Chapter 115: The Elven Empire
Tsunamis and earthquakes are just the beginning of the disaster. The violent impact also caused weather changes at sea, with the convergence of hot and cold air currents, creating thick clouds.
With the help of typhoons, these clouds are drifting continuously. During the exercise, many clouds were overwhelmed and turned into rain and fell in torrents.
There are also many clouds, which continue to drift with the wind. The rain started at sea and gradually spread to the mainland.
As soon as the family members were settled, the rain fell with a bang. Seeing this scene, Hudson wanted to intervene for a while, but after much thought, he finally gave up.
The storm that swept in, the source of which was at sea. The impact is over, but the ocean has not calmed down.
The energy generated by the impact is conducted into the seawater, and instead of disappearing directly, it is converted into waves and stored. All kinds of monstrous waves, wave after wave.
If the turmoil in the sea does not stop, the winds and waves that come with it will not end. Blind past interception, purely mantis arm blocking the car.
It is natural to intervene with extraordinary power, but the premise is that after his own accommodating range, Hudson obviously does not have the ability to calm the wind and waves at sea in an instant.
If you forcibly intervene, many clouds that were originally just passing by will also turn into rain and fall.
"Have you counted the damage?"
In the Great Hall, Hudson asked with concern.
Compared to the vast territory of the Snow Moon Territory, the area of the Mountain Territory is much smaller, but because it was developed earlier, this side is the important financial and tax area of the Coslow family.
In the case of the long-term fiscal deficit of the Snow Moon Collar, the Mountain Collar has always played the role of the financier. Asking for money for money, asking for food for food, the standing army of the Coslow family is raised from here.
Up to now, the mountain territory has a population of nearly 2 million and has perfect agricultural and military production capacity. Taken out alone, this land of foundation is enough to support a big nobleman.
In recent years, Hudson's voice in the kingdom has increased, and in addition to his outstanding military achievements, the strength in his hands is also an important factor.
"Duke, at the moment we have only counted approximate losses.
Industrially: Mines collapsed in many places, almost all of the original mines were buried, and the orc slaves responsible for mining lost as much as 50,000.
In addition, many factories collapsed, and some raw materials, machinery and equipment were damaged, which had a serious impact on industrial production.
The impact on agriculture has been relatively small. However, there are many cracks in the territory, which affect the normal irrigation of crops, and many water conservancy projects need to be repaired.
The fishing industry has suffered the most damage, and the fate of the ships that go to sea is now unknown, half of them have been lost in port, and those that survive have to be overhauled.
As a result of the tsunami, shipyards in coastal areas were severely damaged. A lot of machinery and equipment have been swept away by the sea.
The most troublesome thing is the loss of personnel, less than one in ten craftsmen and skilled workers who worked overtime on the day of the earthquake struck.
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After summing up all the losses, more than 18,000 people died and more than 13,000 people were missing, and the losses of various facilities and industries totaled more than 5 million gold coins. ”
Listening to David's report, Hudson's face was unusually ugly. It's just a loss of slaves, anyway, it's all orcs who die, just go back and send someone to arrest it.
The economic loss, he can barely accept. It's nothing more than a few days of hard life, and you can always carry it through if you think of a way.
The loss of population in the territory cannot be made up for in a short period of time. Even if the serfs were to be created immediately, it would be eighteen years before they grew up.
The missing people in the tsunami and earthquake have been linked to death in a sense, and Hudson does not think that ordinary people can survive a natural disaster of this magnitude.
Quantitatively, the loss of population in the Montagnard Territory is close to two percent. And most of the people who lost were young and strong, mainly engaged in shipbuilding and fishing. The sudden bad news will be a fatal blow to these two major industries.
Without years of accumulation, I don't want to return to the top.
"Immediately organize manpower to start post-disaster reconstruction work. Priority is given to repairing houses to ensure the daily living of the people, and this heavy rain will not stop for a while! ”
Hudson said with a solemn expression.
First the earthquake, the tsunami, then the heavy rain, one ring after another of natural disasters followed, obviously not prepared to make people happy.
