Chapter 834 [0821] People’s Minds Are Moved
The capital of New Demacia is still the Demacian Capital.
But in fact, since the three towns of Fucheng were once the fiefdom of Lux, and the local magic industry was also quite developed, in the eyes of many people, the current Demacia is actually a two-capital system, and Forsbarrow can also be regarded as is the capital.
Another important reason that gives people this impression is that Lux often works in Forsbarrow - whether it is the relocation of magic industry, standardization and unification, or legion reform, these tasks are all related to the Northern Territory, Especially closely related to the three towns of Fucheng.
Under this situation, Lux spent a considerable amount of time in Forsbarrow. During the year, the spring speech and the winter speech were usually once in Forsbarrow and once in the capital.
For Lux, coming to Forsbarrow is not much different from going home.
However, this time, when she led the team north and came to Forsbarrow again, the atmosphere was completely different from before.
Different from the previous "homecoming" times, this time the people of Forsbarrow seemed to be visibly excited!
This excitement throughout the city surprised Lux herself.
He is obviously going to Freljord to join the Guild Alliance, and there may be a fierce battle to be fought. Why do the people of Forsbarrow look so happy?
Of course, Lux soon knew why the Forsbarrow people were happy - when the news that "several Freljords asked to meet and expressed their willingness to join the alliance" was placed on the desk, Lux was also I couldn't laugh or cry a bit.
It seems... there's a bit of a misunderstanding here!
It was true that he wanted to go to the alliance, but it was a alliance held by the Avarosa tribe, and he was just a guest of the ceremony and a witness of the alliance.
Why would the Freljord tribe, which heard the news, think that they were going to hold an alliance?
Well, wait, don't they know that the Avarosa tribe is going to hold a guild?
Blinking, Lux quickly realized the subtlety.
It seems... these tribes in the West Freljord subcontinent may really not know that the Avarosa tribe is going to hold an alliance, and the Avarosa tribe may not notify them at all!
The original goal of the intelligence team was to collect information about the Freljord. Even if Demacia later became New Demacia, the intelligence collection work about the Freljord never stopped, so Lux was very worried. She knew the level of dominance of the Avarosa tribe - Lux was also very clear about the fact that they lost the West Freljord subcontinent when they entered the Luxtak Plains.
Although the current Avarosa tribe still maintains its stronghold in Frostport, its influence in the West Freljord is quite limited. Although they are the nominal leaders of the West Freljord, their influence in the West Freljord is very limited. During an alliance in Rakstark City, Ashe didn't even invite the war mothers of Severeljord to participate!
From Lux's point of view, this is undoubtedly a major mistake. Even if the War Mothers of the Silverjord subcontinent cannot travel all the way to Luxtak City to participate in the alliance, Ashe should strive to win support from various tribes. Only representatives should be invited to watch the ceremony.
Now Ashe invites herself to attend the ceremony, but does not invite representatives from other tribes. This is simply declaring to give up the rule of the West Freljord subcontinent!
Not long ago, Lux also met the Avarosa envoy who came with great difficulty, and learned the specific information about this alliance from his mouth - according to the envoy, the standards of this alliance were extremely high. , all those participating in the alliance are war mothers, so she represents Ashe's will and hopes that Ashe can come in person. Ashe still has some issues related to northern trade that she wants to interview with Lux.
From this invitation, it was not difficult for Lux to read the message that "only War Mothers can participate in the traditional Lax Stark Alliance", but in her opinion, Ashe's choice still had huge problems, even if she invited The representatives of the tribes from the West Freljord subcontinent came here just to have a look, and to hold an internal alliance afterwards, they couldn't remain silent!
Of course, for Ashe, this is a huge mistake, but for Lux, this is a God-given opportunity. This means that she can spread herself and Demacia's influence deep into Severil Zod subcontinent, so that you can dig into the corners of the Freljord people.
As for poaching, if it were done more than ten years ago, Lux might still have some mental barriers, but now...
