Victor wants to cultivate power in the Eastern Alliance. First, he suspects that the wizards of the Masked Brotherhood have unearthed the civilizational remains of the Alchemy Empire there; second, His Highness Randall has never tasted the seafood of this world.

For the first reason, Victor does not plan to mention it to anyone for the time being. The second reason is not suitable for more people to know at the moment.

The sea itself has endless fish and aquatic resources. Even if the land of the Eastern Alliance is barren and barren, Victor can support hundreds of thousands of people as long as he occupies a few seaports on the Eastern Alliance's coastline. The fleet of Centaur Hill is smooth.

The river goes straight down, and then relies on the Eastern Alliance's seaports for supplies and rest. The mercenaries in the Centaur Hills can travel north along the coastline, bypassing the Needham Swamp, and enter the rich northern wilderness; the fleet can travel south, and can also travel south

You can freely choose your landing point on the mainland's coastline.

Controlling the shipping rights of the Jinshui River and the seaports of the Eastern Alliance will mean that Centaur Hills will have a wider strategic space. Sylvia listened to Victor's detailed introduction, greatly appreciated it, and decided to fully support his seaport plan.

The plan mainly has two components. The first is to build a port node on the north bank of the Jinshui River in the name of the Golden Group to ensure that the fleet of the Centenarian Hills can take advantage of the monsoon period to return from the Borui River Bend to the Rose Port of the Centennial Hills. These are to be completed

The ports built include the Fez Lake Port under the Lant Empire, the Eastern Alliance Port near Fore Lake in the Kingdom of Suss, and the transit river port between Borui Grand River Bend and Fore Lake. It is also within the territory of the Eastern Alliance, close to Bo

The sphere of influence of the United Kingdom of Switzerland.

Secondly, Centaur Hills must deploy a political force near the Eastern Alliance's coastline in advance, and wait for Centaur Hills' fleet to go down the river, straight into the sea, and then move north along the coast.

local government.

If Victor's previous strategic layout emphasized foreign development, symbiosis and win-win, and was a moderate diplomacy, then the seaport plan is his strategy for hegemony that shows his fangs. Because the soft persimmons he is prepared to pinch are those of Seuss, Borui and

The Eastern Alliance is regarded as its own territory by the Inquisition. Maybe Victor will have to fight a war with the United Kingdom of Borui.

In order to seize the sea power, Victor is determined to fight at all costs. But if he wants to win the sea power war, he must be fully prepared, including the legality of launching the war; disintegrating the power of Borui, Suss and the Inquisition in the east.

Interest alliance; measures such as stockpiling Thorium ore, building Thorium battleships, etc. In fact, the internal conflicts of the Radiant Knights gave Victor an opportunity. The grand leader of the Radiant Knights would rather the Trigoval family in the north

The wilderness develops secular forces and cannot tolerate them shrinking in the Eastern Alliance and watching their colleagues go through life and death on the front line. This will cause the splinter of the Radiant Knights and challenge the leadership of the Testir family. For the senior priests of the Holy See

, this is another perfect opportunity for the Cardinals to take back the power of the Inquisition. Because of this, Clement welcomes Victor and Sylvia to extend their hands to the Eastern Alliance, hoping that the power of Centaur Hill can open up the situation locally.

As Sylvia expected, Clement received her letter and received a lot of conveniences. He even asked Bishop Perot to send map information of the Eastern League.

However, the key to the success of the sea port plan is to keep it secret. If the plan is leaked in advance, the Pope will 100% turn to cooperate with the Borui people. Because the Borui people see the huge benefits of sea power, they will not hesitate to fall out with the Inquisition and swallow up the sea power.

The second half of the Eastern Alliance. In this way, Clement achieved his goal and avoided the conflict between Centaur Hills and the Kingdom of Borui.

Victor shook his head and said troubledly

"Dear, if we are secretive, the Pope will definitely be interested in our purpose. Any help he gives us is actually a temptation again and again. You see, Perot sent someone to pass a map, and the church is marked on it.

The Eastern Alliance has identified areas suitable for human settlement. The locals call them grass islands. Except for the grass islands in the west, south and north that are controlled by humans, the rest of the unowned grass islands are mainly concentrated in the east near the sea.

The location. The Blue Gull Harbor is just at the east end of the north bank of the Jinshui River in the Kingdom of Borui, faintly connected to the Eastless Grass Island. Clement sent Dimick there to take charge of the teaching affairs of the Blue Gull Harbor. Isn’t it right?

Are you testing whether we will open up the Caohai Island on the eastern coast?"

Sylvia sat up straight, raised her hand to straighten the hair beside her ears, and smiled: "Except for the unowned grass island in the east, how can we occupy it? What's more, we originally wanted to control the easternmost coastline of the Eastern Alliance.

The Kingdom of Borui has four port cities on the north bank of the Jinshui River. Blue Ou Port is located at the eastern end, where there are many murloc groups. Blue Ou Port is not a port, but a military town that blocks the westward advancement of murlocs.

