Wolf King

This discovery made Primo very troubled, and when he continued on the road after resting, the old man couldn't help but move closer to Xiao Yun's side, and he went round and round for a long time before he uttered his question.

Xiao Yun understood Primo's confusion and laughed at that moment.

There are real gods in this world. When rulers give themselves a halo, they can’t do what they do on the earth. The east is entrusted with imperial power and the west is entrusted with kingship; but people who have the right to speak want to paint their identities with gold paint. What a big problem, so the method adopted by the royal families of various countries is to add a savior halo, nobility, sanctity, and uniqueness to their own families to ensure their authority.

To ensure the authority of the royal family and form the inertial thinking of the royal family's authority, then the ruler basically does not need to waste much effort in the field of rule-don't say that people from other worlds are so easy to fool. In fact, it is not easy to fool a single target, but it is very easy to fool a whole group... For example, how many years does it take for the president of the United States to take office? The people on earth can talk about it themselves, except for Bush Jr. who lowered the lower limit of the IQ in the United States, which president is not "halo plus" body", resigned from the stage, and still make a lot of money by showing off and making speeches?

Even in China, where there is no policy of ignoring the people or treating its citizens like pigs, after some braid drama hits the air, there can still be a large group of modern Chinese who have received ideological and political education and sing along with tears in their eyes, "To Heaven" Borrow another 500 years"... [funny]

"Plimo, are you from Felton?" Xiao Yun said with a smile, "The Kingdom of Felton is a medium-sized country in the Federation. What do you think of your hometown?"

Primo's face immediately showed a little disdain: "To be honest, I don't like to mention my hometown to people. Even if I am from Felton, it is difficult to find any words of praise for this rotten country. , not to mention evaluating it from an objective and fair standpoint.”

"Hmm... so what do you think of the Kingdom of Cronin?"

Primo's face looked better now: "King Cronin is a wise king. Sean also assisted King Cronin in his reforms in the early years. It's a pity that there are too many short-sighted people among the nobles. King Cronin's Policies don't always work well."

"Oh——then Primo, have you ever thought that if your hometown Felton Kingdom can also get the help of Xiao En like Cronin, maybe it will be a little bit better, and it won't be a big problem. Like now, you don’t even have the mood to comment?”

Primo's expression became complicated, and he thought for a while before saying, "Maybe... I do think so occasionally, but it's just a thought."

Xiao Yun couldn't help laughing until Puli couldn't figure it out, and couldn't help saying: "Ah Yun, what are you laughing at? Did I say something wrong?"

"I'm sorry. I was just laughing. Even a strong man like you can't avoid the power of mental inertia." Xiao Yun waved his hands and said with a smile, "Let me make a bold guess, Primo. In fact, you hate It's just the nobles. You think that the nobles have failed to fulfill their due responsibilities and betrayed the trust of the king, and the king, or the Felton royal family, have just been deceived by the nobles. The king is actually wise. Is this what you really think? Otherwise, for a top practitioner like you, it is not difficult to assassinate nobles, and it is not difficult to assassinate the king if you are hard-hearted. You hate the darkness of your hometown, but you did not use your force to break the ban with force. I can only guess, It’s because you think you can’t finish killing so many nobles.”

Primo stared at Xiao Yun in shock, and even stopped in his footsteps.

"Hey, keep up, don't fall behind." Xiao Yun smiled and waved.

Harris, who eavesdropped on the two of them with his ears upright, got goosebumps layer by layer, but couldn't help but listen.

Primo followed numbly for a while, his face changed again and again, and he said inexplicably, "I've seen a ghost...I probably haven't complained to anyone, how can you guess what I really think?"

Xiao Yun shook his head with a smile, it really wasn't that he had mind reading skills, but purely because he had seen too many similar examples in history books...

