The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich Chapter 667: Not a threat
When Mist Alliance was established in those years, those Moon Elfs in the Northland also joined the situation. In fact, the entire Northland joined in that year. If they didn't join, they would isolate themselves, and then they would become the little sheep that slept by Great Dragon.
But even after joining the situation, their position in Mist Alliance has always been embarrassing.
What is the relationship between Elf and human? Needless to say, how many years of friendship have been sour and sweet, and the grudges and hatreds have extended countless historical stories, and no matter how many playwrights and novelists support them.
The core of Mist Alliance is the two Lan nations, and the Lan nations are human. Then, the core of Mist Alliance is naturally human, and other foreign races such as Beastfolk, North Barbarians, undead, underground forces, or are allies at the beginning. Either it is the defeated opponent, and when one side is strong enough and the client side does not have much resistance, the integration is not very difficult.
The so-called union is that there is a voice saying what we should do, and no one sings it in reverse.
The whole Mist Alliance union is simple to say, but actually includes a series of actions and projects.
The most important ones are probably the construction of transportation routes, the re-division of administrative-level responsibilities, and the uniform adjustment of military ranks.
This policy seems to be nothing. It seems to be all face-saving projects. In fact, it is directly related to whether Mist Alliance is truly united or still a piece of sand.
In the past, highways between countries ... If muddy and chaotic mountain roads and trails can be regarded as highways, the coverage rate of highways can barely exceed 5%.
Although the slogan "To get rich first, build roads" is definitely not empty words, especially in the cold weapon era. The gap between carriages and walking is not only about speed. The volume of horse-drawn vehicles and the individual are two concepts. When the goods cannot be sold, the farm products are rotten in the fields, and the transported finished products in the mining area are higher than the price of the ore, the so-called development is empty talk.
As for air freight? Without mentioning the terrible ratio of air freight and freight, the Mist Alliance warships alone are unlikely to take on regular transportation duties, you know. The road looks inconspicuous, but the number of people who pass by it every day can be tens of thousands, and it is a permanent investment, and every time it is transported by air. But you have to calculate the cost and see if you can get the money back.
But unlike the better inhabitants of a certain world, the inhabitants of the feudal era lived this way for generations to generations. They did not feel that there was anything wrong with them. They depended on the heavens to continue their ancestral lifestyle. Seems to be taken for granted.
If the road construction is really started and the labor force is recruited, they will feel that this lord is too damaging to the people.
The lords are not much better than them. Some people are really ignorant. This number ratio is amazing. Others feel that once their road is repaired, other lords cannot invade along the road. It ’s up to you, isn't that just shooting yourself in the foot?
The establishment of Mist Alliance. On the one hand, it also represents the disappearance of the "roads being beaten by people". On the other hand, the rapid development of countries such as East Mist, Siluweir, and the improvement of people's living standards. Of course, the most direct thing is the endless stream of gadgets. Indeed It was touched by people's hearts that have not changed from generation to generation, so that many people really began to yearn for change.
But it's nice to say that the total tax revenue of Mist Alliance over the past eight years has nearly fallen into Chengdu. The road coverage has improved from about 5% to 10%. It is a uniform two-way four-lane slab road. Do n’t look at the numbers and the shabby road specifications, but this already represents the main roads of each country, already, barely passable. No rain or snow will be cut off.
As for details, it is the responsibility of each country and lord to go to a certain township or village. As an alliance between countries, Mist Alliance already has done a good job.
The completion of the construction of this main road also means that the normalized administrative Quest and document transmission can be normalized, and the centralized system has gradually replaced the decentralized system. The king's emissary, which often appears in that kind of novel and drama, although it expresses the people's simple desire for fairness and justice and hostility to bad lords, but it is not the result of inconvenient transportation and inadequate decree.
With the smooth connection and normalization, the re-division of administrative-level responsibilities has also made the joining countries no longer a separate individual. While weakening monarchy and sovereignty, it has also allowed localities to begin to follow the policies and regulations of Mist Alliance. The plan is to give this huge northern giant a skeleton that supports him to stand and walk.
Of course, these policies are all already conventional policies approved by the kings of various countries. The lower limit is relatively high, which will not cause the lord to rebound ... It is still not necessary to start in this regard. The game and conspiracy in this area can be used for several purposes. day.
The subsequent mutual recognition of ranks and army reorganization is probably equivalent to assigning a number to the knights, officers, and knights of all Mist Alliance joining countries, so that they recognize each other's rank, and in the king of their country Under the name, obey the chief commander of Mist Alliance. Of course, this is only the unconventional scheduling of the utility that occurs in battle. The Cavaliers still do their own thing on weekdays.
