I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 427 The Power of Destruction

Joseph pondered for a moment, looked at Brian, and smiled: "We should be almost ready for the military action against Annaba?"

"Yes, Your Highness, Duke Broglie mentioned to me yesterday that the additional troops have arrived in Bizerte. Oh, that should have been last week."

According to the Anglo-French "Non-Interference Treaty", France will counterattack Algiers' previous aggression. Annaba in the northeast of Algiers is the battlefield and will also be the spoils of war.

Annaba is very small, and as long as the British acquiesce, other European countries will basically not pay much attention to it. The "sausage slicing" tactic is very effective at any time.

Joseph nodded and said: "We will make full use of the impact of this war, so we must show our momentum. Of course, we must also cooperate with some other means, which should be enough to make those tribes quiet..."

Tunisia.

The western suburbs of Tunisia.

A Berber colonel in white uniform and black tights looked at the "soldiers" gathered in the open space in front of the military camp, frowned and said to Jamil beside him:

"General, why do we recruit these guys? They can't play any role except dragging down the army."

It has been more than a year since Jamil led the "Sword of Revenge" to fight against the Tunisian Guards. At this time, he has been promoted to major general and is responsible for commanding the Tunisian Legion.

Jamil's French is not very good, and he still said in Arabic:

"This is the order from Paris conveyed by Lord Ishak, and they are required to go to the front line in person."

The colonel was immediately surprised:

"Even we can only be responsible for logistics and cleaning up the periphery of the battlefield, but we let them go to the front line?!"

There is no doubt that the "Roman brothers" from France are responsible for the frontal battle. And the people in front of him were recruited from various tribes in the past half month, and they are all people with relatively high status in the tribe.

According to the latest conscription rules, large tribes have 20-40 quotas and small tribes have 10. Tribal members who can participate in the battle against Algiers can get extra points in the next official examination.

Well, it is the "public examination" in Tunisia. Only by passing this exam can you become an official in Tunisia. So the tribes are scrambling for this conscription quota.

"Who knows what the adults in the General Staff think." Jamil said, glancing at his subordinates, "Instead of caring about this, you might as well think about how to train these wastes."

Although the Tunisian Corps is only a scumbag in front of the French regular army, after more than a year of training, especially some officers have gone to military academies in France to study, its combat effectiveness is firmly in the first tier in the entire North Africa. So they are absolutely qualified to look down on those "wastes" in the tribe who have only undergone traditional combat training.

"Yes, General, I will definitely train them seriously!" The colonel officer immediately stood at attention.

At the same time, in the Susa province in eastern Tunisia, the Wakruma tribe was holding a farewell ceremony.

Four warriors from the tribe will go to the Yobari tribe to serve as sheriffs and police officers, responsible for security there.

This is an extremely honorable position - not only does it have a high salary from the government, but it also has great power. Anyone who violates the law in the Yobari tribe can be arrested, fined, or even detained for a short period of time.

The Yobari tribe has a total of more than 2,700 people. According to this scale, the sheriff can also recruit 12 inspectors locally, and these people can also receive a monthly allowance of 8 livres from the government. The inspectors usually do their own things and train twice a week, but they must listen to the sheriff's dispatch at any time.

Oh, if European inspectors are recruited, the number will increase to 20.

With the continuous influx of immigrants from mainland France into Tunisia, it is not difficult to recruit people of European descent.

The tribe's chief personally led the tribe to send the four warriors several kilometers away. You know, these sheriffs will bring considerable benefits to the tribe - every time they find a violation of the law in the Yobari tribe, they will increase something called "law and order contribution" for the Wakruma tribe. And this contribution can be used to offset the taxes that the tribe should pay.

The chief calculated that as long as the four people can catch enough violations, the tribe can save thousands of livres in taxes every year!

Three days after sending the warriors away, the Wakruma tribe received a decree from the province to which it belongs. In order to reduce conflicts between tribes, the tribe will no longer be allowed to have any form of tribal soldiers.

The chief was immediately anxious and asked the official who came to convey the decree, what should he do if there are no tribal soldiers and robbers attack the tribe?

The latter smiled and told him that these things will be the responsibility of the new sheriff. The sheriff of the Wakruma tribe seems to be from the Aboto tribe, and he will also recruit some inspectors here...

In the governor's residence of Susa Province, the officer in charge of police affairs is reporting to Governor Joan on the appointment of sheriffs of various tribes.

Joan nodded continuously, and finally signed and stamped the thick list with his personal seal.

After the police officer left with the documents, the assistant governor on the side said to Joan hesitantly:

"Governor, according to this model, the province will have to pay a lot of salary for the sheriff and his men every year. This will bring great pressure to our finances."

The implication of his words is very clear. In the past, the tribes were responsible for public security. This money does not need to be spent at all.

Joan smiled and said, "First, this is an order directly signed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Second, you don't understand the significance of this measure at all. It may increase fiscal expenditure in the short term, but at most in half a year, our fiscal surplus will increase significantly."

"Why is that?"

"It comes from a good trade environment." Joan only mentioned it briefly. He believed that the assistant governor would definitely understand the connection-currently there is a large amount of investment from mainland France entering Tunisia. The tribes violated the law, privately levied trade taxes or tolls, and even extorted immigrants, which seriously affected trade and reclamation. If the sheriff can be used to restrict the tribes, Tunisia's development speed will be doubled.

And prosperity will inevitably bring more fiscal revenue. In comparison, the sheriff's salary is nothing.

The assistant governor immediately understood, but then said anxiously:

"Governor, you know, if the interests of those tribes are affected, they will not hesitate to kill the sheriff who "interferes" with their money-making. "

"You are right. "Joan nodded, "So, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arranged for those people with status in the tribe to go to Annaba. They will see the power of destruction there."