Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed since Weiss was enthroned as the king of Falkenridge.

And the hybrid dragon that once lived in the shadow of Iroh has gradually metamorphosed, growing into a mature politician and a sane ruler.

Despite being the only member of the Tokamak Pyri to remain in human form and having never participated in a single battle, all the Tokamak Dragons knew that he was no less than any of them.

One of the most important of these is Weiss's management of the country of Falkenridge. This gave Ello a fairly stable rear - one of the reasons why, after the destruction of the Ikut Valley, the members of the Flame Dragon Church were able to disperse smoothly throughout Falkenridge, and almost no one tried to report the church's followers to the Holy See and the Metal Dragons.

And not only Weiss, but also other members of the Tokamak faction are also contributing to Ello's blueprint in their own ways.

When Karamank was still in the Icourt Valley, he was using his power to suppress the careerists in the valley. Although he did this more for the sake of profit, it did stabilize the environment of the valley. He was a fairly qualified sheriff.

Hirkat didn't have the wisdom of his brother Weiss, but he never gave up his intention to surpass Iroh, so he didn't stop training those under him, which invisibly stimulated the military power in the valley, and then made the training efficiency of the warriors of the Yanlong Church improve - the establishment of the Sun Secret Cult is not unrelated to Hirkat.

Natalie really only cares about fighting, but as the strongest dragon in the Ikut Valley, even if she just stays in the valley and does nothing, she is an invisible deterrent to the surrounding area.

As a pure scholar, Noele rarely participated in the battle, but without his efforts, the extremely important subsidiary of the Japanese Optical Society would have expanded its influence to the extent it is now, and I don't know how long it would have been.

Although UD-286 is a forbidden existence that cannot see the light, it is inseparable from Elo's ability to activate the power of the Chaos Shard, refine the Philosopher's Stone, and share the research results of Onis.

Not to mention Salamondo, the Grand Imam of the Esoteric Order of Sun, and the former Grand General of Falkenridge, who was responsible for assisting Vis and ensuring the implementation of Elo's ideas, he was arguably one of the top three Tokamaks in importance.

Helfras and Rojit were the last two members to join, and although they were currently spending their days in the Ambar Mountains, Iroh was well aware of the terrifying energy hidden in their bodies. Soon...... It's time for them to make a difference.

Now let's go back to Ves.

Running a country is not a simple job, it can be one of the most complex jobs in the world. Never underestimate leaders who seem to be paid well in front of you for nothing, because they have the potential to actually do more than you do.

Pointing to a random position, sneering and then leaving a comment of "I can do it" is an irresponsible and total denial of other people's work. Let's not talk about how to climb from the grassroots level to that position step by step, simply analyzing the trade-offs that need to be weighed in this position may not be something that others can do.

For example, preferential treatment for foreign businessmen may promote business development, but it may also hurt local enterprises, and supporting local businessmen may erect towering trade barriers and cut off interaction with the outside world. Wealthy families everywhere are big taxpayers, but these big guys will disrupt the construction plan of the entire region.

It is necessary to coordinate the interests of all people in the region, national, collective, and community ...... And so on and so forth, and there are people who judge these jobs at every turn, but there are no people who can finally come up with solutions.

When you look at a country that insists on providing some kind of community service to a person, you cry out loud: This is the gap. But who can really understand how much the country needs to pay for such a privileged care for everyone?

If the state really insists on providing services to a small number of people for the sake of a so-called "feeling", these commentators will start shouting again, hyping up the so-called "privilege theory" or "insider theory", right?

At present, Falkenridge has all kinds of problems, it is a medium-sized country on the western continent, but just imagine, if Falkenridge only has one city in Zakif, with a population of only more than 100,000, then relying only on the profits generated by commercial trade can make these more than 100,000 people live a fairly rich life, the infrastructure is not inferior to the capital of the Havar Empire, and the per capita income can even despise the Dragon Yan Empire, which has the backing of the metal dragons.

But is there really no weakness in such a country?

There is no right to speak in the international community, and the victims of the struggle between the great powers have no possibility of being strong in their lives, and they can only endure the problems of the great powers in a difficult way.

Don't shout about independent research and development of weapons, because the country is small and has little procurement, and all weapons can only be purchased; and don't say anything hard and arrogant, because this kind of country has really been beaten and there is no force to resist.

