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"When it comes to deterrence, Juan has enough skills. With the military strength of the kingdom, even those large multinational chambers of commerce will not choose to fight hard. Those businessmen can be shrewd to give up a little profit appropriately to avoid greater harm and loss, and they are more capable of calculating than anyone else. ”

After praising his old friend, ignoring the smug expression on the guy's face, Lin said again: "Of course, this policy is not as simple as it seems, and there must be some cooperative policies to play the greatest role." For example, how to protect those small businessmen, how to maintain fairness in the market. This is not to say that commercial competition is prohibited, but at least fraud must be eliminated. All of this requires the wisdom of the officials in charge. One of the most important policies was that all those who came to the market to trade, regardless of the state of business, were required to stay in the city for one night before leaving the next day. ”

"What are you doing this for? Could it be that the kingdom will receive the tax money? The crown prince, who had no sense of existence, asked proudly at this time. It's as if he's found some big loophole.

The queen quietly glanced at her second son, the king's eldest son. I can't tell if it's admiration or disappointment. The king didn't figure it out either, and continued to wait for others to answer. On the contrary, Juan and his wife waited as if they had nothing to do with themselves.

Lin didn't show a look of contempt, but replied directly: "The people who are willing to do some small business, I believe that not all of them are residents who live in the royal city. For foreign and even foreign residents, they may not be able to return early after a long journey to the royal city, sell the goods they have brought, or buy all the goods they need. It is even possible that due to exhaustion, there will be problems on the return trip in a hurry. It is very reasonable and considerate to let them stay for one night. ”

Queen Catherine added, "And by doing so, people can spend more time seeing the royal city and feeling the prosperity in it." Rather than letting people look at the flowers, buy or sell things and leave, the time spent staying is also likely to be more business-making and show more of the good life that belongs to the royal city. This helps to make people settle down. Your Excellency must have thought of this kind of plan that goes straight to the hearts of people. ”

This interpretation is absolutely inadequate. At least someone admitted that he didn't think about these words that much, and just drew a gourd according to the practice of a certain Nobunaga in history. But at this time, Lin just pretended to have an unfathomable expression and nodded slowly.

The crown prince was reprimanded by his own mother, but he did not dare to show any resentment, just a teachable expression, humbly accepting criticism. However, he still had some confusion in his heart, so he asked again: "Even if the eldest brother can hold the field, but there has been no war all these years, we have no name to ask for special collection." ”

Lin smiled, Juan also smiled, the king was a little disappointed, and the queen's face did not change.

But Lin still replied: "What's the difficulty in finding a nominal collection." Banks in more remote towns and villages are required for money; In order to make everyone's journey smoother, roads must be built, which also costs money; Clearing the forests outside the royal city, clearing wasteland, finding vacant land, building houses, and building city walls also cost money. There is nothing wrong with fighting a war as a special levy, because the kingdom needs money to recruit troops, rearm itself, and collect grain in order to protect its people. But in other names, as long as the money is used on them in turn, and it is good for everyone, will anyone resist strongly? At most, it's a matter of taking more and taking less. ”

Juan sighed at this time: "It's still people's hearts." Boy, you're okay. The purpose of these names is to figure out people's hearts. ”

"Where do I have so many tricks. Politics is not just about doing things, it is actually about managing people. Conform to what everyone thinks and guide everyone's direction, this is a qualified lord. If you only know how to do things with your head down, it's better to do things that have nothing to do with other people, so as not to mess things up. As for me, it's not a question you asked. But I'm just going to talk about it, if you really want me to do things, you know best what I did with the academy before. So don't ask me to do anything. ”

What someone means in and out of the words, of course, is to continue to push things out. Just have bad ideas, don't think of me for help.

Juan looked at someone's cautious look and smiled. said: "Friend, you don't forget to shirk in three sentences, do you think we really dare to leave you behind?" ”

Lin said: "Let's explain my attitude first. How ugly it would be for you to make demands that I obviously don't want to do, and then everyone can't get off the stage. But listening to you, it seems that it wasn't intended to be like this from the beginning? ”

Juan looked at someone with an innocent face, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Although I know that you don't use the forum to communicate with others, you shouldn't even read the news on the forum." Don't you know what you say about the South-West Peninsula and what that tower has done? ”

"Which tower? The Tower of the Great Sage? What does it do? Lin asked three times.

