Nine Hundred and Sixty Dazzling Brilliance
Beast Emperor Ericia stood anxiously outside a gate, walking around with his hands behind his back, like a student waiting for his college entrance examination results.
He never thought that he would have such a day, even when he surrendered, he would be nervous because he was afraid that others would not accept his "surrender".
This is simply a kind of irony for the orc empire, which was once so powerful that it didn't even take the human magic empire seriously.
Once upon a time, the bear warriors of the orc tribe swept the hundreds of thousands of human troops in front of them with sharp weapons. That era was the era of the orc race...
The current orc race is no longer comparable to humans. The gods endowed the orcs with a tyrannical physique, loyalty and glory, but did not give them a future.
This is really a sad fact: the future of the orc race seems to have been completely blocked by human development.
If they want to control their own future, or want to regain the future, the orcs must give their loyalty to humans.
A few hours ago, he had an audience with Emperor Chris of the Alan Hill Empire, and presented him with a letter of credence, hoping that the orcs could become part of the Alan Hill Empire.
For this reason, the orcs are willing to give their loyalty, to fight for the emperor of the Alan Hill Empire, and to shed blood and sacrifice for this human-dominated country.
If it was five years ago, maybe such a surrender would make Chris excited, but now, he really has no desire to be excited.
After all, there are too many people who are willing to shed blood and sacrifice for him. The elves are willing to fight for him for the Temple of the Moon God, and the dwarves are also willing to fight for him in order to obtain more technology.
In order to regain the trust of the emperor, the magician who has committed crimes has started a bloody internal cleansing, and even the enemy demons have begun to swear allegiance to him.
Therefore, the loyalty of the orcs is just a simple oath in front of Chris. To put it a bit frustrating, it is the attachment of the orcs, which is not very attractive to the Alan Hill Empire.
It is also because of this that the Beast Emperor can only wait here anxiously, waiting for the high-level leaders of the Alan Hill Empire to discuss how to deal with the Beastmen.
He didn't know whether his people could be recognized by the Alan Hill Empire, and he didn't know whether the Alan Hill Empire, which was so powerful that even the dragons were afraid of it, would accept such a barbaric force as the orcs .
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Not all ministers are in favor of eating the greasy cake of the orcs.
At least from the perspective of economic interests, it is much more troublesome to build a barren orc territory than to build a new puppet area or a ruined Norma area.
"Compared to the elves' encroachment, the orc's encroachment is a bit trickier." Strid, the foreign minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, put his hands together and first stated his views to Emperor Chris.
He paused for two seconds, and then added: "Although we don't need to consider the anger of the dragon clan, eating the orc clan now will really easily lower the relationship between us and the dragon clan to another level."
"Before, the relationship between our two forces had fallen to the freezing point, and now it has fallen below the lowest point. This kind of relationship between the two countries is very fragile and unhealthy." After he finished speaking, he looked at Chris , seems to be waiting for Chris to express his views.
It's a pity that Chris didn't express any opinions, but turned his attention to an old man of the elves on the other side.
This old man is the second in command of the newly appointed food department of the empire, and the second minister of agriculture of the empire, that is, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The old man's face was already full of wrinkles, and he was seventy years old according to human age. It's just because the magical energy reserves in his body are amazing, so he is still very energetic.
He rubbed his somewhat dry eyes, and said to Chris in a low-pitched but steady voice: "The place where they live is very barren. Although there are some minerals, on the whole, their living area lacks food cultivation. Soil."
In his opinion, the investment in improving the entire orc territory is too great. It is so big that the elves feel that greening the orc territory is not worth the candle.
"To improve their living conditions, it is necessary to transport a large amount of food and other daily necessities to their territory." The transportation official explained the cost relationship: "The transportation cost will increase exponentially. Putting in one bag of grain means wasting another bag of grain.”
"In this way, the cost will remain high...Of course, if a factory is built locally, the investment in infrastructure is also a headache." An expert on industrial development, Minister of Industry Smith, said in his speech , and are not in favor of immediately investing in the construction of industrial projects in the orc territory.
