Chapter 223: Where is the choice difficult, it's not poor; There is no indecision, not cowardice
What is taste?
The rich eat coarse tea and light rice, which is taste, indifference, and feelings.
Poor people eat coarse tea and light rice, it is survival, helplessness, and despair.
Taste is the posture of the group of people who speak the loudest and take off their pants and fart.
What is public opinion?
During the French Civil War:
The newspaper of the first day, "Monsters from Corsica have landed in the port of Ruan." ”
The next day's newspaper, "The Unspeakable Man-Eater King is closing in on Glas." ”
The newspaper of the third day, "The despicable and shameless thief enters Gellenoble." ”
The newspaper of the fourth day, "Napoleon? Bonaparte occupies Lyon. ”
The newspaper of the fifth day, "General Poleon approached Fontainebleau." ”
The newspaper of the sixth day, "His Majesty the Supreme Emperor arrives today in his faithful Paris." ”
Public opinion is the one who dares to tell the truth to you, and deceives those who do not know the truth.
What is a trend?
When you control public opinion, your taste is the trend.
His Majesty Carlos loves to eat spotted sage.
So what used to be a pound of spotted sage is now fried for two silver coins.
His Majesty Carlos wears a waist-cinching uniform that likes a stand-up collar and shoulder pads.
Therefore, even the conscripts in charge of logistics and transportation think that this kind of clothes will be wrinkled when bent over, which is not conducive to work, and even a hoe will tear the thread under the armpit open.
His Majesty Carlos said that cultivation in Tarummir could not be resumed before April and that the state would take back land ownership.
This is unruly, and the royal family has no right to reclaim any of the owner's land unless a family tree dies and all the legitimate heirs are gone.
Rules are always rules, but they are only rules.
In the name of war, death or instigation. Take your pick.
Therefore, when the Alterac army recovered the whole territory of Tarenmere, Carlos's "Limited-time Return to Farming" was accompanied by the report of the victory. Alex. Barov, regent Grand Duke of the Kingdom of Alterac, King Carlos. Barov's biological father.
When the Grand Duke received the decree signed by his son, he hesitated for a long time, but still felt that the appearance was too ugly.
I thought about it for a long time. The Grand Duke took out a piece of edict paper from the mezzanine in a drawer.
After transcribing his son's general command, Alex added a paragraph at the end.
The crown recognized the ownership of the land of the reclaimer as long as the tenant rent was paid at the time of the summer harvest for all newly cultivated land within the time limit. All the lords who are properly organized to return to farming will pay as much as they want in the summer harvest and double the amount in the autumn harvest. If the lord is unable to organize a return to farming, he must pay the revolt tax according to the size of the territory, otherwise he will be deemed to have renounced the ownership of the land, and the revolt tax must be paid before the summer harvest.
After looking at it carefully, Alex didn't see any flaws and nodded with satisfaction. Added his name under his son's somewhat old signature.
The Barov family has two apple orchards, three farmsteads, and the town of Tarenmere in Tarenmere, but regardless of the land area, even less than three percent of the Tarenmere area is cultivated.
Although it was a great temptation to take Tarummir for themselves, the Barov family still understood the truth of eating alone and pulling black, and added a large and more conciliatory supplement to the king's order.
After changing the "Time-limited Return to Cultivation Order". Grand Duke Alex actually found that the afternoon had passed like this, and he had only dealt with such one thing in the whole afternoon. And there were mountains of papers on the table.
"It's really a worry-free son, no matter how much you do it, you can't save the fire from far water, if the negotiation with Terenus collapses, you can only buy food at a high price. Then in this battle, all the war dividends are from several others. ”
He sighed silently in his heart. The Grand Duke decided to rest, and his wife and children were still waiting for him to have dinner together.
For the sake of this crown of the Barov family, Alex has not had a good rest for a long time.