The popular term "100,000-year catastrophe" suddenly popped up in Hudson's mind. Isn't this level of natural and man-made disasters a catastrophe!
If the government is a little weaker, the heavy rain will be more lethal than the previous earthquakes and tsunamis.
The frail and the old are often the first to be eliminated in such natural disasters. If you are not careful, and then a big epidemic is brewing, then the "overlord suit" will be stacked.
"Yes!"
The crowd replied in unison.
The strong martial style has affected every corner of the territory. Even if he is a civilian official, he is also an existence that can carry a gun on the battlefield.
In the perennial reserve training, everyone has more or less been infected with the military style. This effect is exacerbated by the fact that the territorial bureaucracy is flooded with a large number of retired officers and soldiers.
Shocked by Hudson's momentum, everyone habitually regarded the decree as a military task, and the body reacted instinctively.
Ignoring these details, Hudson had already withdrawn after the order was given.
Compared with the mountain collar that has been in business for a long time, the late-developed Snow Moon collar is what Hudson needs to worry about.
The land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is not much infrastructure to keep up with. The construction of the personnel team in the territory is also lagging behind.
It's not that Hudson doesn't want to improve the personnel system, but the establishment of an administrative organization also needs to consider economic benefits.
If too many officials are out of work, the deficit will not only increase further, but also reduce the labor force involved in production and construction.
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Court of the Elves.
A group of high-ranking elves gathered together with solemn expressions. The sudden disaster confused the oldest race on the continent.
Because of the profound racial heritage and the fact that they have more information, the elven race has always had a sense of superiority when facing all the races on the mainland.
Especially with the smooth progress of the Split Land Plan, many elven high-level leaders looked at the various races on the continent as if they were looking at fools.
Even the human race, which is the overlord of the continent, is a group of poor insects who die without knowing it in the eyes of these arrogant elves.
The superiority of the unequal message, after the fall of the kingdom of God, everything has changed.
The cruel reality tells them that the prophecy left by the elven god is not exhaustive, and accidents may also occur.
The natural disaster in front of us is the best example. If their land splitting plan is completed ahead of schedule, and this natural disaster encounters on the way to migration, it is unknown whether the elves will be able to exist.
After wandering around on the edge of life and death, a group of elf high-level officials instantly woke up. The gods can fall, let alone the prophecies left by the gods.
If it is really a last resort, then in the fall of the gods, the elven god has become the only invincible god in the world, enjoying the faith of all ethnic groups in the continent.
"The three Majestics, affected by the impact of the Kingdom of God on the sea, the land splitting plan has been most severely challenged. Many of the magic arrays we deployed were shattered under the impact.
If you want to repair these magic arrays, you can't do it in a short time. It is estimated that our departure time will be postponed by at least 10 years.
Equally bad is that after this impact, the situation overseas has also changed, and we need to re-investigate before we can determine the way forward. ”
The high priest never mentioned the loss of the clan, but all the elf high-ranking people present were all in the know, and they knew everything about the family background of the clan.
The whole continent is unlucky, and the elves are definitely no exception. Tsunamis hit along the coast, internal mines collapsed, and water conservancy projects were destroyed.
Fortunately, it is not only the elves who live in the elven forest, because of their own population, a large number of production tasks are completed by vassal races, which reduces their population loss to a certain extent.
The specific data has not been counted, but the number of elves who have accidents across the country together must be in the tens of thousands.
For the human race, such a small loss of population, more than any small country, is not worth mentioning at all, but the elves need flesh pain.
Even if fertility is restored, the population growth of the elves is also constrained by the base of the clan.
"Time waits for no one, the High Priest adjusts the plan!
Our hearts were too big before, and if we really carved out a large area of land at once, we might not be able to complete the migration smoothly.
It is already very difficult to be able to take away the Elven Forest. Although the method of migration that drives a piece of land was left by the elven gods and has been demonstrated by the ancestors of the past generations, it may not be without flaws.
In case of an accident in the middle of the journey, the family funds we have accumulated may not be able to calmly cope with all kinds of unexpected situations! ”
The Queen of the Forest Elves said solemnly.
