I Will Be The Crowned King

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Under the clear sky, the quiet sunset was immersed in the blue sea horizon, and it dyed the war-torn Carindia Port with a somewhat desolate glow.

As the Imperial Forefathers had expected, the painful and long battle for the Port of Carindia was finally over...though they weren't the winner.

On the roof of the Lighthouse Palace, the flag of thorns and flowers, which symbolizes the kingship of Hantu, is hunting in the cool sea breeze.

As the titular "winners" of this battle and conquerors of Port Carindia, the Emmanuel family paid a very heavy price for this victory.

Because the first stage of the raid ended in a fiasco, Leno Emmanuel's army of 10,000 people was basically wiped out, and more than half of the casualties and rout losses were lost. One to one, even the less injured soldiers fell into a coma because of wound infection, cold in the rain or severe physical exhaustion...

No matter how hard we try to gather the remaining soldiers, it is already the limit to be able to reorganize one-third... This is still a relatively optimistic attitude.

And the spoils of war that have been sacrificed so much is a ruined port city.

Looking around with the Lighthouse Palace as the center, the entire Port of Carindia has completely turned into a ruin of broken walls, scorched earth, corpses and full of stench-collapsed and broken houses, uncollected bones. , Large and small craters can be seen everywhere on the once prosperous streets, and there are unbearable, stench and ugly sights everywhere, like a living hell.

If the damage to the Port of Carindia, which had experienced a riot and brutal repression, was limited to the periphery, this battle was to completely raze the last remaining intact part to the ground.

This is especially the port area... It used to be the most prosperous area in the city with the most densely packed factories and warehouses. After two rounds of naval artillery coverage, no buildings over three meters could be found on the wharf. A ruin full of corpses.

Because the imperial advance army refused to surrender, its attitude was extremely determined, and even organized artillery positions and fleets to shoot; Fabian had to give up the idea of ​​​​landing operations - he only had a grenadier regiment in his hand - very simply put the ship All the artillery shells were smashed towards the advance army position.

The Imperial Advance Army, which had two full infantry divisions, was barely able to form a reinforced infantry regiment when it surrendered. The highest position was an adjutant of a knight named "Edward Lodge".

The rest of the imperial knights, including the commander-in-chief Lawrence Igor, were wiped out; therefore, even if they wanted to exchange the ransom for these captives, the Emmanuel family would not get much... Not to mention the ransom would be divided Gives a strong storm division.

Of course, in any case, Carindia Port is the largest port city in Hantu, and it also has top-notch ports and developed transportation hubs; the breakage is only temporary, as long as you operate patiently for a few years, it is completely possible to recover blood or even make profits. foreseeable future.

But the problem is that with this devastated city, there are also a group of Carindian nobles and tens of thousands of people who belong to the Emmanuel family.

The lucky ones who survived the war are now only able to live among dilapidated streets and rubble, searching for food and shelter in craters full of water and corpses, threatened by hunger and disease...if No one could lend a helping hand to them right away, and they would die in droves at any moment.

So who can lend a helping hand... The Carindian nobles remembered the last thing they wanted to think of.

Anson Bach.

Compared with Lenore, the nominal owner of Carindia Port, Anson Bach has an army of nearly 20,000 people who can completely rebuild and maintain the order of Carindia Port. He has a fleet full of imperial supplies. In any sense, they can solve their immediate pressing needs.

Not only that, but he also held a large sum of money in his hand - including the 600,000 gold coins directly extorted from the port of Carindia and the current savings account of the Stormmaster, Anson Bach's money in Hantu Cathedral. The cash deposit on the account is approaching one million, and the wealth can be rivaled by the country!

Of course, in a sense, this is also normal, because these were all plundered from the lords and the republic's treasury.

Although it is said that this year is not peaceful, as long as they have enough money, the nobles of Carindia are still confident that they can buy enough from some lords in the eastern part of the land and even some provinces in the southern part of the empire to survive this time. difficult food.

There is money, there are people... In the eyes of these Carindian nobles who have been embarrassed to the point of view, Anson Bach has the brilliance of saints floating behind his head.

But the problem is that this guy who appeared with the "personality" of a saint is a real devil.

With the shadow of the last extortion, the Carindian nobles have been completely frightened by Anson Bach and his lackeys... followers. They have no courage to negotiate with him directly, let alone make any requests. For fear of being "re-engraved" by him again.

The first time was to swallow it alive, and the second time was to knock the bone and squeeze the marrow.

So the nobles of Port Carindia decisively pushed Leno Emmanuel out, and "requested" him to reach an agreement "acceptable to everyone" with the Clovis and the Thunes.

In fact, it was implied that he mortgaged the right to use the port of Carindia in exchange for Anson's assistance.

Renault, who knew this well, was mentally prepared, so he did not express any objection-since he lost the battle of Port Carindia, of course, he should pay the price for the defeat.

Of course, there are preparations and preparations, and we still have to fight for what we should fight for; after all, Anson Bach's appetite is too terrifying, and if a showdown comes up, the result will definitely be the "reproduction of the scene" of the last Carindia surrender. .

Therefore, in the matter of mortgaging the ownership of the port, Lenore prepared another slightly harsher "reconstruction plan" - in short, skipping the middleman of Thun, and the Emmanuel family directly reported to the storm division " loan".

Of course, given the current situation of the Emmanuel family and Port of Carindia, they will definitely not be able to repay them in the next few years, and it is expected that all loans will not be fully paid off in ten years at the earliest.

With what he knew about Ansen Bach, this was clearly unacceptable, and there was room for bargaining.

