Chapter Seventy-Four: Commonalities (Page 1/1)

Baron Paragus fell silent, well aware that the power of his realm was much stronger than that of Cavezon. But if he fought the enemy, he would get sick, and he had no way of guaranteeing that his warriors would not get sick. What if the battle is won in this situation? The people of the town will still be infected by the plague. However, if he gave up his territory to the Chinese, he was too unwilling. This town has been the heart and soul of his heart and soul for more than 20 years. Step by step, he dragged it out of the mud pit and turned it into the richest town around.

"Can I contribute a sum of money to the Tower of China to protect us?" asked Baron Paragus.

Xiao Chen laughed silently, "You are a person who understands. I don't want to talk in circles, what the Tower of China wants is control over the entire region. Sooner or later, this control will come, either now or later. This time, you may feel that we have taken advantage of your weaknesses and taken advantage of others. But the next time we take a tougher approach, the result of taking control of the surrounding villages will be the same. The only difference is that if you get to that point, you may suffer two additional losses, the first is in a plague, and I don't know how many people will die. The second is that the next time we have to come, it will be to conquer with an army. ”

"You are a threat! A threat with no bottom line! The fief here has always been our family's, and you have no reason to assert the power here, this, this is against the basic principles that the nobles and mages of the kingdom abide by!" Avadia clenched her fists and shouted at Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen looked at Avadia with a resentful look on his face but didn't move at all, he said, "I have read a lot about the history of wars on this continent, and the true conqueror has always been a true conqueror who doesn't need a reason. I want this land, and I get it. Just like the founding king of the Iberian Kingdom, Alan I, did he give any reason for conquering this territory?Or did the royal family of the Purple Eagle Empire or the Black Dragon Empire come up with any reason?

Maybe they have a reason, maybe for humanity as a whole, some reason is a little noble, but they are not obligated to say it to the vanquished.

Also, don't talk to me about the aristocratic principle. Now it is the little queen of the Iberian Kingdom who tore our face first, so we are in a hostile relationship with the kingdom, so naturally we don't need to care about the principles of the kingdom's nobility. ”

Xiao Chen's words were very straightforward, but his simple words were full of confidence. Avadia was intimidated by his momentum and couldn't say anything to refute it.

Baron Paragus looked at Xiao Chen's calm but stressed gaze and asked, "What if I surrender to the Tower of China and become a vassal of the Tower of China?"

Xiao Chen said: "We don't need vassals. No lord is required or allowed to exist in the territory of the Tower of China. ”

"You want to turn everything into the direct domain of the Mage Tower?" asked Paragus.

Xiao Chen said: "Yes." I believe that His Excellency the Baron must have had enough knowledge of the subject to run the town of Goyo as it is now. I've seen that you run the town of Goyo in the same way, instead of giving your territory to the knights, and you don't need the knights to serve you, you create a trading company that gives them a share of the trading community, and gives them a share of the profits from the grain and timber trade, in exchange for them relinquishing control over the people.

And the manpower that originally belonged to the knight's village can be managed by you. So that you can concentrate their efforts to build water conservancy, run forest farms, and do things that you couldn't do when you were separated.

Then, you have selected and hired strong men from among the freedmen to form the warrior group, so that you don't even need to rely on the knights for military force, and you should also hire some good mercenaries to add them to your warrior group, so that you can get a strong army even if you don't need the knights. That way, you'll be able to deter greedy bandits and red-eyed neighbors.

All of this you do has a lot in common with the way we run the town, and that's what Goyo is now, isn't it?"

"How do you know so much?" said Baron Paragus, surprised, "what the hell is this telling you? This, this is impossible, no one else knows such a detailed thing. ”

Xiao Chen said: "I chatted with many people on the way here. Although none of them told me anything concrete, I could guess from all the signs that you were thinking and how you did it. Because, we ourselves do things along similar lines. ”

"I don't quite understand. What does this have to do with you. Baron Paragus said.

"Finding common ground naturally helps to understand each other. Your Excellency doesn't know much about what kind of place the Tower of China is, does it?" asked Xiao Chen.

"I haven't been out of town much in recent years. The baron nodded, "Although some merchants have brought your products, it is true that I have not met anyone from the Tower of China until the last time you sent someone to inform us of our conversion.

They all say that you are good at business and that you are very powerful, but I don't know about the rest, and some people say that you come from far away. But the news brought by the businessmen is always mixed with a lot of gibberish, and it is difficult to take it seriously. ”

"Understandable, especially if you want to hide your differences with others. Naturally, they will keep a low profile. Xiao Chen nodded, "However, if you have visited us and talked to our people, you will find that we have far more in common than you think. For example, this painting ......" Xiao Chen stood up and walked to the picture, pointed to it and asked, "I don't know who painted this painting?"

Baron Paragus didn't quite understand what Xiao Chen meant, but he still followed him to the painting and said, "This is a painting by my ancestor, Feng Wen, the founder of the family. There are not many things about this ancestor that have been handed down, but there are many things that have been handed down, and my great-grandfather liked the painting of the ancestor very much, so he hung it here.

He had done most of the decorations in the house, and most of the rest, except for the ones that my father had sold, had not even touched their places. For as long as I can remember, this family has been like this. ”

"I've never seen a painting of this style on the mainland. But this style I confirmed, do you know what it's called?"

The baron shook his head.

"Chinese painting. ”

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