MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 526 Triumphant unity

Chapter 526 The General Assembly of Victory and Unity

Claude felt that the convening of this assembly of all the members of the Overseas Dominion and the honorable nobles of the Kingdom in Beibu Gulf was really the wrong place to choose, and all of them were flying themselves. For them, this is a rare group trip for a group sightseeing tour with public expense reimbursement. Of course, private enjoyment requires your own money. Compared to how to obtain hereditary family territories, they are more enthusiastic about meeting new friends, understanding the business situation of Beibu Gulf, discussing business cooperation, etc ...

Especially in a short period of three days, in various parties held on the blue sky, white clouds, and sea beaches, Claude suddenly found that his twenty or so unmarried men who had won military honors were awarded the honor of the baron of the kingdom. His subordinates, and the members of the councillor's sister, daughter, niece and niece, and even granddaughter have made a relationship. It is said that all of these women are beautiful and handsome, they are diligent and thrifty, and they are charismatic and gentle. They also have a rich and unusual dowry.

On the day of the official conference on September 12, Claude felt that the conference was a farce, and parliamentarians spoke loudly at the conference, and the honorary nobles of the kingdom were responsible for applauding.

Because the first issue today is the unanimous approval of all members of the parliament, these Jinjue officers who have been awarded glory for the kingdom's military achievements. Pay as a token of gratitude for their dedication to the military power of the overseas autonomous region ...

This is really good news for the Jinjue officers of these two shy regiments. Their net worth is simply not comparable to that of the members of the Dominion. Members of Parliament can easily pay 400,000 kronor for the promotion and selection of land, but these officers are usually used in large numbers, and basically have little savings. Unexpected wealth is based on the distribution of seized loot. When it comes to using money, there are not many that can produce 10,000 kronor.

Therefore, the willingness of overseas dominions to help them is a great thing for these Jinjue officers. Otherwise, if they want to obtain a hereditary family land, they can only go to overseas Minsheng Bank loans, and then they do n’t know how much income they can produce each year. Destroyed the land with debts that he hasn't cleared in his whole life, and it is even possible that the operating territory will go bankrupt and lose this family territory. There will have to be debt repayment for the lost territory ...

Of course, the Overseas Dominion Council has only one requirement for these Jinjue officers to pay the Jinjue fee and the land selection fee, that is, to stand by the legislators in this collective granting of hereditary family lands. Either everyone will be given the hereditary clan territory, or no one will continue to live as usual with the title of a kingdom honorable nobleman. Never privately collect money to beg His Majesty for conferring territories. If anyone violates it, even if he automatically breaks away from the overseas dominion, all industries in the overseas dominion will be confiscated and his loved ones will be deported from the country ...

All Jinjue officers and the rest of the kingdom's honorable nobles all agreed to the request of the Dominion Council, saying that they would stand with the parliamentarians. Claude and General Scree smiled at each other, and these Jinjue officers were so easily tied to the same boat by the lawmakers. It can be seen that no money is the biggest mistake. Those who are involuntarily are arranged for their seats and positions. It is just that although Claude and General Scree are already hereditary nobles, their positions are consistent with that of parliamentarians, so they have no objection.

Members of parliament did not suffer. They had already negotiated. The Overseas Minsheng Bank would help the Jinjue officers and the rest of the kingdom ’s honorable nobles in the Dominion to pay the Jinjue fee and the land selection fee, and also help them pay half of these two fees. In other words, they need to sacrifice these two fees in half, and then the Minsheng Bank of China will help them pay half of them, and then they will have to pay about one-quarter of the original fees and land selection fees.

These fees paid by overseas minsheng banks will be included in the cost of territorial investment and development. For example, after the possession of the hereditary family territories of the Jinjue officers and honorary nobles of the kingdom, they will be entrusted to the autonomous territory council to develop and operate the territory for more than ten years. The annual income will be divided into three parts, development costs, taxes and collective income, and the collective income of all territories will be aggregated before individual dividends are distributed.

Only if all the people from overseas dominions who are eligible for hereditary clan territory are united, the more powerful they are, the more likely they will bargain with Her Majesty and the Royal Court. After all the members of the Overseas Autonomous Territory and the honorary nobles of the Kingdom have been granted hereditary family territories in an area, they will carry out unified planning and joint development and operation of all hereditary family territories in this area in order to obtain the maximum benefits .. ....

To put it bluntly, lawmakers are actually preparing to unite all hereditary family territories as another overseas dominion for development. Unified planning and deployment in investment, development and business. All income is deducted from investment costs, taxes and fees handed over to the treasury, and royalties handed over to the royal family before personal distribution. In addition, no one is interested in what the members do on their own territory, as long as he does not affect the overall planning of the unified operation.

"The hereditary clan that we want Her Majesty the King to confer is this Beibu Gulf and the surrounding area. All the people's territories are here! Are there any objections?" Speaker Beneder slammed the table in front of him loudly with one hand. Roared.

