Chapter 646: The First Development Conference of the Empire (1)
This was a meeting before the spring ploughing, and it was also a meeting to mobilize the various departments of the empire, and by the way, to announce Semiramis's plans and answer the questions raised by the people below.
The Baltic Empire is a hall of Alice and others, and they have absolute power in this empire, but this does not mean that they can't listen to other people's advice, on the contrary, both Alice and Semiramis hope that the officials below can put forward more constructive opinions.
Even the gods sometimes make mistakes, their minds are sometimes limited by their own ear knowledge, they are bound by old ideas, and they may not be as professional as others in some areas, so it is necessary to listen to the opinions of others and add the wisdom of others to the wisdom of Alice and Semiramis.
It cannot be said that there are no mistakes in thoroughly improving their plans, but it is still necessary to improve them as much as possible and reduce the errors and losses in the implementation of the plan.
Alice and Semiramis formulated this plan to develop the empire and reduce all kinds of contradictions in the empire, they don't want this plan to damage the interests of the empire, they don't want to see this plan plan to plan the contradictions between certain departments, because of the uneven distribution of spoils and the problem of power, and there will be a situation of mutual hindrance and hostility.
Don't think that such problems will not arise in this magical world, no matter what kind of place they are, the problems are always similar, and in essence they are all conflicts caused by various contradictions.
Even the most immature officials are in a state of transformation or about to become bureaucrats, and they are indeed loyal to the empire, indeed to Alice and Semiramis, but under such loyalty, they also have their own interests to be realized.
If you keep paying, there is no substantial benefit, and you don't get any spiritual satisfaction, then this kind of giving, this kind of loyalty will not last too long, just like the jackal, who is famous all over the world for his loyalty, finally chooses to betray.
Sometimes don't look at such meetings as very cumbersome and nothing of value, but in fact, you can give these officials a sense that this empire actually belongs to them, so that they can feel that the interests of the empire are essentially their own personal interests, so that they can clearly understand that a strong empire can bring them more benefits.
In addition, such a meeting allows Alice and Semiramis to have a face-to-face interactive interaction with the heads of various departments, allowing them to solve problems with verbal conversations and deal with the affairs of the empire head-on.
When these people habitually use meetings to solve problems and deal with problems, then many complex things can be simplified, and many problems can be solved efficiently, rather than choosing to shirk between various departments because of unclear rights and responsibilities, or fear of work and making mistakes.
"Rejoice, you owe your share in the building of the Empire, we have said goodbye to the days of lack of food, lack of clothing, lack of fuel for heating, lack of doctors and medicines to cure the sick, and in the Baltic Empire our people will be freed from the cruelty of life in peace. β
Intense applause rang out in the conference hall, and all the officials clapped their hands vigorously until Alice reached out and pressed it, and the applause gradually stopped.
This is a glorious thing for all the people present, in this world, there is no empire, any country, and no force like the Baltic Empire, which has completely solved the problems of food, warmth, and medical care for the people below.
Those so-called kings, such as Attila, such as Siegel, they can become kings not because they have the support of the people, but because they have great power, they have the army, they can use violence to suppress all the voices of the opponents below, they have no way to solve the problems raised by the people, but they can use violence to solve the people who raise these problems.
"In the next step, we need to do more business, make more goods, open up more markets for dumping, and in this regard, Semiramis and I have made an updated plan according to the current situation, which is detailed in the notebook on your desk, in the second part of the content, five minutes, you go to take a look. β
Alice's hands are propped up on the conference table, which looks extremely aggressive, but from another point of view, it also brings a different majesty to Alice, which is a small book that the maid has copied in advance, which has written the key content of the meeting, so that these guys can have a certain understanding of the content and topics of the meeting in the shortest possible time.
Behind her, Semiramis wears a long dark black dress, a crown cast of gold with black pearls on her head, and a necklace of crystal clear pearls around her neck, the pink pearls glow intoxicatingly in the light.
This meeting is Alice's one-man show, and Semiramis does not intend to snatch Alice's role excessively, because being the absolute protagonist of such a meeting is conducive to increasing her prestige and her control of the empire.
Semiramis is the empress of the Baltic Empire, this is a well-known thing, she controls the lives of millions of people in the empire, and controls the largest empire in the Northland, but Semiramis is not as enthusiastic about these powers as outsiders imagine, the reason why she seriously plays such a role as the empress, on the one hand, she has such a talent and can help Alice in this regard, on the other hand, the Baltic Empire is the empire she and Alice established together, and it is the product of witnessing their relationship, for this product, she has a feeling like treating her own childγ
Five minutes passed quickly, enough for the people to read what they were doing and to think.
