The reason why Count McNus hurriedly returned to the imperial capital from the Northwest Army garrison was mainly because of the hesitant attitude of Charles XVI.

In addition to that, he had two reasons to come back.

One is to go home and see, and the other is to urge food.

The first reason goes without saying, I haven't been home for a long time, I really want to, and the second reason is ...... It's even more important than the first reason!

Because of the famine in the past few years, the military rations of the Northwest Army have been in a state of being able to maintain but not rich, and they can barely be maintained, but that is when there is no need to fight, and as Yuri said, it may not be long before the soldiers and horses of the Byron Empire will cross the sea of death to cover up, and at that time, it is absolutely impossible to do without sufficient food reserves.

The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, the ancient common sense, as the so-called soldiers and horses are not moved and the grain and grass go first, and there is not enough to eat, no matter how brave and fearless the general is, it is a bubble of, and no matter how exquisite the strategy and tactics are, it is all in vain.

According to the current quota, the Northwest Army can receive 7,000 truckloads of supplies every month, of which 5,200 are food, and the other 1,800 are all kinds of weapons, clothing, tools, and medicines. But Count McNus is like a mirror in his heart, the current economic situation of the empire is not good, and the possibility of doubling it is almost zero, but it is better to add a little bit than not to add at all, even if it only adds a hundred cars, it is also a minimum psychological comfort to the soldiers of the Northwest Army, and it is better than nothing.

……

As the eldest son of Charles XVI and the future heir to the throne, of course he has seen the handwritten letter from Count McNuss with his own eyes, and what is his attitude towards Count McNuss. He also knows it. However, his opinion is still to fight, and it is a fierce beating, a complete beating, even if the entire Bauhinia Empire is dragged into the quagmire of war and becomes a mess, he has no intention of changing his mind.

He slammed the table: "Simon, do you know?" Your thoughts now are dangerous! If we agree to those conditions, the face of the empire will be lost, and besides, do you think that if we meet their demands this time, the world will be peaceful? No. You are wrong, the Byron Empire will continue to get worse, it will continue to pounce on us and suck our blood, and you know the economic situation of the empire now. What do we take to satisfy them? Hum...... Rather than being boiled to death by them little by little, it is better to give it a go. Simon. To tell you the truth, I am very disappointed with your statement this time, hum ......" Powell suddenly stood up and said with some excitement: "If you don't want to fight, it doesn't matter, I will ask my father for it." Personally go to command the Northwest Army, even if I try my best, I have to let that little cub of the Byron Empire know what bloody nature is, and there are some bottom lines that he must not touch. ”

"Powell. You sit down...... Ahem, ahem! ”

Count McNus was also very excited, and pulled the wound to cause a violent cough, and he said with a wry smile: "Why are you still so breathless?" I did say that the Empire is not yet in a position to support a war with the Byrons, but when did I say that I would compromise and agree to their terms in full? ”

"You're a compromise!"

"Good, good!" Count McNus waved his hand helplessly: "Even if I compromise, you should let me finish my sentence...... Well, I think you've seen my letter and know what I think, but I've been thinking a lot about it in the past few days, and I've got some new perspectives on it. ”

"I don't agree with you! This battle must be fought! Powell immediately stood up again.

"You're in your forties, can you be calm? I'm seriously injured now, aren't you afraid of scaring me to death with such a startle? Please, you will be the emperor in the future, and I am ready to mix under you for a few more years in the future! Count McNus smiled bitterly.

He has been a classmate of the eldest prince Powell for many years and has a good personal relationship, and Earl McNus really knows too well about the character of this great prince.

Yes, as a royal family and an heir to the throne, Powell usually gives people the feeling of being graceful and luxurious, steady and polite, and his second brother Karaze, who has a temperament and is obedient and a little messy everywhere, are completely two extremes, but that is in front of others, Powell in private is actually a quick temper who is easily excited, and he doesn't care about it when his head is hot, and he is a little stunned in one word.

Knowing what kind of character Powell is, Count McNuss naturally didn't care too much about Powell's attitude of slapping the table and jumping his feet there, but said to himself: "As I wrote in my heart, I did think that the Byron Empire's request was nothing more than to find a more reasonable excuse for himself to go to war, but I have been thinking about it for the past few days, is there no other possibility?" ”

"What do you mean?" Powell asked.

