I will be crowned king

The next morning, Anson woke up refreshed after sleeping until he woke up naturally. Wearing loose pajamas, he walked to the table by the window in the dining room, enjoyed the breakfast carefully prepared by Talia instead of Lisa, and leisurely looked at the mails from various places. Summary of incoming information.

It is said that he was not used to this kind of life at first. Even though he knew that it would be easy for the girl to kill him, he would still carefully check whether the breakfast carefully prepared by the girl was poisoned; he would definitely turn it on instinctively before leaving. "Superpower", otherwise I always feel like a pair of eyes are staring at my back.

Over the past two or three months, he, who was always cautious, gradually relaxed his guard under Thalia's meticulous attention. From being on full alert, he now turns on the "search mode" as soon as he wakes up and actively looks for the location of breakfast.

Unaware of all this, Anson Bach quickly finished the maple syrup cake as a dessert, picked up the letter on the table and began to mutter to himself:

"Red Hand Bay completed the purge of loyalists, actively cooperated with the Storm Division to establish a temporary military camp, and bribed Fabian with a thousand acres of plantation, intending to win the venue for the first session of the Free Confederation... Very generous , To be honest, it wouldn’t be impossible without the Frey sisters..."

"The "Good People of Beluga" newspaper branches have been stationed in various colonies. They are short of manpower and lack of equipment... Well, it's just a good idea to see if there are talents in this field among the latest batch of immigrants. It doesn't matter if they don't. They are spreading rumors, slandering, distorting facts and exaggerating. , are not particularly difficult qualities to cultivate..."

"The Faith Keepers Alliance began to expand in various colonies with rapid momentum and was supported by the local ecumenical forces. However, it was quite resistant to Bishop Riper's 'faith-based armed forces'... Fundamentalists are just annoying. You have to understand that one moment is the other, How can a faith without its own weapons convince others?”

"The 'loyalist' assets in Long Lake Town have been divided up, and the officer corps is relatively satisfied with the results... Carl and Allen succeeded. It seems that it was a wise decision to leave this trouble to them..."

"Grey Snow Town in the east sent a letter, expressing its willingness to accept the garrison of the Storm Division garrison and pay taxes to Port Beluga. The autonomous council will be merged into the Port Beluga colony... It is not surprising, but it can go so smoothly. It’s great to resolve it, so we don’t have to repeat what happened in Beluga Harbor again…”

... Anson put down the pile of letters and took a sip of coffee and fell into deep thought.

The question that must be resolved as soon as possible is where to convene the first Congress of the Free Confederacy and to determine which colony will serve as the capital of the Confederacy.

From the perspective of maximizing interests, Anson certainly hopes to be in Beluga Port, but this is obviously too difficult; apart from that, Changhu Town and Red Hand Bay are both good choices; but the problem of the former is similar to that of Beluga Port. Putting it forward can easily expose one's own ideas; although the latter is not impossible, it can easily encourage unnecessary ambitions.

The most important thing is that with the Frey sisters... these two considerate girls, the use value of Red Hand Bay to myself and the Rune family has actually been reduced a lot, even if it is to ensure the two sisters' safety in the Free Confederacy. status, the meeting place of the parliament cannot be placed in Red Hand Bay.

So what to do?

……………………

"What should I do? I also want to know what to do, who can tell me?!"

Heart-rending screams echoed over the governor's mansion in Sail City.

In the not-so-spacious conference room, Bernard Morweis, who had an extremely ugly expression on his face, slapped the map behind him vigorously, staring at the parliamentary representatives and military officers in front of him, his voice hoarse.

No one spoke.

The silent officers lowered their heads and were as stiff as a group of puppets. They did not even briefly whisper to each other. They used the simplest and crudest way to convey a message to their superiors: This matter has nothing to do with us.

The congressmen were tense, staring with cautious and anxious eyes, looking anxiously at their governor and colonial minister, as if they were looking at a savior.

Facing these two groups of completely different but useless subordinates, Bernard's mood can only be described as despair.

If it was just suspicion in the past, now he is basically convinced: not to mention the enemy, even his subordinates have a deeper understanding of the current situation than he does, and he is the only one blind in the entire new world!

Just one day ago, his loyal subordinates and parliamentary representatives who originally "knew nothing and dared not ask anything" suddenly handed him two pieces of information.

The first piece of information came from the Sailing City Council, and the content was that the Green Dragon heading to the Three Kingdoms of the North Sea might have disappeared.

