Chapter 669 Hei Song Town's butterfly flapped its wings
When Frederick received news about the incident in Heipong Town, it was already 1038.
The fleet sailed around the west side of the mainland and arrived at the city of Lacobrica in the Kingdom of Tarago.
Today, Lacobrica City is the logistics base of the Wessons Western Front Corps, with steel and machinery factories under construction, as well as repair docks for naval transport ships.
The fleet is doing its final rest here and making final preparations for going south to the southern continent.
Within the established plan, many representatives of the Principality of Wesson came here with documents, waiting for Frederick to handle official duties.
1938 was the beginning of the third five-year plan of the Principality of Wesson, and the first year of Mary's plan implementation, and there were some documents that required Frederick to sign in person.
At the same time, the Western Front Corps, dominated by the 3rd Division, has been stationed on the front line for nearly two years, and the advance teams of the rotational 2nd Division and other troops have arrived to carry out preliminary work.
The railway from Lacobrica City to Fortress St. George is ready to open to traffic. It will be very convenient to provide transportation to the front line in the future, and it will be more convenient to transport magic crystals from there.
Many nobles from the mainland of Tarago came to Lacobrica City openly or secretly to see what the train looked like, which was related to the problem of taking sides in the civil war.
Frederick's arrival made them very excited. I don't know how many banquets and dances were held, which made Frederick a little ache.
Official affairs still have to be handled.
"What is Rudolph doing, what is Weisen doing!"
Frederick was a little angry after seeing the incident in Heipong Town and the follow-up report.
As the representative of the commander of the 2nd Division, Bernd, had an in-depth understanding of this matter, and said helplessly: "Relevant information proves that if His Majesty Rudolf arrived at the forward base overnight that night, he would see the fire in Hei Song Town. If the King's Knights attacked, most of the people in Hei Song Town would survive."
Frederick pinched his eyebrows and asked, "Has he really delayed his action because of a woman?"
It is understandable to make a mistake, but the reason for the mistake is that a woman or a mistress, and it was a waste of time on the battlefield to spend the night with her mistress, which caused a town to be massacred and ransacked, which is very serious.
Bornder nodded and said, "Yes, many people already know about this."
Frederick sighed.
It’s not surprising that a good woman is a beauty, but it’s a big problem for me to mislead things.
The impact of the Hei Song Town incident is not only a problem for a town.
Before this, the robbery group in the north only surrounded the small town and ransomed it. The walls and castles were too shocked to those who came out of the northern forests and did not have the courage to become enemies.
But Hei Song Town was broken, and others did not care about the reason why they underestimated the enemy. This had broken the psychological shackles of the robbers and set an example for other robbers.
Not to mention that the town of Hei Song is more than 200 kilometers away from the coastline and more than 100 kilometers north of the Duchy of Wesson. The eastern part of the Elbe River north of this line will become a hunting ground for robbers.
As for the robbery group that was finally wiped out, others would only laugh at them for being unlucky.
The most important thing is that the one who made a mistake this time was the king of the Rhine League, which made others think of the Rhine League.
The senior executives of the Principal of Wesson have long regarded the eastern region of the Elbe River as their future territory, but they have no spare time to take it. If it is destroyed like the Bohemia region, I don’t know how much resources and time it will take to rebuild.
Frederick pondered for a long time and finally said, "Let the Northern Line Corps move, take the initiative to deal with the possible more and more robbery groups."
Now the war in the north has not affected the Rhine Alliance for more than a year. The Rhine Alliance's army has been fishing. The Northern Front Corps was extremely envious when they saw that the Western Front Corps killed the other king as soon as they arrived.
Now that the rotation is imminent, if you don’t find anything for them, you will go back to the Principality of Wesson, I’m afraid the complaints will not be small.
But the Northern Line Legion was the reassurance of the Rhine Alliance. When they moved, they didn't know what other nobles would think.
This matter was a headache for Franz, and Frederick had even more headaches.
"What's going on with the expansion of the Elbe coalition?" Frederick asked, "Did everyone else agree?"
After the coalition forces organized by the Elbe River Convention were formed, there were more than 2,000 people, most of which were garrison troops, and the mobile troops were only more than 400.
Now under the leadership of Earl of Wesson, the number of mobile troops has increased to more than two thousand, equivalent to a regiment of Wesson's army.
The mobile forces cost a lot, and the coalition costs were largely paid by the Principality of Wesson, which was an additional expense.
"Earl of Wesson has visited Wesson Castle to negotiate on this matter."
"The main reason is that the experience of Hei Song Town scared many people, so they agreed to increase their military expenditure." Frederick thought for a while and said, "Since they are willing to pay, let them do it."
Bornder said again: "This is actually a business. According to the rules, half of the things you snatched from the robbers can be divided."
