Chapter 118 The outside must first be inside, it seems to make a lot of sense
Carlos finds time every day to think about life.
Are the memories of your last life real?
Is your self in this life real?
Did I change the world or did the world change me?
If you change the world, is your foresight still useful?
If you don't change the world and go with the flow, will you live better?
Who am I?
Who is me?
Whenever he wanders in the ocean of philosophy, he is called Carlos. His Majesty, the first strongest paladin king of the kingdom of Barov's Ultra King, would resent Azeroth for not having toilet paper.
Rub the mulberry paper in your hand vigorously to soften it, and then wipe it in despair, ah, a new day has begun again.
"Your Majesty, Lord Alex sent someone to tell you that today's speech in the square cannot be delayed any longer." When Todd saw His Majesty leave the hut, he immediately gave him a hand towel and soap.
"When the war is over, I must live a luxurious life of wiping my ass with rune cloth." Carlos uttered a cry from the times.
"Your Majesty, although the state is nervous, you still have the silk you use the toilet." Todd's facial muscles twitched slightly.
"Silk, that's a strategic material, anti-arrow, can be bandaged. The final destination of a good piece of silk should be a blood-soaked battlefield, not a filthy latrine, you know? Carlos finished his personal hygiene and gave his butler a disdainful look.
"You are the king, you have the final say. But the Grand Duke has an order, and today Your Majesty you can't delay it any longer. You have not held a court meeting for many days since you ascended the throne, and you have been dragging out the speeches in the square that the new emperor should have made every time he ascended the throne, and until now the people do not know what their emperor looks like, which is your dereliction of duty. Todd urged his Majesty the King with all his heart.
"If I'm a faint king, I'll hang you on the flagpole right now!" Carlos glared at Todd viciously.
"Your Majesty, if you were a faint gentleman, you wouldn't have to worry about using mulberry paper for the toilet." Todd replied without fear.
"You're so honest, I can't find a reason to punish you." Carlos patted Todd on the shoulder and turned to leave.
Kings are not necessarily more comfortable than nobles, especially those with ideals and aspirations.
After a period of recuperation, Carlos was largely healthy. But in the face of heavy state affairs, the new king's head is big.
Although his father, Grand Duke Alex, handled most of the government affairs, there was no way to bypass Carlos for some key state affairs.
These include a mobilization order for the kingdom to enter a state of all-out war and a pacifying speech in the square.
It is definitely not easy for a country to enter a state of all-out war. This includes the coordination of all aspects: the allocation of personnel, the adjustment of the industrial structure, the centralized collection of food and war materials, the distribution of responsibilities and obligations of the noble lords, and the most critical deployment of new soldiers.
The war between the Alliance and the Horde, although it destroyed the production and life of the Hillbride Hill Hill area, also brought a large number of foreign people to the kingdom of Alterac.
However, the Talenmere region, as the essence of the Hillbride Hills, is a top priority for both the Barov family and the Alterac kingdom.
At present, the military strength of the entire Alterac Kingdom, except for the part provided to the unified command of the Alliance, is almost all deployed in the territory of the Alternac Valley, and the recruits recruited by the former King Aiden are less than 5,000 people.
Having almost drained the nobles' private soldiers, the Kingdom of Alterac has fulfilled its obligations as a member of the Alliance, and no one can blame the Alteracs for their military contributions.
But Carlos understands that as one of the main breakthrough directions of the Horde, the current military strength of the Kingdom of Alterac is not enough.
Reality is never going to be as simple as a game, and it doesn't mean that you can block an intersection and keep your enemies out.
The mountain road is difficult to travel, and what is difficult is the supply of carriages and horses. Having seen the tenacity and durability of the orcs on the battlefield, Carlos did not dare to let the tribe enter the mountains, if the orcs ate the enemy, what would the Alterac people do, the orcs were hungry and did not mind eating people.
So the best thing to do is to gather enough troops to make the tribe retreat and abandon the idea of starting the battle from the direction of Alterac.
It was precisely because this was the best way to do it that the nobles within the kingdom did not oppose the all-out war mobilization order. The focus of the dispute lies in the amount of effort and the distribution of responsibilities.
The payment of material savings, as well as the post-war gains and the credibility of the kingdom, were not valued by the nobles, or rather not so seriously.
But the battlefield is ruthless, and the mobilization of personnel, especially young and middle-aged people, is the focus of the nobles' ridicule, who knows how much they can come back if they mobilize the people to participate in the war. After a big war, his neighbor happily took his people home to graze and farm, and when his herdsmen and farmers died, who would graze the cattle and sheep, and who would cultivate the land?
Not suffering from a small number but suffering from unevenness, it is talking about harvest.
Don't suffer too much and suffer from injustice, it's about paying.
Although Alex. Barov tried his best to coordinate, and within ten days, less than a tenth of the mobilization plan was completed.
"Father, we need to recruit at least another 20,000 soldiers, plus the current troops, to have the potential to kill the Horde's hope of trying to break out of the mountains of Alterac."
A short time before the speech in the square, Carlos talked to his father.
"Why are there so many? The alliance does not have 100,000 men so far, and if we recruit another 20,000 people, it will be equivalent to 37,000 troops for the Alterac family, which is not a small number, even if there are a large number of refugees who have fled to Alterac, this number is too exaggerated. ”
Before the war, the citizens of Alterac were just over 100,000, and the total population would not exceed 120,000, including the hidden population and mountain people. Even if the war caused a large influx of fleeing residents of the Hillbride Hills into Alterac, the population of the kingdom of Alterac today is definitely less than 200,000. Carlos's request to recruit 20,000 troops made Alex shake his head.
"Father, believe me, if you don't fight with all your strength now, you may not even have a chance to fight for your life in the future, and because Alterac can't compare to Lordaeron and Gilneth, and doesn't have the almost natural protection of the Wall of Soladin, we have to concentrate our efforts."
Carlos analyzed the situation to his father in a very serious tone.
"I'll do my best, but you'd better not be too optimistic."
Alex agreed with his son's claims.
"By the way, are you ready for a speech in the square? This presentation is a good opportunity for you to make a statement, and it is also an important signal. The neutrals and defectors alike are waiting for you to declare the end of this turmoil. Alex reminded Carlos not to take the speech in the square lightly, and pointed out the meaning behind the political show.
"It's time for it to end."
With control of the army largely completed and the opposition almost purged to the side, Carlos also wished he could focus on fighting the orc horde instead of thinking about the need to clean up his own people every day.
"Hold, here's the speech."
Calculating that the time was almost up, Alex pulled out a manuscript and gave it to Carlos, but Carlos took a cursory look at it and returned it to his father.
"Father, the nobles just need a signal, and the people don't want to see their king read the manuscript."
Carlos, who has recovered most of the Light's power, decides to use his own way to preach his beliefs.