Chapter 236: Initiative

As Victor's car drifted away, the Duke of Wellington withdrew his gaze, and Dacrus Wellington walked up to him and asked, "Father, will Viscount Randall promote the Centaur Hills to promote the Kidney Bean?"

"I don't know. The Duke of Wellington let out a sigh of relief and said, "I am sure that the House of York has completely taken the initiative, and it is all because I am too anxious......"

"What do you mean by that?"

The Duke of Wellington shook his head with a wry smile, when he learned about Victor's request from Bishop Sein's mouth, he only cared about secretly rejoicing, and did not calmly weigh the gains and losses, and as a result, he made a misjudgment and exposed his strategic intentions to Victor, and now he has completely fallen into passivity, and wants to readjust the industrial layout of the territory, I am afraid that he will have to make more compromises to the York family.

"Dacroo, what is the Yorkist family's claim to the Buryat Territory?" the Duke of Wellington decided to use his mistake to mention the heir of the family.

"Restore the status quo ante, maintain the independence of the Buryatia territory, normal trade. Dacrwe replied.

"yes. The Duke of Wellington nodded and said, "The conditions proposed by the House of York are very lenient and incomprehensible, and we have not been able to understand their intentions. ”

After the upheaval of the Buryatia, the Yorks and Buryatiats held talks with the Wellington and Solim families respectively, and the negotiations included that the Buryatia lords summoned the diaspora of the registered population, the Buryatia families broke away from the southern lords, and the Yorks did not interfere in the affairs of the Buryatia clans, but the south-central and southern lords were not allowed to take hostile measures against the Buryatiats, otherwise they would be regarded as a provocation to the Yorks.

This is a happy ending, both the Wellington family and the Solimm family welcomed the outcome of the negotiations, but the York family's good deeds are confusing, not at all like the style of a strong family, the Duke of Wellington gathered his staff to study for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that the Buryat Territory change was not planned by the York family, and Lady Rose was showing goodwill to the royal family and the lord's power of Gambis, because the York family needed the support of the Gambis.

Prince Edward's inspection of the Centaur Hills and Victor's rush to the royal capital to be questioned by the Senate also confirmed this view. It wasn't until Victor left Vistock that the Duke of Wellington understood what the Yorks really were up to.

"Dacroo, the Solim family has fallen, and their control over the Southern Lords is getting lower and lower, and this was supposed to be an opportunity for us to expand our influence. The Duke of Wellington put his hands behind his back and said, "Our original strategy was to win over and support the small lords in the south, and urge them to grow prickly kidney beans and accept the displaced people in the central and southern regions. Due to the fact that the Solim family was greatly weakened, they were unable to stop this plan. As more and more people flocked to the south, the Solim family had to grow prickly kidney beans to make up for the food shortfall. At this time, we can eradicate the prickly kidney beans, plant pasture, and readjust the industrial structure. ”

"So, the Buryat collar is the key. Dacrus said.

The Duke of Wellington waved his hand and said categorically: "The Buryatia family has never been an obstacle! Their territory is long and narrow, without depth, and the homeless people can pass through the Buryat territory and enter the southern territory as long as they bring two days' rations. The Duke of Wellington shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, Archduke Williams will not let us succeed." ”

The central and southern parts of the Gambis have more mines and fewer mines, and the southern parts have fewer mines and more mines. Once the Duke of Wellington's plan was completed, the south-central and south-central displaced people poured into the south, and the southern lord had to expand the cultivation of kidney beans, which would inevitably reduce the production of cattle, sheep and wheat. In order to settle the displaced people, the southern lords could only hire the displaced people to mine and sell the minerals to make up for the financial losses. At that time, the Duke of Wellington exchanged cattle, sheep and wheat for various mineral resources in the south, and then processed them into commodities for sale through a large number of craftsmen. Eventually, with its huge grain production capacity and superior geographical location, the Wellington family was able to influence the decisions of the southern lords and complete their own industrial adjustments.

Grand Duke Williams can not care about how much money the Wellington family makes, but he cannot tolerate the neutrality of the Queen's Party to influence the Solim family, which also has a seat in the Senate. Therefore, Archduke Williams co-opted Austin, who wanted to inherit the title, in order to block the penetration of the Wellington family into the south.

At the behest of the Grand Duke, Austen used the disaster in his territory as an excuse to drive the people out to eat, and most of them flowed into the sphere of influence of the lords in the south-central region. This was actually a warning from the Grand Duke Williams to the Duke of Wellington.

Dacru looked at his father's gray hair and couldn't help but sigh.

Archduke Williams's counterattack did make the Wellington family very uncomfortable, but it would not cause a major blow to the family, at most it would be left as it was. As long as Princess Roland stands behind Prince Edward, they won't lose!

However, when the House of York looked up, the Duke of Wellington never slept well. The House of York is backed by the gods and knights, sitting on the hills of centaurs, with titles and territories, which has a huge attraction for the new generation of knights. As long as the Yorkist family holds a legion competition in Buryatia, a new generation of midshipmen in the central and southern parts of the country will inevitably sign up enthusiastically to win the opportunity to break the ground.