"You know, I've been dealing with the Byron Empire for more than ten years!" Count McNus said with a smile: "According to the information I have, the current situation of the Byron Empire is not very good. Last winter, the largest pastoral area of the Byron Empire suffered a heavy snowstorm that killed many livestock, and this year's drought also affected them a lot, and the grazing rose compared to previous years. It can be said that the economic situation of the Byron Empire is no better than ours, or even inferior to ours, and the reason why they are now putting forward those excessively harsh demands is that they are transferring domestic contradictions in a timely manner and treating us as a huge shield, and second, hehe...... They're waiting for us to bargain! ”

"Bargaining prices?"

"Yes, bargaining!" Count McNus groaned and said: "They don't know what the situation is in our Bauhinia Empire now, so they also think that no matter how hot we are, we will not choose this time to fight them, so they put forward those conditions and requirements very presumptuously, and the lion opened his mouth, and we can neither meet their requirements nor want to fight, so we can only negotiate with them and bargain." Reducing these requirements to a point where we can afford them. ”

Count McNus thought for a moment: "For example, the first three requirements are fully satisfied, and the number of the last requirements is reduced tenfold...... Of course, what I'm talking about is just my personal opinion, maybe they don't have such a consideration as me at all, but they are just very simple, looking for an excuse for fighting, well......"

As the saying goes, the great truth of heaven and earth is the greatest. Although Powell was a little quick-tempered, he was not the kind of unreasonable person, and after listening to Count McNuss's words, he gradually calmed down, bowed his head and remained silent for a long time. He said slowly: "Simon, in fact, you are quite right. Well...... All right. You're not an outsider, so I'll have something to tell you, in fact, what you just said, my father and I have already thought about it, and that little cub in the Byron Empire probably thinks so, if we go and talk to them. Send them a little benefit and sweetness, such as thousands of carts of grain, plus a few hundred pieces of cloth and a few hundred iron pots, and they may be satisfied. If only that's the condition. I would never have said that I would send troops against them, and my father would not have been so hesitant. What is a little bit of money? What is a little bit of food? Compared to dragging the entire empire into the terrible quagmire of war, this little effort is simply not worth mentioning. Oh...... Don't say anything about the face of the empire, appropriate compromise is understandable, my father and I are not the kind of people who want to die to save face and suffer crimes, we still understand this reason. ”

"Then why do you have to fight?" Count McNus asked puzzledly, "Perhaps we should send envoys to the Byron Empire to negotiate with them and see what they are really going to do?" ”

"The envoys will definitely be sent, as for why I must beat them...... Hehe! Powell shook his head: "Actually, you should be able to think of it, I was angry with them, the little cub of the Byron Empire who had just been the emperor for a few days, was so bold that he dared to beat my sister Haniles...... This bastard, if not too far away, I would have wanted to punch him in the nose hard. Simon, you know, Harnieles is a poor child, the treasure of our family, how could my father and I be willing to marry her alone to such a wild and remote barbarian country? No, that's absolutely impossible......"

Count McNus was stunned.

Only then did he realize that he had overlooked a very important point in his thoughts.

That's ...... Princess Haniles.

Looking at the entire historical process, all royal families are destined to be cold-blooded, for the struggle for power, father and son can kill each other, siblings can fight, you kill me, I kill you, every scepter is dyed with countless blood. Life and family affection are still ignored, let alone the happiness of a girl? Every princess born in the royal family seems to be beautiful, but almost all have an innate fate, that is, for the stability of the imperial power and the balance of power, they almost have no right to choose their own happiness.

There was even an emperor, just to get three years of peaceful development, he was ruthless, he married his most beloved little daughter far away to the enemy country, and he himself became the father-in-law of his enemy, and just three years later, the powerful emperor went on an expedition into the kingdom of his son-in-law, and after a hard battle, His Majesty the Emperor won the final victory, he personally cut off the head of his son-in-law, and the poor princess, the woman who was sent by her father to the enemy country and then lost her husband, When the search for her was over after the war, she was gone, and no one knew whether she was alive or dead, and even if she did, she would probably have to spend her life in misery and misery.

Maybe this princess will hate, hate his father for being so ruthless and ruining the happiness of her life, but from another aspect, the emperor did not do anything wrong, because the people have the suffering of the people, and the royal family has the fate of the king, in times of crisis, men have to sacrifice their lives, and women have to sacrifice a lifetime of happiness and dignity.

This has been the case with almost all royal families since ancient times.

However, in terms of family affection, the current Emperor His Majesty Charles XVI is an out-and-out alternative, and even, a wonder...... (To be continued......)