Chapter 70 What Is Righteousness

Before the rise of modern industry, fur was an important raw material for thermal clothing.

When she was in Karites, another chamber of commerce gave Roland Hill a special winter dress, which impressed her deeply.

The fur on the table feels soft to the touch, and the fur looks clean, with little dust and blood. It can be seen that the stall owner has put a lot of thought into the processing of materials.

After stroking a few pieces of fur with his hand, Roland Hill took his hand back.

"How is it, Miss, are you still satisfied?" The stall owner looked at the girl eagerly, thinking that this should be a customer, and he had to be good at it, maybe he could make a big business .

Roland Hill shook his head and didn't say anything, but turned his head to the other booths and looked at the fur in front of the booths.

After that, she returned to the open space beside the market, where the carriage of the caravan was parked.

As it approached noon, all the young men accompanying the caravan came back, only then did Roland Hill appear again.

She sat under the umbrella, and the people in front of her began to report on the findings of the inspection.

The first is a young official from the Ministry of Agriculture: "The price of food here is three times higher than in the inland provinces, and the supply is even in short supply."

Then came the people from the Ministry of Commerce, "Many necessities produced inland are in short supply, such as iron utensils, salt, coarse cloth, etc.,"

The observation point of the armament department is different. "These orcs are tall, and although the nutrition is not as good as that of the inland provinces, their strength is still not to be underestimated. In addition, the fur they sell can be used to make many military supplies."

Loren Hill picked up the black tea that Mira made for her, took a sip, and continued to ask.

"If you were the supreme leader of Crancia, what would you do with these orcs on the steppe?"

Hearing this question, the young officials below immediately became interested, and various whispered discussions sounded.

Some of them wanted to use it as a dumping market, some wanted to use the orcs as cheap mercenaries, and some wanted to conquer the land.

"Let's not mention the rest, if you conquer this land, what price will Crancia have to pay, and what benefits will you get?"

In fact, Roland Hill did not have much disgust for the current orcs. Perhaps humans and orcs once had a deep hatred, but after nearly two thousand years of war and cleansing, these hatreds have long been repaid and resolved.

Especially after knowing the origin of the orcs from the ruins, there is no estrangement. The intelligent creatures on this planet, tracing their origins, are actually different branches of ancient humans.

But she also knows that her own ideas are not enough. She has to understand the current Crancia people's views and change and persuade most of the people in the country in order to implement some policies.

"Considering the physique and strength of the orcs, it will take about 300,000 Crancia regular troops, and it will take 1-2 years of crusade to defeat them."

An armament officer reckoned, but he didn't know much about the aftermath of the war.

A young man wearing glasses helped the frame and added, "In order to maintain system governance, we have to station at least 80,000 standing troops. This is still under the condition of good security. In addition, we have to build a castle and establish a supply line."

"The advantage is that we can turn the grasslands into pastures for Crancia, providing a lot of cattle and sheep."

"A lot? No no no..." A young man from the Ministry of Commerce stood up.

"Not so much, we have to transport food for these people on the grassland, otherwise they will not hand over the cattle and sheep, because those are their last grain reserves, their lifeline, if we really want to be strong, we will spend more Excessive military spending is not worth it.”

"So I suggest to use it as a vassal. We can exchange a little grain for a lot of fur, which can save a lot of unnecessary military expenditures."

Others started arguing again, when a radical young man said: "Why not be cruel, just clean up these orcs and let the people of our country develop it..."

Although he didn't directly say killing but replaced it with cleaning, the understatement in his tone still made others feel a little bit shocked.

"This is not right." A clear voice came from above.

Loren Hill put down the teacup in his hand and sighed in his heart that no matter what era, there are always some cruel and extremely direct people.

"I'm not simply saying that this kind of thinking is bad from a moral point of view, but that this approach will have extremely bad consequences."

"If it weren't for a life-and-death struggle and a bloody feud, this approach would be bad."

"Perhaps you think it's very simple. After killing the enemy, everything will be fine."

"But it's not a person, it's a race, and it's not a person, it's a race that bears this sin."

"One's wrongs can be washed away and repaid with their death or punishment."

"But a race cannot be so repaid, because repayment means genocide."

"Of course you can say that if I kill, I will kill. But killing a race is hard to hide. Sooner or later, it will be known by one's descendants, outsiders, etc."

"At that time, you have to let the other party accept this fact."

"If you teach your children to be a good person from an early age, but as an ancestor, you do something that goes against the professor's beliefs, it's like smashing the fine china you made yourself, and your other words will no longer be acceptable. letter."

"Or you have to argue again, you can say that you have been taught since childhood

Children must be cruel, ignore the rules, and do everything they can, so it is difficult for such descendants to trust and cooperate with each other. "

"The foundation of groups, organizations, and countries lies in rules and cooperation. Such division of labor, which can greatly improve efficiency, is also necessary for civilization to enter the next era."

"A pure individual is no match for a well-trained group."

"Unity means being strong, while separation means being weak, and it means being eliminated."

"The unity of words and deeds is the only way to have a clear mind and a will like steel. If you just build a good name in peacetime, you will put it down temporarily when you see the benefit, and you will be greedy for the benefit. If you have two ends, you know small rituals without great righteousness, how can you build the belief of a country. "

"Why does the west wind rot, why the weak Crancia can spread like wildfire in just one year, why everyone obeys the law and trusts the country."

"The source of everything is its fair and reasonable righteousness, which is the most basic thing to maintain the country."

"And now, for this trivial benefit, are you going to break the foundation of your existence?"

Roland Hill stood up and slowly walked past the group of young people. All of these young officials bowed their heads in silence, not daring to look directly at the silver-haired girl, as if they were ashamed of their childish remarks and thoughts just now.

During this period of time, the sage Roland Hill was approachable and seldom reprimanded them, so that they gradually let go of their past awe.

It was not until today that they once recalled that this seemingly sixteen-year-old girl was the spiritual leader of this huge country, the mentor of thousands of revolutionary troops, who could change the fate of countless people with a single hand.

"Don't say such things lightly in the future. You must know how heavy it is, and it is heavy enough to bury a country or a nation."

"Yes!"