The mobilization capabilities of countries entering the industrial age will far exceed those of the feudal era. From then on, previous wars will become as simple as playing house. Firearms and machinery will carry the country forward like a chariot until the last drop of blood is burned out.
Its cruelty and intensity are unimaginable to those who join the army just for a small salary.
There is no longer any safe place. Artillery fire has drowned all sense of security. The threat of death will accompany everyone, whether general or soldier. This era is slowly approaching.
The Eastern and Western Empires reacted differently to the unusual movements of the Fairywood Organization, but they both agreed to suspend the conflict.
Griffin Territory, Duke's Mansion.
"Damn it! These unruly people actually dared to initiate an attack."
After receiving the intelligence from the south, the old duke paced around the room in anger. He was not completely ignorant of the situation in the south, so over the years, he had been adding factories in the west and even actively recruiting experienced personnel from the south to come and build factories in order to obtain the same industrial manufacturing capabilities.
But unfortunately, even with the support of the Griffin family, the development of these workshops is still not smooth.
First of all, there is a lack of skills. Many alchemists raised by the family need to conduct multiple experiments to barely restore the advanced mechanical structure of the South. Then the transportation of materials is also troublesome. Shipping by carriage is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and building mountain railways is a huge project that requires a large number of skilled personnel and engineers. This is almost impossible for the West.
It is not easy to find people who can read and do arithmetic, let alone enough people to build railways. Such an investment would probably drain the wealth of many nobles in the western territory, which is simply impossible.
After realizing that he could not catch up with the South in terms of industry, the Duke of Griffin originally planned to unite with the Duke of Raven in the North to jointly conquer the Eastern Empire and unify it. Then, with four-fifths of the empire's territory and population, he would sweep south and swallow up the South. After that, he would completely absorb its talents and industry, and then carry out reforms that were in line with the interests of the nobility. In this way, he would gradually catch up with the industrialization of Clansia and restore the former momentum of the confrontation.
Unfortunately, the plan has only just been carried out for a small part, and the Southern Territory has changed its usual gentle attitude and become extremely ruthless, starting to expand its military on a large scale and prepare for war.
Did they change their leader? However, there was no change within the Fairywood organization. The reason for this puzzled the Griffin Duke.
“Pah.”
Another floorboard was crushed underfoot, and this time a servant carefully knocked on the door and waited.
"explain!"
Despite his anger, the Griffin Duke sat down.
"Lord Jalann has returned from the Emerald Forest."
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