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Ariel smiled, nodded and said: "That's the reason. Perhaps Yi Ge is not greedy for money. As a devil, he probably doesn't need much money to support his army and sphere of influence. But as long as he is willing to accept offerings from those countries If the funds from the past are used, then it is equivalent to weakening the economic strength of those countries in a disguised form.”

"Once a country's economic strength begins to decline, and the local imperial power thinks that it can rely on or cannot beat the garrison of the Demon King's Army at all, then the maintenance funds for their own defense forces will obviously decline accordingly."

"After all, the money is given to your army. Can you suppress the Demon King's army when it launches an attack? If not, why do you still need to support your army?"

"Even this situation can be a little more radical. If Igo promises to pay tribute to only half of the money that the empire normally provides for the army, and can guarantee that the Demon King's Army will help them maintain their rule, I think the imperial nobles of the empire will instead Disband the army more happily."

"Under such circumstances, it is the best of both worlds to take back the money that was originally used to maintain the army, part of it to pay tribute to Demon Lord Igo, and the other part to enjoy for himself."



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"In this way, the defensive forces of the empire will either become pure vases, or they will be completely replaced and disappear. Except for some personal bodyguards of the imperial power nobles, I am afraid there will be no other This kind of country belongs to the country that has been completely suppressed and resisted, and has essentially lost its own thinking, and it is not enough to threaten the Demon King's army."

Ariel exhaled slowly, and said: "After such a long time, I think our demon king elf can go one step further. That is after establishing a psychological suppressive advantage over the royal nobles of the empire." , step by step withdraw the troops stationed in those empires."

"As long as the psychological suppression is still there, it is completely possible to obtain the surrender of those countries after zero garrisons. After all, the movement speed and combat ability of the Demon King's Army have been formed, and any country that dares to resist cannot withstand it." Destroying the country in ten days' is a psychological deterrent."

Hearing this, Mochi was obviously in a hurry.She thought for a while and said, "President, it sounds like Devil King Yigo really has some divinity in it... I don't know how he came up with such a method."

Ariel smiled helplessly, and said: "Don't forget, she failed once. Moreover, she has a long lifespan. She has traveled the entire Golden Continent countless times and seen so many customs and customs. I think He must have calculated this method in his mind a long time ago. The only thing that can suppress him is that he seemed to hope to use a positive image like the "Elf Army" to deal with the countries on the entire Golden Continent, and The hope is to achieve the result of conquering the entire continent without killing too many civilians as much as possible."

Mochi: "In the end... we beat you back?"

Ariel shrugged her shoulders and said with a wry smile: "That's right, he was hurt by us, and he completely gave up the gentle way before, and his behavior completely became the behavior of a 'demon'. Alas, this is what it means to live a long time." Well, as long as you live long enough and experience enough things, you will naturally have more ideas and insights. To be honest, in terms of insights, my short life of just a few decades is simply impossible to compare with Let’s talk about his thousands of years of experience. On this point, I can’t do without admiring him.”

Mochi was obviously in a hurry: "So... President, President, what should we do? Now, some people in our Night Clan group have begun to talk about this war. Those empires that are garrisoned by demons, if there are One day, what if Ego asks all those empires to attack our mermaid army? Behind us is the Blue Bay Empire. Although we are fighting for the entire Golden Continent, if the managers of those empires are really so short-sighted , what should I do if I completely fall to the Demon King's army?"

Regarding this issue, Ariel has been thinking about it recently.

To be honest, this is indeed a difficult problem.

The demons used powerful force to clearly control those countries with open conspiracy. Even if no empire has publicly declared to be an enemy of the mermaid army now, there is no guarantee that there will be none in the future.

Now, among the hundreds of countries in the entire Blue Bay Empire, the dozen or so countries closest to the forbidden land have been eroded by the garrison, and most of the countries have not yet experienced any problems.However, this can be regarded as that the Demon King Army has not yet achieved its strategic goal, so it has not issued an overly strong attack signal against the Mermaid Army for the time being.

If the Devil King's army is allowed to continue to erode, and eventually at least half of the countries on the entire Golden Continent are controlled by the Devil King's Army, by then, who can guarantee that the Devil King's Army will not turn against the Mermaid Army again?

However, when encountering such a situation, can the mermaid army have any solutions?

Also use force to suppress?