In the Chinese feudal dynasty, apart from Song Shenzong Zhao Xu who was really seeking reform, and who still unswervingly implemented Wang Anshi’s reform policy after Wang Anshi’s resignation, until he died of depression (it’s strange that the emperor died of depression), and knowing that he would bear infamy Yongzheng, who still strongly promotes the integration of gentry and gentry (good bamboo shoots out of bad bamboo), how many emperors are there who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the country and the people, and roll up their sleeves with the entire ruling class? For most feudal rulers, the starting point of governance is still that the country under their own buttocks can last forever, and their children and grandchildren will be endless.

It is such a low probability of being excellent. For thousands of years, the emperor and his father have been regarded as wise emperors, and the people who think that the bad are civil servants and meritorious nobles. Caught Jiamu hard black, hugging the royal thigh and rubbing hard.

"Plimo, you have also heard a lot of lessons from our tribe. What is a ruler? What is a leader, a leader? If someone unites with him and is willing to listen to him, then he is the ruler and the leader. Others If you don’t take him seriously, he’s nothing.” Xiao Yun sighed, “As small as a tribe, as large as a country, who is the really important person? It’s neither a nobleman nor a king, but It is the people who account for the largest proportion of the population, 90.00% nine."

Without waiting for Primo to say anything, Xiao Yun said again: "Of course, the people are fragile. If the harvest is not good for a year, people's life will be very difficult, and many people may starve to death. The people are also weak. , nobles and kings ride on the heads of the people to do their best, and the people often can only suffer in silence until they die, without the power to resist."

Turning his head and looking at Primo with piercing eyes, Xiao Yun lost his smile and said very seriously: "However, no matter how weak and humble the people are, we must admit that the power of nobles and kings comes from the people. They are nothing."

"..." Primo nodded blankly.

"Nobles and kings are not afraid of the power of the people. They have tried their best to erase the traces left by the Lich King in the southern continent. This in itself shows that they are guilty of thieves." Xiao Yun smiled again, "Actually, you should also be aware of it... Among all the races, the human race is the only one that can treat civilians as domestic animals without regard for eating. Elves, dwarves, orcs, and even other races, the low-level civilians are not completely immune to the ruler who symbolizes absolute authority Power, these races called alien races by the human race, the rulers must pay attention to eating."

Harris, who was leading the way, paused in his footsteps, and his heart was filled with turbulent waves.

"Of course, this does not mean that the common people of the human race are more humble than other races. I have always believed that the human race has great potential. After all... Among so many races, only the human race has the unwillingness of the low-level commoners. There is a glorious history that caused the once powerful empire to collapse, which no other race has." Xiao Yun said with a smile, "The power of the common people of the human race has not been effectively guided and concentrated, which makes the people of the human race look weak and humble. But this day will come sooner or later, just like what the civilians of the old empire did, sooner or later, the civilians of the human race will set off a huge wave on the land of the Southern Continent."

Although Primo was shocked, it was still unbelievable. Such an argument was so unprecedented that even Xiao Yun who spoke made him feel confused.

"The history of no race is driven by a single hero. It is not the Lich King who caused the collapse of the old empire in the southern continent, but a large number of people in the old empire. Primo, you love you as much as Sean If you are of a different race, then you might as well transfer your trust in the royal family to the people.” Xiao Yun pointed to the south, “If you find it hard to accept my words, then let us go to St. Watch carefully and see what miracles can be wrought when the enthusiasm of a people with great potential explodes."

Primo's face was full of confusion, and he hesitated to speak. Ayun was the teacher of Carlisle Harvey Ferdinand. St. Bridge's change began when Carlisle got the guidance of this sage, but how could he... It seems that this matter has little to do with him and the Ferdinand royal family?

With such confusion, a group of Xiaoxing stayed overnight and ran all the way. After finding a town to resettle the brother and sister, they continued to travel for several days, and finally stepped into the territory of the Kingdom of St. Bridge.

