Chapter 573

Victor wanted to cultivate strength in the eastern alliance. First, he suspected that the Wizards of the masked brotherhood had excavated the civilization relics of the alchemy Empire there; Second, his highness Randall has never tasted the seafood of the world.

The first reason is that Victor doesn't intend to mention it to anyone for the time being. The second reason is not suitable for more people to know at present.

The sea itself has endless fish and aquatic resources. Even if the land of the eastern alliance is barren and barren, Victor can support hundreds of thousands of people as long as he occupies several sea ports on the coastline of the eastern alliance. The fleet of Renma hills goes straight down the river, and then relies on the seaport of the eastern Alliance for replenishment and rehabilitation. The mercenary corps of Renma hills can drive north along the coastline, bypass nidam swamp and enter the fertile northern wilderness; The fleet drove southward and was free to choose landing points along the coastline of the southern continent.

Controlling the shipping right of Jinshui River and the seaport of the eastern alliance, the representative horse hill will have more relaxed strategic space. Sylvia listened to Victor's detailed introduction, greatly appreciated it and decided to fully support his plan to go to sea.

The plan mainly consists of two parts. First, in the name of the golden regiment, build a port node on the North Bank of the Jinshui River to ensure that the fleet of Renma hills can return to the rose port of Renma hills from Borui River Bay by virtue of the monsoon period. These ports to be built include the port of Firth Lake under the RAND Empire, the port of Fort lake near the Soviet kingdom in the eastern alliance, and the transit River port between Borui River Bay and Fort lake. It is also within the territory of the eastern alliance and close to the sphere of influence of Borui United Kingdom.

Secondly, Renma hills must be subordinate to a political force near the coastline of the eastern alliance in advance, wait for the fleet of Renma hills to go down the river, go straight to the sea, and then go north along the coast. The two sides will meet on the coastline of the eastern alliance to establish the enclave regime of Renma hills in one fell swoop.

If Victor's previous strategic layout emphasized external development, symbiosis and win-win, it belongs to moderate diplomacy. So, the sea exit plan is his strategy to fight for hegemony. Because the soft persimmon he is going to pinch is the Eastern League regarded as a private plot by SUS, Borui and the referee. Maybe victor will fight a war with Borui United Kingdom.

In order to seize sea power, Victor was determined to fight at all costs. However, if he wants to win the sea power war, he must be fully prepared, including the legitimacy of launching the war; Disintegrate the interest alliance of Borui, Sus and the east of the referee's office; Reserve se silver ore, build se silver warship and so on. In fact, the internal contradictions of the shining Knights gave Victor an opportunity. The commander of the order of shining knights, rather than allow the trigowal family to develop secular forces in the northern wilderness, could not tolerate them to shrink into the eastern alliance and watch their colleagues die on the front line. This will cause the division of the shining knights and challenge the leadership of the TESL family. For the high-ranking priests of the Holy See, this is an excellent opportunity for the Privy Council to recover its religious jurisdiction. Because of this, Clement welcomed victor and Sylvia into the Eastern League and hoped that the power of the man horse hills could open up a situation in the local area.

As Sylvia expected, Clement provided a lot of convenience when she received her letter. He even asked bishop Perot to send a map of the Eastern League.

However, the key to the success of the sea exit plan lies in keeping secrets. If the plan is leaked in advance, the Pope will turn 100% to cooperate with the Borui people. Because the Borui people saw the huge interests of sea power, they didn't hesitate to turn against the referee and swallow half of the Eastern League. In this way, Clement not only achieved his goal, but also avoided the conflict between the man horse hills and the kingdom of Borui.

Victor shook his head and said in annoyance:

"Honey, we are secretive. The Pope will certainly be interested in our purpose. Any help he gives us is actually a temptation again and again. You see, Perot sent a map, which marked the areas suitable for human settlement that the church has found in the eastern alliance. The locals call them 'grass islands'. Except the grass islands in the west, South and North Controlled by human beings, the rest of the ownerless grass islands are mainly concentrated in the east near the sea. The blue gull port is just at the east end of the North Bank of Jinshui River in Borui Kingdom, which is vaguely connected with the ownerless grass islands in the East. Clement sent dimik to preside over the educational affairs of the blue gull port. Isn't it just testing whether we will explore the grass islands on the east coast? "

Sylvia sat up straight, raised her hand and trimmed her hair, smiling: "Apart from the ownerless Grass Island in the East, can we occupy it? Besides, we were supposed to control the coastline of the easternmost section of the eastern alliance. Borui Kingdom has four port cities on the North Bank of Jinshui River, and blue gull port is located at the easternmost end, where there are many Mermaid groups. Blue gull port is not so much a port as a military town that prevents the mermaid from entering the West. Among the four ports, it The resident population of is the least, only more than 20000, which is not as good as your Pinghu Town. The high-ranking priest of Clement has given the borough to tamore. As the confidant of Archbishop Lazarus, dimic can only preside over the educational administration of blue gull port with the least influence. "

"Honey, I think you're worried."

