Chapter 60: Return to the City of St. Lun
Rachel looked at Luke without saying a word. Although she didn't know about Angry Waves City, the name of the meteorite had already spread all over the world. Such a person can't fully believe what he says, otherwise he won't know if he is sold.
Can form a Free Army......
"How do you make me believe in you? If your goal is to bring us together and eliminate us, we accept your funding, or we are falling into your trap. ”
Luke had no interest in talking to Rachel about ideals, he just wanted an excuse to form a militia in the city of Fury Waves.
"Sincerity needs action to prove, and trust takes time to strengthen. You don't believe me, it's a person's vigilance, but you can't pass up such a good opportunity just because you doubt it.
In fact, you don't need to gather liberals from other places to form a free army, because if the momentum and scale are too large, it will attract the encirclement and suppression of the empire. There are fifteen of you now, and you should be able to raise a free army of 100 people.
The Kama Mountains in the northern part of the city are complex, connecting many imperial cities from east to west, and there are also many transportation arteries......"
As he spoke, Luke pulled out a topographical map of the Kama Mountains.
The Kama Mountains are criss-crossed from east to west and the peaks are towering, and if the steam airship wants to pass safely, it needs to plan the route reasonably. Moreover, there are many bandit groups in the mountains, although the scale is not large, but there are often large caravans attacked.
On the map on the table at this time, there were many bandit camp markings.
Rachel leaned in curiously and listened to Luke's explanation.
Luke pointed to the camp of the thieves and continued: "Recently, the banditry activities in the Kama Mountains have been very rampant, and they have attacked road transportation, rail transportation, and even air transportation, and the damage caused is very large.
Angry Waves City can't cross the line to exterminate them, and the city involved in the case also deliberately indulges and shields them. I support you, not only to support your faith, but also to ask you to help destroy these bands of thieves. ”
Luke's explanation dispelled Rachel's doubts a lot.
She and her companions traveled and gave speeches, and knew that the prosperity and wealth of the Angry Waves City made many Imperial cities jealous. These imperial cities did not dare to rob the city openly, but some greedy officials and noble squires would collude with the thieves to rob the city of the goods.
Truth be told, Rachel and her companions also robbed the caravan in Angry Waves.
Rachel can still accept this reason.
"Lord Governor, you want us to keep your business safe?"
"It's a win-win situation. The City of Angry Waves is very important to me, and it is also very important to you who will be in power in the future. Only by protecting it can countries that have experienced war quickly recover their national strength.
With my intelligence and material support, those bandits are no match for you. When you get the treasure of the Thieves, you can buy more supplies from me to expand the Free Army.
Only by mastering an army can you seize opportunities when they arise. ”
Rachel listened to Luke's words, and her gaze grew eager to look at the map.
Now that the Golden Shield Empire is strong, there are very few places where the Free Army can survive and develop, which is why the liberals can only stay on propaganda now. The Kama Mountains are one of the few areas that are difficult for the Imperial Army to fully control, and if the Free Army can really survive in the Kama Mountains, with the support of Angry Waves City, the Free Army will be able to grow little by little.
When the time comes, the mighty Free Army can quickly break out of the Kama Mountains and occupy nearby cities.
At that time, the city of Fury announced that it would join the Free Army, and the Free Army had the power to conquer the entire empire.
Rachel, who was dreaming of a better future, was a little overwhelmed: "Okay, Lord Governor, let's go to the Kama Mountains!" ”
"Well, a freedom fighter should have this kind of sacrifice."
Luke compliments Rachel and her companions, and then talks about where they revolted and what they took after entering the Kama Mountains.
Rachel was taken aback by this, and she could sense that fighting in the Kama Mountains was not a temporary initiative of the Governor of Meteor. The tactics he spoke of were the tactics of the thieves, but at the strategic level, they were beyond the reach of the thieves. This is a completely new mode of warfare, and it is entirely possible to write a war masterpiece on the basis of it.
Rachel's heart is even hotter, with the guidance of a great wise man like Meteorite, why worry that the light of freedom can't shine on this land!
Luke racked his brains to drain the little bit of guerrilla ink in his stomach and let Rachel, who was almost a fan girl, leave the office.
The funds, supplies, and weapons were quickly arranged by Luke, and the high-spirited liberal youths drove out of the city in a truck singing songs.
Mars has spilled out.
Waiting for Rachel to lead her men to revolt and raise the banner of the Free Army in the Kama Mountains will give Ragtao a reason to form a small militia.
