Chapter 281 The first breakfast
Elysee Avenue, Saroyang City.
The maid opened the closed windows and let the natural sea breeze blow in. On the street outside, the trees were swaying, and the sunlight shone shaking spots on the ground through the leaves. The carriage slowly drove past the road in front of the door, and the gentlemen walked with newspapers in one hand and coffee in the other.
The whole of Marcelles was fighting, but Saroyang City was peaceful and without any atmosphere of war. Although patrols of the Azure Corps could be seen everywhere, under the strict order of the governor, the city did not enter a state of military control.
The parliamentary army did not attack here, which made the pearl of the East Coast still lively. However, the refugees coming from other places gave the city a different atmosphere.
Daliang, who returned home from an interstellar journey, enjoyed a hearty breakfast. The bright sky outside the window contrasted with the black universe, and the tense life of Star Lian's entire urbanization also made Daliang prefer the leisurely and quaint taste on the Order Star.
Drink a glass of freshly squeezed juice, eat a bite of tender and juicy pork chops, and breathe the natural air. Although the air in Saroyang is not very good, the air filtered back and forth in Biniwan City is still comfortable.
However, Daliang's identity was destined to not finish the breakfast well. After Robin learned that Young Master Liang was back, Miss Anne immediately visited.
Daliang disappeared in Saroyang for more than a month, and many people were in a hurry.
"Young Master Liang..." Anne, who came to the restaurant, gave an imperial military salute to Daliang, and then told her purpose.
Daliang said, "Sit down and have a breakfast with me first. Sophia prepares a meal for Miss Anne, and pours a cup of Erguotou I brought from Niwan City for Miss Anne."
Anne had to sit down first and wait for the maid to serve a breakfast. Then she noticed a glass of white wine served with the breakfast. The scent of the wine made her wrinkle her nose and sniff her. She didn't like high-altitude wine.
Daliang waited for Annie to have a bite of breakfast before saying, "Some time ago, I left Saroyang because of an important thing. This time I came back, there were many things that were not very clear. Miss Annie was so anxious. Is there something important to tell me?"
Speaking of the serious matter, Miss Anne put down her knife and fork and said, "Master Liang, there is one thing I want to tell you. Since the Marcellus War, many people have seen that you are manipulating it behind the scenes. The Black Fire Company provides arms for the parliamentary army and the Imperial army, so that the two sides can balance their power on the battlefield.
An investigation team sent from the Empire has arrived at Saroyang. If my father hadn't delayed it, they would have already launched a seizure investigation into the Black Fire Company.
There are also the Eastern countries. These countries that only have profits in their eyes are taking advantage of the Marcellus civil war to embezzle the Marcellus market. There are also the parliament, who are selling Marcellus' resources in order to obtain military assistance from the Eastern countries.
Parliament even began issuing war bonds for the people of Marcellus to buy them with real money.
Every moment, Marcellus' wealth is flowing wildly
Also... Saroyang's special situation is attracting war refugees to gather here. I don't think it will take too long for Saroyang to be occupied by refugees, and Saroyang's economy will collapse."
The war is all about money. Moreover, the parliamentary army does not have a complete military industrial system behind the Imperial army. Every bullet fired by the parliamentary army is bought. Even though the parliament prepared relatively sufficient financial reserves for this war, Daliang invented the aircraft.
The role of aircraft in war is undoubtedly, but its price is far higher than conventional weapons. Then Daliang sold it to the Imperial Army radar, allowing the Parliamentary Army's aircraft to continue to fall. At the same time, generations of generations have launched stronger models, so that the Parliamentary Army can only tighten its belt and buy...
The Eastern countries encouraged the parliament to fight the Marcellus civil war without any good intentions. After seeing the Black Fire Company desperately making money from the parliament, they also took advantage of the situation to raise the price of arms for three consecutive times. The parliament was so angry that it could only curse and see the faces of the capitalists of the Eastern countries. But the war had already started, so the parliament had no choice but to bargain.
The originally rich family of the parliament was quickly emptied, and it was not allowed to be mortgaged with resources. At the same time, it issued war bonds to scrap money from ordinary people.
The Florminke Empire has not yet implemented monetary reforms. The parliamentary army used real money and silver to purchase arms, and a large amount of wealth is rapidly evacuating.
Moreover, the war had a devastating impact on Marcellus' economy, and the factory shutdown caused a shortage of materials in the market. The goods from the Eastern countries took advantage of the situation and once again occupied Marcellus' wealth on the other hand.
There are also wars that caused a large number of refugees who lost all their wealth and fled to places without war. The Eastern countries refused to enter Marcellus refugees, while the Western deserts were dead, so refugees could only flee to the Saroyang area, which was not affected by the war.
The refugees that appear in Saroyang City are now just the vanguard of the refugee wave. After a few days, the streets of Saroyang will be filled with escaped refugees.
So many mouths to eat.
In addition, refugees will also cause many social problems such as public security and disease. Once a refugee riot occurs, Saroyang, the last non-war land, will also fall.
The Marcelles finally realized what the war brought to them. The war had just been fought for nearly a year, and a newspaper full of nationalism and advocated Marcelles' independence was not as good as a piece of hard bread.
Democracy or dictatorship is nothing to the Marcellus people. What they are thinking about now is how to get the next meal.
At this point, the Marcellus War has reached the result Da Liang wants.
Before, Marcellus people were all bewitched by the Marcellus nationalism advocated by politicians, and were determined to have a better life after independence. They also fantasized about achieving personal spiritual sublimation through a romantic war.
But a real war completely shattered the Marcellan dreams.
The tug-of-war between the parliamentary army and the imperial army made the Marcelles unable to see the hope of the end of the war. The suffering brought by the war exposes all their fantasies about the future. They finally understand how happy their previous life was, and nothing can be better than stability.
Now most of the Marcelles are no longer fanatical national fighters, but countless poor people who hope to be redeemed.
Daliang said to Anne: "The Marcellus War should be over now. If we continue to fight, we will only completely lose hope and dignity for a stable life, and make us lose one generation, or even two generations. This is not conducive to Marcellus' recovery after the war, nor is it conducive to implementing my longer-term plan.
Chapter completed!