I will be crowned king

If you want to face the Holy War organized by the Circle of Order, you must completely control the Thirteen Colonies of the New World, which are the Free Confederation, Ice Dragon Fjord, and the Five-City Alliance of the Three Kingdoms in the Eastern North Sea.

To control the three at the same time, Ice Dragon Fjord is naturally the first prerequisite. To control Ice Dragon Fjord, you must first unite the Storm Legion and let them stand unswervingly on their own and the Luen family's side. They must not be blamed for the enemy. The power and the meaning behind it are shaken in the slightest.

The prerequisite for achieving this goal is that Anson must be able to create a consensus that can unite everyone and make the entire officer corps and even the soldiers agree, or at least not oppose it.

Considering that the next battle will never be smooth sailing, I am afraid that it will be more like going from one failure to another, constantly competing with the enemy in willpower, endurance and determination in a state of comprehensive disadvantage; the difficulty is, for one, The former conscription corps, whose main job was to make money and whose side job was fighting, was an unprecedented test.

If you want to create consensus, self-talk planning is meaningless; people who want to be united must be brought together to present the facts and explain the truth, so that they can make a decision that will not regret easily and rebel in the face of battle.

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

If they really don't explain anything and let them die when the end comes, Anson believes that the rebellion speed of this group of people will definitely exceed the landing speed of the Jihadi Army.

So, after talking to Fabian, Karl, Norton Crosell and the little clerk respectively, and unifying the words, the military meeting on February 10, 102, the Saints Calendar, was also the meeting of the Storm Legion. The largest military meeting, with the scope expanded to include company-level officers and even logistics and staff departments, was officially held.

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"Before this meeting officially begins, there are some small things that I want to publicly report to everyone."

In the brightly lit conference room of the headquarters, Anson, who was sitting at the end of the long table, faced the dark figure in the room and said calmly and solemnly.

On his left and right hands were Lieutenant Colonel Karl, Chief of Staff, and Colonel Fabian, Deputy Commander. After that, the commanders of each regiment, senior staff officers, and department chiefs sat on both sides of the long table; as for the lieutenants at the battalion and company level, The low-ranking officers were still sitting around the long table.

Alan Dawn, who had been hiding in the corner secretly taking minutes of the meeting, also appeared openly behind Anson and opened his notebook seriously, his expression a little heavier.

“Since landing at Moby Harbor at the end of the 100th year of the Saint’s Calendar, the Storm Division… now of course the Legion… has experienced no less than double digits of battles and riots, and has made huge sacrifices for the prosperity, peace and stability of the colony; There is sweat and blood, and although the number is not large, the number of comrades who have left us forever has reached three figures."

Anson, who raised his head slightly, looked solemn: "Because of our joint efforts and the sacrifices of these comrades, we have achieved the safe environment in the new world today; we fight in the wilderness, fight in the city, plant in the fields, and Keeping peace in the streets.”

"It is no exaggeration to say that without us, Ice Dragon Fjord would still be dilapidated and the Free Confederacy would still be oppressed and enslaved by the empire; as for the Five Cities Alliance in the east... it is even less likely to receive any so-called assistance."

"And after paying so much and sacrificing so much, what have we gained?" Anson paused deliberately, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly:

"Alan!"

"exist!"

The little clerk stood up and picked up the notebook in his hand expressionlessly: "As of the end of January, among the public properties of the Storm Legion, the real estate owned includes a total of 5,200 acres of cultivated land outside Beluga Port City, 510 acres of Fifteen oxen, three hundred and eighty-eight mules, and fifteen hundred draft horses.”

“In the direction of the port, there are one small salt factory, two textile factories, two military factories, one steel factory, one printing factory, three wood processing factories, and a small shipyard that was originally planned to be expanded but was destroyed, and The remaining supporting industries range from more than ten.”

"In addition, due to the unrest in Beluga Port and other reasons, the Legion also controlled all the land near the original large warehouse area, as well as 30% of the shares of two coal mines and three iron mines, plus the ownership of thirty large warehouses in the surrounding area. ."

"The above is limited to the real estate situation in Beluga Port and its surroundings." The little clerk, without raising his head, continued to speak with a few gasps of air: "The scope has been expanded to the entire New World, and the scale has not changed. It’s more than that.”

"First of all, in Changhu Town, the legion owns an iron mine and a commission from the local livestock trade, as well as a gold mine with great potential; in Red Hand Bay, a 5% commission from the local trade port, and two livestock manors. Half of the shares of a lumber and coal processing plant are also in the Legion's name."

"There is a steel factory, a salt factory, two woolen mills and leather factories in Black Reef Port, and a farm covering a total area of ​​about 3,000 acres outside the city. Half of the shares are also owned by the legion."

