Chapter 222

"If you want to conquer the north, you have to have a strong army. And to build a strong army, you need a lot of people, food, and money to support.

And the people need food, and the soldiers need weapons and armor. At the same time, money can buy all of the above. Therefore, the most critical problem in wanting to unify the North is that you must first have money. Very, very much money.

After that, we used the money to recruit troops, arm soldiers, buy food, and build the strongest army in the world. Then we can begin our government's plans for the North. Of course, this project will take a long time and resources to accumulate. So we can simply divide it into two steps. I call it a five-year plan.

For the first five years, we did nothing. Only make money, accumulate grain, steel, war horses. Recruit displaced people and expand the population. In the second five years, we began to recruit soldiers, build weapons and equipment, and train new troops. ”

The above is Su Yuan's advice to Caranser. He is a third-rate writer, who knows how to govern the country and develop the country. But thanks to the good basic education of the Great Celestial Empire. Su Yuan still has a certain impression of various history and political textbooks, coupled with the advantages brought by the information explosion. To sum up, the strategic route that seems to be like that is actually very easy is actually very easy.

And it is this kind of specious development route that is already at the level of a national think tank in this world.

Sitting in front of Su Yuan was Carranthor and her new husband Easter. At this time, the two of them did not have the slightest joking expression on their faces. Instead, he listened very carefully to Su Yuan's story. There was even a faint frenzy on his face.

Three cursed gold coins, Su Yuan gave one to each of them. This makes the flame of ambition in the other party's heart burn quickly. As the nobles at the top of this world, they have only one ambition to go up.

"You only said you needed money, how can we get so much money. Hinterland is not rich in goods, and in five years we will not have enough money for an army. ”

For this, Su Yuan had already prepared.

"There are many ways to make money. For a country, there are even more methods. The first is the Skellig Islands. As the strongest maritime nation in the world, Your Majesty Easter is too gentle with all due respect. ”

"Mild. We started as pirates, and you're the first person in the world to say we're gentle. ”

"You can't make a lot of money as a pirate. Or maybe the kind of pirate you have in you doesn't make a lot of money. If it were me, I would wipe out all the pirates in the entire North Sea, and then I would be the only pirate myself.

Of course, at that time, we will be able to change the name of the coronary vein. For example, we charge tolls. You know, pirates are sometimes more civilized and more profitable than robbing houses. ”

The maritime shipping of the whole world has reached a considerable level. As a maritime power, the Skellig Islands are too weak to play their own advantages. Look at the real world, in the era of maritime hegemony, a country like the Netherlands with a bigger fart can become a hegemon, relying on the strength of the sea.

"I can try, but that will take convincing the elders of the family."

"If I were you, I'd make a little bit of a mark and then try to convince them." Su Yuan meant something, which made East think.

"As for Sintra, it's a bit more complicated. The size of the country, the condition of the land, and the time limit us from using the method of farming to obtain large amounts of money and food quickly. Then there is only one other means to develop business. ”

"Sintra doesn't have anything to export." As soon as Carranser spoke, Su Yuan directly interrupted her.

"Hitler is a nation, not a lord of manors. We don't need to have our own output. All we have to do is attract its other merchants. When commerce is truly prosperous, the commercial tax will tell Your Majesty that there is such a thing as money, and there is as much as you want. ”

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Sintra's marriage proposal ended in an absurd situation. But everything that happened at the banquet was just beginning to ferment. The princess of Sintra, married to the Hedgehog Knight. Although Uchion has now lifted the curse, most people still use to call him Hedgehog Knight.

And then there's the strange combination of the three at the banquet. A combination of a man and two women, a powerful sorcerer, and a samurai. Renfrey has no obvious mutations in appearance, and she doesn't say that others generally can't tell that she is a mutant. And at the last moment, she really shocked everyone with her record of one enemy and one hundred in the hall.

You must know that the witnesses were not one or two, but nearly a hundred high-ranking nobles from the northern and southern countries. The news they spread together will basically not be false. And after this battle, Renfris became completely famous. Although most people don't know her background, they generally believe that she is a northerner. And so a new title appeared, Renfrey, the Sword Master of the North.

Renfrey didn't care, but Caranther clearly took her seriously. In this world, the value of personal force is still very important. With such a sword master as a guard, he has face wherever he goes, and his safety is guaranteed.

After the banquet, the nobles went back to their homes and looked for their mothers. Everything seems to have gone back to the way it used to be. No one noticed that Sintra was plotting something with the Skellig Islands.

It wasn't until the Skellig Islands suddenly dispatched a fleet to wipe out several large pirate groups entrenched in the North Sea. The northern kingdoms tilted their gaze slightly to this side. The Skellig Islands are a maritime nation, and it is only natural that they should be cleaned of pirates. It's just that this time it's a lot louder. At this time, no one had figured out what the Skellig Islands were trying to do. By the time they found out, it was too late.

Esther directly led the army and blocked the major shipping routes in the North Sea. blatantly became a sea hegemon. The other island nations certainly don't. The army wanted an explanation. But these pirate families at sea are too easy to deal with.

Long-distance and close attack, this is Su Yuan's basic strategy for Easter. East thought so, secretly allied with the two farthest families, and then when the Seven Seas families met, they suddenly attacked. The three major families secretly cooperated and caught the other four families off guard.

In this battle, the maritime power of the North Sea was reshuffled. The Skellig Islands, along with two other families, joined forces to carve up the entire North Sea. All sea routes are firmly controlled by the three major families. Pirates no longer exist, and the maritime merchants of yesteryear no longer need to fear for their lives. The cost is a high toll.

The standard of tolls is an approximate figure given by Su Yuan based on the economic conditions of various northern countries. More will scare away the businessman, and less will be too low. After all, the use of the fleet to block the route also requires huge expenditures.

In the first six months, business was a bit bleak. Most businessmen are on the sidelines. When the dust settles and everyone finds that the rules are dead and will not change. Maritime trade began to recover rapidly. At this time, East finally found out what Su Yuan said. What does it mean that civilized pirates earn more.