Juan smiled: "Heh, it seems that you really don't know. After you left, the president of Siga has changed two more people. The one you left had an accident and passed away. The second formed a mixed army and launched an attack on the Tower of the Great Sage. As a result, it suffered a big defeat, the legion was completely wiped out, and the Wulian City in Xijia District was also counterattacked by the Great Sage's Tower, and the five magic towers were destroyed. The failed leader wanted to regather his strength for revenge and rebuild the city, but was deposed by all the magicians. The current president of Xijia District is the tower owner of the Great Sage Tower, and he is publicly promoted. The location of the headquarters of the district council has also been changed to a town centered on the tower of the great sage. I said that what kind of ghost tower you transformed, it can be attacked from such a long distance, and the attacked magic tower can't fight back, and it's impossible to surrender if you want to. ”

Someone was stunned and said, "This has happened." ”

Juan shook his head and said, "More than that." ”

Lin asked suspiciously, "What else happened then?" ”

"Do you know the queen of the Frankish kingdom, Yulia III? The country closest to the Tower of the Great Sage. ”

Lin thought about it for a moment, then nodded. This queen was originally named Milsleyan. Together with her loyal retainers, she hid in the village outside the Tower of the Great Sage, escaping from the usurper of the kingdom.

But then she returned to China and never contacted again.

In fact, during the time when the queen was incognito and hid in a subsidiary village outside the Great Sage's Tower, she didn't have much contact with anyone. At best, I knew her, she knew me, and when I met outside, no one recognized anyone.

However, when this was mentioned by Juan, Lin still had an impression.

Juan continued: "This queen is married to the master of the Tower of the Great Sage, and over the years they have been expanding each other's power. The Frankish kingdom was constantly co-opting foreign nobles and encroaching on other countries' territories. The scale of the war was kept to a very small scale, and there was no major fighting. However, with that magic tower pressing the formation, if you want to fight, no one dares to think like this. ”

Hearing such content, Lin frowned slightly and asked, "The peace has been broken?" ”

Juan understood what someone was talking about, a state of peace that had been in a state of peace for nearly two hundred years. In the more than two hundred years since the end of the Wars of Religion, the boundaries of all the kingdoms of the Lost Land have not changed, and at most they have been exploring the unowned natural environment.

It is true that someone has shaken such a state, but it is far from the point that the peace that someone thinks is broken. Therefore, Juan said: "It is not a break of the peace, after all, there are many lords who choose to be loyal to that queen. In the face of the pressure of Warcraft, when their own feudal lords could not provide effective protection, it was a matter of course for them to choose a more powerful protector for the sake of their people. ”

Midi's concept of nation is far less than it has been since the rise of planetary nationalism, and people here still value family.

In particular, the development of the Southwest Peninsula has been a matter of the last two hundred years, and everyone is said to be descended from the pioneers, and no one really has a noble and undesecrated bloodline. The languages that are commonly spoken are still the lingua franca of the world. Therefore, there is no sense of identity between each other, only the consideration of interests.

The so-called country is nothing more than a group of neighboring lords huddling together to keep warm, and the country may be destroyed at any time because of a Warcraft riot. That's why the Southwest Peninsula is so small.

So as long as someone shows strong enough strength and doesn't have to fight, naturally some people will take refuge for protection. Obviously, the Frank Kingdom, which has the Tower of the Great Sage as its backer, has become the thickest thigh in the Southwest Peninsula, and naturally there is no shortage of people to hug.

As for those who resist, the Tower of the Great Sage can make them lose confidence by trying their skills. In the past, someone used to kill them all as soon as they did it, but it was far less beautiful than the current Queen Yulia husband and wife.

In many cases, as long as you demonstrate, you can make the other side bow down.

"And,—— "Juan is not done yet," it is said that the owners of many magic towers in Siga have sworn allegiance. These people are heavier than the noble lords. ”

The Southwest Peninsula was developed late, and there are still many areas that are difficult for living people to penetrate. And the greatest contributor to fighting the invasion of demonic beasts and protecting the flame of civilization is the magic towers that stand on top of the wilderness.

However, the arrogance of the magicians, and the strength of the magic tower as a war fortress, can be said to be the most unruly group of people. Even the branch presidents of all the magician associations have a good relationship with every tower master, and they dare not easily make enemies. Such people all swore allegiance to a kingdom that would have been unimaginable elsewhere.

But if you put yourself in their shoes, you must know that the pentagram has been blown up, what an incredible thing it is for the magicians of the Southwest Peninsula. It was a five-story tower of the Dharma Saint level, and a joint structure composed of four four-story towers.

Among the magic towers in the southwest peninsula of the Lost Land, the Wulian Tower is definitely the premier war fortress. But under the obscenity of the Great Sage's Tower, he couldn't even resist, and it became a ruin.

In the face of such a record, what tower owner of the magic tower dares to compete with the tower master of the Great Sage Tower? Too long?

It can be said that the sworn allegiance of the tower lord has shaken the southwest peninsula of the lost land.