From the Atlantic Ocean to the Tarta Inland Sea, from the Scandic Icefields to the Lombardy Peninsula. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info there are more than a dozen human kingdoms in this area, and the home of nearly 100 million human beings is the "human world" in the traditional sense.

In the traditional propaganda of the Church of the Lord of Radiance, this land is sacred and unique. It is a glorious paradise bestowed upon mankind by the Lord of Radiance. And beyond this land is a land ruled by dark, evil aliens. What we have to do is to take away the land from the wicked, godless alien race and convert those people to the right way.

At that time, the northeastern part of the human world was dominated by the mighty Tartarian Khanate, with its predecessors, various tribes of centaurs and nomads. To the southeast of the human world is the Ottoman Empire under the rule of the Dark Elves, as well as its predecessors, small nations and tribes composed of Dark Elves, Levantines, Berbers and Orcs.

In this case, the propaganda of the Church of the Lord of Radiance seems to be correct.

Although in fact, further east, under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, there were still human peoples such as the Levantines and the Berbers. To the east of the Tarta Inland Sea, the endless savannah is also dotted with some primitive tribes that live as nomads.

Then, in the Age of Discoveries, after the beginning of the seafaring industry, human nations or tribes with different degrees of civilization were found in Indy, the Land of Dragons, the Bow Islands, and the New World.

All this proves that the clergy of the Church of the Lord of Radiance are. But the people who live in this area don't seem to have the idea of changing the name of their world. For a variety of reasons and considerations, people still refer to everything within this scope as "the human world".

Since the concept of the "human world" was introduced, the people of this region have lived in the shadow of war. Or at the instigation of the Pope, a crusade was launched. Or the kings and lords of various countries are fighting each other for territory, power, status and wealth. It's like a scholar lamenting.

"In the two thousand years since the birth of the human world, wars have been waged for at least 1,800 years."

In this regard, William is also deeply acute. He was born at the end of the First Great Frontier War. At that time, although the Ostrogothic Empire and the Tartarian Khanate had withdrawn their troops and ceased fighting, there were still small-scale conflicts. Enthusiastic young knights and noble lords usually crossed the Vistula with their light cavalry or attacked Slavian villages. Or attack the small tribes of Tartaria.

At the same time, the herdsmen's cavalry belonging to the Slavic kingdoms, as well as the tribal warriors belonging to the Tartariya Khanate, also crossed the western bank of the Vistula River to burn and plunder.

During this period, King Otto often led his troops on expeditions, and he was less likely to be separated from William. And the trophies and enemy heads he brought back after each expedition also became a symbol of King Otto's "hero". This made William when he was a child once had the misunderstanding that "a hero is the one who cuts off people's heads the most".

In a sense, though, William's idea wasn't wrong.

And so, the Hereford family had a difficult time.

Then, in William's childhood, the shadow of war seemed to dissipate considerably. Thanks to King Otto's prestige, few of the surrounding minor nobles dared to invade the Hereford family.

However, in addition to his own family's wars, as a feudal lord, he must also be responsible for his own monarch.

As a hero, and as the most powerful man in the world, King Otto, who was still a baron at the time, had to be accountable to his sovereign, Archduke Lesek. Once upon a time, Archduke Otto even became the de facto field marshal of the Grand Duchy of Mazovia. Under Otto's leadership, the Mazovian Army flourished...... Then, he was laid off and unemployed because of the excessive suspicion of Grand Duke Lesek.

This is one of the reasons why William was unhappy with King Otto. If William's scheming and tactics had been followed, the Hereford family would have gained de facto control of the Grand Duchy of Mazovia ten years ago.

Of course, during this time, William's life was also inevitably affected by the war.

Growing up, William suffered more of a war...... After his brain was opened, it was just in time for the Second Great Border War. Then there was the great expansion of the Hereford family, and I don't know how many Wende civil wars...... At the same time, the civil war of the empire was also in full swing. From the age of four Wilhelm, Kalman IV fought against the rebels supported by the Britons. It has been playing for more than ten years. At one point, the rebels even invaded Franconia, threatening the capital of Kalman IV.

That's it, in William's twenty years of life, there were at least eighteen years of war. And like William, the people who lived in this era probably lived in the same way.