Frederick knew this rule, and even more so, if the cargo owner was easy to bully, it would be that the robber hid everything, his mouth was very hard, and he didn't even say anything about it.
I was scared of a superficial statement, but in fact I was trying to do a black and black business.
The traditional distribution of spoils is generally divided into three parts. The leading nobles themselves need one part, the superiors give one part to the vassal and the subordinates reward one part to the vassal and soldiers. In theory, it is divided equally, but in fact there are various deceptions of the superiors and concealment of the subordinates.
The rules for distribution of spoils in the Wesson Army were different. There were special laws and spoil courts in the army. All spoils were valued after the public was returned to the public. They were distributed in the form of bonuses after deducting the meritorious service bonus. Frederick got 2 copies, the command center shared 2 copies, the front-line commander got 1 copy, the front-line senior officer shared 1 copy, the low-level officer and the non-commissioned officer shared 1.75 copies, the ordinary soldiers shared 1.75 copies, and the logistics department shared 0.5 copies.
After the bonus is distributed, officers and soldiers can purchase spoils, and the confiscator has the right of first refusal, and then sit in the middle of the army from high to low to purchase.
Now the Duchy of Wesson has three sets of armor and other equipment captured on the battlefield, one in Frederick's castle, and two in Metzger's family.
According to this method of distribution of spoils, Frederick's share was considered confiscated, and the front-line commander could get the most and was extremely enthusiastic.
Frederick thought for a long time, and after balancing morale with the interests of the locals, he said, "If the cargo owner is still there, give them half of it."
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There must be a deep trick to doing this, but it is better than "the robber is very hard and doesn't say where to hide it."
Frederick reminded him: "The eastern part of the Elbe River is the meat in our pot, but it has not been cooked yet. The work there must be carried out under this principle."
Byrned recorded it carefully.
There are not many senior talents in Frederick's army. Now the four division commanders must be independent in the future. They must think about problems without being limited to military affairs, but must be considered comprehensively in politics and military affairs.
Birnder seemed to be reminded of this incident, remembering something, and said uncertainly: "I heard about something some time ago that several members of the Elbe Convention Organization sought to join the Principality of Wesson."
Frederick frowned and said, "So fast?"
Those places must be swallowed up. War is the lowest cost-effective method. Only by strengthening economic ties and cultural penetration and then peaceful evolution is the best choice.
Frederick's plan was to spend about ten to twenty years affecting his younger generation, but now it has only been two and a half years, and the road has just been repaired. So someone is going to call for joining?
"There is a problem behind this." Frederick said in a deep voice, "Do you remember that someone had spread rumors that I would build a railway in the forest and ocean areas, which directly prompted the establishment of the Elbe Convention Organization."
Bornder nodded slightly and said, "I remember someone came to me to prove this at the border."
"After investigation, a group of fake messengers were in action, and then they disappeared quickly."
"I think this time may be related to Black Song Town, and some little lords intend to obtain the protection of the army by their loyalty to you."
Frederick nodded and said, "Let the relevant departments investigate this matter and tell them that the political system of the principality is different."
He didn't expect that the Hei Song Town incident would trigger such a chain reaction, but he was not prepared at all.
The battle for power between vassals and vassals has lasted for thousands of years, and the standards are different when it comes to their own interests.
Frederick naturally wanted to concentrate the power of the Principality of Wesson in his hands, but if the Rhine Alliance wanted to centralize power, he would definitely not hand over the power to Rudolf.
Thanks to the tradition of strong man politics, Frederick gained great prestige by himself from victory to another victory. At the same time, the Principality of Wesson was a piece of paper and was able to paint it in his first place. Expansion was broken through war, and then he took power in his hands.
Bornder now has the title of baron. The fief passed down by his father was originally a village, but now it has developed into a small town. Later, it was enfeoffed with some unconnected manors. However, the administrative personnel in the town were included in the administrative system of the Principal of Wesson. He himself had no personnel rights, and more importantly, he did not have his own army. The barons in other places had long rebelled.
He and Frederick grew up together, and both sides maintained the status quo through personal feelings, huge industrial gains and status in the army.
The nobles among the civil servants of the Duchy of Wesson followed Frederick from making money to making more money, and developed blind admiration for him, so he would not object to what he said in principle.
But the nobles in the Convention Organization do not have such a bond with Frederick. They naturally have to bargain in power when they join the Principality of Wesson. If they prefer newcomers, the elderly will suffer losses, and like the elderly, the new people may not be happy.
Except for the little nobles, if everyone feels cold in the future, they are afraid that he will catch a cold and put on a purple robe, then what should those big nobles deal with?
This is also an important reason why Frederick has temporarily suspended his expansion.
Frederick thought it was time to think about this issue carefully.
(This chapter ends)