Just when they entered the coastline of St. Bridge Kingdom, the group encountered an extremely rare scene - when the temperature at night was close to zero and it was considered to be a cold winter for the Southern Continent, they actually ran into someone who was repairing the road to the border. team.

It is said to be road construction, but in fact it is to pick up gravel and soil to fill the potholed road surface, and then pull heavy rolling stones to make it smooth; thousands of men, women, old and young are mobilized together to fill the potholes with carts, baskets, bamboo baskets and other tools. The gravel on the road is concentrated like ants moving a mountain.

A supervisor wearing a blue cloth coat and a cap was patrolling the section of the road under repair, and found a stranger approaching. The supervisor who did not hold a whip and had a stomach water bag tied around his waist trotted forward: " Travelers, please take a detour by the path over there, the road is being repaired here, it is too dusty."

"I'm sorry to disturb you!" Xiao Yun pressed his hood and stepped forward, "We want to go to the Royal City of St. Bridge, can I ask the way?"

"Follow this path to the town, just rent a carriage in the town." The supervisor pointed to the path next to him.

"Thank you very much." Xiao Yun beckoned everyone to turn to the small road, and looked curiously at the road construction crowd while walking.

The overseer who guided the way seemed suspicious of them, hesitated for a while, and ran down the road: "Gentlemen, let me take you to the town."

"Then I will trouble you." Xiao Yun replied with a smile.

The supervisor turned his head and yelled at the road construction crowd: "Ruijie, I'm taking the guests to town, watch carefully!"

"Understood!" Another supervisor in a blue cloth coat waved from a distance.

Xiao Yun signaled Primo to follow him, and chatted with the supervisor with a smile: "Is it the residents of the nearby towns who built the road? Who told you to go out to work in such cold weather? You can't start working when it's warmer." okay?"

"It's the people in the town and the farmers in the village." The supervisor looked at Xiao Yun a little strangely, "The people sent by Wangcheng came to the town to organize it, and each person was paid ten copper coins a day, and they also took care of two meals. "

"Oh, isn't it forced?"

"Of course not." The overseer said unhappily, "People from the Federation are coming, of course we have to repair the road quickly so that the army can move to the front line as soon as possible to defend against the enemy. Is there any need to force this kind of thing? "

"Well, who told you this, how did you know there was going to be a war?"

"It's posted on the bulletin board in the town. The master in the town will let people read it to everyone." The supervisor obviously felt that this group of people was more suspicious, and kept looking back at them vigilantly. Si's pupils are all features that can reveal the identity of a foreign race, but his eyes did not stay on these people, but kept looking at the snow wolves with amazing sizes.

Xiao Yun pretended not to notice the defense of the other party, and asked annoying stupid questions like an annoying reporter: "Speaking of which, even wars are the royal family's business, and it has nothing to do with you, whoever becomes the royal family is right to everyone As far as the difference is concerned, the Federation is not necessarily worse than the Ferdinand family, why bother to build roads so hard for the Ferdinand family?"

The overseer was successfully enraged, and jumped out far away, pointing at Xiao Yun angrily: "Who the hell are you? Are you spies from the Federation?!"

Primo couldn't help laughing harshly, and the grassroots patriarch who couldn't listen anymore said helplessly: "What are you doing, Ayun, don't say that about Carlisle."

Overseer: "??"

Xiao Yun took off his hood and said with a smile: "No offense intended, we are not enemies, we are the Snow Wolf Clan."

"...Ah!" The supervisor stared at Xiao Yun's wolf ears for a few seconds, then quickly took off his yarmulke, his weather-beaten black face embarrassed, "It turns out that you are from the Snow Wolf Clan, sorry, you were invited by the royal family Are you a guest? The master of the town has told us to come to the town as soon as we see you.” After a pause, the overseer was troubled again, “I’m wearing your snow wolf sweater, but how can you What about our royal family at St. Bridges?"

