In the city of Levine, there are a lot of Elizabethan people.

Tianhao gave her many tasks, the most important of which was to "make white people fall in love with forgetful fans".

The first to fall in love with the powder is the aristocrats.

In this era, the lives of the rich are very different from those of civilization. There are no dietitians, no health coaches, and no counselors. "Whist" was a popular game among the aristocracy, of course because of the formation of game two. Old Russian roulette, Texas Hold'em, and blackjack were also extremely popular, but they all changed to a new era name. For example, the former Russian roulette wheel was called "Beauty and Fighters" in this era. The reason is very simple———— turning and turning on the plate, there are many holes of all kinds, but there is only one steel ball that can really roll down and penetrate deep into the end.

In addition to playing cards, balls, alcoholism, and women, the nobles enjoyed hunting and real gladiatorial fights. Both in terms of variety and playability, it is far inferior to the era of civilization. Therefore, not long after Elizabeth launched Forget Worry Powder on the market, this brand new thing was immediately welcomed and became a popular darling in aristocratic circles.

The reason is simple———— it anesthetizes the brain and has an excellent psychedelic effect. In the haze, you can fantasize about anything that you can't get in reality.

Why do everyone envy the rich? Because their lifestyle is fascinating. Naturally, what the aristocracy liked must be worshipped by the poor. Although the poor are full of disdain for this on the surface, angrily accusing the nobles of shamelessness and meanness, filth and obscenity, in reality, given the opportunity and sufficient money, the actions of the rich poor are often dirtier and darker than those of the nobles, full of unspeakable evils.

Forget the worries became popular in the slums.

Not surprising at all. There will always be a separate share of the goods of the Elpsel Comptoir that goes to the lower classes of society under the guise of "breakage". For example, there is a problem with the packaging, the goods are accidentally damaged during transportation, they are impregnated by seawater, etc., all of which are logical explanations...... In this way, the expensive powder will become cheaper, and even the poor in the slums will have the opportunity to taste it. In fact, in terms of taste and effect, there is no difference between the two regardless of whether it is a good product or a damaged product.

As early as many years ago, Tianhao set up two relatively independent islands as the production base of forget worries. He ordered an increase in the production of Forget Worry Powder, but strictly forbade the dragon clan members to take it. In order to eradicate the contamination of barbarians at the root, Yougao's team sent a large number of slaves to the two islands for production.

In the Saxon kingdom, the ingredients have been used. Both nobles and commoners used this powder with special effects as a household item and even as a gift during the holidays.

The experience from the civilized era makes Tianhao have the exclusive right to speak on the project of "new product development".

Mixed with a little dried saffron, as well as the most delicate talcum powder, coupled with cloves, jasmine, roses, nightshade, osmanthus and other spices, the powder made of forget-worry powder shows the colors of dividends, light blue, orange and so on, and later developed a variety of fruit flavors such as apple, orange, pineapple...... Reserved for the nobility of various countries, these scented powders were quickly accepted by the upper class, bringing Elizabeth a considerable amount of countless gold pounds.

The powder supplied to the common people is grayish-white, which is the effect of mixing a large number of impurities. Mostly ground hay and sawdust, plus a little charred nut shell. These powders are mixed together with a special burnt aroma, and the sales staff of the Elpsel Comptoir claim that "this is the original form, and the powder has not been carefully screened and refined", and of course the price is much cheaper than the type used by the nobility.

As a result, a special industry has even emerged in the market———— Forget Worry Powder Refining. It is a metal ring about the size of an adult's thumb, covered with a layer of silk on its surface, mixed with distilled water, and poured little by little on the cloth to obtain a purer part.

It is said that this has a certain purification effect, and the industry operators are very clever to choose the price between the "nobles" and "commoners", which is considered to be a way to make money.

The people in the slums are living in poverty, and they are at the bottom of the whole society. The emergence of forget worries has made many people see the future and hope.

Of course, only in psychedelic dreams.

