The establishment of the People's Communist Republic of Ankenrein under the leadership of Gastens did not seem to have caused much repercussions on the central continent. At the suggestion of the Alonte Empire, the Parliament of the Six Nations in Munze moved to Roswell, and the Negru Republic, the Alonte Empire, the Third Republic of Fern, and Loren Robus all sent congratulatory letters to the Gastens government and arranged for relevant personnel to attend the founding ceremony of Ankenrein. Since then, Anken Rein has begun to promote economic construction in accordance with his three-year plan, and is also increasing investment in national defense. The Alonte Empire, the Third Republic of Fern and the Republic of Negro have also quietly accelerated the transition to military preparations. Although everyone is on the same page in their statements, yearning for peace, pursuing cooperation, and rejecting war. But anyone who knows a little bit about the situation knows that the present peace is short-lived, and that the system, which represents three different modes of development, will inevitably break out at some point in the future.

In 856, two years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ankenrein was founded in the southern border city of the People's Communist Republic, South Forlinburg.

With the whistle of a steam whistle, a long steam locomotive stopped on a platform on the outskirts of South Flimp. Workers who had been waiting nearby for a long time rushed to the site and quickly began monitoring and maintenance procedures. Gary Gibson, the former Emperor of the Ankenrein Empire, jumped out of the second carriage of the steam locomotive in a labor cloth coat and strode over to the platform staff standing next to the platform.

"Uncle Anji, I haven't seen you for a month, how are you doing?"

Gary Gibson is a little more cheerful and thicker than he was two years ago. Over the course of two years, he tried three or four different jobs, but finally settled down in his position as a steam locomotive freight manager. Gastens had different policies towards the old nobles and old capitalists who surrendered, and for those who, like Rob Hedland, donated all their family property, actively cooperated with the public-private partnership, and made a great contribution to the restoration of production as soon as possible, Gastens gave different political treatment according to the degree of their contribution, and most of them were very good. And for those who are not very cooperative, and even need to be reminded and forced to accept Anken Rein, the treatment is much worse. Gary Gibson was one of those who received preferential treatment, but he didn't seem to have much interest in being the vice chairman of the council, and after a few months of work, he quit and left, and began to work in different jobs and experience life in society.

"Mr. Gary, something hasn't been quite right lately", Angie Galileo is a veteran of South Forlimburg Station, he has lived through the time of Paul Gibson, the era of Gary Gibson, and the life of New Anken Reyne. Before, he had always been the foreman of the Taoist class, but he couldn't be promoted. After the establishment of the new Ankenrein, the corrupt officials were cleaned up, and the former stationmaster of the South Flinburg steam station was brought to justice, and Angie Galileo, as the new stationmaster elected by the masses, assumed the management responsibility of the station.

"What's wrong?" , Gary Gibson stretched comfortably, long-term following the car is not an easy job, every stop, when the locomotive is filled with water, he has to get off the train to move, by the way and chat with the people on the platform. Because of Elena's two years of work experience, Gary Gibson is not averse to this kind of working life.

"The checkpoint to Wari in front of us has strengthened the inspection of the incoming and outgoing caravans since yesterday, and many of the equipment parts brought by the people have been discovered, the things have been confiscated, and the people have been driven back. I asked people to ask, but the officials in Varui refused to say it explicitly, only that they meant it from above. Your batch is the first batch of Chaoyang steam engines since the strict inspection, and I am afraid that something will happen. ”

"Oh? Do you want to check your steam equipment? Is this going to re-close the market? A tax increase, or a ban on imports? ”

Gary Gibson was, after all, a former emperor, and no stranger to the tricks of these rulers. He thought about it, asked Anji a few more words, and then had a general impression. It would take a day to load the equipment from the railscar locomotive onto the convoy, and Gary Gibson still had time to get information. He left the station and walked around South Forlinburg. The city used to be a place full of filth and darkness, because it was located at the junction of three countries, and there were many wanderers and chaotic management. After Gastens' communist Ankenrein took over the city, he forcefully suppressed and justified executions, killing a large number of leaders of the underground society, and some of the remaining were forced into the Negro Republic and the Third Republic, where they did not dare to enter again. Until now, the streets are littered with armed police and soldiers, and the city's administrators have made up their minds not to bring the dark forces back to life.