"Sorry, as you can see, most of us are of different races, and we didn't even dare to approach the city of Homs on the way here. Although we were invited by Ferdinand's family, we are also very worried about other St. Bridgers Will they dislike us or even hate us, so I can't help but want to confirm whether the Ferdinand family can convince the people of St. Bridge." Xiao Yun explained with a smile.

"So that's how it is." The overseer felt relieved and continued to lead the way, "There is nothing to worry about, Mr. Snow Wolf Clan. I was originally a shoemaker in the town, and the royal family sent people to organize the locals to come from the town when they were working. Choose an older townsman like me to be the supervisor, and we, the townspeople and the people in the village, will be in charge of all the money distributed to everyone, so as not to let those unscrupulous...cough, lords meet." After a pause, this An old shoemaker pointed at the road construction site and said with a sincere smile, "We people don't understand too many principles, and we can feel His Royal Highness's consideration for us. More money than I got."

"There are only ten copper coins a day, is this enough money?"

"It's very good. After working for a few days, you can afford a catty of wool, so that the women in the family can weave warm clothes to wear." The old shoemaker opened his coat to reveal the plain sweater inside. I can occasionally buy half a catty to taste, but the pickles brought in and sold by the royal family are very affordable, you can buy half a catty for a copper coin and you can eat it for two days." He showed a shy smile and said embarrassedly, "Actually, before We didn’t see a few copper coins in the last day, but now it’s pretty good.”

The most widely circulated coins in this world are copper coins, but in the human kingdom... there will indeed be situations where ordinary people cannot afford a few big coins. The reason for the "money shortage" is somewhat similar to ancient China-nobles and big businessmen have The habit of digging the cellar to hide money, gold, silver, and copper coins, buried in boxes and boxes...

Carlyle was able to obtain a huge amount of copper coins and promote the circulation of low-level coins in the country. In addition to holding the golden hen of Haimao, there is another reason that Carlyle dug the cellars of several nobles-no matter how gentle the reform method is, it will die Damn, Carlisle, a conservative at the level of Prince Hilbert, can't do anything. If the younger brother who follows the flag and shouts does not kill a few people to make an example, Carlisle himself will not be able to pass the test... No matter how good his temper is, he is not a wooden man!

For the knowledge he learned from Xiao Yun, Carlisle managed to put it to good use. He knew that there was no difference between coins that were not in circulation and scrap metal. He used the methods of building roads and strengthening border defenses to complete the reallocation of some resources. The goal of forging an indestructible reputation capital has been achieved-the old shoemaker has already regarded His Royal Highness the Prince as the spokesperson of the St. Bridge royal family in his speech, and the king who has not abdicated has been thrown into nowhere by him.

Walking and chatting with this talkative old shoemaker, when they arrived in the town, they saw this border town of St. Bridge with their own eyes. Xiao Yun, Primo and Harris both felt the shock—this town Undoubtedly, it is being strengthened according to the scale of the war fortress. There are many completed arrow towers and arrow towers outside the city wall. The city wall is thicker than some big cities, and the moat outside the city gate has also been widened to a width of about ten meters.

"This is the work we completed last year." The old shoemaker pointed to the arrow tower with great pride, "I knocked out the belt that can hang people up quickly."

"Is this all done by you locals?" Primo couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, people from all the surrounding villages came to work, and it only took half a year to strengthen the town like this. If the federal army comes, we must smash all their teeth!" The old shoemaker laughed loudly. road.

After entering the town, the old shoemaker with a somewhat flaunting mentality led everyone to see the most popular place in the town, the grocery store opened by the royal family: all kinds of cheap people's livelihood materials were sold directly to the bottom, the cheapest pickles, slightly saved Plain wool that can be bought for a little money, a whole set of poor pottery utensils that can be bought with a few copper coins, and sweet potatoes that the poor who really have no money can afford, etc.