How did the Sailing City Council know that the Green Dragon had gone to the Three Kingdoms of the North Sea?

It's simple, because some local "big figures" provided them with information.

So how did the mainland know that the Green Dragon had not returned?

This is even simpler, because if the Green Dragon returns successfully, a large amount of coal ore will be "mysteriously listed" in Clovis's North Port, but now those ores have not appeared; when they are aware of the problem, they check the information and it is not difficult to find out whether The returning Green Dragon went to the Three Kingdoms of the North Sea and disappeared in the waters controlled by Clovis.

As for why they would provide such important information to the colonial minister in such a "timely" manner... that's because this coal mine trade is so important. From the Imperial Fleet to the Imperial Palace in Xiaolong City, everything is required. The cake is divided inside.

Even if the loss of a ship of goods is not too serious, the Yangfan City Chamber of Commerce, as a worker, does not dare to neglect at all. It must find out the situation as soon as possible before making a business deal.

The second piece of information was provided by the army - more precisely, it was collected by the cavalry sent out. It was a rumor with little credibility: the indigenous people who had just been suppressed seemed to be moving closer to the north. Regroup and prepare to attack all colonies, including the Empire, again.

But after all, the indigenous people are barbaric and backward, and even if there are a few old god sects, their combat effectiveness is just that; not to mention the regular army in their hands, even if the militia is organized and trained a little, and sufficient weapons and equipment are provided, at least they can definitely win. The win was just a trivial matter.

But it’s too deadly now!

There was a collective rebellion in the colonies. He had gone through so much trouble to control two of the troops and was already stretched thin. Next, he had to be prepared to face Clovis's army...

Don’t forget, that damn Anson Bach still has a fleet in his hands; if he makes a long-distance attack and lands directly in Sailing City, what can he do to resist the insurrection of the indigenous people? !

And if you don't stop the rioting indigenous people and let them turn the imperial colonies into ruins, what's the point of winning the Clovis invasion? Anyway, it's not them who lose, but you are the unlucky one?

The most important thing is that this group of people didn't tell them sooner or later, but they waited until things were completely out of control before they were willing to reveal a little bit of useful information to themselves. What's the use of this? !

Do they think that as long as they make the situation extremely urgent, they can get support from the mainland?

To be honest, Bernard really has the urge to give up and leave now; judging from the current situation, it is almost impossible to say that he has no chance of winning: a group of colonial councilors and industrial owners with ulterior motives, a group of people who are targeting him Officers who half-heartedly pretend to be loyal, a group of colonial people who have no self-awareness and actually want to be on an equal footing with the natives...

If this can win the Clovis who are well prepared and even win over a group of rebel colonies, then it will be a ghost.

However, given that the emperor had appointed himself as the Minister-in-Chief of the Colonies, he had clearly passed the responsibility on himself; losing his troops and losing his land and leaving his job and absconding were two completely different crimes.

After all, the empire is not Clovis. As long as the nobles...especially the powerful and powerful families fulfill their obligations to the emperor, even if they fail, the emperor has no right to hold them accountable. At most, they will be deprived of their duties; but if they dare to refuse, the emperor can have Good reason to deal with the traitor in his mind.

Considering that this was most likely a trap prepared by the emperor for himself, so that he could reasonably deal with his defeat in Hantu; even though he knew that the situation was critical, Bernard still had to endure the humiliation and shoulder the responsibility.

But even though the colonial minister felt that he had been wronged, in the eyes of the Yangfan City Council and the counter-rebellion army, it was a completely different matter.

When dealing with the colonies, the Governor not only failed to cut taxes, but also increased various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in order to ensure military supplies and the portion paid to the mainland due to successive rebellions in multiple colonies. This led to the recent beast-slave riots and liberalism. The purge of Sailing City worsened the situation, and the wealth shrank significantly.

Moreover, the dividing line between liberals and loyalists was not so clear originally. In order to increase the efficiency of suppression and purges, various unjust, false and wrongful convictions, bribery and bribery were of course indispensable; in addition, the execution party was the army, and the person who gave the order was the minister in charge. The surviving "loyalists" certainly wouldn't be much grateful.

In terms of the army, Bernard Morweis was originally a man with an unjust reputation. It was only because of his high enough status and the tragic death of his former commander that the army had to obey his orders.