Among the four ports, it has the smallest resident population, with only more than 20,000 people, which is not as good as your Pinghu Town. The senior priests of Clement's group have already given over the Archdiocese of Borui to Tamor and Dimick

As a confidant of Archbishop Lazarus, he can only preside over the academic affairs of Port Blue Gull, which has the least influence."

"Honey, I think you're worrying too much."

Victor was silent for a moment and said, "I admit that what you said makes sense. But it will take us at least 20 years to establish our presence in the Eastern Conference, and Clement will not stop testing us. If he realizes that we are doing

In preparation for war, he will definitely destroy our seaport plan."

Sylvia shook her head and said, "I don't think so. My dear, you might as well introduce the mountain people's stronghold in detail. I want to know its population changes and your measures to deal with it."

The mountain people strongholds controlled by the Golden Company are an important part of the sea exit plan. The population and troops that Victor transferred to the Eastern Alliance mainly come from the mountain people strongholds. Precisely because the early stage of the sea exit plan does not require the direct input of troops from the hills, it is extremely difficult to

It greatly eased the military burden on Jinshui City, so Sylvia agreed with Victor's plan.

The southward expansion strategy of Renma Hills must take priority over the seaport plan.

Sylvia didn't have the habit of micromanaging everything, so she didn't ask much about the specific situation of the mountain people's stronghold.

For a while, Victor couldn't figure out the inner connection between the mountain people's stronghold and Clement's position, so he said in detail

"The population change pattern of mountain people's strongholds is not essentially different from that of villages. The resources of mountain people's hunting grounds determine the population size of the mountain village. When the number of newborns in the mountain village increases, the mountain hunters need to expand their hunting and gathering range, and encounter the risk of beasts and monsters.

A large increase. The death and injury of adult mountain residents has reduced the population of the village, and the population of the village is basically in a state of balance."

"In order to survive, mountain people have many unwritten customs. For example, experienced old hunters organize many hunting teams to hunt on the edges of hunting grounds. Although hunting teams do not have the ability to defeat ferocious beasts and monsters, they can spread risks and avoid copycats.

All hunters were wiped out. When faced with danger, old hunters would not hesitate to choose to cut off the rear, or distract monsters, to give young and middle-aged hunters a chance to escape. They have almost no chance of surviving. Those who are old and have lost their fertility

Mountain women gather nuts and wild vegetables in the farthest mountains and forests, and they are particularly vulnerable to attacks by wild beasts."

Victor paused, and his voice became a little deeper, "The village has bad luck. A powerful monster invaded the hunting ground, and more than 40% of the young hunters were killed or injured. The village basically cannot be saved. The mountain people will abandon their homes.

Escape into the intermarriage village. Although this will cause food shortage in the village, the mountain people never hesitate to lend a helping hand to those in distress. However, this custom is equivalent to barbaric robbery for strangers who encounter the mountain people's hunting team."

He smiled and said, "When the mountain people meet strangers, they must kidnap them back to the village and arrange spouses for them. If they don't obey, the mountain people will subdue them, strip off all their clothes, steal all their supplies, and leave them alone."

They fend for themselves in the wild. Because the mountain people believe that anyone who refuses to go back to the mountain village with them will be eaten by wild animals sooner or later. Therefore, many refugees are kidnapped by the mountain people and taken to the mountain village during their migration."

"The benefits of this are also obvious. The bloodline of new members can avoid deformed children caused by incest. In fact, four or five cottages intermarry with each other, watch and help each other, forming a large hunting ground. When something goes wrong in one cottage, the rest

The village takes in the victims, accumulates strength, and then tries to regain the water source. It can be said that the village has effectively restrained the expansion of the monster group."

"From my standpoint, the mountain people have the valuable qualities of tenacity, bravery and bravery." Victor commented.

Sylvia put on a charming smile and said, "Because you have tens of thousands of mountain people under your command, and they are distributed deep in the mountains and forests of the Gombis, Dodo and Sasan empires. You are their uncrowned king."

Victor laughed and said with high spirits, "I can indeed be called their uncrowned king. The smuggling caravan under my command has brought great changes to the mountain people's villages. They have taught the mountain people the techniques of planting potatoes, raising wild boars, and medical treatment.

Knowledge, regular supplies of supplies and armaments have enabled connections between mountain village groups. Young mountain men and women followed the smuggling caravans to marry other village groups, solving the problem of incest. The living conditions of the mountain people have been improved, and the infant mortality rate has been reduced.

The average life expectancy has increased by 5 years, and the population of Shanzhai has increased sharply, which has brought a huge burden to me."

"The water source in the village is limited and we cannot irrigate many potatoes. For the sake of concealment and control, I forbid my subordinates to help the mountain people build streams and reservoirs. The population of the village has exceeded the upper limit of the hunting ground, and they now have smuggling caravans to rely on.

So I begged my men to help them open up new hunting grounds and settlements.”

Sylvia's eyes flashed and she asked in surprise, "You agreed?"

Victor spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "Can I object? It's hard for me to go back. Now, 80% of my smuggling mercenaries are young mountain hunters, and their relationship with the village is hard to break. Since they work for me, I will

After spending so much money on the copycat stronghold, we can’t just let it go.”

