1208 The Other Half of the World

Strictly speaking, it has been five years since the end of World War I.

Five years is enough time for many countries to emerge from the clouds of war. The first echelon has completed the first rotation of equipment, such as the Gefra people.

The Federation and Gefra have developed so rapidly, but this does not mean that the development of the defeated Pengeo Group will be slow.

In fact, their development was extremely rapid. During World War I, the Gefra people did not plunder much from their country.

This is the most critical thing about ocean overlords when they face land overlords. They may be able to smash the coastline, but they can't even set foot on that continent.

As long as they cannot land, all their early war advantages cannot be converted into war dividends.

They can't plunder resources, wealth, or population, and they can't even take away a stone!

In the later stages of the war, it actually reached a stalemate. The Gefra people were unwilling to "live well" after someone challenged their authority, and the Pengeo Group also encountered many problems after losing its sea power.

In the end, after lengthy negotiations, the Gaevra Group won the final victory in World War I, and they received only a small amount of war compensation.

At the same time, as the core country, the Gefra people got a piece of land-Amelia.

Amelia was their initiative and was negotiated as the only non-negotiable item in the negotiations.

Five years have passed, and places like Amelia have begun to develop rapidly, not to mention the Pengeo Group, which actually has a well-protected core area.

These countries spent five years to fill their shortcomings in the sea. For them, they do not need their own warships to sink enemy warships. They only need their own ships to quickly send their soldiers to the sea. Just be on the other side's territory.

When the Federation conducted large-scale military exercises before, the Pengeo Group also conducted a military exercise, but this time they were not fighting an ordinary ground war, but a landing war.

During this exercise, people discovered that they had many new landing ships. These ships did not have strong firepower. Their only advantages were fast speed and large transportation capacity.

Can break through the fire blockade in the shortest time and send the soldiers on the ship to the beach!

They also seem to have grasped the key to regaining control of the war situation, and this trade confrontation is most likely a test.

As a capital country, any situation in the Federation will be directly reflected in the stock market.

Since the opening of trading on Monday, apart from the steady rise in military and defense stocks, other stocks have fallen to varying degrees. People's concerns about war are obvious.

Pedestrians on the road seemed to be walking faster, as if autumn had arrived early.

At this time, on the other side of the Eastern Ocean, there was a huge landmass. On this land there were countries with a very long history, so far away that even countries like Gefra did not recognize the history of their country as history.

They believe that those histories are myths. For example, Emperor Pengeo II lived for more than a thousand years in history, which is obviously impossible.

Modern medicine is so advanced that people's life span is only sixty or seventy years old. In ancient times, a person's life may be only thirty or fifty years. Why did Pengjiao II live for more than a thousand years?

The subsequent emperors also lived for hundreds of years, and it was not until modern times that those histories seemed like real history.

Regardless of whether that is true or not, the history of the Pengeo Empire is too long. It is also the only empire on the planet that has existed for at least two thousand years!

The ruling core of the Pengeo Empire was established under the Mountain of the Gods. The entire city looks very beautiful, and everyone who comes here will be left with a very deep impression.

This city...how to say?

It's like an enlarged version of the city, with huge houses, huge pillars, and huge bricks. It seems that the people who lived here before were not the current humans, but a kind of giant, at least four or five meters tall, or even taller. giant.

Some people also think that this is an architectural style and tradition. Although there are some patterns in some manuscripts and books that existed in the past, recording that the people who lived here at that time were not "little humans", this cannot prove anything.

At the heart of his rule, the emperor of Pengeo sat on his chair with an exaggeratedly high back, which was at least seven or eight meters high!

The texture of pure gold, supplemented by red velvet and soft filling, makes it look particularly noble and extraordinary.

The emperor of Pengeo rested his right elbow on the armrest, propped his chin, and looked at the many ministers.

Hundreds of years ago, the monarchy here evolved into a system similar to a constitutional monarchy, in which the great elders, ministers, and the monarch jointly decide the future of the country.

The great elders do not represent religion, but ordinary people, which can also be said to be parliamentarians.

Elders are elected by the council of each city, and then the great elders are elected by these elders. They all come from the common people and are not allowed to have noble blood and background. They can only be pure people.

