I Will Be The Crowned King

If you want to fight against the Holy War army organized by the Holy See in the Ring of Order, you must completely control the thirteen colonies of the New World, namely the Free Confederation, the Ice Dragon Fjord, and the Five Cities Alliance of the Three Eastern North Sea Countries.

To control the three at the same time, the Ice Dragon Fjord is naturally the first premise, and to control the Ice Dragon Fjord, you must first unite the Storm Legion, let them stand firmly on the position of themselves and the Rune family, and must not be because of the enemy. The power of and the meaning behind it are shaken in the slightest.

The premise of achieving this goal is that Anson must be able to create a consensus that can unite everyone, and a consensus that all the officers and soldiers can agree with, or at least not object to.

Considering that there will never be any smooth sailing in the next battle, it is more likely to go from one failure to another failure, and constantly compete with the enemy for willpower, endurance and determination in a state of overall disadvantage; the difficulty is to one. It was an unprecedented test to support the former conscripted corps, whose main business was to make money and to fight wars as a sideline.

If you want to create a consensus, the plan of talking about yourself is meaningless; you must gather the people who want to unite, present the facts, and explain the truth, so that they can make a decision that will not easily regret and betray.

This is definitely not Anson's exaggeration or lack of confidence in himself. He is very clear about his relationship with the officers and soldiers of the Storm Legion. In the final analysis, it is first and foremost the superiors and subordinates, and then the partners at the interest level; no matter what level, he is not qualified. Demand unconditional loyalty from these people to themselves.

If he really didn't explain anything, and let them die at the end, An Sen believed that the speed of these people's betrayal definitely exceeded the landing speed of the jihadist army.

So, just after talking with Fabien, Carl, Norton Crosell and the junior secretary, and unifying the caliber, the military meeting on February 10, 102 of the Saint Calendar was also the Storm Legion. The largest scale, the scope expanded to company-level officers and even included the military meeting of the logistics and staff, which was officially held.

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"Before this meeting officially begins, there are some small things that need to be publicly reported to everyone."

In the brightly lit conference room of the headquarters, An Sen, who was sitting at the end of the long table, said calmly and solemnly, facing the shadowy figure in the room.

In his left and right hand positions, lieutenant colonel Carl and deputy commander Colonel Fabien, respectively, followed by the regiment commanders, senior staff officers, and department chief officers sat on both sides of the long table; as for the battalion company level The low-ranking officers were still sitting around the long table.

Alan Dawn, who had been hiding in the corner and secretly taking meeting minutes, also appeared behind Anson, and opened his notebook solemnly, his expression a little more heavy.

"Since the Saints landed at Beluga Harbor at the end of the 100th year of the calendar, the Storm Division...of course it is now the Legion...experienced no less than double-digit battles and riots, and made huge sacrifices for the prosperity, peace and stability of the colony; There is sweat and blood, and although the number is small, the number of comrades who have left us forever has reached triple digits."

An Sen, with his head held high, looked solemn: "Because of our joint efforts and the sacrifices of these comrades in arms, we have achieved the current safe environment in the new world; we fought in the wilderness, fought in the city, planted wasteland in the fields, and Peace between the streets."

"It is no exaggeration to say that without us, the Ice Dragon Fjord is still in ruins, and the Free Confederation is still being oppressed and enslaved by the empire; as for the Five Cities Alliance in the east... It is even more impossible to get any so-called assistance."

"And after giving so much and sacrificing so much, what did we get?" An Sen, who deliberately paused, raised his mouth slightly:

"Ellen!"

"exist!"

The little clerk stood up and picked up the notebook in his hand with a blank face: "As of the end of January, among the public properties of the Storm Legion, the real estate owned by the Storm Legion includes a total of 5,200 mu of arable land outside the Beluga Port City, 510 acres of farmland Fifteen oxen, three hundred and eighty-eight mules, and fifteen hundred packhorses."

