Chapter 427 The power of destruction
Joseph thought for a moment, looked at Brian, and said with a smile: "We should be almost ready for the military operation against Annaba, right?"
"Yes, Your Highness, Duke Broy told me yesterday that additional legions had arrived in Bizerte. Oh, that should have been last week."
According to the "Non-Intervention Treaty" between Britain and France, France will counterattack Algiers' previous aggression. Annaba, northeast of Algiers, is the battlefield and will also be the spoils of war.
Annaba is very small. As long as the British acquiesce, other European countries will basically pay little attention to it. The "sausage 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 be vigorous. Of course, we must also cooperate with some other means, which should be enough to calm those tribes..."
Tunisia.
Western suburbs of Tunisia.
A Berber colonel wearing a white military uniform and black tights looked at the "soldiers" gathered in the open space in front of the military camp, frowned and said to Djemel beside him:
"General, why do we recruit these guys? They can't play any role other than dragging down the army."
More than a year has passed since Dhemele led the "Sword of Vengeance" to resist the Tunisian Guards. At this time, he has been promoted to major general and is responsible for commanding the Tunisian Army.
Jamil's French was not very good, so he still said in Arabic:
"This is an order from Paris delivered by Lord Isaac, and they must go to the front line in person."
The colonel suddenly showed surprise:
"Even we can only be responsible for logistics and cleaning up the periphery of the battlefield, but let them go to the front line?!"
There is no doubt that those responsible for the main frontal battle are 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 relatively high-status people in the tribe.
According to the latest recruitment rules, large tribes have 20-40 places, and small tribes have 10 places. Tribe members who can participate in the battle against Algiers will receive extra points in the next official examination.
Well, it is the "public examination" in Tunisia. Only by passing this examination can one be an official in Tunisia. Therefore, various tribes competed for this recruitment quota.
"Who knows what the adults at the General Staff think." Zhemele said, glancing at his subordinates, "Rather than caring about this, you might as well think about how to train these wastes."
Although the Tunisian Army is only at the fifth level in front of the French regular army, after more than a year of training, especially some officers who went to military schools in France to study, its combat effectiveness is firmly in the first level in the entire North Africa. Therefore, they are absolutely qualified to look down on those "wastes" in the tribe who have only undergone traditional combat training.
"Yes, general, I will definitely train them seriously!" the colonel immediately said at attention.
At the same time, in the Susa province in eastern Tunisia, the Wakruma 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 the 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 laws of the Yobari tribe can be arrested, fined or even briefly imprisoned. There are more than 2,700 people in the Yobari tribe. Based on this size, the sheriff can also recruit 12 local inspectors, and these people can also receive a monthly subsidy of 8 livres from the government. Inspectors usually do their own thing and train twice a week, but they must be at the disposal of the sheriff at any time.
Oh, if inspectors of European descent are recruited, the number of places will be increased to 20.
As immigrants from France continue to pour into Tunisia, it is not difficult to recruit people of European descent.
The leader of the tribe personally led the tribe to send the four warriors several kilometers away. You must know that these peace officers will bring considerable benefits to the tribe - every time they find a violation of laws in the Yobari tribe, they will increase something called "security contribution" to the Wakruma tribe. This contribution can be used to offset the taxes payable by the tribe.
The clan leader calculated that as long as the four of them could catch enough illegal incidents, the clan would be able to pay less than a thousand livres in taxes every year!
Three days after sending off the warriors, the Wakruma tribe received a decree from the province to which it belonged. In order to reduce inter-tribal conflicts, the tribe would no longer be allowed to have any form of tribal soldiers.
The clan leader suddenly became anxious and asked the officials who came to convey the decree. Without clan soldiers, what would happen if bandits attacked the clan?
The latter smiled and told him that these matters would be taken care of by the newly appointed Sheriff. The peace officer of the Wakruma tribe seems to be from the Aboto tribe, and he will also recruit some inspectors here...
In the official residence of the Governor of Susa Province, the police officer was reporting to Governor Qiao An on the appointment of peace officers for each tribe.
Qiao An kept nodding, and finally signed and stamped his personal seal behind the thick pile of names.
After the police officer left with the document, the Assistant Governor on the side said to Joan hesitantly: "Your Majesty Governor, according to this model, the province will pay a large amount of salary to the Sheriff and his staff every year. This will It puts a huge strain on our finances.”
The implication of his words was already clear. In the past, the tribes themselves were responsible for public security. The money doesn't need to be spent at all.
Qiao An smiled and said: "First of all, this is an order directly signed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Secondly, you don't understand the significance of this measure at all. It may increase fiscal expenditure in a short period of time, but at most half a year, our fiscal surplus will increase significantly."
"why is that?"
"It stems from a good trade environment." Qiao An simply mentioned. He believes that the assistant governor will definitely understand the connection-there is currently a large amount of investment from France entering Tunisia. The tribes violated laws, levied trade taxes or tolls privately, and even extorted immigrants, seriously affecting commerce and reclamation. If magistrates can be used to restrain tribes, Tunisia's development will accelerate exponentially.
And prosperity will inevitably bring more fiscal revenue. The Sheriff's salary is nothing in comparison.
The assistant governor immediately understood, but then said anxiously:
"Mr. 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." Qiao An nodded, "So, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arranged for those people with status in the tribe to go to Annaba. They will see the power of destruction there."
(End of chapter)