147. War and mobilization

"The Blue Gate, this is it. "www.biquge.infoEsther didn't care at all about the ground-repellent cavalry who were still trying to eat dirt behind his ass. All that left his eyes was the blue gates. In the invitation letter brought by Lieutenant Remar, it was clearly written that they should enter Kolenburg through the blue city gate.

There were several rows of rejecting horses at the gate of the city, but the soldiers before and after the rejecting horses did not have the slightest nervousness. Many of them did not even have weapons in their hands, but sat leisurely on their horses, waiting to see who was causing trouble this time.

It wasn't until they saw that the speeding alchemy carriage showed no sign of slowing down, and there was a rumbling sound under the wheels, and they rushed straight towards the rejection horse, that they let out a burst of exclamation, hurriedly raised their weapons, and shouted in unison under the leadership of an officer: "Stop." This is the royal gate, and vehicles are not allowed to enter. "It's as if you can stop a fast train that runs over by relying on sound waves.

Perhaps their shouts really worked, and the alchemy carriage that was speeding like a fly let out a sharp and piercing braking sound, and with an extremely beautiful tail flick, it came to a halt only two meters from the wooden tip of the rejection. At this time, half of the small group of soldiers who were standing in front of the rejection horse were frightened and fled to both sides, and the rest of the people also jumped on the rejection horse behind them in a mess.

"The braking system is so good!" Esther said in admiration, opening the door and jumping first.

"Don't get rid of this yet. We're going to be late. The second haughty one jumped out of the carriage and shouted to a few of the big-headed soldiers who were staring blankly at her.

A middle-aged man who looked like an officer and the soldiers hurriedly moved away from the horse. As soon as he saw Easter and Moragatte's generals' uniforms, he immediately understood that the problem here was definitely not something he could deal with. On the opposite side are all the legendary powerhouses of the Void Fleet. If you want to deal with the problems they have caused, you need the approval of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. Moreover, the headquarters of the Void Fleet is also in Kolunburg, and here, the men and horses of the Void Fleet are really much more imposing than their soldiers.

As soon as the horse had moved a crack in the air, he hurried out and gave a military salute to Mora Goult.

"What are you doing in Kolunburg, lady?"

"Give. Maura Gault didn't want to talk much to such a little person, and handed over the invitation to the banquet.

The officer looked at the invitation and immediately understood what to do. He told his men to move away from the horse, and then saluted Mora Gault again.

"Dear lady, please be careful about your speed in Kolunburg. Don't cause an accident. ”

At this moment, a girl dressed as a maid suddenly ran from a building at the foot of the city wall not far away.

"May I ask if this is the ladies of the Wester, I am the lady-in-waiting of Earl Hugh, and I am here to greet a few distinguished guests. ”

"We are. Esther nodded to the maid, and then ordered, "Let's talk about getting in the car and take us to Valentina first." ”

Split it up***

"Valentina! You're so spacious here, and you're so well equipped!"

It wasn't the opulent palace that made Sonia sound with envy, but Valentina's practice room. The size of the place and the training equipment made Sonya's eyes light up.

"What is this? You haven't been to the virtual reality of the White Tower, have you? ”

Valentina, who was wearing only a pair of boxer shorts in her practice room, asked the maid to wipe her sweat while talking to Sonia about the virtual reality developed by the Warrior Association.

Once the two martial idiots talk about their common hobbies, it is like dry firewood meets fire, and they talk endlessly.

Esther looked at Valentina, who was almost naked, and his heart was inevitably a little empty. This long-legged girl had no defense against the three of them, and directly asked the maid to take the three of them to her practice room, and also feasted East's eyes by the way. Now all he fears is that if Valentina knows his true identity, there will be no violence. You know, he definitely can't beat Valentina now.

Mora Gault stood aside and winked at Easter in boredom, as if to see what Easter was thinking. East simply stuffed Xiao Mo Tuan'er and Xiao Yi into her to take care of, and walked over generously, interrupting the communication between the two martial idiots.

"Valentina, why should we come early? I just asked the maid that the ceremony will not begin until two hours. ”

"Your Highness wants to see you first, especially Mora, and His Highness will take her to His Majesty the King. All this is done before the award begins. Would you be interested in seeing our king?"

Valentina's tone was as if the king was some rare animal. Of course, for an illiterate barbarian like her, as long as the king's fist is not as big as hers, it is just a rare human profession.

