Chapter 441: Andreas's Preparation
"Leaving so early, it can't be that something is going to happen to Monferrato. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Andreas bit the herring in his mouth, the knife and fork made a clanging sound on the plate, Jonas heard him say that, smiled, looked at Andreas curiously and said: "Monferratto is fine, Jung told me before leaving, let me train the army, Your Majesty may start a war against France in the near future." “
This news is kept secret from others, but for these younger brothers and sisters of their own, there is really no need to keep it secret, they are not young, and they naturally know how powerful it is, sure enough, when Andreas heard the news, he glanced at Jonas with slanted eyes, wiped his lips with a silk scarf, picked up the wine glass and said: "Oh? His Majesty the Emperor wants to attack France? When did His Majesty the Emperor have the ability to attack France?"
Andreas's merciless ridicule did not arouse the anger of everyone, as the elite of the empire, they obviously knew very well that in this empire, the emperor's authority had fallen to a very low level, he had no right to command the entire empire, he could only manage his own one-third of an acre, if he gave an order without the consent of the dukes and dukes, it would be equivalent to a piece of waste paper, so Andreas would say so.
"Oh, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't have the time to do anything to France, he prefers Hungary or Poland and Lithuania, which is his world, and the reason why there is a basis for attacking France, I think it should be the Duke of Lower Lorraine, The actions of the Duke of Upper Lorraine, the Duke of Frisseia, the Archbishop of Cologne and others, their territory is around France, and the Alsace-Lorraine region, this territory rich in gold and wood, is undoubtedly a big fat meat for them, they have wanted to get it back a hundred years ago, but their strength was not strong at that time, and now, I heard that the Duke of Lower Lorraine inherited the position of the Duke of Baden from his cousin, and his strength has increased greatly, which will make these highnesses have the idea of attacking France. “
Jonas said that there must be a series of reasons for attacking France, but his status is too low so he doesn't know, but although he doesn't know, according to the characteristics of this country, if he wants to attack France, there is really no benefit for the royal family, the Habsburg territory is in the southeast of the entire empire, close to Eastern Europe, and France is in Western Europe, even if it is defeated, for the royal family, it is impossible to effectively manage, only these territories close to France can get full benefits, for example, their Duchy of Susa, as a neighbor of the Duchy of Provence of France, has no covetousness for this territoryJonas didn't think Il would be so kind.
Andreas nodded at Jonas's analysis, and then said: "But why would His Majesty the Emperor agree? He can't get any benefit, why doesn't he stop it, if these dukes really defeat France, the position of the royal family will be turbulent, is this a tolerable thing for Your Majesty?"
Andreas raised his own questions, the Holy Roman Empire has its own characteristic system, one of which is the elector system, the existence of this system ensures that the person who can become the emperor in the empire will not always be a family person, although since three hundred years ago, the Habsburgs have been occupying the position of the Holy Roman Emperor, but this is because the strength of the Habsburg family is strong enough, and now, several forces that are not weaker than the Habsburg family have emerged in the entire empire, one is the Duke of Brandenburg who occupies the north of the empire, and the other is the Duke of Lower Lorraine, and the three wrestle with each other, everyone is waiting for the old emperor to die, as long as he dies, the throne is vacant, and then it is time to fight for the world.
And at this time, it is not a wise thing to let the opponent go to war, after all, if the war is lost in the end, then the reputation of the entire empire will be lost, which will cast a shadow on the Habsburgs, and if they are victorious, all the benefits will go into the hands of these families, and the Habsburg royal family will not get any benefits, and it does not look like a good deal.
"Who knows? Perhaps His Majesty the Emperor would like to add some fun to his old age. Jonas drank the red wine in the glass, and said helplessly, this matter is too sudden, and he has no information, France is a strange country for him, and those dukes, Jonas has never seen any of them, let alone His Majesty the Emperor, who knows what they are thinking?
He can only try to do what Jung told him, improve the strength of the army, so that his army can be preserved as much as possible in battle, there is only so much he can do, in addition, he can only wait for the order of the Duke of Il, he looked at Andreas and instructed: "Andreas, you also know your father's order, prepare well when you go back, Genaya is next to Provence, the danger factor is extremely high, you don't want something to happen, you know?"
"I see, on the border, I have some informants, don't worry, Genaya will be fine. Andreas said calmly, Jetia's village has developed rapidly in the past ten years, taking advantage of food, it has controlled about 200 square kilometers of land on the entire border line, with a total population of 20,000 people, which is on the border line, it is really not easy to maintain such a large team, and because it is on the border line, so in this team, the content of soldiers is very high, among 20,000 people, there are 4,000 troops, it can be said that all adult men are excellent soldiers, with such an overseas force to help keep an eye on it, the possibility of Genaya being broken by the blitzkrieg in a short period of time is almost none, Andreas is not worried about this.
"That's good, but you have to be careful, many of the merchants of Genoa have business in the Kingdom of France, and if you can, they are our best source of information, through them or maybe intelligence, can you do this? Also, there are many people from other families in Genayari, and their movements during this period of time must be mastered, otherwise their danger will definitely not be weaker than the French army, and we want Genaya from the Ruger family, not Gennaya from the Duchy of Susa, do you understand?"
