"The Austrians complained that we consumed too many artillery shells, and they have officially protested to us through the mouth of the Austrian Emperor."

"Didn't they promise to guarantee our supply of artillery shells? Why have they gone back on their word now?"

"According to your consumption, even I think it's a bit much." Valens said.

"Anyway, it's free if you don't use it."

"Now the Austrians have revealed their intention to end the war as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'm sorry."

"The financial settlement of the Ministry of Finance has come out. This year's military expenditure is more than 330 million solidus. Moreover, because we have used too many rowing boats and transport ships, the empire's trade revenue in the Danube River Basin this year is higher than in previous years.

It's lower, but overall, it's pretty good. And because we increased taxes, it's a little over 400 million. But because military spending surged from 70 million to 330 million, our tax revenue from the manufacturing industry increased by two percent.

become

, we spent a lot of money to arm the soldiers. However, we estimate that next year, if we continue to maintain such an army of about 500,000 people and continue to fight in France, our military expenditures will

It will reach about 500 million. For now, the finances are completely able to support it." Constans said a little worriedly, "But, not only do we have the French to fight, we also have Russia to fight, and we also have to fight Egypt.

"

I expressed my opinion: "It doesn't matter, the national treasury has at least nearly 2 billion, and the income is more than the expenditure. In a short period of time, we are not afraid. Moreover, a large number of Poles are pouring into the empire, and we have to let them find something to do."

Do it, right? Otherwise they will riot when they are hungry."

Valens said: "If we can end the fighting in France early, we can reduce the expenditure to about 300 million. The long transportation line and maintaining the nearly 200,000 troops in Germany are a burden, and there is a lack of Austrians and those of us.

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The figure of 100 million is estimated to be increased by 40%. Moreover, in nearly two years of fighting, we have killed and injured nearly 100,000 people. In the long run, it will be a blow to the enthusiasm of the people. And we cannot conquer France within a year. Don't

Even if it’s one year, it won’t work even if it’s five years.”

Constans added: "There are some church idiots in the country who want to fight this war in the name of unified ecclesiastical power. But they were suppressed by Caesar."

"Enough with the bad news, what about the good news?"

Constans said the icing on the cake: "The Roman Church signed an agreement with us. If we do not invade Rome, they will not call on the entire Catholic Church to resist us. But they also revealed that they hope that we will stop in moderation.

meaning."

I asked Alexander: "In other words, the Catholic Church doesn't want to see us tear down his backers, but it also feels that his backers threaten his existence, so it wants to use our hands to attack his backers?"

Alexander nodded and said, "That's pretty much what Caesar's letter means."

Constans added: "The missionary missions sent by the Imperial Orthodox Church to the north are very effective. The nomadic groups and scattered peoples in the mountains wandering around the Russian plains have shown that they have sufficient prestige for our thousand-year-old empire, Rome, and the Orthodox Church.

Submit.”

I concluded: "That is to say, these psoriasis-like peoples will not come out to interfere with the resistance when we annex Russia. This is indeed good news. We can immigrate the Poles to the north and let them dig them.

mine, improve the local environment, and strengthen our governance."

Alexander smiled at this time: "I have better news. You know, now in the enemy's interior. In Versailles, France, the French have made a voice that they want an armistice, and the voice that made this voice is not someone else.

, it’s that Colbert.”

"oh?"

"The French have been fighting for at least nearly five years since they started fighting the Dutch. During this period, the French have been using troops non-stop." Constans said at this time.

Valens said quietly: "In the past five years, one of them was when more than half of Germany was besieging Vienna and attacking us. Coupled with the loss of Holabrunn, I guess no matter how rich the French are, they still feel that

Continuing the fight will destroy their finances."

In fact, when the French make such noises, it is better to say that they just want to get over it.

Think about it, it took more than a year to siege Vienna. Although supplies such as food could be collected from the local Germans, their artillery shells and gunpowder had to be transported from France to Austria, passing through Stuttgart through Ukraine.

From Ulm to Austria, although the road is smooth and smooth, the logistics of supplying hundreds of thousands of people is not a small amount.

Now that we have driven back from southern Germany to the Franco-Austrian border, and we have united most of Germany, if the French still think about occupying Vienna again, they are a bit out of touch with reality.

Of course, there is a feeling of war weariness in France, and we also have the idea that if we continue to invest manpower and material resources here, the gains will outweigh the losses. First of all, we are Orthodox Christians, and in countries including Prussia, they are all Catholics.

That is to say, Sweden and the Netherlands are Protestant.

what does that mean??

There is no such thing as five thousand years of traditional virtues in Western Europe and even Rome, and there are no ideological and moral classes. In other words, religion is the only place where they receive ideological and moral education, and this leads to a problem. The environment in which everyone lives since childhood

Different, and in this era there are so few entertainment activities, low living standards, and the difficult environment often give birth to a large number of fanatical believers. When two groups of religious fanatics gather together with different interests, the consequences are still

Let me put it this way...

The religious wars in England lasted from the late 16th century after Elizabeth's golden age to the early 17th century, until Cromwell set a historical precedent by hanging the king in front of the gate of Parliament as a barbecued pork, where he hung it to dry until it became bacon.

Then the tide turned, and Cromwell and his son were brought before Parliament to be roasted.

The religious wars on the mainland were even more cruel. Not to mention the most famous Thirty Years' War. Before this Thirty Years' War, when Queen Elizabeth of England was still alive, a religious war that swept the country broke out in France.

, the three Henrys took turns to take over, and then all three Henrys

All kinds of vendettas, love killings, cruel killings, trap killings, the eighteen [forbidden] scenes are simply more chaotic than the song of fucking and killing. The consequences of this war were indirectly caused, before and after Richelieu came to power

For more than ten years, no one has taken France seriously, and this country has been devastated.

Having said that France is miserable, there are actually people who are more miserable than France. The religious freedom movement in the Netherlands lasted for eighty years. As far as I know, in that world it can be called eighty years.

War. The Eighty Years' War is similar to the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France. Large-scale and decisive battles took place within a hundred years.

There were only three or two, but the scenes of fights between groups every day and fights every day were seen every day. Then the Netherlands and Spain stopped fighting for nearly eighty years, and the huge Spanish empire was consumed in this way.

There is no scum left, and I can only huddle in the Spanish peninsula and watch the European pig's feet that France has been singing for nearly two hundred years.

Can our Roman Empire compare with an upstart like Spain that destroyed most of the Americas?

All I can say is that each has its own merits.

But would France be as small as the Netherlands?

Definitely not.

Even Spain can't handle the Netherlands, how can we handle France?

Stop joking.

However, it might be a good choice to let the French continue to use troops in the Netherlands. Let the powerful Netherlands drag the French to death just like Spain. Anyway, this area of ​​the Netherlands has been closely related to France since ancient times.

People and the British are good friends who love and kill each other. You know, a large part of the reason for the Hundred Years War between Britain and France was because of Ned

The area where the Netherlands is now located was called Flanders in ancient times. During World War II, the Netherlands was divided into Belgium and the Netherlands, which once again dragged the British into the bottomless pit of war.
Chapter completed!