There, they have everything.

When I woke up, reality was still empty.

This is extremely frightening for those who think they see beauty and hope. They are stubborn and adamant that they have touched a corner of heaven, and that they are a finger's distance from wealth and beauty. In order to re-see and enter that legendary magical world, they take risks just to get more worries fans.

The civil problems of the Saxon kingdom became more and more difficult to politicalize, and various cases and chaos disturbed civil officials everywhere. Murder, robbery, rape, smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and even collective fraud against the aristocracy.

The Port of Levine is no exception.

It is a commercial port, a place where wealth is gathered and generated, and the dark side of society is naturally much deeper than that of other cities.

In fact, Elizabeth had less than fifty men assigned here. They are not "their own people" in the true sense of the word, but employees of the Elpsel Comptoir, ranging from ordinary employees to local supervisors. What they all have in common is that they have a high sense of identification with Elizabeth, and they are all greedy.

To put it simply———— the more they sell, the more their personal income increases.

The profit-sharing system was common knowledge in the age of civilization, but here it is unusual. Elizabeth conscientiously carried out every order from Tianhao———— and used more people to win over them with interests, so that they became mercenary in the face of money. Use the strictest system to make them understand what "obedience" means, and give them the right authority because it will help them make more money.

In the face of money, kindness is a fart.

What's more, the white people of this era don't know the dangers of forgetting worries. Even the royal physician at the king's side believes that the powder helps to activate the brain and is the best cure for depression and autism.

The Elpse comptoir has large and small sales offices throughout the kingdom, and there are hundreds of specialty stores in the port of Le Vine alone. The people of this city are frantically pursuing profits with their own different means, and unknowingly become an epigenetic group of various specialty stores.

In the proclamations issued by the Violent Teeth, the "loyalty" of the people of the occupied territories to the empire was expressed in a variety of ways.

Voluntarily surrendering property, volunteering to become a member of the Imperial Security Force, volunteering to serve the Empire and providing all kinds of assistance to the occupying forces, etc...... One of the most important is to "assist the Empire in locating and reporting potential enemies".

This trick is very effective. In just two days, the Imperial Military Administration received as many as 2,000 letters, many of which were from local residents of Levon who took the initiative to find the occupying forces and lead them to arrest "suspected enemies".

There is evidence that a large proportion of these people who were reported were falsely accused. All the whistleblower wants is to take a portion of the money from the arrestees, what the giant occupation forces call a "reward".

Only those arrested by the Elpsoe Comptoir identified as "harmless" were released. The reason is simple, what they did has long been recognized, and they are all collaborators of the Empire, not those who are in the middle or inclined to the side of the Saxon kingdom.

As for the other falsely accused, all of them were sentenced to execution. His only requirement was that the whistleblower be responsible for the execution, and that it should be carried out in public.

Good or evil, that's a dispute between white people. The Marines came all the way from Rock City not to serve as mentors to humanity, nor to help the white men destroy evil with the sword of justice. His Majesty the Emperor said: Only white people who are on our side are good white people. No matter what kind of identity he is, no matter what thoughts he has about his kindred, as long as what he does is beneficial to the Dragon Empire, then give him knives and guns and help him slaughter more white people.

There are more than 600 million people in the Saxon kingdom, and hundreds of thousands in the port of Levin. As you can imagine, centrism is certainly a big number. Winning hearts and minds is a technical job, not everyone will willingly accept alien management, in this case, a group must be killed, so that they can see that as long as they put down their bodies and cheeks and join the giants, they can get the wealth and power that they can't get by a lifetime of hard work...... The so-called stepping on the head of the person is like this, only blood and corpses can make the centrist completely surrender in fear and kneel at the feet of the emperor.

The port of Les Bun quickly became well-organized, and the formation of the 10,000-strong "Governing Army" was completed in two days. They are responsible for maintaining order inside the city and guarding the perimeter of the city.

