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第1519章:米底亚的魂刃者(Ⅱ)

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最初,麦耶尔只是想从远东边疆区的棉花种植园里搜刮一些油水,后来听说有一位赫德男爵非常富有,就亲自登门拜访,向那位高贵的先生虚心请教发财诀窍。最新地址ltxsba.info

赫德男爵一开始对这位不速之客很冷淡,不过在被打掉两颗门牙之后就变得热情起来,带着麦耶尔王子参观他的秘密金矿,还提出一个对双方都很有好处的建议:赫德男爵分给麦耶尔金矿一半股权,麦耶尔则保证他的安全,并且授意由罗森塔尔家族操纵的沙匪“四大寇”潜入远东境内,扫荡周边村社和农场,掠夺精壮劳力送进矿山,为开拓他们共同的事业补充紧缺的矿工。

麦耶尔接受了这一方案,八年来双方合作愉快。麦耶尔从望月山金矿源源不断的获得了财富,这些财富一部分被他用来招募族中勇士,加强私人武装,一部分进献到迦南王宫,使他愈发得到姐姐和姐夫的器重,在米底亚的权势如日中天。

麦耶尔最近正在琢磨赫德的爵位,连这种奸商都能弄个男爵头衔,他麦耶尔却只是个烂大街的沙漠王子,实在不够体面,如果能拿出五万磅黄金,请姐姐在侯爵大人跟前吹吹枕头风,伯爵不敢想,封自己一个“米底亚子爵”应该不成问题吧?

现在这笔钱还没有着落,赫德就狼狈的跑来,告诉他金山被人抢了,麦耶尔岂能坐视不管?

“不管是谁抢了咱们的生意,老朋友,我不管他是谁,”麦耶尔终于拿定主意,转过身来认真的对赫德说,“我要告诉你的是——那个人他有大麻烦了!”

赫德男爵身躯一颤,抬起头,不敢置信的望着麦耶尔:“您的意思是……出兵帮我从叛党手中夺回望月城?”

“不排除这种可能。”麦耶尔淡淡地说。

这时身旁传来重重的一声咳嗽,曼弗雷德将军向麦耶尔靠近一步,脸色严峻地说:“总督阁下,请慎重行事。”

“曼弗雷德,你知道赫德是我的老朋友,也是我的商业伙伴,现在他的财产被人强占,其中也包括我们两个人共同享有的望月山金矿,无论是出于自身利益还是帮朋友出口气,我都应该出面主持公道,这有什么问题吗?”麦耶尔沉下脸色反问。

“总督阁下,南疆是寇拉斯王国的领土,寇拉斯政府收回望月城是在行使国家主权,我们迦南人无权干涉,的确,赫德先生在这场变故中失去了地位和财产,连带总督阁下您也蒙受了一些损失,但是与两国结盟的大局相比这都是小事,您可以通过外交渠道与寇拉斯当局交涉,尝试挽回一些损失,无论如何也不该因此兴兵动武,否则必将导致远东与我们迦南的关系恶化,后果不堪设想!”曼弗雷德正色警告。

麦耶尔没有做声,目光闪烁不定,显示出内心的犹豫。

“曼弗雷德将军,你这套说辞听起来有些耳熟,似乎出自歌罗法殿下在内阁外交事务会议上所做的一篇报告。”斯蒂格嗓音低哑,笑容里带着一丝嘲弄的意味。

“歌罗法殿下的确说过这样的话,我完全认同他的看法。”曼弗雷德坦率地回答,“我们迦南想崛起为顶级强国,必须对外扩张殖民地,但是受限于恶劣的地缘环境,我们在阿特拉斯大陆上可供扩张的余地不大,西方远东地区原本是帝国的行省,现在又独立建国,我们如果入侵远东,其实等于帮了帝国的大忙,自己未必能够占到什么便宜,只有与寇拉斯王国维持良好的关系,以之作为我国与帝国之间的缓冲带,我们才能不受帝国干涉专心向南方扩张,将那些埋藏着魔晶矿石的战略要地纳入国境,进而跨越暴风洋在新大陆的格拉贝伦地区建立殖民地,而要在格拉贝伦谋取利益,难免会与帝国在当地的殖民势力发生冲突,这也是我们不得不扶植远东的一个因素——只要寇拉斯王室屹立不倒,就可以替我们吸引亚珊帝国的火力,帝国大军在跨过寇拉斯王国的尸体之前无法对我国构成实质上的军事威胁。”

“曼弗雷德将军,我不得不指出你犯了一个严重的错误。”斯蒂格打断曼弗雷德的陈述,嗓音由低哑转为尖厉,“作为两大强国缓冲带的国家自身不能具有成长为一个强国的潜力,否则就有可能利用两强相争的机遇左右逢源壮大自身,最终演变成三国鼎立的局面!远东疆域辽阔,资源丰富,人口也不少,完全具备成为强国的潜质,从寇拉斯政府建立迄今推行的种种政策来看,这个新生的国家正走在迅速崛起的道路上,我们现在对远东的外交政策形同养虎为患,如果不尽快转变思路,对其进行有效的打压,迟早有一天会反受其害!”

“扶植强邻,迟早反受其害……”麦耶尔低声念叨斯蒂格的论断,微微点头,“这听起来似乎有些道理,不过寇拉斯王国还很弱小,你现在就把这个新生的国家视为强邻,会不会太过虑了?”

斯蒂格正色摇头:“总督阁下,沙漠中天气陡变的时候,树梢轻微摇晃往往预示着一场即将到来的暴风,而当风沙真的席卷过来,被撼动的就不仅仅是树梢,整棵大树都有可能被连根拔起,到那时再后悔没有提前做好防备就来不及了!”

麦耶尔脸色微变,沉声问:“那么你觉得应该如何防备这场来自远东的风暴?”

“其实很简单,我们要做的就是放弃拉拢寇拉斯王室,正确的外交策略应该是‘远交近攻’,与帝国联手瓜分远东,将寇拉斯堡以西的疆域归还亚珊帝国,我军则沿维列斯江南岸布防,在大瀑布城建立要塞,牢牢控制住维列斯江下游丰沃的稻谷种植区,将之打造为我们的粮仓,这样一来迦南人就再也不用为粮食短缺而犯愁,确保粮食供应才养得起更多军队,才有进一步向大漠深处乃至海外进军殖民的可能。”

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