Chapter 418: The Exiled Aristocrats (7) Searching for Old Friends
In 1803, in the mansion of the exiled nobles of Ollie, Hades was reading an outdated letter, which was not outdated when it was written and sent, but by the time he arrived in Ollie through the war-torn Anrola Passage and through the stormy Bourbon Sea, it was already an outdated letter about the defeat in the "War Against the Monarchy" last year.
Although the letter is outdated, Napolika, as an eyewitness to the war, can provide a lot of more detailed information, so Hades still reads this letter from a friend carefully.
After reading it, Hades put down the letter and rubbed his temples as he sorted out the information he had gotten from the letter.
The main part of the letter is the final battle of the "war against kingship" that lasted three years in the Anrola Passage, and how Napolika escaped.
After the rebellion was put down, the already full-fledged Cadosh I was not as soft as in the past, and took into account the decency of the so-called nobles, but used an iron-blooded attitude to execute many rebel nobles.
The fact that he was able to send a letter to himself meant that Napolika was not among those who were executed, and in the final battle, despite being a general of the voluntary palace, Napolika survived and led his army to break through to the colonial city of Karaman in Poli, and then went into exile in Lorne under Poli's arrangement.
Speaking of which, I haven't seen him for many years since I parted ways at Broka in 1794, right?
As soon as he said it, Hades immediately asked for leave from the Chamber of Commerce, on the grounds that he would go to Lorne to contact another group of nobles to discuss how to counterattack Boris. This justification was quickly approved, and Hades set off.
When passing through Bourbon, Hades's ship stopped sailing to rest, and Hades and others also went down to the port to relax, but as soon as they got off the port, Hades unexpectedly got a surprising news in the small talk of the port merchants, so he hurriedly went over and interjected: "This merchant, did you just say that Boris is going to move the capital?"
The merchant who was stopped by Hades was plainly dressed and lean, and judging from the capable black of his face, as a result of being blown by the sea breeze for a long time, it can be seen that this merchant is a low-level merchant who runs by sea.
This low-level businessman looked back at the person who stopped him, judging from his clothes and skin, he was probably a nobleman, I don't know what level it is, but it is not comparable to a businessman like himself who earns a little hard money, plus the other party's attitude is quite polite, so he answered honestly.
"You heard you right, gentleman, the last time I went to Ran Boris, there was a lot of talk about moving the capital, and it had been talking about it for several days. ”
The topic of moving the capital was not new to Hades, in fact, there were already people talking about the possibility of moving the capital when Hades II, and the graduation project of Hades III was to discuss where it would be most appropriate to move if Boris moved the capital.
The reason why Boris discussed moving the capital is for no other reason, but because time has passed.
The current capital of Boris is La Pos, which has a long history, which was established in the distant era of the Bourbon Lords, but the most prosperous city on the Southern Passage at that time was Campolis, the hometown of "Navigator" Lur, not La Pos.
The rise of La Pos was due to the rise of the Edonan trade and the development of the Edonan Peninsula, and the cities along the southern waterway, with the exception of those inferior ports, were either too close to the Mairamie Peninsula or too close to the Edonan Peninsula, and only La Perpos was the most suitable intermediary.
Relying on this convenience, La Peros soon rose to prominence and gradually replaced Compolis as one of the most prosperous cities in the Southern Passage, and after the independence of Boris, it became the capital of Boris to this day.
However, the situation is very different from the past, and with the enactment of the "Prohibition of Epos" a hundred years ago, Boris gradually lost the market of the Dragon Continent. In other words, the role of the Dragon Continent in today's Boris is dispensable, and the Edonan trade is the backbone, even if the Laventica trade later arises, the two are not contradictory.
Therefore, as early as the third phase, Hades had a plan to move the capital, expecting to move the capital of Boris from Rapos to the further north, so as to more conveniently control the situation in Edonan and the trade of Laventica, and at the same time deter the transit of Dumo Liao, but this idea of Hades dissipated with his assassination, and the capital of Boris is still Rapos.
But today, from the mouth of this merchant, Hades heard that Cadosh I had also moved the idea of moving the capital, which was very surprising.
"It's not an easy thing to move the capital, it usually takes many years to prepare, can the Sea King of Boris do it?" Hades asked, "and what about the Napolica Palace and Hades Square left in Lapos?
The low-ranking merchant smiled wickedly and said to Hades, as if interested: "I have heard the letter that King Cardoshi I is going to build a new set of palaces and squares in the new capital, which will be larger than Napolica Palace and Hades Square, to prove that the empire is more glorious than the republic!"
The low-level merchant said intoxicatedly: "If this project starts to break ground, I don't know how much material it will cost, even if the bulk of the money is earned by those chambers of commerce, I can still drink some broth, and it is estimated that this broth will be enough for me to be full!"