"As for Gray Pigeon Castle and Winter Torch City... although there are still some industries in the two places that belong to the legion, their scale is extremely small and there is no output. They can basically be ignored." The little secretary spoke faster and faster:

"In addition, the Legion also controls 40% of the equity of the New World Company. It is the absolute controlling party and has the right to conduct financial investments and trade activities in the thirteen colonies of the New World; each colony basically has "Moby Dick" Hong Kong Good People's Newspaper Branch, as well as the right to freely move the garrison in various colonies, the most preferential trade treatment, more than thirty chambers of commerce have put forward the demand for security services to the Shooting Army, as well as various investments that are under construction or have been put into production. , such as the large shipyard in Yangfan City..."

"Because there are still large variables in various investments, and the scale is too huge and includes many projects, and New World lacks more standard financial services, it is difficult to make precise statistics, but generally speaking, the total assets of all real estate properties are estimated The value is conservatively estimated to be approximately 30 million gold coins.”

The serious-looking little clerk calmly opened the next page of the notebook. The sound of paper rubbing and sliding clearly reached the ears of everyone present:

"As of now, the legion has passed normal taxation, trade, seizures, plundering, and 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 is more than four times the total harvest in Hantu; and if you exclude expenses, military expenditures, distribution of spoils, losses in the process... and only count the public funds in the book, it is ten times the amount in Hantu."

After saying that, the little clerk closed the notebook, sat back silently, picked up the pen and continued to record the meeting.

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

Looking around at the expressions of everyone present, the smile on Anson's lips grew wider.

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

As a mid-level officer who has been involved in logistics and has a fixed salary and "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. , on the contrary, it can reflect many internal drastic changes.

Factories are constantly being built, the New World Company's business is expanding, the establishment of the Shooting Army, the expansion of the Storm Legion, the increase in regular dividends for officers, the reconstruction of Beluga Harbor, the resettlement of refugees, the aid plan for the five eastern colonies...

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

According to his estimate, even excluding the Luen family's wealth and the Roland family's investment, the Storm Legion had at least fifty to one million public funds on its books, which gave Anson Bach such confidence.

Even so, it is already a very terrifying number; you must know that the Storm Division was so reckless in the Hantu and risked being traced by the Ministry of War, and it was almost this number; including those who were The number of divisions to be divided should not exceed 500,000 yuan at most.

Therefore, even though he had prepared in advance, when the little clerk said the number "four million", Norton was completely stunned.

He couldn't imagine how the Storm Legion was able to extract 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 in dire straits because of Anson's "squeezing". Instead, it is a prosperous and prosperous scene no matter how you look at it.

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

And he was not the most exaggerated, because Lieutenant Colonel Alexey Dukasky next to him was even more exaggerated: "Thirty million, you are not mistaken, are you?!"

"This is just a conservative estimate, because the new world lacks general equivalents, especially precious metals and standardized financial services. Even with such a large amount of real estate, it is difficult to carry out a very reasonable valuation." Facing the pair that are about to fall out Eyes rolled, the little secretary showed a formulaic smile:

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

"Then, if... if you don't keep it conservative... how much will it be?!" Alexey, who was shaking all over, even stuttered when he spoke.

The little clerk thought carefully for a second and gave the answer very calmly: "Probably, around 50 million."

"hiss--!!!!"

The sound of gasps, no longer concealed, rippled through the conference room.

In comparison, Anson was still calm and relaxed, not even a little bit excited.

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

If the degree of control was transferred to Hantu in equal proportions, I am afraid that one-third of the kingdom plus all the ports and cities are all real estate under the name of the legion. They can seamlessly take away the throne from the François family and themselves. Crown yourself!

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

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

"All this wealth is a reasonable reward earned by us...the Storm Legion through our hard work and risking our lives in battle." Looking around at the crowd, Ansen said with a serious smile:

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

"On the other hand, if we betray our loyalty, we will be no different from bandits, just a group of bandits who will do anything for money."

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

Faced with the sudden change of conversation to Anson, who had nothing to do with what he just said, everyone's expressions looked very confused, and they couldn't figure out what the Commander-in-Chief wanted to do.

At this moment, Anson suddenly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers with a "pop!"

"boom--!!!!"

With a loud noise, the heavily armed guard company standing outside suddenly rushed into the room, appeared behind them amid the stunned and surprised expressions of many officers, 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 anyone to react, Anson suddenly raised his voice and stood up. He glanced at the flustered and tense face with cold eyes: "The empire is forming a large-scale army to prepare for our military operations last year. Counterattack; and due to some reasons, the mainland is temporarily unable to provide us with any support, so the Storm Legion has to fight independently to deal with powerful enemies."

"Let me make it clearer. This battle is not only related to the survival of the colony, but also a battle that determines the rise and fall of Clovis, the empire and even the entire world of order; therefore I must ask you..."

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

Guess what the next chapter is titled?