Chapter 19 Four vassals
In the following time, several other ministers, the Ministry of Transport, Propaganda and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also made work reports one by one. The report of the Ministry of Transport is naturally the construction of the two north-south, northwest and southeastern transportation, as well as the indoor traffic conditions of important cities in the empire. Due to the current unified situation of the empire and the need to build modern cities, the ancient urban defense systems of various cities in the empire were gradually demolished, and some old houses were demolished and rebuilt. The new urban transportation roads and transportation systems are under orderly construction. However, this construction can be said to be a very slow process. It may not be completed in a few years, ten years or even decades.
As for the Propaganda Department, the Empire has mastered electromagnetic technology and semiconductor production technology. Radio communication has also been completed. Through broadcasting and official newspapers, the official mouthpieces of the Empire, which are known to people, is a big task. In addition to news, the Propaganda Department also manages the printing and publishing industries across the country. All books need to be reviewed by the Propaganda Department before publication. At the same time, the Propaganda Department is also responsible for publishing books, magazines and magazines that are beneficial to the Empire, etc. According to the report of the Minister of Propaganda, the people of the Empire are very new to the emerging news media. Both newspapers and semiconductor receivers have a good market. According to the sampling survey of hypnotic magic, the people of the Empire have begun to accept the propaganda of the Empire. This is good news in any case.
What the Minister of Foreign Affairs said should have been the simplest, because so far, there are not many diplomatic countries in the empire. The chaos in the north naturally would not have any friendship. However, the higher elves and dark elves, as well as the lizard-man countries in the south of the new world, have not yet recognized the legitimacy of the empire. Although the ocean trade is done, one ship after another, this is all a folk exchange. The imperial government has stumbled on several occasions, and the answers they got are all confused and there is no accurate letter.
Even the southern part of the empire, which is currently in decline and can almost be said to be a stalemate in the world, has no intention of establishing a formal diplomatic relationship with the empire.
Therefore, at present, only the four remaining countries in the Old World have officially established diplomatic relations with the empire. These four countries are controlled by the empire to varying degrees. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are vassals of the empire. Which four countries are the North Skiv Tsarist Kingdom, the Batonian Kingdom in the southwest, the Sigma Federation in the northwest, and the Dwarf Kingdom in the east.
But if it is just diplomatic things, there are actually not many. However, the relationship between the empire and these four countries is not simply a relationship between countries. Therefore, while the empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs manages things that are truly diplomatic, it also needs to supervise the empire's interests in these four countries.
Among these four countries, the Batonians were the most miserable. At that time, their country first experienced a fierce battle with forest elves, and then rolled their eyes by the Chaos Alliance that crossed the sea. At that time, the Chaos Alliance army was fighting across the sea. They were unsure of it, and the Dimensional Tunnel needed sacrifices to summon demons. The third reason was that they were already at a disadvantage at that time, and they were not allowed to save in the Ostermach defense line in the north and in the north of the Endless Mountains, and were anxious. Once these three reasons were combined, the Batonians were in trouble. They were killed and almost destroyed the country.
After the Chaos Alliance retreated and the Sirvanian army entered Batonia, Batonia had become a white land. At that time, there was a plan to incorporate Batonia into the empire as a province. But I thought about it over and over again and again, and felt that Batonia's land was so rotten that it could not be rotten anymore. From ancient times to the present, the empire should not be dragged down by this territory. So I found an obedient Batonia royal family and supported him to the position of King Batonia.
Among these four countries, the empire has the deepest control over Batonia. In addition to the king, all members of the key departments of Batonia are included in the nationality of Batonia, Sylvanian vampires with dual nationality, the kingdom marshal and prime minister, and the financial minister are all vampires. At the same time, almost all the natural mineral resources in this country are controlled by the empire. All local officials are boneless traitors. If this country is the puppet state of the empire, it is not wrong to say that this government is the puppet government of the empire.