At this point, Mist Alliance's combat power can cooperate with each other and play a combat role. Let's stop here. The messy things can be written in a novel. I really want to elaborate on it, and it's too long.
The Elf, to be precise, the Moon Elfs in the Northland ... directly stuck the joint plan in the first step.
In accordance with the plan, it was necessary to sort out a section of the road to the Kingdom of Moon Elf, but one section, naturally, is the area where the Kingdom of Tassel Elf is located, which is the link between the Elf countries and the human countries.
There is a highway, or a good road repaired by the Kingdom of Sussex. Although natural disasters caused severe damage to some sections, it is much easier to repair the original highway than to start construction. Regardless of the time period, In terms of cost management, more than 70% of the time and capital costs must be saved.
But ...
"This area does not belong to any Elf kingdom. We refuse to pay for the road construction costs of this route."
In a sense, this is just talking nonsense with your eyes open. This road can only lead you. What do you mean by not doing it?
As current Mist Alliance Policy, road funding is 70% of the local country ’s funding, Mist Alliance 30% of the fiscal revenue is both conventional and common sense. The local revenue is the largest. Naturally, the local country has the majority. Mist Alliance Only 30% out, considering the mask. that already It's astronomical.
This policy has a little problem. As mentioned before, the area of the former tassel kingdom does not belong to any country on the map. The Elf kingdom is hard. bullshit does not give money for this reason. Barely said the past.
But there are actually such fuzzy areas on the map, but in the end the lords are willing to pay for it. After all, no one is a fool. Refusing to build a road is not only a miss on the opportunity to develop infrastructure, but also isolates itself to Mist Alliance Outside the system.
Why. The Kingdom of Elf refused, or refused completely without leaving any room ...
Are they moneyless? Speaking of which, even undead (ghost) doesn't believe it. Their exclusive magic products and artworks are a profitable sale. The robbery is not as fast as them. Coupled with years of savings, who would believe that the Elf family is actually poor.
Are they reluctant? Being able to maintain the magic enchantment at room temperature in the north, the capital and magic materials consumed are astronomical figures. The daily life of those Elf Mage who want to walk away is extravagant, how can they be poorer than the human lord.
No one is a fool. But since the Elf kingdoms have determined that this area does not belong to them, they have no obligation to pay, and Mist Alliance has held three consecutive days of meetings. In the end, for the internal consistency of Mist Alliance, it was fully invested!
Then ... nothing then.
When the road started construction, strange things kept happening. Either a certain section of the road suddenly started to be haunted, or a section of the road was hit by horse thieves and the workers were dispersed. Even tools were stolen.
There have been more than twenty such incidents in three months. Even fools know that the situation is wrong, and the Mist Alliance investigation team returned the night before. Being able to do this kind of thing in this position makes it clear that Elfs do it.
What does Moon Elf want to do? The top of Mist Alliance fell into confusion, and in the end, the former Moon Elf Princess Suanna revealed the truth ...
"For a long time, Moon Elf in Northland both looked down on human and feared human. They were probably worried about being annexed ..."
Yes, the Elf didn't say it directly, and they used this uncooperative attitude to turn around to show their distrust. This may be Elf's consistent carefulness and indirectness ... elegant diplomatic trick.
Now, the problem has hit the leaders of Mist Alliance countries. What can human countries do next?
Continue to force road construction? The money is out, the manpower is out, the hot face is attached to the cold butt, and the face is washed and then posted, how can I not get this face.
Force a breakthrough, interfere with power, and ask the Moon Elf Kingdom to fulfill the covenant? Elf are very careful, even if they know that they can't get evidence, and even if they get evidence, can they attack Elf on this ground? That will not only tear up the covenant, but let everyone in the self-danger. It is indeed aggression.
At this time, the reason why the Moon Elfs joined the Mist Alliance so easily came out. They have been sitting on this plan from the beginning. Instead of trying to reach the tide of unification in the north, it is better to engage in themselves after joining the name Small group, playing cold violence, small independence, non-cooperation.
Don't say that in the relatively straightforward (simple) Eich political circle, already is a clever trick, the crystallization of Elf's thousands of years of political experience, and it did work, but ...
"... Elfs have always been like this, small abacus keeps on, eating the bowl and looking at the pot, fishing a lot of benefits, but too many calculations, do not want to let anything, but bewildered by the immediate interests, Eventually lost the market ... "
The road plan in the tassel Elf kingdom area has stopped, and the other Elf kingdoms have not started.
