Two hours later, Dussaint sat in his office and finished his sandwich for a late-night snack.

Due to the high level of secrecy of the intelligence analysis to be carried out next, Dussaint did not even dare to put the results of the two copies in a steam wagon and take them home for comparison.

Mr. Byrne's office was probably the most suitable place for this work in the entire heraldic office. After Ms. Tamara closed the door, Dussander put the two documents together and began the work of comparison.

The wars between the Empire and the Allies certainly won't always be on the same scale. In the hundreds of years of war, the intensity of the war has also shown certain fluctuations.

The intensity of war is a comparative dimension that is difficult to quantify directly. Dussaint and the staff of the Intelligence Analysis Service have developed their own set of evaluation criteria. With the attack initiated by the Imperial side as the backbone, the number of new conscripts and casualties of the Empire as the reference dimension, supplemented by the distance and intention of the Imperial attack, the calculation of war intensity was completed by weighting different data.

Of course, such data is not very precise, but it is enough as a reference.

On the other hand, the Empire's economic situation was based on revenues, the amount of war bonds issued during the year, the fiscal surplus for the year, and the average coal price of the 24 colonies. Although there is no specific population data for the colony, Olin has a relatively well-established household registration system such as birth and death records. With this data, Dussaint was able to at least judge the demographic changes in Olin.

As for GDP and CPI, Dussand's ears have been cocooned in the news in his last life...... Of course not.

But as a reference data to verify the conjecture, these are sufficient.

After quickly taking a few values for comparison, Dussaint simply stacked two line charts with the data on top of each other, and then looked at the light.

After a few minutes, he put down the data in his hand and began to rub his face.

What the fuck is this...... It's outrageous.

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The Empire's revenues fluctuate from year to year, as there is a limit to what the colonies can provide and the number of recruits that the Empire can afford to serve in the military.

And every time there was a significant increase in the empire's income, the price of coal would also rise. At this time, the empire will immediately increase the scale of conscription, and then quickly instigate an offensive on the frontal battlefield.

If we use years as the unit of statistics, we can see that almost every large-scale attack of the empire occurred after a noticeable improvement in income. But if you look at the monthly unit, you can see that the second month after the obvious increase in income, the empire will begin to increase the number of conscripts and the purchase of weapons. And a large-scale offensive was launched in three months.

In other words, whenever the empire's revenues rise and energy prices rise, a large number of its citizens will be converted into the military and driven to die on the battlefield.

Although there are several peaks in the intensity of the war that do not match the economic situation of the empire, Dussander can also guess that the change in the intensity of the war at these times is probably caused by the attack launched by the Alliance.

He put down the information in his hand and rubbed his head.

To be honest, since he crossed over and learned that his family was actually a nobleman, Dussaint had a rough estimate of the situation in the empire. A country with an aristocracy, of course, is unlikely to take the people seriously.

But...... It doesn't have to be like this, is it? You can't start a war and throw your own people into a meat grinder, right?

He felt that his head hurt and his body was cold, as if he had a high fever.

What is even more terrifying is the "tacit understanding" between the alliance and the empire.

The Empire's offensive pattern is certainly not a secret that is difficult to judge for the Alliance. The two sides have infiltrated each other for so many years, and if even Dussaint can see that the Empire's offensive pattern is related to the economic situation, then it is impossible for the intelligent people of the alliance not to see it.

And the alliance did not take advantage of the momentum of the empire's offensive to pull at all, nor did it take advantage of the victory when the empire's economic situation was not good. And then consider Escobar's statement that "the Empire has the means to completely destroy the Alliance", and it has been there for a long time......

Well, there is only one reason that can explain the centuries-old wars between empires and allies.

The Empire and the Alliance are not simply hostile, the Empire is using the war with the Alliance, and it is exporting internal contradictions—it may even be using the Alliance's soldiers to deal with young and middle-aged citizens for the Empire.

Why? Why? Why did the Alliance and the Empire come to a tacit understanding?

Dussand's mind was full of question marks, not that he couldn't understand the joints, he just didn't understand why this was happening.

Yes, the empire needs an enemy to guarantee a high degree of unity within it. This enemy must have no possibility of compromise with the Empire - both sides must be mortal enemies from beginning to end. And this mortal enemy cannot really threaten the survival of the empire, at least not the royal family.

The upward trend of the empire's fiscal revenue meant an increase in tax revenue, which meant that in addition to the empire, the wealth of a large number of factory owners and nobles would rise. The collection of their assets through the forcible apportionment of war debts would prevent them from continuing to expand their power and becoming a political threat that the imperial family could not handle.

The use of alliances to eliminate young adults can reduce the number of unemployed youth and reduce the number and size of workers in factories. At the same time, the threat to the royal family from the poor and factory owners was reduced.

