Sitting on the Duke's special train returning to the Xius territory, looking at the rapidly changing scenery outside the window, Yang Tianyi asked with a smile: "Do you regret the decision to execute those nobles?"
"There is nothing to regret. You can't kill all the pests. If you trample one to death, another one will pop up and make you upset, but you can't ignore it."
Hanging the gorgeous military coat on the hanger in the corner of the carriage, Edward sat back in his black shirt, picked up the fruit wine heated by the robot on the table, and shook the wine in the glass slightly, feeling slightly lost in thought.
...
After learning that the rebels surrounded the White Rock Palace and wanted to harm the Duke, the Guards Corps in the Hughes Territory, which was training day and night, responded immediately.
In less than two hours, the 1st Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division of the Hughes Guards Corps was ready for battle. A total of more than 3,000 soldiers were fully armed and boarded ten large destroyers - this was the Star Group Almost all transport aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing are deployed in the forward base, and most of the rest are on standby in the military base near the abyss portal.
However, for the sake of the Duke's safety, Xingshu still opened up the authority under Yang Tianyi's instruction, allowing thousands of anxious Guards soldiers to board the destroyer whose engine had already been warmed up.
What happens next is naturally easy to understand.
As the ten destroyers ramped up their power and took less than half an hour to cross nearly a thousand kilometers and land outside Baishi City, more than 3,000 Guardsmen in dark gray military uniforms rushed through the open city gate. Entering the city, any nobles who dared to resist or clamor were arrested or shot on the spot.
No private soldiers of the nobles could continue to charge despite the firepower of semi-automatic rifles and general-purpose machine guns. If there were, it might be because the deserters were too panicked and ran in the wrong direction.
The internal and external cooperation carefully planned by Marquis Langwald finally evolved into the internal and external cooperation of the Hughes Guards.
As the hundreds of immortal soldiers in the palace completed their mission and cleared away the rebels in the palace, the Guards Corps also moved into Marquis Langwald's temporary base camp outside the palace.
Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet. Without saying a word, the fight started.
The final result can be imagined. Marquis Langwald was shot in the head by the full power of a bolt-action rifle because of his stubborn resistance. The nobles who followed him were all captured alive and were beaten like defeated roosters. The Guardsmen brought them before their beloved Duke, giving these extremely corrupt guys the opportunity to beg the great Guardian of the West for the treatment the nobles deserved.
The treatment that nobility deserves.
Without too much hesitation, the day after the rebellion was quelled, Edward, who had been talking secretly with Cecilia all night, ordered the flamethrowers of the 1st Brigade to tell them with the flamethrowers in their hands.
What a rebel deserves.
Marquis Brahim Harmon colluded with the rebels in an attempt to assassinate the Duke of the West. He should have been burned alive together with the traitors in front of the people of White Rock City, but he was actually the former regent. Celia, a close vassal of Harold, was spared death, and the specific punishment was handled by the royal family.
Although I don’t know what happened to the Marquis Harmon, I heard that Cecilia no longer valued the Marquis who had worked so hard for her after the little king recovered.
"He probably died in the dungeon."
With Cecilia's youthful face appearing in his mind, Duke Edward sighed softly and drank the hot wine in the crystal cup in one gulp, saying goodbye to his "friend" who had only met him once.
At this point, this rebellion, which started but ended in a tail-end, ended in less than two days under the strong suppression of the Guards.
According to the records of the Clerk of the Guards who came with the army, in the trials held after the rebellion, more than fifty titled nobles were burned at the stake, and more than a thousand rebels and rebel comrades were hanged. In front of countless Baishi City citizens, he set an example.
The main criminal, Marquis Langwald and his followers, had all their property, including fiefdoms, confiscated. The family members were all demoted to slaves and then sent to the cold and cold places of the West to engage in heavy manual labor.
"If the captain needs it, feel free to take the Langwald family's wealth!"
Edward recalled the scene when the Guards soldiers opened the vault door with a small-caliber cannon when they ransacked the house. The boxes of gold nuggets and countless pearls and gems that came into view made him, a duke, speechless.
But Yang Tianyi waved his hand and declined the Duke's kindness.
Gu "After taking over the entire kingdom, money is needed everywhere. Spending these gold coins in practical ways will be the greatest help to the group."
Edward smiled slightly when he heard this. He had already made plans for the deployment of the Hughes family after they took over the country.
Now, it's almost time to implement the plan.
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Edward had his kingdom to manage, and Yang Tianyi naturally did not forget the true purpose of his trip.
Abyss portal.
Taking the destroyer of the forward base, we arrived at the entrance canyon of the abyss portal and looked at the terrible scar on the earth that had not been seen for a long time. Under his powerful vision, the many construction sites around the canyon that were still in full swing in winter were invisible.
According to Edward, as the cold winter approaches, a large number of civilians will huddle at home because they are unable to continue farming, eating food that has been stored in advance and burning high-quality charcoal uniformly distributed by the city hall for several months. time.
In the past, this situation would have been very good. Under such low productivity conditions, it would be a pretty good result to be able to reduce the number of civilians who freeze to death and starve to death.
But with the addition of the Stars Group, and the popularity of high-yielding crops, which has caused the granary to be full every year, Edward, who has already taken the entire Western Territory into his pocket, naturally will not continue to let the civilians continue to do nothing.
However, since the establishment of factories and the training of workers took time, Edward mainly used two methods to get the civilians in the Hughes Territory to "move".
First of all, adult men in the territory who meet the physical requirements need to go to the Star Group's construction sites around the abyss portal in batches to perform manual labor. Perhaps their efficiency is far less than that of engineering robots, but compared to the energy and parts maintenance required by robots cost.
Xingshu did some calculations and found that human workers who only needed cheap food and meager wages were actually more cost-effective than robots.
Considering that much of the engineering workload is focused on things like the construction of concrete walls and fortresses, human labor is perfectly capable of doing these more basic civil work tasks.
Secondly, men who are not selected to work at the construction site and other teenagers who do not meet the age or physical standards need to report to the local city hall and receive military-style training that lasts from one week to one month. Make sure that when necessary, these men at least know how to use a firearm.
After this two-pronged operation, the entire Xiusi Territory was no longer as peaceful as in the past winter.
Every morning, in towns large and small, you can see countless young people and teenagers walking together on the clean and spacious streets, heading to the training ground closest to their homes for military training.
Not only did they not complain that the Duke's decree had reduced their time for playing, on the contrary, compared to the days they spent every winter doing nothing but eating and sleeping, they would rather accept training from the Guards soldiers with their good friends and eat. The same food as the Guardsmen.
Isn't this kind of treatment a supreme honor for the passionate young people?
According to Xingshu's calculations, when the earth rejuvenates, 15% of the two million people in the entire western border of the kingdom can be transformed into Guards soldiers at any time and join the battle.
According to the principle of five thousand infantry divisions forming a group army, that is the strength of six groups of armies - but of course Edward would not be so crazy as to actually let everyone with fighting ability go to the front line.
Therefore, in his army expansion plan, at the beginning of the next spring, 150,000 Guards troops need to be fully equipped to form three armies A, B, and C, and the troops will be divided into three groups to launch an offensive against several feudal countries around the kingdom.
At the end of the three-month spring offensive, the Hughes family is expected to rule an area of three million square kilometers and a population of more than 40 million.
And when that time comes, Yang Tianyi will personally crown him, canonize the supreme Emperor Edward I, and become the only legal owner of this planet.
Hereditary, blessed by the stars!
