Chapter 1314 Kong Nan's Invitation (Part 1)

After Kong Nan temporarily settled in Pendragon, something... not a big deal happened in Pendragon.

That is - Mu De went to Pendragon in person to ask Ilsa to terminate the plantation construction plan.

After the end of the Self-Defense War, Mu De, who lost an arm and suffered many burns on his body, retired from the army and returned to his hometown in the west to live a comfortable retirement and retirement life.

A comfortable retired life—that’s how it should be.

Mu De did not have time to rest for a long time when he received a piece of news that was like a bolt from the blue to him - the central government sent a fleet to the New World to capture the indigenous people as slaves for farming.

When Mu De learned the news, he was just like Ron when he learned about the "Territory Collection Order" - he was dizzy and almost collapsed on the ground.

Later, Mu De chose the exact same approach as Ron - went to Pendragon in person to plead with Ilsa.

Mulder, who chose to do exactly the same thing as Ron, also got the same ending as Ron - Ilsa didn't even want to see him.

Ilsa had now tasted the benefits of building a plantation.

Originally, there were a lot of wastelands waiting to be developed in the west, especially in the coastal areas.

These natives of the New World helped Ilsa perfectly solve the problem of not having enough manpower to open up the wasteland.

Moreover - unlike using preferential policies to attract citizens to open up wasteland, the benefits obtained by allowing these New World aborigines to open up wasteland are astonishingly high.

After all, these aborigines captured from the New World are, to put it harshly, just a bunch of livestock and slaves.

Since they are livestock and slaves, then naturally we only need to prevent them from starving to death or exhaustion.

For the same piece of wasteland, citizens can develop it and get 10 points of harvest. They only need to use 3 points of the harvest to pay taxes, and they can keep 7 points of the harvest.

If the indigenous people of the New World were allowed to explore, the central government would be able to collect 90% of the harvest and use the remaining 10% as food rations that would not starve the indigenous people to death.

The aborigines of the New World also farmed. In the New World, they lived a life of half farming and half hunting.

However, their farming technology is too backward.

Fortunately - they are not stupid.

Under the whip education of the plantation administrators, they quickly mastered the most advanced farming technology and the most advanced agricultural tools in the Britannia Empire.

According to reports from the directors of major plantations - the crops are growing quite well. As long as there are no natural or man-made disasters, it shouldn't be a problem to have a bumper harvest in a few months.

How could Ilsa, who had a taste of building plantations and capturing New World aborigines as slaves, give up on such a profit-making policy?

When she learned that Mu De had come to Pendragon, Ilsa had already guessed what Mu De was here for.

So she didn't bother to see him. After all, no matter what Mu De said, Ilsa would not give up the establishment and operation of the plantation and the arrest of the native people of the New World.

Mu De, who couldn't even enter the palace gate of Baiyang Palace, chose the same method as Ron - to see Su Cheng and ask Su Cheng to intercede with Ilsa.

But this time, Mu De received a different ending from Ron - Mu De met Su Cheng.

In fact, Su Cheng was hesitant whether to meet Mu Decong or not.

Finally, after recalling Mu De's attitude of sacrificing his life in the water battle of Anga Lake last year, Su Cheng gritted his teeth and made up his mind to meet Mu De.

After the two met, Mu De anxiously asked Su Cheng to help him, interceded with Ilsa, and asked Ilsa to give up the construction of the plantation and the arrest of the native people of the New World.

Su Cheng also sighed softly and expressed his helplessness in a helpless tone.

Just like the "Soil Collection Order", before Su Cheng officially released the plantation construction plan, he argued hard and asked Ilsa to give up such a cruel policy.

But——Ilsa was not moved at all.

Regarding the plantation—there was nothing Su Cheng could do...

to the end,

Mu De, who had no choice but to howl, left Pendragon...

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Britannia Empire, Pendragon, Baiyang Palace, Gale's room——

19:02 pm.

Gale, who had just finished dinner, was quietly reading a book in his room.

After the end of the Great Patriotic War... no, to be precise, on the eve of the Battle of Pendragon, after Ilsa returned to Pendragon, Gale returned to her former self, where she lived in seclusion and spent most of the day. Read a book.

Those days when he stood among thousands of people and all civil and military ministers listened to his orders were like a dream, with an unrealistic feeling that it had happened before but it didn't seem to have happened.

In the silent room, there was only the sound of Gale turning the pages of books.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"What's the matter?" Gale asked in a cold tone without raising his head.

"Your Highness."

A waiter's voice sounded outside the door.

"Is someone sending you a letter?"

"letter?"

Hearing the waiter's words, Gale's doubtful eyes finally moved away from the book in his hand.

"Whose letter?"

"I have no idea……"

"……come in. "

"yes."

A male waiter opened the door, walked carefully to Gale, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Gale respectfully with both hands.

Gail closed the book in his hand, took the letter handed by the waiter, and looked at it carefully.

Both the style of the envelope and the wax were very ordinary, and there was nothing special about it.

He took out a knife specially used for opening letters from the small table at hand, cut the letter mouth of the letter neatly, and took out a thin piece of letter paper from it.

Gail did not rush to see what was on the letter paper. He first looked at who signed it.

After seeing the name of the signer, Gail's pupils shrank slightly.

The name of the signer: Kong Nanren.

Gail hurriedly moved his eyes up and read carefully from the beginning of the content of the letter paper.

There was not much written on the letter, and Gail finished reading it quickly.

After putting down the letter paper in his hand, Gail's expression was indescribably solemn...

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About 20 minutes later, a lonely carriage without any cavalry guards around it drove out of Baiyang Palace quietly.

Then it ran towards somewhere in Pendragon.

The person sitting in the carriage was Gale.

Gale in the carriage had a gloomy expression.

He was now heading to the place signed on the letter.

The place signed on the letter was a relatively remote tavern.

There were no other people around the tavern.

It was a perfect place for a secret meeting.

After getting off the carriage in front of the tavern, several people who seemed to have been waiting for Gale for a long time immediately came up to him enthusiastically.