Chapter 323: Our Way

The news brought by Sölderling was crucial.

Anyone with a little brain can realize how this will affect the current tense situation of Typhon-Ansu.

For Gawain, this is bad news, but also good news - the bad news goes without saying, he was worried about it when he crawled out of the coffin and saw a large area of aberration outside (Lao Tzu's last version was in vain), worried that the Great Wall was declining day by day, worried that the aberration was coming out of that wasteland more and more, and came to attack the human world, and the attack on Typhon's border meant that the last aberrant attack was far more serious than imagined, The thousands of monsters that Cecil led were only part of the aberrations that broke through the walls of grandeur, but on the other hand, the emergence of the aberrations, the great enemy of civilization, might also delay the war......

Postpone the war between Ansu and Typhon.

Rebecca, who was very sluggish in this regard, only realized the significance of this matter after being prompted by Hetty, and she blinked her eyes and looked at Gawain with curiosity, "Ancestor, if the king and the emperor on Typhon's side could be aware of the threat of the aberration, wouldn't they have fought a war?" ”

But Gawain could only break the girl's thoughts: "Ansu and Typhon must have a battle, sooner or later." ”

This is the conclusion that Gawain came to after analyzing the situation of human beings today.

Rebecca obviously couldn't understand how this conclusion came about, even Amber, who had the most ghost ideas, was cute, only Hetty frowned slightly and showed a thoughtful look at the scene, and Gawain didn't sell it when he saw this, and simply took this opportunity to start teaching a lesson to the people on the scene

"Typhon is growing fast, and now it is very powerful, but in fact it has reached a critical turning point, a bottleneck, and this is the most dangerous time for it. On the one hand, the increase in productivity means an increase in the efficiency of resource consumption, and the giant beast needs to devour a lot of resources to achieve the final transformation of society, on the other hand, Typhon's population is growing too fast, and its officials and domestic nobility lack effective new management methods, and the huge population is gradually turning into a heavy pressure on the empire.

"Whether it's to get 'nourishment' or to release stress, Typhon has to find an external means of catharsis.

And more importantly, Rosetta Augustus's reforms have penetrated into the interests of the aristocracy, whether it is the return of legislative power to the royal family or the re-approval of the landed aristocracy of the country, which has greatly stimulated the sensitive nerves of the traditional aristocracy - although Rosetta the Great used his strong hand and personal ability to suppress the backlash and put the reforms in place, but this part of the pressure has not been released.

"The development of the domestic economy has indeed brought many benefits to Typhon's landed aristocracy, but these benefits have obviously not yet fed the greedy who have lost many of their privileges in the reforms, and Rosetta the Great needs to find more dividends, more dividends that can prove the correctness of his talents, to feed the still disgruntled vassals—or to use the process of obtaining dividends to 'naturally and justifiably destroy those who are out of step with the times'.

"A foreign war is the best option—to solve almost all the problems faced after Typhon's reforms.

"Typhon has already ruled all the lands in the eastern part of the continent, and its current expansion can only go in two directions, the south is the Kaolin Kingdom, it is obviously not suitable to start, the Kaolin Kingdom has the closest relationship with the Silver Empire, and the Silver Elves' Star Sanctuary is suspended in the sky above the Southern Strait, monitoring a large area of the Ancestral Woodland located on the border of the Kaolin Kingdom - do you think that once Typhon invades other countries through the Ancestral Woodland, the Silver Elves will watch it?

"So Typhon actually has only one choice, that is, to go north and take Ansu as a victim - among the four human countries, only Ansu has experienced the deadly Wuyue civil strife, and the decline of national strength is the most serious, how can the Typhonians endure it."

Rebecca was stunned and listened to Gao Wen's analysis of these things, and the cute circle in her eyes almost never stopped, but her brain was still not slow (probably), although she couldn't think of this, but she could understand it, and the girl's brows wrinkled on the spot, "That is to say...... Even if the two countries don't fight this time, in a few years, as long as those monsters don't make any more big moves, Ansu and Typhon will still fight?! ”

"It's inevitable," Gawain nodded, "and even if the aberrations come out a few more times, as long as the wall of grandeur itself doesn't collapse, the two countries will still go to war at any cost - Typhon can't wait too long, Rosetta Augustus is already middle-aged, and he doesn't seem to have a strong heir, so as long as he can't solve the hidden dangers of reform in his lifetime, or even in his prime, then Typhon's prosperity will definitely turn into a disaster as the emperor ages, Rosetta himself understands this, and our king can see it. ”

“…… Could there be such a complicated reason behind this war......" Rebecca said in a daze, "Ancestor, how do you understand this?" You've only been resurrected for a short time, but you seem to know better than all of us......"

If you see more, you will naturally have experience, and as long as you see a little sign of many things, you can add all the causes and consequences, which is the bottom force of the satellite essence......