"In the direction of the port, there is a small salt factory, two textile factories, two military factories, a steel factory, a printing factory, three wood processing factories, and a small shipyard that was originally planned to expand but was damaged, and There are more than ten other supporting industries."

"In addition, due to the turmoil in Beluga Port, the Legion also controlled all the land near the original warehouse area, as well as two coal mines, a 30% stake in three iron mines, and the ownership of 30 surrounding large warehouses. ."

"The above is limited to the real estate situation in Beluga Port and its surrounding areas." The little clerk, who did not lift his head, continued to speak in a few breaths of cold air: "The scope has been extended to the entire New World, and the scale is similar. More than that."

"The first is Longhu Town, where the legion has an iron ore and a local livestock trade commission, as well as a potential gold mine; in Red Hand Bay, a 5% commission from the local trade port, two livestock farms, Half of a timber and coal processing plant is also owned by the Corps.”

"There is a steel factory, a salt factory, two wool spinning factories and leather factories in Black Reef Port, and a total of about 3,000 mu of farms outside the city. Half of the shares are also owned by the legion."

"As for Grey Pigeon Castle and Winter Torch City... Although there are still some industries belonging to the legion in the two places, the scale is extremely small and there is no output, which can basically be ignored." The speed of the little secretary's speech is getting faster and faster:

"In addition, the Legion also controls 40% of the equity of the New World Company, which belongs to the absolute controlling party and has the right to carry out financial investment and trade activities in thirteen colonies in the New World; each colony basically has the "Beluga Whale" The branch office of Hong Kong Good People Daily, as well as the right to garrison freely in various colonies, trade preferential treatment, more than 30 chambers of commerce have put forward the demand for security services to the shooting army, as well as various investments under construction or already put into production , such as the large shipyard in Sail City..."

"Because there are still large variables in various investments, plus the scale is too large, including many projects, and New World lacks more standard financial services, it is really difficult to make accurate statistics, but roughly speaking, the total assets of all real estate are estimated. The value is conservatively estimated, about 30 million...gold coins."

The serious-looking little clerk indifferently opened the next page of the notebook, and the sound of the paper rubbing and sliding was clearly transmitted to the ears of everyone present:

"As for the Legion so far, through normal taxation, trade, seizure, looting, lending... From January 1, 101, to January 1, 102, the total value of the book's active assets , about four million gold coins, of which about 1.2 million gold coins are cash."

"Even if you only count this property, it's more than four times the total harvest in Hantu before; and if you exclude expenses, military expenses, distribution of trophies, and loss in the middle... Only the public funds on the book are calculated, it is ten times the amount in Hantu."

After speaking, the little secretary closed the notebook, sat back to his original position silently, picked up the pen and continued to take the minutes of the meeting.

In the dead silence, there was only the sound of the tip of the pen sliding gently from the surface of the paper.

Looking around at the expressions of everyone present, An Sen's smile grew even stronger.

Stunned is not enough to describe their mood at the moment...especially Norton Crossell.

As a mid-level officer who has been involved in logistics and has a fixed salary and a "share", he is actually aware of the changes in the Storm Legion; although it is only a very subjective feeling, it is the subtle changes. , but can reflect a lot of internal upheaval.

The continuous construction of factories, the expansion of the company's business in the New World, the establishment of the Shooting Corps, the expansion of the Storm Corps, the promotion of regular dividends for officers, the reconstruction of Beluga Harbor, the resettlement of refugees, the aid program to the five eastern colonies...

Without sufficient financial and material support, Ansen Bach would not have been able to accomplish so many things in just a few months.

According to his estimation, even not counting the funds of the Rune family and the investment of the Roland family, the Storm Legion had at least fifty to one million public funds on the books, which gave Ansen Bach such confidence.

Rao is so, it is already a very terrifying number; you must know that the storm division recklessly scraped the land in Hantu, and risked the risk of being traced by the Ministry of War, and it was almost the same number. The divided part shall not exceed 500,000 in the book.

