"Marshal Guayada, when did I say that the Fifth Legion is not a force in King Qin's camp?" Krusov said angrily, "When have I ever seen death and not be saved?" Isn't it to send envoys to the barbarian countries to negotiate and have a showdown with the barbarian countries in order to relieve the siege of the Fifth Legion? Of course, we are aware of the contribution of the Fifth Legion and the Earl of Higg, and we are doing our best to relieve them, but we must be realistic in everything. In order to be able to recover Alasia and end the civil war, everyone is working hard, and sacrifice is inevitable. Marshal Guayada, I don't care what you say, but I hope you will take the overall situation into account and not be presumptuous and undo what little achievements you have just made! ”

"These achievements were not mine in the first place!" Guayada said angrily, "If it comes to naught, it will come to naught, and it will be a big deal to start again!" I can't just watch the Fifth Army, which turned the tide for us, fall! Marshal Krusov, if you don't send troops, I can't do anything, my Second Army has already decided, attack on all fronts! ”

Krusov was also furious, he had been a marshal in the First Army for twenty years, the First Army was a descendant of Catherine's lineage, and he was also a big man in the army, a few years older than Guayada, who had just reached the age of sixty, where could he stand this kind of bird spirit? However, since the civil war, he is indeed not as active as Guayada, always seeking stability and perfection in everything, and is regarded as the anchor of the sea in the army, but whether it is in the DPRK or in the army, everything must speak with strength, the strength of the original First Army is above the Second Army, but Higg made such a fuss, Guayada took over the territory left by Sampu in the Third War Zone, and it is close to the wealth center of Fuxing City, and the newly established Third Army Marshal Shante is naturally Catherine's person, impartial, but the deputy marshal Kolenwa is separated from the Second Army, It is clear who is close and who is sparse, coupled with the relationship between Guayada and Higer, the relationship with Princess Maria, and the fact that the Second Army recently wiped out the 200,000 troops in the Fourth War Zone, and the military achievements are impressive, so that Krusov's status in the army is not as good as before, and the limelight is completely overshadowed by Guayada, and he is already unhappy in his heart, where can he say anything nice, "Since Marshal Guayada is bent on going his own way, then please take care of yourself!" ”

Catherine also had a headache, if in normal times, she wished that her marshals would quarrel every day, so that she could check and balance them, but she knew that there could be no contradictions in her army now, otherwise, it would not only affect morale, but also infighting and inability to coordinate, so she said loudly: "Except for the two marshals, what other opinions do you have to disagree with?" ”

Mary stood up and said, "Since Your Majesty Mother is hesitant, please lend me a Praetorian Guard, 30,000 men are enough, and my son is willing to personally lead the expedition along the Leiden River, and first relieve the siege of the Fifth Legion!" ”

"Nonsense!" Catherine said angrily, "From here to Bobohua City, you have to make a big circle to reach the Leiden River, the distance is not less than 3,000 kilometers, even if you can get there, how can you break the siege of the Fifth Army with only 30,000 soldiers and horses?" This king understands your feelings, but this king will never allow you to risk the lives of the Praetorian Guards to do such a useless act! ”

"Your Majesty, the princess's idea is debatable!!" Guayada's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "The Fifth Legion still has nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses in Lobit City, which I borrowed when Marshal Higg withdrew his troops, originally borrowed for one year, but now it has expired, this army is just about to return to the base camp of Bobo Hua City, and the princess has the intention of reinforcement and can go out with the army." Lobit City is located not far from the Luojia River, from the Amman City ferry can go directly to the Luojia River Plain, and then from the Luojia River Plain to the west seven or eight hundred kilometers to reach Bobo Hua City, although the road is farther than the Leiden River, but most of them are within the sphere of influence of our camp, and all the way by boat, you can indeed make a surprise soldier. If the Luojia River Plain can send tens of thousands of troops, then the scale of this support army is not small! ”

Catherine asked: "Marshal Krusov, what do you think?" ”

"That's a good idea!" "It may not be able to completely relieve the Fifth Army, but at least it will reduce their pressure and buy us time!" Your Majesty, since I am at odds with Marshal Guayada, it is better to take a compromise! First, the princess led the expeditionary force to reinforce the Fifth Legion; second, Marshal Guayada's Second Army Corps was the main attack in the east, launching a counterattack against Arad's camp and recovering the defense line along the river; thirdly, to respond to Marshal Guayada with our First Corps, and to advance steadily and steadily; Fourth, the barbarian side still has to send envoys to explain that it is powerful, even if they can't withdraw their troops, it can put some pressure on them, so that the alliance between the barbarian countries and Arad is no longer so stable, we will talk while fighting, as long as military progress is made, then the negotiations will gradually gain the initiative! ”

