I really can't control myself.

Chapter 565 Gold Mine

"Huh?" Gassen over here was a little taken aback, "Who are we going to hit?"

"I don't know." Linton spread his hands.

"I don't know?" Gassen looked confused, "It's not that you said you want to fight, you don't know who you want to fight?"

"I just like war. It doesn't matter who I fight, does it?" Linton looked into the distance and said lightly.

"It's very important, okay? There's no such thing as saying that you're going to fight without knowing who you're fighting." Gassen roared.

"I don't know if there were any before, but now I have them. In short, I just want to find someone to fight with. Please come up with a plan for me." Linton said.

"Is that okay?" Gassen was really confused, "What do you want to do? Is this the case that your new undead magic needs a lot of corpses or wronged souls?"

"That's right, that's the case." Linton didn't know how to explain it at first, but it turned out that Gasine understood it by himself, which was convenient.

"It really is an evil necromancer." Gasine raised his forehead.

"Then are you going to help?" Linton said.

"It's not a matter of helping or not, okay?" Gassen said, "I didn't even think about hitting anyone. It's not like you don't know the current situation in the territory. We've just gained a firm foothold. The current situation in the territory is still very bad, we simply cannot support a war."

"What's wrong?" Linton asked.

"Nothing, no money, no food." Gassen said, "I don't know where the property of the previous territory was hidden by the Duke of Rennes, and it hasn't been found until now. And it's not tax collection now." In this season, we won’t be able to recover until at least next year’s autumn harvest. This year will be very hard, okay? We don’t have the strength to start a war at all, and it’s fine if others don’t come to fight us.”

"Is anyone coming to beat us?" Linton asked.

"Not yet," Gassen said.

"That means we still have enemies, right, someone might beat us, right?" Linton said.

"It can't be said that they are enemies." Gassen said, "Because they have nothing to do with us. They really have deep conflicts with the former Duke of Rennes."

"What's the specific situation, tell me." Linton asked immediately.

Gassen explained a little bit here. Their territory is located in the west of the St. Welland Empire, the east is the empire territory, which is naturally a relatively safe area, and the south is the jungle area, which is where the barbarians lived before. It is very difficult to develop and the value is very low.To the west is a desert area, and across the desert is a nomadic tribe. It is a relatively dangerous place, and of course there is no development value.The only richer frontier is the north.

The area to the north is a territory called the Kingdom of Kovikra. The strength of this kingdom is naturally not worth mentioning compared to the St. Welland Empire, but they have formed an alliance with three other small kingdoms. This four-nation small alliance The scale of them is still quite large, at least it is still difficult for the St. Weiland Empire to eat them, so the empire has nothing to do with them at present.

Linton's territory is adjacent to the Kovikra Kingdom. The relationship between the two sides has not been very good for a long time. There are times when wars break out, but the wars are still at a relatively restrained stage, and they have not risen to the entire empire and the other four countries. The confrontation between the alliance is just a war between the duchies where they are located and the opposing single kingdom.

As for why no large-scale war broke out, the reason is very simple, neither side wants to fight.Although the Quadruple Alliance sounds like there are four countries, they are not as powerful as the St. Weiland Empire, and they dare not fight at all.The St. Weiland Empire could indeed fight, but the enemies they had to face were not only the Four Nations Alliance, but other powerful enemies around them were all staring at them.

Of course, Gasain also understood the situation after taking over the territory, but at present, it seems that the Kovikra Kingdom will not pose a threat to them for the time being.The reason is simple, the Kingdom of Kovikra doesn't have the money to fight now.

Yes, another reason why the Duke of Rennes dared to rebel was that his rear was very stable.The barbarians in the south were bought by him and temporarily stabilized. There was no movement in the west, but the Kingdom of Kovikra in the north, they were in trouble.Just this summer, the Kingdom of Kovikra experienced the largest drought in the history of the kingdom. Most of the cultivated land in the country was affected, and some land even lost crops.During the autumn harvest, the Kingdom of Kovikra had almost no income, and the refugee wave in their country also began to erupt.

In order to deal with this natural disaster, the kingdom has already consumed a lot of national power. It is really a question of whether it can survive it. How can there be a way to start a war now?That's why Rennes can do his own thing with peace of mind.Of course, Gassen knew about this situation after he took office, and of course he felt relieved.

