Cao Ziliang, the prime minister of the Liuyun Empire, then mentioned the issue of Xingang City to Emperor Li Hong, according to the practice of hereditary nobles in various countries, after Su Yi accepted the hereditary duke of the Purple Moon Empire, Su Yi's title as the hereditary baron in the Liuyun Empire would be canceled, and Xingang City, which was originally Su Yi's hereditary fief, should also be recovered by the Liuyun Empire.

However, now, Su Yi is about to become the founding king, but Xingang City is still under the control of Su Yi, and there is no intention of returning it to the Liuyun Empire at all.

Emperor Li Hong sighed and said: "For the issue of Xingang City, we can only put it on hold for the time being, and in addition, control the domestic newspapers, and don't get involved in anything about Xingang City. ”

The people of the Liuyun Empire were extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the Liuyun Empire and the Sharad Empire had signed such a humiliating treaty, so since the Liuyun Empire signed the treaty, the country of the Liuyun Empire has not stopped, and demonstrations against this treaty broke out in many cities, and there were even bloody clashes between the people and the Liuyun Empire's army, and even with the Sharad Empire's garrison.

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang nodded helplessly and said: "Now we can only do this, but in this way, Xingang City has actually become the concession of the Tang Empire in our Liuyun Empire." ”

Emperor Li Hong suddenly smiled at this time and said: "Xingang City is just an ordinary port city for our Liuyun Empire, but Kangshan Port is the largest military port of the Celestial Star Empire. ”

In a large hall of the imperial palace in Tianxing City, the capital of the Celestial Star Empire, Prime Minister Huang Kun said bitterly to Emperor Song Xuan: "Your Majesty, the Su family army once again refused to return Kangshan Port and Kangshan City, but sent an invitation to our Celestial Star Empire to participate in Su Yi's enthronement ceremony. ”

Emperor Song urged and said in a deep voice: "What I am worried about now is that only Kangshan Port and Kangshan City may not satisfy that Su Yi, according to the information of the intelligence department, the Royal Army of the Purple Moon Empire, which imitated the establishment of the Su Family Army and carried out the reorganization, has been reorganized into one hundred and twenty infantry divisions and thirty-three garrison infantry brigades, with a total strength of more than ten million, and it is completely controlled by Su Yi, and the other aspects of the tens of millions of Purple Moon Empire Royal Army are not mentioned for the time being, only in terms of weapons and equipment, It is already far ahead of the Royal Army of our Celestial Star Empire. ”

After a pause, Emperor Song Xuan continued: "What's more, limited by the armistice agreement signed with the Jisk Empire, the total size of our Royal Army of the Celestial Star Empire is only one and a half million, even if the armies of the hereditary nobles in various places have not yet reached the standard of restriction, but the total strength should have been compressed to less than two million, once Su Yi plots against our Celestial Star Empire, with only such a small army, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

The Celestial Star Empire is the same as the Liuyun Empire, and the strength of the hereditary nobles in the country is very strong, such as the top hereditary nobles of the Celestial Star Empire, including the four hereditary dukes and eight hereditary marquises, and the combined armies of these four hereditary dukes and eight hereditary marquis even exceed the Royal Army of the Celestial Star Empire in numbers.

According to the armistice treaty signed between the Celestial Star Empire and the Jisk Empire, the total strength of the Celestial Star Empire's army must be limited to two million, and Emperor Song Xuan immediately left three-quarters of the quota to the royal army, and only gave the hereditary nobles who had three million troops at that time, leaving a limit of 500,000.

Of course, the hereditary nobles of the Celestial Star Empire disagreed, so they tried every means to keep the family's private army, but under the pressure of the garrison of the Jisk Empire, the original three million noble army has now been reduced by almost one-third.

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang immediately said: "Your Majesty, now the size of the garrison of the Jisk Empire in our Celestial Star Empire has not only not been reduced, but has been increasing, and now it remains at about three million, which shows that the Gazk Empire is also very wary of Su Yi, and the minister feels that he can give it a try and let the Gisk Empire let go of the restrictions on the strength of our Celestial Star Empire's army." ”

Emperor Song Xuan nodded slightly and said: "I also have this idea, on the issue of guarding against that Su Yi, the interests of our Celestial Star Empire and the Jisk Empire are the same, presumably the Jisk Empire should agree to this request of our Celestial Star Empire." ”

On March 2, 3013 in the Tang calendar, in a large hall of the imperial palace in Wendell City, the capital of the Gisk Empire, Prime Minister Maxim said to Emperor Lazarik: "Your Majesty, the Celestial Star Empire has just sent a secret telegram, hoping that our Gisk Empire can lift the restrictions on the strength of the Celestial Star Empire's army, and now the Purple Moon Empire's army has a total strength of more than 10 million, and it is well-armed, and the Celestial Star Empire hopes to expand the scale of its army to deal with the threat of the Purple Moon Empire, more precisely, It was to guard against the threat posed by that Su Yi. ”

