Chapter 1,289 The Situation on the Peninsula

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"In terms of deterrence, Juan's ability is enough. With the kingdom's military strength, even those large multinational chambers of commerce will not choose to fight head-on. They should give up some benefits appropriately to avoid greater harm and losses. Those businessmen But they are so shrewd that they can calculate better than anyone else."

After praising his old friend, and ignoring the proud expression on the guy's face, Lin added: "Of course this policy is not as simple as it seems, and it still needs some supporting policies to have the greatest impact. For example, how to protect those small businessmen and how to maintain fairness in the market. This does not mean that commercial competition is prohibited, but at least fraud must be eliminated. These require the wisdom of management officials. There is also the most important coordination policy , that is, all those who come to the market to trade, regardless of the business situation, must stay in the city for one night before leaving the next day."

"What is the purpose of doing this? Is it possible that the kingdom can receive taxes like this?" The prince, who had no sense of existence, asked proudly at this time. It was as if he had discovered some big loophole.

The queen glanced at her second son, the king's eldest son, calmly. I couldn't tell whether the look in his eyes was appreciation or disappointment. The king didn't think about the answer and continued to wait for someone to answer. On the other hand, Huan and his wife waited as if it had nothing to do with them.

Lin did not show a look of contempt, but answered directly: "I believe that those who are willing to do some small business are not all residents living in the royal city. For residents from other places or even foreigners, it is a long journey to come here. When they arrive at the Royal City, they sell the goods they brought or buy all they need. They may not be able to go back very early if they return immediately. They may even be exhausted and have problems on the way back. All of them let It was very reasonable and considerate for them to stay one night.”

Queen Catherine added: "And by doing this, people can spend more time seeing the royal city and feeling the prosperity in it. Rather than just looking at the flowers, buying or selling things and then leaving, there will be more time to stay." Maybe we can do a few more businesses and show more of the beautiful life that belongs to the royal city. This will help people decide to settle down. Your Excellency must have this kind of plan that speaks directly to people's hearts."

This interpretation is perfect. At least one person admitted that he didn't think that much when thinking about these words, and he just followed the example of a certain Nobunaga in history. But at this time, Lin just pretended to have an inscrutable expression and nodded slowly.

The crown prince was scolded by his mother, but he did not dare to show any resentment. He just had a teachable expression and accepted the criticism humbly. However, he still had some confusion in his heart, so he asked again: "Even if Big Brother can control the situation, but there has been no war in these years, we have no reason to ask for special collection."

Lin smiled, and so did Juan. The king was a little disappointed, but the queen remained calm.

But Lin still replied: "What is the difficulty in finding a name for collection? Building banks in more remote towns requires money; in order to make everyone's journey smoother, it is necessary to build roads, which also costs money; and clearing the forest outside the royal city also costs money. Clearing wasteland, finding vacant land, building houses, and building city walls all cost money. It is true that war is the best form of special collection, because the kingdom needs funds to recruit troops, prepare weapons, and collect food and fodder, so as to protect the people of the kingdom. But in other terms, as long as the money is used back on people and it is beneficial to everyone, will anyone resist strongly? At most, it is a matter of taking more and getting less."

Juan sighed at this time: "It's still the human heart. Boy, you can do it. All these names are based on the human heart."

"How can I have so many tricks? Politics is not just about doing things. In fact, it is about managing everyone's affairs. Only one who conforms to everyone's thoughts and guides everyone's direction is a qualified lord. If you only know how to do things in a dull manner, it is best to do Those things that have nothing to do with other people will not mess things up. As for me to speculate on these, it is not the question you asked. But I am just talking. If you really want me to do something, you know best what I have done before. How is the college going? So don’t ask me to do anything.”

The implicit meaning of someone's words is, of course, to continue to push things out. Just bad ideas, don't expect my help.

Juan smiled at someone's cautious look. He said: "Friend, you have kept denying us in three sentences. Do you think we really dare to keep you here?"

Lin said: "Let me explain my attitude first. It will save you from making demands that I obviously don't want to make, and then everyone can't step down. That would be so ugly. But from what you said, it seems that this was not your intention from the beginning?" "

Juan looked at the innocent-looking person and asked with raised eyebrows: "Although I know you don't use the forum to communicate with others, you shouldn't even read the messages on the forum. Don't you know that? , your evaluation of the Southwest Peninsula, and what was done with that tower?”

"Which tower? The Tower of the Great Sage? What did it do?" Lin asked three times.

