18th century total war

Chapter 2 The Great Revolution

Levi had to admit that there was nothing wrong with what Joseph said in the current environment.

Li Wei's investment in the first-line infantry regiment he created was completely carried out in accordance with the standards of the current professional standing army directly under the royal family of the King of France.

In the Kingdom of France, where there is no war now, there are only tens of thousands of professional standing troops that are not engaged in production!

Of course, this is not the total army of the Kingdom of France. Each province, city, and region of the Kingdom of France has its own city guards and security forces. Counting those with guns, there are still tens of millions of people.

However, troops of this nature are completely different from the professional standing army, they are typical office workers, and even the public security forces and city guards in many areas are even 'part-time' office workers!

Unlike the first-line infantry regiment created by Li Wei, all expenses are supported by the fiefdom of the Charles family.

This is not war time, and the proportion of expenditures in other areas is still very large. Everything cannot be transferred to the military. It is obvious that Joseph is using this matter to bully Levi and make him give up the pursuit of his corruption.

Li Wei, who had been in contact with Joseph for half a year, also knew that if he really broke his face with Joseph, he would be reprimanded by the earl's father in Paris, and even recalled to Paris with a document!
Joseph had served the Charles family for decades, and embezzling a little money would not make Levi's father ruthless.

Among the bureaucrats and nobles in the Kingdom of France, which one is not greedy for money?

Those monks even used the guise of God to take all classes of the Kingdom of France!

You must know that among the three strict hierarchical systems in the Kingdom of France, church monks are the first class standing above the nobility, and are equivalent to King Louis XVI!

"In recent years, there has been a severe drought throughout France, and the people are in dire straits. I created the First Line Infantry Regiment to protect the property of the Charles family.

If those civilians are about to starve to death, they can easily become mobs. I don't like the people in the security station. "

Joseph frowned slightly. If other people dared to say bad things about the 'big men' in the security station, Joseph would have many ways to unite with the people in the security station to destroy his family. But when Levi said this, Joseph really couldn't refute it.

After all, the police were oppressing... He was a good hand at intimidating the common people. If he were to be dragged to the battlefield, even Joseph wouldn't have much confidence.

In peacetime, the security station and a very small number of castle guards are considered to be the entire force of the Charles family's territory.

Due to the poor living environment of the castle, the castle of the Charles family has been abandoned for many years now, and the castle guard has degenerated into a security guard. So thorough!
Thinking about it this way, it seems that there really are no troops capable of fighting in the territory of the Charles family...

"Master, almost all the sword-carrying nobles in the Kingdom of France are in this situation. Even those high-ranking dukes have not worked as hard as the master to reorganize the army."

The sword nobles that Joseph mentioned are the traditional feudal nobles of the Kingdom of France. They are powerful nobles with a large number of fiefdoms. Because they have the honor of swords when they enter the palace to meet the king, they are honored as sword nobles.

Correspondingly, the nobles in robes generally refer to those court nobles who have no fiefdoms and are supported by King Louis XVI.

Because this kind of nobleman has no fiefdom, he is more dependent on King Louis XVI, and often serves as senior government officials at various levels.

Of course, the influence of nobles wearing robes and nobles with swords in the Kingdom of France is incomparable. Without the support of the king, nobles wearing robes are nothing.

Levi naturally understood what Joseph was talking about. In the past six months, he had not only relied on the total war system to train a line infantry regiment, but also continued to read and absorb the basic common sense of the Kingdom of France and neighboring countries.

However, the Duke of the Kingdom of France did not expand the army because he was worried about the taboos of the French royal family, not because of lack of money!
The expansion of the army of nobles of that level will be submitted by the inspector to the King Louis XVI's case in minutes. On the contrary, Li Wei, a feudal noble with poor financial resources, can train a thousand or eight hundred regular troops. something will happen.

'Anyway, my reputation is already rotten now. I have a total war system, and my reputation among the people is of no use to me.

If the tax increases force out the civil uprising, maybe I can still lead troops to suppress the rebellion and get the glory value in the total war system! '

After thinking for a while, Li Wei said, "It's okay to increase the tax, but I have to personally check all the income and expenditure books for this quarter."

"That's natural."

With an elegant smile on his face, Joseph bowed slightly to Levi who was sitting.

Fake accounts is his specialty!

After Joseph left, Levi leaned back in his seat and summoned the Total War system in his mind.

