Elysée Avenue, Saloyan.

The maid opens the closed window to let in the natural sea breeze. Outside, the shadows of the trees swayed, and the sunlight shone through the leaves on the ground in swaying spots. The carriage drove slowly down the road in front of the door, and the gentlemen walked with newspapers in one hand and coffee in the other.

The whole of Marcellus was at war, but the city of Saroyan was peaceful and devoid of any atmosphere of war. Although patrols of the Blue Legion could be seen everywhere, the city was not under martial law under the Governor's orders.

Parliamentarians did not attack the area, leaving the pearl of the East Coast alive and well. But the influx of refugees from elsewhere has given the city something a different atmosphere.

Returning home from an interstellar trip, Da Liang enjoyed a hearty breakfast. The bright sky outside the window and the black universe form a stark contrast, as well as the tense life of the whole city of Star Alliance, which also makes Da Liang prefer the leisurely taste of simplicity on the Order Star.

Sip a glass of freshly squeezed juice, take a bite of a tender and juicy steak and breathe in the natural air. Although the air in Salo Yang is not very good, the air that is filtered back and forth in Bini Bay City is comfortable.

It's just that Da Liang's identity is destined for him not to finish this breakfast properly. After Robin learned that Young Master Liang had returned, Miss Anne immediately came to visit.

Da Liang disappeared in Salo Yang for more than a month, and many people went crazy.

"Young Master Liang......" Anne, who came to the restaurant, gave an imperial military salute to Da Liang, and then was about to say her intention.

Da Liang said, "Sit down and have breakfast with me first." Sophia, prepare a meal for Miss Anne, and pour Miss Anne a cup of the two-pot head I brought from Niwan City. ”

Anne had no choice but to sit down and wait for the maid to serve a breakfast. Then she noticed a glass of white wine that had been served with breakfast, and the smell of the wine made her wrinkle and sniff, she didn't like high alcohol.

Da Liang waited for Anne to eat a bite of breakfast before he said, "Some time ago, I left Saroyang because of an important matter. There are many things that are not very clear when I come back this time, but Miss Anne is in such a hurry, is there something very important to tell me? ”

When it came to business, Miss Anne put down her knife and fork and said, "Young Master Liang, there is something I want to tell you. The Marcellus War has been fought until now, and many people can see that you are behind the manipulation. The Blackfire Company supplies arms to both the Parliamentary and Imperial armies, balancing the forces of both sides on the battlefield.

A team of investigators sent from the Empire has arrived in Saroyan. If it weren't for my father's delay, they would have started to investigate the seizure of the Black Fire Company.

and the countries of the East. These countries, which only see profits, are taking advantage of the Marcellus civil war to encroach on Marcellus' market. There was also the Parliament, which was selling out Marcellus' resources in order to obtain military assistance from the eastern states.

Parliament even began issuing war bonds for the people of Marcellus to buy with real money.

At every turn, Marcellus' fortune is in a frenzied exodus

And also...... The special situation of Saroyan is attracting war refugees to this area. I think it won't be long before Sarojan will be occupied by refugees, and Sarojan's economy will collapse. ”

War is about money. Moreover, unlike the Imperial Army, there is a well-established military industrial system behind it, and every bullet fired by the Parliamentary Army is bought. Even though the parliament had prepared a relatively sufficient reserve of funds for this war, Da Liang invented the airplane.

There is no doubt about the role of aircraft in warfare, but it is also far more expensive than conventional weapons. Then Da Liang sold the radar to the Imperial Army, so that the planes of the Parliamentary Army continued to fall, and at the same time, the Parliamentary Army launched stronger models from generation to generation, so that the Parliamentarian Army could only tighten their belts and buy and buy......

The Eastern countries were not happy to instigate the parliament to fight the Marcellus civil war, and after they saw that the Black Fire Company was desperately making money from the parliament with airplanes, they also took advantage of the situation to increase the price of arms three times in a row. The parliament was angry and could only scold her mother, and she also saw the faces of the capitalists in the eastern countries clearly. But the war has already begun, and there is no bargaining in Parliament.

The Parliament's already substantial pockets were quickly emptied and it was not allowed to use its resources as collateral and at the same time issue war bonds to scrape money from ordinary people.

At present, the Flamenque Empire has not implemented currency reform, and the parliamentary army buys arms with real money, and a large amount of wealth is flowing out rapidly.

Moreover, the war had a devastating impact on Marcellus' economy, with factories shutting down and the market in short supply. The goods of the Eastern nations took advantage of the weakness and once again encroached on Marcellus's wealth.

There are also wars that have caused large numbers of refugees to lose all their wealth and flee to places where there is no war. The countries of the East denied entry to Marcellus refugees, and the West was a desert of death, so refugees had to flee to the Saroyan region, which was not affected by the war.

The refugees who are now in the city of Saroyan are only the vanguard of the refugee flow. After a few days, the streets of Saloyan were full of fleeing refugees.

So many mouths need to eat.

In addition, refugees can cause many social problems such as law and order, illness, etc. In the event of a riot among the refugees, the last non-fighting place of Saroyan would also fall.

The Marcellians finally recognized what the war had brought them. The war had only been fought for nearly a year, and a newspaper full of nationalism and advocating the independence of Marcellus was now less than a piece of hard bread.

Democracy or dictatorship is nothing to the Marcellians, who are now thinking about how to get their next meal.

At this point, the Marcellus War has been fought to the desired result.

Previously, the Marcellians had been demagogized by the Marcellus nationalism promoted by politicians, and they were bent on a better life after independence. And fantasize about achieving personal spiritual sublimation through a romantic war.

But a real war shattered the dreams of the Marcellians.

The tug-of-war between the Parliamentarian army and the Imperial army left the Marcellians with no hope of an end to the war. The suffering brought about by the war punctured all their illusions about the future. They finally understand how happy their previous life was, and that nothing could be better than being stable.

Now the majority of the Marcellians are no longer fanatical national fighters, but countless poor people who hope for salvation.

Da Liang said to Anne: "The Marcellus War should be over now. If we continue to fight, we will only completely lose hope and dignity for a stable life, and we will lose one or even two generations. This is not conducive to Marcellus' post-war recovery, nor is it conducive to the implementation of my longer-term plans.

I'm going to meet with the Marquis of Whitehead, you can arrange it. ”