Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Tell me about it." Lin Yi's expression became serious when he heard Fang Xiao mention Europe.

"Your Majesty, according to reports from our people, the Hans Empire has signed a trade treaty with the Gallic Empire and the Kingdom of Italy."

"The three countries have begun secret communication, and the next step must be for the three countries to sign a military alliance."

"Correspondingly, the Rhineland Republic has noticed the actions of the three countries, and then used their power to make the pro-Rhineland Andrew successfully serve as the Prime Minister of the John Empire while the John Empire was running for prime minister."

"Then they signed treaties with the John Empire and Millican and formed another trade organization."

"Although the two sides have not yet formally signed a military treaty, I think this kind of military organization will be established soon."

"The last thing is that according to our insider reports, the Rhineland Republic seems to be preparing to form its own army."

Lin Yi listened to Fang Xiao's report in one breath and pinched his eyebrows.

He did not expect that the Hans Empire and the John Empire would move so quickly.

Originally, he thought that it would take at least some time for the military alliance between the two parties to take shape.

After all, the conflict between the Hans Empire and the Gallic Empire is not small. Alsace and Lorraine alone are enough for the two sides to argue for a period of time.

But I didn't expect that Adolf would have such courage and directly give up Alsace and Lorraine.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh at Adolf's extraordinary courage.

"Your Majesty, do we need to start preparations?" Fang Xiao looked at Lin Yi and asked.

Lin Yi shook his head and denied Fang Xiao's proposal.

"No need for the time being. Europe is still just signing trade treaties, so there is no need for the empire to prepare so early."

"The Empire is now a big and powerful country. Premature military preparations are likely to cause excessive tension in the international situation."

"This is unnecessary and will also delay the development of the empire. What we have to do now is to watch quietly."

"Wait until the situation in Europe becomes tense, cool them down, and try to delay the outbreak of war until after 1930."

"At that time, the empire can make preliminary preparations."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fang Xiao nodded after hearing Lin Yi's words.

In fact, he had already thought about this issue before coming to Lin Yi.

In the end, his judgment was the same as Lin Yi expected, that is, there was no need to prepare for war for the time being.

Daxia is not an independent individual now. There are many servant countries and subordinate countries behind it.

Once Daxia starts war preparations, it will inevitably cause all subordinate countries to enter the war preparation stage.

That will greatly affect international tensions.

Judging from Daxia's current influence, once Daxia enters a state of war preparation, then the entire East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Malay Archipelago, and the Middle East will enter a state of war.

Especially the Middle East, which is too close to Europe and controls the Suez Canal, Europe's key link to the Indian Ocean.

That would greatly irritate European countries, and might even make Daxia a thorn in everyone's side.

This is inconsistent with the original tone set.

Daxia's purpose in this war. It is better to weaken the status of European countries and at the same time get rid of the second-fifth child of Sakura Country.

Finally, Millician was pulled down.

Therefore, the best way is to be the same as during World War I, with Daxia entering the game last.

But before that, let the European side start the fight first.

However, Fang Xiao may not know that there is another reason why Lin Yi is unwilling to let Daxia enter a state of war so early.

That is, he hopes to wait until the Fentian Plan is successfully concluded before considering preparations for war.

After all, if you have a trump card in your hand and if you don't have a trump card, you need to prepare different things.

Give a simple example.

Suppose Daxia wanted to defeat Millikin, Sakura Country, and the John Empire head-on without nuclear weapons, and it also wanted to protect its vast territory and its own slave and vassal countries. Continue to control the Middle East.

Then Daxia needs at least 25 million to 30 million troops.

But after possessing nuclear weapons, the number of people who need to prepare will be reduced to between 8 million and 12 million.

If the number of people is reduced by half, the supplies that need to be prepared will be much less, and the money required will also be less.

The reduction in required funds is equivalent to a reduction in national fiscal expenditures, and the extra money can continue to improve people's living standards.

After all, considering the current social welfare in Daxia, it is a high financial expenditure every year.

If you can save a fortune, people's lives will be better.

Of course, the forces that need to be prepared as mentioned before are not the forces provided by the country of Daxia, but also the tributaries and servant countries of Daxia.

Actually, I need to say something extra here.

Although countries like Annan and the Khmer Kingdom appear to be tributaries of the empire. Although they are nominally tributary countries, after the Daxia New Deal, they were placed on a more equal footing.

How to explain this status? It is that it is better than the previous Central Plains dynasty's attitude towards subordinate countries, but it does not look like normal diplomatic relations between the two countries.

If I have to describe it, it’s actually more like a big family’s way of getting along.

The Great Xia Empire was the parent, and the tributary states were the branches.

They all need to serve Daxia as the head of the family, but Daxia will not interfere too much in their own internal affairs.

In other words, Daxia tied the interests of the vassal countries to itself, forcing them to keep pace with Daxia.

In doing so, it seems that Daxia's control over the subject countries has weakened.

But in fact, control increases instead of decreasing.

Because the previous Central Plains dynasty had only superficial and nominal control over the subject countries.

Most of them are just canonized when the dependent country changes its king.

If two subject states are fighting, mediate between them.

But Daxia is different now. Instead, a more in-depth control method was adopted.

To put it simply, Daxia's capital has entered all walks of life in the subordinate countries and has penetrated deeply into the lives of their people.

This kind of control method can be said to directly cut off those ambitious kings.

Because, even if the subject countries become stronger in the future, they cannot escape the fact that they are controlled by Daxia.

Once those kings make changes or have ideas, the first to stand up and oppose them are likely to be their own people.

Therefore, this may appear to be mild on the surface, but in fact it can be said to further strengthen the penetration of subordinate countries.

This kind of control method is also more in line with the current and future social structure.

After all, Lin Yi knows very well that with the development of science and technology, the world will be conquered in the future. What will it be like.

With the rise of national consciousness, if things go too far, there may be a wave of opposition within Daxia itself.

To sum it up in a modern saying, since you want others to follow you, you must at least make them well fed and clothed warmly.

Otherwise, who would mess with you?