Of course, there was no objection, and everyone who attended the meeting cheered and applauded.

President Hendman of the Overseas Dominion Mining and Business Association stood up and announced in a high voice: "His Majesty the King must agree to our request and discount the so-called promotion fee and land selection fee. He cannot use one piece. I do n’t know where the wasteland takes away the wealth that we have accumulated for most of our lives, and our efforts must get satisfactory results! Otherwise, we would rather not have any unsecured hereditary family territory ... "

Clap out again, everyone is cheering, agreeing, and from time to time, there are voices in support of the decision made by the Dominion Council. Even members of parliament stood up and said excitedly that if Her Majesty the King did not agree to the request of the Dominion of the Dominion, then everyone can abandon the title of so-called honorary noble, because the status of the Dominion is the most noble title ...

"It's a hysterical frenzy, sometimes infectious." General Scree calmly whispered with Crowd.

"But we will not oppose it, and we can even say it is optimistic." Claude replied.

General Scree laughed: "Of course, I still like these guys here compared to the traditional aristocrats wearing false masks. At least they still keep their promises, know the roots, like order, not much ambition. Although they like to do For the sake of profit, it can be regarded as complying with legal requirements. Unlike the traditional nobles, who are used to trample the law by their status and think that their bloodlines are noble, in fact they are rotten inside ... "

"You still hate the aristocracy so much," Claude reminded. "Don't forget that you are now a member of the kingdom aristocracy. Perhaps a hundred years later, your children and grandchildren will be proud of your inherited bloodline. There is one more thing. I do n’t like aristocrats, but I do n’t like these people either. They are actually businessmen. But businessmen are the most untrustworthy. For the benefit, they can even betray their biological parents. If there is a 300% income, they will be the same. They will trample on the law and do more than those nobles, you just haven't seen their darkest side. "

"The situation you are talking about is very rare. There are people of all levels who have no moral values, but it is not a common situation, otherwise the world can be destroyed." General Scree retorted: "For me, and These guys only need to pay attention to their wallets together, while staying with those traditional nobles, they must always guard against the poisoned daggers and dark arrows that they secretly pierce. If they are freely sealed by His Majesty the King and connected with those traditional nobles ’territories, So when you sleep, you have to keep your eyes open to save yourself and your family. "

At this time, standing up was Earl Goodych, the head of the Overseas Minsheng Bank, and entrusted to His Majesty the King. His honoured Viscount, who has not changed in the past two decades, was also promoted to Earl of Honor, at least 20,000 less. King Cron's Jinjue Cost.

"... this time we came, we carried 30 million kronor cash in sixty large iron-wood boxes, and each iron-wood box required a sturdy horse-drawn carriage, and Only four strong horses can pull the road. We will bring these sixty iron-wood boxes to the king and place them in front of His Majesty the King and the court officials. We will lift the lids of these iron-wood boxes. Let the golden light of the golden kronor inside the box spend their eyes.

Then I will tell His Majesty the King and the Honorable Ministers of the Royal Court that these sixty large iron-wood boxes contain all the wealth of the Overseas Dominion. If they are willing to agree to our request, then we will dedicate the wealth of 30 million kronor to His Majesty and the King. If they refuse our request, then we will return to the overseas Dominion with these sixty large iron-wood boxes filled with King Krona, and we will never ask for hereditary family territories. "

"What if they detained us and took the thirty million kronor?" I wondered who asked such a childish question loudly.

"Haha ..." Many members laughed.

"Good question ..." Count Guditch didn't laugh, but patted his palm instead: "In fact, you should ask me why I dare to take these 30 million kronor to the king to see His Majesty and King Ministers. In fact, it's very simple. The Thunder Corps and the Rock Corps of our Autonomous Leadership Region, I dare to take the reserve of the 30 million Autonomous Leading Overseas Minsheng Bank to the capital of the King. His Majesty the King wo n’t, and the Ministers are not afraid Because they know that if we and this money are moved, it means provoking a war between the kingdom and our overseas dominions ... "

Count Gudic pointed to those officers who applauded and applauded: "With the loyal soldiers of our autonomous region, we don't need to worry about our own personal safety and the whereabouts of the 30 million kronor. No one It has moved us and these 30 million kronor without paying any price, even His Majesty the King! "

The audience was thunderous, and the officers of the two legions of Jinjue stood up and punched their chests with fists. They said that as an autonomous leader, they must live up to everyone's trust and entrustment. The security of these 30 million huge funds ...

"This guy should actually be responsible for the pre-war speech ..." Crowd muttered, "I knew that the gold and silver reserves and gold and silver coins seized would not be shipped back to the Dominion. I will ship them to you and then ship them. Aren't you busy coming back? "

"No, we haven't moved those you brought back," said General Scree. "The gold and silver currencies of the Principality of Kanas, the Principality of Rimodera, and the Principality of Sideins and the Kingdom of Nasseri, we all choose. Some good ones have kept some as a commemoration. Because these countries are gone, these gold and silver coins will no longer exist, and we will destroy the printing plates that minted these gold and silver coins.