"This is clearly a case of the Freljordians poaching, how can it be considered poaching?"
"Hahaha!" After hearing Lux's explanation, Kalya couldn't help laughing, "That's great, Lux, you have learned to answer questions now!"
"But to be honest." Lux continued, "These tribes are actually not very easy to deal with... It is very difficult to spread Forsbarrow's new order to the entire Demacia, let alone the entire Freljor. Where is virtue?”
"You were not like this when you accepted the Walrus Tusk." Kalya smiled, "Why are you so timid now?"
"It's not that I'm timid anymore, it's that I have more things to consider." Lux simply spread her hands and showed a helpless look, "Reform is difficult, and we want the entire Demacia to embark on the path of magic industrialization. It doesn’t happen overnight. If a group of outsiders are attracted to the public at this time, I’m afraid things will be more difficult to grasp. After all, not every war mother is a walrus grandma.”
"You can't expect all War Mothers to be like her." Kalya seemed satisfied with Lux's sobriety. "However, their initiative to come to the alliance actually gave us a lot of inspiration. At least it is not difficult for us to find that Ashe has done a good job in the past."
"You mean, she has changed a lot of Freljord traditions?"
"Yes." Kalya nodded, "At least these War Mothers have become part of the North's trade, and it is obvious that they prefer trade to looting."
"But they are still War Mothers." Lux understood Kalya's "The tribe still uses the War Mother as a bond, and the War Mother's will is the only decision-making, and on the surface, the traditions of Freljord are maintained."
"This is also where you can take advantage of it." Kalya continued to nod, "Ashe and the Avarosa tribe can't swallow such a large territory, and can't be a War Mother with millions of tribesmen, but you may be able to."
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Even though Lux now has no psychological burden to expand her influence in Freljord, she still couldn't help but widen her eyes when she heard Kalya's words.
"Ashe can't become the war mother of all the tribes in the West Freljord subcontinent, but you can." Although Kalya looked cheerful, there was no joking in her tone, "You should understand that the traditional Freljord war mother system is not enough to maintain a huge tribe, so they will adopt the alliance method, and the big war mother will dominate the small war mother."
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"But you are different." Kalya continued, "West Freljord is also different."
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"With Ashe's years of hard work, many Freljords in the West Freljord subcontinent now recognize your identity as the Demacia war mother, and have accepted you. A certain degree of Demacia culture. "Karja pointed out the part that Lux often subconsciously ignored in the past, "In fact, the past experience of the Avarosa tribe has proved that if a large tribe is willing, it can annex a small tribe, but after the annexation, they must treat all tribesmen equally. If they cannot do this, some people will leave the tribe and become ice travelers. "
Lux nodded-this can be regarded as a tradition of Freljord. The war mother is indeed the head of the family who has the final say, but in general, the power and obligations of the war mother are equal, because she has power and responsibility at the same time.
If a war mother cannot maintain the survival of the tribe, the tribe will choose to leave, or support other people who can become war mothers (mostly ice blood) to replace her and become a new war mother.
And if a certain unpopular war mother is relatively strong and no challenger can defeat her, the tribesmen who are dissatisfied with this war mother will leave the tribe, become ice wanderers, or join other tribes.
Of course, these things rarely happen. After all, it is not easy to survive in Freljord. If the situation is not really bad, few people will be willing to leave the tribe.
So, as Kalya said, in Freljord, the main factor limiting the expansion of a tribe is often administrative ability. In Freljord, you can lead and support as many people as you can, and then you can annex other war mothers after defeating them.
However, because the war mother system itself is too primitive, even if the war mother is a superman, the population of the tribe she can directly manage is difficult to exceed 100,000, so there is a big war mother set up a small war mother, relying on alliances to achieve a ruling system that is not completely superior and subordinate.
