"Don't come with me, I don't need this kind of boring deliberate flattery. ”

Ivan glanced back at her, his expression hardening. At this time, she is now unusually supple, combined with the experience of falling from a high position, he always feels like a female version of Goujian. Instead of giving birth to a trace of favor, there was a little more disgust - it seems that this level of torture under house arrest is far from enough, and it requires long-term strict training.

"In that case, let me guess the purpose of His Majesty's coming here. Elu Lomei's eyes fluttered, as if she understood something, she bowed her head slightly, and used her honorific title as she spoke.

"Tell me about it. Evan looked at the green space outside the door and said without emotion.

"Your Majesty has just returned from the civilization of the aliens, and after seeing the institutional culture they have, there must be reforms on your mind. Judging from the sky at this time, it should have just ended the discussion...... As soon as you finished the discussion, you must want to discuss something related with me. She replied with a chuckle.

"It's much better that way. ”

Seeing that she was no longer pretending to be stupid, Evan spoke in a slightly warmer tone: "I don't plan to hide it from you, I am currently reforming the agricultural tax...... If it is successful in the future, the tax will be several times more abundant. ”

"Count the land, abolish the Ding tax, and measure the land?" asked Eru Romei sharply.

"That's right, that's pretty much it. Ivan nodded happily.

"Your Majesty has taken the first step that I have never taken, and I am gratifying. She looked at the green shade along the stone statue of Evan, and said quietly.

"I never took the first step...... In other words, you already have a specific plan in mind?" asked Ivan curiously.

"Yes, if it weren't for being held back by the demonic plague and studying the mysterious power of the Aliens, I would have been ready to implement reforms. But the reform is limited to agricultural tax reform, because what follows is ...... It's not just about 'reform'. ”

As she said this, she bit her lower lip lightly, crossed her fingers and raised her hands, walked gracefully to him, and told her what was in her heart:

"Not only the reform of the tax system, but also the reorganization of the social structure, the new industrial power will have a huge impact on the original cultural system of the empire. What's more, the environment of Hyperion is very special, which makes it impossible for the creations of the aliens to dock...... It took me a lot of time with them to install street lights in the royal court, and the cost was astronomical. ”

"What if this problem has been solved?" Ivan continued.

"Solved?"

She glanced at him in surprise, her silver-gray pupils shrank into a little, and then quickly dilated:

"Since it is solved, it is only necessary to join their system and absorb technology step by step, and the national strength will definitely increase rapidly. With the strength of you and me, suppressing the conservative strength within the empire, the empire should not have problems. ”

"Join them for a step-by-step process of absorbing technology...... That's what you really think?"

Evan sneered and turned around, looking at her side face with an undisguised sneer: "There is no future for joining them, and the empire must remain closed to the outside world, otherwise it will bring devastating consequences." ”

"Who has studied ...... between you and me?"

Eru Lomei looked at him in surprise, her silver-gray eyes gradually filled with a smile, she covered her lips and teeth with one hand, and said with a chuckle:

Only by opening up to the outside world and joining the federal-led division of labor writing system can we keep up with the pace of outsiders. ”

"Hehe......"

Ivan didn't answer directly, but asked meaningfully, "The reason why you have this idea must be influenced by Keane, right?"

"Whoever it is, I will only accept what is right. Eru Romei turned around and looked him in the eye and replied head-on.

"Yes, the most perfect lie in the world is to deceive people with a whole lot of truth. ”

Ivan looked at those silver-gray eyes and said with a sneer:

"They tell you that closure brings backwardness, but they never mention the consequences of openness, and let me tell you the truth about development: they emphasize cultural freedom, so that they can destroy your culture with propaganda weapons. They emphasize freedom of trade, because it gives you access to your market and destroys the soil in which local industries are born. They tell you that joining the Federal-led division of labor is the future, so that you can recruit a bunch of low-level slaves who work for them!"

"You...... What are you talking about?"

Ai Lu Luomei subconsciously took a half step back, her deliberately disguised docile color stiffened slightly, and her originally confident eyebrows and eyes became confused.

