"What caused the Imperial authorities to suddenly become belligerent?" Roland frowned, "The main army of the empire is stuck in the quagmire of the colony and can't get out, and there is still the strength to start another war?" ”

"The key is that the situation in the colony has taken a turn for the better, and last Thursday, Prince Sigmunt's army launched a short but fierce counteroffensive campaign in Jotunheim, successfully recovering the lost territory, forcing the combined forces of Hailan and Fizhen to withdraw to the north of Wilnoa, and Prince Sigmuntt did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but took this opportunity to propose peace talks to the Allied forces of Fizhen and Hailan."

"Wise decision." Even from a hostile position, Roland could not help but applaud the strategic vision of the Imperial Marshal.

The war was fought with money and food, and the colonial war dragged on for a whole year, and the materials and troops lost by the three parties involved in the war were converted into hundreds of millions of dollars, and no one could stand the continuous consumption in this way. The advantage of the Yashan Empire is that it is large in size, and can mobilize more manpower and material resources for war; The disadvantages are the sharp social contradictions in the country, the heavy burden of the people, and the uprisings against oppression in various places, and the independence of the Far East is a typical example of the armed uprisings in many local provinces. The longer the war continued, the greater the Empire's fiscal deficit, which had to increase the tax burden and corrupt the lower classes, and the stronger the revolt provoked, and when the tight string finally broke, even if the Assanian Empire won victory in the colonies, it would be difficult to avoid the collapse of the country.

In such a dangerous situation, it was undoubtedly wise for the Imperial Marshal Prince Sigmunt to concentrate his forces to win a battle and take advantage of the favorable situation brought about by the phased victory to propose peace talks.

"So, Hailan and Fijin are willing to accept peace talks and cease fire?" Roland asked Anthony.

"Hailan and Feizhen's financial situation is better than that of the empire, but these two countries don't want to fight anymore, after all, Hailan and Feizhen practice parliamentary politics, and the government has to pay attention to public opinion, probably because the good life is used to, the people of these two countries especially can't bear the decline in the quality of life, take taxes as an example, the empire's agricultural tax burden is as high as fifty percent, the state can forcibly take away rations from the peasants for military supplies, can force serfs to perform hard labor, and it is nothing new to starve tens of thousands of poor people to death in order to raise military funds, But the governments of Hailan and Feizhen do not have such power, the lives of Hailan and Feizhen are more precious than those of the Empire, the same is the rise in prices and war casualties, the protests in Hailan and Feizhen can directly affect the parliamentary election and cabinet change, the war continues, the cabinets of the two countries are afraid that they will collapse before the collapse of the Yashan Empire, from the parliament to the cabinet, the bureaucracy has to seriously consider the option of truce in order to protect itself. Anthony's tone was heavy, "My father has received news that the envoys of Hailan and Fijin will arrive in the holy city of Yashan the day after tomorrow, and the three parties will negotiate an armistice and divide up the Jotunheim mining area through negotiation - since no one can swallow this piece of fat alone, it is better to eat your own share first than to lose both sides and cheap outsiders." ”

"So that's ......," Roland suddenly realized. It's no wonder that Hailan and Fijgen's attitude towards the kingdom of Kolas has changed abruptly. In the past, the two countries had asked the Kolas government to raise military rations, and of course it was all good to say, and when there was a border conflict between the Kolas Kingdom and Canaan, the authorities of the two countries also came forward to fight the grievances of the Far Easterners and put pressure on the Canaanite royal family.

However, there are no eternal friends in the political arena, and the game between countries and interests are always put in front of morality. Now that the situation has changed abruptly and the colonial war has ushered in the dawn of peace talks, Hailan and Feizhen's need for military rations is no longer as urgent as last year. Changes in the relationship between supply and demand in the grain market naturally require new equilibrium prices, and the shameless breach of the treaty by the governments of Hailan and Fijin was also motivated by a real need to reduce trade expenditures and make up for the fiscal deficits caused by the war.

As Anthony said, both Fizhen and Hailan are constitutional monarchies with parliamentary politics, and if the two cabinets do not manage to reduce their deficits, their parties may be ousted by voters in the upcoming general election, and politicians do not mind treacherously passing on the financial pressure on their countries to the Colas government in order to protect themselves.

Thinking about the root cause behind the change in the diplomatic attitude of Hailan and Feizhen, Roland pulled back his thoughts and analyzed the possibility of the Yashan Empire launching an eastward crusade.

"Anthony, you just said that the colonial war cost the people and money, caused a serious financial deficit and intensified internal contradictions in the imperial authorities, and in order to maintain domestic stability, you had to advocate a truce, but why did you predict that the imperial authorities had just ended a war and would launch a new war against the Far East? Isn't the crusade the same as the evil consequences of labor and money? ”

Anthony smiled and raised two fingers: "The reason why the imperial authorities have made such seemingly contradictory measures is mainly based on two factors. ”

"First of all, it was Prime Minister Müller and his cabinet colleagues who made the decision to fight for the Jotunheim mine, there was no shortage of anti-war voices in the government and the opposition, and in the past year, the imperial authorities had paid a huge price but failed to win a complete victory in the New World, and the anti-war faction led by Prince Frank seized the handle, and the voices of dissatisfaction were loud, and Müller's cabinet was in jeopardy; The cabinet is anxious to get rid of the accusations, so it can only throw this black pot to the military, accusing the military of command mistakes and unfavorable operations, of course, the military is not willing to be scolded, in order to get rid of the infamy of incompetence and reshape the image of the invincible soldiers of the empire, the military is eager to launch a new war to prove itself, Hailan and Feizhen are not easy to gnaw, look around the surrounding places, which country do you think looks like a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch? ”

Roland smiled wryly.

Compared with the two great powers of Feizhen and Hailan, the newly independent and unstable Kolas Kingdom does look easy to bully, and the territory of the Kolas Kingdom was originally subordinate to the Far East Province of the Empire, and the imperial authorities have not yet recognized the legitimacy of the sovereignty of the Kolas Kingdom.

"Secondly, don't think that you are the only smart person in the world, when you are trying to collect intelligence from various countries, the imperial authorities have not relaxed their surveillance of the Far East, and will collect the latest news about the government and the opposition in the Far East every day, especially in the past two years, the agricultural reform in the Far East has been fruitful, and there have been bumper harvests in a row, and it is said that the treasury grain is as high as tens of millions of tons, and you have to work overtime to build a new grain depot?" Anthony asked softly.

"It's not that exaggerated." Roland shrugged, but his heart was not as calm as it seemed.

How did the imperial authorities find out the data on agriculture in the Far East?

His eyes swept to the opposite Fogel Dashao, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart:

"This kid...... It can't be a double agent, right? ”

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