Chapter 380: Expanding Military Power (Part 2)

The small pile of paper that Bancro had just handed out to each person was written on it was a rough management plan for the newly conquered territory of the former Luolin Empire.

"For this large newly acquired territory," Bancro continued loudly, "we plan to divide it into 12 counties and exempt these 12 new counties from taxes for one year."

"Tax-free for one year?" An older noble asked with a frown, "Do you want to be tax-free for that long?"

"That's right." Bancro nodded and said, "Thanks to the 'credit' of the fool Queen of the Luolin Empire, the lives of the citizens of the Luolin Empire are becoming increasingly difficult."

"The reason why we want to exempt the new territories from taxes for one year is to win over the hearts and minds of these old citizens of the Rollin Empire and make them feel that living in our Britannia Empire is far better than living in the Rollin Empire. be happy."

"Therefore, exempting the new territory from taxes for one year will bring immeasurable benefits in the long run."

"Not only that, we also need to send more people to these 12 newly established counties to teach our new citizens Britannia, and moderately suppress the culture of the Rollin Empire in the new territories. We are not only going to Slowly conquer them materially, and conquer them spiritually, so that their hearts will be devoted to our Britannia Empire from body to spirit."

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Regarding how to completely conquer this newly conquered territory, Gozevin specially organized a research team, led by Bancro to conduct research.

Bancroy laid out in brief terms the policies that his colleagues planned to implement in this large new territory.

The participants sitting around the round table nodded seriously while listening to Bancro's story.

In the final voting session, the governance plan for the new territory was successfully passed unanimously.

After seeing the governance plan he was leading the research approved unanimously, Bancro couldn't help but look a little happy.

"Okay, now that the discussion on the new territorial governance plan is over, it's time for us to get down to the main topic of this roundtable meeting."

Ge Zewen, who had been leaning on the back of his chair and had been silent all this time, slowly straightened up after unanimously passing the new territorial governance plan, and continued to say in a deep voice:

"In this round table meeting, I plan to discuss with you the plan to expand our country's military power!"

"I plan to expand the military power of my Britannian Empire to the point where we will not lose even if we go to war with the Holy Hiran Empire and the Frankish Empire at the same time!"

As soon as Gozewen finished speaking, the entire royal conference room immediately became noisy.

The participants sitting at the round table were all whispering to each other in astonishment.

"You won't lose if you start a war with the Holy Hiran Empire and the Frankish Empire at the same time..." Iser said with a wry smile, "This is really difficult..."

"Yes." Albert on the side said, "If we want to fight against the Holy Hiran Empire and the Frankish Empire at the same time without losing, then our Knights' strength must be expanded to at least 800,000 or more... …”

While everyone in the conference room was whispering to each other, Ge Zewen raised his hand and pressed it in mid-air.

Seeing Ge Zewen's gesture, the conference room gradually became quiet.

"Although we have now dealt a heavy blow to the Luolin Empire, and the southern part of the empire will no longer face any threats in the next ten years, our situation is still not optimistic."

Ge Zewen's expression was very serious.

"Can't we rely on diplomatic means to ease the critical international situation in our empire?" a middle-aged noble asked with a frown.

"It's a pity that we have already tried diplomatic means." Bancro said with a helpless smile, "Everyone should also know the relationship between our empire and the Frank Empire, right? Our Britannia The empire and the Frank Empire have long had an undying relationship, and there is no way to ease the relationship with the Frank Empire through diplomacy.

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As soon as Bancro finished speaking, everyone around the round table nodded solemnly.

Anyone who knows a little bit about the international situation knows the relationship between the Britannian Empire and the Frankish Empire.

The state of war between the two countries has lasted for hundreds of years, which means that the two countries have been fighting for hundreds of years.

People all over the world call this long war between the Britannia Empire and the Frankish Empire the "Hundred Years War".

The situation between the two countries has long since reached a state of non-death.

Now, if peace is to be reached between the Britannian Empire and the Frankish Empire, there are only two ways.

1. The Britannian Empire completely defeated and destroyed the Frankish Empire. Second, the Frankish Empire completely defeated and destroyed the Britannia Empire.

Bancro's speech continued:

"As for the Holy Hiran Empire, diplomacy has almost no effect."

"No matter how hard we try, the Holy Hiran Empire is still eyeing our Britannia Empire."

"According to the intelligence returned from the spy gate lurking in the Holy Hiran Empire, the Holy Hiran Empire seems to have shown signs of transporting baggage to the southwest front recently."

"That is to say, the Holy Hiran Empire is very likely to tear up the armistice agreement again and attack us again..."

Bancro's words instantly made the atmosphere in the entire conference room become heavy.

Iser and Albert also had serious expressions on their faces.

Both of them knew that the situation in their empire was still not optimistic, but they did not expect it to be so pessimistic.

Diplomacy has no effect anymore, and it is very likely that we will face a flanking attack from the two empires in the future...

Just thinking about this situation makes me feel terrible.

Just when this conference room was enveloped in an atmosphere called "silence", Ge Zewen's old voice broke the silence:

"After listening to Bancro's speech just now, I think everyone should already have a certain understanding of the current bad situation in our empire."

"Since there is no longer any way to protect us with our tongues, we can only rely on our swords to protect us!"

"We must further strengthen our military strength!"

"So, I decided to form a fourth knighthood! And rebuild the Michael Knights!"

As soon as Ge Zewen finished speaking, the entire conference room was silent for a few seconds, and then——

"Form a 4th Knights Order?!"

"Rebuild Michael?!"

"Your Majesty! Do we have so much money?"

"Your Majesty! The Knights of Michael defend the north, the Knights of Gabriel defend the east, and the Knights of Rachel defend the south. So where will the newly formed knights be deployed?"

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——The entire conference room "exploded" instantly.