Victor was silent for a moment and said, "I admit what you said is reasonable. But we need at least 20 years to lay out in the Eastern League, and Clement's temptation to us will not stop. If he realizes that we are preparing for war, he will certainly destroy our plan to go to sea."

Sylvia shook her head and said, "I don't think so... Honey, you might as well introduce the mountain people's stronghold in detail. I want to know its population change law and your disposal measures."

The mountain people's stronghold controlled by the golden regiment is an important part of the sea exit plan. The population and troops transferred by Victor to the eastern alliance mainly come from the mountain people's stronghold. It was precisely because the early stage of the sea exit plan did not require direct input of people and horses, which greatly alleviated the military burden of Jinshui city that Sylvia agreed with Victor's layout.

The South expansion strategy of Renma Hill must take priority over the sea exit plan.

Sylvia didn't have the habit of doing everything personally. She didn't ask more about the specific situation of the mountain stronghold at the beginning.

Viktor would not understand the internal relationship between the mountain people's stronghold and Clement's position, and said in detail:

"There is no essential difference between the population change law of the mountain people's stronghold and the village. The resources of the mountain people's hunting ground determine the population size of the stronghold. When the number of newborns in the stronghold increases, the mountain people's hunters need to expand the hunting and collection range, and the risk of encountering fierce animals and monster groups increases greatly. The death and injury of adult mountain people reduces the population of the stronghold, and the population of the stronghold is basically in a balance The status of the

"In order to survive, the mountain people have many unwritten customs. For example, experienced old hunters organize many hunting teams to hunt on the edge of the hunting ground. Although the hunting team has no ability to defeat fierce beasts and monsters, it can spread risks and avoid the destruction of the whole army of hunters in the stronghold. When in danger, the old hunter will not hesitate to choose to cut off or lead away Monsters fight for the chance to escape for young and middle-aged hunters. They almost have no chance to survive... Those elderly mountain women who lose their fertility will collect nuts and wild vegetables in the farthest mountain forest, and they are particularly vulnerable to wild animals. "

Victor paused and his voice became a little low, "The stronghold's luck is bad. Powerful monsters invade the hunting ground and more than 40% of the young hunters are killed and injured. The stronghold can't be maintained basically. The mountain people will give up their homes and escape into the intermarriage stronghold. Although this will make the stronghold short of food, the mountain people are never reluctant to lend a helping hand to the victims. However, this custom is very important for strangers who encounter the mountain people's hunting team Like savage plunder. "

He smiled and said: "When the mountain people meet strangers, they must take them back to the stronghold and arrange spouses for them. If they don't obey, the mountain people will subdue them, strip all their clothes, rob all their supplies and let them live and die in the wild. Because the mountain people think that those who refuse to return to the stronghold with them will be eaten by wild animals sooner or later. Therefore, many refugees are bound by the mountain people on the way of migration Shanzhai. "

"The benefits of this are also obvious. The blood of the new members can avoid the abnormal children caused by intermarriage. In fact, four or five strongholds intermarry with each other, watch and help each other, forming a big hunting ground. When one stronghold has a problem, the other strongholds take in the victims, accumulate strength, and try to take back the water source. It can be said that the mountain people's village has effectively restrained the strange children The expansion of the ethnic group. "

"From my standpoint, the mountain people have the valuable qualities of tenacity, courage and toughness." Victor commented.

Sylvia outlined a charming smile and said, "because you have tens of thousands of mountain people, who are distributed in the mountains and forests of the gombis, Dodo and sarsan empires. You are their uncrowned king."

Victor laughed and said in high spirits: "I really can be called their uncrowned king. The smuggling caravan under my command has brought great changes to the mountain people's village. They teach the mountain people the technology and medical knowledge of planting potato and raising wild boar, regularly provide supplies and armaments, and realize the connection between the mountain villages. Young mountain people's men and women follow the smuggling caravan to marry other mountain villages and solve the problem of intermarriage of close relatives "The living conditions of mountain people have been improved, the neonatal mortality rate has been reduced, the average life expectancy has increased by 5 years, and the number of Shanzhai population has soared... This has brought me a huge burden."

"The water source of the stronghold is limited and it can't irrigate much potatoes. For the sake of concealment and control, I forbid my men to help the mountain people build streams and reservoirs. The population of the stronghold exceeds the upper limit of the hunting ground. Now they have smuggling caravans to rely on, so they begged my men to help them open up new hunting grounds and settlements."

Sylvia's eyes flashed and asked in surprise, "did you promise?"

Victor spread out his hand and said with a bitter smile, "can I object? It's hard for me to turn back... Now, my smuggling mercenary bachengdu is a young mountain hunter, and their relationship with the mountain stronghold is difficult to break. Since they work for me, I spent so much money for the mountain stronghold, can't I just forget it?"

