The fiefdom increases by 1 soldier in 1 second, and the empress kneels down and begs not to rebel

April 1st, Leon Continent.

It is the season when grass grows and birds sing. After the cold winter has passed, the country of Sari seems to be gradually recovering with the arrival of spring.

In the capital city of Garnate, the magnificent Champs-Elysées Palace sparkled in the warm sunshine. In the Queen's office, the maids had just delivered the new flowers when Eddington, who was waiting outside, passed them by and entered the office.

Since returning from Finni Continent with the Falcon Fleet, Eddington has been promoted successively in less than half a year and is now the Navy Marshal of the Sari Kingdom.

"Good morning, Your Majesty."

Eddington took off his hat as he walked into the office and greeted Isabella respectfully as she sat at her desk.

"Good morning, Eddington." Isabella put down the stack of documents she had just sorted out and gave Eddington a bright smile.

Before entering the office, Eddington was in an extremely heavy mood, but when he saw the cheerful smile of Her Majesty the Queen, unconsciously, the haze that had accumulated in his heart was cleared away a lot, and his solemn expression also began to ease.

"Sit down, I think we need to talk for a while."

Isabella looked at the vase on the table and reached out to fan the flowers, breathing in their fragrance.

Eddington sat in the chair, thinking about how to talk about this matter that he didn't know whether it was a happy or sad thing, but Isabella spoke first:

"Regarding the war between Yan Nation and Delta Federation Empire, I think one of them has achieved some initial results."

Eddington nodded slightly, but his brows gradually frowned.

Signs of a war between Yan State and the Delta Federation Empire had already appeared at the end of December, and it was confirmed in mid-to-late January that a war was indeed breaking out between the two countries.

However, this incident can be traced back to the end of last year. At that time, the Yan Kingdom fleet that crossed the sea defeated the coalition forces and detained some hostages. Then it aggressively crossed its own territorial waters and rushed to the neighboring Salisno continent.

Shortly thereafter, the fleet sent to investigate the situation gave a piece of intelligence after returning: [The Yan Kingdom fleet has blocked the sea area leading to the Salisno continent. There are a large number of Yan Kingdom ships patrolling the sea, and it is impossible to get close. ]

Because of this, the reconnaissance fleet that wanted to find out more details had to return home, but the trip was not in vain. Although they could not get close to that sea area, it was basically confirmed that the Yan people made such a big fuss and were definitely attacking the Delta Federation Empire.

The outbreak of a more intense war between the two countries is definitely not bad news for our country, it is even good news.

However, what happened afterwards cast a shadow on this news which should have been good news.

In January, after confirming that Yan State was attacking the Delta Federation Empire, the country sent a fleet to try to go to Coral Island to bring back General Winston and his entourage who were detained by the Yan people. However, after the fleet set sail, it was discovered that there were Yan State ships near each island along this route. They used the islands as transit stations and built a huge island chain system in the waters outside their own territorial waters.

This means that they control a very vast area of ​​sea, which makes it impossible for the national fleet to approach without their permission, let alone go to the Coral Island in advance and bring back the detained Winston and his group.

In this situation, they could only use tough measures to cross the sea. However, the Yan Kingdom's giant ironclad ships were simply monsters on the sea. They had already caused huge casualties to their own navy. Before the country could manufacture the same giant ironclad ships, the price to pay for rashly engaging them at sea would be extremely high.

Because of this, the operation to rescue Winston and his crew failed, and everything returned to the starting point.

The condition previously proposed by Yanren was brought up for discussion again.

That is, "compensation of 5,000 tons of gold to make up for the losses of Yan State."

The compensation plan proposed by the Yan people was simply an outrageous request. Previously, everyone at the cabinet meeting had directly opposed this plan, and no one would agree to it.

But when the Yan State fleet controlled a very wide area of ​​sea and our own fleet could hardly compete, this compensation that was once considered impossible had to be brought up for discussion again.

Some people still disagreed, but they did not suggest using force to rescue them, because the facts were in front of everyone. Without the same ironclad warships, the risks and costs of fighting the Yan people at sea were simply unimaginable.

A rash conflict with them would only make the situation worse and more tense. After all, Yan Country is no longer what it used to be. In other words, this country has never been weak. The previous stereotypes about them were all caused by wrong intelligence.

Based on the consensus of "not resorting to force and not escalating the conflict before the country's naval capabilities can be improved", some people suggested not rescuing Winston and his party.

Five thousand tons of gold is not a small amount, and such compensation itself is a humiliation for the country, so it is better not to pay compensation and just pretend that Winston and others died at sea.

However, the person who made this suggestion was severely criticized by Isabella at the meeting.

This is what she said:

"Do you think it's okay to not pay compensation? Although the Yan people are attacking the Delta Federation Empire, there are still a lot of ships left at sea. We can't even confirm the number. Don't you think of what this means? ! '

'Also, please always remember that no matter whether the person being held captive is General Winston or an ordinary civilian, they are all targets that must be rescued. We have the responsibility and obligation to protect our citizens and bring them back to the country safely!'

'Especially these soldiers who fought for the country. If we abandon them today, who will be willing to fight for the country in the future? ! '

'I hope this is just your unthinking suggestion, but if it is, then shame on you.'

At the meeting that day, Isabella was rarely angry, and after she finished her words, the official who made the suggestion was so ashamed that he couldn't even raise his head, and no one else dared to say anything more.

Therefore, compensation seemed to be something that had to be done.

But giving 5,000 tons of gold to the Yan people is both unwilling and shameful. In the history of our country, we have never made compensation to other countries.

If this is really done, it will undoubtedly reduce the country's prestige in the Leon continent.

So the meeting lasted until late at night, and Isabella finally made the final decision. She said:

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