"Good!" Catherine exclaimed, "It is worthy of being the old commander of the First Army, this is the old commander's move to seek the country!" Marshal Guayada, what do you say? ”

"I agree with Marshal Krusov's proposal!" Guayada said, "I know that the First Army is in some difficulties now, after all, Samp's territory is basically taken over by the Second Army, if Marshal Krusov has a need, I am willing to carve out two provinces and hand them over to the First Army Corps, for fear that Marshal Krusov will dislike the territory too far away and will not want to trouble!" ”

"It's like a sentence!" Catherine smiled, "Then take the Luojia River as the boundary, the west of the Luojia River is under the jurisdiction of the Second Legion, and the east of the Luojia River is under the control of the First Legion!" However, this king would like to remind Marshal Krusov that these territories have been defeated by the Fifth Legion, and Count Higg has personally left soldiers and horses to help you wipe out the remnants of the territory, and I hope you can accept it with peace of mind! ”

"What did Your Majesty say?" Krusov said embarrassedly, "I definitely didn't mean to complain about the Fifth Army before, I definitely thought about the overall situation wholeheartedly!" ”

"It's good if you don't have it!" Catherine said, "Maria, this king has ordered you to be the commander of the expeditionary force, and to give 40,000 Praetorian Guards and 500 griffons to take a boat from the sea to the port of Truto, and then change river boats to Amman City to join the 60,000 men of Elva, and go north to reinforce the Fifth Legion!" ”

"Yes, the retainers are ordered!" Mary came out and bowed.

Although the Praetorian Guard is not as strong as the Crusader Guard, it is also a swordsman, and it can be used as the guard of Catherine's second echelon, and its strength is second only to the Crusader.

……

Alchemy Country, Nicole has been regent for nine months, and during this time, the new policy she has implemented can be described as difficult and difficult. The power of the alchemy nobles was even stronger and more stubborn than she imagined. The first article of the new policy was to abolish all the privileges of the nobility, but the code of the Alchemy Kingdom was not this formulation, because if the words "abolish the privileges of the nobility" were put into the code, it would inevitably cause opposition from the aristocratic forces. Nicole and Daniel inevitably caused turmoil, dividing the privileges of the nobility into several articles and implementing them one by one, imperceptibly making the privileges of the nobility disappear without a trace, and by the time those nobles and big families found out, this concept had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and irreversible.

For example, the slavery privilege for the common people of the nobility, originally every noble child had the right to control as many slaves as he was born. The New Deal forbade all slave trade, and the existing slaves of the nobility could choose whether to continue to be enslaved under the nobility or to be free. The nobility scoffed at this regulation at first, and did not have much objection, because the slaves, who had nothing and left the aristocracy, would have nothing to rely on, no status, no place to live, no conditions for survival, and it was wishful thinking to change the status quo with just a bullshit code clause. However, with the parliamentary system formed with Daniel as the core, the large-scale projects such as repairing ports, building roads, cultivating wasteland, building water conservancy, prospecting and mining, and building schools were introduced to the whole country, which required a large number of labor, and Daniel did not intend to pay these laborers, but only included food and lodging, and promised in the name of the royal family that the labor force involved in these projects would get points according to their own labor efforts, and when the points reached a certain score line, they could be exchanged for housing, and the excess points could also be exchanged for land. Workers who have housing and land can continue to work, and only then will they be paid a small amount of money according to their contributions. As soon as this policy came out, it spread ten, ten, and hundred...... Many slaves chose to leave the aristocracy and responded to the council's call to join the massive infrastructure army.

This trick was too ruthless, and many nobles were confused, and they were caught off guard for a while, and when they reacted, many slaves had chosen to leave the wealthy family, and then those nobles couldn't sit still, and after uniting to negotiate with Nicole and Daniel to no avail, they had to go home and pay the slaves a high price and let them stay, otherwise, the nobles' farms, workshops, shops and other industries would be unavailable. But after this toss, although there are still many people who are willing to stay with the aristocracy, they are no longer slaves, because the aristocracy must pay these people who were originally slaves, which becomes a contractual relationship.

