Chapter 2399 The Crisis of the Empire

In the living room of the hermit manor, Joan heard Mr. Adams describe the chaos in the Jotunheim colony in detail, and naturally had a question, how will this farce end?

Anyone with a little understanding of current affairs can see that as long as Jotunheim and Midgard belong to two different suzerain countries, cross-border anti-smuggling will encounter many obstacles, and it is almost impossible to effectively combat cross-border smuggling group.

If this situation continues, the Jotunheim colony will break away from the control of the mother country sooner or later. Can the Fizen government accept this result?

The answer is probably no.

The ruling party (Party of Order) of the Fijin Parliament must not suffer such humiliation during its term of office, otherwise it will provide a strong handle for the opposition party (Priority Party). The "Party" fell into a slump and could no longer get the chance to come to power.

Whether it is to defend the dignity of the "colonial empire" of Fizen, or out of partisan interests, Joan guesses that the Fizen authorities will still try to strengthen the constraints on the Jotunheim colony.

In order to curb the separatist tendencies of the colony, we can only bite the bullet and step up efforts to suppress tax-resistant people and arrest smugglers.

If it is impossible, the next step is to blame the Midgardians on the Midgardians, and accuse the Midgardians of colluding with smuggling groups and obstructing anti-smuggling operations.

If the situation really evolves to that point, Joan feels that in order to divert the pressure, the Feizhen authorities will not rule out launching an aggressive war against Midgard again under the banner of anti-smuggling.

Joan sincerely hoped that none of this would really happen.

At the party that night, Rebecca appeared very quiet, and did not criticize Mr. Adams' political views and social activities in person as Joan worried.

After all, Jotunheim is a territory of another country. Joan doesn't have a good impression of this northern neighbor who once invaded Midgard, and he is not interested in learning more about the grievances between the Jotunheim people and the suzerain country.

After dinner, he bid farewell to the Custis family and Mr. Adams, and teleported back to the humble research institute on the dairy farm in Hot Spring Town, where he buried himself in sorting out the experimental data and making an outline for the thesis.

Professor Moriarty is still hesitating whether to publicly publish the research results of vaccination against smallpox. Before the supervisor makes a decision, Joan must be ready to publish the paper publicly.

This epoch-making heavyweight achievement is only worthy of being published in "Abstract Exploration".

It is now the beginning of July, and there is only one month left before the autumn publication of "Alpha Exploration". Qiao An must complete the first draft of the thesis and submit it to the tutor for review and revision before then. The time is very tight and he has to work overtime.

Ever since he put on the "life support ring", Joan has been used to working late at night. It wasn't until dawn that he heard the rooster crowing from the chicken coop next to the ranch, and he stretched himself, planning to go to bed and sleep in his cage.

Before going to bed, Qiao An habitually closed his eyes and meditated, connected to the "cloud network" to see what's new today, but was startled by the news published on the front page, and suddenly lost sleepiness!

Just yesterday morning, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, Franz Engel, led his troops to withdraw from the Fortress of Olivier, via the Ulino Pass, and retreated to Komi Province.

Shortly thereafter, the Far Eastern army entered the Fortress of Olivia and occupied the last military stronghold of the Empire in the Far East without a single soldier. The Kolas government had in fact controlled the entire territory of the Far East.

The loss of the Olivier Fortress means that the Eastern Expedition launched by the Ashan Empire in the spring of 1625 suffered a complete and complete defeat in less than half a year. The question now is not whether the imperial military is still able to take back the vast eastern region. Territory, but whether it can stop the Kolas army from pursuing the victory and counterattacking the empire's mainland!

After a brief shock, Qiao An felt mixed emotions of joy and sorrow.

The brilliant victories achieved by the Far East Army on the battlefield have defended the ruling foundation of the Kolas government.

It can now be asserted that the Kolas government is no longer the crumbling grassroots team in people's eyes, and a vibrant country has been born.

The victories on the battlefield and the aspirations of the people injected unbreakable legitimacy into this rebellious regime. After experiencing the baptism of war, the Kolas government was reborn from the ashes and became stronger. It is only a matter of time before the international community accepts and establishes reciprocal diplomatic relations with other countries.

The initiative on the battlefield has been transferred to the people of the Far East, and the Kolas regime has escaped the risk of collapse, so the Far East national debt that Joan spent half of his net worth to buy will no longer have the risk of default and depreciation. It was frequently reported that Dongfeng made a small profit, and in hindsight, this investment was quite a bargain!

Having made money, Joan certainly has reason to be happy.

However, thinking of the consequences of the defeat of the empire, especially the great spiritual encouragement brought by the victory of the Far East to the "separatists" in the empire's colonies, prompting them to devote themselves more actively to the colonial independence movement, Joan was very happy Woke up.

As a subject of the overseas colony of the Ashan Empire, although his sense of belonging to the distant and unfamiliar mother country across the ocean is very weak, it cannot be completely severed.

In this war between the Empire and the Far East, Joan's position was always more inclined to sympathize with the weak.

When the Imperial Expeditionary Force entered the Far East, it seemed that the morale was like a rainbow, and it was no problem to suppress the rebellion and regain the lost ground.

At that time, Joan was very disgusted with the arrogance and tyranny of the imperial government. Coupled with the influence of the anti-tax trend in Alfheim, he hoped that the people of the Far East would withstand the pressure and teach the mighty Imperial Expeditionary Force some lessons on the battlefield.

It was based on the above-mentioned mentality that he took the risk of losing everything to buy war bonds issued by the Far East government.

Now the people from the Far East have the upper hand on the battlefield, but the Ashan Empire is facing the most serious crisis since the founding of the country. The independence movement in overseas colonies is intensifying. Even the security of the homeland is difficult to ensure.

Thinking that this ancient empire with a glorious history of more than 1,600 years has faded away and is slipping into the abyss of disintegration, Joan can't help but feel worried about the future of his mother country—although he can't say whether this is a simple patriotic emotion, or just Mercy for the loser.

When Qiao An sympathized with the Far Easterners, he could buy Far Eastern national debt to practice his position, but now he turns to sympathize with the other side on the battlefield, but what can he do for the compatriots in his mother country on the other side of the ocean?

Regrettably, the only thing he can do is to pray that the Far Eastern army will withdraw as soon as it is ready, and not to counterattack the mainland of the empire.

After cutting off the cloud network link, Qiao An meditated for half an hour, and finally put aside his chaotic thoughts and fell asleep.