"Don't you understand? I'm going to show you how wrong you are. ”

At this moment, Evan is like a shark smelling blood, pressing forward step by step:

"Do you know what kind of behemoths are open to the public? they are greedy and demanding, as long as they are open to the outside world, they will use a bunch of numbers to empty all the assets of the empire, this is a one-sided looting, you have no way to fight back. ”

"You'd better calm down and not worry about things that aren't realistic. ”

This kind of battle of ideas made Eru Lomei unable to show weakness, so she completely disguised herself in private, and argued with reason: "It's ridiculous to use numbers to hollow out the assets of the empire, are the subjects of the empire all fools?"

"It's not stupid, it's powerless to resist. Without local industry, the lifeblood of the economy is naturally controlled by others, and a national financial crisis can erupt with a little manipulation. The remaining assets will also be infinitely undervalued, and then ...... It's an invisible partition. Evan replied lightly.

"Menes is too small for them and will not have much interest, how can it be possible to create a financial storm here. She retorted as if she were dying.

"It's ridiculous that you actually pin the life and death of the empire on the goodwill of others...... Only the weak beg for mercy!"

The sharp cold light jumped deep in his pupils, and the temperature of his voice suddenly dropped below freezing, and Evan stood in front of her, but it looked as if he had sunk

It was dark, and the whole space seemed to be his sight.

“......”

There was a look of struggle in Ailu Lomei's eyes, and the divine light in her eyes was gradually disappearing, and her body seemed to have lost her soul, and she retreated uncontrollably.

"I said it so clearly, with your intelligence, it is impossible not to understand it...... Or are you already aware of the future trend, but you are deliberately avoiding it? are you going to sell this empire in exchange for your own interests!?"

Evan looked at her posture of panic and evasion, and suddenly applauded, mercilessly and deliberately sarcastic:

"If you do what you think, the Empire will soon become part of the Federation, and perhaps in their history, you will be the first Governor of Menes!"

"I'm not...... I didn't have ......"

She stepped back and suddenly tripped over a vase, lost her balance for a moment, and sat down in a trance. Then he defensively covered his head and muttered to himself in despair:

"Impossible...... Things don't turn out that way, I'm not wrong...... I'm right!"

At this moment, Eru Lomei had been persuaded by Evan, but she was unilaterally unwilling to admit it. In fact, I knew very well in my heart that if Evan didn't intervene and continue to follow her path, the empire would definitely be destroyed in her own hands.

It's something she can't face anyway – admitting that she's incompetent!

Evan leaned over to her ear and said the last words of the heart: "Whether you want to or not, you must admit that I am really right to replace you, and the empire will only fall into the abyss in your hands, and there will be no return!"

“......”

She was full of excitement, her eyes instantly became hollow, her pupils were also dim, and tears silently slid down her facial lines.

Pain at the physical level, or the coercion of power, will only cause a temporary submission, and after a long time, it will even produce a rebound. Only by destroying one's mind on a spiritual level is it a thorough training. For a person who is obsessed with power and thinks highly of herself, the best way to destroy her is to make her realize that she simply does not have the ability.

One by one, one by one

In the following month, Evan ordered a batch of grain seeds from the Federation, raised the reserve price three times, sold it to the royal family, and then sold it to the nobles at a flat price. Then, with the money from the nobles buying seeds, they purchased a complete set of technology and equipment for a fertilizer factory - from the synthesis of raw materials to the production of fertilizer, an assembly line, ready to use.

Wait until the right time...... Naturally, it is still sold to the aristocratic lords.

Ivan played a good abacus, spending money to start agriculture first, and when a small part of the agricultural population could produce food for the whole country, he began to run towards modernization.

According to his and Xiaoxi's research, the basic constraints of the prerequisites for industrialization, or the bottleneck of the transformation of an agricultural country, are energy (oil, coal), power output (steam engines, generators), grain, fiber (cotton, textiles), and building materials (cement).

In a situation where all the technology can be imported, food has naturally become a top priority.

Only with enough food can we afford to feed a large number of people who are out of production. After the empire is connected to the technology of the Federation and the basic education is completed, the workforce can give birth to teachers, doctors, engineers, scientists, workers, programmers, and other professions.

