of Westminster Chamber of Commerce and Sophia Chamber of Commerce will be adjusted in a unified manner.

This means that from now on, in the business development of the six eastern provinces, the Westminster Chamber of Commerce and the Sophia Chamber of Commerce will become partners of the other chamber of commerce, rather than the current competitors, for which Bai Feng will pay the price of reducing the business scope of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce.

According to the provisions of the new commercial terms, the Sophia Chamber of Commerce and the Westminster Chamber of Commerce will maintain a fixed ratio of 3 to 7 in the market of the six eastern provinces, in other words, the commercial market of the six eastern provinces will be jointly monopolized by the Westminster Chamber of Commerce and the Sophia Chamber of Commerce!

After reaching an agreement with Duke of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce, the Sophia Chamber of Commerce has once again entered a period of rapid expansion while its overall business scope has been reduced.

The overly chaotic business scope is actually an important reason why the development of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce has encountered a bottleneck in the past, and now, the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, which operates more professionally and refinedly, has undoubtedly opened a channel to a stronger future.

Seeing that the Sophia Chamber of Commerce is about to take off again, the Luowang organization, which has already been integrated with the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, will naturally usher in a new period of rapid development;

After dealing with the affairs of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce and the Westminster Chamber of Commerce, Bai Feng, who did not delay any longer, led his army directly to Nice Province, where the herald sent by Charlemagne had been waiting for Bai Feng for seven days!

The report that a large number of nobles led by the Marquis of Bedouin were burned to death due to the 'fire' in the governor's palace of Brojansson County was delivered to the imperial capital on the same day as the report that Bai Feng led the army to 'recover' the province of Mengdan, and Charlemagne, who learned of these two circumstances, did not react immediately.

The first thing that should not have been known by too many people and the second thing that should have been hyped up were brought to the court by Charlemagne and handed over to many high-ranking nobles of the empire to discuss together, so that the originally orderly court meeting almost became a quarrelsome vegetable market..