The 30 million kronor this time was recast in the past two years using the gold reserves in overseas minsheng banks. It was originally planned to be put into the Kingdom's home market for commercial bidding, which will bring down several Kingdom's home business industries that are monopolized by the noble family. However, for the time being, it is temporarily used as a promotion fee and land selection fee to confer hereditary clan territory. "

"Then how much gold and silver reserves do overseas Minsheng banks have?"

"Relax, plus the shipment you brought back, there are more than 20 million gold crowns in silver and gold reserves. We also allocated 3 million gold crowns to four shipbuildings in Port Patras before we set off The workshop is preparing to build four more armored cruisers and twelve armored destroyers, and six armored ocean-going transport ships. We will have a second armored fleet by next year. "General Scree replied.

"Next year I decide to reform the military system again." Claude revealed a little of his intentions: "I need a fund for the formation of a test force, to study whether the establishment of this test force is reasonable. The current troop formation is a bit awkward for troops equipped with new rifles and new artillery. After all, we are no longer a firearm unit, and it is not necessary to use the old legion formation.

Last year's battle with the Alliance Army made me feel that using one division to deal with the enemy and one regiment seemed to have more troops, and using one regiment to deal with it seemed to have less troops. In addition, this time the Kingdom Army has promoted so many generals to our two legions. In addition to the five or six generals who have decided to retire, the remaining generals are very strong and need to be resettled. and so......"

General Scrie interrupted Claude's words: "No problem within a million kronor unless you are preparing to recruit new soldiers to reorganize a new army ..."

"No, now the Thunder Corps has four divisions with 150,000 people. Don't you think our dominion has too much military expenses?" Claude said with a bitter smile: "A group of veterans will be retired in the second half of this year, so they will not be recruited. New recruits. I will prepare all the officers and soldiers of the experimental unit to be formed next year from the active officers, so that I can get a rough result within six months.

By the way, next year the Rock Corps is preparing to rotate, and the division in which the Dominion is stationed will be transferred here. At the same time, veterans will be retired to reduce their strength. It is not necessary to maintain the establishment of three divisions in peacetime, but General Beechklin requested that a division of the Rock Corps be converted into a light jockey. Now that we occupy the Kanas Prairie, this requirement is easier to meet. "

General Scrie nodded: "Okay, I see. The military area will coordinate your plan to act."

At this time, the second topic of the meeting is to select the hereditary family territories of Beibu Gulf and surrounding areas. This is very simple. Except for Crowd and Marshal Bolonick, the rest can only be promoted to the hereditary baron of the kingdom, and General Scree, General Albert and Bichick who have been conferred by the hereditary baron. Like General Lin, they are all baron territory, no big difference.

Therefore, Crowder's hereditary family territory was arranged in Campestre, as the hereditary Count of the Kingdom, and the name of the possession of such a city is right. The family territory of General Bolognik is the Grand Duchy of Beaumaris, and he can still own this fortress-type castle with the qualification of hereditary Viscount. As for General Albert and General Beachklin, the other two towns on the North Bay waterfront fit them just right. General Scrie had a long-term view and chose a town in the hilly area of ​​Likumada, where the blackstone mine was produced.

All the members of the Overseas Dominion Council, Jinjue officers, and the honorary nobles of the kingdom, combined nearly two hundred people will be the former Gulf of the Kansas Principality of Beibu Gulf area, the agricultural plantation area of ​​the Grand Duchy of Beaumaris, and the Likumada hilly mineral development zone. The plots in each plot are cleaned up and occupy a small part of the prairie area.

The method of choosing the respective hereditary family territories is very fair. These baron territories are numbered and made into labels and shaken in the lottery box. The five military giants of Claude who do not need to draw lots to supervise and conduct notarization, everyone draws luck. No one cares about the quality of the place. Anyway, the autonomous territory council leads the overall planning for investment and overall development, and you don't need to worry about the operation of the territory yourself.

Of course, if you are really dissatisfied, you can find someone to exchange for yourself. For example, if you want to open a ranch in the future, you can get a lottery in the hills, and you can find a grassland territory. In the end, everyone must remember the number and location of their territories, so that the king can point out where and where his favorite family territories are.

After having a hearty dinner, the conference continued for a while, and now there is only one last issue left, which is to choose who will go to the king to bargain with His Majesty the King and Minister Wang Ting. Marshal Bolonique and General Scrie represented the Autonomous Territory and headed for the capital, taking the Jinju officers of the Rock Corps. The parliament also went to half of the members, Speaker Bennett and Supervisor Goodich, and President Henderman were all elected.

Rather, Mr. Wiebel was left behind as the acting speaker of the parliament and the remaining members to study China ’s future territorial development and management plans, calculate investment costs, and uniformly plan the roads between the various territories.

Claude, General Albert and General Beachklin all stayed, while preparing for the incident, by the way cleaning up the horse bandits on the Kansas prairie ...