Seeing his cousin's puzzled look, Croof spread his hands and explained: "I went to Yuli's place two days ago. He introduced these situations to me in his chat. He also asked our military intelligence system to find a way to cooperate with the intelligence department to understand the secret of the Tanghe people's rubber and the purpose of the medicinal cinchonago. Li Wufeng blocked these things very closely, so he could imagine the importance of these two things. The intelligence department of our country was very annoyed that Yuli was very annoyed."

"Well, in these aspects, we are far inferior to our opponents, especially in comparison with the people of Tanghe. Li Wufeng seems to be very interested in these so-called sidewalks under his jurisdiction, but the facts prove that it is these sidewalks that have made great progress in the comprehensive national strength of West Xinjiang. I have also talked to my brother and officials of the economic development department of the Principality a few days ago. They listed to me that in recent years, there have been many new products in the West Xinjiang, such as the improvement technology of ceramic firing kilns, the springs and rubber on the transport carriage, and the steelmaking technology that improves the quality of steel. Especially I heard that they are still developing ways to increase the unit yield of wheat and rice. This is an unprecedented event. Even if thirty kilograms of grain per mu of land is also a grain-producing area.

As an astronomical figure, all these activities are said to be important to their upgraded Science and Technology Development Department. This department seems to be one of the very few units in Western Xinjiang with unrestricted investment and appropriations. It is said that Li Wufeng and Xiao Tang never refuse or delay the allocation of this department. This is enough to prove the importance of this department." A slight sigh, Frederick showed a hint of melancholy expression on his handsome face, and he seemed a little unwilling to accept it. "Our principality does need to strengthen our comprehensive national strength from many aspects. This is a long process. Looking at the development of Northern Luzon, I am a little worried. Even if we take back Northern Luzon, can we maintain the booming development momentum of Northern Luzon? If we cannot do this, even if we belong to the Andes, I am afraid that they will not welcome us, right?"

Kruff was also stunned when he heard his cousin's seemingly sad tone. He rarely saw his cousin performing like this. He always had a firm and calm expression and a firm and unyielding gaze under his handsome face, but today he seemed to be affected by some emotion and was a little out of control.

"Frederick, don't be too impatient. Everything must be progressive step by step. Li Wufeng is indeed a great talent of a generation. In less than ten years, he is afraid that the huge Western Xinjiang will be governed so much. He cannot deny his ability. As you said, Northern Luzon will never reach the current level in our hands, but that is the inherent land of our Andes and our Luzons after all. No one has the right to take it away when we encounter a crisis. This is called invasion and plunder, so we must take back this land, even if we pay a considerable price." The indomitable intention on the corner of Kroof's mouth proves that the second-person of the Luzon military has made up his mind to successfully complete the Northern Expedition.

As if he was hesitant by his cousin's words, Frederick's eyes were a little restless, more like he was thinking about something, but in the end he subconsciously shook his head and said in a helpless but quite certain words: "Crove, sometimes we may have to do things that we are unwilling to do in our hearts, because we are not doing things for our own feelings or likes and dislikes, we are distracted in our own country, and all our actions have to follow a principle to maximize the benefits for our country. Therefore, even if we have resistance deep in our hearts, we still have to •; we must implement this, Krove, you must pay attention to this."

He looked at his incomprehensible cousin again with doubtful eyes. Croof really couldn't guess the meaning of Frederick's words. Before he could speak, Frederick waved his hand to stop the topic and turned around and said, "You should continue to talk about why Manlon developed to this level."

"Well, in addition to the first reason we mentioned, Manlon is that the rapid development of industry and commerce in Northern Luzon, especially the influx of a large number of Tanghe merchants brought various commodities from the East Mainland. In Western Xinjiang, these commodities only paid transit tariffs once and were unobstructed. In addition, the smooth road traffic facilities in Western Xinjiang, the prices of various commodities shipped from the East Mainland are much lower than those transported from sea to Sioran or Jutland. What's more, the Pasha people are still in a state of war with us, and the goods cannot pass through Pasha and have to go around.