Bernard, who had obtained the command, did not provide much benefits to the army, especially the officers, which made many officers who originally expected to achieve "financial freedom" by counterinsurgency complain.

Moreover, Morweis was a wealthy family in the south of the empire. Most of the officers in the counter-rebellion army came from the north, and their original favorable impression of him was almost zero. It was already the limit if they were not willing to obey him, and it was wishful thinking to expect them to be loyal.

Bernard is also very aware of this, so in addition to complaining that he must come up with a way to deal with the current crisis as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no need for enemies and the city of Sail will be disintegrated by internal strife.

"...The most important issue right now is to confirm the movements of Clovis's army as soon as possible!"

In the dead silence, the helpless Bernard could only steel himself and finally made a decision: "Whether it is the missing Green Dragon or the upcoming second beast slave uprising, compared with the powerful enemy of the Clovis people, It’s all secondary – as long as we can defeat Anson Bach in Beluga Harbor, we’ll have plenty to spare to solve the remaining problems.”

"We only control two colonies, with a total force of less than 10,000; the enemy controls the rebel colonies plus the Clovis people's own territory...The gap is six to two, and the distance between White Whale Port and North Port is shorter than that of Ai When Delan arrives at Sailing City, he is at a very obvious disadvantage and must fight quickly!"

As for the whereabouts of the Green Dragon and the safety of Ed Levent, Bernard could only pray to the Circle of Order and then quickly forget about it; after all, he didn't have a fleet in his hands, so he couldn't control it even if he wanted to.

Speaking from the bottom of his heart, he still hoped that nothing would happen to his close friend; on the one hand, the influence of the Levent family was on the one hand, and he also hoped that he could persuade the three countries of the North Sea to attack Beluga Port from the east.

Upon hearing the order from the Chief Minister, the eyes of the congressmen and officers present lit up, and they were as excited as if they had been saved, and they quickly cheered up.

"The entire army is dispatched and assembled at Gray Pigeon Castle. The defense of Sailing City is temporarily handed over to the militia under the jurisdiction of the Parliament. One-third of the weapons and ammunition are provided by the army, and two-thirds are provided by the army."

Now that he had made up his mind, Bernard immediately regained his demeanor when he was chief of staff and arranged all aspects of work calmly: "I will leave a private company in the city and let them directly take over the militia and assume command if necessary. Work."

"The Parliament and the Governor's Office allocate a special fund to bribe mercenaries, adventurers and sporadic colonial groups inside and outside the city, and let them march eastward to collect intelligence for the army and harass the rebel colonies."

"A bounty will be offered to all the liberals who rebelled in the colonies, and the amount will be comparable to the local bounty level of the old god sect; regardless of life or death, if they can be captured alive, the bounty will be doubled!"

"Find out as soon as possible the progress of the so-called 'Free Confederacy' and the gathering place of Clovis's army; any information, whether true or false, must be reported to me immediately - do you hear me clearly?!"

The sonorous and powerful words echoed around the conference table. In response to the minister in charge, everyone looked at each other in confusion, with different expressions revealing a bit of the same embarrassment.

"What's wrong?"

Bernard looked around, snorted and raised his eyebrows.

"grown ups……"

The parliamentary representative raised his hands tremblingly and swallowed in fear: "As for the intelligence, are you sure it is...whether true or false?"

"Sure, of course it's sure."

"Even if the source of the information...is very questionable?"

"Didn't I say that any information, whether true or false, must be reported immediately? What does this have to do with the source..."

The words stopped abruptly.

Bernard suddenly realized something. He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger and asked: "Is this 'very questionable' source of information you mentioned, the Good People of Beluga Harbor?"

"Well……"

The parliamentary representative was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head: "No."

"That's fine..." Bernard secretly breathed a sigh of relief and waved to him:

"Tell me, what is that?"

Parliamentary representative: "It's the Changhu Town Honest Man."

Bernard Molwes: "..."

The conference room fell into dead silence again.

In a depressing atmosphere, the parliamentary representative stood alone in the middle of a group of people. He looked at the minister with a dark face and was deep in thought. He was a little undecided for a moment.

"Bernard... Lord Nader?"

"..."

"Lord Bernard Maulweis?"

"……ah?"

"You haven't finished asking your questions yet."

"question?"

"Yes, you asked me about the situation of the Free Confederacy and the Storm Division."

"Oh, where are they?"

"In Winter Torch City."