Esther nodded to Valentina. "If you have a chance to see the king, of course you will go. I have yet to see the true king of a kingdom. I wonder if there's anything special about our king?"

Listening to Esther and Valentina speaking seriously and obviously disrespectful to His Majesty, the good boy Sonia suddenly felt that her worldview was being turned upside down. His Majesty, who was supreme and beloved in her eyes, was discussed as something like a rare animal. Esther even casually asked how special it was about His Majesty. Is this what a courtier should ask? The Wood family, where Esther belongs, has also been a military aristocrat for generations, and can be regarded as the favor of the king in the world! Why is there such a guy as East, who seems to despise all authority?

"Well, our Majesty? there's nothing special about him. The only thing that distinguishes him from the other nobles is that he should be considered a good man!" After thinking about it, Valentina's first words directly shocked Sonya.

"What do you mean to be a good person?" said Sonia to Valentina, skeptical of the illiterate speaker's ability to speak.

"Well, let's just say he's a good guy. Seeing Sonya's eyes, Valentina was so kind that she immediately changed her words.

"A good man, that's all, that's not enough to be the king of Coronia!" said this, but Easter frowned.

In East's view, a qualified monarch can be evil, greedy, or tyrannical, but must have an iron wrist and an iron will. Such a monarch could never have been considered a good person. Because a good person will be too kind to his subjects, and he can't bear to let his subjects suffer. But such care will bring inertia and make the subjects lose the spirit of struggle. What Coronia needs most now is a monarch who pursues an iron-blooded policy. Only in this way can Coronia enter the fast track of development, instead of doing dimensional trade in peace and watching the future enemy approach step by step.

And a monarch who is considered a good person is necessarily a weak monarch. The nobles below will obey the orders of the monarch. It will inevitably weaken the mobilization capacity of the entire Coronian society.

Listening to Easter's words, Mora Gault raised his eyebrows and asked suspiciously: "Sophia, are you still an admirer of power politics? You must know that Coronia has practiced an aristocratic republic for thousands of years. And a strong monarch is necessarily not popular with all the nobles. Therefore, a "good man" to become a monarch will receive strong support from the nobles. ”

"In peacetime, there is nothing wrong with the noble republic. But is it peacetime?" asked Mora Gault rhetorically, and without waiting for her to answer, continued: "We now need to concentrate all our resources on the imminent all-out war. Business alliances are the enemy of all. If we are not careful, we will become cosmic refugees. We now need to draw up a national defense mobilization plan, we need to develop a wartime economic strategy, we need to redistribute industrial production capacity, we need to train new corps, we need to stock up weapons and supplies, we need to update the equipment of the army, we need to develop new weapons and new technologies, we need to win allies, we need to win neutrals, and we need to isolate the enemy. The main thing is that we need to get more human resources. If this gap cannot be filled, even if we can fight again, we will not be able to stop the countless armies controlled by the commercial alliance. Can a "good man" do these things? It takes an iron will and execution, and only a man of steel can do it. ”

Everyone, including Sonia and Mora Gault, was stunned. They were overwhelmed by the sheer number of nouns that Esther had come up with at once.

"You, do you doubt the legitimacy of His Majesty?" Sonia was speechless in astonishment. She knew that Esther had always had many strange thoughts and ideas, but she didn't expect that he would dare to directly deny the king of a country.

"I don't doubt the legitimacy of His Majesty the King, but I fear that the legitimate King will not be able to protect the land. Easter's eyes stretched into the void, as if he saw one world after another engulfed in the flames of war. These worlds sometimes fight bravely in the face of formidable enemies, and some stand still. Now, soon it will be Coronia's turn to make a choice.

"Come with me to your Highness, Sophia. I think if anyone in this country can understand what you just said, it will be Your Highness. Valentina looked at East, whom she thought was a mischievous fellow, in amazement, and was surprised to find that some of East's remarks made her feel familiar, that is, the words mobilization and plan that Her Highness the eldest princess often mentioned. These two words from the Third Reich of Kerrigan have haunted the eldest princess for a long time. Business alliances are also said to have secret mobilization plans. These two powerful forces in the multiverse rely on the words mobilization and planning to defeat opponents who seem to be evenly matched time and time again.

Unfortunately, no one within the reach of Coronia has been able to articulate the meaning of the mobilization plan.

"Or will Her Highness have something new to gain from her?" for some reason, looking at Easter who was talking eloquently, Valentina felt that the little girl in front of her might have the knowledge to change the world.