The Great Arcanist Who Traveled Through the World of American Variety Shows.

Chapter 634 Anti-Richard Alliance

Greece has a lot of problems. The Greek peninsula is not really suitable for agriculture, it's more about trade.

Richard's equal distribution of land and slave release order were implemented quickly here, and a large number of Greeks were relocated to North Africa, Gaul and Spain.

These three regions have suffered great population losses due to years of war. The addition of Greek population can greatly enrich the local population and increase the empire's tax revenue.

The current taxation of the Roman Empire mainly depends on agricultural tax and commercial tax. Other unreasonable taxes have been reduced or even abolished.

In the past, Rome's tax system was so complicated that ordinary people had no idea how much tax they had to pay. There were many different types of taxes, and there were also various taxes added by local lords.

Richard abolished these taxes. After reducing these numerous taxes, they were integrated into one and classified as agricultural taxes.

The complexity of tax types will increase the difficulty of tax collection, waste manpower and material resources, and more importantly, give officials opportunities to manipulate taxes.

As long as the number of tax collections is reduced, even if some people are corrupt in tax collection, it will be easy to find out. At the same time, it can also save manpower.

Richard never tests human nature, because human nature cannot stand the test. What he needs to do is to plug the loopholes as much as possible, and at the same time prepare a set of laws to deal with those who do not follow the rules.

The navy set out for the Greek peninsula. The environment on the Greek peninsula is very complicated because there are many islands and many places are mountainous, so the implementation of policies is not fast.

At the same time, after the three factions merged, they also began to attack the Roman Empire in order to stop its expansion.

The reunited monotheism was still powerful, and after integrating their resources, they began to work together to support Byzantium, and through their influence, they integrated the small countries in the Balkan Peninsula.

"The Western Roman Empire has risen again, and you should be very clear about the policies implemented by that emperor." Henry's voice echoed throughout the hall.

In a huge dome palace in Byzantium, kings of more than a dozen small countries and tribal leaders gathered together. These people included Huns, Serene people, and tribes from Asia.

These people were invited by the Byzantine king and the monotheistic bishops. However, until now, they have been arguing for a whole morning without reaching any good conclusion.

In this situation, monotheism had to stand up. Saint Henry stood up and said:
"Everyone, we are not here to quarrel, but to face our common enemy!"

"The powerful Western Roman Empire had conquered North Africa, subjugated the Visigothic Kingdom, and defeated Germanic tribes, as had some of the smaller states in the Balkans."

"If you can't resist, their fate will be your future. Do you still want to quarrel here?"

As Saint Henry's voice fell, the people who had been arguing before stopped arguing.

After seeing these people quiet down, Henry continued, "The emperor of the Western Roman Empire wants to implement the Equal Field Order. He needs to confiscate the territories of all nobles. Even if you want to surrender, your land, estates, and slaves will be forcibly taken away."

"And you can only obtain the honorary title of a so-called 'honorary noble', while losing all your wealth and power."

"Now tell me what your choice is!" Henry said, his eyes scanning the surroundings.

"Fight them!"

"If you want my land and wealth, you have to pay with your life!"

"Kill them!"

Everyone roared, saying that to them, land was wealth and population was the basis of power. The only way to make them give these up was to kill them.

"Very good, it seems that we have reached a consensus, that is, we must fight the Western Roman Empire to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!" these people shouted loudly.

"We have the same goal, but the enemy is extremely powerful, so we must unite to deal with them!"

"I believe that everyone in the Balkan Peninsula knows how powerful the Western Roman Empire is now. Just one Roman legion can interfere in the war in the Balkan Peninsula. If the Western Roman Empire goes all out, no country or tribe here will be its opponent!"

"So we can only have the strength to fight the Western Roman Empire if we unite!"

"Therefore, I hope that you can temporarily put aside your grudges and unite to deal with the invasion of the Western Roman Empire!"

Hearing this, everyone present looked a little solemn. These small countries also have their own conflicts, which are not so easy to reconcile.

However, under the pressure of the Western Roman Empire and the connection of monotheism, these countries finally reached a temporary alliance to fight against the Western Roman Empire. However, although the alliance was reached, the number of troops sent by each country, the commander of the army, the supply of food and grass and other issues have not been discussed.

These armies from different countries and regions do not trust each other very much. Everyone is worried that they will be used as cannon fodder or suffer losses.

