HBWnovel Chapter 1320: The Western French Empire Actually Has Oil
Chapter 1320: The Western French Empire Actually Has Oil
The mercenaries quickly headed south.
And there didn't seem to be too many obstacles along the way.
This puzzled the soldiers.
Now, among the more than 10 hired soldiers, to are from Dayan people, and only to are from the native people of the Xifa Empire.
These locals understand the situation in the south.
Naturally, I had also heard of Gaius.
Knows Gaius's obsession with land.
This selflessness can make one crazy for the land.
Otherwise, the idea of dividing Maple Leaf City into two would not have been proposed.
This is enough to prove his obsession with the land.
So Gaius would not give up control of the land easily.
Just like that, all the land along the river was given away.
That's not Gaius' style at all.
The commander of the mercenary army ordered his men to guard the place tightly to prevent Gaius from playing any dirty tricks.
But in fact, Gaius never thought of confronting the Wehrmacht head-on.
Wouldn't it be something only a fool would do to confront the National Defense Forces head-on?
So Gaius decided to fight a large-scale mobile war.
Use the numerical superiority of the Western French Empire Army to crush the Wehrmacht.
They overestimated the mercenaries' tactics.
Originally, the mercenaries planned to march south to besiege the capital of the West French Empire in accordance with the instructions of the Governor of North Wind Port.
But on the way they heard a piece of news that made them extremely excited.
That is, there are oil fields in the western region of the Western French Empire!
That's right, after a carpet search in other countries failed, the Dayan Oil Industry believed that there was no other place in the world that could produce oil.
But now, someone told these mercenaries that there were oil fields in the west!
At first the mercenaries didn't believe it.
But it wasn't until a local wealthy businessman drove over with a bucket of black liquid.
The mercenaries burst into laughter instantly.
They did not hesitate at all, and did not even notify the Guards.
The army marched directly westward.
The Governor of North Wind Port was stunned.
Aren't these soldiers in the Wehrmacht's order of battle? Why did they suddenly stop obeying orders?
The Governor of North Wind Harbor tries to make sense of it all.
They soon smiled in relief.
Because the mercenaries have discovered a large number of oil fields in the western region.
And according to rough estimates, the oil field reserves are about 3.6 million tons.
This is no longer just ordinary wealth.
This is about one-tenth of the entire Da Yan oil reserves.
After all, the entire Da Yan is built on oil fields.
A little more oil, what's wrong?
Isn't it just a pickaxe that spurts out oil? What's the big fuss?
The mercenaries' reaction surprised the Governor of North Wind Port.
How can this be a regular army? They are a bunch of bandits in regular army uniforms!
But the mercenary corps commanders naturally knew that they could not disrupt the military plan.
So 1 soldiers were left behind to guard the oil fields, and the rest of the soldiers went south to continue fighting.
This is just a small episode.
But it attracted the attention of the Dayan oil industry.
The Dayan Oil Industry directly commissioned mercenaries to guard the oil fields, and at the same time, they tried their best to find local people to inquire about the locations of other oil fields.
Generally speaking, if oil fields appear on a continent, oil fields will be found in other places to a greater or lesser extent.
Either on land or on the continental shelf in the sea.
The mercenaries wanted to refuse at first.
But the oil industry directly offered a huge sum of 10 gold coins.
Mercenary: This gentleman touched us with his sincerity!
It took the mercenaries only one day to eliminate all the Western French Empire military outposts near the oil fields.
Subsequently, strict surveillance was implemented near the oil field.
All they have their eyes on now is oil, and it is summer on Dongda Road.
And the oil fields are located approximately near the equator.
So a lot of grain here has begun to mature.
Although mercenaries are bandits dressed in regular military uniforms.
But they were principled bandits.
They did not take action against the surrounding grain, but instead sent a notice to the local people asking them to find a way to take the grain away.
Because it is very likely that they will face a counterattack from the Western French Empire.
They are not like some countries that not only rob oil but also food.
For poor and backward countries, oil can only be poison to them.
Because they simply have no ability to protect this black gold.
And food is real gold to them.
Some countries not only take away the local people's future black gold, but also take away the local people's current gold.
The news of the mercenaries' capture of the oil fields soon reached Gaius' ears.
Gaius valued this oil field so much that he stationed 3000 soldiers nearby.
Normally, ordinary people are prohibited from approaching oil refining equipment.
The countries in the East Continent are basically poor demonic nations, and they can only develop technology.
Similarly, the development of technology naturally requires oil.
Gaius was frantically searching for oil fields in the country.
In the end, God will not let down those who work hard.
They found an oil field, a very large one.
Gaius immediately requisitioned the oil fields in the name of the emperor.
This angered the local nobles and gentry.
Because most of the oil is deep underground.
So other food crops are still grown on it.
The nobles and gentry needed the taxes from these lands, but with just one word from Gaius, these lands became Gaius's private lands.
Not even compensation was given to them.
The common people who worked on these lands complained even more bitterly.
Thanks to the top-down reforms by the nobles, although some of the local nobles and gentry were bad, they only charged 10% of the rent for the land they rented to the common people.
However, Gaius's Western French Empire collected 50% tax from the people.
Most of the nobles did not choose to increase taxes.
Because if you add more, the people will just rise up in rebellion...
The common people then settled down.
After all, they cannot choose their own motherland, all they can do is make their motherland better.
Such enlightened nobles and gentry are even rarer.
So they will naturally safeguard local interests.
As a result, Gaius simply seized the land, and the local people hated Gaius very much.
Not only did their families go to the battlefield, but their land was also taken away.
What is the point of such an emperor?
When the local nobles and gentry heard that Dayan was attacking, they decisively turned to the National Defense Force.
But they found that these "National Defense Forces" did not seem like the National Defense Forces.
Why do they look more like a gang of robbers?
The nobles were somewhat frightened.
But soon the mercenaries' actual actions dispelled their concerns.
The mercenaries not only eliminated nearby military outposts, they even allowed local people to enter the vicinity of the oil fields to farm.
Even the oil refining equipment is not strictly controlled.
Because the mercenaries simply looked down upon their oil refining equipment.
These are all products that were eliminated by Dayan a few years ago.
Today's oil refining equipment is much more advanced than this.
The local people didn't believe it either.
They didn't believe that Da Yan would not tear off its disguise for the oil.
But after a few days, the mercenaries did not take any blockade actions...
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