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Chapter 594 Crossroads
There is nothing to be afraid of when it comes to existing problems. Any big force with an ancient heritage will have its own problems.

Now, it is simply due to the influence of the general environment that conflicts tend to break out in a concentrated manner.

In order to tide over the difficulties, all major forces have their own plans.

Some forces choose to carry out internal reforms, some choose to use force to suppress, and some choose to deflect conflicts externally.

In this context, the fragmented human race has shown its unique superiority.

Relying on internal competition, even if many human countries are in decline, there are also many human countries that are at their peak.

Perhaps this kind of human race will never be in its strongest state, but it will also not sink directly.Ability to maintain force above or below the average most of the time.

On the contrary, the unified foreign races seemed to be in a hurry after the long-standing evil broke out.

Either rise from the ashes and create your own glory again; or continue to sink and decline until you disappear on the continent.

“Eldest sister, second sister, it’s not an option to keep putting it off like this.

Those young guys are very energetic.If you suppress it for a long time, problems will occur sooner or later.

I think instead of suppressing their resentment, it would be better to allocate a piece of land to them and let them build a new home! "

The Night Elf Queen eagerly suggested.

Obviously, the three elf queens also have different stances on the issue of treating the reformists.

If the conservative forces were not too strong, it is estimated that the Night Elf Queen would push for reform. The current proposal is actually a compromise.

Anyway, there are not many elves, but there is a lot of land.

The newly occupied land now has no population and has become a paradise for wild beasts. It may even become a paradise for monsters in the future.

After hesitating for a moment, the forest elf queen said hesitantly: "It is not impossible to divide a piece of land and let them go out to govern themselves.

It’s just that these little guys lack governance experience.They all have high ambitions but low ambitions. If they come together, they may cause new troubles! "

This kind of worry, if left to other races, would definitely be a worry for happiness.

Having enough resources to appease major interest groups is definitely the most ideal situation.

As for the lack of governance experience, it cannot be considered a problem at all.

"It would be better to cause new troubles than to suppress it like this now. If we delay it for a long time, we will all become die-hards that the reformists want to defeat!"

The prairie elf queen said angrily.

It is very difficult to hinder the spread of new ideas without killing people.

Forcibly suppressing conflicts can only alleviate temporary problems.Mediating internal disputes every now and then will get annoying to everyone after a long time.

“Since you all agree, let’s do it!
However, the divided territory should try not to border with the human race, so as not to trigger a racial war and end badly! "

The forest elf queen said solemnly.

Delegating power is easy, but collecting power is difficult.

Referring to the three major elven kingdoms, we can see that it was initially just a response plan to lower the vigilance of the human race, but now it has almost become three teams.

If it weren't for the pressure from the human race, the elves might really be divided.

Now that this is happening again, we still don’t know where the situation will develop in the future.

Even though he knew that he would only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, he still had no choice but to do this first due to the current situation.

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Falcon Kingdom.

After the various human nations targeted the Holy See, this ancient island nation ushered in a moment of respite.Without the intervention of major powers, the major factions in the civil war quickly came to the negotiating table.

It sounds childish, but this is very "aristocratic".

In the world of aristocrats, no one will fight to the death unless absolutely necessary.

Except for the nobles involved in the regicide case who cannot be forgiven, other issues can be discussed.

Of course, these are appearances.

It seems to be a game between the old nobles and the emerging nobles, but it is actually a game between the main line and the branches of the old nobles.

The bloodline of the aristocratic group is complicated, and most of the emerging business aristocrats are also branches of the established aristocrats.

Some nobles even received covert support from their families during their rise.

It's just that out of the risk diversification mentality of not putting eggs in one basket, everyone deliberately concealed this relationship.

Facts have proved that they were very successful in this operation.

Whether it was the motivated grassroots nobles or the dead unlucky king, they were all under their control.

There is no doubt that success only belongs to a few people.

After experiencing the survival of the fittest in the civil war, not only the emerging nobles suffered heavy losses, but the established nobles who had fallen behind were also eliminated.

The worst thing is that the royal family is obviously not weak in strength, but due to the annihilation of its direct lineage, it is internally divided and has lost a lot of interests.

The Purple Flower Dynasty, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is on its last legs.

Fortunately, the victors, the Cameronburg family, the Mellon family, and the Schneider family, had similar strengths. The three families restrained each other and no one could do anything to the other, thus avoiding the tragedy of dynasty change.

After a series of bargaining and insider trading, Princess Marisol, who escaped by marrying far away, was pushed to the throne by the three major families.

After hundreds of years, another queen was born in the human world.

Looking at the information in his hand, Hudson fell into deep thought.I thought that the Purple Flower Dynasty was going to die, but I didn't expect that it would revive in the end.

Frankly speaking, Princess Marisol who ascended the throne is not a direct descendant of the royal family.

