61. The Great Change of Orcs (14)
Thinking of this possibility, a kind of melancholy flashed on the faces of the beast emperor and the high priest, they have been in charge of the orc empire for so long, and naturally know how many families the orc empire has, in a word, the comprehensive strength of human beings is far more than ten times higher than that of the orc empire, in the past, it was because the orc empire did not have much of a threat, and there was not much oil and water, therefore, the temple of light can also allow the existence of the orc empire, after all, the war that is premised on the destruction of the orc empire, the cost of this war is not proportional to the benefits at all, in this case, the temple of light only adopts a defensive strategy, but when the orcs become rich, and, If the comprehensive strength is greatly enhanced, the Temple of Light will definitely not sit idly by, and even the alliance of the Dark Temple is not impossible, because, although the orcs also have a human sign, they are two races with humans, and when there is a war between the races, the Dark Temple is likely to take action.
The Beast Emperor asked: "Xuantian, what do you think we should do?" "Unless we don't reform and will always be like this, otherwise, war should be unavoidable, this is the conclusion I have reached, but will we orcs always be willing to go on like this?" Your Majesty, High Priest, needless to say that you are unwilling, I will not be willing, although we are not as smart as humans, but we also have the will to enjoy life, in a word, who wants to live a poor life if there is a good life? Therefore, I think that the idea of only thinking about avoiding this war is unrealistic and unfeasible, so there are only two ways to solve the problem, one is that we actively prepare for war, build strong fortresses on the main roads, train our army, so that we have the strength to fight, and when the national strength of our orc empire is strong to a certain extent, when the Temple of Light thinks that even if it unites with the Dark Temple, it can only fight with us, this war can be avoided. ”
The High Priest nodded and said, "That's true, but, Xuantian, do you estimate how long it will take us to reach this level, and how many troops we need to build?" If we are to resist the full attack of the Temple of Light alone, I think it should be enough to have thirty years, but if the two major temples attack together, we are afraid that we will not be able to prepare without a hundred years, however, this kind of thing is also uncertain, the dark temple is far away from my orc empire, therefore, they do not have much conflict with us, so if the dark temple wants to join the war, it will not appear until our orc empire is really strong to a certain extent, therefore, I think that within fifty years, we will not face the common threat of the two major temples, and besides, there are often wars between the two templesWe can also pick one or two of them and make them fight harder, which is also beneficial to us. ”
The Beast Emperor's head hurt: "Xuantian, we can't do this kind of provocative thing, can you?" "I can't do it either, I have this ability, this kind of thing is easier said than done, but the black-clothed Shura is my friend, I think, he should also have his own ideas, see when I am free, I have to go to the Dark Temple, meet my old friend." ”
The prince said, "Then what is your second method?" "The second method is for us to find a backer, a backer who is so strong that the Temple of Light does not dare to provoke." Xuantian Zhengse said.
The three giants immediately understood that on this new earth star, there was only one race that the Temple of Light did not dare to provoke, and that was the Yanhuang Clan, if the Orc Empire and the Yanhuang Clan could reach a certain alliance, it would be able to bring certain years of peace to the Orc Empire, as long as the Orc Empire had enough time, the Orc Empire would definitely be able to become strong.
The High Priest sighed softly and said, "The Yanhuang Clan is a very good friend, that's right, it's just that the Han Patriarch is the first wise man in the world, will he not know what we think?" Even Xuantian, a person who has only studied with him for a few months, has already guessed that the war is coming, the Han patriarch will not be ignorant, if the war really breaks out, the Yanhuang clan will have to be thrown into the war, of course, if it is just a friend, I think the Han patriarch will definitely help, but this kind of war involving races, the fierceness of the fight is only afraid that it will be far beyond our imagination, in this way, the Yanhuang clan is only afraid that it will have to go all out into the war, and the strength of the Yanhuang clan is afraid that it will also pay a great price, and the problem now is, what can our orc empire pay to make the Han patriarch promise to pay a great price to protect our orc empire?"
Everyone was speechless, yes, Han Wenzheng is not a stupid person, this kind of future strategic problem is only afraid that it has been in his consideration for a long time, the Yanhuang clan can protect the orc empire, this is true, it's just that in this world, who will do things without interests? The Yanhuang clan does not owe the orc empire, and the friendship between the Yanhuang clan and the orc empire does not seem to be good enough to be worthy of the Yanhuang clan's all-out help, and the orcs are not elves, so the orc empire has to pay enough benefits to be able to make the Yanhuang clan make a move, but this benefit is not easy to pay, and this price may be very big.
