The war continues.

At a nightly meeting in late March, Ankenrein Communist Party Chairman Gastens and all seven of their members unanimously judged the current situation. Judging from the feedback from all sides, this war, which began with Ankenrein's attack on Negru, finally dragged the third country into the water. The Alonte Empire broke through the glacial defenses and advanced into the border city of Hulangka, in the province of Caranglyote. Charlie Roning's recruits used to defend the Glacier Line were unsuccessful, leaving countless corpses in three major legion-level battles, as well as more than a hundred kilometers of land across the border. Inside Ankenrein, Paul Gibson's royal forces and Charlie Ronin's rebels entered a two-front stalemate in the city of Muenze in Milumia province and on the border with Calomiote, with no one being able to do anything about it.

"If it goes on like this, the first one who can't hold it out is Roninger," says Ivan Warren, sitting on Gastens' right hand. Although he had little education for half his life, the miserable life turned Ivan into a sponge, and when he got the opportunity, he grew up quickly, and is now a military expert on the Elena Plains.

"You mean their logistical capabilities, right?" , Zink, who had not yet taken off his police uniform, sat next to Ivan, "The area controlled by Paul Gibson is larger, the economy is more developed, and the agriculture is more developed, and it has greater war potential than Ronninger, so if it is consumed, Ronninger will not be pleased." ”

"There's another reason," Bimpo Beaubruf said slowly, "Now that the Alonte Empire has crossed the glacial defense line, and Charlie Ronin's backyard is on fire, if he doesn't have any back, he will probably have problems soon." ”

"Charlie Ronin is a very cunning man," Daisy Richardson took a small sip of a cup of hot tea in both hands, "and the father's message says that this man rarely does anything unprepared. ”

"So, he has a backhand?" Eddie Warren is now managing the Huishan Mine, and he can't attend every day, but he rarely attends once, and he also wants to know more about the current war situation and Elena's situation.

"I don't know, but I always felt like he wasn't going to just lose," Daisy was honest, "but I can't think of anything else he could do." ”

"This is not something we have to discuss", Gastens saw that everyone was almost discussed, and cut to the next topic, "How is the land reform going recently, Charlie Harry, can you tell me?" ”

"Okay, boss", Charlie Harry called Gastens after the old 19 death squad, "to this day, the land survey work has been carried out for a week, everyone's enthusiasm for work is higher than I thought, and the data is basically out." There are about 26,000 acres of cultivated land in the Elena Plain, and there are about 7,300 farmers and yeoman farmers who meet our conditions, and it is not possible to mark four acres of land per person. However, there is still a lot of uncultivated woodland and wasteland on and around the river beach, and if the landland is moderately cultivated for grain cultivation according to the leader's intentions, four acres per person is more than enough. ”

"We have studied the figure of four acres per person, and it is reasonable. However, the good and bad land should be marked with different ground rents. In addition, if there is not enough land, the masses can be mobilized to open up the land according to the original plan, and those who participate in the land reclamation can be allowed to be allocated six acres of land. ”

There was no disagreement with Gastensti's proposal, and the meeting quickly moved on to another topic.

"Do you have any more information about what Azadze reported?"

Gastens asked Charlie Harry, a local serf who was influential among serfs and could get a lot of information. This time, Azadze sold Pip Matthias and told Charlie Harry that Theo Matthias was going to have a drinking party against Elena. Gastens took this matter very seriously, and he wanted to know who the big man who was going to the drinking party that day and whether it had any effect on Elena. This task, he handed over to Charlie Harry, and Charlie Harry did not disappoint everyone.

"It is said that someone who is related to the Six Princes came", he said this, his expression was a little nervous. Everyone knows that the backstage of Gastens is the Six Princes, and now the people of the Six Princes are participating in Theo Matthias's drinking party, which is a signal that makes everyone a little worried.

"The Six Princes......" Gastens thought for a moment, "we still need to know what they're talking about, so we can deal with it." Will Azadze go? ”

"He'll go," Charlie Harry calmed down a bit, "and we'll know what's going on when he's back." It takes three or four days to get from Van Ensten, which is a bit long, but it's still in time. ”

"Well, I know this", Gastens nodded, turning the page, "Now, let's discuss the second group of party members that you plan to recommend." ”

Hearing Gastens' proposal, everyone sat up straight. Expanding the scope of the Communist Party and attracting more qualified comrades to join the party was the goal set by everyone from the very beginning. However, the process of recruiting party members, such as Gastens, who first secretly investigates underground, thinks that it is almost time to talk to someone, and then submits an application to the organization, really arouses everyone's interest. The recommended seats for each person also made everyone pay extra attention to this matter.

"I'll talk about it first......", Daisy preemptively spoke before she was a lady. She lowered her head, opened the book, and began to introduce the activists she recommended to join the party. The entire room fell silent and listened attentively. Everyone is very serious about the new party members.

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Azadze Waters sat at the back of the conference room, looking at the big man surrounded by a group of people not far away, and was in a trance for a while.

As a member of the landlord class, in the words of the communist theory that Elena was promoting, it was a class that should be eliminated. And for what is he willing to be a spy and a spy for those serfs and workers?

“…… My lord, Gastens promoted communism in Elena, and he also distributed reactionary publications everywhere, this is it, called "Dawn", in which he wrote a lot of rebellious words......"

From the Plains of Elena, the complaints of the evicted landlords continued. This situation has been going on for more than an hour, Azadze is not high, and he is not qualified to sit side by side with people like Theo Matthias or Aron Wenger to give advice, the meaning of his existence is more to support the scene, fill the number, and let the big man realize the seriousness of the matter.