Then he commanded the Free Army to attack the trade route and nearby cities, and the Imperial army was unable to enter the Kama Mountains to suppress the bandits because of the war on the southern front, so the city of Angry Waves could use the method of boiling frogs in warm water to find an excuse to expand the size of the militia little by little.
Luke wanted to return to the city of St. Lun, so he handed over the work of cooperating with the Free Army to Viscount Iscoran.
Viscount Iscoran first asked worriedly: "What if the Free Army loses control?" ”
Luke looked at Iscoran with a controlling bearing in his eyes: "Out of control? What do you think the so-called freedom of their faith is in front of the Angry Waves? ”
"Worthless!"
"Empty faith can only grow in poor places, while spiritual and material abundance can create new faith. If the Free Army can't be influenced by the faith formed in Angry Waves, then it will have no room to survive in the Radiant Circle of Faith in Angry Waves.
The out-of-control Free Army is a gang of thieves who die faster the larger they get. ”
Viscount Iscoran nodded thoughtfully.
The current Raging Waves City, under the rule of the Governor of the Falling Star, has become a spiritual sanctuary for many people. The vigorous economic vitality and quality of life far beyond other places give the residents of Nutao a strong sense of superiority and pride.
A new faith is sprouting in the city, and it is precisely because of this belief that the slogans of the liberals are here like clowns.
In the future, with the expansion of the economic system of the city, the beliefs formed by the city will also radiate outward, and the first area to be covered must be the nearby Kama Mountains.
Liberals advocate free competition, and naturally whoever has money is justified, and Angry Waves will use liberal methods to destroy what they believe.
At that time...... There is no such thing as a loss of control.
If they don't obey and cut off the supply of the Free Army, they will be trapped and die in the mountains.
Thinking of this, Viscount Iscollan looked at Luke and said with a respectful face, "I know what to do...... Lord Governor, it is the good fortune of the Empire to have you. ”
"We are lucky to be born in this era. There's movement on Rachel's side, and you can get the militia on stand. I'll ask Lambert to give you troops, the first batch of 300 men, and arrange for them to patrol the northern mines. ”
The Einsatzgruppen is divided into two parts, a small part at No. 102 Organ Street in the central city, supervised by Thomas who stayed behind in the Secret Intelligence Bureau, and is responsible for the normal work of the Secret Bureau. The members of this separate team are mainly regular secret agents assigned by the headquarters of the secret intelligence bureau to do their professional work.
The headquarters of the Einsatzgruppen of the Secret Intelligence Bureau in the city of Angry Waves is located in the former Crazy Axe Castle, where Zhao'an's gang members are concentrated, and Lambert is in charge of management. This group of Imperial agents was outnumbered and loyal to Luke, and was trained by Shelley to become a paramilitary unit.
This time, the militia of Angry Waves City will be formed, and a group of special team spies will be brought over to form combat effectiveness. Replenishing heavy equipment and supplies will allow it to reach the combat effectiveness of the regular army.
In Luke's vision, the headquarters of the Einsatzgruppen Headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Bureau in Angry Waves City was responsible for training troops, and the source of troops was mainly recruited from the Cape District. Set up the militia scaffolds first, and then recruit troops from other urban areas to ensure the loyalty of this team.
The militia needs to be expanded, and it must be transferred from the Einsatzgruppen to keep this army firmly in their own hands.
When the militia of Angry Waves City reaches 10,000 and cooperates with the anti-smuggling fleet, once the situation changes, the Imperial Navy of Angry Waves City will be the turtle in the urn.
At this point, the militia of Angry Waves City has an eyebrow, and Princess Dale's coming-of-age ball is approaching.
This prom, Luke is a must. And before he could participate, he needed to meet with several court dignitaries. Therefore, after participating in the launching ceremony of the all-metal battleship of the first machine, Luke got on the airship to the imperial capital.
Arriving in the imperial capital, Luke did not go to the Copper Mulberry Avenue first, but quietly entered the Tulip Manor through the secret channel of the Secret Intelligence Bureau.
In a secret room, Luke meets Agatha.
When Agatha met, she said with a blank face and a slightly unhappy tone: "I really didn't expect that you would be so energetic, stirring up all sides in the palace and doing such a big thing in the lower city under my nose.
Is there anything you need to explain to me?
