Azeroth’s Death Track

New Stormwind, 13 days after Affirmative Action.

Varian frowned and sat on his own chair. The long robe he was wearing had been cut open, and the edge of the purple robe was still stained with shocking blood.

Of course, this is not the blood of His Majesty the King.

On the edge of Varian's desk, the body of an attendant with a broken neck was lying there. Several guards were swiftly cleaning up the messy room, while the leader of MI7, Master Shaw, frowned, He carefully observed the odd-shaped dagger in his hand, it was the weapon used by this disguised assassin to assassinate His Majesty the King.

But obviously, the assassin, like his employer, underestimated Varian's miraculous combat skills. The assassinated king was not injured, but the assassin lost his life in less than 5 seconds after the attack. own life.

Is this the first assassination this month?

Varian let the attendants put on new robes for him again and again, took a cup of tea over and over again, and asked:

How many people have you arrested?

Facing His Majesty's questioning, Shaw blinked his eyes:

There were 37 assassins who were captured during the plot stage, 16 who infiltrated the palace and 5 who actually entered your office, including this unlucky guy. It seems that you really frightened them, my Your Majesty...Even if they use this extremely unscrupulous method, they urgently need to get rid of you.

But if my life is so easily taken away by the assassin, I will be laughed at, Shaw.

Varian leaned back in the chair, he stretched his body, rubbed his forehead, he whispered:

However, the actions of those nobles jumping over the wall in a hurry show that our recent actions are useful. Xiao Er, they are afraid. This is actually a good thing. By the way, speaking of it, has the situation in the border counties improved?

Um

The Master Assassin of SI7 installed the poisoned dagger, nodded, and said to his king in a serious tone:

According to the reports from the eyes we planted among the common people, the investigation work of the first batch of tax collectors went very smoothly. The cleared land has begun to be redistributed to the refugees who need the land one after another. Generally speaking, your reputation in the hearts of the people at this time is almost comparable to that of Emperor Lothar.

No! Compared with my adoptive father, I am still far behind.

Varian shook his head. He didn't feel happy because of the flattery of his subordinates. Every time he saw the thick documents on the desk, he would feel a sense of urgency.

Varian is very clear that the current situation in the Stormwind Kingdom is not perfect. This big event he personally set off is only slowly subsiding on the surface, but in fact, no matter whether it is at home or abroad, there are many problems. The forces of willingness are lurking, and it only takes one mistake from him, and the good situation in front of him may be completely overturned.

He must reset a new political system in the kingdom in the shortest possible time, and truly stabilize the domestic situation before those ambitious people act.

At least let the free people stand unswervingly on his side...

Land redistribution, combating the remnants of the nobility, and promulgating and enforcing the new tax law are the three most important things at the moment, Shaw, I know you don't like to use the agents who protect the people to carry out this kind of secret police. affairs, but now I have too little power that I can trust.

Varian said to the master assassin in front of him in a gentle tone:

You are the strength I can rely on. I hope you can cooperate with the Storm Council to complete these three things before the opening of the Dark Portal in the spring of 2018.

Faced with the king's low profile, Shaw did not hesitate for too long. He nodded silently, and left the king's office with the information he had collected. He was one of the most trusted ministers of Varian. Well, Shaw was well aware of the pressure on the king during this period, so he didn't add any more obstacles to Varian.

And just after Shaw left, Mekkatorque, the new Minister of Industrial Affairs of the Stormwind Kingdom, who was wearing a black and white dress, took a document, and Shi Shiran walked into the king's office that still smelled of blood. The dwarf sat on the high-backed chair deftly, and then handed the document in his hand to Varian.

Your Majesty, this is the 18-year industrial plan for the Dark Portal that I made in a week.

The dwarf stuck to his white beard proudly, and he said to Varian who opened the file:

I know you are in a hurry and wish your country would become an industrialized country overnight, but there is no rush, Your Majesty Varian, this kind of thing must be done step by step, but if my plan can be implemented smoothly, Then in the next year, you will have a lot of discretionary money in your treasury, which is the beginning of a country's healthy economic development.