Just kidding, the mermaid army has been constantly engaging in civilian rebellions in those countries before, and those countries don't say they hate the mermaid army, or at least they don't like it at all.Moreover, the Demon King Army obtained the right to garrison troops by suppressing the resistance forces in their country. What did the Mermaid Army rely on?Did you pick those countries directly?

But now the glorious record of the Demon King's army destroying the country in ten days is right in front of us. If the mermaid army's speed of destroying other countries is not fast enough, or even delayed into anxiety, then it is tantamount to telling the empire on the entire Golden Continent that the mermaid Although the army can resist the attack of the demon king's army for a while, it is completely impossible to achieve the deterrence of the demon king's army in terms of overall strength.In this way, the situation may become worse.

Therefore, this has completely cut off the opportunity to use military force to gain breathing space for the development of the mermaid army.

So, in such a situation, what should be done?

Ariel was thinking, and after thinking about it for the past few days, she finally made a decision.

After all, this female leader knew very well that she couldn't lift her shoulders or lift her hands. She had no combat power at all, let alone the commanding ability to command large-scale battles, and it was impossible for her to judge the battlefield to the level of an excellent general.

That being the case, why not shift the battlefield to the field that you are best at, and use different methods to compete with the Demon King's army, isn't that all right?

"Business."

Suddenly, Ariel said these words with a smile.

Such a sentence stunned Mochi next to him.It seemed that she hadn't been able to turn the corner, and she didn't know what this sentence meant.

Seeing Mochi's wide-eyed expression, Ariel smiled and continued—

"Yes, you heard me right. I'm planning to do business. After all, business is what I'm best at in my life. Whether it's managing a mermaid army or being the mayor of a certain city, I always feel that , the thing I am best at is doing business.”

Before Mochi could continue to ask questions, Ariel looked at the bustling market over there, and said with a smile: "Igo is good at using those demons to suppress other countries, using powerful and terrifying power, threatening lives and maintaining their imperial rule. To control those countries. In this case, then we will use our best business model to communicate with those countries.”

"Isn't the Demon King's army yet to achieve the best strategic situation, that is, to control as many countries as Yigo thinks is enough? Before that node arrives, we can use our powerful elemental machine factory to produce a large amount of materials and Those countries trade."

"When those countries have a sense of security, they will definitely hope to have a better life. Not just ordinary civilians, I believe that even the emperor will never want to be a miserable person who can only live haha Emperor. As long as you are a human being, you will definitely hope that your life will be more comfortable and better."

"Then, we can take advantage of the ambiguous stage of the Demon King's army's strategy to quickly conduct trade with those controlled countries. Then, we will export a large amount of our goods to them, so that those empires can enjoy high-quality and cheap products, and the standard of living Take it up a notch.”

Mochi thought for a while, and asked, "Is this... enough?" Ariel shook her head: "Of course not enough. Just exporting high-quality and cheap items is almost equivalent to giving them things for nothing. If the Demon King's army really If they want them to attack us, they will hesitate at most, but they will definitely not resist."

"For this reason, what I envisage is to carry out a certain degree of currency swap with those countries."

Mochi was stunned: "Currency swap?"

Ariel: "That's right, currency swaps. For example, the Magic Vine Empire that was eroded recently, they use a kind of vine coins made of hard ancient vines. It has a small output, but has high anti-counterfeiting capabilities, and once After special processing, it is not easy to be burned or damaged. The disadvantage is that you cannot adjust your own monetary policy in time. After all, the hard ancient vines cannot be produced in time when you want them. They need to be cultivated, and then harvested and collected to dry. A series of actions such as cutting can be produced. This is why they suddenly attacked the Hangu Empire, because a large area of ​​the Hangu Empire is just suitable for producing this kind of ancient vine. It can be said that this war is also A fight for the economy."

"Now, if we want to exchange currency with the Magic Vine Empire to a certain extent, and are willing to sell the goods to them at a very high-quality price, and from now on, we can only use mermaid coins and ancient vines to buy and sell goods between each other. If the currency is carried out, what will be the result?"

"Suppose we have exchanged currency worth 1000 million, we have 1000 million ancient vine coins from the Magic Vine Empire, and the Magic Vine Empire has 1000 million mermaid coins. They can use this mermaid coin to buy our Commodities, and is also very happy to conduct such trade with us. But if one day, Yi Ge ordered the Magic Vine Empire to attack our mermaid army, then in the worst case, our mermaid army will be completely wiped out, and the result will be that the magic vine empire will attack our mermaid army. Immediately in the hands of the Vine Empire, 1000 million mermaid coins that could not be traded in materials appeared, and became completely waste paper. And the 1000 million ancient vine coins owned by our mermaid army will also be destroyed immediately because we are about to collapse. Once they come and go, it is equal to the magic The Vine Empire directly lost 1000 million."

