Chapter 232: The Golden Family
Those troublesome jewels, although they were also wealth, could not be used for direct transactions, and now with the promise of Blue Fairy and Nicole, the problem was solved, and Benjamin was very happy.
Led by the old dwarf, the group walked through the deserted village and came to the big house in the innermost part of the village.
"Chieftain ......"
"Kavanagh, I said that everything will be handled by you, don't bother me!" A voice came from the room!
The old dwarf hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you are here for Princess Jenny's affairs!" ”
"Oh, Your Majesty? Then please come in! The voice inside said lazily, "Please forgive your Majesty for not being able to get up to greet you!" ”
Kavanagh pushed open the door, and Benjamin and the others walked in. Although the house is very large, it is messy, the tables and chairs are covered with thick dust, and I don't know how much time it has not been cleaned, an old dwarf lying flat on the bed, heard a group of people coming in, opened his eyes slightly, and said: "I am old, I am incapacitated, Your Majesty forgive me, please forgive me for not being able to get up and salute!" It's just that I'm clumsy, and I don't know which one is Your Majesty! ”
Benjamin didn't mind the old dwarf's disrespect, and said, "Benjamin, the first elf king personally appointed him as the new elf king of the forest country!" It's just that this king was expelled by traitors, and he has not yet had a foothold, and he has not yet fulfilled the last wish of the first elf king, so don't laugh at the chieftain! ”
"I'm messy here, Your Majesty, please feel free!" The old chief said, "Azov City was originally also His Majesty's fiefdom, and now His Majesty has not really ascended the throne, but Azov City has produced an elf king, and it is also the pride of our place, but I am old, I'm afraid I can't serve Your Majesty!" ”
"Chief Chief!" Pantony stepped forward and knelt down in front of the bed, crying and asking, "How did it come to this?" We Desi are also among the best tribes in Azov, how come our tribe has fallen into such a situation over the past few decades? ”
"Pantony?" The old chief stroked Pantony's head and said, "Rise and fall, success or failure, the law of the jungle, is the way things change, just like the birth, old age, sickness and death of people are as common!" You were originally His Majesty's bodyguard, and the affairs of the clan are already like this, so you can serve by Your Majesty's side! ”
Benjamin said: "Princess Jenny was introduced to the chief by this king back then, but the princess asked the chief to help with something, this king actually doesn't know too well, presumably there must be some troublesome thing for the chief to bother!" Only then did the king of Japan know that the Tokusai tribe had fallen to such a state. We and Pantony once found the remains of hundreds of Desi in a mine, presumably related to what Princess Jenny had confessed. If it is because of Princess Jenny's affairs that cause the decline of the Dexi tribe, this king bears a certain responsibility, so no matter what Princess Jenny promised to the chief at the beginning, this king will take over, and it will be as the chief wishes, even if it can't be done now, in a few years, this king will definitely fulfill his promise today! ”
"Why didn't Princess Jenny come by herself? We've never seen a princess in decades! The chief said slowly, "Princess Jenny made a promise back then, but thirty years ago, after the things she confessed had a certain result, they were gone forever!" Now Your Majesty is also like Princess Jenny, I promise that I don't know what Your Majesty needs me to do, but if I can, I will definitely serve Your Majesty! For decades, very few people in this tribe have known about this, and most of them have already died outside, and now only Kavanagh and I know about this matter, if Your Majesty wants to kill people, I and Kavanah's lives will be handed over to Your Majesty! ”
"Princess Jenny has been dead for twenty-seven or eight years, how can she still come here?" Benjamin smiled, "The chief has a grudge in his heart, and this king can understand it!" But the Chief should not doubt the sincerity of Jeanne's promise, let alone Princess Jenny's murderous act against your people! Although the current situation of this king is down, he will definitely not be able to do the things of falling into the well and crossing the river and demolishing the bridge! Pantony has been following this king for a long time, and he can prove it! ”
"Princess Jenny is dead?" The old chief said disappointedly.
