The Sun King's Evidence

After learning that Alfred was fine, Ryan put down a big stone in his heart: "Are you sure?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, according to the news, Patriarch Alfred will stay in Brunswick for a period of time. His Majesty the Grand Priest is said to have announced that he will be promoted to Cardinal." Talleyrand leaned on crutches and walked towards Ryan Smiling: "This is really good news, Your Majesty."

"It can't be said to be good news, Talleyrand." Ryan had already escaped from the ecstasy at this time. The King of Knights couldn't help but frowned when he heard that Alfred would be promoted to Cardinal: "Cardinal What does it mean? It means that Alfred must be resident in Brunswick and serve as an advisor and assistant to the high priest, so the diocese of Western Britannia must appoint a new patriarch.”

"Yes, but it is said that the Church of Justice is willing to break some small conventions for this. I mean, maybe Alfred will serve as a cardinal and also the patriarch of the diocese." Talleyrand leaned on crutches and smiled. Then he said: "I think His Majesty the Great Priest must have arranged it this way."

"It's possible." Before Ryan could speak, Sulia spoke. The female knight said to Ryan: "It is very likely that in addition to Alfred, there will be a huge skitarii army, an entire A complete administrative team, as well as a group of combat chaplains..."

"Okay, okay, Sulia!" Ryan really admired his queen's political sensitivity. The King of Knights sat back on his chair and stopped Sulia from continuing: "Don't jump to conclusions so quickly. If the Church of Justice gives Alfred a ready-made team, then we need to be vigilant. My dear, think about it, is it possible that Archbishop Vicmar is asking Alfred to let him go and do it himself? What about establishing an entire administrative team?”

"It's not impossible." Sulia thought for a while and accepted Ryan's point of view. The female knight sighed: "What I'm worried about is that the loss is so huge. The Church of Justice must have suffered a great loss in recent years, and Alfred The 800 people taken away by Germany suffered such heavy casualties. What will happen to the local civilians? How to deal with pension issues? This war has nothing to gain at all, and it has nothing to do with defending the country. In the end, if Afu cannot come up with something If we provide enough compensation and appease the anger of military families, wouldn’t it be transferred to your head?”

"This is a problem." Ryan was reminded by Sulia.

After a series of brilliant Great Expedition victories allowed the Brittanians to enjoy unparalleled dividends, it also brought side effects, that is, the Brittanians have begun to get used to "victory is a matter of course."

And similarly, the war that Afu participated in was not convincing to everyone. Ryan knew that it was very easy to make people understand that "fighting to defend their homeland and protect their own interests". Moreover, participating in the war had the opportunity to rise in class, and people naturally Active participation.

But it is very difficult and almost impossible to make the ignorant serfs and even most of the free people understand that "we are fighting for the well-being of mankind and the safety of order."

Some people must say no, for example, in the previous life of the Chinese dynasty, the masses of people used small cars to push it to victory?

Brother, let me just say one thing here: Although the spirit and ideals are great, what really affects people's hearts is interests. Land reform is in the true sense, so that all oppressed farmers can get immediate benefits and benefits, and only then will everyone be willing to win.

Why was Ryan able to subdue all the dukes without shedding a drop of Breton blood? Isn’t it because he directly brought benefits to civilians and defended their rights?

But that's not the case with Alfred.

"How many of Alfred's troops survived?" Ryan thought for a moment and asked Talleyrand, "Is there any information in it?"

"Yes!" Talleyrand checked the letter again and added: "A total of 46 people survived and stayed in Brunswick with Sir Alfred."

"Promote all these 46 people, the serfs to freemen, the freemen to honorary freemen." Ryan said lightly: "If they are already honorary freemen... If there are any, I will canonize them as knights and make them knights." Let these 46 people be integrated into a new team, and they will be Alfred's future administrative team."

"Then they need a name, Your Majesty, a name given by you yourself." Talleyrand said respectfully.