Juan smiled and said, "Oh, it seems you really don't know. Since you left, the president of Xijia District has changed to two more people. The one when you left had an accident and passed away. The second president formed The mixed legions launched an attack on the Tower of the Great Sage. The result was a disastrous failure. All legions were wiped out. Wulian City in Xijia District was also counterattacked by the Tower of the Great Sage, and all five magic towers were destroyed. This The failed president wanted to regroup for revenge and rebuild the Five Alliance City, but was deposed as president by all the magicians. The current president of Xijia District is the tower master of the Tower of the Great Sage. Recommended. The location of the branch headquarters has also been changed to a town built with the Tower of the Great Sage as the center. I said that the ghost tower you transformed can be attacked from such a long distance, and the magic that is attacked Ta has no way to fight back, and it’s impossible not to surrender.”

Someone was stunned and said in surprise: "Such a thing happened."

Juan shook his head and said, "More than that."

Lin asked in confusion: "What else happened?"

"Do you know the Queen of Frank Kingdom, Julia III? The country closest to the Tower of the Great Sage."

Lin thought about it briefly and nodded. The queen's original name was Millian. Together with her loyal retainers, she hid in the village outside the Great Sage's Tower to escape the pursuit of the usurper of the kingdom.

But then she returned to the country and there was no further contact.

In fact, when the queen was hiding in the affiliated village outside the Great Sage's Tower incognito, she didn't have much contact with anyone. At best, I know her and she knows me, and when we meet outside, no one recognizes the other.

However, Lin was still impressed by this mention by Juan.

Juan continued: "The queen married the tower owner of the Tower of the Great Sage, and in the past few years they have continued to expand their power. The Kingdom of Frank continued to recruit foreign nobles and annexed other countries' territories. The scale of the war was controlled. In a very small area, there is no big fight. But with that magic tower holding the formation, no one would dare to think of a big fight."

Hearing such content, Lin frowned slightly and asked, "The calm has been broken?"

Juan understood what someone said, referring to the state of peace in Lostland for nearly two hundred years. Since the end of the religious wars, during the two hundred years or so, the boundaries of all the countries in the Lost Lands have not changed much. At best, everyone is developing towards an ownerless environment.

It is true that someone has shaken such a state, but it is far from what someone thinks the peace has been broken. Therefore, Juan said: "It's not really breaking the peace. After all, many lords took the initiative to choose to be loyal to the queen. Faced with the pressure of Warcraft, when their lords were unable to provide effective protection, they fought for their lords. People, choosing a more powerful protector is a matter of course."

The concept of nation in Midi is far inferior to what it was after the rise of nationalism on Earth. People here still put family first.

Especially the development of the southwest peninsula happened in the past two hundred years. Everyone said they were descendants of the pioneers, and no one really had a noble and inviolable bloodline. The commonly used language is Midi Common. Therefore, there is no sense of identity between them, only the consideration of interests.

The so-called country is just a group of neighboring lords hugging each other for warmth. The country may be destroyed at any time due to a Warcraft uprising. This is why the countries in the Southwest Peninsula are very small.

So as long as someone shows enough strength, there will be no need to fight, and someone will naturally seek refuge for protection. Obviously, the Frank Kingdom, with the Tower of the Great Sage as its backing, has become the strongest thigh in the Southwest Peninsula, and naturally there is no shortage of people to hug it.

As for those who resist, a small test of the Great Sage's Tower can make them lose confidence. The past practice of killing everyone once someone took action was far less beautiful than the way Queen Yulia and her husband played now.

Many times, as long as you demonstrate, you can make the other party surrender.

"Moreover," Juan's story is not over yet, "-it is said that many tower owners of magic towers in Xijia District have sworn allegiance. These people are more important than noble gentlemen."

The southwest peninsula was developed late, and there are still many areas that are difficult for living people to penetrate. The biggest contributors to fighting against the intrusion of monsters and protecting the fire of civilization are the magic towers standing in the wilderness.

However, due to the aloofness of the magicians and the strength of the Magic Tower as a war fortress, it can be said that the tower owners are the most unruly group of people. Even the branch presidents of all the Magician Associations have good intentions towards every tower owner and do not dare to turn against them easily. Such people all swore allegiance to a kingdom that would be unthinkable elsewhere.

But if you put yourself in their shoes, you must know that the five towers were blown up, which is an incredible thing for the magicians of the Southwest Peninsula. It was a combined building composed of a Dharma Saint-level five-story tower and four four-story towers.

Among the magic towers in the southwest peninsula of Lost Land, the Five-Union Tower is definitely the premier war fortress. But under the power of the Great Sage's Tower, it couldn't even resist, and it became a ruin.

Faced with such a record, which tower owner of the magic tower would dare to compete with the tower owner of the Great Sage's Tower? Do you think life is too long?

It can be said that the Tower Master's oath of allegiance was an unprecedented event that shook the southwestern peninsula of Midi.