Um?

Varian didn't pay attention to the dwarf's bragging. He only read the first page of the plan and frowned deeply:

Mr. Mekkatorque, you said here that in the mid-18th year, the Stormwind Kingdom will build several small food factories and simple handicraft assembly lines, but you didn't make it clear...

The king raised his head, and he looked at the dwarf in front of him suspiciously:

To whom are these produced food and primary industrial products sold?

Varian moved his fingers, and he said to the dwarf with some regret:

Mr. Mekkatorque, you may not understand the real standard of living of the people in my country. I can say this, even if you put the handicraft products we produce, such as cloth, on the signboard that they are cheaper than dirt , my people won't necessarily buy it... You know, this country has just gotten rid of greedy people, my people have almost no decent property in their hands...they can't afford such things.

No! Varian, you underestimate my intelligence!

Mekkatorque straightened his bow tie. He simply stood on the chair, propped one hand on the table, and gestured to Varian with the other:

After I was rescued by you from the federation, I knew what you wanted me to do for you... The industrialization of the federation has unleashed terrible power within a few years, and the dark blade undead armed by this power can easily You also want to learn such power, and this is what I want to do. I dream of completing the industrialization process of a backward country by myself, and I have been thinking about this issue for the past few years!

This!

Mekkatorque pointed to his file, and he said confidently:

This is what I came up with! Let me explain it to you, Varian.

First of all, your people are not without the desire to consume. My Majesty, the reason why they don't consume is because they don't have enough money in their hands to satisfy their desire to consume, which will make them feel unhappy, so carry out The first step in industrialization is to make your people feel better than before... In other words, you need to make them money!

The first batch of food factories and handicraft assembly lines I opened are not the most profitable industries, but they are definitely one of the industries with the highest investment and profit. I recruit your people to enter the food factories and assembly lines, and let them work off the land , let them earn enough money to support themselves, and once the production capacity of the assembly line of the food factory reaches the scale, then only half of it will be able to meet the daily needs of your citizens!

What about the other half?

A gleam flashed in the blue eyes of the eloquent dwarf:

The other half! It's profit, Varian. I have done many social surveys. In the Razor Heights in the Barrens, the wild boar civilization there has to drive out many of its own people every year to ensure the survival of the tribe. ..What they lack is enough food, the other half of our factory production, or the remaining one-third of the production capacity, is prepared for civilizations like the wild boar who have not yet entered a complete national system.

Well, it sounds reasonable.

Varian rubbed his chin, and he asked:

But they don't have money either...

We don't need money! Genius!

The dwarf knocked on the table with some dissatisfaction:

The industrial supplies we need in Razor Heights! Those ores, herbs and other things, or simply those poor jingling wild boars themselves, after transporting them back, our handicraft assembly line can start. Those mines There is also enough cheap wild boar labor in the factory, and then the products produced will be brought back and sold to those wild boars again, or simply thrown to the goblins of the Steamwheedle Consortium...they always have a way to sell these products go out.

The main purpose of this kind of going back and forth is not to make money, Varian, it is to create a blueprint for our country's manufacturing industry, so that domestic free trade can flow. According to the experience of the Federation, if it is purely done by the country Come on, it is very slow, you have to absorb private capital into this large-scale industrialization process, once the first batch of businessmen are born among the people, then the domestic economy will come alive.

If there's anything I've learned from living in the Commonwealth for a few years, I'll tell you, Varian, that the most important thing I learned there is this: the development of technology is always the same as the development of business. linked together.

