Chapter 33: Reform of the Dark Devil Kingdom
After everything was prepared, Li Yu and Menier set off, although they were just going to the outer city to have a look, but Menier still carefully selected three female guards as bodyguards for this trip.
With Menier's men, the inner castle is naturally safe, but the outer city, that is not necessarily.
The personnel in the outer city are complicated, and all forces should have placed secret agents here, once someone discovers Li Yu's identity, I am afraid that they will directly kill him, this is not a fantasy, but a real reality.
Other races aside, just the twelve nobles are not easy to mess with, what don't they dare to do? Although there is no evidence, according to the secret report, at least two demon kings died directly or indirectly from the conspiracy of the twelve nobles, which is not a joke.
After coming to the outer city, Mei Nier introduced the situation of the outer city to Li Yu while walking, the outer city of the Black Blood City now has a population of about 300,000, most of which are ordinary civilians, of course, there are also a small number of nobles living here, but the area where the nobles are located has long been separated from the commoners.
No matter where you are, the gap between the rich and the poor will not disappear, and you have power and money in your hands, which means better enjoyment, not to mention that the hierarchy of the demon clan is also very strict, and ordinary civilians are not as good as pure blood nobles in any case.
Li Yu himself is very disgusted by this, although he is not a saint who respects the equality of all beings, but he just hates to divide people into three, six, nine and so on.
It's all born by my mother, I eat food, and I pull it out...... Ahem, I won't say much about indecent words, in short, Li Yu feels that no one is worse than others, but the different environment that he has been exposed to since childhood has led to today's gap.
He will not treat ordinary commoners as a cheap race, let alone discriminate against them, which is the difference between Li Yu and those so-called 'nobles'.
This trip to the outer city, Li Yu was quite touched, the nobles could walk on the avenue with their heads held high, and looked at the civilians who could only walk on the side of the street with a contemptuous gaze, which made Li Yu very unhappy.
"Menier, do the nobles in the Black Blood City have a lot of power?"
"This ......"
Facing Li Yu's question, Mei Nier seemed a little difficult to answer, the answer to this question is inevitable, since he is a nobleman, he naturally controls the power that ordinary people do not have, but why His Majesty the Demon King asked this is what Mei Nier is puzzled about.
"If I want to overthrow the power of the aristocracy, what do you think?" Without getting an answer from Menier, Li Yu asked another question again.
"I'm afraid it's going to be very difficult."
I have to say that Li Yu's words surprised Menier, what does His Majesty the Demon King want to do? Could it be that he wants to overthrow the long-standing aristocratic rule and let ordinary commoners turn over as masters?
If that's the case, let's not talk about failure for the time being, even if it succeeds, the price to pay is very high, at least the current Black Blood City, it can't afford it.
How should I persuade His Majesty the Demon King to give up this thought?
Mei Nier is a smart girl, from Li Yu's tone, she can guess what Li Yu means, change often represents sacrifice, although the current situation in Black Blood City is not satisfactory, but at least everyone is used to the current life, once it changes, the consequences are unimaginable.
"Don't worry about it that much, I'm just talking about it."
Menier's tangled and hesitant expression was seen by Li Yu, and immediately made him smile helplessly, he is not a fool, throughout the five thousand years of Chinese history, he knows the consequences of change more clearly than Menier.
But because of this, Li Yu understands the importance of change, but how to change is the key.
Although Li Yu is indeed the heir personally elected by the previous demon king, and has also been recognized by some demons, in fact, there are more demons who refuse to admit Li Yu's existence.
Just like Nasha, isn't she the epitome of it?
And Nasha is all mild, Li Yu doesn't think that there will be no radicals among the demons.
When he was in the SAO world, just managing a small guild, Li Yu already felt very nerve-wracking, the operation of the guild, and the conflicts between the members, all needed to be mediated and dealt with by Li Yu, the president.
Now, what Li Yu is about to manage is a city with a population of 300,000, and in the future, he will dominate the entire demon clan and the entire black demon country! In this way, Li Yu has to think about himself.
People will grow faster when they are always in adversity, and now there are too many crises in front of Li Yu, but it is precisely because of these sense of crisis that Li Yu must be more vigilant and make himself more cautious and work harder.
Li Yu told himself in his heart that all he did was to go home, but at the same time, the road home was very long, he not only had to improve his strength, but also to form his own forces, before going home, the first thing he had to ensure was that he wanted to live better.
However, this kind of thought, in the following observations, made Li Yu's idea waver.
Although on the main avenue, the gap between nobles and commoners would make people feel very annoyed, feeling that this was a cold world, but after leaving the avenue and entering the civilian area, Li Yu saw a different scene of joy.
There are no nobles here, you won't see any mocking eyes, walking on the road, the surrounding shops will greet you cordially, and from time to time there will be a few laughing children passing by you, which makes Li Yu feel very good.
If you let him say it, this is true happiness, and his current responsibility is to protect this happiness?
Li Yu wants to go home, this is a fact that can never be changed, and he has been working hard for it, but what he saw at this moment made Li Yu feel a sense of responsibility.
Li Yu has always felt that what he can bring to himself with the title of demon king is to eat and drink without worry, to sleep in a warm and comfortable bed, to enjoy the service of the maids, and to get everything he wants.
But he rarely thought about what kind of burden he had to carry on his shoulders after inheriting the name of the demon king.
Before that, Li Yu considered the issue of reform, but it was just to make his life better, whether it was life or survival.
But now, can he still be justified just for himself?
No, Li Yu can't, at least he can't say this sentence now.
Do you really have to take on the responsibility of the Demon King?
Li Yu was a little confused, go home? Or is it responsibility? This question made Li Yu very entangled.
No...... Wait a minute! Isn't there a way to get the best of both worlds?
Yes! Of course! Home is to go back, but in the process of going home, as long as you take this responsibility and protect this happiness, isn't it?
Although it may take a double effort to do so, the effort is worth it!
"Let's go, Menier, it's time for us to go back."
"Yes! His Majesty the Demon King. ”
Standing on the side of the street and thinking for a long time, Li Yu untied this knot, at this time he didn't feel the pressure, only felt a sense of relief, since he made up his mind, let himself work harder for the future!