【Name: Levi Charles

Building Points: 0
Glory value: 0
Already own system function building: Charles town training camp
The training unit template has been opened: Basic Line Infantry
Already have a fully trained army: the first line infantry regiment (1000 people in the first phase of the Charles town training camp)
Task: Capture Rennes, the capital city of Brittany, rewards are random.

Evaluation: A weak land snake, without aristocratic status, can at most be the leader of a gang of thugs. 】

"This systematic review is still unsatisfactory as always.

It seems that this glory value can really only be obtained through fighting. In the past six months, my attempts have not been successful. Obtaining building points should be more difficult than glory value.

However, I don’t need building points for the time being. The Charles Town Training Camp that comes with the newcomer gift package presented by the total war system is enough for me to build a team.

It's a pity that there is only a little glory in the newcomer gift package, which can only activate the brainwashing effect of the training camp for a month.

One month is just the lowest training period for the basic arms in the training camp.

Fortunately, the brainwashing effect was unexpectedly good. Those soldiers looked at me as if they were looking at God, haha. "

In the next few days, Li Wei handled simple official duties as usual, not to bring down Joseph. The Charles family's territory was full of Joseph's henchmen. If Li Wei did not have his identity there, he would not be able to intervene in the affairs of the Charles family's territory.

Coupled with the support of Li Wei's father behind Joseph, it can be said that he is invincible.

Therefore, Li Wei handles government affairs only to train himself. After all, he was just an ordinary person who has not graduated from a third-rate university before time travel, and he did not major in management!
Since time travel has brought a total war system, Levi is naturally not willing to continue to be a salted fish. Even if he really wants to be a salted fish, he still has to fight for a safe and high position, and wait until no one threatens his life before lying down and doing it. Salted fish...

In addition to handling daily government affairs and enjoying the personal service of 14-year-old Anne every night, Levi also occasionally led troops to patrol the Charles family's territory to observe the public sentiment.

After a few laps in the Charles family's territory, Li Wei felt that the opportunity to earn honor points might be approaching.

The residents in the cities and towns are fine, but the way the farmers in the countryside look at them, even Li Wei, a rookie with little social experience, can feel the naked malice and hatred!
A young man with a strong body and a height of 1.8 meters, looked at Li Wei who was patrolling and left the village, and forcibly suppressed his inner desire to kill.

He is Henry, an ordinary lumberjack who extremely hates the nobility because of his childhood experiences!

Today's inspection made Levi feel a little uneasy, because when he was handling official duties in the morning, he received an urgent report from Paris.

The Paris Revolution broke out!

The political prison Bastille and the Paris city government, which symbolize the authority of the three major French hierarchies, have all fallen, and a mob has surrounded the Palace of Versailles, the palace of King Louis XVI!

clang~~ clang~~
"Alarm bells?"

Li Wei turned his head suspiciously to the village he had just left. It was the nearest village to Charles Town, and it was also the most populous village within a hundred miles.

After Li Wei stopped, all the surrounding officers and soldiers stopped in unison and looked at Li Wei.

The eyes are full of enthusiasm!
At the same time, Henry and several of his companions were ringing the alarm bell in the village to gather everyone. The original tax collector and sheriff in the village were knocked down by Henry and the others and bound to the ground like pigs and dogs.

The village chief, the elder in the village, did not receive this treatment because he was with Henry's group.

After most of the people in the village gathered, Henry shouted loudly to the crowd: "The great revolution has broken out in Paris, we should not continue to be exploited and oppressed by the nobles, freedom, equality and fraternity are what we French people pursue!
Let us unite, break down the castles of the decadent nobles, and take away the land deeds and loan contracts that oppress and enslave us. From now on, we will be free people!

For freedom, equality, and fraternity, overthrow the nobles! "

"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!
Destroy the contract! "

The eyes of many insensitive farmers suddenly brightened when they heard that their loans and land contracts were to be destroyed.

In today's Kingdom of France, nobles and monks are not only the biggest landowners, but also the biggest creditors!

Most ordinary farmers owed usurious loans to nobles or monks.

After all, natural disasters and man-made disasters can easily lead to food shortages. In order to survive, farmers who have no surplus food can only borrow money from their landlords, that is, nobles or church monks.

If things go on like this, the debts will be passed down from father to son and passed down from generation to generation. Even if these farmers work hard for eighteen generations, they will never get rid of their debts!

This has turned many farmers into laborers like walking dead, working really just to survive.

However, now that the Great Revolution broke out in Paris, they can openly seize and destroy their own debt contracts from the nobles, and even cancel their own contract relationships, regain those title deeds, and own their own land!
Suddenly, these farmers shouted loudly!

(End of this chapter)