I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 427 The Power of Destruction

Joseph pondered for a moment, looked at Brian, and smiled, "We should be almost ready for the military operation against Annaba, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness. The Duke of Broglie told me yesterday that the additional troops had arrived in Bizerte. Oh, that should have been last week."

According to the Anglo-French Non-Interference Treaty, France will retaliate against Algiers' previous aggression. Annaba in the northeast of Algiers will be the battlefield and also the spoils of war.

Annaba is very small, and as long as the British agree, other European countries will basically not pay much attention to it. The "salami slicing" tactic is very effective at any time.

Joseph nodded and said, "We will make full use of the impact of this war, so we must show our strength. Of course, we must also use some other means, which should be enough to make those tribes behave themselves..."

Tunisia.

Western suburbs of Tunis.

A Berber colonel in white military uniform and black tights looked at the "soldiers" gathered in a mess in the open space in front of the military camp, frowned and said to Zhamil beside him:

"General, why should we recruit these guys? They can't play any role except dragging down the army."

More than a year has passed since Jamil led the "Sword of Vengeance" to resist the Tunisian Guards. At this time, he has been promoted to major general and is in charge of commanding the Tunisian Legion.

Jamil's French was not very good, so he continued in Arabic:
"This is an order from Paris conveyed by Lord Ishaq, and it requires them to go to the front line in person."

The colonel suddenly showed a look of surprise:

"We are only responsible for logistics and cleaning up the periphery of the battlefield, but we actually let them go to the front line?!"

There was no doubt that the ones who were in charge of the frontal battle were the "Roman brothers" from France. The people in front of him were recruited from various tribes in the past half month, and they were all people of relatively high status in the tribes.

According to the latest conscription rules, large tribes have 20-40 quotas and small tribes have 10. Tribal members who can participate in the battle against Algiers can get extra points in the next official examination.

Well, it is the Tunisian "civil service examination". Only by passing this examination can one become an official in Tunisia. So the various tribes are fighting for the quota for this conscription.

"Who knows what the people in the General Staff think." Zhemiler said, glancing at his subordinates, "Instead of worrying about this, you might as well think about how to train these idiots."

Although the Tunisian Legion was only a weakling in the face of the French regular army, after more than a year of training, especially with some officers studying at military academies in France, their combat effectiveness was firmly in the top tier in the entire North Africa. So they were absolutely qualified to look down on those "wastes" in the tribe who had only undergone traditional combat training.

"Yes, General, I will definitely train them seriously!" The colonel immediately stood at attention.

At the same time, in the Susa province in eastern Tunisia, the Wakrumah tribe was holding a farewell ceremony.

Four warriors from the tribe will go to the Yobari tribe to serve as sheriffs and police officers and be responsible for security there.

This is an extremely honorable position - not only does it have a high salary from the government, but it also has great power. Anyone who violates the law can be arrested, fined, or even temporarily detained. The Yobari tribe has a total of more than 2700 people. According to this scale, the sheriff can also recruit 12 patrol officers locally, who can also receive a monthly allowance of 8 livres from the government. The patrol officers usually do their own work and train twice a week, but they must obey the sheriff's orders at any time.

Oh, and if we recruit inspectors of European descent, the quota will increase to 20.

With the influx of immigrants from mainland France into Tunisia, it is not difficult to recruit people of European descent.

The chief of the tribe personally led the tribesmen to escort the four warriors several kilometers away. You know, these sheriffs will bring considerable benefits to the tribe - every time they find a violation of the law in the Yobari tribe, they will increase something called "law and order contribution" for the Wakruma tribe. And this contribution can be used to deduct the taxes that the tribe should pay.

The tribe leader has calculated that as long as these four people can catch enough violations, the tribe can save thousands of livres in taxes every year!

Three days after sending the warriors away, the Wakruma tribe received a decree from their province that in order to reduce conflicts between tribes, tribes would no longer be allowed to have any form of tribal soldiers.

The chieftain suddenly became anxious and asked the official who came to convey the decree, what should he do if bandits attacked the tribe without his soldiers?
The latter smiled and told him that these matters would be handled by the newly appointed sheriff. The sheriff of the Wakruma tribe seemed to be from the Aboto tribe, and he would also recruit some inspectors here...

In the Governor's residence of Susa Province, the officer in charge of police affairs was reporting to Governor Joan on the appointment of sheriffs of various tribes.

Joan nodded continuously, and finally signed and stamped her personal seal on the back of the thick stack of lists.

After the police officer left with the documents, the assistant governor said to Qiao An hesitantly:
"Governor, according to this model, the province will have to pay a large amount of salary for the sheriff and his staff every year. This will put a huge pressure on our finances."

His implication was clear: the tribe was responsible for public security before, so there was no need to spend this money.

Qiao An smiled and said, “First of all, this is an order signed directly by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Secondly, you don't understand the significance of this measure at all. It may increase fiscal spending in the short term, but at most in half a year, our fiscal surplus will increase significantly."

"why is that?"

"It comes from a good trade environment." Joan simply mentioned it. He believed that the assistant governor would definitely understand the connection - currently a large amount of investment from France is entering Tunisia. The tribes violated the law, privately levied trade taxes or tolls, and even extorted immigrants, which seriously affected trade and reclamation. If the sheriff could be used to restrain the tribes, Tunisia's development speed would be doubled.

And prosperity will inevitably bring more fiscal revenue. In comparison, the sheriff's salary is nothing.

The Governor's Assistant understood immediately, but then said anxiously:

"Governor, you know that if the interests of those tribes are affected, they will not hesitate to kill the sheriff who 'interferes' with their money-making."

"You are right." Joan nodded. "So, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arranged for those people with status in the tribe to go to Annaba. They will witness the power of destruction there."

(End of this chapter)