Tracing her bloodline back, Princess Marisol is the daughter of Henry V's cousin, several generations apart.Normally, there is no inheritance at all.

According to the information on the surface, her ascension to the throne was entirely due to the compromise of the three major families.

As a superior, Hudson would not see it that way.Simply supporting puppets, the Zijinhua Dynasty also has many collateral royal families.

Some of them are even closer in blood than Princess Marisol.

The mere change of power is not worth mentioning. The key point is that after Marisol took office, she immediately issued the "Reform Charter."

Reform is nothing new.The civil war has broken out, and one can imagine the seriousness of the Falcon Kingdom's long-standing shortcomings.

Hudson didn't even bother to look at routine provisions such as laying off redundant staff and improving governance efficiency.

What really caught his attention was:
Article [-]: Encourage the development of industry and commerce...

No. 13: Encourage the development of maritime trade...

Article No.18: Abolition of internal tariffs...

Although the specific content is very immature and many detailed issues are not mentioned, it is also quite explosive.

As a major maritime trading country, the Falcon Kingdom has more avant-garde ideas and is more accepting of industry and commerce, which Hudson can understand.

However, the nature of direct legal incentives is still different.

Even if most of the dividends of this wave of reforms are eaten up by the three major families, the leaked residue can still cultivate a new interest group.

Of course, this reform was still incomplete and did not really break the feudal serfdom system.

However, with the start of industry and commerce, the old nobles will eventually realize that the traditional serf economy brings in money too slowly.

The profit from exploiting serfs is simply not as good as harvesting free people.At that point, it would be logical to liberate the serfs.

Of course, this process can be tortuous.Nobles who are slow to react and fail to keep up with the times will most likely become "die-hards" who obstruct progress.

However, there is a benefit to the otherworldly world.The family has been passed down for seven or eight generations, and the ancestors above may still be alive.

For these old antiques who have the right to speak, they are all their descendants anyway, and they can accept them no matter which lineage is prosperous.

When things get serious, they can mediate the dispute.The civil war in the Falcon Kingdom suddenly subsided, which was the result of the intervention of these old guys.

Thinking of the dividends of taking the lead in reform, Hudson once wanted to follow suit, but in the end reason prevailed.

Eat as much food as your belly has.If you eat the food for the next few decades in advance, you will choke to death.The Falcon Kingdom can play like this because their plate is not small to begin with, and they can support a small economic cycle internally.

The Mountain Territory and Xueyue Territory obviously do not have such a foundation.

Without a basic market with a population of tens of millions, if you go to industry and commerce, you will be overwhelmed by production capacity within a year, and then all industries will wither.

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"What provisions do you think we can learn from the Falcon Kingdom's reform measures?"

Hudson gathered his team and asked.

Reform is never achieved in one fell swoop.In order not to take premature measures to harm others and ourselves, it is necessary to seek the opinions of indigenous management.

If you can't even convince your own people, even if you force the reform, there is a high probability that it will not be implemented in the end.

Rules essentially serve people. Rules that everyone resists, no matter how good the starting point, can only prove that the rules are unreasonable.

“Duke, the operating models of the territory and the country are different.

The current reform measures taken by the Falcon Kingdom are mainly based on its own actual situation.

After the civil war, the three major families of the Falcon Kingdom controlled the power of the kingdom. As long as the three families unified their stance, the reform could proceed.

Moreover, they are still an island country isolated overseas. As long as their navy is strong enough, they can avoid outside interference.

The reunified Falcon Kingdom happens to have this strength.Their naval strength is one of the best in the entire continent.

Coupled with the convenience of sea transportation, transportation costs can be significantly reduced, which is conducive to business development.

We do not have these innate conditions. "

Jacob persuaded tactfully.

As a political officer, what I fear most is the lord messing around.

Xueyue Ling's stall is already large enough, and the actual control area is almost double the fiefdom divided by the kingdom.

In addition, it is only a matter of time that the actual control area of ​​the new fiefdom can be expected to span one million square kilometers.

Such a large territory exceeds that of many principalities, but it has a pitiful population of less than 300 million.

In Jacob's view, any reforms now are not as important as increasing the population.

In the past days, in addition to preparing for the development of the fiefdom, the most important job of the Ministry of Government was to buy people and immigrate.

The main areas of the territory: export trade—magic potions; import trade—food and population.

As for the import and export trade of other industrial and commercial products, it accounts for less than [-]% of the total trade volume.

Although it is ahead of its peers, the overall industrial structure of the territory is still a standard self-sufficient economy of feudal lords.

Compared with the ongoing reforms in the Falcon Kingdom, this feudal system is indeed lagging behind, but it is more effective.

Especially when it comes to land reclamation, there is a land reclamation team organized by the lord's government, and its ability to withstand risks far exceeds that of small family-style agricultural production.

"I know all these practical problems, so the big framework cannot be changed. What needs to be changed now is only local areas.

