The study room of the King's Palace of Saint Martin.
At this time, Arthur is concentrating on the follow-up of the three kingdoms.
To be honest, there is not much direct money to gain from winning these three kingdoms. King Oga's treasury has long been wiped out by the war indemnity.
And Hall Kingdom and Bell Kingdom are famous poor countries, this war also emptied the treasury to buy arms!
But there are not many other harvests. The Oga Kingdom is a famous supplier of raw materials for fabrics. After obtaining this kingdom, the cost of Saint Martin's fabrics has dropped a lot!
The Hall and Bell Kingdoms are also famous grain-producing countries. With the territory of these two kingdoms, the expansion of the Kingdom of St. Martin does not have to worry about food issues.
The biggest gain is the 330,000 people obtained from the Oga Kingdom and the 570,000 people obtained from the Hall Kingdom and the Bell Kingdom.
There are many benefits brought by so many people. The increase in the labor force, the stimulation of domestic demand, and the abundant military resources are all benefits brought by the population.
However, what needs to be resolved first is the development of the islands where the three kingdoms are located and the resettlement of the population.
These will take a long time. The Oga Kingdom is fine. The war is not long, the scope of the war is not large, and the losses are relatively small. It also has a certain infrastructure, and it has developed quickly and the population is relatively easy to settle.
But the kingdoms of Hall and Bell are more troublesome, because there are too many young men who have died, and most of the remaining people on the island are women, and they are also famous and poor countries without basic facilities. If they want to develop, it will take a long time. time.
However, these are the troubles of happiness. Although the trouble takes a long time, as long as it develops, the strength of the Kingdom of St. Martin will at least triple!
at this time.
"Dong dong!"
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Arthur said without looking up.
"Your Majesty!" Brian walked in and said respectfully.
"Well, what's the matter?" Arthur put down the document in his hand and asked.
"There is news from the World Government, which strongly condemns and warns us about our marriage with the Charlotte family! And because we occupied the Oga Kingdom, the Oga Kingdom's heavenly gold will also be paid by us in the future! "Brian said solemnly.
"Oh!?" Hearing this, Arthur frowned slightly.
Brian pondered for a moment and said, "However. According to the news I got from my "friends" in the World Government last year, because the kingdom's aggressiveness is too strong, the development speed is too fast, and there are many uneasy His actions made the five adults of the World Government feel threatened!"
"But considering that we are very active in paying the gold in the sky, we are just going to limit the development of our kingdom. If we show restlessness later, the world government will take action!"
Brian's so-called friends are some of the small officials of the World Government that he spent a lot of money to buy when he went to the World Government to go through the formalities and pay the heavenly gold last year.
Although these small officials are not of high status, their news is quite flexible!
Their existence is also acquiesced by the World Government, and their main function is to clearly convey the true meaning of the World Government.
Just like this time, the world government wants to restrict and warn the Kingdom of Saint Martin, but how could they be so direct on the surface?
If you say it directly, then the world government will be shameless?
At this time, these small officials have played a role, and they can clearly convey the meaning of the world government!
Arthur thought about it and understood the meaning of the world government.
Probably because you have done too much recently, we have noticed you, but for the sake of your very positive payment of gold in the sky, I will give you a chance, I hope you will restrain yourself a little, if not, then next. Ha ha!
"Dong dong!"
At this time, the door was knocked again!
"Come in!"
Commerce Minister Hughes walked in with a solemn expression!
"Your Majesty!" Hughes said respectfully.
"What's the matter?" Arthur asked.
"Your Majesty, several important supplies ordered by our kingdom from other places were all intercepted by the navy for various reasons! In addition, the main waterway to the blood port town was captured by the navy. The name of the thief has been blocked, and now, the merchants from the West Sea have no way to come to Blood Harbor Town." Hughes said with a heavy expression.
"Is it coming so soon?" Arthur frowned slightly.
The world government has really hit the soft underbelly. Why can St. Martin develop so fast?
A large part of this is due to the huge income brought by Blood Harbor Town!
With the continuous blood supply of Xuegang Town, Saint Martin can exchange a lot of money for the development speed. Once the waterway of Xuegang Town is cut off, in addition to the slower development speed, there will be many follow-up problems.
If there is no shipping channel in Xuegang Town, then the various things produced by St. Martin will accumulate there and cannot be sold. If the things cannot be sold, there will be no money to pay the workers. If the workers have no wages, how can they survive? ?
If the workers can't survive, the kingdom will start to be in chaos. Once the kingdom is in chaos, not only will it fail to develop, it may even go backwards, and then the trouble will be big!
"En!?" After hearing this sentence, Hughes looked at Arthur in surprise, a little confused.
Seeing Hughes' doubts, Brian whispered in his ear to explain the reason, and Hughes suddenly realized!
He thought about it for a while and said, "Your Majesty, should you tell those factory owners to stop production first, otherwise, if the goods pile up, it will be more troublesome later!"
Arthur pondered for a moment and said, "Well, Brian, you continue to inquire about the latest news with those officials and friends, and Hughes, don't worry, let the factory owners continue to produce, and I will find a way to deal with the accumulated goods. of!"
"Okay, Your Majesty!" Hughes and Brian nodded.
"Okay, let's go down first!" Arthur said with a wave of his hand.
"Yes!" After the two agreed, they slowly exited the room!
As soon as the two left, Arthur fell into deep thought.
In fact, he had already anticipated the actions of the World Government. If the Kingdom of St. Martin was in the New World, the World Government would not care how you expand, but if it was in their back garden, how could you just sit back and watch?
But then again.
Arthur didn't care too much either!
Now, he has swallowed the three kingdoms of Oga, Hall, and Bell, and these three kingdoms alone will take a long time to digest.
Among them, including the resettlement of the population, the construction of factories, the construction of roads, the recruitment of more workers, etc. all add up. If you want to do it completely, then the next five years will be spent on this!
Regardless of whether the world government suppresses it or not, in the past five years, it will be difficult for St. Martin to have time to expand its territory!
Moreover, the navy in charge of blocking the blood port town is naturally the navy branch of the kingdom of Saint Martin that is closest to the kingdom of Saint Martin. This branch, as long as he wants, a phone call, the blockade can be opened at any time!
It's just that he doesn't want to fall out with the World Government now, so he gives them some face and lets them block for a period of time, and then let Brian spend some money on the activities of the World Government, and the blockade will be lifted.
In addition, he sent people from the Ministry of Industry to dig the red soil continent a long time ago. Judging from the report of the Ministry of Industry, the digging is almost done, and only the last point is left. After a while, St. Martin will have a direct train to the South China Sea.
At that time, he can openly repair the plank road and darken the warehouse, change his vest, open a sub-base in the South China Sea, and he can also sell the accumulated goods to the South China Sea!
"call--"
After thinking about it for a long time, Arthur took a deep breath, put all these things aside, and resumed processing the documents.