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The Emperor wants to reclaim the territory of the Empire, and wants to become a great being who surpasses all Emperors.

The princes of the empire expected to expand their territory, to gain more power, and even to become the new emperor.

The Britsons hoped to suppress the Ostrogothic Empire, to maintain chaos and division, and not to pose a threat to the Brithon.

Protestants expect the traditional church to grow on its own, leaving behind the decay and degeneration.

Traditional denominations expect to maintain authority.

The aristocracy expected continued supremacy.

The alchemists and the emerging bourgeoisie wanted more power and status.

All in all, around the Ostrogothic Empire, this human world is the largest and most striking. At the same time, it is also the most important diplomatic issue and difficulty. In a sense, the diplomatic focus of all the countries at this stage of the entire human world is the Ostrogothic Empire. In other words, the Ostrogothic Empire is the greatest intersection of contradictions in the entire human world. It is also the link that is most likely to cause war.

In March, Northland's campaign against traditional churches grew to its fullest. There have been "spontaneous" expulsions of traditionalist clergy, taking away churches and monasteries of traditionalist clergy, and even smashing and looting them.

In this process, all kinds of negative news about traditional sects have also spread overwhelmingly through various channels. For example, buying and selling the priesthood, stealing the real estate and land of the common people. Relying on tithes, all kinds of donations, and all kinds of income, I spent all my days drinking and getting drunk. Buy all kinds of cute boys and play with their......

And so on and so forth.

Against this background, the nobles of the two states of Friscia and Lotternia were the first to act. They also formed an organization "spontaneously", and then jointly issued an announcement, in view of the miasma of the traditional church, all kinds of hehe. So they think that the traditional teachings are no longer enough to represent the great Lord of Light.

They decided to turn their backs on the traditional sects and never obey the orders of the Church of Rome again. And claimed that the Pope of Rome was a liar, a scoundrel, a demon in robes. Then a collective oath was taken to convert to Protestantism.

In this way, Frisia formed the original Protestant alliance with Lotternia...... However, the people who joined this alliance were small nobles who had little weight...... Because Frisia is currently under the control of the Briton dynasty, it is effectively equivalent to the puppet state of Briton. If the royal family of Breton does not come forward, they naturally cannot come up with a leader.

Lotteria is the traditional territory of the Lorraine family. As we all know, the Lorraine family has just been driven by the great army of Kalman IV and is close to being wiped out. Although in Lotternia, there are still a few existences that claim to be the orthodox heirs of the Lorraine family, and they run out from time to time to show off their presence. But they are doomed. So Lotternia can't find a leader.

That's it, Frisia and Lotternia, there are no heroes, and now the leaders of this alliance are only a few small counts, not even a duke.

This also leads to the lack of confidence in this alliance, and it doesn't seem to be a big threat...... So, in spite of Frisia and Lotternia, two states declared their conversion to Protestantism at once. But the vast majority of people still regard this as a trivial matter. thinks that as long as the imperial army passes, then all problems can be solved.

"What a pathetic bunch of people. ”

Riga. William put down the newspaper that morning, and then shook his head helplessly.

Before the storm comes, even animals and other things will be alerted and become irritable. But the group of humans seemed to be at ease one by two.

Maybe it's because it's remote, and they think that even if war breaks out, it has nothing to do with them. All in all, the United Provincial Republic is still doing what it has to do. The headline in the local newspaper was that William's Hereford General Company had opened a new factory. What kind of impact will this factory bring to the local area, and what kind of wealth will it bring...... All in all, I is to fool the local SBs and hurry up to work in that factory. The factory has a 14-hour working system of super excellent benefits, in addition to the basic salary, there are also good performance bonuses can be given. What are you waiting for?

That's pretty much it. As you can see from the fact that this story dominated the front pages of the newspapers, the influence of the Hereford Complex, or the Hereford family, on the Polotsk Union has increased dramatically. With massive financial support, several exclusive resource goods, and a large number of advantageous industries, Hereford Integrated Company easily abused its opponents in various commercial battlefields.