"If we want to develop industries there, we need to build at least 30 thermal power plants there now... The equipment is easy, but everything takes time." He also looked at Chris, hoping to see from Chris's face What are the clues?
For Smith, the Minister of Industry, building a power system in a remote, impoverished mountainous area that is not close to economically developed areas is a choice that is not worth the candle.
He would rather devote those man-hours to building the South, or directly to the plans for a new puppet district.
In this way, the plants can be turned into productive capacity immediately after construction, which is the result he hopes to see as industry minister.
But if these power plants are built in the territory of the orcs, it will take a lot of time to build supporting infrastructure and build power-consuming factories to consume the power supply of these built power plants.
To put it simply, to build a power plant in the orc territory, it is necessary to build ten more factories that produce tractors, lathes and other equipment, and use production to consume the capacity of the power plant.
Then, if these produced equipment and other products are to be sold, it is necessary to continue to build transportation lines such as roads and railways to ensure the convenience of transportation for these factories.
After the completion of these supporting facilities, we will continue to build suitable housing for the workers in these factories, build schools for their children to go to school, improve the water system, and build more power stations to meet the city's electricity needs.
Finally, we need to build supermarkets, shopping malls, airports and train stations... This is tantamount to building a city from beginning to end.
And with so much energy wasted, the territory of the orcs may not be able to function normally immediately. They still have a few months to adapt...
For such a long time, if so much energy and materials are invested in the Norma area or the southern area, the return may be ten times or a hundred times greater.
Under such circumstances, it is difficult for the empire to persuade other big chaebols and big consortia to jointly invest in the construction of the orc territory, which also increases the financial burden of the empire.
It's a pity that Minister Smith didn't see any clues from Chris's face. His Majesty the Emperor is still calm and listening.
Finally, after everyone stopped talking, Chris adjusted his sitting position. He stopped tapping his fingers on the edge of the table, and opened his mouth to clarify his attitude.
He didn't want his subordinates to waste time guessing their own thoughts, because what he ruled the empire was not relying on tactics, but absolute power.
"The good news is we still have time, don't we?" Chris asked Dessel, who was sitting next to him, with a smile when everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing His Majesty's statement, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Des smiled and nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, at least for the next six months, we will focus on economic construction..."
For the Alan Hill Empire, war seems to have always been a condiment since three years ago, and the main course of Alan Hill has always been economic construction since three years ago.
At the same time as building construction, the Alan Hill Empire is also actively carrying out various scientific experiments. Because Chris has a tree of technology, he is actually more like a scholar than an emperor.
He is more keen on using technology to improve people's living standards, thereby diluting internal conflicts, and then realizing the rule of the Alan Hill Empire.
Compared with those who rely on strong power, high-handed rule or demagoguery in the cloak of religion, his methods are more clever and efficient. Fastest update PC::/
"Aren't we short of labor? In a short period of time, the orcs can provide us with more than 400,000 labor. These young labor can greatly alleviate our labor shortage." Chris continued to ask Des.
Des stroked the information with a pen, nodded and said, "There should be about 100,000 orcs who can use them directly after short-term training... No matter how many, there is no guarantee."
"That's not bad!" Chris nodded gratifiedly: "I think you have all fallen into a misunderstanding... Gentlemen! The orcs have come to join us, and they are now our people..."
"What we have to consider now is not to accept or not to accept the surrender of these people, but to consider how to better improve their lives and make them richer." After Chris finished speaking, he stood up: "Remember , I am not surprised that other races will join Alan Hill! Because we will make all the people live a better life! This is where Alan Hill is truly powerful!"
"Let's go! Go and see your new colleagues! Grand Duke of Orc... Grand Duke of Ericia!" Chris generously set Ericia's title, took the lead to the door, and pushed open the door of the conference room .
Ericia, who was waiting nervously outside the door, saw that the door was pushed open, and a ray of light passed by the figure of the person who pushed the door, and shone on his face, full of dazzling brilliance.