"If you can ensure the most basic supply of people's livelihood and reduce the cost of living of the people to the lowest possible level, you can get the most sincere support... The people have never had high demands on their rulers."

In the small building of the town hall, he bid farewell to the old blacksmith who enthusiastically sent them to the place, sat down and waited for someone to receive him, Xiao Yun sighed to Primo in this way: "Strictly speaking, Carlisle just wanted to achieve the goal of reconciliation between the old king and the old king." The purpose of taking power away from the conservative nobles is to actively cultivate their own people, form their own teams, arrange positions for those who depend on them to avoid excessive conflicts with conservative forces, and actively prepare for challenges; in this way, he has earned The incomparable prestige has caused the people to burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm, you see, it is really easy for this ruler to become a ruler."

Primo: "..."

He really wanted to say that it was really not easy for Carlisle to do this, but considering that Ayun was the teacher who taught Carlisle, it really couldn't be said...

Primo's personality is not as sharp as Sean's, but it doesn't mean that he is a nicer person than Sean, but that he doesn't care much about winning or losing in words. If it is frank and straightforward, he and Sean are actually the same.Frowning and thinking for a while, Primo raised a rather embarrassing question: "Ah Yun, I always feel...you not only despise all the royal families, do you also think highly of the disciple Carlisle?"

"Why do you think so, Carlisle is still very good." Xiao Yun was surprised.

"...So you don't deny the previous sentence at all?"

"I thought my attitude was obvious enough, Primo. In essence, a very aggressive pig wearing a crown is not much different from some kings." Xiao Yun said politely.

Primo: "..."

Harris looked over with the corner of his mouth twitching: "..."

"We discussed before, about whether the kingdom of Felton is a SHI of the royal family or a SHI of the nobles. I remember that I clearly stated my opinion, that is, compared to the people, they are all a SHI. "Xiao Yun said politely, "Plimo, you have actually reached the point where you have stripped the halo of nobles' identity to look at the essence of nobles, and found that they are just a bunch of stinking SHI, so you might as well take it to the next level, don't take it too seriously." The aura of the royal family is one thing ... that's what I said when I faced Carlisle."

Primo: "..."

"The great thing about Carlisle is that he discovered his own shortcomings. In order not to let himself become a lump, he worked very hard to make changes and tried to guide the people to realize their potential... After all, things like status halo can only be used to fool When someone who is weaker than you or stronger than you tries to attack you, it is no different from paper with water on it." Xiao Yun said, "The town we are seeing right now is exactly where the people of St. Bridge live. The epitome of Carlisle's changing potential that is gradually bursting out. Carlisle is no longer deluded by his own royal aura, doing what he should do right, when thousands of people in St. Bridge are closely united in Carlisle When we are around, the army that the Federation has worked so hard to get will definitely not make any waves, we can wait and see."

"..." Primo swallowed, and silently looked away.He was very tired and didn't want to talk to Xiao Yun anymore.

Xiao Yun didn't explain either.Indeed, in terms of size, the gap between the Federation and St. Bridge is too large. It is simply the difference between a giant and a child. Just looking at the appearance, it is hard to believe that the two sides can have a war... But the war is not only based on size, More importantly, it depends on the ability to mobilize. In this regard, Xiao Yun has much confidence in Carlisle - as far as the performance of Cronin, the most powerful country in the Federation, to be honest, Xiao Yun really can't have much respect for these countries... Ah They are still part of the expedition, tsk tsk.

"Mr. Ayun!"

The person sent by the royal family to organize front-line work quickly returned, and he was an old acquaintance of the Snow Wolf Clan, Knight Dan Crowdy.

I haven't seen him for a few years, but this guy has changed quite a lot. His overall temperament has become much calmer, but after seeing Ah Shan next to Xiao Yun, this guy immediately lost the rare calmness that Xiao Yun admired, and his eyes shined. Wagging his tail, he rushed over and grabbed Uncle Ah Shan's palm: "Mr. Ah Shan, I, we finally meet again!"