At this time, Weiss was in his office, and he was about to be overwhelmed by the things in front of him, and the Principality of Taukaba was a multi-ethnic country, and the ethnic contradictions that had been suppressed for a long time were completely uncovered by the war, and the ethnic disputes made it a place where guerrillas were rampant.

Although these guerrillas were not guerrillas against the Falkenridges, but miniature armies of locals attacking each other. They didn't dare to fight with the elite Falkenridge troops, but they fought in the dark in their nests for the slightest trivialities.

Some of the policies and construction work pursued by Falkenridge here were difficult to implement because of the chaotic local security environment, and the infrastructure that was once handy was also disorganized by the doubling of the land area that Falkenridge actually controlled. Think about it, how old was the original Falkenridge, and now it has more than doubled in size, can the set of policies that manage the original Falkenridge still be used now?

Or rather, is it easy to use?

At that time, Iroh took advantage of the opportunity of the change of the royal capital, relying on the momentum of the wind and lightning and the use of black and white, which made Falkenrich initially obey his orders, and Iroh could not really go to the stage at that time, and the implementation of the orders issued should also be discounted.

But now, as Falkenridge's control area has doubled, the forces, interest groups, and other factors involved have become more complex, and there are naturally more things to consider in order to achieve a goal.

"Let's put the security problem in Taukaba aside, at least we can control the situation there now. ”

Weiss tossed the papers aside with a headache, then picked up a new one and turned the first page: "Iron ore supply in the south of Falkenridge fell by six percent."

As a military material for the country, it is certainly impossible for iron ore to be reduced for no reason. In fact, iron ore is a resource that Weiss attaches great importance to, and the fact that a full-scale war that lasted for nearly four years is not unrelated to the stable production of iron ore.

The destruction of the enemy is not realistic, before the "Abyss Nova" was formed, the special security force of the royal capital specially mobilized half of the manpower to protect the important iron ore mines.

Therefore, the inexplicable decrease in supply will definitely not be due to the fact that there is something wrong with the mining process.

Since it's not the capacity that's the problem, it's the transportation and hoarding that goes wrong. Weiss quickly grasped the essence of the problem.

Seventy percent of the iron ore was in the hands of Falkenridge's Wehrmacht, and the remainder was pledged as compensation to a consortium of Falkenridge's conglomerates.

Vis frowned, then slammed the report on the table.

"Foster Joyce ......"

Between his teeth came a name that changed the color of Falkenridge's business conversations, and it was a name he knew all too well. If you exclude Arrow's huge assistance to Falkenridge, then the Joyce family can be regarded as the most powerful force in this war.

However, unlike Elona's almost unrequited efforts, the Joyce family had a lot of appetite, and this assistance seemed to them to be an investment.

Just after Falkenridge's army captured the most famous gold vein in Taukaba, the owner of the family, namely Foster, approached Vis and asked to use the vein to repay Falkenridge's national debt.

Of course, he refused this unreasonable, or somewhat excessive, request, and the other party left a few cruel words and walked away. Obviously, now the other party has begun to retaliate, and directly used the steel production capacity in the other party's hands to put pressure on the king of Weiss.

Although it is true that Salamondo has almost eliminated the opposition in the officialdom before, these uneasy factors in the business world have not been eliminated for various reasons.

One of the main points is that those big businessmen have too much money in their hands, and if they make any rash moves, they are afraid that the country's economy will be destabilized.

Unlike the turmoil caused by the purge of officials, the so-called "economic base determines the superstructure", if something goes wrong with the superstructure, then Falkenridge's current strength can be remedied in time, but the economic aspect is not easy to say......

"Very good, really good......"

Vess looked at the report again, and then a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

It has been said that if there is 20 percent profit, capital will be ready to move; if there is 50 percent profit, capital will take risks; if there is 100 percent profit, capital will dare to risk hanging; and if there is 300 percent profit, capital will dare to trample on all the laws of the world.

How much profit would be made by monopolizing the gold supply of a country that was about to occupy most of the southeastern part of the Western Continent, even Weiss could not imagine. Because in his inheritance memory, even the richest colored dragon is hardly matched by its wealth.

And that's exactly what the Joyce family is aiming for!