Gary Gibson knew the mayor of the city, and he walked around the city for a long time, had a bite to eat, asked for some news, and finally submitted an application to meet with the city government. Mayor Domnar Robbie received him in the evening.

"Mr. Gibson, we have also learned about what you said, but the communication with the other side is not smooth, and the liaison officer sent to Warry has not received confirmed information, but from the feedback from the vendors, it seems that the clearance of the checkpoint is indeed stricter. I don't have a good way to do it here, but the Chaoyang steam engine you are responsible for transporting is a state-owned asset of our country, and if something really goes wrong, it's hard to say. Otherwise, you leave your convoy empty, filling only the first car with a steam engine and seeing what happens to the other side. If it goes well, it's not too late to come back and load the goods, and the delay is only a day's work. ”

Domhnall Robbie's suggestion was quite pertinent, and Gary Gibson chatted with him for a few words and decided to take it. He returned to the station at suppertime, ordered a loaded car, loaded two empty cars with some stones, and was ready to make a tentative pass.

The next day, Gary Gibson left Fort South with his convoy and began his march towards Warry, and as soon as he reached the border, he saw the heavily guarded outpost. Gary Gibson had been here before, and knew what it was like in the past, and the soldiers at the post were listless, the inspections were perfunctory, and some money was stuffed through, and the goods were often all released. But now, just at first glance, Gary Gibson knew that something was wrong, all the soldiers at the post had changed, and several people he knew had completely disappeared. The horse that had been put aside and had never been used was also placed in the middle of the road. The heavily armed soldiers and the caravans lining up around for inspection made the atmosphere of the entire outpost a little calm.

"I guess something is going to happen", Gary Gibson was a little nervous, he asked the convoy to stop in front of the outpost, got out of the car and walked forward, holding his customs clearance paperwork in his hand, which contained 20 verds. The officer-looking man who was looking around at the gate of the post had already seen Gary Gibson's motorcade, touched his mustache, watched Gary Gibson walk towards him, and sneered twice.

"Sir, I'm Ankenrui because of the transportation of Elena Steam Power Equipment Company, we are scheduled to transport one hundred Chaoyang steam engines to Wari according to the contract, this is my customs clearance documents, and I ask you to check and release them."

Although he is very unhappy with the behavior of these grassroots officials, Gary Gibson also knows that this is the norm for grassroots officials, these people are not well paid, work dangerously, and cannot support themselves and satisfy their desires without making some money through their work. In the past, the 20 Buddha yuan he put in the customs clearance paperwork was already a large amount of money, which was also the first time he saw each other, and he opened the way with a heavy gift. In Gary Gibson's experience, there is generally no problem. However, this time the officer was obviously different from the previous one, he took the customs clearance paperwork, opened it and looked at it, picked up the 20 verds, glanced at Gary Gibson, and put the money in his pocket. Although the look he gave Gary Gibson made him a little uncomfortable, now that he had collected the money, Gary Gibson was relieved, and it seemed that the problem had been solved.

However, he was still too early to rejoice, and the next action of the officer to put the money in his pocket was the order.

"Come on, arrest them!"

"Huh?" Gary Gibson was held down by a rush of soldiers, and behind him, the convoy of transports that came with him was surrounded by heavily armed officers and soldiers. Gary Gibson was fundamentally armed and could not resist the forces of the Third Republic. He yelled and screamed, hoping for an explanation, but was dragged into the outpost.

The officer smiled softly as he watched Gary Gibson being pulled into the outpost, and he turned to the soldiers behind him.

"Give the order to the rear, we have captured the little emperor of Ankenrein, and I will escort him to Verdingen at once."