Externally, the three elven kingdoms stand side by side. But within the elf clan, the most important voice is still the forest elf queen.
When it comes to the survival of the race, this is not the time to pay attention to democracy. As the most orthodox queen, the forest elf queen directly threw out the decision.
"Eldest sister, if you give up now, our previous efforts will all be in vain!"
The Night Elf Queen said unwillingly.
The elven race, which has always been not very interested in the land, was preparing for the departure of the unusually rapid expansion in the last continental war.
Make up your mind to leave, and divide the inheritance of the mainland for the last time, the more you will take with you, the better.
"It's better to be in vain than not to be able to go!
The seven kingdoms of God that fell surrounded the Aslant continent, you wouldn't think it was just a coincidence, right?
It is the kingdom of God, and the fact that the elven god does not mention it in the prophecy does not mean that there is no danger.
In the past countless years, there have been many souls who have entered the kingdom of God. If they die with the gods, it is fine, but if they survive, no one knows what will become of the supplicants whose faith has collapsed.
The Split Land Project must be accelerated, I have a hunch that the real catastrophe is coming, and if we don't leave, we won't be able to leave if we want to! ”
The Forest Elf Queen explained with a solemn expression.
The more you know, the more you know about awe. The gods have fallen too strangely, they are all old antiques that have lived for countless years, and they don't even have a dying struggle, which is completely unreasonable.
As a long-lived race, or a long-lived race that has slaughtered gods, the elven race has never stopped studying gods in private.
The cage of the Kingdom of God is a secret in the outside world, but here in the Elf Queen, it is only one of the many secrets of the continent.
Before the fall of the gods, the forest elf queen was in awe of the gods, and she didn't dare to think about it so much, but now it's different.
lost the shackles in his heart, and many mysteries that could not be solved suddenly became clear.
Her instincts told her that danger was approaching the mainland and that she had to get out as soon as possible.
"Eldest sister, otherwise, if we send someone into the kingdom of God to investigate, we may have unexpected gains!"
The steppe elf queen on the side eagerly proposed.
The legacy of the gods is too covetous. Countless years of accumulation, it is impossible to destroy it all in one fell swoop, just get something, maybe you can make their strength go further.
Glancing at the elves, the forest elf queen said angrily: "If you are not afraid of being separated by the gods, you can try it!"
I don't believe those old guys, they're all dead. If it is a mortal situation, the gods are not the masters who sit back and wait to die.
Even if it is truly extinguished, then the kingdom of God is the tomb of the gods. No one wants to be disturbed after they die, and any arrangement in the kingdom of God can kill you and me.
In ancient times, our people did slaughter many gods, but those were fools who broke away from the kingdom of God. In the kingdom of God, the gods are almost omnipotent.
Believers can attain eternal life in the kingdom of God, not just by religious propaganda, but by the fact that it can be achieved.
You have all seen the secrets of the clan. If the gods had made arrangements in advance, how much would it cost us to be able to conquer a kingdom of God? ”
When the words landed, the elves who were originally eager to try it fell down in an instant.
Although the inheritance of the gods is good, their own lives are more important. I had an idea before, but I was blinded by greed, and now that I have come to my senses, I naturally can't continue to die.
"Your Majesty is right, we really can't take any chances. When it's time to let go, you have to let go. It's all about the continuation of the race, and you can't put the cart before the horse!
Back then, the elves were divided, which was to reduce the vigilance of the human race, but now that the situation has changed, it is no longer appropriate to continue the separation of the three kingdoms.
I propose that the Three Kingdoms merge and reorganize the Elven Empire to deal with the chaos that follows! ”
The high priest's proposal made the atmosphere in the hall tense all of a sudden.
Since ancient times, it has been easy to divide and difficult to reunify.
The Three Kingdoms have been divided for countless years, and now they are suddenly going to merge, and the interests touched are not just a few stars.
If this thing is done well, the reunited elves will become even stronger. If the coordination of interests fails, I am afraid that even the current relationship will not be maintained.
(End of chapter)