Ultimately such an alliance will take a lot of time to integrate.

Richard's army was resting and preparing to conquer the Eastern Roman Empire.

After owning a large number of mines, Rome's equipment began to be upgraded again. Previously, due to insufficient iron ore, Rome's weapons and armor were not enough to equip the entire army.

Among all the Roman legions, the Roman Guard had the highest rate of armor. The predecessor of this army was a large number of elite troops drawn from the Gallic Legion and the Rhine Legion.

The armor coverage rate of the Legion of Gaul and the Legion of Rhine was only 40%, and the rest were wearing iron-studded leather armor.

Now with the iron ore in Spain, the Roman Empire had an abundant supply of iron ore, and Richard began to re-equip the Roman Legion.

The armor rate of the Roman Guard must reach 100%, and the armor rate of other legions such as Gaul, Spain, Iberia, North Africa, Rhine, etc. must also reach 60% to 70%.

In ancient times, when the armored fought against the unarmored, it was just like a father beating his son. This was something that no amount of training could make up for.

After all, soldiers are also human beings with flesh and blood. Without the protection of armor, no matter how superb your martial arts skills are, you will still be cannon fodder on the battlefield.

Richard replenished the Roman legions with armor, and since these legions had already been trained hard, their combat effectiveness was naturally strong.

There is basically no suspense when dealing with an army where the armor rate is less than 50% or even 30%.

After occupying the Greek peninsula, Richard was busy with reforms and building various weapons and equipment. He did not launch any more attacks. The Byzantine Empire also began to integrate its forces, and the originally chaotic Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor and other regions also began to run in.

After more than half a month of difficult discussions, these people finally reached a consensus that the army would be commanded by the most powerful Byzantine Empire, and that Byzantium would bear the vast majority of food supplies.

Each country joined the Byzantine army in the form of a legion. With the insistence of these people, they still led the army, but the command of the army was under the unified command of Byzantium.

This system seems to have achieved unified command, but in fact, the armies of various countries still have the final say, after all, they are the ones who directly command the army. If everything goes well, it's fine, but if there are twists and turns, these countries' first thought is probably to preserve their strength.

At this point, these troops will definitely not obey orders, so whether this command can command the army is like Schrödinger's cat.

After the command was finalized, all countries had to contribute to the logistics issues, with the Byzantine Empire paying the lion's share. At the same time, the logistics of the army was under the management of the Byzantine Empire.

In fact, the Byzantines also understood that the Ministry of War was very useful in commanding the army, so they seized the logistics of the legions. With logistics, they could naturally influence the army. If you don't obey, they will directly cut off your logistics.

After completing these, the remaining problems were easy to solve. However, when it came time to actually send troops, there were more problems. Some countries did not trust other countries and refused to allow them to lead troops through their territory. These people had many reasons, such as worrying that these troops would plunder their cities, worrying that these people would take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, etc.

The situation was so serious that a fight almost broke out. After seeing this situation, Saint Henry had to go and mediate again, and eventually they were escorted through these countries by their army.

An anti-Western Roman Empire alliance had different intentions from the moment it was formed. This made Saint Henry feel a little gloomy.

However, there is no better way now. Although the secular power of monotheism is strong, if it confronts the empire head-on, the monotheism will definitely suffer.

Today's monotheism is far from the status it had in the middle and late Middle Ages. The Pope can excommunicate the king with just one word and call on believers to oppose the king.

In this era, if monotheism really does this, it will definitely be attacked by various countries. No one would be willing to have another father sitting on their head.

Therefore, the monotheism's behavior is to seek its own death. If they do this, Richard will laugh and immediately stop attacking the Eastern Roman Empire, giving other countries time to encircle and suppress the monotheism.

After all, his plan was to sever the belief in monotheism and then start a war of gods with the creator of monotheism.

If their faith is cut off and there is no replenishment of the power of faith, even if their kingdom of God remains strong, the bishops will wither away because there is no replenishment of the power of faith.

Without the gods of the Kingdom of God, its strength would be reduced by half. In the era of the Arcane Empire, the arcane masters made too many plans and researches in order to kill the gods.

The method with the highest success rate is to take action when the deity's main body enters the material plane. At the same time, the first step is to sever its connection with the kingdom of God.

In the few cases where gods have fallen, it basically happened after the gods were severed from their kingdom.

(End of this chapter)