Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 90:

Sui Xiong doesn't care about the reputation of the so-called national weapon, but he agrees with the view of the **** of runes.

The foundation of a country is nothing more than military and civil affairs. To put it more bluntly, it is money and knives.

The issue of money is another matter. The knife is the country’s military construction. The army needs people, weapons, and armor.

Where do the weapons and armor come from? Most lords are obtained through purchases. If the conditions are slightly better, buy steel and build weapons and armors yourself. Only the most powerful ones can be produced from raw materials one-stop.

The arms come from the purchase, not to mention how much it will cost! Pig! Pig! Island! Novel.zuzudo. Even if you have enough money, you may not be able to buy enough arms at a time. Even if you buy it, quality is always an issue. Even if the quality is okay, the weapon will be worn out in use, repairing and supplementing are always very troublesome.

So only those forces that can produce their own armed forces are qualified to talk about things like "competing for the world and seeking the Central Plains". In this world, the same is true.

For example, the gold coin federation was not actually a country, but a large and small fief established by dozens of merchants and nobles. They attacked each other and fought endlessly for hundreds of years.

In these hundreds of years of war and chaos, the several big forces that eventually emerged all have their own smelting and forging workshops, and have the ability to produce arms steadily.

Relying on this kind of productivity, they were able to defeat the old opponents who had competed with them for hundreds of years one by one, just like fighting for the leader in a herd, and in the end only a few of the strongest were left.

However, under the mediation of Mannis, the goddess of wealth, these most powerful forces did not decide the outcome through the final battle, but compromised with each other and formed a federation.

It is of course that neither of them have confidence in each other to defeat the others, but it is also Mannis's strategy to have the last laugh.

The kingship and theocracy are not only mutually cooperative, but also have great conflicts. In countries where the royal power is consolidated, theocratic power is often weakened. In countries where theocracy is strong, this situation is reversed.

What the nobles want is to lead the people to obey themselves, and they don't want a power that stands on the side of the people and restricts their own power. Even if you don't consider the actual benefits, just being verbose will make the lord who are used to talking about words irritable.

What the church wants is people's devotion to God, and the lord should encourage this devotion and promote church building. A reckless lord will obviously hinder the stable life of the people. Without a stable life, how can church building start?

Not to mention that if people have faith, they have churches, and they have organizations. If the leader is organized, will he easily obey the rule of the lord and be honestly exploited and oppressed?

So in the long history, the struggle between kingship and theocracy has been consistent. Either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. It is rare for each other to live peacefully together.

In recent years, the biggest exception is the Northwest Republic. In the Northwest Republic, aristocratic status is only honor and does not represent actual ruling power. The political activities of the Void Masked Church are also strictly restricted from the perspective of "supervision" and "justice". Sui Xiong never allowed them to cross Lei Chi.

For example, in every town, the Masked Void Church has a special job, which is to accept the opinions and suggestions of the people on the government. These opinions and suggestions will be reviewed in front of God, and if they are confirmed to be correct, they will be summarized and passed on to the government for processing. If the local government can’t handle things, or the people are dissatisfied with the results, they can report to the higher-level church, and eventually they can even reach Sui Xiong’s altar.

Of course, in the past few years, there hasn’t been a single incident that has been so serious. One is that when there is supervision, most officials are more careful and honest in doing things. Second, the Northwestern Republic is currently on the rise. Everyone has a good life, and there is no such great resentment.

So in the Northwestern Republic, theocracy and kingship—if there are these two, they do coexist peacefully, or even complement each other.

In addition, even in the relatively better Secret Tower Federation, the conflict between theocracy and kingship is extremely serious, and various open and secret battles emerge in an endless stream, and even methods such as assassination are frequently used.

The struggle between theocracy and kingship naturally dragged down the development of the country. It's like a factory where the leaders are divided into several factions, all day long, they stumble into each other's tricks, and the workers don't have enough food or clothing, and make troubles from time to time... If they can develop well, that's really a ghost!

The Northwestern Republic is just like the factory in front of them, which is stable, strong, and orderly, and everyone is well treated, and they are all working hard for a better tomorrow, filled with a positive atmosphere.

The **** of runes smiled calmly, and did not explain to Sui Xiong the meaning of the evaluation of "the most important weapon of the country" in detail.

In fact, in his view, this factory that can quickly produce a large number of weapons and armors, and can quickly expand the scale, is not a real national weapon. The active atmosphere permeated in this factory, and the joy, confidence, and positive attitude seen in the faces and hearts of the researchers and craftsmen are the reasons why he really sighed.

(How many years have I seen such a beautiful scenery!)

The dwarf **** with white beard and hair smiles, but secretly sighs in his heart.

Since the dwarves were defeated in the war and had to retreat from the most fertile eastern plain on the main plane and into the Broken Cloud Mountains, the atmosphere in this race has ceased to be so positive.

From then on~IndoMTL.com~ the habit of alcoholism spread among the dwarves. Many older dwarves do not like the taste of wine as much as they are numbing themselves with alcohol, so that they do not have to think of the years of defeat and escape, do not have to think of their former hometown, and do not have to sigh.

The **** of runes is also an old dwarf of that generation. Even though he has become an immortal god, many past events are still clearly engraved in his heart.

Not only him, but the dwarven gods are thinking, what direction is the future of the dwarves? What exactly does it take to make your race shine again?

In this large factory in the Northwest Republic, the **** of runes sees hope.

The biggest problem with dwarves is the lack of population. People are the most important productive force. Insufficient population means insufficient productivity. But in this factory, the number of workers is obviously much smaller than in ordinary factories. According to his estimation, if the dwarves were to build a factory of the same size, at least three times more manpower would be needed!

The ability to save production manpower means that the same number of people can produce greater productivity.

Perhaps, this is the direction the dwarf gods have been looking for! (To be continued.)