The Albians have always been a people with a strong sense of pragmatism, and although they have always flaunted "personal power", they are quick to change their propaganda if necessary.

Overnight, all voices against slavery were silenced, and theories to defend slavery sprung up.

Sir Calhoun, the famous slave-owning man, argued that slavery should not be justified as a "necessary evil", but as "good—positive good". This apologist of slavery preached that slavery was in fact good for the white elephant orcs and black dwarves, because "these races are inherently inferior races and need human management and care"; the non-humans under slavery were better fed, better clothed, and safer than the human workers in Charlemagne's factories and mines, and that slavery was the only way for all races to coexist peacefully; and that slavery brought wealth to the country and was the key to national prosperity......

The most noble of the most influential people in the circle openly declared that slavery was the best institution in Albion and in the world, and that Charlemagne was being influenced by money worship, abandoning precious "traditional values" in favor of greed, debauchery, and decadence. In contrast to the concentration camp-style factories and the city of Charlemagne, where disease was rampant, overcrowded, and the streets were full of corporate thugs, Albion was an orderly and stable society, slow-paced and full of human touch. Albion's slavery and forced labor made society great, avoiding the social contradictions caused by the monopoly of the consortium and the gap between rich and poor, which afflicted Charlemagne, and ensuring the welfare of the laborers, who at least knew how to be responsible for their own property (slaves). The factory owners, on the other hand, had no obligation to the workers, and the slaves, although they could not have eaten as well as their masters, at least "unlike the Charlemagne, who were so poor that they could not even afford to eat tea and eggs, and who ate such high-class foods as black bread and had to be celebrated with a feast when they bought a pair of underwear." And on this basis, the aristocracy was able to continue to enjoy a rich and elegant cultural life...... All in all, slavery is the closest to perfect social system that human civilization can achieve, and its ideal social order provides a guarantee for the prosperity and stability of all social strata.

To prove their point of view, the Albion gentlemen also cited a large amount of verbal and numerical evidence. In the information they provide. The lives of most slaves were in fact better than those of many of Charlemagne's factory workers. And it was certainly better than the slaves in the United Rus' Principality, many of whom were exhausted and beaten to death by the harsh natural environment and the brutality and even perverted abuse of the woolly bears for thousands of years. In contrast, the work on the cotton plantations was much easier, and the slave owners treated their slaves more humanely, as did the way the V.E company pressed the workers. The most obvious evidence of this is that slave owners did not allow underage slaves to perform heavy physical labor. to make the young slaves more loyal. Healthier in adulthood. Most slave owners personally supervised the slaves and often worked with them, thus forming a more intimate relationship with the slaves. Similar to a father and child, full of warmth and love.

In addition to these things that add a lot of private goods and generalizations, there are also points that have not been pointed out that can be appreciated. That is, the Slavery Act, which was comparable to the Nuremberg Race Act of the Third Reich, despite the designation of the Nuremberg Race Act , which stipulates that slaves are not allowed to own property, that slaves are not allowed to receive education, that they are not allowed to leave their masters' territory without permission, that they are not allowed to go out after dark, that they are not allowed to carry weapons, that they are to bow down when they see an Albian, that they must carry a certificate of descent, that they must not attack an Albian, that they may not attack an Albian, that a slave is not legally liable for the death of a slave when he punishes him, and that a slave who resists or kills an Albian, or who instigates a riot, is punished by death...... and other legal provisions and regulations, but Albion did not follow them as Nazi Germany did. In fact, the enforcement of slaves was rather chaotic, and many of the provisions were not followed. Many slaves owned their own property, learned to read and write, and were able to meet with other slaves. Even a small number of them intermarried with humans. The last one was far from being realized, and the fear of interracial marriage being assimilated into humans had been lingering in the elves' minds due to the well-known demographic problem, so Alfheim had been clinging to such things.

Behind the various theories that justify slavery are real interests. The growing and exporting of cotton in Tongguò has contributed to the economic development of Albion, and V.E is also happy to buy cheap cotton and provide seeds for high-yielding cotton seeds and other high-yielding crops - all genetically modified crops that have been sterilized by rats. The merchants of Albion made a profit by shipping, guaranteeing and selling cotton on the market, and then exchanged the profits from the V.E company for equipment, scrap steel, and technical drawings to produce weapons and equipment for the royal army and navy.

In today's world, Albion's industrial base is better than Castile's, but it is still weaker than V.E's industrial scale, and even slightly worse than Charlemagne's. Civilian products manufactured in Albiang are almost synonymous with "garbage", so it is extremely important for Albiang to export "white gold" to obtain technology and equipment from foreign consortia. Every year, cotton exports account for about two-thirds of Albiang's total exports, bringing nearly 200 million guineas to the national treasury. The Duke of Marlborough, who was far away in Charlemagne's negotiations on naval disarmament, once said: "It seems to me that the main purpose of building a navy in this country is to maintain bank credit and cotton plantations abroad." His colleague, Lord Harris, triumphantly said, "Without firing a single shot, without fighting a sword, we can trample the world under our feet...... What will happen to the world if we stop exporting cotton in the next three years? No force in the world will dare to oppose cotton. Cotton.is.King!"

The people of Albion, who had cheered for the success of slavery and the cotton trade, could never have imagined that their shameless act of showing off their lower limits would not only bring great profits, but also bury the last chance of peaceful coexistence between humans and elves by means other than force.

In the strong atmosphere of revanchism, National Socialism, and conservatism in Yalfheim, there has always been a voice against the trend. They oppose the unrestrained expansion of armaments; oppose the unlimited expansion of the power of the consuls, who eventually become veritable dictators; and oppose imperialist wars; in their view, a long-term unrestrained expansion of armaments will subordinate the entire national economic and social life to the needs of war; for the sake of this general mobilization system, the state finance is bound to be tilted from social development, education, medical care, and social welfare to armaments. In the long run, this will inevitably lead to increased tax revenues, widening the gap between rich and poor, unemployment and eventually the nation becoming slaves to war and its demise.

In order to avoid this terrible prospect, what Alfheim has to do is not to blindly increase the performance and number of new weapons and expand the size of the army. Rather, it is to maintain a moderate level of force, on the basis of which to achieve reconciliation with the human camp through guò political and economic ties. In a more moderate way, we will build an open, inclusive, and independent elf country.

This voice has persisted in Yalfheim, where nationalism is rife, but not loudly. And with the development of the times, the number of people who identify with it began to increase, and they gradually became a faction that was able to compete with conservatives and radicals.

This is the liberals, a group of liberal elves who yearn for reconciliation by non-violent means. (To be continued......)