Emperor Lazarik pondered for a moment and asked, "Prime Minister, what is your opinion on this?" Do you think the restrictions on the strength of the Celestial Star Empire's army should be lifted? ”

Prime Minister Maxim said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Su Yi can be described as ambitious, now he not only controls the tens of millions of army forces of the Purple Moon Empire, but also has more than 10 million army troops of the Tang Empire in his hands, as well as the two huge navies of the Purple Moon Empire and the Tang Empire, the minister is worried that he will be greedy for the Celestial Star Empire in the future, so the minister feels that he can let go of the restrictions on the strength of the Celestial Star Empire's army." ”

Emperor Lazarik sighed and said: "Su Yi is like a mystery, his rise is inevitably too fast, aside from the more than 20 million army in his hands, just the size of his Tang Empire's navy almost surpassed the navy of the Yingluoba Empire and became the world's first navy, once he is really greedy for the Celestial Star Empire, it will definitely be terrible news for our Jisk Empire, but in case our Jisk Empire loosens the restrictions on the strength of the Celestial Star Empire's army, What should we do if the Celestial Star Empire turns against our Gisk Empire? ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, with the strength of the Celestial Star Empire itself, even if tens of millions of troops are expanded, it should not be the opponent of our Jisk Royal Army, and with the existence of that Su Yi, the Celestial Star Empire should not dare to turn against our Jisk Empire."

Emperor Lazarik nodded slightly and said: "Then do it according to the Prime Minister's wishes, by the way, the scale of our Gisk Royal Army has reached six and a half million, should this scale continue to be maintained?" In addition to the recent investment in the navy, military spending has increased a little, and those people in the Ministry of Finance hope to reduce some military expenditures. ”

In the Battle of Ambo Harbor, the main force of the Gisk Royal Navy suffered heavy losses, and the capital ships of the entire Gisk Royal Navy were only six dreadnought battleships, six former dreadnought battleships and twelve ironclad battleships.

However, now the capital ship of the Gisk Royal Navy has three more Cactus-class super dreadnought battleships equipped with 343 mm guns, and in the largest Groning shipyard in the Gisk Empire, there are nine Cactus-class super dreadnought battleships under construction, of which six Cactus-class construction funds are under the responsibility of the royal family.

In other shipyards of the Gisk Empire, there are six Pathfinder-class battlecruisers under construction, the Pathfinder-class battlecruisers are equipped with four twin 45-caliber 343 mm main guns, with a full load displacement of 27,800 tons, and the construction of the six Pathfinder-class ships is funded by the Gisk Empire's finances.

Prime Minister Maxim immediately said: "Your Majesty, the size of our Jisk Royal Army must not be reduced, and we should continue to expand the scale of the reserves, in order to protect the interests of our Jisk Empire in the Celestial Star Empire, once that Su Yi reaches out to the Celestial Star Empire, our Gisk Empire must not stay out of the matter." ”

"The Prime Minister is reasonable, if the Ministry of Finance is really in difficulty, I can take out another part of the funds for military spending, and in addition, the British Empire has already entered service with super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers equipped with 356 mm guns, and has begun to build super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers equipped with 381 mm guns, and our Royal Navy in Gisk must also start building super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers with larger main gun caliber as soon as possible."

Soon the Celestial Star Empire received a note from the Jisk Empire to abolish the restrictions on the strength of the Celestial Star Empire's army, and then the emperor of the Celestial Star Empire, Song Xuan, ordered the size of the Celestial Star Empire's Royal Army to be doubled to three million.

The hereditary nobles of the Celestial Star Empire, led by the four hereditary dukes and eight hereditary marquises, were not far behind, and announced that they would expand the size of the family army, and the number of the Celestial Star Empire's army began to grow wildly.

The Purple Moon Empire was originally the country with the strongest industrial strength in the Eastern Continent, and the Celestial Star Empire followed closely in terms of industrial strength, but the representative of the Purple Moon Empire in industrial strength was a number of large-scale factories, and the representative of the Celestial Star Empire in industrial strength was a large number of small factories, and in terms of arsenals, the same was true for the two countries.

As a result, several large arsenals of the Purple Moon Empire were continuously destroyed by the spies of the Orenza Empire at the beginning of the war, which made the Purple Moon Empire quickly lose the ability to produce weapons and ammunition on its own, and finally made the Royal Army of the Purple Moon Empire fall to the point where some people have no guns, while the Celestial Star Empire has been maintaining the ability of military production in the war.

For example, today, the Star Empire's many small arsenals are still operating well, so although the Royal Army of the Star Empire and the army of the hereditary nobles are expanding rapidly, there is not much shortage in terms of weapons and equipment.

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