European Emperor Cultivation System

Chapter 162 is famous
"Dear warriors of Harfleur, now is the time for us to capture Caen in one fell swoop. Think about our past situation. Those nobles who oppressed you are all gone now. We are our own masters. No one can Take control of our destiny."

Li Peijun delivered an impassioned pre-war mobilization speech. He tried his best to exaggerate the huge difference between the past and the present, so that the soldiers had a sense of belonging to Hafleur, and subconsciously implied that all these changes were brought to them by himself. Let them support themselves as the city lord even more.

"Now, the civilians along the Touk River are still in dire straits. They are also our compatriots. We need to save them. Pick up your weapons and stride across the Touk River with me, heading straight for Caen. "

The recruited aristocrats sounded awkward to the side. Li Peijun would overthrow all the aristocratic forces for a while, and the civilians would turn over and call the shots for a while, which made many people break out in cold sweat and stand awkwardly. the back of his neck.

"Saving fellow citizens is everyone's responsibility."

"Down with all reactionary forces that exploit and oppress civilians."

"May the dawn of Harfleur spread throughout the Principality."

"The Three Principles of the People will last forever."

The soldiers kept clenched their fists and tapped their breastplates in response. With the other hand, they raised their weapons and waved them. The entire standing army, except for the knight equipment captured earlier, was equipped with homemade thunder armor. The knight's equipment is even more luxurious, and now Hafleur is crushing both in terms of quantity and quality.

"The army set out, crossed the Touk River, and liberated Caen." Li Peijun raised his arms and shouted, and the army of nearly 2000 people set off towards the territory of Caen.

"Your Excellency, it's been a long time. Don't worry too much. It's just a means of ruling propaganda, just like the benefits you promised to win support when you launched a war." explained before.

Werther straightened his armor, wiped his sweat and said, "Master Bruno, I haven't seen you in a month. Your army already has 1500 people. In terms of numbers alone, it is already at the level of an earl. Hafleur's taxes must be very heavy." .”

Li Peijun smiled playfully, shook his head and said: "Actually, according to my investigation, the tax in the Hafleur consular district is only [-] to [-]% of that in Honfleur. policy, and the development of handicraft industry and commerce in urban areas has not deducted too much tax."

Werther was a little surprised, "Impossible? Although the Harfleur consular district is large, it is not exaggerated to such an extent. Could it be that a salt field mining area was recently discovered in the territory?"

The price of salt remained high in the Middle Ages. The oceanic climate in Western Europe was not suitable for drying salt at all. The situation in the Mediterranean was slightly better. The daily meals of common people were clear soup and little water. If a small natural salt field was found, the nobles in the consular district Naturally, a windfall can be made, and the same is true for the mining area, which can bring a lot of foreign exchange. After all, there was a single source of taxation at that time.

Li Peijun waved his hand and said: "The effect of tax leverage alone has already made Harfleur rich. In the past, nobles always thought that they could enrich their coffers by simply squeezing the blood and sweat of the people at the bottom. In the long run, alleviating the urgent need is an act of fishing out the water.”

"Didn't Archimedes say, 'Give me a fulcrum, and I can move the earth.' Now taxation is the fulcrum, and what is moved is the enthusiasm of the common people, so that all productivity in the consular district will be stimulated."

Witt frowned and objected: "I don't think that lowering taxes can bring any substantial changes to the bottom. The liquidity of merchants is too large, and a large part of the wealth created will not stay in the local area, and the expanded chamber of commerce will be very difficult. It is easy to constrain the nobles, and the same is true for the common people, even if they pay less than half a month's ration, for them, it is just a change to drink a few more meals of coarse wheat porridge."

Thinking about it carefully, Li Peijun felt that what Witte said was reasonable. When economic production is backward, there are few resources available for allocation. The key is to make the cake bigger.As for chambers of commerce, the situation in various places is also quite different, and not all chambers of commerce can be united as never before.

Hafleur's success is just an example. On the one hand, the special situation has created a community of interests between the ruler and the chamber of commerce. On the other hand, it is also because Li Peijun is a traverser with his own system, and he is foresighted about everything.

"Pay attention to the voice of the common people, so that the masses will have a sense of belonging to Honfleur." Li Peijun gave his opinion symbolically.

"Voice? They are just talking tools. Take care of three meals a day, and of course the rest of your energy is to seek the maximum benefit for the lord." Werther disagrees with this.

It seems that the two people's ideas and views are very different, and Li Peijun can't say more. Anyway, if something goes wrong in Honfleur, he just sends troops to take over this place.

The metal bows and crossbows are very expensive. The crossbowmen are only equipped with five crossbow arrows, and the archers are not much better. One person issued four iron arrows and four sharpened wooden sticks. Recycle the arrows on the battlefield, and there will be rewards for picking up more.

As for the intimidating and mighty Zhuge crossbow, Li Peijun placed it in Canapville, because it was too heavy, and it took a dozen strong men to push it to move slowly on the mud, slowing down the overall march. Speed, Li Peijun was afraid of delaying the fighter plane, so he simply threw it on the manor.

"Use your skills and become famous."

After using the skill, the system will automatically judge the nature of the war after the declaration of war takes effect, and provide additional bonuses for this, and the status will be canceled after the peace treaty is concluded.

Li Peijun's first reaction was that this skill was military, but he didn't expect the system to classify it as a political skill. It should be a more interesting term like diplomatic rhetoric. Like the US attacking Iraq, it first accused Saddam of having a big Weapons of mass destruction, no matter how serious it is to send troops to war.

"Nature of war: annexation war, additional bonus: 0%"

"What? The annexation war didn't improve the attributes at all, and I wasted energy in vain. What a ghost." Li Peijun complained to himself.

"Caen and Hafleur are still in the period when the peace treaty is in effect. Unilaterally tearing up the agreement and declaring war is a legally disadvantaged position. Hafleur's influence is weak now, and he will not have a bad name for the surrounding duchies. You should be glad that the system has no Add punitive measures." The system retorted with reason.

"Okay, okay, what you say is right, it seems that you need to think carefully before using this skill in the future." Li Peijun was powerless to refute, and could only swallow the bitter fruit.

Now even if the total number of forces in the whole territory of Caen is not as large as that of Hafleur, Li Peijun no longer has to hide in Tibet and fight in an ambush like before, and can conduct a strategic decisive battle with the enemy openly, wherever there are many people. Walk.

Annexation of Caen is imperative.

(End of this chapter)