“…… Your Highness, what should we do? ”

Facing the anxious questions of his subordinates, Luo Zhengdao fell silent at the moment, he was very aware of the sinister plans of the goblins, and the appearance of those human slaves in the Woad River Delta was not an accidental coincidence, but a conspiracy orchestrated by the goblins.

These human slaves were both cheap consumables for repairing the fortress and human shields against foreign attacks, and if these humans were slaughtered en masse in a goblin camp, they would not be able to account to the gods even if they had the ability to reverse black and white. But in other words, on a battlefield where every situation is possible, not to mention the death of tens of thousands of human slaves, nothing happens that is not surprising, after all, this is war, how can there be a war in the world that does not harm innocents? The Second Goblin Empire is clearly not afraid of others attacking, anyway, as long as you dare to come, it is a big deal to drive human slaves as meat shields to fight a war of attrition with you, no matter whether the battle is won or lost, from a strategic point of view, the goblins are already invincible.

"Well, when I think about it again, you guys stand down!"

After some pondering to no avail, Luo Zhengdao could only wave his hand with a dejected expression and inform his subordinates to leave, at this time, Vina Dubov looked at him sitting on the sofa and frowned, and said in a low voice:

"Will, it's not your fault."

Hearing this, he squeezed out a wry smile, Luo Zhengdao shook his head slightly, and said:

"It's not my fault that this happened, but as a regent, you have to do something, right? Yes, I know I can't move at this time, the goblins aren't afraid of war, and they might be looking forward to me! I felt very uncomfortable. ”

Luo Zhengdao spoke of his inner entanglement and unwillingness, and his face, which had been flat, eased slightly, and Vina Dubov looked at him sympathetically, leaned closer and said:

"And what are you going to do?"

As soon as he heard this, Luo Zhengdao, who sighed, was still depressed and said:

"Well, I'm thinking! It's okay, you go back and rest first! I'll think about it again. ”

There is an old world adage that military is an extension of politics, and only what diplomats can't get at the negotiating table needs to be fought over with cannons, so peaceful evolution and the like have always been a cost-effective soft knife.

After pondering for most of the night, he suddenly remembered the state of the demons dancing in the old world, and Luo Zhengdao's chaotic mind suddenly flashed a flash of aura.

It is true that violence can destroy problems, but it does not solve them. Faced with the tricky trouble of the rat trap, and not daring to provoke a third war due to the huge threat of mushroom bombs, how did those big hooligans in the old world do?

Realizing that he could bleed the goblin with a soft knife, Luo Zhengdao didn't have time to be happy for too long, and another opposite idea immediately appeared in his mind, playing public opinion propaganda? Are you going to engage in public opinion propaganda in a place full of illiterates? Isn't that hilarious? couldn't help but complain to himself, Luo Zhengdao would indeed be a little embarrassed, he couldn't help but wipe his sweat, and almost forgot that the situation in the new world was not comparable to the earth in the post-industrial era. Without the need for workers in industrialization, the illiteracy rate in the New World was hopelessly high, and ninety-nine of the 100 people were randomly selected from among the average human being, and the remaining one could spell out hundreds of words without guessing was considered a relatively literate intellectual.

Propaganda work is an important position, and if you abandon it, the enemy will come and occupy it. Frankly speaking, Luo Zhengdao doesn't remember who said this, but it makes sense, he smacked the taste for a long time and slammed the table. Grandma, who said that if you can't read, you can't receive information, we have pictures to speak, no, it's a cartoon.

The primary tool for intelligent beings to perceive the world is vision, and the original cultural carriers are only sketches of drawings in addition to languages that cannot be preserved. Pictures can be said to be the most primitive form of all writing, whether it is pure pinyin alphabet characters, or phonetic and ideographic hieroglyphs, the ancestors have to trace back to those picture characters that are the same as stick figures. Later, in order to save trouble, people gradually abstracted the complicated pictures into simple and abstract letters and symbols, as long as a person is not blind and idiot, give him a picture, and even guess the meaning of it.

"What? Printing pictures on paper? Your Highness, this is very difficult! ”

In the new world where universal civilian technology is underdeveloped, it is a challenge to discuss printing and fantasy, and the parchment books, which can be called valuables, are manuscripts and hand-painted books, and each book can be called a fine handicraft. Although the Arcanists have the magic to copy books quickly, the problem is that the local tyrants who can hire them to make books in bulk out of their own pockets may not be easy to find.

