With the complete fall of the Edward Empire, other small lords in the east of the empire also began to fall, and in only half a month of the invasion of the Milan Empire, one-third of the territory in the east of the French Empire was occupied.

This is not only the reason for the weakness of the French Empire, but even the lords under the banner of the French Empire do not have any mentality to fight, and they basically conclude that this time the French Empire will only fall a matter of time, anyway, the two countries were the same empire before, and it is not a big deal to surrender to the Milan Empire.

Originally, Duke thought that he still had the mentality of watching a show, but with the fall of the east of the French Empire, the income of Duke's Storm Comptoir plummeted, because the main market of the Storm Comptoir was in the south and east of the empire.

To the south is the location of the base camp of the Storm Castle, when the relationship with the Prince of Andorra was good, basically the trade of the entire Andorran Prince Kingdom was monopolized by the Storm Castle, and now the two sides have entered the stage of hostility, naturally these businesses cannot be done, and they can only trade privately with other small lords in the Andorran Princely Kingdom, so that the price and transportation costs have risen, and the profits are naturally declining rapidly.

And the east has always been the main market of the Storm Merchants, because the east is surrounded by human empires such as the Milan Empire, and the west is the Sea of Death, and this world ocean has basically not developed anything. And the north is not to mention, the wild land plus the existence of barbarians belongs to the poorest territory of the empire, and the market is naturally not very good.

Although there have often been battles between the East and the Milan Empire, trade has always been the mainstream of the two countries, and even if the Milan Empire is invaded, there will be no massacre and destruction, even if the two sides are now two empires, but in the hearts of many people of the two countries, this is like a civil war, and naturally it will not start against the people of the other side.

Therefore, war is war, except for some farms in the wild, the impact on the city is not great, and the main trade direction of the French Empire is also east, after all, the Milan Empire is the Mediterranean Sea in the past, so it has always been a prosperous area like the central territory, so it is naturally profitable.

But this time the war is fierce, and even the city can't avoid it, after all, the Milan Empire has made up its mind to eat the French Empire this time. Therefore, the trade of the Storm Trading House was greatly affected, and in an instant, even the trade in the direction of the imperial capital, because of the war factor, no one bought any luxury goods, such as porcelain, storm carriages, etc., were greatly affected and reduced income.

Faced with such a situation, Duke also felt a headache, he originally thought that the income of the Storm Comptoir was rising and he could maintain his large-scale military expansion. As a result, the income plummeted in only half a month, and the 10,000 army, even if it was 30,000 reserve troops, the consumption brought by the remaining 20,000 or so main army was also very amazing, and the storm fish-man army was still on the offensive, and the war was actually about money.

Therefore, Duke can only temporarily stop the training process of the Storm Army's logistics army and recruits, and at the same time use the storm carriage to open up some markets farther away as much as possible to solve the current financial expenditure problem in the Storm Territory. However, now that the main construction problems of the Storm Territory are almost coming to an end, the reduction in financial investment in this area can be regarded as a relief for Duke, and now Duke can only hope that Fasqi can solve the war with the Shark Tribe as soon as possible, so that some small ships in the early stage of the Storm Shipyard can be launched for trade.

As for the process of the Sea Clan War, Duke can't see the process as intuitively as on land, and he can't even use ships to command like human naval warfare. The wars of the Sea Clan are all fought on the bottom of the sea at a depth of about 100 meters, so Duke can only learn about the combat situation of the Fasqi Fish Man Army through the daily battle report, which is also the most painful part of him.

At present, the Storm Fish-Man Army and the Shark Tribe are only carrying out small-scale tentative attacks, the main reason for this is that the number of the Fish-Man Army is still too small, only 5,000 people, and the opponent is basically dispatching up to 20,000 troops in the face of the counterattack of the Fish-Man Army.

Even if there is a gap between them and the Stormfish Army in terms of combat quality and weapons and equipment, there is not a qualitative gap in the number of equipment. Moreover, the ocean is not a plane battle, it is a three-dimensional combat mode, which can be attacked from two directions, up and down, so the marching formation on land and the battle in the ocean do not have such a big advantage.

Therefore, Fasqi has been looking for a good time, and the other is waiting for the other 5,000 soldiers of the Stormfish Army to be equipped, which will take time. And the biggest financial pressure on Stormcastle at the moment is the problem of the armor and equipment of the 5,000 Fish-Man Army, their size causes a pair of Fish-Man Storm Armor to have twice as many raw materials as a Dwarven Storm Armor, and about 1.5 times that of humans.

Duke was nervously watching the situation between the sea and the Fran Empire, and the time was unconsciously approaching the end of March, and the winter snow began to melt at this time, and the Storm Army was ready to start their spring plowing plan. At the same time, on the battlefield of the French Empire, the situation also took a reversal.

In mid-March, the Empire of France had reached a very critical moment of survival, and the army of the Milan Empire had invaded the direct territory of the Emperor of France, and even the troops were under the imperial capital. But as the imperial capital of the French Empire, it is needless to say that the height of the fortress and the city wall is naturally not to mention, and there are all kinds of fortifications, so the offensive of the Mirame army finally eased in the French Imperial Capital.

However, this situation is also very dangerous, as long as the Milan Empire continues to besiege it, there will be a chance to trap the French Emperor alive after all. But the Milan Empire also faced their crisis at this time, that is, Rhein began to thaw, and the logistics transportation that could be used directly from the ice surface was now required to rely on ships, and the logistics efficiency showed a plummeting trend.

If they hadn't firmly occupied both sides of the Rhine and could ensure the safe operation of their ships, it is estimated that this time they would have been forced to retreat like they had invaded the French Empire in the past.

Just when everyone was preparing the countdown for the fall of the French Empire, an unexpected scene appeared, that is, Duke Otto, who was in the northern territory, this time erected his lion flag, and finally did not choose to stand by during the most critical period of the French Empire, but called on the lord army to guard the French Empire.