The sudden change in the situation in the New World is both accidental and inevitable.

After hundreds of years of self-supremacy, coupled with the excitement of the collapse of the Great Fleet, the choice that Cylius finally made that offended the anger of the public was not too unexpected.

But the situation now is very different from that of dozens or hundreds of years ago.

Because of the rapid development of the steam industry, although the presence of other countries in the primitive resource plundering of overseas colonies was not obvious, it was clear that another path had been found to achieve overtaking in a corner.

The power of industrialization is slowly emerging.

In particular, the conclusion of the secret front against Syrius at this time obviously stimulated an accelerated change in the internal policy of Phaletis.

The "Hegemon Disqualification Plan", which has already attracted much attention, has been elevated to the level of a certain national strategy, because it not only "predicts" the current international situation, but also proposes corresponding solutions!

Shortly after the Silver Raid, a resolution from the Kingdom Military Department was delivered to Fort Dilbon as quickly as possible by Spirit Couriers.

Later, Evan and his "Stormhorn" were summoned by Lieutenant General Gustav again.

Bells, bells, bells...

In the continuous ringing of bells.

"All assembled!"

The location is the base of the school, the flag is displayed, and thousands of naval officers and soldiers are in order.

In the eyes of all the soldiers of "Fort Dilborne", Evan and his subordinates accepted the award of His Excellency the Lieutenant General!

"On behalf of the Admiralty and Her Majesty the Queen, I read out the official letter of appointment:

Since joining the army, Lieutenant Colonel Evan Garlott has been loyal and heroic, and has made outstanding achievements...

After the evaluation of the Ministry of War and the Royal Approval of Her Majesty the Queen, he is hereby appointed as... Commodore Admiral!

Awarded the general's uniform, the fleet command sword... and cheap access to all the colonies and foreign colonies in the kingdom's New World!

I hope to do my duty...."

Smack-

"Yes, I will live up to the trust of the Kingdom and Your Majesty!"

Dressed in military uniform, Ai Wen saluted solemnly, stepped forward and took the gifts of the kingdom from the hands of the lieutenant general with a slightly complicated expression.

In particular, the gilded command knife that represents identity.

This step has crossed the threshold that countless outstanding soldiers of the martial arts faction cannot cross even if they retire, and the transformation from a school officer to a general!

Although it is only an excessive rank between colonel and major general, even the lowest brigadier general is already a general. The treatment, the status in the army, and the social status have all been greatly different.

Especially in this world of great controversy, it is enough for him to go in and out of any top social occasion to make people look high!

And after being promoted to brigadier general.

For Aven, it was enough to take off the label of his young generation of elites, officially intervene in the affairs of the colonies at the top, and straighten his waist in front of the governors of the colonies, and no one would look at him from the perspective of a young man anymore.

That's probably why the kingdom made this decision.

It also gave Evan a big surprise.

Even if he had received a reply from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before, he had already made some psychological preparations for the next arrangements of the kingdom.

But receiving this official appointment still far exceeded his expectations.

The military department rejected Lieutenant General Gustav's application for his promotion to colonel, and went so far as to give him the rank of brigadier general and make a skip jump.

And the external reason for the promotion is certainly not because of the "Overlord Disqualification Plan" submitted by Aiwen.

Because judging from the previous reply from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it is clear that this plan is very likely to become the basis for the formulation of Faletis's strategy for the next five or ten years, and even the name will only circulate among a few high-level leaders.

Of course, it is impossible to publish it.

It's just that the reason for using it is simple and sufficient, and the information sent back by the intelligence officers at the front shows that during the battle of Qiandao Po, a great knight Dios was killed by an indiscriminate attack by a wizard!

It was also because of the intelligence of the military department that Ai Wen learned that his first kill of the third order had been completed, albeit in an unexpected way.

The military stipulates that the rank guaranteed by the promotion of the third-order Grand Knight is Brigadier General.

But for the officers of the martial arts faction who are not strong enough, in addition to making undoubted great achievements, another way is to kill a great knight of the enemy country on the battlefield.

But no one knows that even one great knight is extremely difficult to kill another great knight, let alone other transcendents below the third order.

Therefore, since the existence of this promotion system, there are very few non-grand knights who can be promoted through this.

Ai Wen can be regarded as a sideshow, if it weren't for the "Overlord Disqualification Plan", the military department really wouldn't have admitted the result that was a little funny to think about.

But by this point the process is completely unimportant.

Evan has reaped the results he wants most, and he has finally come to this point.

From the very beginning of joining the navy, he knew that in order to complete the revenge plan, the exploration of the unknown world in the future, and even the expansion of the school, he needed to build his own power while improving his own strength.

Even in the otherworld, the power of the team cannot be ignored.

But power doesn't fall from the sky on its own.

And on the premise that he is a member of the system.

The official forces need to be promoted to higher positions, but the private forces need to be managed little by little.

Although the official document is vague, it has actually quietly named the focus of Aiwen's work in the future:

The last sentence is the real point of the "bargaining rights of all the colonies and foreign colonies of the New World."

Meaningful!

This means that Evan can borrow the military, political, and financial resources of the kingdom as a brigadier general, and do everything that he thinks is beneficial to the kingdom and the "Overlord Disqualification Plan"!

This is an affirmation of his ability and of course a trust in him.

The strength of his own peak knight and official wizard, his proud achievements after joining the army, the identity of the "guardian knight", the recognition of the "kingdom guardian" Rose Sword Saint, and a series of contributions including the "Song of the Siren"...

Together, they contributed to Aven's leap in secular power this time!

When the ceremony was over for all the personnel, Evan returned to the commandant's office in the fortress.