"The smuggling caravans attacked the water sources occupied by the jackals, relocated the mountain people, and built new strongholds. These strongholds were located deep in the mountain forests, far away from the lord's villages, and they did not form a group of strongholds to watch and help each other. They were isolated, except for

The smuggling caravans do not have any assistance. I am not allowed to purchase armaments, arm them, and send smuggling caravans to patrol new strongholds regularly to attack the gnoll tribe. Most of the Golden Company's income is spent on the new stronghold, and the annual net profit

It’s less than 10,000 gold soles.”

Victor sighed and said depressedly, "Sofia still has a good idea when she asks me to give up the mountain people's stronghold."

Sylvia snorted coldly and asked, "How much money have you invested and how many new strongholds have you built?"

"Well, there should be 53 new bases now, and the profits from smuggling coffee have basically been used up."

"How much is it exactly?"

"About 500,000 gold soles, maybe not that much"

"Haha, 500,000 gold soles were spent on the mountain people. My dear, you are so rich." Sylvia smiled like a flower, and her white teeth shone with a dangerous light.

Victor liked Sylvia's gentle red lips, but he never wanted to be bitten hard by her. He quickly started to save himself, touched his smooth chin, and said with deep eyes

"Well, these new strongholds are isolated from the world, and the mountain people are completely dependent on me. They have the qualities of hard-working, tenacious and brave. As long as we instill in them the concept of loyalty and teach them the secret of source blood, they will be very good soldiers in each new stronghold.

It is equivalent to a training camp for my followers. The most important thing is that their belief in the Lord of Glory is shallow, the church has very little influence on them, and they are not within the sight of the church and the lords. They don't even know my identity. Okay.

Say, this is a reliable and useful hidden force."

Sylvia turned her anger into joy, took the initiative to kiss her, and giggled, "My dear, you are the most far-sighted person I have ever met."

Victor shook his head and sighed, "I originally just wanted to make high profits from coffee, and I didn't expect that things would turn into this."

Silvia nodded and said, "The lord is unwilling to inherit the identity of the mountain people. The fundamental reason is that the territory cannot accommodate too many people. Although the situation has improved now, the lord also regards the refugees as wealth, but if the mountain people are relocated, it will cause

The gnolls and goblins are overflowing. If you help the mountain people open up settlements, you will sacrifice your family's soldiers and trainee knights. Except for Naville, no lord is willing to get into such trouble with the mountain people."

"You do things that ordinary lords don't want to do, isn't it because you have secret warriors in your hands?"

Victor nodded to agree with Sylvia's statement and said with a smile, "In any case, if we control tens of thousands of mountain people, we can continuously send secret forces to the Eastern Alliance. It will be sooner or later that we occupy a grass island near the eastern coast."

things."

Sylvia said, "This situation is exactly the same as when you opened a mountain people stronghold. We can do things that the Borui people cannot."

"Why don't the Borui people build a seaport or take sea routes? It is said that the coastal murlocs are stronger, taller, and more numerous than the river murlocs. The Borui people are not willing to fight a war of attrition with the coastal murlocs. Their warships are not for navigation.

It is not designed to land on the beach where the murlocs are densely concentrated on the coast. However, the murlocs on the coast are powerless to fight back against the infantry phalanx of the grand legion. We have a standardized grand legion, which can make the Borui people unable to fight back.

Something you’re willing to do. That’s the initiative.”

"Pastor Dimic belongs to the Clement faction, but he is not Clement, and he has his own political ambitions. If a cardinal does not make mistakes, he can be promoted to a cardinal based on his merits. There are three archdioceses in the Sasanian Empire.

The Tamor faction occupied four archdioceses, while the Clementine faction lost two archdioceses. Although they had a temporary advantage in their seats in the House of Cardinals, in the long run, the Clementine faction was at a very disadvantageous position

Clement bets on us and the Na'vi people, hoping that we can add at least four archdioceses to them in the great expansion. If we can help them open up a new archdiocese in the Eastern League, Di

Mick will be the biggest beneficiary, he will choose to support us, and Clement will also pretend to be deaf and dumb. Because he owes Lazarus a seat in the Cardinals. Otherwise, why would he place Dimick in the

The future of Blue Gull Harbor”

Victor suddenly enlightened, nodded and said, "Having both principles and flexibility, this is a mature political leader."

Sylvia reminded, "Dear, the situation in the Eastern Alliance is very complicated. Even with Dimick's secret care, we cannot be careless. The exiled nobles selected by Clement for us can be placed in the open to attract the tribunal.

The attention of the Kingdom of Borui and the Kingdom of Suss. The down-and-out ranger you support can directly explore the unowned grass island in the east without having to worry too much, and it will not easily reveal our true intentions."

"Well, you are right. While we control the exiled nobles to choose settlements on the north bank of the Jinshui River, we also lure the ranger nobles into the no-man's land in the east, avoid the sight of the Inquisition, and establish an isolated island camp similar to the mountain people's stronghold."

At this time, the laughter of the little attendant came from outside the car. Victor opened the car curtain and saw the majestic figure of Blinol City standing on the distant horizon, and said calmly

"The old alliance forces waiting for our fleet to enter the eastern part of the Great River Bend are just sweeping through."
Chapter completed!