This also ensures that the people of the Pengeo Empire have a sense of belonging and support for the country. Every policy promoted is what the people want.

At least that's what it sounds like.

The ministers represented the nobility, while the monarch was the emperor and represented the royal family.

In fact, before the outbreak of World War I, no one would have thought that countries on both sides of the planet would trigger a war that would affect the world!

Just because the Gefra people failed in their attempt to commandeer Penteo's port, it was never a big deal in the first place.

If this had happened in the Union, there would have been no World War I.

But as it happened between two tough empires, it was destined not to end so simply.

"What are we going to do now?" the emperor asked, looking a little lazy.

He is completely different from the emperor of Gefra. If the emperor of Gefra is more like a tyrant who wants to take everything into his own hands, then the emperor of Pengeo is like... a man who has not woken up. Ordinary people.

If it weren't for the crown with a golden olive branch on his head, and if it weren't for the brilliant halo of gems on each olive leaf, he might just be an ordinary person!

He looked at the great elders sitting on the right. The proposal to increase tariffs was promoted by these elders, or in other words, by the capitalists and ordinary people in this country.

Various goods exported from the other side of the world are cheap, exquisite and easy to use, which has had a terrible impact on local business.

So with the push of various parliaments, ministers and the emperor finally recognized the ideas from the people and increased these tariffs.

Unexpectedly, the reaction of the federal people was so rapid and strong, and some more important materials were immediately included in the embargo list.

His Majesty the Emperor has sent an envoy to negotiate with the federal government, but the other party firmly refused, which also made the Pengeo Empire very dissatisfied with this.

The great elder sitting at the head bowed slightly to show respect for the royal family and the emperor, "They cut off our supply, we can also cut off theirs..."

His Majesty the Emperor interrupted him, "What then?"

The Great Elder was a little surprised and didn't seem to understand. His Majesty the Emperor changed his side and supported his chin, "What next?"

"They continue to adjust their trade relations with us, and in the end we break off diplomatic relations, and then what happens next?"

"I heard that there are some things that are missing, and we are not yet able to produce these things ourselves..." His Majesty the Emperor looked at the minister in charge of industry.

The latter nodded. It was a fact known to the whole world that the Federation people were technologically advanced. There was no problem in admitting this.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the Great Elder again, "Then what happens next?"

The Great Elder understood what His Majesty the Emperor meant, and according to their wishes, they have now made some restrictions on the situation on the federal side.

But this little brother, who had always remained neutral during the war, suddenly became tough and refused to give the empire face.

led to the current situation.

The great elder was silent for a while and then said, "We will try our best to solve this problem. History teaches us that it is better to have what others have than what we have."

What he said represents the entire middle and lower classes of society and the capitalists. Pengeo's social system is very strange.

After today's meeting, the entire country's R&D forces and capitalists will take action, and they will use various methods to bring back what they need.

His Majesty the Emperor nodded with satisfaction, "This is best. I don't want anything to block the glory of our ancestors from shining in the world."

"But since the federal people are so provocative to us, we can't do nothing. Maybe we can...", he smiled, "create some tension in local areas."

"They are very concerned about the safety of Nagaril. We can try to get closer to that side from the east road and put some pressure on them."

He looked at the Imperial Marshal on his left, "Can our current strength support us in a small friction?"

The Imperial Marshal stood up and patted his chest, "There is no problem at all, Your Majesty, I will make the federal people pay the price for looking down on us!"

His Majesty the Emperor still looked lazy and lacked energy. He raised his hand and pressed softly, "Okay, okay, sit down. When you stand up, I feel a lot of pressure. I always feel that you will come up to me." One sword..."

The Imperial Marshal sat back in embarrassment. He would definitely not do that. Whoever did that would be dead.

There is a reason why an empire has been passed down for thousands of years.

The royal family seems to be very close to ordinary people. They often leave the palace and mingle with ordinary people. Some members of the royal family even live outside the palace.

But when it comes to safety, they have never relaxed.

Everyone who crossed the "red line" died, never an exception.

His Majesty the Emperor took a deep breath, clapped his hands, and stood up with a smile on his face, as if he was saying "Long live the end of get off work."

"Then I leave everything to you. I hope you can give me some good news..."