Chapter 152 Election Ends and Preparing for War

  So-called democratic systems, when they are first established, are very "chaotic" and even if the system is complete, as long as one studies it carefully, one can find loopholes to manipulate it behind the scenes. Therefore, Mo Yan's proposed federal system was doomed to be distorted from the start.

  The current federal election of the New Elenia Federation can be said to be the most concerned thing in the entire Elenia, and all Sart people are staring at the result of the general election. Any elected person produced by this election will have a five-year term of office. Although this term is even two years shorter than that of the city owner, he will become the commander-in-chief of all armies and the controller of the federation.

  There were five candidates in the election, except for three council members elected by the urban population, it was Kabinda's city lord Sula and Thunderhorn's Minotaur. In the early stage of the general election, except for Sula, everyone else did their best to promote themselves, making solemn vows on the podium one after another, promising what they would do once they took office, but most of them were unrealistic things.

  The Minotaur of Thunderhead, although also propaganda, uses a different approach. He lists all the achievements he has made in establishing Thunderhead and prints them into small booklets for distribution everywhere. The establishment of high-quality factories, the proposal of social welfare systems, the invention and production of various new gadgets, these are all tangible things that can be seen and touched, which is much stronger than those members' empty talk.

  However, Mo Yan's propaganda was just for show, because from the very beginning he had planned to cheat. The publicity was only to make his victory look more real. Although the supervisors of voting in various cities were all assembled from other cities, but among these people, without exception, they were all 'mixed' with Mo Yan's men, who would manipulate the final result during the counting after the voting ended, making it biased towards Mo Yan.

  The current New Ealan Federation can be said to be very small, consisting of only four small cities and three villages. The truly prosperous one is only Thunder Cliff. Therefore, the population of the new Ealan Federation is not many, and the results of the national vote came out soon. The bull-headed people of Thunder Cliff won with an absolute advantage.

  Although most people were surprised by this result, they thought it was reasonable after careful consideration. After all, the achievements made by the Minotaur are there. Even if one didn't vote for him because he's a demon, perhaps others didn't think that way.

  This is also why, under a certain level of technological development, the fewer people who participate in democracy, the better. Everyone thinks it's someone else's vote, but in fact, the voting result is being 'controlled'. As long as the elected person doesn't have too bad a reputation, no one will stand up to question it.

  Soon in the newly built parliament hall of Thunder Cliff, the Minotaur who had just sworn to become the interim president half a year ago was sworn in as the formal president with the annotations of all federal congressmen. Most congressmen did not feel surprised at this result. Because they all knew that many of the congressmen here had already been bought by the Minotaur.

  But Sora, who ranked second in the vote count, spoke to Minotaur alone when leaving Thunder Bluff: "Your election is within my expectation, but I won't say it out. Because from your performance all along, I know you will bring prosperity to the Federation."

  "The knowledge and power you possess are beyond my reach, and the federal model you proposed is really great. If possible... please make this system truly realized when you die, don't let it be just a painted 'flower'."

  Mo Yan thought he had been very careful, but unexpectedly Su La still saw through it. However, Mo Yan also agreed with Su La's idea at that time. The reason why he established the city in the first place was to make his own life better, and he didn't have any special 'desire' for power.

  Before knowing that he had to confront the gods, Mo Yan established the New Eland Federation simply because of the lack of coordination between cities, which led to the poor circulation of various materials in Thunder Ridge. It can be said that if it weren't for the need to confront the entire world, Mo Yan didn't have a strong opinion on who should be president.

  After all, Thunder Bluff is equivalent to saying that it is his "private" property, and all the industries that make money are in his hands. As long as he wants to, he can influence the entire federation at any time. Those who don't have much money for publicity but still want to be re-elected need to see his face and act accordingly. Whether or not they need the president's reputation doesn't actually make a big difference.

  After resolving the president's matter, it's time to consider how to declare war on Marlo. The geographical location of New Eran Federation is closest to Carthage and Marlo. Now that Carthage is constantly retreating, trade with Thunder Cliff can be said to be increasingly unimpeded.

