The strongest prince in the fairy tale world

Chapter 151 Declaring War
Juliet's illness was cured, and both Robert and Izzy felt more relaxed than ever.

However, since the last rejection of the Norman Empire's deployment of troops, the Duke of Eaton has been under increasing diplomatic pressure.

The Norman Empire kept urging Robert to quickly transfer the permanent troops and military expenses to them. If he dared to violate this transfer order again, he would be punished with treason.

This matter is also the biggest headache for Robert now. He originally joined forces with the Duke of Eaton and Ice and Snow Country to declare independence together, but now that the original king of the Duke of Eaton has passed away, the new king does not agree to cooperate with them at all.

If the Duke of Eaton voluntarily gives way to the army of the Norman Empire, then the Duke of Cabel will face the battle head-on, which will definitely be a disaster for the common people on the border.

Robert did not want the people under his rule to experience war again, so he has always adopted a policy of delay.

Now the Norman Empire has issued an ultimatum. If the permanent army is not mobilized after a week, they will start a war.

Of course, Ize also knew about this. He thought that he and Jasmine were going to get married soon, and Catherine would not take the initiative to start a war.

In fact, Catherine's pressure comes from ministers, she naturally does not want Jasmine to hate her, but if she is too partial, it will be difficult to convince the public.

Almost all the ministers knew that her daughter Jasmine was about to become the wife of Prince Cabel.

This kind of political marriage could easily hurt the interests of the Norman Empire, which aroused the dissatisfaction of many ministers.

Catherine has just taken office not long ago, and the military power has not yet been completely in her own hands, so she can't do many things as she wants.

So she followed the minister's wishes and continued to put pressure on the Principality of Cabel. If Robert couldn't bear the pressure, he would naturally compromise.

If the Principality of Cabel is really forced to become independent, then Catherine will have to send troops to attack, but she will not kill Izzy and his relatives, so Jasmine will not completely hate her.

Matters between great powers are not based on private interests.

The most important thing for Catherine now is to let her own people control all the military power, so that she can secure the throne.

Knowing that this matter is full of uncertainties, Eze said:
"Father, I think we have to increase the number of border troops."

Robert nodded: "Well, if we don't compromise this time, the Norman Empire will definitely not let us go."

"The road to independence cannot go smoothly, father, you don't have to worry too much, the army of the Norman Empire is not invincible."

"It's not that I'm afraid of war, but those civilians. Once there is a war, I'm afraid their life will be even more difficult." Robert said, and then looked at Izer:

"Yize, why don't you suspend the plan of recruiting talents first, we have too much money to spend, I asked the Minister of Finance to calculate your plan, the expenditure is not a small sum."

Yize smiled faintly: "Father, the money for this research and development cannot be saved. If we want to improve the strength of our Principality of Cabel, developing industrial technology is the best way at present.

Take the man named Nobel whom we have been supporting before. The thing he developed is explosives. Now his explosives can be stabilized in a container, and I believe it will soon be made into a destructive weapon and put on the battlefield. "

It is difficult for people in this era to take a long-term view, but Ize doesn't know it. He knows the history of the industrial revolution. If the Principality of Cabel can take the lead in completing the first industrial revolution, then even the Norman Empire cannot be their opponent.

After all, Britain took the lead in completing the industrial revolution on earth, and it ended up dominating the world for three centuries.

So Ize knows that it is trivial to spend a lot of money to recruit talents in the early stage. Once the industry can be developed and barriers created, then the cruiser fleet, guns and artillery fire will be the confidence of the Principality of Cabel, and it will be able to move sideways around the world.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to spend more money to recruit talents now. Yi Ze has a far-sighted vision than the leaders of all countries in the world.

Izzy and Robert discussed and decided that if the Norman Empire really came to attack a week later, they would immediately declare independence. At that time, the Norman Empire would need to be famous.

After all, if there is no reason to attack an independent country, the lack of justice will also cause the country to lose face.

At the same time, the number of soldiers on the border with the Principality of Eaton was immediately increased in case the Norman Empire decided to invade regardless of public opinion.

Ize returned to his castle and began to sort out the resume letters sent from all over the world.

The talent recruitment order he advertised through the Bowen Academy obviously attracted many geniuses who wanted to do research but suffered from lack of financial support.

In his resume letter, Ize discovered Faraday, the father of electricity, Fulton, the originator of steamboats, Edison, the king of invention... There are many other names that Ize has never heard of, but the direction of their research and development is very in line with Ize's expectations .

It turns out that in the timeline of this world, there are so many great people at the same time. This is the first industrial revolution and the second industrial revolution.
Yize immediately screened those outstanding research talents in the fields of industrial development, agricultural development, medicine, transportation, etc., and asked them to write back to them immediately, inviting them to come to the Duchy of Cabel for interviews.

The conditions offered by Ize were far better than those of the monarchs of any other country, which made those geniuses feel respected, so everyone actively sent their resumes.

Even if they go to a foreign country to conduct research, they only care about what they have researched to produce results. Nationality is not as good as science.

Whoever gives them respect and supports their research, they will go there.

Robert looked at the huge amount of money that was about to be spent on recruiting talents. Although it was very painful, seeing his son's confidence, he still gritted his teeth and supported it.

A week later...

In the court of the Norman Empire, all the ministers were furious. They still had not received the troop deployment and military expenses from the Duchy of Cabel.

"Your Majesty, the Principality of Cabel is completely contemptuous of us. This time, we must give them a little bit of strength."

"That's right, Your Majesty, we can't always let the Principality of Cabel be dragged like this. If the Principality of Eaton follows suit, we won't have any dependent states!"

"Now a small principality dares to ride on the head of our Norman Empire. Your Majesty, I suggest you send troops to crusade immediately!"

"Your Majesty, you must not delay this time!"

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Seeing the righteous indignation of the ministers and wanting to avoid the suspicion of her son-in-law, Catherine had no choice but to announce an attack.

The number of troops sent for the first time was 15 infantry and [-] cavalry.

This number has exceeded the standing army of the Principality of Cabel.

(End of this chapter)