Therefore, even though preparations were made in advance, Norton was completely stunned when the little secretary said the number "four million".

He couldn't imagine how the Storm Legion was able to squeeze so much wealth from the "barren" and "backward" new world in just a few months!

The most astonishing thing is this, because now the new world is not suffering because of Ansen's "squeezing". Instead, it is a thriving and prosperous scene no matter how you look at it.

You can earn 4 million in just a few months... If it was so easy, how hard did the Empire **** blood from the New World to force all six colonies to rebel? !

And he is not the most exaggerated, because next to Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Dukasky is more exaggerated than him: "30 million, you are not mistaken?!"

"This is only a conservative estimate, because the new world lacks general equivalents, especially precious metals and regulated financial services. Even with such a huge real estate, it is difficult to make a very reasonable valuation." Eyeballs, the little secretary showed a formulaic smile:

"Considering the expansion of New World Bank, financial services will become more and more perfect, and the valuation of these industries will inevitably increase steadily in the next few years."

"Then, what if...if not conservative...how much?!" Alexei, who was trembling all over, stammered.

The little secretary thought about it for a second, and gave the answer very calmly: "Probably, around fifty million."

"hiss-!!"

No longer concealed, the sound of sucking in the cold air came and went in the conference room.

In contrast, An Sen was still calm, not even a little excited.

This is not only because he has known this number for a long time, but also because he has spent a whole year to completely pull the richest group of people in the New World into his camp, control an important development lifeline, and vigorously promote trade and industrial structure. Upgrading has most of the economic growth points... The result is only 30 million.

If the control strength is converted to Hantu, I am afraid that not one-third of the kingdom plus all the ports and cities are real estate under the name of the legion, which can seamlessly take the throne from the François family and own it. Crown yourself!

One is to obtain floating wealth, and the other is to control and bind in depth. It is a matter of course that the benefits obtained are very different.

Even so, this size was enough to make the entire Storm Legion completely drop their jaws; and when they finally recovered and closed their jaws again, Anson could start the next step.

"All this wealth is a reasonable reward that we... Storm Legion won through hard work and life-threatening battles." Looking around the crowd, An Sen said without a smile:

"As long as we are still the army of the Kingdom of Clovis and serve the royal family of Austeria faithfully, then we deserve all this."

"On the contrary, if we turn our backs on our loyalty, we will be no different from bandits, just a bunch of bandits who will do anything for money."

"Loyalty to Clovis, the Privy Council, and the royal family is the guarantee for all of this; we are organized in Clovis Kingdom and have regular legions; if we abandon loyalty, it means abandoning the most important layer of identity."

Faced with the sudden change of the conversation and talking about An Sen, who had nothing to do with the content just now, everyone's expressions were very inexplicable, and they couldn't understand what the commander-in-chief wanted to do.

At this moment, UU read www.uukanshu. com Anson suddenly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers, "Crack!"

"boom-!!"

With a loud bang, guarding outside, a company of fully armed guards suddenly rushed into the room, appeared behind many officers with stunned and surprised expressions, and closed the doors and windows of the conference room one by one.

The already depressing room suddenly fell into darkness.

"Right now, the Kingdom of Clovis is facing a crisis that has never happened in a century!"

Without waiting for everyone to react, An Sen who raised his voice abruptly stood up and swept his icy eyes to his flustered and tensed cheeks: "The Empire is forming a large-scale army, ready to carry out our military operations last year. Counterattack; and due to some reasons, the mainland cannot provide us with any support for the time being, and the Storm Legion has to fight independently to deal with strong enemies."

"Let me put it more clearly, this battle is not only about the survival of the colonies, but also the battle that determines the rise and fall of Clovis, the empire and the whole world of order; therefore I must ask you all..."

"Are you willing to offer your absolute loyalty to Clovis?!"