Ah Shan: "??"

Xiao Yun stretched out his hand expressionlessly, grabbed Dan's head and turned the guy's head: "Is this the way you say hello, huh?"

"It hurts..."

wait for a second.

Dan sat down and rubbed his neck, and said with a lost smile: "Hey, Mr. Ayun, I'm only so excited because I haven't seen you for a long time...Really, I don't want to hit Mr. Ashan again, so there's no need to do that." Look at me……"

"Don't talk about anything, talk about business!" Xiao Yun scolded, "Carlisle's letter mentioned that troops are being stationed at the border. You are responsible for this matter? Are you reliable?"

Dan straightened his chest, and said seriously: "I don't like to hear you talk like that, Mr. Ayun, how can I say that I am also the best knight of this generation of the Crowdy family——"

"You boy, did you say that you didn't want to make a move on Ah Shan? Whether you are a knight has nothing to do with your ability to do things?!" Xiao Yun got up and rolled up his sleeves.

Dan shrank his neck, and quickly said: "Wait, I am indeed in charge. A barracks has been set up on the coast fifty miles away. No matter whether the enemy comes by sea or from the shore, we can respond to the enemy in time. The food, grass, and armor are fully stocked. Strictly follow Carlisle's request, there is no problem at all."

"What about the Sea Clan?" Xiao Yun asked.

"Also contacted, if the enemy comes from the sea, the Sea Clan will help us create waves at sea." Dan said honestly.

Xiao Yun nodded, then turned to ask: "For the Kingdom of Holmes, did Carlisle tell you how to do it?"

"Uh..." Dan tilted his head and thought for a while, "The message Yumi sent with the messenger bird earlier was that Carlisle hoped to wait until the Kingdom of Holmes made a request for intervention..."

Xiao Yun stared at Dan expressionlessly, until Dan felt uneasy and wondered if there was something wrong with him, Xiao Yun showed a mysterious and malicious smile.

Dan almost knelt down for him, and shouted hissingly: "Mr. Ayun, I really have no idea about Mr. Ashan!!"

Others present: "..."

"What are you talking about, Claudine, who told you this?" Xiao Yun said kindly, "Yumi's messenger bird is still with you, come on, I'll write a letter, and you send it with the messenger bird." Go to Carlisle... As for us, don't be in a hurry to go to the royal city. The scenery here is good. I plan to stay for two days and have a look at your St. Bridge's army. It's no problem. Bar?"

It is very common for spellcasters with strong family backgrounds to raise flying monsters as messenger birds. Evelyn’s flying mount also belongs to this category. Dan Crowdy took Yumi’s messenger bird out and tied the letter written by Xiao Yun. On the same day, Carlisle, hundreds of kilometers away, received the letter.

Carlisle, who had been busy all day, was refreshed when he heard that there was a letter from the teacher, and hurried to the study to read the letter.The teacher's letter was written in the language of the Snow Werewolf, and Carlisle, who has studied hard for two years, can now use this language fluently - and then he spit out the tea he just drank on the spot.

Tim, who was inseparable from him: "??"

"What did Mr. Ayun write?" Tim asked curiously.

"...The teacher suggested that Dan be sent as an envoy to Holmes." Carlisle wiped the corner of his mouth with an extremely strange expression.

Tim was puzzled: "Dan? What can Dan do when he's gone?"

Carlisle's expression became even more strange: "The teacher gave me a... solution, a quick solution to the chaos in Holmes."

Regardless of etiquette, Tim came up and grabbed the letter paper in Carlisle's hand and bowed his head.He has many and complicated things to do, and he is not yet proficient in the language of the Snow Wolf Clan. It took him a little longer to read through this bluntly worded letter, and Tim's expression was the same as Carlisle's. It became extremely weird and complicated-it was like being constipated for half a month and finally going to the toilet, and then finding that I had diarrhea again.