This system of war mothers is like a self-locking lock, which firmly restrains the development of Freljord. As the head of the family, the power and responsibility of the war mother are infinitely concentrated, which strictly limits the scale of the tribe, and then locks the space for further development of Freljord, causing countless powerful tribes to fall into an infinite cycle of war mother strength-tribe expansion-expansion limit-convening alliance-war mother death-alliance collapse-tribe decline.
In addition, due to the harsh natural conditions in Freljord, although the position of war mother can be inherited, if the new generation of war mothers themselves are not strong enough and have poor skills, the decline of the tribe will be very rapid. Therefore, even though the civilization of Freljord is the earliest civilization in Runeland, it has remained primitive for so many years.
On the contrary, those who left Freljord and "betrayed" the ice bloodline became a more advanced civilization after the Great Westward Migration.
At this stage when Demacia's domestic reform has reached a crossroads, Kalya suggested that Lux could serve as a war mother and simply take advantage of the situation to hold a large-scale alliance or even annex many tribes in the West Freljord. This made Lux think that Kalya was a little anxious.
However, after thinking carefully for a moment, she suddenly understood what Kalya meant.
"Introducing the Freljord people as a pusher? Are they really capable of promoting further reforms?"
"That depends on how you, as a war mother, guide them." Kalya looked at Lux with satisfaction, "This is a difficult road, but it ultimately depends on the allocation of resources. If Demacia can achieve magic industrialization, then the Freljord people will be a very suitable labor force for you."
"What if the guidance is not good?"
"That would be the source of trouble." Kalya has now completely reconciled with the past, "After all, the war mother cannot feed all the tribesmen, and the result is bound to lead to tribal division."
"Hearing you say that, I feel that the original Freljord Warmother system has a bit of a direct meaning." Seeing Kalya's look, Lux's expression was a little subtle, "It seems that all systems are not much different from the Warmother system?"
"How should I put it." Kalya raised her eyebrows, "It's true that an overly flat organization often faces the problem of being unable to expand and lack of subsequent development, but you know what, its efficiency is actually quite high."
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Lux thought seriously for a long time about the people's desire in the West Freljord subcontinent.
Obviously, Kalya's words moved her heart-if she could really become the Warm Mother of the West Freljord subcontinent and bring this land into the jurisdiction of the "Demacia Tribe", then the resources and power she could mobilize would leap to a higher level.
But the problem with doing this is also obvious. The northerners have the experience of walrus tusks, so there may not be too many problems, but the residents of southern Demacia may not necessarily accept a group of Freljord barbarians as their compatriots.
Moreover, even though the three towns of Fucheng have a lot of experience in accepting immigrants, the immigrants they accepted in the past were all Demacians. The only time they accepted immigrants from Walrus Tusk, even if the Walrus Grandma fully cooperated, it took Fosbyro a long time to make the residents of Walrus Tusk truly accept their identity as Demacians.
The scale of this may be quite difficult to grasp.
Lux, who was tossing and turning in bed with complicated thoughts in her mind, simply put on her coat and got up and walked in the courtyard.
It was late winter, and a heavy snow had just stopped. Under the bright moonlight, Fosbyro was silent.
Looking at Fosbyro under the heavy snow, Lux seemed to have returned to twenty years ago, to the time when she first came to Fosbyro - at that time, Fosbyro was still a borderland with a sparse population.
Suddenly, an interesting question appeared in Lux's mind: If time goes back twenty years, would the life of the Fosbyro people at that time... be very different from the current West Freljord people?
At that time, Fosbyro had to rely on the caravans that were put together, driving carts along the glacier path, and buying goods that were not available in their local area.
And now, West Freljord has become accustomed to the northern trade. Every year, they take advantage of the short window period when the ice and snow melt, and use various products in the tribe to exchange with merchants for other goods that they cannot produce themselves?
Thinking of this, Lux suddenly laughed.
Kalya is right. If you have to say it, when I just became the Lord of Fosbyro, I can also be regarded as the mother of Fosbyro!
In this case, what am I afraid of?
Xiaohu~
It always tastes like this!