Chapter 416 – 41. The Commoner’s Dream.
41. A commoner’s dream.
There are a total of three continents that have been identified so far.
One of them is the East Continent, another is the Central Continent, and the other is the Western Continent.
Of course, each continent has a name, but it is usually called by the name of the direction.
Each of these continents originally had one of the most symbolic countries: the Mei Empire on the East Continent, the Goryeo Empire on the West Continent, and the Terra Castle Kingdom on the Central Continent.
However, due to the aftermath of the crusade, which was less than a year ago, Terra was destroyed, and its vast territory was divided between the Goryeo Empire, the Mei Empire, and the Habsburg Empire.
The seven provinces that made up the holy kingdom—Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Laodicea, and Philadelphia—were handed over to Goryeo, and three to the Mei Empire and the Great Kingdom.
On the surface, it seems that Goryeo’s first princess, Wang Hee, married Aran, the great king of Habsburg, resolving conflicts and taking a peaceful course, but if you go deeper, you can see that this is not the case at all.
Aside from Goryeo, Seorae, who has great ambitions, has dreamed of an expedition to the West Continent since the first year of her coronation her .. No, she has been preparing for it.
Thanks to this, the Mei Empire possessed a large army that was difficult to imagine at the time of 5 million (although it decreased shortly after), and advanced to the central continent, if not the western continent.
In addition, she made an advance guard for the future by making Akechi Mitsuhide, a military commander in Owari of Nihon, a country in the West Continent, her own Bamgnil.
Not only she, but Aran as well, leaving Nihon as a subject, and moving forward with a plan to occupy the western continent, even little by little.
A typical example is the support for Oda Nobunaga.
It is not a nearby country, but astronomical costs are borne in order to provide large-scale support to a distant country on the other side of the continent, which puts a great burden on the finances of the great kingdom.
Nevertheless, Aran decided to organize additional support, which shows the meaning of the West Continent.
As such, the characters who can be seen as actually moving the East Continent have ambitions for the West Continent, so a collision between the two continents will inevitably happen someday.
An aristocratic residence in Goryeo.
Located in the outskirts of Pyongyang, the capital, this mansion was not comparable to the imperial palace, but it had sufficient beauty and dignity.
Not too big, not too small,
It had such a beauty that it was gorgeous but not extravagant.
Here, the main aristocrats of Goryeo used to gather and hold intermittent meetings, and such a meeting was held today.
“Anyway, the momentum is unusual. It’s different from a normal riot.”
The first to speak was the owner of the mansion, Duke Liuyang.
Although he had a principality in his own domain his, he used to work hard in the capital for the well-being of Goryeo.
As a result, the power of her domain her is evaluated as rather weak, but her influence her on her aristocratic world her is so great that she has not been ignored.
“If we don’t come up with the right countermeasures, the worst case scenario could tear the country apart.”
She reacted very sensitively to the recent uprising.
She didn’t say anything like a sign of doom, but she looked closely at it.
Once the nature was different.
If the previous civil riots were caused by ‘difficulty in making a living’,
The riot that occurred this time was a riot that occurred ‘because I could no longer be under the nobility’.
The two seem to be similar, but they are very different, and the former can be solved by making it possible to live.
However, the latter does not change anything by just eating and living.
Opinions are divided even in the academic world as to why a riot of this nature suddenly broke out, but what is certain is that the tax is being called frighteningly, and it has spread to a situation that can never be easily seen.
In the early days of the civil war, the nobles who governed the state tried to use the military to subjugate it as if it was natural, but they were repulsed, the nobles died, and the area was completely occupied.
Afterwards, the forces of the riots began to grow rapidly, and a series of riots with similar tendencies occurred and were absorbed from nearby territories.
So now, as many as 17 areas have been occupied.
In the process, there were several clashes with the Goryeo regular army, but all of them were repulsed, and after winning 7 consecutive victories, they were greatly defeated in a great battle against a 50,000 army commanded by a Margrave, and it is now that they have shrunk for a while.
“As far as I’ve heard, they recently acquired a large amount of new weapons from Nihon.”
“If you say it’s a new weapon…?”
“A gun and a cannon developed by the Algrey Mage Tower.”
At her words her, the nobles murmured.
Guns and cannons were largely ignored in the early days, but they were active on many fronts, starting with the Holy War, and their power was now recognized.
Above all, the reason why it was annoying was that it allowed both men and women to exert their power, and even when given to a child, it produced enough power to kill a person.
That’s only two months of training!
Previously, all armaments took at least half a year to train skilled soldiers. Even spearmen, who were said to be the easiest to train, were that much, and archers, who required considerable proficiency, needed at least a few years of training to become usable.
Guns and cannons made it several times, dozens of times easier.
Thus, a group armed with guns was no longer an object of ridicule.
But to think that such a weapon has recently been possessed by the powerful Minran Army. There is no such thing as a disaster.
“How on earth did you get that? The route aside, the price wouldn’t have been low by any means.”
“It seems that the payment for the price is deferred payment. The person who sold the weapons to them is Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he is a very ambitious person. Isn’t that what it is? Historically, there have been a lot of people who sold their country for their own desire to succeed or material desire.”
“Hmph. You look at us very funny.”
“The number has increased, so I have confidence.”
The women clicked their tongues.
Of course, the Minran army numbering in the hundreds of thousands is a definite threat. Even if it is part of it, if you are armed with guns and cannons, you deserve to be more vigilant.
However, it was quite insulting for them to regard the great Goryeo as a neighborhood drum and be so confident in their independence.
“How about subjugating them with the central army like last time? No matter how many hundreds of thousands I have, I’m a ragtag. I can’t beat the regular army of the Great Goryeo Dynasty with a thousand years of history.”
“That’s true, but hasty subjugation can spawn more riots.”
Unlike other nobles, Liu Yang is cautious.
However, it was just frustrating for other nobles.
“But if you’re lazy and miss the timing, you’ll get out of control!”
“That’s right. We urgently need to find a solution. Since His Majesty is also suffering from this problem, the only answer is to subdue it quickly.”
All nobles except Liu Yang insisted on subjugation.
And all civil riots so far could be put to rest through subjugation.
I wonder if Ryuyang doesn’t know that.
But something
Something was unsettling.
It seemed that this riot would never end quietly… That ominous feeling never faded.
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“Ha…”
Blonde woman.
Fantastic beauty captivates not only men but also women, and it is truly a state of affairs.
Owari, which was originally a weak country, was now under siege by other feudal lords as a powerful country within Japan.
The Owari feudal lord, Oda Nobunaga, was sighing more and more lately.
“Princess… Keugh… That ugly monkey bitch right now!!”
Because she was like that, her faithful servant, her Katsuie Shibata shed tears every day and ran rampant to catch and kill Hideyoshi who betrayed him.
And in fact, Nobunaga was of the same mind.
Originally, Hideyoshi was of low status, and if she had not shown her favor her, she would have starved to death like everyone else in the slums.
But how dare she betray?
She fed him, put him to sleep, gave him faith, and entrusted him with a big job, but he betrayed him with pride.
Thanks to this, Nobunaga was branded as an incompetent feudal lord who could not even guard her subordinates.
Not only that, but the actual damage is not easy.
Seriously, it’s a year that doesn’t matter even if you tear it to death.