  Malakai is slowly cutting off the connection between Carthage and Elan, now only one trade route remains, which is always worried about the harassment of Malakai's scouts. Although Thunder Cliff also has trade with Malakai, they are all some private self-conducted ones, and there is no official protocol with Malakai, not even a verbal agreement. Even if there was no last time Shadow invasion of District 51, Mo Yan had no good feelings towards this increasingly powerful Malakai.

  The rebellion in Parliament City was caused by them, and their goal is also clearly aimed at Thunder Hill. If it weren't for the Sault people's abnormal aversion to imperialism, it might have been a unilateral battle between Thunder Hill and Parliament City, and it could only be passive defense and not active attack. Otherwise, the entire Eran would join the battlefield.

  Now the regent princess of Carthage is spending money to ask the New Erlen Federation for war, which can be said to be a good thing. After all, even if the princess did not propose such a thing, Mo Yan would have to consider how to maintain trade with Carthage. The white wine and other products produced by Leiting Cliff are selling very well in Carthage.

  After signing a confidential contract with the Pasha representing Carthage, Mo Yan began to prepare for the expedition. Due to the inability of demons to go to war, only the legion composed of Sart and Dwarf can be mobilized this time. Because at the beginning, the New Elan Federation passed the bill on the mandatory military service of the Sart people.

  And gathered nearly a thousand warriors, the commander of this army was elected by Mo Yan from several city's nominees, and led by a barely acceptable person. This middle-aged man named Lukasi is a well-known warrior in Robito, who studied at the Academy of Arica for a period of time when he was young, and his relationship with Aruba is also good.

  The Sault army of the New Elan Federation is different from all other Sault warriors in Elan. Those people are more like a mob than soldiers. Even the most elite troops in Parliament City only have unified armor, and when they fought against the monster legion at Robito and Thunder Cliff, their formation looked loose and disorganized.

  This thousand-man army, as Mo Yan had required, after several months of training, has taken on some semblance. Whether it's obeying orders or understanding specific military terminology, they're all clear about it. The uniform armor and attire make them look very 'sharp' and majestic, the tall and stately Sart people forming neat rows, silently exuding an aura of momentum.

  Of course, it was impossible to pull out all the thousand-strong army, even if Mo Yan had such an idea, others would not agree. Mo Yan will 'extract' 500 people from them and form a joint legion with another 400 dwarves from Lei Fengya, they will be the first batch of people to go to war since the establishment of New Eran Federation.

  For a legion of only 900 people, among whom there were 400 short and grey dwarves, Pasha seemed to be extremely disappointed. In her view, these 900 people had almost no great use, even if the ability of the Salt people was strong, but their number was really too small.

  Regent Princess Altoria had an idea about the Thundercliff monsters. In her view, if two or three thousand of Thundercliff's well-equipped monsters could attack Marlo from behind, it would cause them considerable harm. However, if there were only nine hundred warriors, and only five hundred of them were Salterians, then it wouldn't be effective at all.

  As long as it's a city with a shield, it can block their way. The Sault people of Eran don't have the craftsmanship and technology to make rune stones. Those strange weapons that use black fire 'medicine' won't work on the city's magical shield. However, in response to Pasha's request for the demon army to go to war, Mo Yan just told her that these 900 people are enough.

  Mo Yan would never fight a battle without confidence, and since he had decided to go to war with the Ma Luo people, he would bring out his best state. These 900 people may be small in number, but their equipment is the most "fine". Most of them are equipped with high-quality steel weapons and armor, and there are also 100 warriors using enchanted weapons.

  For this campaign, the Zeppelin No. 1 produced as a human-faced bird platform will provide stable supplies and personnel replenishment for this legion in this battle. The 400-strong Grey Dwarf has 20 rear-mounted cannons with huge firepower output, except for the two 'shooters' equipped with flintlock guns. This 900-man legion can be said to be the most powerful weapon user of Thunder Cliff.

  Mo Yan can bluntly say that these 900 people, as long as the tactics are correct and the commander doesn't make too many mistakes, defeating a cavalry of one or two million is completely effortless. And for the city's shield... heh heh... Lei Ting Cliff's black technology still has a lot to offer...

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