Chapter 1330: The Assemblies of the Nobles (4)
"Therefore, when discussing whether or not to invite representatives of the people to attend the assembly of nobles, Count Longshan and I agreed that you are indispensable. Because without you, without you, the most ordinary people, the nobles...... Can you still be a nobleman?"
The nobles pursed their lips, Lin Qi's words were very straightforward, without ordinary people, nobles can still be nobles? Can you expect the nobles to kill pigs and sheep, dig dung pits, grow vegetables and raise fish, and carry goods on the dock?
If there is no people, then what kind of aristocracy is it?
Tens of thousands of people's representatives laughed at the same time, and they felt that Lin Qi's words were simply to their white spoon hearts, and this sounded comfortable.
"Therefore, in this noble assembly, there are nobles and commoners, because we are together, we form this country!"
Taking a deep breath, Lin Qi said in a deep voice: "At this moment that determines the future of the country, only nobles will not work. We have to have the support of the people before we can decide where this country is going!"
Heroon waited so excitedly that his face turned red, and their white spoon bodies trembled slightly, it was the words that came, it was the thing that came.
Lin Qi glanced around, and then he said in a deep voice: "Everyone knows that the alien race has launched another attack on the Western Continent, and this time it is not only the alien race of the Odin Ice Plain and the Five Dalian Islands that have attacked, but also the nomadic empire from the bridge of the Eastern Continent!"
"Those nomads who smell of milk all over their bodies, they have defeated hundreds of large and small countries in the eastern Great Plains, and the vanguard of their White Spoon army has been directed at the Great Yan Dynasty, which was once the eastern border of the Caesar Empire. I can tell you clearly, those nomads are all soldiers, and they have as many troops as they have people!"
"At a time when our western continent is still talking about a huge battle of 100,000 people, when the duel of hundreds of noble knights can become a hot topic, those nomadic empires have armed tens of millions of troops, they are riding horses, holding longbows, and carrying countless tamed beasts and poisonous insects, attacking our peaceful homeland!"
"In the face of these formidable alien races, the armies of the Western Continent ...... Forgive me for what I said, because in my opinion, even the Gallic Empire, which is known as the number one power on the mainland, is not enough to resist the combined attack of the alien race and the nomadic empire!"
"As long as the alien races don't make mistakes, as long as they have a few outstanding generals, and as long as they understand the principle of steady and steady fighting, the Western Continent is doomed to annihilation! Because in terms of overall strength, the military strength of the Western Continent is much worse than theirs!"
Both the nobles and the common people exclaimed, and some young people stood up, shouting loudly, nothing more than saying that the Norman battle castle would be a hell for the aliens, and the heroic entry would wipe out all those aliens.
Lin Qi spread out his hands, and he said indifferently: "I have fought with foreign races, and the army of the Longshan family has fought with them, so I know the truth!"
Lin Qi's words made all doubts dissipate without a trace, who could be more authoritative than Lin Qi in terms of the combat effectiveness of aliens and nomads?
"War, monsters that devour money and life!" Lin Qi sneered a few times: "In order to resist the invasion of those alien races, the Western Continent actually mainly relies on the three powerful empires of the Gallic Empire, the Great Yan Dynasty, and the Harran Empire!
"But it must be admitted that the three empires alone are simply no match for the united aliens and nomads!"
Lin Qi's words made the venue silent, and neither the nobles nor the commoners were silent.
Alda sat on the big chair next to him with Erlang's legs crossed, holding the radiant Green Finf tightly in his arms, and was chewing a green olive. Seeing the dead silence in the audience, Alda shouted loudly: "Old Wann, don't scare them, let's get down to business!"
Lin Qi smiled and nodded, he glanced around deeply, he released the huge soul power through his eyes, and for a while, all of them felt that Lin Qi's sharp gaze was deeply slashed on his face, making their white spoon souls hurt.
"I must admire the Marquis Zeppelin!" said Linzi in a deep voice, "He has come up with a great idea, a great plan!"
"Of course, I am saddened, the great Marquis Zeppelin, our great consul, the Marquis Zeppelin, who died violently because of a serious illness, but his ideas are immortal, and they are bound to shine brightly!"
Lin Qi did not hesitate to add a gorgeous high hat to Zeppelin. Anyway, Jin Du is dead, no matter how much praise he gives and no cost, Lin Qi is very willing to waste a little saliva. As for saying that Lin Qi is being sent to hunt down the remnants of the Vallan family, this matter is not contradictory to giving Zeppelin a high hat, and giving him praise is one thing, which does not prevent the clan from chasing and killing him!
Lin Qi continued with a bright smile: "Marquis Zeppelin has put forward a great plan, we, the Vyas Commercial Federation, known as one of the four most powerful empires in the continent, should have a greater say in the affairs of the continent and make greater contributions!"