"Well, it sounds good, so let's go with them." Linton said after hearing the situation.

"What?" Gassen was taken aback, "Didn't you hear my explanation? We have no money, so we can't fight."

"We have only 3000 soldiers, can't we even pay their salaries?" Linton asked.

"It's really impossible to start, and it's difficult to maintain the current army." Gasain said that it was no problem for Rennes' territory to support an army of at least 5000 people. In fact, Rennes' private troops are far more than this number, but The problem is that the property that Rennes left behind has not been found by Gassen, and the tax has not yet been confiscated. The current territory is indeed very difficult, at least until next year's autumn harvest.

"That's okay, we declare war, but we don't fight." Linton thought for a while and said.

"What?" Gasseen was taken aback.

"We declared war and put troops on the frontier, but we didn't take the initiative to attack their territory," Linton said.

"What's the point of that?" Gasein was bewildered.

It's really meaningless, Linton just wants to try the battlefield construction task, of course it can't be said that way.After thinking for a while, Linton said, "Haven't you heard the family motto of our Merovie family? How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch? This Kovikra kingdom is on our border, and it is the only one we have at present. Enemies, right, if we want to continue to develop, we will have to eradicate them sooner or later."

"Hmm..." Gasine nodded slightly, but couldn't tell what was wrong.He is not a master of the city, he is only in his 20s, of course he wants to expand his territory and continue to expand his territory.But the south and west sides of the current territory are desolate, and the only area that can be expanded is the north, so Linton seems to have no problem with what he said, "But..."

"The Kingdom of Kovikra is suffering right now, right now, and he's dying because of his illness. We don't want to make trouble at this time. So as long as we put our troops on the border, even if we don't attack, we can make the opponent rush and waste national power. Why? Are you happy?" Linton continued.

"Really? But if there is a real fight..." Gasain was a little worried. It is true that their current standing force is 3000. You said that there is no problem in changing the garrison, but if there is a real fight, the money will be lost. Started to consume crazily.There are too many things needed to fight a war. Money is needed to replenish soldiers, money is needed for food supplies, and money is needed for weapons and equipment.

"If there is a real fight, I will find a way to raise money for you." Linton waved his hand and said, "In short, no matter how we find us, we can't let them survive this wave of disasters safely, right? Isn't our threat bigger, now we can make as much trouble as we can while the other party is weak. We have to take a long-term view, understand?"

"It seems...it makes sense." Gassen rubbed his chin, as if he was persuaded by Linton, "Then I'll discuss it with the people below."

A cabinet meeting was immediately held with Gassan to discuss whether or not to cause trouble for the Kingdom of Kovikra.As a result, the cabinet immediately quarreled, and the military generals crazily supported it. Yes, they didn't care about money or not. Now that everyone wants to fight, they want to make meritorious service and get promoted.On the other hand, the civilian officials all objected because they had no money, so where do you ask us to change the money to fight for you?

"Your Excellency, you know the situation of the territory. The treasury really has no money." A civil servant persuaded Gasine desperately.The other civil servants also stood up to dissuade him, and Gasein was also a little embarrassed because he really had no money.

At this time, Linton suddenly discovered a situation. Because he was going to discuss the issue of war with the Kovikra Kingdom, the map of the border was hung in the conference room. Linton pointed to the place marked on the map and asked: "This is a mine. ? What mine?"

"It's a gold mine." A civil servant next to him replied.

"Fuck? There's a gold mine next to us?" Linton was stunned for a moment, "Then what are we waiting for, grab it now."

"Master Juggernaut, this gold mine is the lifeblood of the Kovikra Kingdom. If it is stolen, they will definitely fight us hard." Another official stood up and said.

"I don't care whether I work hard or not. The gold mine is right in front of me and there is no reason not to grab it. Are you all out of your mind?" Linton said, "In short, the goal this time is to grab the gold mine. The financial problems in the territory have not been resolved either.”

Of course, Linton didn't really mean to solve the financial problems of the territory. Since this gold mine is the lifeblood of the Kovikra Kingdom, the other party will definitely take it back after it is robbed. They will naturally send heavy troops to station, and the gold mine will naturally form A long-term combat battlefield.Linton was still worrying about how to build a battlefield before, because the construction of a battlefield requires a long-term confrontation site, so now it seems that this gold mine is the best choice.

(End of this chapter)