Pal Cross, the attendant of the Six Princes. Everything he heard today would be directly transmitted to the ears of the Six Princes. Moreover, what made Azadze concerned was that Yarrow Ross, the governor of Enspen, who had always thought that he was also a backer of Gastens, and Rhett Eridri, who had been robbed of the Plains of Elena by Gastens, appeared at this private meeting at the same time.

What does this mean, Azadze shuddered at the thought of it.

If Gastens loses the trust of the six princes, or goes to the support of the local governor, what will he have left?

“…… My lord, you have to take care of this matter, and now Elena is in a miasma, and that Gastens is still engaged in some kind of land reform, take back all the land, and then divide the four acres of land among the peasants. He also stipulated that no one was entitled to more than six acres of land, otherwise they would all be regarded as the landlord class and driven out of Elena. There are several of us here, all like this", Theo Matthias was very humble in front of Pal Cross, and he grumbled as he looked back at Azadze, who was a little distracted.

"Hey, Azazadze, come here."

"Oh? Oh! ”

Azadze got up, passed the envious eyes of the small landowners around him who were in a similar situation to him, and sat somewhat stiffly in the middle of the conference room, next to Theo Matthias and the Sixth Prince's attendant, Pal Cross.

"My lord, his name is Azazze, and he is a small landowner with only seven acres of land. But such a small landlord, Gastens did not let go, took his land, robbed him of his only serf, and insisted that he should be a yeoman farmer. My lord, how is this possible? We have made so many contributions to this country by producing food, paying taxes, and making so many contributions, do we have to be beaten into those mud legs to be reasonable? ”

Pal Close stretched out his hand to signal Theo to stop, looking at Azadze.

"Your name is Azadze, isn't it, what this Mr. Matthias said is true?"

"Well," Azadze remembered as a spy, "I do only have seven acres of land, and I don't mix well in the Elena Plains. But that's it, the other day the people from their factory came to visit me and forcibly took my land and my only serf. It turned out that we could still have someone to help with our family's farm work, but now I am the only one left. I still have a wife and daughter to support, and I can't survive at all. ”

Although there was a lack of passion in the words, Azadze's performance was still qualified. Pal Cross nodded, bowed his head and made a few notes in his notebook, and went over the Dawn, Elena's local newspaper.

"I know about this matter, I will go back and report it to His Royal Highness the Prince, do you have anything else to say?"

"Yes, yes!"

More than one voice sounded at the same time, these landlords were bullied too much by Gastens, and this time they finally came to talk and help, so they naturally wanted to talk more and complain more. Even if many people have said something before, they don't mind saying it again, and it is best to make the adult in front of them go crazy on the spot, and make a decision on the spot, and they will be satisfied if they want to kill Gastens. Azadze quietly retreated in such a frenzied atmosphere and sat back down in the corner.

Only then did he have his own answer.

Maybe it's because I'm involved in the labor myself, or maybe it's because I like the drive and the smile on the faces of the new farmers. Perhaps, it was because I was infected and impregnated by Elena's atmosphere that I unconsciously blurred my identity and class.

Now that he has figured out his position and the reason for having this position, Azadze, who was in a trance, has regained his senses. He sat up slightly straighter and began to listen. He was going to write down everything he could hear, go back and tell Charlie Harry, and then tell the adult.

The enemy is coming.

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"What you say is true?"

Elliot, who heard the news, was a little unconvinced. The offensive of the three armies of the Guards led by him in the province of Caranglyote was not smooth, and after such a long battle, it advanced less than fifty kilometers, and even the first city, Oredry, was not captured. This made him feel a little irritable, and even when he heard Pal Cross's report, his mood began to deteriorate.

"Well, it should be," Parl Cross stood straight, "although it is only one side, but this newspaper should be true." And with this newspaper in place, we can also get a glimpse of what Gastens controls what Elena is doing. ”

Elliot took the newspaper and looked at it twice. In his hand was the inaugural issue of Dawn, and the front page was full of articles written by Gastens himself.

"Making the lives of the people of Elena better".

The headline is very ordinary, and the content is all advocacy slogans, and there is not much substance. Elliot rolled his eyes, a little impatient.

"These things, if you want me to give up the Glory Rifle, it's not enough."

"You don't need to give up the Glory Rifle," Parl Cross unconsciously lowered his voice, "You just need to send someone over to take over Elena and see how Gastens reacts, and you'll know what he's trying to do." ”

"That's an idea," Elliot nodded, "but I've heard that when he was in Strongwood, he had a factory. At that time, the acting commander of the Sixth Legion, a person named something, also wanted to take the factory, but in the end he didn't get it, and was forced to give up. What if I take over and the factory's output drops instead? ”

"Have you forgotten that pawn of Lord Vincent", Pal Cross reminded softly, "and with him, the things of the factory should not be delayed".

"Yes," Elliot was silent for a moment, then gave his answer.

"That's it, you go to Elena for me, take over the factory in Gastens, and see how he reacts."

"Okay," Pal Cross nodded, "Your Highness, I need some guards. ”

"Guards?"

Elliot paused for a moment, and wanted to laugh a little, "You don't think it's ......", he thought for a few more seconds, and nodded heavily, "Impossible, he shouldn't dare, you think too much, my Mr. Parr." ”

"Your Highness, be prepared," Pal Cross insisted on his opinion, "If he really has some thoughts that he shouldn't have, I will not be able to come back if I go alone." ”

Elliot was silent for a few more seconds, eventually losing to Pal Close's insistence.

"Okay, that's it. Go ahead, go and see, be objective and don't be deceived by those landlords. Gastens must have done something, but these things are not as exaggerated as these people say, you can give me a good look, you know? ”

"I see, don't worry, Your Highness."

"Hmm", Elliot snorted, revealing the chapter. He looked at the sand table in front of him and asked a new question.

"Tell me, how can I win this battle?"