"Hehe, it seems that it is necessary to make a space equipment security treasure or something else, it can be more convenient when you act alone. ”

"Oh, Your Excellency, is it like the spatial ring owned by Elupi, the Witch of Skynet?"

"Not bad. It's exactly this kind of thing. ”

"Oh, Your Excellency, this kind of equipment is priceless, and you can't buy it with money!"

"Alas, in fact, when I was adventuring in the Duchy of Venenria, I took two of them from two magicians sent by the Duke of Kerzen, but unfortunately they were both equipment that was spilled blood, and I could not crack them. ”

"Your Excellency, do you want me to go to the Principality of Kerzen and think of a way?"

"No, you have more important tasks. However, the Principality of Kerzen is indeed at the pinnacle of solidified magic, and with its space-time equipment and magic scrolls, they are the most powerful princes outside of the current Emperor and the Principality of Venria. Although I have many skilled craftsmen and a tradition of preparing magic items, I am still very backward when it comes to solidifying magic. ”

"Your Excellency, I heard that you have obtained the talent of space-time magic in the August Academy, doesn't it just to supplement the shortcomings of our principality?"

"Yes, so I'm going to arrange for people to start searching for materials, and I've already mastered the method of making space-time containers. ”

As the two were chatting, it occurred to Salian. Today's Dream Weaver Witch must feel valued and her subjective initiative has been greatly improved, and she has fulfilled the sentence "People treat me as a countryman, and I will repay them as a countryman"! Although she is not the most elite talent, she can now exert 120% of her ability.

"Your Excellency, I have one more thing to ask you about, and I have some doubts about the election council you mentioned just now?" asked Sizera in Salian's ear after resting to serve the lord.

"Oh, what's the doubt? ”

Cezella plucked up the courage to ask, "Why don't you want to give ordinary people universal suffrage?"

"Hehe, because you think you're also from a civilian background, and you want to ask me on their behalf, right?!"

"Yes, I have heard that in ancient times there was a city-state called Athens in our western continent, and all their public offices were elected by secret ballot. It embodies a perfect democratic system. ”

"Haha, now that the people's wisdom has not been opened, an educated person like you can ask such a strange question, so let me tell you why. ”

Sally straightened his mind and explained to the girl.

"First of all, the population size of the country is completely different, although my New Mark Principality is the last candidate territory of the Divine Grace Empire, there are millions of people. In Athens in the fourth and fifth centuries B.C., the population of its citizens was only about 50,000, and the number of adult males with the right to vote was no more than 10,000. Elections are naturally operable. ”

"Your Excellency, I think that the size of the population is only a difference in the convenience of voting, and we should be able to do it with a little more manpower. ”

"I don't deny this, but you have to understand that the total population controlled by the Athenian city-state at that time was actually 500,000 people, but only 50,000 of them were recognized as 'people', and the rest were slaves, not even 'people', so Athens was not the wonderful world you imagined, but an elite government parasitic on the majority of slaves, and the right to vote was only a fair election among the slave owners, and this empty mansion lasted for more than ten years in the hands of Pericles. ”

"Oh, this is the first time I've heard of it. His Excellency the Duke is truly erudite. The Dream Weaver Witch said convincingly.

"Hehe, the second point I'm going to say is also an extension of the first point. ”

Salian hugged the girl beside her and continued.

"Completely different from the ancient slave society, there are no more people as tools anymore. Among my people are farmers, herdsmen, craftsmen, soldiers, nobles. They are all equal individually, but the social division of labor is different, but I can't give everyone the right to vote, because the level of education is too low, and 99 percent of the entire Western continent are illiterate, not to mention ordinary people, even if many nobles can't even write their own names, how can they know how to vote?"

"Isn't it possible to educate the people so that they can all read and study?"

"Hehe, this project is impossible to achieve at the present level of productivity, even if we have enough teachers for universal education for the whole people, it is impossible for the people to come and learn, a peasant needs to work in the field until he dies from the strength of a hoe, and when there is no farm work, he has to hunt, fish or work as a mercenary to earn money, so that he can have enough food to feed himself, and twenty such peasants can generate taxes to feed a standing soldier, so they have no leisure to receive full-time education. Only one day, when we find a food crop that can grow well in sandy soil, and study how to keep the soil from decaying, or when some kind of agricultural machinery can improve the efficiency on a large scale, can a large number of people receive systematic education. Today, the vast majority of the population still has to work hard in agriculture to support a small number of non-agricultural workers. ”

"But we Tutonians use alphabets, so it is not difficult to learn, and it is still possible to educate ordinary people to read simple documents. At the very least, you can understand it. ”

