I, the prince in distress, send money

Chapter 184 The Country Continues to Collapse

What is the most important thing in doing business?

Of course, it is talents, talents in management and technical production. What players do to those masterminds behind the scenes is to cut off their resources and dig out their foundation.

Those malicious, so-called Oncandra bigwigs had almost no ability to fight back against the players' tactics.

When they subconsciously tried to do something, they found that they could do nothing.

The slums of Oncandra were eradicated by illegal means. The beggars' guild that had been doing the dirty work for them, as well as other large and small gangs of hooligans and desperadoes, were either killed or captured and taken to Beach Town, where they were to be mined to death in the sulfur mines.

Occasionally, there were a few lucky ones who escaped the encirclement during the chaos, but they were all frightened by the players' ruthless killings and had already used various means to escape from Oncandra.

Use white?
Can't do it either.

They used to be able to call the shots in Oncandra because they were nobles, or were the white gloves kept by the nobles. Now that the nobles and parliamentarians have left, they have also lost their original influence.

So much so that now that they want to make peace, they can't find anyone to pass on the message... The only person who can contact Xiaodao is Marlowe, but how can he dare to speak for these people now that he has just surrendered?

Even though among those who suffered heavy losses were his own family members, even his father, Marlowe hid in the military camp all day pretending to be dead and refused to go out no matter what.

As a result, those guys who originally wanted to threaten Xiaodao were in trouble. Now they can't even surrender or negotiate peace.

Only at this point did they realize how stupid they were.

The weapon of criticism will never be as good as the criticism of weapons.

Before Xiaodao officially used force, these guys were about to be beaten to death by him.

But is that enough?
That's not enough. Xiaodao is ready to squeeze all their wealth out bit by bit. If you surrender wisely, you can leave alive. If you don't, then prepare to work in a refugee camp.

But just when Xiaodao was preparing to slowly and leisurely eat these Sabi alive, something big happened. Prince Chris sent a messenger to interrupt his fun.

……

The Republic is a freak.

From the first day Antonio took the position of Speaker of the Parliament of the Bagnian Republic, he was clearly aware of this fact.

This country was born out of a conspiracy and countless coincidences, so when it was first established, there was almost no stability or legitimacy.

In order to survive, the original fool was secretly eliminated and Antonio came to power urgently.

In order to stabilize the situation, Antonio was weak externally and sold the country's sovereignty to the Kingdom of Miniesia. He compromised internally and distributed the country's territory and political resources to various powerful nobles and landlord groups in exchange for their temporary support.

However, this approach only temporarily alleviates the crisis but cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

The internal contradictions of the Bagnian Republic are becoming increasingly acute. The old nobles who have become parliamentarians are scheming against each other in order to gain more power and resources, while the ordinary people are living in dire straits, plagued by poverty, hunger and disease.

Antonio knew that if he could not find a way to balance the interests of all parties, the Republic would not last long. However, he had no chance, because the war came and the Restoration Army was formed.

As the battle went on, the so-called Prince Chris Army also appeared.

At the beginning, Antonio was contemptuous of the so-called Prince Chris. Even though he didn't know how to take down the Bolas Fortress, it did not change the Speaker of the Parliament's opinion of these bandits.

Just by opening the map, you can easily find that Prince Chris is a trapped beast, blocked by the Restoration Army and the Republic. There is no external passage, and there are not enough population and arable land inside.

No matter how you look at it, it seems that Prince Chris will soon go up the mountain to become a bandit, and Antonio is not very willing to pay any attention to him.

Although he was the Speaker of the Republic's Parliament, he was not able to command the army, so the war still broke out.

Then the 3rd Infantry Regiment was defeated, and the fall of Oncandra happened one after another, which made Antonio extremely anxious.

Sometimes, Antonio wondered if he was a little foolish and hasty in being the president of the council.

But it seems that it is not okay to be inappropriate, because the current situation is not that the Republic owns the army and parliamentarians, but that the army and parliamentarians own the Republic. Antonio's rise to power is just the result of a political deal... In other words, he came to power just to take the blame.

The Republic of Bagniya, from its birth till now, has been walking on one leg while the other leg is lame.

Thinking of this, Antonio couldn't help but feel powerless and hopeless. He sat in his office chair, his hands tightly gripping the armrests, as if he wanted to grab onto something, but couldn't find where to start. His eyes fell on the map on the desk. The border lines and place names on it seemed to mock his powerlessness.

"Tuk tuk tuk..."

There was a sound of hurried footsteps coming from far away outside the door, which made Antonio feel nauseous. He subconsciously thought that these were people from the military sent to urge the supply of food and grass.

Because apart from the military, no one in the entire parliamentary court would run in such a hurry. It was not decent at all and did not show any aristocratic style.

Need food?
Okay, okay, there is indeed one thing. A Ministian grain transport team just arrived in Waterradnoi last night. The convoy is still parked in front of the factory warehouse and the goods have not been unloaded yet. If the army wants them, just send someone to take them away.

Antonio waited for the visitor to knock on the door, however, the door was violently slammed open, and before the visitor even stepped into the Speaker's office, his voice rushed in from outside.

"Oh no, oh no, the First and Second Corps on the front line... they've mutinied!!!"

"What!? What did you say?"

Antonio was stunned. He doubted his ears for a moment, but soon realized it wasn't a joke. His heartbeat quickened, and a sense of foreboding washed over him. He stood up abruptly and asked loudly, "What's going on?"

"What did you say? The First and Second Corps mutinied? When did this happen?"

The visitor was a young officer, his face covered in panic and sweat, having obviously just finished a long and intense run. He panted, trying to calm himself down, and said.

"Just two days ago, Mr. Speaker of the Parliament..."

(End of this chapter)