Even the royal palace and the princess's palace were not spared, and half of them ran away, and the head of the palace had to ask the queen for instructions and pay everyone in the palace.

Another example is the land issue, Daniel is even more ruthless.

First of all, the national parliaments at all levels are required to measure and register all cultivated land, pastures, forest farms, fishery grounds, and minerals under their control. Alchemy country is a cold region, the annual snow season is less than half a year, only suitable for cultivating alpine crops, only one season of harvest per year, but the ice and snow does not mean that the alchemy country has less arable land, in addition to the southern coastal plains suitable for farming, there are many volcanic hot springs in the central part of the alchemy country, and the northern coast is also a large part of the non-frozen soil because of the warm ocean currents from the south, which is suitable for farming. But most of this land fell into the hands of nobles and ladies, and the common people had very little land, so they were forced to eat as slaves.

The aristocracy, on the other hand, paid very little to the state on the land they owned, and they owned 80 percent of the land, and the total amount of grain they handed over each year was only equal to the share of 20 percent of the land owned by the other commoners.

Nicole and Daniel first characterized arable land as a national strategic resource to ensure the country's food security reserves, which is not doubted, but when Nicole redefined all the arable land in the country and all the national land taxes and fees were consistent, it caused controversy and even riots in the imperial court. This tax law is equivalent to reducing the taxes and fees on the land of the common people and increasing the taxes and fees payable on the land of the nobles. At the same time, the cultivated land of many wealthy merchants attached to the name of the nobles in order to pay less taxes was also completely exposed, and at this time, it was meaningless to hang the cultivated land in the name of the nobles, and they had to pay an extra harvest to the nobles, and the gains outweighed the losses, so they had to be all independent. For the first time, the aristocratic forces and the wealthy merchant forces were divided over land.

Secondly, the new policy also stipulates that arable land is a national strategic resource, and landowners must not lose it, and the land that has lost land will continue to pay annual taxes according to the registered land records, and at the same time, it will also be subject to heavy fines. At first, all the people did not think so, and there was a time when the land was lost? However, when the cultivation season came, all the nobles found that more than half of those slaves had already left the aristocracy, and they did not have much labor left, and the aristocratic class and the rich class who owned vast lands were faced with the problem that no one cultivated their arable land. Why should I buy land to suffer if no one has planted my land? And the commoners and slaves who wanted to buy the land had no money in their hands. For the first time, the aristocracy, the wealthy, and the landlords who owned a lot of land found that the amount of arable land had become a burden to them. After several tosses and turns, the national parliament led by Daniel issued a mobilization order calling on parliaments at all levels across the country to buy farmland at low prices, and the money bank loaned money to councils at low interest rates to buy all the farmland sold by the nobles. Those aristocrats simply can't say their bitterness, even if they sell a lot of land at a loss, they have to nod and beg others to buy it, although they scold their mothers in their hearts when the transaction is completed, they still have a look of great gratitude.

In this way, the councils at all levels of the Alchemy Kingdom have a lot of land, and use some of the conscripted slave laborers to cultivate it, and when the points of the laborers are enough to change the cultivated land, they will not worry about not having enough arable land to distribute.

In this way, Nicole and Daniel joined forces, and one new policy after another was introduced, slowly encroaching on the interests of the nobles, who were cut off a piece of meat today, and a tube of blood tomorrow, and gradually, the privileges were gone, the land became less, the workshops were sold, and the mines, ports, trade routes, and other fronts were defeated one after another, and in the end, they found that they were almost so poor that they were left with only money. But one day the money will be spent by oneself, and it will be lost by one's children and grandchildren, what should I do? This forced the capital of the Alchemy Country to begin to export outward, because the domestic economy was really unaffordable, the slaves and the common people had land, had their own industries, and wanted to hire labor, but the cost was too high to afford it, so they had to go to other countries with low labor costs to build workshops, open mines, and even open farms, etc., and the national economic structure of the Alchemy Country was slowly reversed and became the most economically prosperous country in the Middle Earth world.

Of course, this is a later story, and without ten or eight years, it is not necessary to let the deep-rooted aristocratic class withdraw from the stage of history, and besides, ideological education has not kept up at all, and it will be even more difficult for the idea of enslavement for tens of thousands of years to be changed all at once.