"Violating the orders of the Demon King's Army will indeed lead to death. But if the price of helping your Demon King's Army attack another country is that you will directly fall into collapse, then those royal relatives are still willing to be this pawn. Think about it."

"I don't deny that people generally think that life is more important than money. But we must also know that for many people, losing their status, losing money, and losing power are sometimes more terrible than killing them. At that time , is the time for them to launch their own human wisdom. Will they grit their teeth and attack us with the idea of ​​perishing with us? Or are they willing to turn their backs on the dark side and join us in fighting against the Demon Army? Or even use their compromised wisdom to be neutral? That depends. It's their own. At least by that time, our pressure will definitely not overflow, and everything can still be under control."

Although Mochi didn't know much about this kind of thing, she instinctively felt that the chairman must have a certain amount of belief in what Ariel said now before deciding to do this.

At that moment, she nodded vigorously and said, "President, I believe in you."

Seeing Mochi, a girl who looked only ten years old in human height, gave her such a trusting look, Ariel couldn't help but smile, and felt a little warm in her heart.

Immediately, she laughed and said, "Although that is what I said, it is not that simple to implement it. I said it as if it is very light, but it is not easy to establish trade routes with those countries." It's an easy thing. There are too many key points involved. For example, the transportation route, the tariffs of the countries along the way, the productivity of our mermaid army, and even after returning so much money from other countries How do we spend it. Every problem here requires a lot of energy to study and solve. Many things seem simple when you think about them, but they are even more difficult when you actually do them.”

Mochi nodded and said, "However, we won't stop doing it because of difficulties, right?"

Ariel smiled again: "That's true. We always need to do things, and we need to do a lot of things. But in the final analysis, we do these things in the hope that we can develop rapidly. Only when our development speed becomes faster and becomes Only when we become stronger, can we get rid of the threat of the Demon King's Army, and even fight the Demon King's Army back to his forbidden land."

Speaking of this, Ariel couldn't help but chuckle, turned her head to look at Mochi, and said with a smile——

"Actually, to be honest, I'm quite envious of the Demon King's Army. It's really comfortable to use a method that can suppress all resistance from other countries by simply relying on force. At least Egg doesn't have to think all day long like me. How to unite with other countries, open up trade routes, study trade routes and other things.” Seeing Ariel’s half-joking statement, Mochi lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: “However, it will This long-term approach can allow many, many weak people to survive. Instead of relying on squeezing those imperial nobles like the Demon King Army, those imperial nobles will in turn squeeze those ordinary little people."

Ariel reached out and gently rubbed Mochi's head.

She smiled very happily today, and was happy that her thoughts could spread in the hearts of those around her.

She can't predict the final result of this war, but she believes that the mermaid army will definitely win in the end.After all, the ones standing next to her are not those nobles who only think about themselves, but just like her, born in a lowly background, who were completely looked down upon before this, the most common people...

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After the lively opening ceremony, on the second day, the entire comprehensive event officially kicked off.

Just when all the spectators were excited about the heated competitions, and even secretly guessed the results of the competitions, and made a secret opening for them, Ariel was silently talking with many high-level mermaids in private. Managers had a conversation.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the leader of the mermaid army did not hold any large meetings during the opening of the sports meeting, but was constantly walking between the venues of various competitions, as if he was preparing for the competition.

But those high-level personnel of the mermaid army are very clear that this sports meeting is the best barrier to cover up the meeting between them, and it can also prevent those Blue Bay eyeliners from collecting definite evidence.

If they want to develop their own strategy to deal with the Demon King Army as soon as possible, what the Mermaid Army needs to do now is to stabilize their territory as much as possible.It's not as simple as just occupying Shannan Province and half of Heize Province.

During the sports meeting, many mermaid soldiers integrated into the competition in pieces, and tried to chat with the civilians from Blue Bay.

This is not only to connect feelings, but also to lay a wedge.

When they learned that many of these peasants' taxes had reached [-]% in the "chat", these mermaid army soldiers would feign surprise and say that the mermaid army only charged [-]% of the rent, and it was not calculated based on the cultivated area, but by The actual final harvested grain is calculated.