In the past few years, the rapid development of Mist Alliance has been seen by the people in the North, and only Elf still live their own relatively independent days. Do those Elf regret it?
"No, they won't regret it. They just celebrated another attempt to defeat human's annexation of Elf. As for the development of the outside world, and what matter to them, they lived a thousand years ago."
The words of Suanna are in line with my consistent understanding of Elf. Even if the young Elf of the younger generation has opinions, in the country of Elf, the right to speak is in the hands of the elderly. Tradition is extremely important.
The final result is that the Elf kingdoms have won in a certain sense, they have maintained their expectations, but human has not lost, anyway, there is no way to move forward like Elf Mist Alliance, the nominal alliance relationship allows them to go from Elf There is still a certain amount of income from the Kingdom to purchase special products and send international students.
The entire Mist Alliance is becoming more and more integrated. The second phase of the large-scale project "Operation of the Galaxy" already has started for two years, but only Elfs, the first phase of the project has not ended, but it is always scattered outside the entire Mist Alliance, the impact is extremely bad , And now the principal of Mist Alliance has no time to play with them, so it is up to them.
But before, I can't stand it this time.
According to tradition, the Moon Elf series of the Moon Elf kingdom has become one of the four upper Elf of the new Northern Elf empire, but how do you say, as the Moon Elf that is the most "good at power" in Elf, and the "real power" in the new Elf empire? Send ", they once again played up their own abacus.
"Require the Northern Elf Empire to be the capital of the Moonflower City? The southernmost lone city in the territory of the three Moon Elf kingdoms? Pull the entire Northern Elf Empire together and play with them and isolate?"
"Required that since Moon Elf provides territory, ownership of Moon Elf should be retained? The Northern Elf empire and local guards should be Moon Elf? The state intends to overhang the queen before the country is established?"
"Moon Elf and Dark Elf have vengeance, requesting Dark Elf not to set foot on the territory of the newly born Elf empire ... The four major Elf silver Elfs have just arrived, and the number of Wood Elf is not large. The strength of Dark Elf is strong enough. This is the target of the direct seizure Out? "
"Requires independent diplomatic power and military power ... What is the difference between this and active division, Moon Elf intends to come to a civil war?"
I slowly read these files with a smile, but the Elf patriarchs in front of me were shaking, and the killing in the hall seemed to be the essence. In their eyes, the next plot should be to jump out of dozens of axemen A grand banquet?
I'm not against anyone, even pushed out Moon Elf representatives Suanna very friendly smile ...... few steps back from her situation, it seems to me she lacks confidence, or I do not care He leaked intend knife intention?
"Moon Elf ah ......."
I have some frustration to file thrown aside and developments to this point I have long been expected, but did not think would come so soon.
Before Harloys coronation, when the North Moon Elf will not push the new patriarch, ultimately, make already become gray and blood Elf undead of Suanna to act on behalf of ...... Since then, they probably once last name unable to agree, in front of the treaty is not going to recognize it.
My proposal at the time was also a chance to break the game. I gave Suanna a resurrection opportunity. Once she re-emerged as Moon Elf, her high reputation may be able to play a great political role. people helpless developments ...... I already for those who do not go through the baptism of war, only know the stupid infighting Moon Elf elders patience is exhausted! I'm doing business, but those Bastard hinder me!
When she returned to me at that time, it was time to think about it. Okay, think about it, and then things were too busy and I left them.
So, now I'm trying to keep a harmonious smile and keep asking.
"Suanna, have you considered it long enough, your final decision? resurrection will continue to remain the same ... In advance, you better choose carefully, I have no patience for Moon Elf already, I am not threatening you! But you The decision is related to the life and death of the whole Moon Elf. I don't believe that only three superior Elfs of the Northern Elf empire will not survive! "
"... Don't be scary! What are you calling a threat?"
The Avatar of Harloys, who has been pretending to be displayed, finally spoke, and the Elf patriarchs were relieved, but her next words made them cry and laugh.
"In fact, I also hate Moon Elf, which always causes trouble. In fact, they were rebellious. In fact, I am confident that the new Elf Empire can develop well with only three high-ranking. Suanna, you can safely reject this fool. . "
All the Elf patriarchs didn't speak, but the expressions were weird, like panic, just like saying.
"... You said that, rejection is not the same as death! Who dares to refuse!" (~ ^ ~)