The road is farther, and it is far longer than the passage from the north. It is precisely for this reason that many Tanghe merchants also came directly to Manlong to become businessmen. The administrative chief of Manlong City is now particularly interested in the development of industry and commerce. He almost regarded the Tanghe merchants and planters who invested as guests of honor, and his attitude was extraordinary. The combination of the two made the economic strength of the Manlong area surpass that of the Great Songlin City area in the west." After saying this, Croof couldn't help but smack his lips. After all, the Great Songlin City is where he has always been in charge, and he has more feelings for that place.

Nodding slowly, Frederick seemed to be pondering the reasons. A remote Northern Luzon could create such a feat that was almost an economic miracle for the Luzons in a few years, and he had to carefully consider the reason for it.

Seeing Frederick's eyes deepened again, Kroof knew that he was thinking about something again. However, for Kroof, these economic development government affairs seem to be a bit out of place for now. The more important and urgent question now is how to fight the battle in front of him. However, Frederick, as the head coach, was not willing to ask even the deployment of the Western Xinjiang Army stationed in Northern Luzon, how to not make Kroof feel dissatisfied.

"Frederick, now the Westerners have transferred most of their garrisons in India and Germany to Northern Luzon, especially from the Shuangdui to the Zijing Pass. It seems that they are preparing to defend the Komini attacks. Their Second Corps is probably going to deal with us on the Volcano Mansion and Vito Mansion. However, they only have less than 120,000 troops, and even if the reserve division that was formed has not exceeded 140,000, and they also need to defend two cities. I think we are completely sure to conquer one of them first, and then turn back to the other city." Although we were a little dissatisfied with Frederick's departure, Kroof still tried to bring the topic back to the main topic.

"Volcanic Palace and Vito City?" Frederick woke up as if he was stunned. "Well, how is the mobilization of the Comineans going? Can their 250,000 troops be guaranteed?"

"There should be no big problem. After all, they still need to defend against the Pasha people in the east, leaving behind 100,000 people, and 80,000 people in the Tik occupied area. Two hundred and fifty thousand people are their limit. This time they also plan to take this opportunity to open the northward passage and turn the green sea swamp into their inner lake. Now the weak and civil strife in the Indians attracted the attention of too many people around them. Sometimes I also wonder if we should find an opportunity to get involved in it. Even if we can't eat such a piece of fat, we can always drink some soup to moisten our throats." Kroof seemed to be very envious of the intentions of the Komini people. After all, being able to seize a new territory can prove the national power of this country. The Komini people have now seized a piece of meat from the Tik people. Now they seem to have a crush on the people protected by Li Wufeng.

The starry eyes lit up, and Frederick looked at his cousin with more appreciation, "Crove, it's great that you can have such an idea. Our development cannot be restricted by time and place, that is to say, we can't always keep our eyes on Northern Luzon. Looking around, there may be something more suitable for us."

Frederick's words seemed to imply something. If it were normal, maybe Croof could understand something, but at this time, Croof, who was too focused, could not penetrate the veil that enveloped him like a fog. At this time, more energy was already poured into the troops under his command that had completed the mobilization. "Frederick, see if we should mobilize the troops of Robin City and the Great Songlin City to the Manlong area. The soldiers are very fast, and we are already delaying enough. If we don't move, we will probably have to fall behind the Comineans."

"There is nothing wrong with falling behind the Comineans. I have promised the Comineans that if they can help us conquer Shuangdui Mansion, I will pay them three-quarters of the 40 million kroners that Catherine has loaned us as a reward, and we will still be responsible for repaying the 30 million kroners." Frederick looked much more relaxed, and he was not worried about the army that has not yet entered the combat position, and even felt that he was deliberately indulging in this phenomenon.

"Are you crazy, Frederick!" He was shocked, and Kloof even his hair stood up. Thirty million kroners were not a small amount. Luzon's finances were not abundant, otherwise he would not have borrowed money from Liberty City to raise funds because of this battle. Now the defense of the two piles was much weaker than Vito. If the Comineans had all their strength to attack and he would have helped him, the 30 million kroners would almost give it to the Comineans.
Chapter completed!