These soldiers don't need to argue with the Blue Bay farmers whether the tax is reasonable or not. Anyway, as long as this idea is spread, things will become very simple afterwards.

Let these farmers drink refreshing beer, savor the hustle and bustle of the garden market, and watch the exciting competitions, and then think that they will return to the boring Heize Province in less than a month Go to the territory, and then work hard to harvest the wheat, and then hand over the grain to the nobles who don't do any work.

Most of the time, there is no need to speak out the subtle feeling. After all, many people are very disgusted with you telling me what is good and what is bad. There is no need for a mermaid army to spread the word.

After all, on one side is the mermaid army with lots of activities, low taxes, high entertainment, everything looks lively, and full of fighting will.The other side is lifeless, there is no progress at all, and the taxes are high. Those nobles usually nod and bow and hide beside Lanwan when they see it.

If you can escape, of course it's best.But if a Heize province is divided into two, even if you want to run, where can you go?

Since you can't escape, it's better to do something more straightforward.

Between each other, tacit understanding.Under Ariel's instruction, such actions continued continuously.But because those Blue Bay nobles are always in the upper-class entertainment environment, they don't care much about the lives of ordinary people on weekdays. How can they have time to deal with ordinary people now?

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In addition, Ariel didn't seem to have held any large meetings, so the nobles were even more defenseless.

With the one-month sports meeting slowly coming to an end, it was another special closing ceremony, which made everyone experience the reluctance and nostalgia in the gradually blowing autumn wind.

Those contestants who were still competing with each other kept talking harshly to each other on the field, but after seeing that they finally parted ways, they hugged each other and cried bitterly.

However, there is always a banquet in the world, and as the sun rises again in a new day, this event that made everyone enjoy themselves has finally come to an end...

After that, it was the "harvest" season that Ariel had been waiting for for a long time.

"What? Want [-]% of my food?!"

In the Lanwan Controlled Area of ​​Heize Province, the farmers who were harvesting grain showed great dissatisfaction with the tax officials who came to calculate the tax.

"That's right! Didn't you say at the beginning that you only need [-]% of the price? Why is it now [-]%?"

"Fifty percent is too expensive for me. The mermaid army next door only charges [-] percent! [-] percent!!!"

The tax officer had obviously seen the big scene, coughed immediately, and waved his hand. A few noble private soldiers behind him immediately stepped forward with this weapon, and shouted loudly——

"What are you looking at? What are you looking at! This money is used to deal with the Demon King's army! It is money used to improve the border! Do you think those imperial troops are all around you when they have nothing to do?"

The tax officer raised his hand, gestured for a very small amount of money, and continued——

"If it wasn't for the soldiers on the front line to resist the vicious Demon King Army for you, do you think that the Demon King Army can be repelled so easily? Do you think it doesn't cost money to maintain the army on the front line? Tell you, even our master never I took out tens of thousands of yuan from my treasury in one breath, and you are all poor, so what if I ask you for a little rent? Our noble lord is supporting the bulk of the military expenditure, okay! Pay taxes quickly! If there is no Enough military expenses, I will tie you to the front of the army to open the way for the knights!"

People are different.

But people within the class, on the whole, always act in the same way.

After these farmers see the situation in the mermaid army next to them, listen to their taxes, and then think about their own situation, how many of these people who have returned to Heize Province after thousands of miles are still alive? Will he listen to the words of the blue bay nobles and develop hatred for the mermaid army?

Of course, Ariel will not ask to do too many things at once.What she needs now is not to immediately take back that half of Heize Province's land through strong means.

Tough measures will bleed, and the most important thing that needs to be done within humanity right now is not to bleed.

Therefore, when those peasants were aroused due to various situations, Ariel would send a working team to these areas in due course. They overwhelmed all the tax money at the same level as the mermaid army.

Under the "polite persuasion" of the members of the Mermaid Army working group, some nobles will agree.Even if the taxes collected are less, the money can still be received.

However, some noble gentlemen do not seem to be so "persuaded". For this kind of nobles, the mermaid army also has its own method, which is to organize the local residents on a large scale to start migrating to Heize province controlled by the mermaid army. .

Anyway, the population on that side is not very sufficient. If these farmers are willing to go to the Mermaid Army territory voluntarily, that would be a good thing for the Mermaid Army.