Chapter 409 The Hunt Begins
"Your Highness, you mean that if there are too many people turning to the Regent, it is not a good thing for him?" Natalia took a step forward and followed. Behind Agnes.
“Sir Natalia, think about how many of the people who turned to the Regent could guess his true intentions?
Most people still think that Norton II The world just wants to overthrow the Leon family and replace it. This internal fight in the empire is nothing more than the final showdown between the 'old king' and the 'new king', so now that he has turned to the regent, he may still be a follower of the dragon. Chen, Qian Di’s old department.”
Agnes turned back and said:
"But what is the reality? What Norton II wants is most likely a revolution that betrays his class. If the great nobles who turned to him know that Norton II wants to revolutionize the lives of these nobles, you How do you think they will react? "
The words of the imperial princess made Natalia silent. As an imperial noble, although her family has now fallen to the princess's faction, she can still be regarded as a Saint-Saunière. Zhengxing Longqi's old aristocrat.
So when she brought herself into that scene and thought about it, she had to admit that she really could not accept the privileges of the nobility being deprived.
Even though her family is very open-minded in its treatment of the people in the territory, except for the normal exercise of tax power in the territory, it does not use the privileges of the nobility too much.
Seeing the prohibition of oneself The captain of the guard fell into silence and did not speak for a long time. Agnes smiled.
"It seems that you already have the answer, Miss Natalia."
"Yes, Your Highness" Natalia lowered her head, and the expression on her face looked a little ashamed.
“Don’t feel ashamed. A real ‘saint’ in this world may not appear for hundreds of years. Most people’s original intentions will change after they gain status, power, and wealth that surpass others. It is human nature that it is difficult to throw away these things.
Even I am no exception, or it is even harder for me to give up the power in my hands. I also cannot accept the end of the royal family's rule over the Star Dragon Empire. ."
As Agnes said this, she looked back at a star dragon emblem decorated in the interior - it was the exclusive emblem of the royal family.
"Perhaps Norton II is such a saint who is rare to see in a century. For the ideal in his heart, he can betray his own class and launch a revolution, but what about his supporters? Where are his staff?
Can these people who are also nobles really give up their superior status, status, and life because of his words, and then accompany him in the revolution?
Not to mention those who join halfway and have evil intentions? They may not even know what Norton II wants to do."
Natalia nodded after listening to Agnes's words, and then asked: "Your Highness, what's next? How should we deal with it? Just wait and see what happens. "There is no other good way, is there?" Agnes stopped looking at the coat of arms and looked at herself again. Head of the Guards.
"The current situation is not suitable for us to take the initiative. We should find a way to defend the basic situation first, at least to ensure that we don't have a single card in our hands during the final battle.
Well, let's try to make contact again. Atlas Group, let's see if they or Mr. Amber can cooperate."
Natalia nodded, and then said: "I understand. Let's let Viscount Buffs do it. Want to contact him? "
"Well, let him go, but I still want to remind this guy to put down his domineering temper."
"Yes, Your Highness. Wei Chen resigned first.”
Natalia bowed slightly and left the room.
Agnes walked to the table, picked up the steaming tea and took a sip. After a moment, she slowly said:
"Is there any news from the father? ?”
“Your Highness, I apologize for my incompetence, but I haven’t received any valuable information yet. The three groups of people who were lurking before were all eliminated recently due to the sudden overall change of personnel within the Grand Palace. , so it is currently impossible to obtain information about the Grand Palace and the underground.”
No other voices appeared in the room, but a voice whose identity could not be identified after processing was still in Agnes’s ears. sounded. "What on earth do you want to be so strict?"
Agnes frowned slightly, obviously she did not expect such a situation to happen, "What is the origin of the new person?"
"By Archbishop Jules Mazarin A group of the most devout church deacons and fanatical believers."
"Interesting."
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Another month passed quickly. During this period, the production on Para 4 slowly recovered to 60% of the pre-war level. Although various supplies were still a little tight, at least there was no need to rely on the Yuge family. The fleet carried out large-scale material transportation.
As Atlas continues to deploy some production lines to the planet, the problem of material shortage will be completely solved over time.
For units that have completed large-scale combat missions, it will become a lot easier. Especially the two heavy-duty combined brigades that have been in combat for the longest time have begun to rotate their personnel back to the Tower of Babel for rest and recuperation.
As for the remaining battles against stragglers and some mobs who took advantage of the situation, they were handed over to the ten newly formed brigade-level units, and they were also allowed to perform some long-distance maneuvers in a civilian environment. Practical training in subjects such as security warfare and counter-guerrilla warfare.
Because in the predictions of Amber and senior staff, these subjects are likely to be the subjects that will be encountered the most when facing land battles in the future, except for large-scale head-on confrontations.
On this day, when Amber, Hogg and others were observing a brigade-level unit performing long-distance maneuvers in the command cabin on the ground, an emergency communication sounded on Amber's personal terminal.
After arriving in an empty armored command vehicle, Amber connected the communication, and Isabel's serious and anxious face suddenly appeared on the tactical surface in front of her.
"Amber, the federation has officially issued sanctions against us."
Hearing this news, Amber was not surprised. After all, he had told Isabel before that this would happen. situation occurs.
“What are the specific sanctions?”
“For the Atlas Group’s products sold to companies in the federal territory, additional tariffs will be imposed. At the same time, we are suspected of being an illegal monopoly, and we are required to open source the quantum entanglement communication technology. Finally, we have restricted all Atlas employees. The time spent in planets, space cities, colonial satellites and other areas within the Federation, and high-level supervisors, directors and other positions will even be monitored."
Isabel quickly explained the refined sanctions, and While listening to this, Amber had a 'Sure enough' expression on her face.
"Huh, it's similar to the previous speculation. I want to disgust us, but I don't want to go too far, so I didn't directly ban us from conducting trade activities within the federal territory."
Amber's With a hint of disdain in his tone, he paused and continued:
"But essentially, through this method, we are unable to compete with the federal traditional military industry. The military-industrial complex should also take some actions, right?"< br>
"Yes, Amber." Isabel nodded, "The federal military industry giants are very unified. Within a day, they have announced the launch of various new types of equipment, basically benchmarking against our flagship products. Obviously they want to Take this opportunity to hunt us in the market.”
“I’m afraid that if they don’t come, the sooner and more urgently they come, the greater the opportunity will be for us.”
Amber, who had already arranged a response in advance, didn't have much fluctuation at this time. He was just about to say something, but Isabel suddenly received an urgent message.
Looking at Isabel’s changed expression, Amber’s expression couldn’t help but become serious. After a moment, she heard the Atlas intelligence chief say:
“We are in Lubion An automatic emergency message just came from No. 5's office - they were attacked by armed forces."
(End of this chapter)