Jonas nodded, he was still relieved of Andreas's caution, Genoya is not a small city, with a population of 400,000, a dozen knights plus a well-trained army of more than 10,000 people, and a population of 150,000 middle-aged men can be temporarily formed into an army, this is not a city that Provence can capture in one go, but Jonas is still very cautious, after all, although this Genaya is strong, but Genaya is not his own in name, careerists will be silent in peacetime, but in war years, they are the most uncertain fuse, Jonas must ensure that these explosive barrels will not explode at a critical moment, hurting the interests of his own family in Genaya.
In the past ten years, the **** of Genaya has been used Jonas and Andreas kept putting forward some policies, so that many businessmen enjoyed benefits, and what they got was the shares in every commercial bank, every trading company, as long as the family got the shares, Andreas gave them some preferential business conditions, whether it was the number of warehouses in the port, or the speed of inspection when entering the customs, it would be improved, which undoubtedly opened up a new way for merchants to get rich, and the Luger family in this process, naturally took advantage of the benefits, obtained countless benefits, and through these interests, also fed the entire Luger family, the size of tens of thousands of troops, including two thousand Viscounts Luger, Billo two thousand, Monferrato six thousand, these armies, so to speak, were supported by Genaya.
Such a huge piece of fat, there are many people staring at it, how to protect this piece of fat is always in the hands of the Luger family, and does not fall into the hands of others, this is a problem that Jonas and others must think about, this has nothing to do with justice or not, only interests, even if Jonas is unwilling in his heart, he can only go like that.
"I know this, Brother Jonas, Genaya is no longer Genaya ten years ago, they have long been accustomed to the rule of the Luger family, in terms of thinking, they have become our people, for them, the orders of the Luger family must be obeyed unconditionally, and the orders of others are not authoritative, they do not need to be obeyed, I don't think they will have any problems, Genaya has long been the private property of our Luger family, eh, not private property, but our best ally. “
In Andreas's view, Jonas is obviously a little redundant to worry, the current Genaya is no longer the turbulent, wasteful, people's minds have changed Genaia, at this time, Gennaya is the most brilliant city in the entire Duchy of Susa, with an extremely large population, splendid culture, beautiful buildings, and very clean streets, complete underground water construction, the whole city is like a park, and through the efforts of Andreas and the administrative department, the entire Genoya has also become a complete lawA free city where the people are protected, where people are civilized, polite, clean, and have their own private spaces, and where great wealth frees many people from hard work and has time to create new cultures and knowledge.
For this reason, Andreas in the medal system established by Jonas, and continue to build technical and cultural medals, to reward those who have made outstanding contributions to science and culture, the reason why the medal of science is called the technical medal, is because of the relationship between Catholicism, after all, science for God is the most feared by the whole church, Andreas does not want to find death, naturally can only avoid, so he took a neutral word to replace, which was allowed by Catholicism.
With the improvement of the system and the continuous improvement of the quality of the people, it has to be said that in the wealth tax of the entire Susa region in a year, the tax occupied by Genaya has reached one-third of the level, which shows the high degree of prosperity, eighty percent of this part of the money belongs to the Luger family, and the remaining two percent are the Duke of Il, and these two percent of the wealth makes Il's hands much richer, and it is no wonder that there are so many people in the whole Susa who want this place.
But Il is not stupid, if there is no Andreas strong management ability, Genoya will not be able to become so rich, if he is replaced, whether Genoya can still provide huge wealth for the entire Susa region like cash, this is also an unknowable thing, so Il has not made any changes, for Muller's opposition, can only be shelved, temporarily not considered, on the other hand, Andreas is also very good at being a person, all the aristocratic families who support the Ruger family, almost everyone will get some shares of Gennaya's company, relying on these shares, they can probably get more than 10,000 gold marks of shares every yearIn this way, in ten years, Genaya gradually became the independent kingdom of Andreas, where Andreas's orders were carried out smoothly, and the people only knew Ruger and did not know Aleramich, which was too normal.
"That's good, Andreas, in the near future, you'd better stay in Andreas, the closer you get to the information source, the faster you can get accurate information, I think you should understand, and, after you go back this time, I will hand over all the knights here to you, and you can take them to Genaya I only need to leave a few people behind, not afraid of 10,000 in case, we don't know the situation in France, everything is better to be cautious, you have spent a lot of effort in Genaya, you must not let him be thrown away from us, you know?“
At this moment, Jonas was speaking to Andreas in an almost commanding tone, with a serious expression, like the real head of the family, but the strange thing is that no one criticized Jonas's arbitrariness, everyone acquiesced to Jonas's command, which is really an interesting thing, but no one found it strange, this may be Jonas's ability, and it is also the reason why Jung values him.
"Yes, I see. Andreas said, Jonas's decision is undoubtedly correct in his opinion, which is also what he did not refute, war is not a joke, but a life-and-death struggle, whether it is for the rights of the Ruger family in Genaya, or for his own future, or for the survival of Genaya's 400,000 citizens, Andreas must be as safe as possible, for which he must be very careful, in order to avoid some dangers ahead, and in doing so, his safety must have a certain degree of decline, and the two complement each other, which is very normal。