Chapter 885

The night is deep, and most of the capital has already settled into the night safely.

Although lamps are not luxury goods, for most citizens in the capital, if it is not for working under the lamp, burning oil and lighting lamps for no reason is undoubtedly a quite shameful waste.

Only the rich people living in the upper city, and places like Red Cedar Avenue and Lowther Arcade, will keep the lamps on all night regardless of consumption for a little light.

And among the several "lighted areas" in the capital, the place with the most lamps is naturally the Wang Gong, which is the core of the capital.

However, after the Wang Gong quietly changed its owner, most of the lamps that were always on in the past were ordered to be turned off by the new owner. In the bedroom in the second half of the Wang Gong, there was only one window still lit.

Phew... finally almost finished.

After finishing the work on the desk, as the first night owl in the capital, the Princess stretched like a cat, moved her sore muscles and bones, but did not turn off the lights and go to sleep as usual, but took out a wrinkled notebook from the shelf behind her and flipped through it quietly in front of the desk.

The handwriting on the notebook looked a bit crooked, but rather than saying the characters were ugly, it was more like they were drawn with feet when slipping on ice. The font, which was fat and round because even straight lines were not written steadily, was full of innocence unique to children.

However, although the font looked a bit innocent, the content on the notebook was far from innocent, but rather quite fierce.

"The first step of the plan is to overthrow the royal family and completely unify the Kingdom!"

Looking at the royal emblem that was forcefully marked with a red cross on William's old homework book, Princess Veronica's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Unlike the dog-crawling handwriting next to it, the royal emblem marked with "Target" on the homework book was drawn quite decently. It looked like the homework paper was covered on the pattern, and it was drawn stroke by stroke along the pattern transmitted from the paper.

And below the royal emblem with a cross, there is a simplified map of the general geographical situation around the Kingdom, which is also drawn on the map.

"Then at all costs, make friends with the nobles here, and find a way to take this place!"

On the simplified map, the location of the Ruhr area of the Black Forest Kingdom was heavily circled with a pen, and then a black, small pattern that could not be seen clearly was drawn next to it.

Hmm... blind guess should be a piece of coal.

After recalling the intelligence of the Ruhr area, the Princess pulled a piece of discarded document from the table, turned it over and wrote "Ruhr Area - Coal" on the back.

I remember that the Ruhr area is the largest coal-producing area in the Black Forest Kingdom. This should be a mineral mark, but the word coal seems to be taught in the third grade of public school. The child probably won't write this word yet, so he drew a black piece of coal to refer to it.

"After taking down the 'black, warm after burning, and a bit hard to bite' thing, pick the coldest winter, and dig all the roads north of the Black Forest Kingdom and Laien County!"

On this simplified map, all seven main roads that can go north have been crossed out, only one in Laien County remains the same, and next to this only remaining main road, two crossed...

Toothpicks with handles? Long daggers? Or two long swords? Should represent the meaning of fighting, right?

After subconsciously drawing a question mark on the waste document paper, the Princess tried hard to identify the crooked annotations on the homework book.

"The Northern Kingdom is very cold in winter and needs to burn things to keep warm. The port by the sea will also make ice cream for several months, so as long as the roads are dug, they can only burn what they saved before."

Make ice cream for several months... probably means freezing for several months. It seems that he hasn't learned how to spell this word either.

After translating William's homework and copying it on the back of the waste document, the Princess supplemented several methods that might be effective against the Northern Kingdom with reference to her understanding of the Aixitu Kingdom, and then stared at this old homework and began to be in a trance.

The things this child wrote, although seemingly revealing a childishness of playfulness, the thinking behind it was astonishingly broad.

As the country of ice fields at the northernmost part of the world, the Northern Kingdom Aixitu almost goes south every few years to harass its several neighbors, but only dares not touch the Black Forest Principality, because the Black Forest Principality holds their lifeline.

And for herself and the Kingdom, rather than spending a lot of thought on building defensive fortifications, stationing troops on the border all year round, and passively waiting for the invasion of the Aixitu Kingdom, it is better to strive for the initiative in turn, choose a timing favorable to one's own side, and forcibly force the Aixitu Kingdom to go south in advance.

Although war is the worst choice, if one only blindly resists war, it will inevitably lead to greater tragedy.

Rather than continuing to invest in the military department, letting defensive fortifications and military expenditures drag down the Kingdom's finances, it is better to take the initiative to fight a battle at the right time, so that the Northern Kingdom understands that its somewhat weak neighbor also has the ability to fight to the death with it.

After picking up the pen and listing the military comparison between the two countries on the back of the waste document paper, a look of determination appeared on Princess Veronica's face.

Can fight!

Even if there is still a significant gap in military strength between the two countries now, unlike those defensive battles in the past, her side, which has mastered the initiative of the war, is fighting an ambush battle with open cards, almost no possibility of losing, and the intensity of the war is also easy to control.

In the case of digging off the main road in advance, only two or three legions can block the route of the Aixitu Kingdom going south, plus the other side's hasty dispatch, and the difficulty of winter logistics supply.

At that time, there is no need to fight a big battle. Just a month or so of confrontation, and a few small-scale collisions with controllable situations, are enough to make the Aixitu Kingdom retreat in the face of difficulties and take the initiative to choose negotiations.

At that time, her side can promise to open up coal transportation, but require the Aixitu Kingdom to return the pass taken away six years ago, and once that pass can be exchanged back, only one-sixth or even lower permanent troops are enough to completely block the road for these robbers to go south!

At that time, after there is no border defense pressure, a large number of old troops who have no combat effectiveness can be disbanded, the financial budget can be prioritized to education and public expenditure, and then a large number of people who have received certain education can be quickly cultivated in eight to fifteen years.

After this generation grows up and becomes the seed of ignition, bringing more people, she will have the ability to shine the knife, completely gouge out the rotten meat on the Kingdom, and let this country, which is already old, rejuvenate again!