Chapter 2397 Visitors From the North

I believe your evil!

The old man is very bad!

Joan picked up the one-foot-thick experimental data, and watched angrily as the instructor put on a new dress, dressed like a beautiful male peacock, and went to the banquet with a pipe in his mouth.

Stuffing the materials that need to be sorted into the storage bag, Joan stretched, and was about to take the dogs out for a stroll, running on the grassland under the setting sun, sweating youthfully, when suddenly there was a wave of magic power in front of him, a mass of red A ball of light emerges.

Joan held the light ball to read the information, shrugged helplessly, and turned to wave goodbye to the two shepherd dogs.

"SMS" was sent by Rebecca, inviting him to attend the weekend salon at the Hermitage Manor.

In addition to the Custis family, there is a guest who has just arrived from Jotunheim tonight-Mr. Joseph Adams, an old friend of Sir Custis and the most active leader of the "Sons of Liberty".

Rebecca doesn't like Adams very much, and she doesn't agree with his methods of inciting the mob, but she will not be rude to her father's friends. If she can't control her temper while chatting and has a dispute with Mr. Qiao An was able to calm her down in time so as not to embarrass everyone.

Adams was one of the behind-the-scenes planners of the "tea party incident" in Port Layton, and Joann didn't take it seriously.

Despite his differences in political views, he still admires Mr. Adams' talent and courage. He heard that Jotunheim is not peaceful recently, and public protests against tax increases and trade control broke out frequently.

This familiar formula and familiar taste is probably the "Sons of Liberty Association" fanning the flames behind the scenes.

Joan saw a lot of articles about the situation in Jotunheim on the "Cloud Network", and the rumors on the Internet may not be credible. He happened to take this opportunity of the weekend gathering to ask Mr. Adams about the frequent chaos in Jotunheim. He is more concerned about whether the turbulent situation in the north will affect the Midgard colony.

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If there is only one word to describe the situation of Mr. Joseph Adams in the first half of 1625, the most appropriate one is "jumping up and down".

This spring, Adams fled to Jotunheim after leading the tax resistance campaign and the "tea party" in Jalfheim.

Unexpectedly, the years are unlucky, and he has not stayed in New Avalon for a full month, and he was wanted by the Jotunheim police for being involved in smuggling and tax resistance. Taking refuge in Midgard, I stopped by to visit my old friend Sir Custis.

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Beginning in the spring of 1624, the aboriginal riots in the Midgard colony shocked the Fijin authorities deeply. Prompted by a sense of crisis, they decided to implement some policies to appease the aborigines of Jotunheim.

The Fizen Council was afraid that immigrants moving into the new territory would provoke a series of wars with the Asa, Wanir, and even the Giants. They believed that the stubborn aborigines should be settled first, and then gradually open the land to immigrants.

In October 1624, the Fizen Council issued a bill declaring that all the land from the west of the Jotun Glacier to the east of Vanaheim would be reserved for the use of the aborigines, in an attempt to prevent the migration of Fizen from the east and west coasts to the vast expanse of land. expansion of the central region.

The Council of Fizen attempted to reorganize the colony, but the Jotunheimers did not want any change at all unless they gained more freedom from their homeland.

If the politicians in Fiji want to implement a new system and strengthen control over the colonies of the New World, they have to find a way to deal with the colonists who have learned self-government and are tired of foreign interference.

Just as the "Edict of 1622" promulgated by the Ashan Empire could not prevent the colonists of Midgard from expanding westward, the "Immigration Restriction Act" promulgated by the Fijin Kingdom in 1624 also had a sharp conflict with the interests of the colonies.

Due to the strong resistance of the colonists, coupled with the fanning of the newspapers and media under the control of the "Sons of Liberty", the independent tendency of the Jotunheim people has become obvious.

Governor Winthrop noticed the change in the mentality of the people under his rule, and warned the mother country government not to act rashly.

The Fizen Council accepted the governor's admonition. Although the "Immigrant Restriction Act" was not revoked, it did not seriously implement the Act, and the result was nothing.

However, in the eyes of many Jotunheim colonists, the decree itself is a dangerous signal, which means that those in power in the mother country have completely ignored their right to occupy more land if they need it.

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In the war that took place in the New World in 1622, Fizen's southward campaign was blocked, and the attempt to annex the Midgard magic crystal mining area failed, which also caused the Fizen government to owe a financial deficit of hundreds of millions of gold pounds.

What's more terrible is that after the war is over, military expenditures cannot be reduced.

Nearly a thousand military officers at all levels do not want to leave their posts. They are all professional soldiers, and not fighting means losing their jobs.

These people are closely related to the upper-level politicians, and many of them are children of nobles. They cannot be forced to retire.

Since the positions of these officers are to be retained, they cannot be made "bare commanders", so a large standing army has to be maintained.

Feizhen is a small island country. It mainly relies on the navy to maintain its national defense. There is no need for so many standing troops.

Parliament was very dissatisfied with keeping this standing army, and sent them to the colonies, which were much larger than the homeland anyway, and someone had to keep order.

Therefore, starting from 1624, the Fizen Council decided to send 20,000 officers and soldiers to stay in New Avalon. The military pay, accommodation, equipment, training, and other logistical supplies would cost at least 5 million gold pounds per year.

Who should pay for the above-mentioned expenses of the troops stationed in the colonies?

Of course, taxpayers have to bear the cost.

The next question, then, is who to tax?

Taxes in Fizen's native land had already been collected, and any increase in taxes would risk revolution.

The king and parliamentarians naturally think that the colony where the army is stationed should pay this fee. After all, the duty of the garrison is to protect the safety of the people in the colony. Isn't it reasonable for the colony to share part of the military expenses?

To take a step back, it is not too much to let the colonies pay all the military expenses, but only a part of the expenses closely related to them, isn't it too much?

However, how did the gentlemen in the Fizen Council know that the colonists didn't like them at all.

As soon as the news of the additional garrison came out, it was immediately opposed by the people of Jotunheim. They also had legitimate reasons:

Back then when the garrison was there, they couldn't completely swallow the magic crystal mining area of ​​the "Prime Ancient Abyss", and they were defeated in the southward expedition to Midgard. What's the use of you disgraceful waste? !

It is enough for us to have militia and self-defense forces. We don't need the mother country to be sentimental and send troops to protect us!

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