"How many days has your son not returned?" said Jimenez, removing his glasses from the bridge of his nose, to his son.

Little Jimenez replied a little awkwardly, " I've been busy lately, so I've been a little negligent with him, but I can guarantee that he's been staying in San Quentin and hasn't gone anywhere, and the company is there, and Old Baker reports to me every once in a while, and he arrives at the company on time, and does what he should do like an ordinary clerk before leaving, he should have been living with that woman, and I'll talk to him when I'm free, he's the only heir to the family after all, and there's so much to learn. ”

"Well, it's time to expose him to more things, I agree. Old Jimenez nodded, "But we'll have to talk about it until we get past this stage." ”

"Father, is it really possible to start another war?" little Jimenez frowned, "Hasn't the treaty of the rock crystal and metal community proposed by the kingdom to the other countries already received a response from Titania and Aurora?" Even if the Saxons don't participate, plus the alliance of city-states, the treaty can already be formed; as for the orcs of the Tianhuo Plateau, hmph, they need a large amount of high-quality metal, if they don't participate in the community, it will be difficult for them to get more metal in the future, although there are also rich minerals near their ancestral court, but with their smelting conditions, it is possible to produce a small amount of high-quality metal, and it is a joke to compare it with the industrial output of the countries. The biggest variable is the Saxons, if there is no Church of Light, I think they will definitely participate, but if the church intervenes, they probably won't attend. ”

"Saxons, hehe, you don't have to worry about them, although I don't think they will join the community. Jimenez waved his hand. "But that's okay, if the Saxons don't participate, it's our duty to liberate them and save them from the closed, ignorant spiritual rule of the Church." And it's not difficult at all. Because it is rare that in this regard, we, the nasty dark aristocracy behind the Rose Bank, and the Titania will not oppose this, we are all advanced, democratic, and civilized countries, and we have the obligation to save those backward and ignorant places. ”

Little Jimenez nodded, but his father's next sentence surprised him, "But the war I'm talking about may not only be against the Saxons, because the Saxons are not on the same level as us now, not to mention that everyone will definitely go together then." Still, kids. For the Saxons, don't expect to get too many benefits, because once the Church of Light is defeated, those Saxon rulers will quickly surrender and ask to join the community, so that the kingdom will not be able to start. ”

"Is there a second war?" asked little Jimenez.

"There should be. All of us, I mean in addition to us, Titania and Aurora need the help of emerging markets, otherwise it may be like the Duke said. Things are going to get worse and worse in the market. Establish a community of rock crystals and metals to save the Saxons. All of them are one of the means of trying to save themselves, which belongs to internal self-purification, and marches towards the establishment of a more unified internal market. Jimenez stood up from his chair, "However, this is not enough, the second step of the Community plan is to establish a unified monetary policy. It's not easy, you know, my child, and there's a lot of disagreement on this issue. Although in the long run, the chances of success are very high, but the Duke expects that it will be difficult to achieve this step in the short term, Titania may agree, but they will try to fight for the position of the leader in it, if they have the support of Aurora, it will make the plan stalled because of the confrontation, it may take years, maybe ten years, but we can't wait that long, because no one knows how long we can hold out with the growing market crisis. ”

He waved his hand vigorously: "We can't sit still, Lord Duke, Prime Minister Benjamin, and the leader of the Sainz party, Marquis Austin, have the same opinion on this point, and my judgment is the same, but we can't count on the Saxons, although we must be able to save them, but the Saxon market can't save us all, they can't digest it, not to mention that if they surrender quickly, it will be difficult for us to set up more obstacles in the conditions for them to join the community." ”

"It's time to continue to tap into the potential of our other heterotopic markets?" said Jimenez Jr.

"This is a backup plan, of course it can't be done this way, but it is not easy to continue to develop the potential of the colony xenoplane, and the mature colony has to tap more potential to help the mother country, just like digging a well, digging the back, each meter dug will pay a greater price than before, and there will be other risks. ”

Little Jimenez was aware of the other risks his father had mentioned, the most serious of which was the armed revolt of the governed, which had erupted many times since the opening up of the Heterogeneous Plane to the present, and all of them had been suppressed. The recent revolt of the workers in the county of Faux-Meritor was fortunate compared to the revolt of the Xenoplane, because at least their revolt still made people know that there was such a thing, because after all, it was suppressed in the land of Asturias itself, and it could not hide from more people, so the parliament also had to pretend to come out and question it in order to appease the people. In contrast, under the colonial rule of those different planes, the casualties caused by the repression are only a number, and there may be a newspaper that will publish this article: 'Riots broke out in the plane of Farousion, and the governor of Ranch decisively quelled the outbreak and protected the personal and property safety of the citizens abroad', and then it should be praised that the governor who resolutely quelled the rebellion, heard that he was the grandson-in-law of the Medici family, and also had some blood relationship with the Bourbons, and now it is becoming a link between the two ancient families.

