There was a war in the north, a war in the south, and the war went on and on, for a year, two, three years, and it cost more than all of us had originally anticipated.

With the decision of the General Assembly Palace to intervene in the civil war in the Northern Passage, the Northern Fleet could not return.

However, fortunately, the strength of the Northern Passage is weaker than that of the Southern Passage, so the Northern Fleet alone can fight according to the Northern Passage, and the servant army can also be withdrawn from the colonies and vassals of Middle-earth, so the Great Palace is not worried about the war situation in the Northern Passage.

But the southern shipping route is in trouble, since the northern fleet cannot come, then it can only draw out the conquest fleet, cooperate with the half-crippled southern fleet, and fight the southern shipping channel with the glory fleet as the mainstay.

Fortunately, the general did not deceive me in this regard, after the three fleets gathered, the fleet of the southern passage could only retreat in the harbor after several futile counterattacks, through the general's report, we finally breathed a sigh of relief, Bourbon finally controlled the sea dominance, and could carry out landing operations on the southern passage - only at this time the glory faction in the southern passage had been completely wiped out by the Bourbons, you know, it was already 1418 at this time.

After taking control of the sea power, we soon launched a large-scale landing operation, quickly took control of Campolis, the hometown of Luhr, the original capital of the Southern Passage, and then went all the way up the coastline, controlling the two main cities of Chris and La Compo, during which we did not suffer any setbacks, and the good news came frequently, which made us at the General Palace finally breathe a sigh of relief: after two years of fighting, it was finally time to operate.

However, the next battle told me that this was destined to be just a dream, and that terrible opponent, the proud warrior of Bourbon in the past, Napolica, was now on our opposite side, and Napolika had also become our nightmare from our pride.

In fact, as early as the second half of 1418, the military was defeated by Napolika several times from Lacompo's attack, and there were already bad rumors from the Great Palace, and at the beginning of 1419, Napolica's unexpected surprise attack gave the Great Palace a great shock, and once again destroyed my heart and liver.

Napolica, with the advantage of home field, may have picked a path unknown to our old Passagemen, bypassing Lacompo and Chris, who had already been occupied, by surprise attack to retake Compolis, and launched a massive attack, flanking our landing force from the east and west, leaving them unable to deal with each other, and finally the beaten turtle retreated back into the main city.

Just after this surprise attack by Napolika, we thought that we were going to lose the landing army, but Napolika, who had a big advantage, actually took the initiative to retreat!

At first we were puzzled, but after a while we became aware of Napolika's intentions and were terrified.

Napolika deliberately besieged these two lonely cities without attacking them, forcing our general to continue to send reinforcements there, so as not to lose the last two main cities of the southern passage. However, due to the capacity constraints of the transport ships, the reinforcements for each landing are limited, which allows Napolika to continue to bleed us.

Later, the two main cities became a piece of rotten meat, and I was reluctant to throw it away, and I couldn't eat it when I held it, which made me miserable.

In fact, I did not think about giving up these two main cities, and some people of insight in the General Assembly Palace also realized this danger and repeatedly proposed to abandon the city, with the result that every time this proposal was made, there was always a lot of noise in the General Assembly Palace.

And to my sorrow, the most fierce opposition to me among them turned out to be my former friend, the eloquent Anlu Gelmak, who lived up to his name as an eloquent speaker, and the rebuttal of one side of the meeting was decisive in the outcome of the discussion.

"If we can't land on the Southern Passage, then how can we put down this rebellion? Do we rely on our mouths! Did the councillors who said they want to abandon the city accept bribes from the rebels and want to speak for the victory of the rebels! If we want to abandon the city, I suggest that we simply sue for peace with the Southern Passage! Anyway, we can't hit the land of the Southern Passage!"

The lethality of this sentence is too great, and no one can withstand it, after all, the situation now seems to be very good on the surface, and it is clear that our navy has pressed the other side to the ground, and our troops have set foot on the land of the rebels.

As a result, the meeting ended in a quarrel.

One morning in March 1420, when I woke up and found that I had lost a handful of hair, I looked at the hair that had fallen out of bed, thinking about me who was about to become bald, thinking about the title of a beautiful man in the past, thinking about the powerful Bourbon in my childhood, and then thinking about the hardships that Bourbon had endured during the six years I had been consul.

Once, when I was distracting, I overheard a servant muttering in the corner that I hadn't laughed in six years. This is an obvious thing, what can be laughed at as a consul in this era?

Today, for example, I received another alarm bell representing bad news, but my heart has been tempered very strong over the years, and I have said that I have some ability to bear it.

"So this time, is the naval battle lost again? Or is the Polika attacking again? or is there a new change in the north?"

"Governor, the indoctrination district has reported urgently, Prince Maisika has sent troops to the indoctrination district on the pretext of helping Bourbon quell the rebellion, and now he has taken control of many towns and a main city!

My eyes went black, and the whole person went limp directly, but fortunately, I was helped up by my personal servant before I fell to the ground without face.

The servant helped me to my feet, leaning on the servant, and I weakly gave the order: "Assemble the councillors, and hold an emergency meeting at the General Assembly Palace......"