The free-handed Tyrant ordered the Marine Corps to repair on the spot, and the technical officers of the various units began to take stock of the collected and stored goods. Valuable supplies were loaded onto ships and transported to the north, and food and consumables were placed in the hands of the quartermaster officer for inclusion in the next stage of the battle plan.

At the moment, the biggest problem with the limitation of the Marine Corps is the sea capacity. Strictly speaking, the number of imperial transport ships is not small, but compared to the huge combat establishment, the number of personnel and materials transported at one time is insufficient. Although the rear has been working overtime to catch up with the large transport ships, it cannot meet the long sea traffic between Rock City and Le Bun Port.

The steam engine has been successfully developed. According to Tianhao's requirements, it was first considered to be used for land transportation, that is, steam locomotives. Wu has also selected a group of people to conduct research on marine machinery, which has already been successful on medium-sized ships, followed by more frequent sea trials.

The appearance of ironclads was only a matter of time. Before that, there will certainly be a batch of old sail carriers that will be replaced by steamers.

Stormtooth had to wait patiently for four days at the port of Levin, and finally waited for the second batch of combat troops.

The 1st Corps of the Legion, having completed its rest, began to move south.

Target, London, the capital of the Saxon kingdom.

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The Marquis of Brackbarne's face was pale, and he walked into the small parlor located on the west side of the palace under the guidance of the chamberlain, glanced at King George and Chancellor of the Exchequer Laurent, who were sitting on the sofa opposite, and without saying a word, he directly pulled over the chair and sat down.

King George obviously didn't care about the marquis's face, and when the chamberlain left the room and closed the door, he couldn't wait to ask, "What is the situation in the north?" ”

Brackbar looked at the king with a cold gaze, and his mechanical tone was not mixed with any emotion: "It's bad. The giants have taken over most of the territory, including the city of Morente, and the entire county is about to fall. This was news from three days ago, and the situation is certainly worse now than it was then, and Morient County is finished. ”

Count Laurent pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose, frowned and asked, "Why did the situation suddenly deteriorate like this?" Shouldn't the border guard forces have a fight with the giants' army first, and then it's the turn of Morienteshire? ”

"Hehe, Border Guards...... Do you finally think of them now? The Marquis sneered sarcastically: "We lost a million men in the Northern War, of which 600,000 were the most elite regular troops. Laurent, you worked as a quartermaster in your youth, and you should know very well how difficult it is to mobilize troops from the south to the north. That requires overall planning and a lot of supplies. Even in the best of times, it would take at least a month for the southern army to move north. ”

The Chancellor's brow furrowed even deeper: "What the hell do you want to say?" ”

"If there is enough money, I mean military spending, the speed of mobilization can be reduced to at least two weeks." Because of his anger, Marquis Brackbarn's eyes became a little hideous: "There are still 200,000 standing troops in the country, plus the weapons and equipment in the previous inventory, I can turn the 300,000 reserves into a regular sequence within a week." Don't you know what is going on with the border garrison? There were only 50,000 of them, and they couldn't stop the northern giants at all. ”

The Chancellor's eyes sharpened: "I don't want to argue about military spending. I still have the same view as before———— if we don't have a well-developed and systematic domestic economy, even if we mobilize all the available funds to cover the shortfall in military spending, the situation will still become serious next year, or the year after, and the problems we are facing will not be alleviated. ”

"There is no country without an army!" The Marquis of Brackbarne suddenly raised his voice, and he glared at Lawrence: "You have forgotten the crucial factor of time. The recovery of national strength is a long stage, but war is imminent. ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer didn't like this at all, and he sneered: "Is it my fault? After the end of the Northern Campaign, the Giant remained silent for several months. Throughout the spring and summer, they were on the defensive at Kamui Fortress, just as they had done before at Lock Dragon Pass. Brackbarne, you yourself said that giants are a race that is not good at fighting. Maybe their gaze can only be limited to the lock dragon pass, that's all. ”