The universal printing technology, which does not rely on extraordinary power, is a by-product of Luo Zhengdao's research after the invention of papermaking, and it is only the simplest and most basic engraving printing technology. Carve out the inscription that needs to be printed on a flat wooden board, then brush it with ink, cover the paper on the engraving plate, pat it with a soft cloth, and carefully peel it off to create a printed book page. Movable type seems to be more advanced than engraving printing, and the cost is much cheaper, but the problem of easy damage and deformation of movable type is an unavoidable stubborn disease, and the printing effect is not very beautiful, and it is difficult to open the reading market of the upper class. Engraving is a clumsy task in which all the letters of the pages have to be carved out on a wooden board, but the work is relatively simple and can be done by ordinary craftsmen, while printmaking is much more complicated.

Putting forward his plan in front of his subordinates, those technical difficulties were naturally considered early on, Luo Zhengdao smiled hesitantly at the meeting, and said:

"Engraving is not suitable for mass printing, yes, we have to use more advanced printing technology this time, lithograph."

Obviously, it is impossible for the lingua franca of the new world to associate stone with printing, you know, these are two different things that are completely unrelated!

Not to mention other people who don't know how to do it, the first time I heard the regent's request, the foreman in the printing workshop who was skilled and not too flexible in his head also looked at Luo Zhengdao with dull eyes, and he muttered:

"Lithographs? Majesty, do you mean to use stone for printing? How is this possible? ”

Papermaking was "re-invented" by Luo Zhengdao in the new world, and it was only three or four years old when it was full, and the time for the advent of engraving and printing was even shorter, and many derivatives did not have time to be fully developed at all.

Before there is no cheap carrier, who can think of using expensive parchment paper to draw such a scourge of money, it is estimated that the next day when the idea of this hare brain comes up, he will have to be thrown out of the door by the father with a blue face and a collar to fend for himself, Zhen Nima is the best loser!

Although he was a little depressed by everyone's curious eyes, Luo Zhengdao was embarrassed for a moment, and explained with a bright smile:

"Don't worry, I'll guide you the whole time, let's get to work now!"

There was a muffled sound of breaking the air in the night sky, and a series of biplane pirate fighters whizzed through the airspace at an altitude of five hundred yards above the ground, followed by leaflets falling like snowflakes scattered across the Shead River Delta.

These palm-sized black-and-white cartoons depict in succinct strokes the horrific scenes of goblin armies burning human homes, human slaves in wooden shackles walking into concentration camps, skeletal mass graves, and human corpses being fed to monsters. Although there is not a single letter on the entire flyer, its message is fully understood by the audience. The human slaves, who had become mentally insensitized under slavery, secretly hid and circulated propaganda posters, and looked at them with resentment when the goblins and human traitors were not looking, and the fire of hatred filled the hearts of the slaves.

As the saying goes, if you can't get a broom, the dust won't run away by itself, no matter how sharp the pen is, it can't write dead people, and Zhuge Liang scolding Wang Lang to death is just an artistic fiction of the novel. Dealing with the wealthy and powerful goblin Second Empire, it would be too brain-dead to hope that the Wenxuan offensive would work, if justice must win, then why do you need an army?

is very aware of the principle that both hands must be grasped and both hands must be hard, Luo Zhengdao did not forget to find another way out while trying to block the green skins, looking for strong foreign aid to help.

"Black Dragon? Your Highness, the black dragons are the most evil dragons, and they will not be reasonable. ”

If the idiom of seeking skin with the tiger is translated into the new world, and the literal cooperation with the black dragon is used, the meaning is probably not much different, and the subordinates are almost stunned by the brain-opening Luo Zhengdao, and the regent's thinking is too broad!

Although everyone else was looking him up and down with surprised eyes looking at the madman, Luo Zhengdao didn't feel crazy at all, spread his hands and said:

"Why not? Even a poisonous snake can be used to guard the treasure chest, those black dragons are not idiots, evil nature is not a big problem, isn't that bastard of Najaf even more evil? Now he's on the same side as us. Remember, morality is false, slogans are false, but benefits must be true. As long as the black dragon can understand what I say, it is the object of persuasion, if these big reptiles really can't be persuaded with words, then I have other ways to reason with them. ”

There are five major categories of dragons in the New World, divided into dozens of different dragon species, and the number of non-pure-blood offspring produced by the hybridization of pure-blooded dragons with other creatures is too large to count.

Among the pure-blooded dragons, the evil five-colored dragons are the most feared by other intelligent races, and the reasons are not complicated, the first is that the five-colored dragons are more numerous than the other dragon species, and the second is that they believe in the philosophy of evil, they have a strong pursuit of materialism, and the greed often prompts these big men to leave their nests to attack or blackmail other races, and it goes without saying how bad the reputation of these natural professional rogues and villains is. In taverns all over the country, bards playing the harp and singing poetry turn over and over again the stories of brave men slaying dragons fried cold rice, and these five-colored dragons usually play the opposite role.

In contrast, metal dragons have a much better reputation than five-colored dragons, and other dragon species are very uncommon, so when people occasionally mention dragons when they talk about them, they will always subconsciously think of the hideous five-colored dragons first.