However, once this kind of thing happens at this time, it will be a kind of destruction that does not outweigh the losses, and will destroy the existing long-term stable support, so even if the potential is tapped, it is not so easy for this relatively mature colonial plane to be developed, and it is necessary to develop more potential, either if you are lucky enough to find some resources that have not been found before, or you can only implement harsher rule, but if the latter provokes a large-scale revolt, it will not be good for Asturias, but what has been available before will also be destroyed in the short term, which is even worse for alleviating the crisis。 So there's a lot of risk.

Of course, there are still some options left, referring to those countries that have more or less intervened, but have not achieved the heterotopic plane that has been controlled by Farucion and Fadel, the most typical is the Falmalik continent, where the countries are intrigued because of the interests of various places, and no one has gotten the greatest benefits. Not only does the old empire of the aborigines still exist, but the Khorin who made his fortune in Bofeng City has become the Emperor Khorin, and has become the representative of the original forces in the Falmalik continent except for the Eprun Empire and the Matthew Church.

In order to seek more benefits in such an unfully mastered heteroplane, the original equilibrium will be broken, and the first thing to do is to solve the Saxon Church of Light, because the Eplon Empire on the Falmalik continent can continue to support it, largely because the Matthew Church and the Church of Light who support them are branches of the Celestial Realm.

The Falmalek Continent, the Langulissa Plane, and the Oga Plane are the pre-selected targets in the original plan of the countries, and the specific one is still in debate, and Aurora must hope for the Falmalik Continent. Because they had already gained a firm foothold on it, but now they were hindered by the empire established by the Eplon Empire and the Great Emperor Khorin, if they decided to "liberate" the Falmalik continent, then there was no doubt that Aurora would benefit the most, and it would have the advantage of operating for decades first.

However, Jimenez's final answer to his son was the fourth choice, "Asturias actually has a fourth choice." ”

"The fourth option?"

"Yes, this choice is the good fortune that Duke Solomon brought to the kingdom, from those elven guerrillas in the Emerald Continent. They discovered a new and massive plane. And in order to obtain the land and resources of that plane, they actually broke the self-shackles of the High Elves for many years in morality and sentiment. Giving up those flashy things, they learned from us to establish long-standing teleportation channels, and for this reason, they turned to some gray areas of the kingdom through some special channels, including the experience of establishing and maintaining long-term teleportation channels with high-energy magic crystals and maintaining channels. There were already enough resources on the Emerald Continent, but they were not necessarily in the territory they currently controlled. There are also Centaurs and Orcs, who are difficult to obtain by large-scale mining, and when it comes to building teleportation channels, they have enough knowledge to build, but they are novices. Jimenez said. "So the Duke later learned their purpose, and then spent a lot of effort to send two high-level mages to blend in as the Terrans of the Jade Continent, and then one was killed and one injured before successfully analyzing a coordinate back. ”

"So we can develop this huge plane on our own?" said little Jimenez with interest.

"Yes, if the second step of the Teal Community's plan, the implementation of a unified monetary policy, does not go well, and is resisted or contested, the Duke will suggest that Asturias should be in charge of the battle against Falmalik, Rangulissa, Of the three choices of Oga that we decide to wage war against, we will only follow and not exert too much effort, so that if we succeed, we will also get a piece of the pie, and if it doesn't go well, it will be up to the Titanians to exert more effort, and we can take the opportunity to invest in this newly discovered huge plane to obtain great rewards. So if the choice of the three benefits, we can all break free from the crisis, there is no harm, if it doesn't go well over there, and we succeed in developing this new plane, we have the advantage of being the first mover, we can also invite Titania and Aurora to change the goal, but in this way, we can save them, then there is no one to stop the second step of the Teal Community's plan to be implemented later. ”

"Father, then we should be ready as soon as possible and follow in the footsteps of the Kingdom. Little Jimenez said excitedly.

"Of course. Jimenez smiled.

There was a knock at the door, and with permission, the father of Rand's servant, the faithful second butler of Jimenez, walked in and told them strange news.

"Lady Sarah, that older lover of Rand asks to see me?" said Jimenez, with a rare astonishment.

He turned a blind eye to the existence of this woman, and it was not until he talked to little Jimenez today that he faintly revealed the meaning of possibly solving this woman, of course, this solution does not mean that she will disappear completely, but it is time for her to stop hindering her grandson on the right path. The third generation of the Jimenez family has only such an heir, how can he be trapped in the stagnation of a woman for a long time.

This decision was not known to little Jimenez before, it was only the two of them who vaguely decided, even if they really want to do it, they have to consider what means to use, the soft and hard must be moderate, and it is best to send it smoothly, so as not to let the grandson be too disgusted, so as not to backfire.

But now this woman has come to the door on her own initiative, and even Jimenez did not expect it.

"There's something important she wants to tell me?" Jimenez nodded, "A woman with a bit of interest, well, let her in and wait in the second parlor, I can meet her and hear what she has to say?"

"I hope she's smart enough not to ask too much. Little Jimenez said disapprovingly. (To be continued.) )

PS: Originally, the chapter name of this section was about the people who care about you and the people you care about, but it was too long and beyond the limit of the starting point, so I had to leave it at that.