After this brief episode, Hades got on the ship and continued the voyage, going to Lorne, the capital of Polly, to meet with Napolica, and when he passed through the port of Campo in Pokon for repairs, he was actually wanted by Pollist, and was almost caught, and a brawl broke out, but he finally reached Lorne without incident.
When Hades met Napolika, he was surrounded by flatterers who were sycophants who called Napolika the new star of the exiles, the idol who led the exiles to regain the crown.
When he walked into Napolika, Hades found that Napolika's body aged very quickly in this life, usually Napolika was called precocious, just because his demeanor and eyes were the sharp eyes of an old man, but his body was still the same as that of a young man, and it was not until he was in his thirties that his body and demeanor coincided, but this life had already appeared at this time.
When we got together, Hades asked Napolika about this question, and Napolika waved his hand and said: "The reason for the experience, in the past, I used to command people in the rear, but this time I really went to the battlefield to split people like the big head soldiers." Alas, to be able to escape back from Karaman is really a journey with nine deaths. ”
"But after this blow, those exiled nobles should be much more honest and stop engaging in these doomed things, right?"
"What's more, it's just terrifying," said Napolika with a playful smile without the slightest recognition of the identity of the exiled nobleman, "and now they have gone completely to the other extreme, from 'the tyrant Kadosh was a little nobleman who can fall with a hammer', to the fact that we cannot deal with the tyrant Kadosh alone with our strength." ”
"Borrowing the enemy to suppress the enemy?" Hades's eyebrows twisted together, "this is definitely the worst idea from ancient times to the present, don't they know the lessons of Maisica's Second War of Oligarchs? ”
"In front of the motherland and the family, that group of people must choose the family, what kind of virtue is the nobility, how many lifetimes have we lived, don't we know?" That is, when chatting alone with people who are also heroic spirits will not be detected by others, then Polika will say in such a disdainful tone.
"Well," Hades sighed, "what are you doing now without talking about these depressing topics?
"The obedient and manipulative exiled nobles, in other words, are soft eggs, and they are arranged by them to join some justice chamber of commerce or exile justice organization, go to the forest guard to do business, and grab food with the North Boutu people. ”
"It's a vicious hand, and Phocodo still came up with Umora," Hades sighed.
Why did Hades sigh? Because the forest guard in Poli is a territory with autonomy, and the main inhabitants of the guard are North Boutu, who have always been pro-polis in the past, and will definitely stand on the side of Boris and fight against Polly whenever they have the opportunity in all wars.
"Yes, it's quite vicious, and those soft eggs choke the North Poutu people enough," Napolika made no secret of his disdain for the nobles.
"Soft eggs go to be doglegs, what about you?"
"Hehe, we've formed a mercenary group to do some dirty work, and we can't make much money from hard work, and there are some rumors that when we finish training, we will be sent to Lanaihi to support our friends. ”
"Lanahi!" Hades squirted out a mouthful of water, "It's far enough, those nobles are really ruthless." ”
Lanahi, one of the three countries in the region of Laventica, is located in the south of Laventica, formerly known as the southern aristocracy of Laventica, and the main trading country of Poli's so-called "Laventica trade" is this Lanahi.
As far as the Polly merchants feel, it is quite refreshing to trade with Lanahi, a group of southern nobles, and there are too many objects to deal with when trading with Laventica, so Polly has been supporting Lanahi's war of independence piecemeal, and Lanahi also makes a lot of profits from trading with Polly.
Let's put it this way, in 1774 Lanahi's War of Independence was put down, and then for a full 7 years, Lanahi did not have any territory, and was constantly attacked by Laventica, and could only operate on the frontier, until 1781, when there was a massive drought in the south of Laventica, and Lanahi re-raised the rebel flag.
For so many years, Ranahi relied on the support of the Polly trade to hold on, and in 1788 Laventica was recognized as independent. However, sooner or later, Lanahi will have to go on a northern expedition and start a new war with Laventica, and Lanahi has been asking Polly for more support, and now it seems that Polly's bastard nobles are planning to send out Nabolica's group of mercenaries.
After a brief reunion with Napolika, Hades returned to Ollie and continued his boring business work, often thinking that going to Lanahi as a mercenary was also a very exciting job.
In 1804, two major events took place in that year, one was the end of Ulch's "Retro War", and the Joshua family lost again, and ran back to Portlou and Hades as neighbors.
The other thing is that Cardosh I actually moved the capital, ending the 388-year history of the capital of Lapos, and moving the capital from Lace to Pease in the north, which is closer to the Edonan Peninsula and more conducive to controlling the situation on the west coast. Pease, of course, is also the hometown of Cardoch I.
After moving back to his hometown, King Cadoch I enthusiastically announced that he would build a more splendid square and power supply than La Peros in Pez, and that he would name it after his family, which was expected to be called Palais Cadoch and Piazza Ferma, and invited the craftsmen of the Bourbon Sea, which attracted a lot of interest.