"Smuggling caravans attack the water source occupied by the jackals, migrate the mountain people and build new strongholds. These strongholds are located in the depths of the mountain forest, far away from the Lord's villages, and there is no mountain stronghold group to watch and help each other. They are isolated and have no assistance except the smuggling caravans. I can't purchase arms, arm them and send smuggling caravans to visit New strongholds regularly to fight against them Jackal clan. Most of the income of the golden regiment is spent on the new stronghold, and the annual net profit is less than 10000 kinsol. "

Vic sighed and said sadly, "Sophia asked me to give up the mountain stronghold. I still have a vision..."

Sylvia snorted coldly and asked, "how much money have you invested and how many new strongholds have you built?"

"Er... There should be 53 new strongholds now, and the profits from smuggling coffee are basically used up."

"How much is it?"

"About 500 thousand gold sols, maybe not so much..."

"Hehe, 500000 gold sols have been used on the mountain people... Honey, you really have money." Sylvia's dimple was like a flower, and her white shell teeth shone dangerously.

Victor liked Sylvia's gentle red lips, but he never wanted to be bitten by her. He quickly started to save himself, touched his smooth chin, and said with deep eyes:

"Well, these new strongholds are isolated from the world, and the mountain people completely depend on me. They are hardworking, tenacious and brave. As long as they instill the concept of loyalty and teach the secret method of blood, they will be very excellent soldiers... Each new stronghold is equivalent to my squire training camp. Most importantly, they have little faith in the Lord of glory, and the church has great influence on them Low, itself is not in the sight of the church and the Lord, and they don't even know my identity. It can be said that this is a reliable and useful secret force. "

Sylvia turned her anger into joy, offered a kiss and giggled, "honey, you're the most visionary person I've ever seen."

Victor shook his head and sighed, "I just wanted to make a high profit on coffee at first, and I didn't expect this to happen."

Sylvia nodded: "The fundamental reason why the Lord is unwilling to accept the identity of the mountain people is that the territory can not accommodate too many people. Although the situation has improved and the Lord also regards the refugees as wealth, if the mountain people are relocated, it will lead to the proliferation of jackals and goblins. If you help the mountain people develop settlements, you will sacrifice the family soldiers and trainee knights. No lord is willing to offend except Neville Mountain people are in such trouble. "

"You've done something that ordinary lords don't want to do. Isn't it because you have a secret law warrior in your hand?"

Victor nodded to agree with Sylvia, smiled and said, "anyway, we control tens of thousands of mountain people, so we can continuously send secret forces to the eastern alliance. It will be sooner or later for us to occupy a grass island near the eastern coast."

Sylvia said, "this situation is the same as when you open up a mountain stronghold. We can do things that the Borui people can't do."

"Why didn't the Borui people build a harbor and go by sea? It is said that the coastal fish people are stronger, taller and more numerous than the riverside fish people. The Borui people are unwilling to fight against the coastal fish people. Their warships are not designed for navigation, and there is no way to grab the beach and land where the coastal fish people are dense. However, the coastal fish people have no chance to fight back in front of the infantry array of the large Legion Strength. We have a large standardized army, which can do what Borui people don't want to do. This is the initiative. "

"Reverend dimick belongs to the Clement school, but he is not clement, and he has his own political ambition. If the cardinal does not make mistakes, he can be promoted to cardinal. The Sassanian Empire has three Archdioceses, the tamore school occupies four Archdioceses, and the Clement school loses two Archdioceses. Although they have an advantage in the seat of the cardinal for the time being, but In the long run, Clements are in a very disadvantageous position. Clements bet on us and the neville people, hoping that we can add at least four dioceses to them in the great development. If we can help them open up a new diocese in the Eastern League, dimick will be the biggest beneficiary, he will choose to support us, and Clements will dress up Deaf and dumb. Because he owes Lazarus a seat on the Privy Council. Otherwise, why did he put dimic in blue gull harbor with no future? "

Victor opened his eyes and nodded: "there are both principles and flexibility. This is a mature political leader."

Sylvia warned: "Dear, the situation of the eastern alliance is very complicated. Even if dimick takes care of us secretly, we can't be careless. The exiled nobles selected by Clement for us can be put in the light to attract the attention of the referee, the kingdom of Borui and the kingdom of SUS. The fallen Ranger you support can directly explore the ownerless Grass Island in the East without too much worry, but don't worry It's easy to expose our true intentions. "

"Well, you're right. While controlling the exiled nobles to choose settlements on the North Bank of Jinshui River, we lured the Ranger nobles into the no man's land in the East, avoided the sight of the referee, and established an island camp similar to the mountain people's stronghold."

At this time, the laughter of the little attendants came from outside the car. Vikdora drove the curtain and saw the majestic posture of brinor standing on the distant horizon and said calmly:

"When our fleet enters Dahe Bay... The eastern alliance has power, but it's just a sweep."