Xuantian smiled bitterly and said: "Although I have this idea, however, I don't know what we can use to impress the Han patriarch, because we have all the things of the Yan and Huang clans, and there are dozens or even hundreds of times more than us, therefore, there is no need to talk about ordinary gold coins or treasures, it is useless, so although this idea is good, it is not very realistic, at least, the Han patriarch will not easily agree to form an alliance with us." ”
The High Priest said, " Xuantian, we don't have to think about this idea for the time being, we still only rely on ourselves at present, there is really such a day, our orc empire is really facing the threat of extinction, then we will consider this idea again, at that time, it will be up to the Yanhuang clan to put forward the conditions, in a word, if we can rely on our own strength to tide over this difficulty, then we will always be strong, if not, then we have to ask the Yanhuang clan to help even if we pay all the price, I believe, there are some things that we did not expect but in the eyes of the Yanhuang clan is very valuable, but, the Yanhuang clan does not sayWhen it really comes time for us to unconditionally agree to their conditions, I think the Yanhuang clan will definitely make a move, but this is only our last strategy. "It's still the high priest who is smart, this plan has also been thought of, it really deserves to be an old man, so I don't need to think about this problem for the time being.
The Beast Emperor said, "Xuantian, do you have any other ideas?" "Yes, Your Majesty, the transportation within our empire is really poor, there are basically no roads, and the transportation of many goods is very inconvenient, which is very unfavorable for the development of our empire, therefore, I think the first thing we need to do is to improve our transportation conditions." ”
This is a very important question, and the prince asked, "Xuantian, do you mean to ask us to build roads?" No, Prince, I think so, at this stage, the goods of our empire are still mainly bulk and bulky goods, and the export commodities are some agricultural products or primary industrial products, these things have no technical content, and the only thing that can earn gold coins is quantity, which is destined to the goods we will transport in the next thirty years are mainly based on quantity, in that way, just building roads can no longer meet our needs, because no matter how big and strong the roads we build, our transportation volume will not be very large, so I think we should mainly dig canalsWater transportation is our most important choice. ”
The high priest said happily: "Xuantian, you are so clever, yes, digging a canal, for road construction, digging a canal is simpler, and the transportation volume is also larger, yes, let's dig a canal together." "No, High Priest, digging a canal is not a simple matter, we should organically combine the canal digging with our future agricultural development, so that we can kill two birds with one stone, just like the Xuanhuang Canal I dug is like this, the canal we dig will pass through some plain areas, and these plain areas will be our important agricultural areas in the future, so that our agricultural products can be easily transported out, this is one of them. Second, we can dig some artificial lakes in some low-lying areas of the plains, which can be used as future docks, and can also store water for our agricultural use. Third, our canals still need to go through a detailed inspection before they can be dug, and we must try our best to connect most of the natural rivers in our country, and some of these canals connecting the natural rivers do not need to be too big, as long as they can be navigated by a certain number of boats, so that it is easy for our country to form a huge water transportation network. If we can complete the excavation of these canals, in less than twenty years, our empire will have a very big change, transportation will be much easier, and our agriculture will also have an amazing development. ”
The Beast Emperor's head nodded as if a chicken pecked rice: "Xuantian, you are really the best treasure that the great beast god has given us orcs, you can say so much truth in such a little thing, I really didn't misunderstand you, you are really good, high priest, I think, I can abdicate." ”
Of course, the high priest and the prince knew that this was the beast emperor's joke, and the prince smiled and said: "Big brother, even if you abdicate Xuantian now, you don't have time to sit on this throne, there are still too many things to wait for him to do, these things are not something we can do, what we can do is to fully support him, so that he can hold more power and facilitate the mobilization of more manpower, this is the right reason." ”
The high priest said, "Xuantian, do you have any other ideas?" "Yes, but some ideas have not been thought through. "Speak up, speak up, and we won't punish you." The Beast Emperor encouraged. "Then I'll tell you, you can't scold me if you say it wrong. Xuantian was still a little worried, so he knocked on the nail and turned his feet first. "Come on, let's not talk about our three old guys, but I'm really going to scold you. "The three old guys really made Xuantian bored, but this baby can't be scolded, and he is reluctant to scold, who made him a baby?