With the end of this war, it will be difficult for the orcs to pose a threat to the kingdom for a long time to come.

The territory's army development has basically reached a bottleneck.With our current population, it is already very difficult to feed a standing army of [-] people.

If it continues to increase, I'm afraid the neighbors won't feel at ease either.Especially the one in the capital, I'm afraid he won't be able to sleep well!
The main thing that can be explored in the future is the navy!
Putting aside the huge benefits of maritime trade, the Mountain Territory and the Snow Moon Territory are blocked by the vast sea. If we want to ensure smooth communication between the two places, we must have a powerful fleet.

Of course, another option we have is to exchange land with other nobles and move the territory directly to the prairie to connect it. "

As soon as Hudson finished speaking, everyone's expressions immediately changed.

Everyone has experienced territory replacement.However, it was only carried out within the southeastern province at that time, and not many nobles were involved.

The situation is obviously different now. The mountainous territory is fertile, the infrastructure is complete, and the territory is not small.

If we switch to the grassland, there will be many problems involved.Not only does it have to calculate the output value, but immigration and relocation are also very critical.

"Your Majesty the Duke, all other issues are easy to discuss, but exchanging land is absolutely a no-no!

The mountainous territory has fertile water and soil, which is very suitable for agricultural production and contributes [-]% of the territory's grain production capacity and all of its steel production.

We are able to be self-sufficient in food, weapons and equipment, and we mainly rely on the mountain territories.

Although the Xueyue Territory is also developing rapidly, it will take a long time to catch up with the Mountain Territory.

We are not short of land now, so there is no need to trade land with others.

If you really need land, just take it from the orcs! "

David said with a panicked look on his face.

As the territory's agricultural officer, his hair is about to fall out in order to be self-sufficient in food.

After finally waiting for the mountainous area to be developed, the boss actually had the idea of ​​​​changing the land after a few good days.

In fact, everyone is very clear about the benefits of territorial concentration.

Xueyue Territory's low contribution is mainly due to the short development time, the territory's population is seriously insufficient, and it is close to the front line.

In terms of pure resources, the total amount of resources in such a large territory must far exceed that of the mountainous territory.

Common minerals such as coal mines, iron mines, copper mines, gold mines, and salt mines have all been discovered in Xueyue Ling, but they have not yet had time to develop them.

Hudson proposed two plans, which were actually a collision between land power and sea power.

Now that the threat from the orcs has been reduced, the foundation of the Xueyue Territory is solid, and the tragedy of capsizing will basically not happen.

If all the territory is relocated, then it goes without saying that it will be enough to fully develop the army.

Once the strategic focus is determined, it will be an all-out eastward advance.There will definitely be wars in the future, and continued military expansion is inevitable.

As long as the profit was big enough to keep Caesar IV from sleeping, Hudson didn't care.

One is a qualified noble lord who stays in his territory and concentrates on development, does not go to the royal capital to become a powerful official, does not actively break the rules of the political game, and does not cause trouble to the kingdom.

As for the navy, it is enough to retain a troop transport fleet that can threaten the coastal areas of the Orc Empire.

The three ghost ships are the best strategic barrier. Anyone who dares to come from the sea to cause trouble will be treated like the Holy See's fleet, and they will be fed to the fishes in a daze.

If we do not change places and continue to implement the strategy of equal emphasis on both places, then a capable navy is indispensable.

Ghost ships can do shady private work. On the bright side, the Mountain Territory still needs a fleet that can take action.

“Duke, David is right.

The mountain territory is of great strategic significance. It not only provides us with food and grass, but also connects the southern border of the kingdom.

Sitting in two places, our influence spans the north and south of the kingdom, and we are not just a mere noble of the Near East! "

After Kane finished speaking, everyone began to persuade Hudson to give up the idea of ​​changing places.

Isn't it just to develop the navy? The worst it can do is increase the territory's debt.Anyway, the bank is run by the family, so there is no need to worry about borrowing money.

Once political influence is lost, it is really gone.

For big families, political influence is half a life.Generally speaking, it is only a matter of time before someone loses their political influence and is kicked out.

Perhaps during the Hudson era, the old generals under his command could still exert influence on the provinces of the kingdom, but the future heirs would definitely not have this ability.

Even if their genes are high enough and outstanding people emerge from generation to generation, there are not that many orcs to serve as stepping stones for them.

Once the Orc Empire is cleared, the Northern Continent will basically be at peace.For at least a hundred years, the Alpha Kingdom will be busy digesting the results of the war.

The Alpha Kingdom does not cause trouble, and its sparsely populated and peace-loving elves will certainly not provoke a war that is "strategically bound to lose".

The follow-up is no longer important. No kingdom can last forever.After spending a hundred years in peace and comfort, it is most likely that it will go downhill.

A country in decline is overwhelmed by its own internal affairs.How can we find time to expand externally?

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(End of this chapter)