I don't remember exactly, but this is the first time I've had an emergency meeting since I became Governor.

"Punish those rats who take advantage of the chaos to pick peaches!" In the General Assembly Palace, several eagle members shouted murderously, seeing their appearance, thinking of their families, I remembered, these people are basically councilors who have a lot of investment in the education area.

However, the majority of parliamentarians do not see it that way, and the most fierce opposition among them is still Anlu.

"Now that we are in an eventful season, we should be patient for the time being, not to mention that if there is a war, how can Bourbon draw out its fleet to punish Maishika? What's more, if Maishika and Ingona form an alliance and jointly launch an attack on Bourbon, how should Bourbon, which has been dragged down by the four fleets, respond to their attack?"

Despite Anlu's notoriety, some lawmakers have made bold efforts to refute it.

Don't forget, a large part of Bourbon's current income comes from taxes and trade with Ulchi, but if they are allowed to attack, after the Meiramie Peninsula is lost, all the taxes from the Edagoon and Ulch's trade will be lost, what should Bourbon do at that time!"

Hearing this councilor's rebuttal, An Lu replied with a sneer:

"Can Urchi's trade still be raised? Don't forget that Camporis is already occupied by rebels, and in the narrowest strait from Ulch to the Old Passage, there are Campouris and West Isaacs, and Camporis is already occupied by the rebels, even if West Isaacs is still there, so what! They can block the strait at any time and cut off trade!"

"Who said that trade can be cut off, we can not go through the Compporis Strait, anyway, the sea control is in our hands, we can let the trade fleet go north from the west, pass through the Dumo Liao transit to the Middle-earth Colonial Guard, and then go to the northern passage, and then transport it back to the old passage. ”

Oh, my God...... This terrible proposal, seeing the terrible of this pig teammate, I couldn't help but sigh, and sure enough, then An Lu let out a louder roar, but fortunately it accurately described the IQ of this councilor.

"Are you mentally retarded? This way of walking has already spared the island of Bourbon three-quarters of a round! You haven't considered the cost of freight and the risk of passing by sea! Do you want us to go to the Ministry of the Interior and calculate whether Bourbon will make a profit or a loss after doing so?"

Croaking, croaking, as if thousands of crows were clamouring in my ears, making my stomach feel like it was propping up, and I couldn't help but want to vomit.

My body began to feel uncomfortable, but in this meeting, the other councillors could not listen, or even slip away in advance, only I, as the governor, had to sit here until the end, listen to each councillor's argument with bated breath, and then make my own decision.

However, this is a difficult thing, and the breathing starts to be unsmooth again, and the feeling of nausea is boiling in the mouth...... O god of the sea, please be merciful and considerate of me, a 53-year-old man!

The stakes are so high that I can't draw conclusions so I can only let the House of Representatives discuss them first, and they have been discussing and arguing for three days, with almost no results.

The parliamentarians who have not invested in the indoctrination district are not enthusiastic about sending troops, thinking that it can be resolved through negotiations, and their remarks are also the same, Bourbon, which is in an eventful situation, should no longer open the front, it is already out of balance, and taxes will be added, Bourbon is really a pill. The only thing they feel sorry for when the reeducation zone is invaded is the tax revenue lost because the reeducation zone is attacked.

Some of the legislators who had invested in the correctional districts turned into the most violent hawks, clamoring for the General Assembly Palace to immediately send troops to punish the rioters, and whoever opposed the dispatch of troops was a Bourbon traitor who had been bribed by Mai Sika and should be arrested on the spot.

But after a few days, Eagle suddenly lost his enthusiasm for sending troops, and according to the information passed on to me by his family, he told me that Eagle had accepted a bribe from Xiu Ge, and had been promised that he would protect their investment in the education area, so Eagle instantly became a pacifist.

In other words, who has been shouting that whoever opposes sending troops is the eagle card that accepted the bribe of the traitor, and in the end, they were the only ones who accepted the bribe from the traitor?

In any case, with the hawk relenting, and the fact that I did not have a firm mind from beginning to end, the tone of the meeting was set, and an envoy was sent to express great anger, great indignation, and strong condemnation of Misica, and to urge Misica to change his mind as soon as possible.

After solving the guidance for the indoctrination district, the next question to face is where to collect taxes to fill the gap due to the lack of trade between the indoctrination zone and Urchi.

First of all, if the radical forces that rule Ingona and are funded by us do not rebel within three years, we will notify the world to cut off aid, which can be regarded as a temporary solution to the trouble.

Secondly, it is to impose taxes on the interior, so I issued the "Second Tax Increase Order of Luhr VIII".

Tenglong Colonial Guard, which had just raised taxes three years ago, naturally can't be added again. But there must be a new tax, then there is no way, after hesitation, can only aim at the old waterway, the old waterway that used to be light and thin, now also needs to raise taxes.

Of course, it is impossible for the nobility to raise taxes, and it is impossible for the servants and merchants who are protected by the nobility to raise taxes - unless I want to be ousted in the name of tyrants, then the target of the tax increase can only be aimed at the farmers and sailors who have no power.

There is no way, the state affairs are difficult, all the kings bear with each other for the country, and the Bourbon will remember your sacrifice.