"Well, your question now is the third point I want to make, people who can only read and write can not understand how to govern the country, or what the policies of the electees are, they are too susceptible to public opinion, and the ordinary peasants and craftsmen believe most in the low-level priests of the Orthodox Church in the villages and cities, and when these people have the right to vote, we will become a theocratic state. Or the younger commoners would elect strange people to public office according to the wishes of their favorite bards and pipers. ”

"That said, I don't dare to imagine the Prime Minister speaking in Parliament using the flute to explain his policies. ”

"Well, so the fourth point is that it's better to let the political elite govern the country. At this stage of history, it is only reasonable to allow a small number of long-educated nobles and high clergy to control the people. As I said earlier, this is a different social division of labor. You witches, for example, are the best example of this, and in addition to your talents, you can master magic and other specialized skills, and hard and formal training is necessary, and these costs are not insignificant. When you are done, you will be able to help the king gain information and use magic to improve the efficiency of certain tasks that untrained ordinary people would never have been able to do. It's called doing your job. ”

"You are right, Your Excellency, I really can't imagine letting a farmer study poison. Cezella nodded.

"Finally, there is the most critical point, that is, the surrounding situation, the economic base determines the superstructure, when everyone is in the same production relations, too advanced a system is meaningless, just like the ancient Roman Republic finally became the ancient Roman Empire, I will not elaborate on the specifics. In short, now my Divine Grace Empire is surrounded by powerful enemies, and the princes within the empire are also standing side by side, and the imperial power is sluggish. Without an authoritative rule, my little New Mark Principality was torn to pieces. ”

"I don't quite understand this, Your Excellency, but the first few points alone have convinced me completely. ”

"Then go to sleep, I still want to give birth to a few heirs to share my worries as soon as possible. ”

In the days that followed, Salian commanded his troops under the "Red Palace" every day, and his opponents avoided the battle. Until one day, Queen Lydia finally sent her guards to invite Salian to her for a secret conversation.

"Aiqing, if the walls of the 'Red Palace' are free of the Forbidden Demon Realm, do you have the confidence to destroy it. ”

"Of course, Your Majesty, without the hindrance of the Forbidden Demon Realm, my two handmaidens alone would be enough to tear apart their defenses. ”

"Okay, Yu now ordered Aiqing to prepare tonight, and the forbidden demon realm of the 'Red Palace' will disappear in the early hours of the morning. ”

Salian expected that it must be his friend Juan who was in the city to arrange his secret mission.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will go back and prepare. ”

That night, Salian secretly lurked at the foot of the "Red Palace" with a 3,000-strong assault detachment composed of his elite soldiers and the masters selected from the Murasen army. The rest of Mullarsen's army, as well as Queen Lydia herself, were ready to follow up and expand the victory.

As the minutes ticked by, the pointer of the portable Passive Mana Energy Detector in Evangeline's hand remained unchanged.

"What's going on, Frango. Salian asked Frango, the "Stormmaniac" who led the Mulason assault detachment.

"Your Excellency Count St. Valentine, please be at ease. My good friend Juan, who may not seem very reliable, but you know, is actually very shrewd and capable. And there is a blind worship of Her Majesty Lydia, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal for the sake of the Queen. ”

"Hehe, I know that, so I'll wait. Salian smiled and said no more.

At two o'clock in the morning, Wan Lan was quiet, and at this moment, the instrument pointer in Yi Wen Jielin's hand suddenly touched slightly, and then pointed to the red area, which means that now the flow of mana in this area is normal, and the forbidden demon realm of the "Red Palace" is really invalid.

Salian was overjoyed and immediately ordered Miss Lil's behind her to attack.

As a true expert in space-time magic, Liel was already prepared, and immediately used the magic crystal given to her by Salian to use the seventh-order magic "Space Devouring" that surpassed her own level. With the blessing of the magic crystal, a gap of twenty square meters appeared in the north-facing wall of the "Red Palace" in an instant, and the majestic masonry disappeared.

It seems like a no-brainer, but in fact, this spell requires fifteen thousand gold gur shields worth magic crystals, and Miss Lil will temporarily lose her magical abilities. It will not be used unless the winner is decided.

"Warriors of Mullasen, for Her Majesty's Majesty, for Her Majesty's Majesty, for Her Majesty's sake, rush with me!" seized this golden opportunity, Frango led the assault detachment to rush to the magically damaged city wall with chanting slogans.

But under such a well-prepared assault, the Kingdom of Gera also responded, and those highly alert guards immediately organized a defensive line and blocked the gap with a human wall.

"Hmph, it seems that Juan's hands and feet are not clean enough, although he successfully dismantled the forbidden demon realm, he was still discovered. Friend Vigri, it's up to you next!"

The hellvine with the peerless face of a long-eared girl yawned lazily.