Two more documents were obtained from Lieutenant General Gustav, a privateer license, and the other was a certificate of ownership of Port Hatrafa!

This is the Kingdom's upfront investment.

Privateering serves national strategy, which is fundamentally different from piracy.

The license granted by the kingdom to private captains is like a contract, controlling privateer operations, such as only targeting a certain country, only attacking in a certain sea, etc.

The privateering license that Aven obtained authorized him to establish a trading (privateer) company with a scope throughout the New World, and to establish armed forces such as privateer fleets.

With him as the commander of the privateer fleet, he can also be called the official head of the pirate regiment in disguise, in short, a violent group of red fruits!

The "Blood Loss Plan" against Sylius was also officially entrusted to him for implementation.

But Evan also knew that there was no philanthropist in the kingdom's hierarchy, and the amount of support he gave to the kingdom would certainly require a richer return.

The task I took on was very difficult.

After Ai Wen finished reading the document in his hand and understood his next task, the lieutenant general sitting opposite couldn't help but admire:

"In addition, the value of the kind of heavy cruiser that is specifically designed to break the engagement will be greatly increased!

Within the kingdom, the cruisers, named by Her Majesty the Queen herself, are already working on experimental construction.

This is a supreme honor for the Navy!"

Lieutenant General Gustav, as the supreme military commander of the New World, of course knew the main reason for Aven's promotion this time, and all the macro policies of the kingdom needed his cooperation.

Therefore, he also knows the deeds of Ai Wen the most, and of course, he has the most sighs in his heart.

In recent days, he had read the Overlord Disqualification Plan submitted by Evan and refined by a group of top scholars in the kingdom countless times.

The ideas in it are as enlightening as an initiation.

It focuses on the analysis of the current weaknesses of Cyrius, and proves that the seemingly invincible Cyrius may be pulled down from the altar. Targeted weakening plans were proposed, and three key nodes were pointed out:

The first step is "blood loss planning".

On the premise of the destruction of the Grand Fleet, Sylius is likely to provoke nerves and anger (the Red Maple was still at sea when the plan was submitted).

Unite all the countries with interests in the colonies of the New World and organize large-scale privateering operations by the authorities. Recognize that anyone who plundered the merchant ships of Cyrius was lawful and not considered piracy.

Let the rich colony of Cyrius systematically bleed while the countries are responsible for sucking blood!

The second step is the "trade war".

It is emphasized that the steam industry is a great force that can change the world, and it is necessary to tilt the industry and industrialize the country.

At present, most countries stipulate that the object of colonial trade can only be the kingdom itself, so as to prevent the outflow of interests to the greatest extent.

Now it is time to organize the great merchants of the country to take advantage of their industrial advantages and participate in the smuggling of the Cyrius colony.

The ultimate goal was to make the silver belonging to Cyrius available to the whole Old World, to share the output of his colonies, and then to feed the development of the country's steam industry, and to quickly complete the primitive accumulation of capital.

It also completely crushed the already weak handicraft industry in Sylius, continued to widen the gap between the rich and the poor in Sylius, and deepened social contradictions and class antagonisms.

The third step is the "Dismemberment Plan".

Completing the marriage with the Habsburgs, Hylius, who was about to become an empire, seemed to have a vast land and a vast territory, and it took two hundred years to lay a large territory, but Hylius had a fatal problem... The population is too small!

When it is strong, the conquered country, especially the ruling class in it, can enjoy the dividends of national development, but when the country is weak, the contradictions that are usually hidden will erupt.

After completing the first two steps, the time was also ripe to support the independence of the conquered countries. Especially in regions with different religious beliefs, the dual contradiction between economy and belief will certainly accelerate this process.

One last point.

Why is there never been a better time to implement this plan?

Because internal causes are the basis of change, external causes are the conditions of change, and external causes act through internal causes.

At this time, Cyrius was also facing a profound change within him, that is, the dispute between the royal power and the clerical power that had intensified due to the coronation of the emperor!

Even if they could be unanimous with the outside world, it would only be a disappearance, and it would be almost impossible to summon angels to descend like they did when they first attacked the indigenous empire of the New World.

Aiwen's insight beyond the times makes this poisonous plan stable, accurate, and ruthless.

From the aspects of resources, population, finance, trade, and industry, it is like a cow to solve the cow, and the seemingly invincible Sylius is put on the board!

Lieutenant General Gustav also knew that the kingdom had always had the ideal of replacing the supremacy of Cylius, but it had always been only immersed in development, and no one had ever been able to come up with a sound theoretical guidance.

At this time, I have such a plan.

Not only Crown Prince Livina, but also the Chancellor of Princeton, Her Majesty the Queen, and the scheming adults of the Kingdom were all enlightened when they saw this plan.

It is already believed that the ultimate ambition of Faletis for several generations of reform and self-improvement may really be realized in the foreseeable future!

According to the plan, at the current rate of development of the steam industry, it may not take ten years for the power of these plans to be truly revealed.

When all of the above is achieved, no matter how many warships there are and how strong the knights are in Sylius, they will already lose a lot at the level of competition in the country.

When the country is attacked from many sides, and the local chaos is out of control, the large overseas colonies themselves will be in chaos first, or they will become independent or be taken over by other countries.

Of course.

If Phaletis wants to truly replace Sylius, one or even several tough battles are absolutely indispensable.

Although force cannot completely determine the outcome of the great power game, it is the hole card that ultimately decides whether to overturn the table.

The rise of another superpower must require blood and fire to forge it!

Even though he is no longer young, standing at such a historic turning point, Lieutenant General Gustav can't help but feel enthusiastic!