Today, the Hereford General Company accounts for more than 80 percent of the industrial and manufacturing industries, more than 70 percent of the merchant ships and trade routes, and more than 84 percent of the industrial population.

In the case of the Republic of the United Voivodeship of Polotsk, which is a republic based on manufacturing and commerce, control of the country's industry and commerce is tantamount to control of the country's lifeblood, and it is equivalent to control of the country itself.

So, of course, there are two things that can sell everything for money, one of which is a good businessman, and the other is a good politician. It's a pity...... Or one of the very pleasant things is that everyone in the parliament in Bolotsk is both businessmen and politicians.

In the beginning, they were terrified. These guys panicked in the face of the constant dumping of the manufactured products of William's large industrial machinery, and the bombardment of various commercial means. They wanted to compete with Hereford Integrators by means of commercial competition. It's just very sad. Having suffered heavy losses in the previous crusade bond turmoil, they simply did not have enough strength to fight back against Hereford Complex, which had several times or even more than ten times their capital and industrial power.

In this way, the normal means of commercial competition failed.

After that, they decided to use some insidious and cunning tactics. Since commercial means are not working, then it is time to sacrifice the magic weapon of executive orders!

Parliamentarians decided to pass a bill with the main thrust of restricting foreign companies. They decided to introduce a special tax on foreign companies in Shilonsk. In addition to this blatant attack on Hereford Integrated, there are a number of other provisions......

It's just a pity. The sieve-like council infiltrated by the Checas is not a secret at all. The day after the issue was raised, the MP who proposed the proposal was met with happy retaliation from Hereford Integrated.

Without William's guidance, the Checas happily developed their brutal and tyrannical style...... Not against the councillor, of course, but against their house watchdog, the hapless dog who had been skinned alive and hung upside down from the top of his study.

After that, the MP was terrified. Immediately, he started to shrink his head as quickly as possible, and he did not dare to mention anything about restricting foreign companies.

In the following period, most of the councillors who had a bad relationship with Hereford Consolidated were retaliated against in various ways. Or, like the MP above, just intimidating retaliation. Some of them were more intense - for example, their wives and ladies would suddenly faint while walking, and then the kind people on the side of the road would rescue them and send them to the villas in the suburbs by horse-drawn carriage for recuperation. In the process of recuperation, he met and fell in love with the local Cheka boys, and then took turns holding hands to stage a love tragedy that can be sung and cried.

After this, the Cheka boys would put away their underwear and treasure it as a souvenir. When there is a need, I will take it out and publicize to everyone that I had a passionate time with that lady or something......

Under such intimidation, there is no fear that some parliamentarians will not accept it...... They have suffered a lot and learned that one of the terrible things is that they are weak -- not just in business and manufacturing. They are also weak in military and violent terms. And the weak, as a matter of course, do not have any power. The winner gets it all......

In this case, the vast majority of these pathetic guys recognized the facts and began to scramble to become the leading party. After several rounds of intense negotiations and run-ins, these guys offered him a belated New Year's greeting after William returned to Riga again.

These guys began to hold a new agenda, the idea that in this chaotic and disorderly era, Polotsk, as a United Provincial Republic, is too weak to be easily harmed. So Polotsk needs a strong ruler. They wanted the ruler to come from the benevolent, gentle, kind, close to the people, noble House of Hereford—

In other words, they hoped that Wilhelm von Hereford would become lord of the Bolotsk provinces. That's it.

At that time, after William returned to Riga with the backbone of his Guards, Riga locals and many leading figures of the United Provincial Republic organized tens of thousands of people to go to the docks to meet "our heroes". Most of these guys were recruited by the Five Mark Copper Plate, holding up placards with long live Prince William, and shouting slogans in unison under the coordination of local police officers and Cheka members. The scene was hilarious.

Then the speaker of the Riga City Council, who is also the speaker of the Supreme Council of the Republic of the United Province of Polotsk, almost rushed out of the crowd. Bending over and smiling flatteringly, he came to William as if he were a servant of William, and not the theoretical supreme ruler of Polotsk.