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In April 856, the Negrud Republic, the Third Republic, and the Alonte Empire simultaneously imposed a punitive tariff of 300% on Ankenrein's export steam equipment and set export quotas. The People's Government of Anken Ruiyin strongly condemned this and immediately started communication and negotiation. However, the three countries have put forward extremely harsh conditions for the resumption of steam equipment exports, including opening up authorized production, lowering prices, and allowing factories to be built in their countries. Anken Rui was affected by the rejection of the demands of the three countries, and the steam equipment, which is the main pillar of its export earnings, fell sharply.

In May 856, the Negrud Republic, the Third Republic, and the Alonte Empire issued a statement in the capital of the Third Republic of Fern rejecting the legitimacy of the People's Communist Republic of Ankenrein and supporting the exiled Emperor Gary Gibson in establishing a government-in-exile in Ferndingen. Gary Gibson attended a press conference held jointly by the three countries and delivered a proclamation in person, "Expel the Illegal Regime and Defend Anken Rein." The Anken Rein People's Government expressed great opposition to the Trilateral Joint Declaration and the existence of the government-in-exile, and completely cut off the export of steam equipment, and began to recall the residents of Anken Rein living in the three countries. In the same month, the New Six Parliaments were hotly debated over the matter, and the Neglo Republic, the Alonte Empire, and the Third Republic of Fern withdrew from the New Six Parliaments, retaining only a lowest-level office in Rosville.

In June 856, the armies of the three kingdoms were on the border, and Anken Rui entered a state of combat readiness at the same time, and the four most powerful countries on the road were tense, war was on the verge of breaking out, and the central continent, which had been peaceful for less than two years, once again smelled the smell of danger.

"Gary Gibson, this kid, is he really not willing to be lonely?"

Gastens stood in a conference room on the sixth floor of the Communist Party headquarters in the Borough of Roseville, expressing his views to the members of the Communist Party in front of him. On his face, although worried, it was still mostly calm.

"Boss, at that time, it was not only Gary Gibson who you said you would leave these people alone, but also a lot of old bureaucrats, and the two archdukes were gone. These people are supposed to be in Gary Gibson's government-in-exile. Now that they're out there for independence, do you want to review it? ”

Zink's words had a somewhat joking tone, apparently not taking the government-in-exile seriously, and Gastens glared at him and replied with a smile.

"These people themselves are just good days, and they take the initiative to die, why should I stop them? When this battle is settled, all the people of the government-in-exile will be executed, and the family property will be confiscated. ”

"The disposition of their family has begun, and no one can escape punishment for this kind of thing", Zink Warren knocked lightly on the table, "this time we can collect a lot of land and enterprise shares, and basically clean up the first-class of the big aristocracy and the big bourgeoisie." However, Chief, what is the next step, whether you want to fight or not, you still have to give an accurate word, right? ”

"Why don't you fight?"

Gastens sneered, "They want to block us, cut off the output of our steam equipment, and climb the tech tree themselves." We still have some gaps in light industry, which affects people's living experience very much, and it is not a good way to drag it out like this. If we want to fight, we should fight early, fight quickly, and end the fighting quickly, so as to reduce the impact on the lives of our people. ”

"Okay!"

Ivan Warren was elated, and as commander-in-chief of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, he was far more eager for war than anyone else.

"Boss, how are we going to fight?"

"How?"

Gastens looked at Ivan and chuckled, "Since you asked this question, but you have a response?" In the past two years, we have not relaxed for a moment in our preparations for the possible outbreak of war. I've done more than 40 response plans alone, so I think you should have a plan that suits the current situation, right? ”

"Boss, then I'll follow the plan I have", Ivan stood up, took the long pole from Gastens's hand, and pointed at the Duchy of Rylin on the map, "According to our 17th battle plan, when the three major powers on this road begin to resist us, we must launch a military countermeasure, and strive to open up living space for us with the fastest speed and the lowest cost." As it stands, Elena is the heart of our industry, but it's too close to the border. The troops of the Neglo Republic stationed in the Duchy of Rairim pose a serious threat to our security. To create a buffer zone for the Elena Industrial Zone, we must recover the Duchy of Ryrim and drive the Negru army back. ”