"Chief Chief!" Lan Xian'er answered, "It's not a secret, I have a lot of relationship with Princess Jenny, what Princess Jenny entrusted your people to do back then, in fact, she did things on behalf of others!" In other words, the people behind this secret mission are actually my people! ”
"Your people? Who are you to instruct Princess Jenny to do things for you! The old chief was surprised, "That's it, whoever instructs it, our Desi clan only made a promise to Princess Jenny, and it has nothing to do with your people!" ”
Lan Xian'er said: "We are a hidden family, we once saved Princess Jenny's life, and Princess Jenny agreed to undertake this task in order to repay the grace of saving her life!" Although we have not directly entrusted you to do this, but I will not kill Beren, but Beren will die because of me, and even if Princess Jenny does not entrust you to the Dexi tribe, other tribes will suffer this fate, for us, it is all the same! Since I have promised to take over Princess Jenny's unfulfilled wishes, I will fulfill what she promised before! If you still need our help, you can also mention it, and if I can do it, there will be absolutely no excuse! ”
The old chief sneered: "Okay, then I will tell you that Princess Jenny has promised us that after completing this task, we will cancel our clan's slave status in the forest country, and my clan will no longer be enslaved by the major forces of the forest country for generations, no longer exploited by the major clans, and will not be allowed to buy and sell the population of my clan, and my clan will enjoy the same treatment as the elf nobles and enjoy the protection of the state!" In other words, my people will achieve the same status as the elves and even the nobility! When Princess Jenny made her promise, it was at the peak of her power, and no one in the Forest Country admired this famous princess, so no one doubted that Princess Jenny could do this! ”
"Hahaha! This request of the chief is ridiculous! Benjamin laughed loudly, "The first thing I planned to do when I ascended the throne was to abolish the hierarchical aristocracy and let all the people of the Forest Country have the same social status!" Although the tribes still maintain a certain amount of power, they are also equal to each other and are subject to the supervision and management of the state. ”
"Your Majesty wants to abolish the country's aristocratic system that has been thousands of years old?" The old chief asked in surprise, then shook his head and said, "How easy is that?" Your Majesty's foundation is now unstable, and you still need the support of major local forces, and when Your Majesty is in power, will you unload the mill and kill the donkey? ”
Benjamin smiled: "Of course you need to eat one bite at a time!" Family power can't be completely eliminated in a short period of time, and this king doesn't want to cooperate with too many families to reach the peak of power! The foundation of the forest country has been damaged by the power of these noble families, they are high up, ignoring the interests of the country, only developing their own forces, conquest against each other, and exploiting fish and flesh, they themselves have unlimited scenery, but the entire forest country has fallen into various crises! The reason why they have no fear is because they know that whoever wants to sit in the position of the Elven King must compromise with them and give them benefits! ”
The old chief opened his eyes and asked in surprise, "Doesn't Your Majesty trade and cooperate with the major forces?" Without their support, how can we gain power? Even if you get power, how can you control it? ”
"Of course, it is to rely on the lowest tribal forces, the lowest people!" Benjamin said, "They are the real pillars of the state, those noble forces that are high up, they are the moths of the state." ”
The old chief said worriedly, "How can this be? Power has always been obtained in a top-down manner, and I have not heard of the possibility of getting power from the bottom up! If Your Majesty does this, it will inevitably be opposed by the major aristocratic forces of the entire forest, they are deeply rooted, and Your Majesty wants to fight against the aristocratic class of the entire forest country with his own strength? ”
Benjamin laughed, "What's not to do from the bottom up? A huge war storm is brewing in the forest country, this storm will sweep the entire forest empire, and at that time, all the noble forces will be destroyed in the battlefield storm, at least it will be a big loss of vitality, and then it will be the time when this king is about to come out! ”
Even Kavanagh was shocked and asked, "War Storm?" Is there any news from Your Majesty? ”
Benjamin said: "Augulas came to the throne in a hurry, the regime was not secure, he himself was busy purging those who opposed him in Uranard, and the forces that supported the other princes were still fighting against him. Now that the forest country has been in chaos, there has been a big fight between the major forces, and I believe that it will not be long before there will be wolf smoke everywhere! ”
The old chief smiled and said: "Even so, in the end, it is still the aristocratic forces that are in power, what is the difference, does Your Majesty think that you can rely on the combined strength of the tribes to resist the powerful aristocratic forces?" ”
Benjamin said with a smile: "The praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches, and it is estimated that the fifth war zone of Druid and Erathia has already stationed troops on the border of the forest country, just waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman." When the fighting in the forest country is greatly damaged, the armies of the two countries cross the border and level the entire territory of the forest country in one fell swoop. ”
