Chapter 261

This ridiculous plan, which seems to sell territory and sovereignty and can be called a national thief, caused a sensation among the upper class of the Empire at that time. What's more incredible is that this "Rhine plan" was approved by more than 70% of the imperial generals at the joint military conference at that time!

After knowing that Raul the great was a passer-by like himself, Connor carefully studied the history of that period. In addition, there were abundant historical materials, so Connor had his own speculation about the popularity of plan Rhine

At that time, the New Army established by Raul the great, They just swept the Odin tribes on the Odin ice sheet, but because the kamans could not adapt to the harsh natural environment on the Odin ice sheet, the Kaman empire's troops could not stay there for a long time. Therefore, even if they defeated the odins, the Kaman empire's troops would have to withdraw to their native land and stay on the border.

For the first time, the Odin people, who were dazed by the new army of Raul the great, felt the crisis. They quickly abandoned the tribal organization. After a bloody internal integration of the races, they imitated the Kaman Empire and established the Odin empire. However, it was different from the Kaman empire's similar constitutional monarchy, Odin empire is more like a monarchy, and the whole country has the final say of the king.

The kingdom of persis is a kingdom of politics and religion. It is called Kingdom, but there is no king. Instead, it follows the example of the kingdom of Kaman to set up a prime minister, who is in charge of the administrative power of the country and is directly responsible to the supreme leader of the kingdom of persis, the Pope.

When the Rhine plan was put forward, the Odin Empire and the kingdom of persis both had their own internal problems. The Odin Empire had just progressed from tribe to centralization, and there were various internal problems. However, the kingdom of persis was due to the lack of time for the old Pope and the delay in the establishment of the new pope, Internal factional squashing is also a mess.

Connor believes that it was this external situation that led reinkel, who was then the military Minister of the Kaman Empire, to propose a crazy plan to sell the sovereignty of the disputed border areas to reach a peace treaty, and then go all out to conquer Hoy with no defense at the border

In reinkel's plan, once his "Rhine plan" is successful, with the resources of Hoy, the Kaman empire may reach the height of the ancient Byzantine Empire... However, it is a pity that reinkel and his "Rhine plan" were directly rejected by his emperor, namely Raul the great.

As for the reason why emperor Raul vetoed the Rhine plan, historians have a lot of conjectures. Among them, the more authoritative one is that although the ships at that time had developed into steam power, they were still primitive steam power. It took at least one year to sail between the new world and the native land of the Kaman Empire, and there was a storm ocean between them, In the unstable period of once in a hundred years, large-scale storms appear on the sea in two or three days. 150000 people set out from their native land. After a year's voyage, how many people are left in the new world? Even the most optimistic people think that the answer is only half!

And the most important thing is that after a year's voyage to the new world, no one knows what kind of combat effectiveness the army can maintain.

After denying reinkel's "Rhine plan", Raul the great put forward his own Hoy strategy. His meaning is very simple. Instead of directly leading the Empire, the ZF encouraged the organization of non-governmental forces to carry out commercial activities in Hoy and sell the overproduced industrial products of the Kaman Empire to Hoy, In the process of transporting raw materials from Hoy back to the Kaman Empire, a virtuous circle was formed.

Raoul the great organized the major chambers of Commerce and nobles of the Empire at that time to jointly establish a company managing Hoy. Because the navigators of the Kaman Empire discovered the east side of Hoy, this company was called "East Hoy company". Since then, East Hoy company has become the interest representative of the Kaman Empire in the new world, It is the tool of careerists!

In the early days of the establishment of the East Hoy company, because of the slow development of the Empire's shipping industry and shipping tools, there was a great risk of shipping from the Kaman Empire to the mainland of Hoy, and the transportation was inconvenient. Even though the East Hoy company wanted to directly interfere in the rule of the local Hoy people, it could not do it at all, and could only provide arms, On the one hand, they gained huge economic benefits; on the other hand, they intensified the hatred among the local hoyiren tribes, making them unable to unite. This laid a solid foundation for the company to realize its ambition.

Eighty years ago, changes in science and technology changed the fate of the Hoy people. With the great progress made in the study of steam power in the Empire, all walks of life in the Kaman Empire were greatly affected. The shipping industry was the first to bear the brunt. After the completion of the technical transformation, the speed and stability of all the shipping vehicles were greatly improved, which directly led to the rapid development of the industry, From Kaman Empire to Hoy mainland, the shipping time has been greatly shortened, from one year to three months. Moreover, the stability and safety of ships have been greatly improved. It is basically difficult for ordinary storms in the vast storm ocean to shake the ships.The shortening of shipping time and the improvement of safety from the Empire to Hoy undoubtedly made more and more people more and more interested in exploring Hoy. At that time, the social background that the class of the Kaman empire was solidified and ordinary people were more and more difficult to get ahead also promoted the colonization of the Kaman Empire to the new continent.

East Hoy company, which had accumulated countless wealth in the trade between Hoy mainland and Kaman Empire, was the biggest beneficiary of this colonial tide. They provided favorable conditions for those talents who could not display their talents for various reasons to come to Hoy mainland and provide them with the platform of East Hoy company, However, they display their talents to their heart's content. In less than ten years, the strength of East Hoy company has been greatly increased. East Hoy company has changed from a businessman role in Hoy mainland to a big Mac!

East Hoy company, whose strength has been greatly increased, has begun to show the Hoy people their hideous tusks for a long time. They are no longer satisfied with purchasing raw materials from the local Hoy people, but directly start to take action by virtue of their huge advantages in weapons, and start to conquer the Hoy continent by themselves