Mr. Luke! ”
"Let me drink saliva first, come out of Angry Waves City, I'm too busy to even have time to drink saliva." Luke sat down on the seat next to Agatha, poured himself another cup of tea and drank it dry, and then said, "Your Highness only knows my actions in Downtown now, and the Secret Intelligence Bureau's supervision of Downtown has a big loophole!" ”
Luke's taunt made Agatha's face change again.
The city of Saint-Lun is expanding very rapidly, and the chaos and disorder have made it a black hole of intelligence.
Fights and vendettas make it very inefficient for the Secret Intelligence Bureau to recruit informants here, and many informants either disappear or die suddenly. Then the attack on Princess Daile and the ensuing palace struggle made all the attention of the Secret Intelligence Bureau in the Uptown and the Imperial City. As a result, when the Secret Intelligence Bureau finally had some energy to pay attention to Xiacheng, it found that Xiacheng was ...... in such a short period of time It's been a change!
It all started with a merchant from the City of Raging Waves...... Mr. Luke.
In the coming period, as long as the Empire does not interfere with Mr. Luke's investment plans in the lower city, this huge slum next to the imperial capital will all fall into his hands.
Agatha didn't know that Mr. Luke was a meteorite until it was revealed that Mr. Luke's wife's name was Jasmine.
At this point, knowing that Luke is the pseudonym of the meteorite, Agatha is even more uneasy.
This is the imperial capital, not the city of angry waves, and the lower city is already another cape district.
"What do you want to do!" Agatha questioned Luke.
Luke replied with a smile: "Help the lower city to develop the economy and let the poor people in it get out of poverty." ”
Agatha said, "Do you think I'll believe it?" What was the first generation of mystical substance mixtures? What is your purpose in forming the Polaris Mercenary Group? ”
Luke replied, "The first-generation mystical mixture is a special secret technique developed by Miss Weathersky, and the special structure of the sewage reservoir in the lower city is just right to produce the materials needed for the first-generation mystical substance mixture.
With Miss Clearsky's permission, I selflessly gave the first generation of the recipe for a mixture of mysterious substances to the residents of Downtown, so that they could turn waste into treasure and improve their lives.
As for the Polaris Mercenary Regiment...... The windwatcher was willing to pay a high price for mercenaries, and I just acted as an intermediary to help the residents of Xiacheng find a way to make money. ”
Agatha couldn't argue that Meteor had indeed given away the recipe for the first-generation mystical substance mixture, and did not interfere with the production of the mixture potion; The Wind Lookout is indeed hiring mercenaries at a high price.
"Meteorite, I think our relationship can allow us to have a certain amount of trust between us, and we can share something honestly with each other.
You should know how important Downtown is to the Imperial Capital, and I can stop you from investing in Downtown as long as I want. I will never allow it, there is an uncontrollable and powerful force on the side of the imperial capital. ”
In the face of Agatha's threat, Luke poured himself another cup of tea, and then said: "The Lower City is a planned slum area in the city of Saint-Lun, and the original Lower City has existed for a very long time, but the scale has always been manageable. The downtown-wide spike was a matter of nearly three decades, with the first doubling taking about a decade and then the second doubling taking a decade.
In the following decade, the area of the lower city doubled twice. The Lower Town is now sixteen times larger than it was thirty years ago, and it is growing at a very rapid rate.
Your Highness, you don't allow an uncontrollable powerful force next to the imperial capital, so can you control the lower city now? At a time when the city has skyrocketed to the point that the imperial capital cannot bear, and the empire is in crisis, can that wall hold back millions of hungry people? ”
Luke has a problem for Agatha.
The rapid expansion of slums is something that no country in this era has ever encountered. Without experience in dealing with it, every city has a headache for the slums that are expanding around it, but there is no place to place them, so they can only allocate some resources to keep them from starving.
Everyone knows it's a ticking time bomb, and that there are resources to keep them alive in order to stay safe. However, if the situation is volatile and prices rise, it will inevitably lead to a crisis.
The lower part of the city, next to the city of St. Lun, was the largest slum in the Empire, and the situation in the Empire was now in crisis.
Agatha looked at Luke and asked, "That's how you solved it?" ”
"That's how I solved it. Let the lower part of the city of St. Lun enter the supply chain of the city of the Furious Waves, and at the same time, the industries of the lower city will not compete with the heavy industry of the city of San Lun.
I am confident that I will use the economic vitality of Nutao City to drive the lower city of Shenglun City, so that the residents of the lower city will have a stable income, and even become a source of tax revenue for the imperial capital that is not inferior to other industries.
Your Highness, are you still going to stop my investment in the Lower City? ”
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