Gu Huang

Thinking of this, Dusand suddenly struck a spirit, like being naked outdoors in the middle of winter, and being splashed with a large basin of cold water with ice ballast from beginning to end.

He seemed to know what the Salvadoran plan was.

In recent decades, the empire has not found any new colonies. The alliance gradually began to turn the tide of the war, and violated the "tacit understanding" between the two sides. Alliances pose a growing military threat to the Empire, and Alliances that use racism to unify and integrate internal resources can squeeze a much greater war potential and resources from within.

This means that the Alliance is no longer an adversary that can "share the pressure" for the Empire, and it has officially upgraded to an enemy that can threaten the Empire's survival.

At such a time, what choice would a royal family bent on maintaining its rule make?

Dussart only knew that if he was allowed to do it, he would most likely immediately activate the plan that would completely wipe out the alliance. The greatest respect for the enemy is to kill them all.

And El Salvador plans to ...... Does it mean that the empire needs a second rebel, El Salvador, and a second hostile power to take on the "work" of the previous alliance?

Regardless of the process of the Savaldo Project itself, killing half of the population of Newsar would surely make the Empire a mortal enemy. 140 million people will see the empire as a mortal enemy, but with 140 million people in Newsar, it is absolutely impossible to pose a direct threat to the empire.

Dussander smiled bitterly, probably because the empire was afraid that Newsar, who had been slaughtered half of the population, would not be able to "shoulder the heavy responsibility", so he also prepared a "newbie gift package" for this "reserve rebel" - two of the six colonial stars mentioned in the intelligence that were about to be attacked by the alliance were being attacked by the alliance, and three of them had not blocked the information on Newsar.

These six colonial stars are probably the material basis for Nyusar to become the next alliance. The empire is indeed ...... Very costly.

Dussaint sighed and gave up thinking.

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When he got home again, Dussander didn't say anything. He didn't try to wake up his parents, who were already asleep. Sitting on the bed alone, obviously sleepy to death, he didn't even have the idea of changing clothes and lying down.

There were two paths in front of him.

As a person who has lived a new life, Dussaint is not so ...... about his newfound life Satisfied. But he still cherishes this life very much.

I finally got used to the surrogate tea, if I traveled to a place where I wore animal skins and wielded a big stick, how would I live?

Therefore, out of cherishing and loving his life, he should immediately take all his family and friends to board the shuttle ship that fled to the Star Sea Federation. It doesn't matter what the Federation is like, at least there will be a few days of peace over there.

But on the other hand, Dussaint knew better than anyone that this plan was completely unworkable. Without Newsar as a replacement for the Alliance, there is a high probability that an empire that urgently needs to seek a "waste" opponent will look to the Star Sea Federation.

Leaving one's family and business to go to a completely unfamiliar country is not an escape from the war.

One of the more important reasons is...... Nyusar was home to 280 million citizens of the Empire. Toussaint certainly couldn't have seen every one of them, but they did live here for generations. Work hard and live hard. They are earning money to support their families, and they are doing their best for a better future.

Just to preserve the rule of the royal family, to sacrifice half of them, and then for hundreds of years to come, millions more to die every year?

Just for that damn imperial power?

Dusand sat on the bed and silently clenched his fists.

If El Salvador really planned to threaten Olin with the question of the emperor's bloodline, as he had estimated...... I'm afraid it's not worth much. This would only force the Emperor to quicken his pace, and then blame such rumors as "rebel nonsense."

The only way to turn the tide is through assassination. And the scale of the assassination had to be large—the target of the assassination had to include almost all of the top echelons of the empire in addition to the emperor. From the finance minister to the queen, from the Orin heraldic management office to the mining complex. Only when the assassination turns into a massacre will the Salvadoran plan be completely paralyzed.

But if Dussaint had that power...... So why did he bother with the assassination? directly raised the knife to Ao, killed the emperor and took the bird position...... Isn't that faster?

After thinking about it for a while, Dussart sadly discovered the fact that when the Empire decided to create an enemy for itself, they could not resist it at all.

Is that supposed to run away? After all, it is unlikely that the Empire will kill the Federation immediately, and perhaps by the time the Imperial soldiers go straight to the Federation, Dussaint himself will die of old age?

That night, Dussander kept doing psychological struggles until the sky gradually brightened.

The golden sunlight shone on his body, and with heavy dark circles under his eyes, Dussander stood up silently and walked towards the restaurant.

"Mother, father." After retiring all the servants in the dining room, Dussand's red, bloodshot eyes stared at his parents and said what he thought, "To live, to live for the lives of 140 million or more of the citizens of the Empire, to stop the royal family, which has fallen into complete madness...... We must resist! ”