Whether it was a commoner or a nobleman, whether a soldier or a merchant. All are accustomed to war. Live in war, survive in war, farm in war, do business in war...... War is such a commonplace and strange thing in this era.

When the extraordinary becomes the usual, then the ordinary naturally becomes the unusual. When the summer of 1749 arrived, and the territory under the control of the Hereford family ushered in another bumper harvest, people were surprised to discover something.

The war is over.

From Scandre to Lombardy, from the Russian Dead to Asturias. From south to north, from east to west. The land named "Human World" has fallen silent.

The civil war in the territory of the empire subsided, and the large border areas stabilized. Others, such as the Visigothic kingdom, the kingdom of Asturias, and the kingdom of Briton, were also calm as if they were asleep.

The enemies on the eastern side of the human world have all calmed down. Tartaria, Ottoman. The Dark Elves and Centaurs all crouched in their lair, no longer reappearing, stirring up trouble.

Very surprised, everybody was very surprised, and then, I just felt very uncomfortable.

The merchants found that they had no choice but to make a fortune by producing weapons and equipment and providing logistical supplies. The mercenaries found that they had no commissions to take and no cities to rob. The common people found that they had no possibility of acquiring new land, or even becoming knights, to get ahead. The generals could not make a mark, the nobles could not expand their territory, and the kings and rulers could not satisfy the ambitions of their sons.

For a while, everyone was not very satisfied. And the vast majority of people don't have the patience of William, and see this time as a good opportunity to recuperate and accumulate strength. So, they began to plan the next war.

But at least, the world is at peace until the next war. Civilians who are barely breathing in the shadow of war can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Military service, war taxes, and military disasters can finally be over. Even if it's temporary.

In this rare era of peace, William could finally do more. The backlog of the kingdom's internal affairs needs to be dealt with, and the kingdom's political structure and bureaucratic system need to be improved. Newly conquered lands required the establishment of large farmsteads. And for the sake of stability, it is necessary to appease the local aristocracy - of course, this is only temporary, and then William will use the advantage of productivity to use the grain market as a battlefield to fight these small and medium-sized nobles.

At the same time, the introduction of immigrants from the empire itself was also imminent. Fortunately, although the war is over, it is not over due to the massive displacement of civilians caused by previous wars. With some bread and water, these people will be willing to join the ranks of immigrants.

At the same time, the plan to send immigrants to the Russian kingdom was welcomed and supported by many imperial nobles.

These guys had no vision on William's part, and seemed to see the refugees as a burden rather than a welfare. Of course...... Because there is not enough land and money to house the refugees, these people do have a lot of problems in their territories, such as rising crime rates, food shortages, and so on. However, William still felt that it was because they were too poor and too stingy.

All in all, the nascent Russian kingdom acquired enough subject nationalities to balance the ethnic ratio. Enough labor was acquired to cultivate farms that were almost abandoned. And those imperial nobles stayed away from the inducements of rebellion and chaos. Both sides take what they need, and they are all happy.

At the same time, the kingdom's manufacturing industry flourished. After the joint council of the Grand Dukes in Krakow, the products of light industry of the kingdom began to be dumped throughout the kingdom. At the same time, with the steady recovery of the economy of the Ostrogothic Empire, light industrial products from Russia also began to appear.

In order to win over the Hereford family, the Alchemist League in the north took a conniving attitude towards this. At the same time, in order to crack down on the Britons, the southern territories under the control of the Emperor also opened their markets to the Hereford family.

With relatively low tariffs, the Hereford family can make a lot of money.

At the same time, the bulk trade in grain, the export commodity of the Hereford family, has been affected to a certain extent.

As the territory under the control of the Hereford family increased, and the number of large farms with new farming techniques increased, the Hereford family's food production began to increase on a large scale. This has led to a decline in food prices in the human world as a whole.

In addition, because the situation in the human world has stabilized, the amount of food produced by each kingdom has also increased a lot. The amount of imports that need to be imported has also dropped quite a bit.

That's it, food production has increased. But the profits from grain exports did not increase much. This made William very nerve-wracking. Fortunately, the market saturation rate of soybean oil, another flagship product of the Hereford family, is not too large. In addition, for the time being, soybean oil extraction technology is still the exclusive possession of the Hereford family. Therefore, the profit from exporting soybean oil is still considerable.