Although Batonia is barren and hard, its territory is so large and its natural resources are abundant. It is much higher than that of the other three countries. Therefore, the empire's interests in Batonia are naturally the greatest. Among the four departments of the vassal department with the greatest authority under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the departments in charge of the Kingdom of Batonia are the largest and busiest.
In addition to Batonia, the most profitable empire was the Skiv Tsarist State. As stated above, this is also a country occupied by the Chaos Alliance and then revived by the Empire. However, the damage and losses it suffered were less. The power of its country was also greater. Therefore, the empire could not directly arrange vampire officials in key departments without any scruples like in Batonia. Instead, it could only rely on signing various agreements and sending "advisors" to the other party to indirectly manipulate the country. If the Batonia Kingdom is a puppet state of the empire, then the Skiv Tsarist State was a semi-puppet. Or it could be called a vassal state.
Next is the Sigma Federation. This country was not occupied by the Chaos Alliance. Although the Empire dispatched its troops to completely defeat its troops, it eventually became a compromise with it. In terms of internal affairs, the Empire did not manipulate this Federation. The main rights were concentrated on the economy and more on the natural resources. However, for tariffs, commodity output and raw material supply seemed slightly weaker. Not to mention political control.
However, the Empire also has other ways to do this. That is to incite several political forces in the Federation. The Dukes of the former Sigma Empire and local aristocratic merchants fought against each other. By supporting agents, they manipulate the political forces of the Federation to fight against each other. The more they fight, the more they want to seek the help of the Empire. Every time they fight, the victory or defeat is not mentioned, but the "banker" of the Empire can gain greater benefits regardless of winning or losing. The Empire wants the Sigma Federation to continue to be in chaos forever until the interests of the Empire reach the maximum in this country, turning this country into the next Skiff and the next Batonia...
Among these four countries, the most headache for the empire was the dwarf kingdom. The stubborn dwarves who still occupy a mountain fortress and are not easy to buy are the power that the empire is currently extremely difficult to control. For this small country, the empire is currently only seeking economic benefits from some normal channels. It is usually mutually beneficial. In order to fight against the dark night goblins on the other side of the endless mountains, the empire sometimes gives this country some support. Therefore, the dwarf kingdom can be said to be the one among these four countries with the least manipulation by the empire.
The Foreign Minister I appointed first talked about the connections between several countries outside these four countries. At present, the Arabian nobles and Asa have begun to shake. Especially after the empire armored battleships wandered around their port cities, the country has begun to let go. I believe that in a while, I will agree to my request to conclude diplomacy and expand trading ports.
However, there is no news from other countries yet. Perhaps in a short period of time, they will still not be able to recover from such a terrible thing as "the old world has been unified by a group of vampires."
The Foreign Minister also reported one by one about the four vassal states of the empire. But after summarizing it, you can summarize it. That is, "all are the same." These four vassal states do whatever they should do. There is no big deal, and things worth noting happen. In this way, this round of government work summary meeting once a month ended like this. Everyone packed up their things and saw that it was already six o'clock in the evening. I decided to have a working meal together.
"The chefs who cooked the dishes were all halflings hired from the Ivey Province. The ingredients were the best. We had been busy all day, let's have a meal together." As I said this, I walked out of the conference room and walked towards the restaurant. The ministers and their deputy, together with other government staff, a total of hundreds of vampires, all went to the restaurant together. Someone had already informed the kitchen. The dishes and the iced wine came up one by one. At this moment, everyone sat together and ate while chatting and laughing.
However, the ordinary tribe members had nothing, but I felt like I was sitting on pins and needles. I kept regretting why I had to come up with such opinions. It would be better for everyone to go back to their own house after they did things. Because, at this moment, Miss Louise sat opposite me and looked at me with a smile. Because the young lady's aura was too strong, and the messy rumors before, the other tribes dared not come here to sit. There were more than ten dishes on the table, and we were really unable to bear it...
Chapter completed!