The old chief and Kavanagh exclaimed in unison, "Isn't the forest country in danger of extinction?" ”
Benjamin explained: "If the kingdom is not destroyed, how can it be rebuilt? When he first discussed the recovery of the Forest Kingdom with the former king in the palace, he had already set a general strategy of breaking first and then establishing it. ”
The old chief asked, "Break first and then stand?" Is Your Majesty watching the lives of the Forest Country in ruin? ”
Benjamin sighed and said, "The Forest Country is already terminally ill, and it has been sick for too long, and the severe disease needs to be cured with strong medicine, otherwise, it is impossible to reinvent the Forest Country." The people of the forest country need to use the lesson of blood to fully wake up, and they must use their own blood to pay for their arrogance and self-righteousness for thousands of years! ”
The old chief's eyes were full of horror, how did he think that the iron-blooded king, such a broken first and then established, it is indeed possible to cure the paralysis of the forest country, but the cost is too great, and if it fails, the forest country will be doomed, and the whole clan will be reduced to slavery forever! But the old chief breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile: "Since Your Majesty wants to be a hunter to arrest the Yellow Sparrow, you must already have a plan to fight back, and I don't need Your Majesty to fulfill any promises to our clan for Princess Jenny!" Although I don't quite understand what His Majesty means by bottom-up, I believe that His Majesty has a whole plan of his own. Pantony, the Desi are no longer capable of helping Your Majesty to do things, so you can continue to follow Your Majesty in front of Your Majesty and realize your dream of abolishing the status of dwarven slaves as soon as possible! ”
Benjamin said: "Chief, the promise must still be fulfilled, otherwise, they will all be treated the same as other dwarves, and the heavy price paid by the Desi tribe, how can this king explain to the princess sister under the spring?" Pan Dongni, on behalf of the king, drafted a decree to canonize the Dexi family as a golden family, and the land and interests of the Desi family occupied by various power families were all returned. Chief, this will can only be signed and stamped with blood seals on it first, and for the time being it can only be known to these few people in our house, and then it will be announced to the whole country after this king has officially ascended the throne. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Pantony replied excitedly.
The old chief said lightly: "Didn't Your Majesty say that there is an equal relationship between all ethnic groups and forces? Just canonizing our clan as a golden family does not seem to be in line with Your Majesty's philosophy of governing the country! ”
Benjamin explained: "There is no need to doubt that the so-called equal relationship is not an equal relationship, but everyone stands on the same platform, and some people who have contributed to the country can naturally get honor and benefits, and some people who are willing to fall and will naturally be abandoned." Equality is only equality in political rights and dignity, and asking for the same harvest as others without working hard is in itself inequality for those who contribute! ”
The old chief nodded, and watched as Pantony finished writing the canonization paperwork, and Benjamin personally signed it and bit his index finger to stamp it with blood. When Pantony handed the canonization document to the old chief with both hands, the old chief did not reach out to take it, but said to Pantony: "Pantony, I am old, and I will not live long!" Now that you are the new chief of the Desi tribe, I believe that you will be able to assist Your Majesty in completing the great cause of recovering the forest country, and I also believe that you will be able to lead the Desi people out of the predicament, worthy of the title of the Golden Family! I understand what Your Majesty means, our Desi family still needs to continue to lurk and maintain the status quo for the time being! As the chief of the Desi clan, I have never regretted everything I did, including the matter of Princess Jenny, but the price was too heavy and I was overwhelmed, and the family will be handed over to you in the future! ”
Pantony hurriedly said, "Chieftain, ......"
"Pantony, you don't have to postpone any longer, I've already decided!" The old chief looked at Kavanagh and said, "Kavanagh, it's too late today, tomorrow gather all the people in the village to clean the village, welcome His Majesty's arrival, and celebrate the new chief's appointment." ”
"Yes, Chief Chief!" Kavanagh said, turned around and walked to a locker, took out a delicate axe, a beautiful shield, handed it to Pantoni injured, and said, "This is the exclusive treasure of the Desi chief, only the Desi chief is worthy of having two treasures of the Desi tribe!" ”
Pantoni hesitated, and Kavanagh shouted angrily, "Pantony, when your clan's life and death are at stake, are you unwilling to take on the responsibility of your clan?" ”
Pantony then received two treasures, and the old chief said to Kavanagh: "You arrange for Your Majesty and the guests to rest, and Pantony and I still have things to explain!" ”
"Chief Chief!" Lan Xian'er said, "About the outcome of that incident? ”
The old chief smiled: "I will explain this matter to the new chief!" But I advise the girl, there is a mysterious power in that place, although my three hundred people have found what you want, they cannot mine it, most of them died at the scene, only a dozen people escaped back, and these dozen people also died mysteriously after that, please consider it yourself! ”
"Well, I'll take the chief's advice to me!"