Mekkatorque described the relationship between industrialization and economic development to Varian, a gladiator, in as simple a way as possible. The dwarf said that his mouth was dry, and the very winking attendant immediately brought herbal tea to the Minister of Industry. Varian was thinking about these things according to Mekkatorque's thinking. He was not stupid. After briefly understanding the meaning of the dwarf, he rubbed his forehead and said to Mekkatorque:

I probably understand what you mean, but the previous system of the Stormwind Kingdom did not value the value of merchants, so there are few big merchants in my country. How about... let's find the goblins to cooperate first? The Steamwheedle Consortium recently Seemingly interested in our industrial affairs, they have sent several waves of emissaries.

Cooperation? No! Varian!

Mekkatorque snorted disdainfully:

You have been lied to, Your Majesty, those goblins don't want to cooperate with you at all, they just want to turn your country into a dumping ground for their commercial products, and use some rubbish products to take away the last penny of your people's pockets Money, trust me, Varian, maybe 100 goblins are no match for you on the battlefield, but when it comes to doing business, 100 of you bundled together are no match for one goblin.

However, in the initial stage of the Stormwind Kingdom's reform, it's not impossible to cooperate with the goblins.

The dwarf scratched his head, and the smooth scalp reflected the sunlight from the window. After a moment, Mekkatorque flexed his fingers, and the cunning dwarf said to Varian:

The golden route in the South China Sea has always been in the hands of goblins. If we can insert this route, it will definitely be very beneficial to the economic development of our country, so... why don't you tell those goblins like this... .”

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That evening, the Varians hosted commercial envoys from the Steamwheedle Consortium at their palace.

This is a private banquet for the king, and only a few senators from the Stormwind Parliament were invited to accompany it. However, the significance of this banquet is very important. agreement.

In this era, a verbal agreement by a great nobleman can already solve many, many problems.

I still remember a few years ago, on the battlefield of the Great Desert of Silithus, I had just returned to Kalimdor at that time.

After a lot of drinking, Varian seemed to be a little drunk. Holding a glass of wine, he said to the green goblin merchant sitting opposite him:

I was trekking in the desert with my soldiers. It was very hard. Then a soldier gave me a bottle of soda I bought in Gadgetzan. I still remember the wonderful taste.

Speaking of this, the king laughed:

Norsenfogg sparkling water, that was the most delicious drink I drank that year, Mr. Northenfogg, I have to offer you a toast for this!

Marin Northenfogg, the big businessman who started with alchemy, was almost flushed at this moment. He stood politely on the chair, raised his glass to the king and queen, and said in a sharp voice:

I also personally admire the heroic fighting posture of His Majesty Varian. You are definitely the most powerful hero and wise king among mankind. It is for this reason that the Steamwheedle Consortium absolutely spent a lot of money to build a goblin in the Kingdom of Stormwind. commercial town...

How can a town be enough?

The speaker of the Stormwind Council and the current Prime Minister of the Stormwind Kingdom, Duke Ebonlocke suddenly interrupted Nosenfogg's description. He exchanged glances with his king, and then said to the goblin merchant with a smile on his face:

The Stormwind Council attaches great importance to the friendship of the Steamwheedle Consortium, so we decided to build another large port city on the coast of the Kingdom, between the Steamwheedle Port and Stormwind City, for the development of business for goblin friends. Of course, the tariffs there It's up to us to...

this...

Marin Northenforge is a qualified businessman. When facing the friendship suddenly thrown by the Stormwind Kingdom, he has some concerns. After all, if the Stormwind Kingdom really extends another port at the end of the route of Steam Sand Port, That means that it will replace part of Steamwheedle Port's position in the golden waterway of the South China Sea. More importantly, with the existence of this port, the Stormwind Kingdom can legitimately join the South China Sea trade circle.

However, just when Marin was hesitating, Varian suddenly said a word:

I personally like the Northumborg series of soft drinks and potions, so if Mr. Marin is willing to build his own factory in that city, I can give you a permanent free commercial land as a personal gift. Of course, my The country is still very poor, I don't have much money to support you, but I can give you some small...policy benefits...

I believe that an excellent potion brand like Northenfogg will surely be able to sell across the entire continent in the future. I think we are born to be best friends. Your Excellency Marin, what do you think?