Gawain shook his head, "There is nothing new under the sun, this world has not changed for thousands of years." ”

No one can understand the satellite spirit directly, but this is ...... Although no one can still understand it, it is obviously much higher.

"Old friend, if I didn't know about your experience, I'd be curious how you came up with so much," Thorderlin shook his head with a strange face, "Back then, you didn't bother to think about this, and you usually just cut it off if you didn't like it." ”

Gawain sighed, "That's because at that time, everyone was poor and white, and there were barbarians except for the demonic beasts around, and diplomatic means could not be used, so it was enough to be reckless when encountering problems - now everyone is a civilized person, who doesn't want to use their brains more?" ”

"Civilized ......" Tölderling couldn't help but show a trace of emotion on his face when he heard the word Gawain utter, and then all the emotion turned into a long sigh.

Just as Gawain was curious to ask why the other party sighed, the elven ranger first asked a question: "Old friend, why do you say that we led those tens of millions of refugees across the wasteland to establish a kingdom in this barren land?" ”

This question came very suddenly, Gawain was slightly stunned for a moment, and Hetty, Rebecca, Amber, and even Pitman, who were standing next to him, all showed a slightly curious look at the same time, as if they were looking forward to Gawain's answer.

After two seconds of silence, Gawain smiled indifferently, "The great point is to lead the people out of the predicament, to protect and continue our civilization, to put it ordinarily, just want to live - let everyone live." ”

"Yes, even the most mundane thoughts are meant to keep everyone alive," Sölderling smiled wryly, the cold night as he crossed the East Frontier recurred in his mind, "but you know what? In this piece of land that we fought together back then, many people can't survive anymore.

"Have you ever heard of something called the Tenant Amnesty Act?

"That's in the South, the Earldom of Berry......"

The elven ranger couldn't hold back the thought of spitting out, and told everything he saw and heard that night - seven hundred years of travel, he did not fail to see the dark side of society, not that he had not seen more tragic and unfortunate people and things than that, but as a high-level transcendent, he had always looked at all this from the perspective of a high bystander, only on that night in the east, he witnessed and heard with his own ears those dark details that he had never noticed before, and Ansu's current sinking shocked him, He couldn't resist saying it all.

There were people in the room who fell silent, some people who fell into thought, but there were also people who were more surprised than silent and thoughtful.

Rebecca could barely believe what she heard, "How could they do this?" The Earl of Berry, and the knights who collected the rent...... How can they rob the peasants' land like this?! ”

"There are many such things, my eldest lady," said Pitman, who had not spoken for a long time, "why do you think there is more and more land in the hands of so many landed nobles?" Why do you think the kingdom is cultivating new land every year, but the number of peasants who have lost their land is increasing year by year, and the number of serfs is increasing year by year? Even if you can't see what's going on outside, just look at the territory - how did the vast majority of the population of this land come from? Serfs, slaves, homeless people who have lost their land, should they be born with nothing? ”

Rebecca's eyes widened, and her knuckles turned a little white from clenching her fists hard...... Aren't nobles supposed to protect their people...... Since I was a child, my father and aunt have taught me this, and the instructions left by my ancestors are also ......"

"If the ancestral teachings worked, there wouldn't have been that bastard war a hundred years ago," Amber glanced at Rebecca, "Do you think every nobleman is just like you?" ”

If it was according to Rebecca's usual habit, hearing Amber tease like this, she would definitely pick up her staff and sweep through the thousands of troops, but this time, she was immersed in the entanglement, and she felt very confused, "But...... Don't the farmers realize it's a trap? ”

Gawain lightly pressed Rebecca's hair, "Rebecca, you forgot one thing, the vast majority of civilians don't know how one-third or two-thirds of a taka's grain is, and they don't know how much one-third of a taka is twice as much, and they don't even estimate how much rent they will have to pay in five years, in fact, they can't even read a single word on the 'tenant pardon bill' issued by the lord - the person who reads the lord's order is a noble soldier, and a noble soldier will never explain anything, So the reality is that the lord has issued a decree, but the vast majority of the commoners have no idea about the content of this decree, they only know that when the lord declares that he is collecting rent according to the law, he must not resist, and as for whether the lord really follows the law...... The lord said yes, that is. ”

"But there are always a few people who will understand......

"Of course, there will be a few people who understand, and some people can even memorize and memorize the decree after listening to the soldiers read it, so what's the use?" Hetty, who was standing behind Rebecca, shook her head, the woman's face filled with deep sadness and sympathy, "Are they capable of fighting the lord?" Is it possible to find loopholes in these laws? Is it possible to make other civilians aware of the loopholes in these decrees? If they don't, then all they can do is memorize these things and tell them to a stranger after losing their land. ”

Rebecca looked at Gawain, "Is it ...... Is there nothing that can be done to change this? ”

"Of course there is," looking at this stupid roe deer who stupidly pursued the "aristocratic self-discipline code", but now fell into confusion, Gawain couldn't help but laugh, "We are walking on this road." ”

Though...... Now is just the first step.