"Think about it, our annual tax revenue in Vias is twice as high as that of the Gallic Empire, and the total entrance of our Vyas is more than the combined entrance of the Gallic Empire and the Great Yan Dynasty, and the naval ...... of our Vyas o Ah, I really want you to think of one thing, in addition to the countless merchant ships in Vias, we actually have a powerful navy, the only navy in the entire continent that can compete with the navy of the Harran Empire!"
The nobles and populace laughed, Vias had a huge navy, but in the past few decades, this navy had only been used to scare pirates, and the sailors' bellies were swollen like beer kegs, could you expect them to kill the enemy?
"War, as I said before, war is a monster that devours money and life!" Lin Qi slapped the chest-high stone platform in front of him vigorously: "Our Vyas has countless gold coins and a large number of entrances, and we Vyas should actually be the most powerful war monster in the Western Continent!"
"Forming a strong standing army and giving Vias a strong force is a very unfortunate idea!" Lin Qi once again buttoned Zeppelin one high hat after another, pushing all the credit to a dead man.
The nobles looked at each other in silence, Vyas had never had a standing legion, they had never had this concept.
The Vyas Merchant Federation, which is a huge interest group composed of large and small noble domains, and the private armies of the nobles form the backbone of the country's army. If there is a large standing army in Vyas, this does not seem to be in line with Vyas's policy of nation-building.
Therefore, most of the nobles were silent, only Herod and other nobles stood up, and they applauded enthusiastically.
Lin Qi smiled and nodded to Herod, and then he shouted: "But I suddenly found that just a standing army can meet the requirements of Vyas?
Without waiting for those nobles to come to their senses, Lin Qi shouted: "Not enough, not enough at all!" If we want to protect ourselves under the threat of alien races, if we want to make Vyas a real power in the Western Continent, if we want to have the confidence to resist the invasion of a qiē enemy, we need not only a standing army, we need an empire, a strong, unified empire with only one will, and one rule over Vyas!"
'Boom', the nobles and people present jumped in fright at the same time.
Zeppelin also dared to only say that he would build a standing army, and in the event of an alien invasion, the nobles would probably agree to his plan.
But the creation of a unified empire to replace the present Vyas Merchant Federation? This, this, this completely touched the fundamental interests of all the nobles present. On the contrary, those people don't have much of a concept, whether it is the Federation or the Empire, don't they make the same amount of gold coins?
"We are resolutely opposed!" a gray-haired old marquis jumped out: "It is impossible to establish an empire, no one can deprive our family of rights, the empire is so ridiculous, when our white spoon ancestors signed the name of Vyas's founding declaration, they never said that they would hand over the entire family to an empire!"
Led by this old marquis, a large group of nobles jumped out, and they roared against Lin Qi's opinion.
Lin Qi looked at these nobles indifferently, and he said indifferently: "If you don't support the nobles of the Longshan family to establish an empire, you will permanently lose all commercial and trade cooperation with the East. Whether it's the Eastern Continent or the Eastern Subcontinent, don't you want to get another spice, a piece of tea, or a porcelain cup from there!"
With a flick of his hand, Lin Qi took out a big killing weapon that he had prepared for the three young men!
From the Blood Qin Empire, led by Lin Qi's father, a trade agreement signed by a group of feudal officials of the Blood Qin Empire - in the future, only merchant ships flying the flag of the Longshan Empire can leave the large and small commercial ports of the Blood Qin Empire safely.
The other few trade agreements were the contracts that the Silver Lion Divine Venerable had just given to Lin Qi before the convention, and the contracts that had just been passed from the Eastern Subcontinent using a magical teleportation array - these contracts were signed by the twenty or so most powerful tribal patriarchs in the Eastern Subcontinent, who refused to trade with a merchant ship that was not part of the Longshan Empire.
All the contracts had special seals on them, and Lin Qi threw them down for the Vias nobles to scrutinize.
"Either you support the establishment of the Longshan Empire, or you will lose the right to trade with the East forever. ”
"Support the Longshan Empire, support the Longshan family, and you will reap more lucrative profits than ever before. ”
"If you firmly oppose the rule of the Longshan family, then I can only helplessly tell you that the army of the Longshan family occasionally makes cameos and bandits, and sacks the castles of three or two nobles, and I have no psychological pressure at all. ”
Alda laughed strangely on the side: "Hurry up, old Wanne, the old guys who jumped the most happily just now ransacked their White Spoon Castle, I want to see how their White Spoon granddaughter looks!
Looking at the contracts that Lin Qi had left behind, which monopolized the trade in the East, the nobles all shut up.
Having lost the trade routes of the East, what kind of nobles are they?
Lin Qi smiled and nodded to the stunned civilians: "Whether it is a dock porter, or an ordinary sailor, or a water delivery worker, or a dung digger, I swear, under the rule of the Longshan Empire, your white spoon salary will be doubled!"
The Yongsan family immediately received the full support of all the representatives of the people present!
The nobles glanced at each other, and then they all fell to one knee at Al, bowing their haughty heads.
Alda stood up triumphantly and laughed excitedly, his clothes shaking with laughter, and his golden robe glittered in the sunlight like a huge gold coin.