"The Celtic Isles of the West, for well-known reasons, there is no way to continue the plan, in a month's time, three of the caravans we sent to the West have been sacked, two caravans have completely disappeared into the sea, and all we can find in the end is their lifeless corpses. β
"I think you will see that it will be very sad and angry to hear this news, and my feelings are actually the same as yours, but we, as the management of this empire, we can't rely on emotions to deal with problems, and when we deal with these problems, we should think about what kind of benefits such treatment will bring to our empire, and what kind of negative impact it will bring to our empire. β
"Now that our focus is shifting from the outside to the inside, you should all know about the three new territories in the Empire, our centaur troops are still clearing the Rus steppes of tribes who do not agree with our rule, and the rest of our armies are fighting in Karelia and Finland against the dragons who do not recognize the situation. β
"If we look at it from the level of war, although we have suffered certain losses, but what we have achieved is a brilliant victory, it is foreseeable that after this war, the various arms of our army will gain a certain tacit understanding, and our spellcasters can better integrate into the army for coordinated operations. β
"On the Karelian and Finnish side, we dealt with the threat of the dragons, which gave our empire great prestige among the Finns and Karelians, and now they are not just not against our rule, but support us, hoping that we can rule them as rulers. β
"They aspire to be the living Baltic Empire, they take pride in that, and they want to join our army and protect their hard-won, peaceful and happy life with blood and sweat. β
"The Rus' steppe is a little bit worse, because there has been a long period of prosperity and peace, their tribes have grown stronger, and our centaur forces are indeed constantly winning, but it still takes time to turn the gains of war into political results. β
"So, you know, we have achieved friendship both externally and internally, but to maintain and sustain this victory, we need more supplies to maintain, our people need food, the wounded need medicine, the casters need materials, the warriors need equipment and ammunition, Karelia and Finland have too many tribes and cities to rebuild. β
"Every aspect of the empire needs to spend money, it needs materials and wealth to carry out our plans, to maintain our prosperity, to keep the empire running and open, so we need more markets to dump our goods, we need to use our goods to plunder more materials to nourish our empire, as the empire grows to nourishment. β
"And in the Scandinavian Peninsula to the north, whether it is the Scandinavian Empire of Siegel, the Scandinavian coalition of Gohm, or the remnants of Attila, they have begun to boycott our goods. β
"Because they already have substitutes, they can buy the goods they need at a cheaper price, equipment, medicine, food, etc., and the goods they need to live and fight can be obtained from sources other than us. β
The equipment created by the dwarves is not inferior in quality to those produced in Jutland, the only problem is that the quantity is slightly smaller, but it is enough to break the Baltic Empire's monopoly on Scandinavia's equipment.
The medicine is provided by the elves, who live in the forest all year round, have a large number of raw materials at their fingertips, and the number of druids among the elves allows the elven tribes in Scandinavia to produce enough potions every day, which makes the price of potions in Scandinavia plummet, making the Baltic Empire lose a lot in the potion market.
Alice's words caused the officials of the various departments below to start a whispering discussion, and everyone in the audience understood what the consequences of the shrinking market would be, and if the goods could not be sold, they would only become a burden to the empire.
"We can turn exports into domestic sales, and it just so happens that after a few years of steady development, the people of our empire have enough wealth in their hands, and we can encourage our people to buy our products to solve the financial problems of the empire. β
"In addition, whether the expenditure on welfare of the empire has been too large, and whether it is necessary to cut the expenditure in this area, after all, the people can obtain wealth when they work for the empire. β
Alia was the first to reach out and ask her own questions, and in the face of everyone's attention, she made her suggestions without changing her face, and her sentences were smooth, as if she had been training for a long time.
The current situation is that the wealth of the empire flows into the hands of the people in various ways, but there is no means to recover this wealth, and the money in the hands of the people outside the country will accumulate more and more in the long run, and the preciousness of the gold coins issued by the empire will decrease, in short, there will be a currency depreciation.
"Well, Alia, that's a good offer of yours. β
Alice nodded approvingly, of course Alia could not make such a suggestion, which Alice and Semiramis had already worked out before, so that Alia could memorize it and be the first to propose it in this meeting.
This is to ease the tension of these people, so that they can approach the meeting with a more peaceful mind, so that they can normally raise constructive topics that are beneficial to the Empire.
The reduction of welfare is actually to the detriment of the interests of all the people of the empire, and no one dares to say more on this topic, even if everyone knows that the current expenditure of the empire in welfare has affected the normal operation of the empire's finances.
Because this topic is a politically correct topic, a topic that can gain popular support, whoever proposes meaning on this topic and lifts up this contradiction hidden under the table, then it is very likely that after leaving this topic, will be spurned by the angry masses.
And it is very likely that they will be punished by the empire as an outcast to ease the anger of the people, people are selfish, and they are not willing to sacrifice themselves to achieve such a goal.
Alia doesn't have so many doubts, she has the largest caravan in the empire in her hands, and she controls several golden waterways in the Baltic Sea, and there are too many people who need these golden waterways to live, so in the empire, she has a wide range of interests and supporters.
In other words, Alia was born as a vampire maid, and she was a maid who once dressed Alice and was handed over by Alice herself, and anyone who opposes Alia needs to consider Alice's attitude.
In any case, the Baltic Empire was founded by Alice, and she has undisputed prestige in the country, and it is not an exaggeration to call her the god of the country.