Chapter 113: Reason
Link felt a little ridiculous and asked puzzled, "Why?"
The envoy smiled softly: "Whether it is the steel regent or the Duke of Katyn in the north, after Cormier recovers, the first thing is to take revenge on Sambia who took advantage of the fire to rob, the twenty-two regiments do not want to usher in such a meaningless war, but it is not advisable to occupy Cormier by arms, and the resources paid to maintain the occupying army will far exceed the taxes that can be conscripted, and it will deepen the hostility of the Cormiers, which is very unfavorable to the commercial development of Sambia." β
Link probably understands the thinking of the Sambians, the ruling group composed of big businessmen and big chaebols is used to thinking from the perspective of pay and return, although the regular army of Sambia is very weak, but the mercenary group of Sambia is rich in quality and quantity, and it can fight with the current Cormier army.
However, the Sambians believe that even if such a war is won, the cut off trade routes, damaged infrastructure, a large number of administrative officials who need to be trained, and the maintenance and replenishment of troops and mercenaries will cause a lot of burden on Sambia, and the war-torn Cormier will not be able to provide enough taxes to Sambia for a long time to maintain the financial balance, so it is most cost-effective for the Sambians to retain the privileges of the trade lodge and the smooth trade routes, and use Cormier as a source of cheap labor and raw materials.
"It's in your Sambian's interest to stir up a civil war among the nobles of Cormier, isn't it?, you've already said the same to many nobles?" Link said with some sarcasm.
The messenger looked at Link appreciatively, smiled, and thoughtfully explained the current situation.
The north of Cormier is the rocky land and the wild cow desert, and the west is adjacent to the vast West Hadrant region across the Cape Storm Mountains, there are two trade routes, one through the rocks, which is now cut off, and the other has to go south along the Cape Storms Mountains, passing through the Dragon Coast, which has many Sambian trade houses, to reach the West Hadland, the Sambians can easily cut it off, and now the Cormier navy has been hit hard, and the Sambians have blocked the coastline south of Cormier, which also blocks the trade routes to the south, and now Cormier only has the eastern trade route to operateγ
The original city of Tifanton was an important trading town, there were several trade routes stretching eastward, along the Moon Sea Highway to the rest of the valley, with the destruction of Tivanton City, these trade routes were in a state of cut-off, the only trade route that could be used was Cormier to the east to the Bow Valley, the Bow Valley to the east to the Sambia This trade route, as long as the Sambians no longer send goods to the Bow Valley, this trade route is also abandoned, and now the only route is to reach the Bow Valley through the rest of the valley, with the Bow Valley as the core, to the west to transport goods in or out.
Although the Sambian Valley has the most powerful heavy cavalry unit in the entire valley, plus the attendant cavalry there are thousands of people, but in the face of a country with a population, the land is dozens of times their own, and the wealth is thousands of times that of their own, it is still a little insufficient.
Once the Bow Valley is occupied, the Sambians will be able to complete the complete blockade of Cormier, and the nobles, large and small, in order to obtain the materials and money in the hands of the Sambians, will act as agents for the Sambians like the warlords of the Republic of China in Link's previous life, so as to achieve the purpose of the Sambians exploiting the Cormier people through the hands of the nobles.
The explanation made by the envoy partially confirmed Link's idea, the same routine of the Sambians had been carried out on the Dragon Coast on the south shore of the Falling Star Sea, and the Sambians had successfully controlled the trade and commerce of many city-states throughout the Dragon Coast with a series of trading houses, and reached a tacit agreement with the powerful city-state of the Dragon Coast - Simon City, and the current Sambians could even influence the political situation on the Dragon Coast, blocking the local trade routes at any time, putting the local rulers in crisis, and even supporting new agents to come to power.
But this routine of the Sambia requires a lot of time and resources, the Sambians need to investigate qualified agents, need to provide loans and corresponding resources, introduce suitable mercenary groups and mercenary mages, sign agreements, support agents, and let different agents cooperate with each other, contain each other, do not let any one dominate, maintain this dynamic balance, and ensure the interests of the Sambians, this process often lasts for several years, but the Sambians do not have the time and resources now.
The Amber Empire in West Hadlands has recently fallen into war, due to the large number of troops sent to the New World, there is a monster army led by ogres in the south of the Amber Empire, which has been captured and sacked several large cities and a large number of towns, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Sambians, who plan to take the opportunity to seize the commercial interests of the Amber Empire in the south of the Faeron Continent, and even see if there is a chance to seize the colonies of the Ambi Empire in the New World.
The Sambians have no resources or time to play aristocratic war games in Cormier, and the Sambians urgently need to make Cormier a stable rear, a stable source of raw materials and a source of cheap labor, and urgently need to restore trade routes, so that Sambian goods can circulate through Cormier, and handicraft workshops and workshops can be established in Cormier.
"Therefore, it is not in the interests of the kingdom for the various nobles to fight for Cormier, and it is not in the interests of the kingdom for Cormier to have a strong leader, the best result is to form a situation of confrontation between the north and the south, we will give you support, so that you have the strength to fight against the steel regent. β
Link sneered: "Why me, there are still a lot of nobles in the north, right? I'm not even a Cormier." β
The envoy glanced at Link deeply: "That's it, you must have our support to maintain the rule of the system, it is difficult for the nobles of Cormier to turn to you, you can only choose to rely on us, and the Rock Chamber of Commerce you established is very interesting, the Twenty-two Men are happy to see a regime that values commerce appear in the north of Cormier." β
Listening to the envoy's words, Link glanced at the envoy gloomily, the Sambians are probably more interested in restoring the trade routes of the rocks as soon as possible, and intervening in the rockland trade, saying that they are supporting themselves, but I am afraid that they will also secretly give some help to the steel regent to maintain the dynamic balance, but this is an opportunity.
"So, you must have agreed to the proposal to unite with the Kingdom of Sambia?" said the envoy with certainty.
Link smiled maliciously, "I refuse. β