As for the question of what to do if Carlos is defeated and the orcs ravage Tarummir again after the release of the "Limited Time Return to Farming Order". The Grand Duke Regent didn't want to think about it at all. If he wants, Alterac can also send another 30,000 people to the front line, if it weren't for the fact that the Barov family directly issued a travel restriction order to stabilize people's hearts and strengthen their foundation, blocking refugees at the foot of Alterac Mountain, Aiden's savings for decades could fully support the Alterac Kingdom for three years.
Although it is ruthless, cruel and inhumane to think so, Alex really hopes that there will be more people killed in battle.
What is the difference between gold coins that can buy food and stones in the wilderness?
For the sake of Great Alterac's vision, the Barov family is walking a tightrope.
How did you get convinced by Carlos's little cub?
Alex shook his head with a smile, and when he saw that the ink had dried up, he put away the edict, put it in the safe, and prepared to go with his family.
And the one who started it all, Carlos. Barov was receiving thanksgiving from the people in the mountains northeast of Tarenmir.
It stands to reason that Carlos, as king, should stay in the makeshift barracks of Tarenmere and command his army. However, the reality was that the Horde did not have that many troops to maintain a garrison in Talummere, and Carlos first blocked the return route of most of the orc regulars in Talummere with a swift advance, and then the army pushed flat, and the Knights opened the way, almost plowing the Talummere area.
As an area that has been developed by humans for nearly a millennium, there is not much place for Talenmere to hide its troops. Even if the orcs could fight three of them, the army sent to Tarummere by the tribe left Carlos with 2,711 orc corpses and 113 ogre remains.
After the army marched like the wind, sweeping the tribes and plundering like fire, Carlos thought he was good.
Guarding the checkpoint intersection, Xu Rulin is in full swing, and Carlos doesn't think it's a big problem.
The friendly forces were as immovable as a mountain, and Carlos felt that he should be able to drag on as long as he could.
Wind Forest Volcano, sure enough, is the only way to lead the army! Carlos sighed.
To regain Tarummir and speak his conscience, Carlos chose a very clever time. It's easy to grab land and it's hard to defend it, and the orcs also understand this truth, so a huge Tarummir, the tribe only has a garrison of about 3,000 people, and the role is also to interfere with your alliance to get supplies from here.
If it weren't for the fact that Lothar's army and Orgrim's forces were brewing a major battle, if the tribe had sent a few more strange troops from the mountains to wreak havoc when the farmers had returned to the fields, Carlos's wishful thinking would have become a deadly curse.
However, because the main force of the Horde was only pinned down by Lothar in the north-central part of the Hillbride Hills, Orgrim would not divide his troops to attack as long as he was not sick in his head, which gave Carlos valuable time to consolidate his defense.
You put 30,000 people here, it's useless if the tribesmen come less, send food, there are more people, and the main battlefield is tight, the only suitable option is to threaten but not attack, and place an army to wander outside Tarummir. As long as your army in Alterac dares to move, I will bypass you and attack your base.
Regardless of the advantages and disadvantages, change homes, do you save or not?
So when the spies sent the news of the imminent arrival of Lothar's envoy to Carlos, Carlos decisively resorted to suppression.
The orcs are so fierce and bad, and they are so fierce and powerful in the mountains that they fight guerrillas, and they must first settle down inside and let me kill a bandit first.
I happened to hear that there was a village in the mountains that had been under the threat of the orcs for more than a year, and finally waited for the king's master, Carlos decided to go and see it for himself, and by the way, avoid the envoys.
It's not that Carlos is selfish and doesn't care about the overall situation, but when the grain and grass problem is not solved, Carlos does not dare to attack at all.
If the daily consumption of the garrison troops is one, the daily consumption of the combat troops is at least three.
Although the grain and grass have been prepared for three months, most of it is still piled up in the granary of Oakland City, and has not yet been transported. Even if it was Lothar, Carlos didn't intend to believe it all, how could the lifeline be held in the hands of others when there was no surplus food in his hands.
Seeing that it was difficult to excuse myself, I simply disappeared.
So Carlos, after arranging many things, took his guards to the mountains to herd sheep. (To be continued.) )