So Lenore took these two plans and knocked on Anson Bach's door nervously on a sunny afternoon.

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"You agree?!"

In the dilapidated lighthouse palace, Lenore's scream echoed.

"Yes, I agree."

Looking at the shocked and shocked teenager in front of him, Anson nodded, and said in a natural tone: "I also think Port Carindia should be rebuilt, and it must be done as soon as possible."

"And since Carindia Port is the territory of the Emmanuel family, and it is not involved in foreign affairs, then there is no need to have a relationship with the Francois family, as long as we both can be satisfied... And I am The repayment method of the Emmanuel family is very satisfactory."

"Can you accept it?!" Lenore still felt very incredible.

"Why can't I accept it?"

An Sen smiled and pointed to the agreement he handed over: "According to the above statement, the Emmanuel family repays three-fifths of the principal within five years, that is, 120,000 gold coins, and repays ten more within ten years. Sixty thousand gold coins... the interest rate has reached 40%, so greedy people should be satisfied, right?"

Of course not satisfied! With your character, I wouldn't be as surprised as I am now even asking for a 100% interest rate... Lenore thought to himself.

"That said, but with the Emmanuel family's financial situation, I'm afraid it can't be repaid in cash. If it is even possible, we will need to increase some loans."

"No problem, I also thought of this." Anson nodded his understanding:

"For a big city like Carindia Port, 200,000 gold coins are just a drop in the bucket, and the investment in the later stage will definitely exceed this figure. Even if you want to double it, I'm not surprised."

"So you really agreed?" Lenore still couldn't contain his surprise.

"Really, it's absolutely true." Looking at the young man who confirmed it over and over again, An Sen couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"I really don't understand why you should be suspicious... In fact, I'm already getting the Storm Division troops to patrol around the Lighthouse Palace and the Aiden and Thun soldiers from the coalition to clear the streets - we're allies, this It's no big deal, I didn't even think that this matter needs to be notified to you."

"Yes, but...why?"

"why?"

"Yeah, why are you doing this, I mean...help the Emmanuel family - not long ago, we were enemies, you have absolutely no need to help me, and there is no reason to help me!"

"I disagree with you on this point."

Anson suddenly suppressed his smile and looked at the young man in front of him with a serious look: "Why should I help rebuild the Port of Carindia? It's very simple, because this is the largest port city in Hantu, with the densest population in Hantu. The stability and prosperity of the Port of Carindia is the stability and prosperity of the southern part of the land, and vice versa is the turmoil and chaos of half the land."

"But that's only a secondary reason, and more importantly because we're an ally; I don't know how the Emmanuel family treats allies, but I, we...we'll always give our all to our allies. All, do your best!"

"That's right, I have nothing to do with the Emmanuel family, and even we used to be enemies and rivals to each other; but it doesn't matter, because none of us can fight the empire alone, it's that simple!"

"And a group that is still calculating and exploiting each other in an alliance that needs to help each other can't have unity... Do you understand that, Lenore?"

"Um."

The young man nodded slightly and sighed softly: "I finally understand why that guy Leon admires you so much... It's because of this."

Anson Bach says the reason to lend a hand is because of... solidarity?

Hmm, so definitely not because of this.

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"Of course not because of this!"

To Fabian, who still didn't fully understand, Anson rolled his eyes: "Have you forgotten how the 600,000 indemnity was finally resolved?!"

"Uh..." Fabian frowned slightly:

"If I remember correctly, it seems that it must be turned over to the Ministry of War and the Privy Council..."

"That's right! If this money cannot be disposed of, according to the usual way of handling by the Ministry of War, the indemnity handed over by the defeated country or the country that voluntarily surrendered shall be handed over to the kingdom—600,000! This is 600,000. ,Are you willing to?!"

"So you plan to use this money to help the Emmanuel family rebuild the Port of Carindia?"

As a competent subordinate, Fabian quickly understood Anson's thoughts, but he still had some concerns: "But we have already reported to the War Department about Carindia's payment of reparations."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the money is still in the vast land. What the War Department got is just a reported figure. What's more, when we reported, Carindia had not fallen - during the war, nothing is surprising." Anson said He waved his hand to signal the former Guards officers to relax:

"Besides~www.readwn.com~ We didn't swallow all the 600,000... We used it to fund the reconstruction of Carindia Port. Didn't we leave 200,000 for the army?"

Fabian thought about it for a minute and felt that what the deputy commander said was really right.

Through this war in the vast land, Fabian's pockets have been expanded hundreds of times than when he set off from Clovis City; but he does not mind adding one more number to his accounts in major banks and churches. zero.

As for the risks... as long as we win the Hantu War and defeat the Imperial Expeditionary Force, there is no risk, because the victor is unquestionable!

For the Kingdom of Clovis, which is currently fighting with the Empire to the point of extreme pain, any victory is precious; even if there are any "small" operational mistakes in the middle, the Army and the Privy Council will not be able to send the propaganda opportunities in front of them. Just throw it away.

On the contrary, they will try their best to cover up the victors for themselves in order to remedy the failure of their own wrong strategic deployment on the Western Front.

As for whether he can win the Imperial Expeditionary Force... that is not something that he needs to consider as a small grenadier regiment commander.

At least until now, he has not seen any need to abandon or even betray the "potential stock" of Ansen Bach, and he is still worthy of serving him faithfully.

oh wait...

"This means that we are actually using the indemnity we... Demi-humans, help rebuild their cities...and then ask them to pay back interest?"

"Well... that's about it." An Sen nodded slightly:

"They have to thank us too!"