Those naturally awakened apprentice knights are the future of the Wellington family, and the Duke of Wellington tried to adjust the industrial structure, integrate the resources of the south, and obtain benefits, precisely to appease the new people of the family. If they break away from the family sequence and fall into the arms of the Yorks, the decline of the Wellington family will be inevitable. The Duke of Wellington's hair was white at that time.

Thankfully, that didn't happen.

"Father, although the House of York has no plan to absorb the displaced people, we have kept it as it is, so you don't have to worry about it anymore. Dacrus couldn't help but persuade.

The Duke of Wellington looked at Dacrus lightly and said, "Who said we could keep it as it was? Who said that the York family had no plan to absorb the homeless?"

"Dakru, you must understand that if the family does not develop, it will retreat! The wealth of our territory is like a loaf of bread, and the more people there are, the less bread we will share. Her Highness Sylvia and Her Highness Goron are both from small families, and they both joined the House of York and the House of August because they could not share the bread. You say that they don't regret their original family, and if our Wellington family also misses such a figure, will you regret it?" The Duke of Wellington patted Dacrus on the shoulder and said, "My son, you have to remember that as the head of the family, you must make the bread bigger, and this is our responsibility!"

"Father, your words will be taken to heart!" said Dacrus solemnly.

The Duke of Wellington nodded, walked forward with his hands in his hands, and continued: "Our Duke of Wellington is already overcrowded. When the ant plague occurred, Sain organized the Buryatia to retreat, and forced me to give me more than 29,000 people! Austin dispersed the registered people, and more than 10,000 people came over....." As he spoke, the Duke of Wellington laughed self-deprecatingly: "The territory suddenly increased by 40,000 people, but I lost my patience, and without careful consideration, I simply thought that the York family was going to move the displaced people on a large scale." ”

"The Centaur Hills need a population, but the Yorks don't plan to move people on a large scale. The Duke of Wellington raised his voice and said, "The Yorks have to bear huge expenses for the large-scale migration, but they have no money and have no intention of spending it. They want us to pay for the cost of the displacement!"

"This ...... How could we possibly say yes!" Dakru said hatefully.

"It's useless not to agree, there is no way for us and the lords of the south to change this fact. Madame Rose's methods are really impressive!" The Duke of Wellington shook his head with a wry smile and asked, "Dacrue, if you think carefully about the consensus reached between Viscount Randall and us, you should be able to see the trick."

"Maintain the independence of the Buryat family, recall the population, trade...... Trade, trade!" Dakru muttered to himself, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly said, "I see! It's trade!"

"Yes, trade is key!"

The Duke of Wellington said approvingly: "It is in our interest for the Buryatia family to recall the registered citizens. To maintain the independence of the Buryatia, the Solim family is not capable of refusing, we have no reason to refuse, and the royal family will not allow us and the Solim family to refuse. We need minerals from the South, and we have been trading with the Southern Lords through Wildwillows, and now the Yorks are asking to participate in the trade of Wildwillows, and there is nothing wrong with communicating with each other. ”

"But I can't figure it out, what can the York family trade with us? purple cane wine and refined iron ore, they won't sell it. Wheels and bricks are dispensable to us, and such vulgar foods as bacon and jaggery are only eaten by vassals and commoners, and how much money can the House of York make from them?"

"Father......" Darklou interrupted the Duke of Wellington, "I have eaten bacon and jaggery...... The taste is very good. ”

"I know!"

The Duke of Wellington, who had slipped his mouth, glared at his son fiercely and continued, "Trade will attract a large number of outcasts to Yeliu City to make a living. Buryatia belongs to the same diocese as us, and the Church still uses the old grain and kidney beans we donate to help the homeless. The Buryatia, on the other hand, obeyed the Yorks, and they would guide the homeless people into the hills to earn a living according to the Yorks' requests. The House of York recruits displaced people according to their own food production, and the movement of a few hundred or thousands of people at a time will not affect them at all! The only person who can stand in the way of the House of York is the Bishop of Sein. ”

However, Sain did not dare to disobey the decree of Archbishop Lazarus. The Duke of Wellington shook his head regretfully and said, "We helped the York family complete the population migration, but we didn't get purple cane wine and refined iron ore. It's ......"

Purple cane wine is more and more valuable, and the refined iron ore is a strategic material urgently needed by the Wellington family, who once invested a lot of money to occupy 30,000 square kilometers of territory in the Renma hills, including 2 refined iron rich mines. The ant plague caused the Wellington family to withdraw from the Centaur Hills. The Duke of Wellington had always been obsessed with this, and he also wanted to use grain to force the House of York to open up the trade in fine iron and purple cane wine. However, Victor's watertight immigration strategy frustrated the Duke of Wellington's idea.

Dacrus was silent for a moment, and then persuaded the indignant Duke of Wellington, "Father, this is in the interest of all of us. Isn't it?"