With the Hebolon Development Foundation as a window to the outside world, and the goddess of wisdom, Xiaoxi, Evan is confident that the empire will only need one or two generations to catch up with the level of the civilian area of Space City. As for the Federation...... Unless something goes wrong with it, it's hard to catch up.

In the final analysis, there is no core industry in Space City, but the Federation's mecha technology alone is enough to make idle civilizations daunted.

One by one, one by one

At the end of the rainy season, there is already an endless stretch of dry yellow grassland outside the city of Ekhtadon. The god of drought crept down on the land under the protection of the gods, and the striking yellowing spread to the end of the eye. The withered colors seemed to be able to extend infinitely, rolling and stretching layer by layer under the caress of the scorching air.

The turbulent outlet of Mirror Lake meanders towards the blurred horizon in the distance, and the blue twist and turn of the body reflects the entire sky on the water.

"I hope that this expedition will turn the demon disaster into a historical ......"

Delru looked into the distance and muttered a whisper, his brown pupils sweeping in the wilderness.

Behind him, two thousand five hundred coronal knights were waiting there wordlessly. The same silver-white cape, the same semi-enclosed light armor, the same wide-brimmed helmet. The dry wind churned in the air, and the chocobo snuggled up to its owner, flapping its wings from time to time to dispel the heat on its surface.

Behind the Corona Knights was a small army of only three hundred men, all in closed helmets, all dressed in silver armor engraved with the pattern of the sun wheel, and armed with spears and short swords. These stood in two columns beside the Sun Palace, like two rows of shield walls, clustering around the monarch in the center.

In front of the Corona Knights and the Holy Army, there was the largest number of Imperial regular troops, with a total of 30,000 men, all of whom were selected elite soldiers. Among them, the artillery and rocket soldiers, who had undergone two months of special training, were also pulled onto the battlefield, and their flanks were covered by the demon hunting regiment.

If you count the logistics troops, you can count it as an army of 100,000.

Unfortunately, the main role of most of the fighters is to blockade the area, not to fight head-on.

As for frontal combat...... Even if you don't count Evan, the artillery, rocketeers, demon hunters, and the Holy Army are more than enough - the premise is that they are coordinated, and it doesn't matter if they can't cooperate for the time being, just take advantage of this opportunity to practice slowly.

The current Ivan didn't take the dreadbeast in his eyes at all, not to mention the ordinary dreadbeast, the demon king-level dreadbeast was only a third-level level, and it could be erased by a wave of his hand for him. The reason why Eru Romei was unable to completely wipe out the demon disaster was because she could not see through the dreadbeast's disguise, but this was not a problem for Ivan, so he was confident that the demon disaster could be completely contained.

As for the complete extinguishment...... It's hard to say, after all, where someone collapses, there are dreadbeasts.

"Except for the Dreadbeasts...... There are also those six families that are in the way, hoping to be able to bulldoze them all at once. This time I gave up the entire royal court to them, and the fox's tail should be exposed. ”

Thinking of this, the young king jerked out the sword behind him and raised it high in the air, and then the cold blade cut the pale golden light into countless filaments.

"Dreadbeast! Demonic ...... It's time to wake up from this nightmare that has plagued the Empire for years!" he said, pointing his weapon at the horizon in front of him, "We will destroy the Dreadbeasts that hide throughout the Empire, incinerate their souls, save the people from demonic nuisances, and restore peace to this land favored by the gods!"

"I can hear the cry of your hearts. Ivan's voice was lowered, but it was exceptionally clear:

"You are eager to protect this land, you are eager to crush the chaos of order, you are eager to see the blood of demons stain the land! All sacrifices will be rewarded, and the warriors' heroic spirits will return to the Pure Land of Bliss, and their families will be well cared for...... In the name of the gods, the whole army is marching!"

"The First Legion advances!"

"The Second Legion is on!!"

......

"The Corona Knights attack!"

"The Holy Army is attacking!"

With his order, the huge army array stretched along the winding river like a burning sea of ice-blue fire, and soon spread across the withered yellow plain.

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