"That's right. The Duke of Wellington smiled, "There's no shame in losing to Madame Rose, but I'm just a little unwilling! ”

"Father, are you sure that Viscount Randall will grow thorny kidney beans, and the York family will not sit idly by, and he will dare to disobey the will of Lady Rose?"

Victor's cultivation of prickly kidney beans will increase Randall's ability to accommodate the population, speeding up the migration of displaced people to the Centaur Hills. The Duke of Wellington gave Victor a detailed description of the pros and cons of prickly kidney beans, as if he was very confident. Dacrue, however, was not very optimistic about his father's plan, and he would not have fallen into this pit himself.

"Viscount Randall is young and vigorous, eager to prove himself, and is a bit eager to achieve quick results. His character can be seen from the fact that he shot Austin and created the division of work system. ”

The Duke of Wellington looked into the distance and said confidently: "But he has a noble blood, and it is difficult for Madame Rose to refuse his willfulness. ”

"His Excellency Viscount Randall is now qualified to be capricious!"

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"Honey, I advise you not to plant prickly kidney beans!"

Victor leaned against the wall of the car, stared into Judy's bright eyes, and asked with a smile, "Why?"

"I rarely ask about territorial matters, but I often hear people talking about prickly kidney beans at banquets, and everyone says that growing prickly kidney beans is the stupidest thing to do, and that many untouchables are raised for nothing. The Wellington family's cultivation of prickly kidney beans became everyone's laughing stock. Judy shook her head, took Victor's hand, and said softly, "Don't plant prickly kidney beans, okay?"

"I'll tell you why. Victor grabbed Judy's hand with his backhand and said, "The fact that the prickly kidney bean can't be stored means it can't be sold." It was unprofitable for the lord to grow prickly kidney beans, so they could only be donated to the church or given to the homeless for free. ”

"With free food, displaced people can save their wages and improve their lives, have children, and multiply. They wanted to become the Duke of Wellington's subjects, or learn a trade, or run a shop and become wealthy. Someone did do it, and as a result, the exiles were reluctant to leave the Duchy of Wellington, and eventually the exiles became more and more numerous, becoming a huge burden on the territory. ”

"Buryat don't need to grow spiny kidney beans!"

Judy blushed and threw herself into her lover's arms by the bump of the carriage, she was really worried that Victor would make such a request. Judy knew that she could not disobey Victor's will, but planting prickly kidney beans would invite unanimous opposition from the members of the family. Victor's thoughtfulness made her both ashamed and warm.

Victor hugged the beautiful woman and sighed in his heart. He did not ask the Buryatia family to grow spiny kidney beans out of goodwill and warmth, and if the Buryatia family did grow spiny kidney beans, he would have stopped them.

Viktor wanted to turn the Buryat Territory into a trade zone, a place where people moved. Restricting the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in the Buryat territories allowed Viktor to effectively control them. As trade flourished, there would be a large influx of people into the Buryat Territory, and the Buryat families would have to rely on food support from the lords of the South-Central and Southern Regions. As long as Victor uses the mastiff to block the border and prohibit the homeless from moving into the Centaur Hill, the Buryat family will not be able to eat and walk around, because once Victor refuses to accept the homeless, the two families of Wellington and Solim will raise the price of food and suck blood on the Buryat family.

Victor has always been firmly in control, and the two major forces, Wellington and Solim, have to send surplus people to the Centaur Hills, and they must provide food support according to Victor's wishes. And Victor not only gets the population, but also earns profits through trade, and the other three parties have no room for resistance, so they can only follow Victor's baton and let him rub it flat.

However, Victor also deeply realized that agriculture and animal husbandry are the foundation of territorial development, and if food security is pinched in his hands, he will have to lie on the board and be slaughtered.

Prickly kidney beans must be planted!

With a high yield of prickly kidney beans, Randall was able to divide labor and vigorously promote the development of handicraft manufacturing. The most fundamental reason why the Wellington family gave up the prickly kidney beans was that they had no trade to export, and the profits of the artisanal products were completely seized by the Chamber of Commerce and the lords of Gambis.

How to lay out business, agriculture and animal husbandry, and handicrafts is a problem that Victor has to think about later. Right now, he had something to tell Judy.

"Judy, you're going back to Wild Willow City soon. I have something you need to help me do. Victor picked up Judy and said softly.

"You say, I listen to you. Judy sat up straight and said earnestly.

"I will not meddle in the affairs of the Buryatia, but I will arrange for people to be mixed in with the freemen, to establish a gray industry, to manage and control the freemen. Your sheriff must cooperate with my people. ”

"Okay!" Judy agreed, she pursed her delicate red lips, and asked expectantly, "Honey, can you come to Wild Willow City once a month?" Victor pinched Judy's tender face and smiled, "I'll try my best." ”

"I know you can't come. Judy wrapped her arms around Victor's neck and smiled, "But I can go to Silvermoon Manor, can I? You have a tryst with me once a month, and I'll be yours alone." ”

"What if things are delayed?" said Victor with a sad face.

"Unless you abandon me. Otherwise..... You will make up for what you owe me. Judy whispered in Victor's ear against Victor's cheek.