"46 people." Ryan touched his chin. The number 46 made some scattered fragments vaguely appear in his memory.

"Then let's call it...Nogizaka46!"

…………I am the dividing line of Nogizaka46…………

Three days later, in Brittany, on the canal leading from Jean City to Mousilon, the king's heraldic flag with a sword and yellow fleur-de-lis fluttered on the river.

Knight King Ryan wants to go to Musilon in person to investigate the situation.

On the deck of the ship, Ryan and Belega stood together and looked at the scenery along the river. The first phase of the canal project was completed, the second phase was almost completed, and the third phase was about to start.

"Brother Lane, I heard that all the money you spent to build the canal was borrowed from national debt?" Belega asked with interest: "Did you rely on the canal's customs duties and toll taxes as collateral?"

"What? Is there a problem?" Ryan smiled like a thief: "I don't have to spend a penny, and it also strengthens the credit of the national debt."

"Yes, national debt." Belegar suddenly said with emotion: "It's a pity that this method can't be used on the dwarves. You know, Brother Lane, all the dwarf clans only recognize gold...or mithril, vibranium, obsidian, or Anything else, this bond will not be recognized.”

"You want to say that humans are more likely to trust others?" Ryan understood Belega's meaning with a smile.

"Oh, Brother Lane wants to seduce me, but unfortunately, as the true king of the Eight Peaks Mountain, I won't fall into your scheme!" Belega laughed, stroking his white beard: "But Brother Lane, I have I have something to tell you."

"Say it." Ryan said casually.

"Duggan Tiehan told me privately that you seemed to be deliberately suppressing the Musilon Arms Factory." Belega said very honestly: "He remembered that he said more than once that he wanted to open more factories and recruit more worker apprentices. , and also planned to include several nearby places, but you just don’t agree, why? Brother Lane?”

"Isn't the truth very simple?" Ryan smiled: "It's easy to expand industry without limit, but what if the things produced cannot be sold?"

"How come it can't be sold?" Belega still didn't understand: "You have such a big country with a population of more than eight million, how come you can't sell it?"

"Yes, there are a lot of people, but what should we do if most people don't have money to buy them?" Ryan then smiled and said: "Most people work hard and can only ensure food and clothing. How can they have any money left to buy weapons produced by military factories? Is it possible? If there is no food to eat, the land will no longer be planted?”

"Uh..." Belegar was at a loss for words.

Lane knows that industry has its own death cycle, and he is now using administrative power to suppress the excessive development of Mousilon's industry.

What is the endless cycle of industry? In fact, the reason is very simple. Industrial production requires very strong agricultural support, and in the production process, industrial production is always relatively surplus, always tends to produce more, and always tends to higher profits.

Therefore, after overproduction, goods are hoarded, and when industry develops, labor wages will naturally rise. At this time, industry will tend to open more markets to dump goods, obtaining cheaper labor and cheaper raw materials. Pursue high profits.

What should we do if domestic demand is met? Then go and open up foreign markets.

What should I do if domestic labor is too expensive? Then bring in immigrants to find cheap labor.

What should I do if domestic raw materials are too expensive? Then try to lower the price of raw materials or import raw materials from outside.

Saturated again? Is labor expensive again? Raw materials have increased again?

That's the Yizhong cycle again.

Needless to say how to do it specifically, just a few keywords: triangular trade, empire on which the sun never sets, and the Opium War.

But in this world, it is difficult to take this step.

Triangular trade? Go to Ulthuan and Nagaroth to capture elven slaves? Going to Lustria to catch lizardmen?

Even if you don't consider the hidden dangers of separation and independence, the prerequisite for overseas colonization is to defeat the natives. Britannia actually defeated the Arabs, but the Tomb King deep in the desert...

Or turn around and start a war with the empire next door, the dwarves and the wood elves?

Once industrial expansion stops, the crisis begins.

Of course, there is another point that Ryan also told Bellega, that is, he also needs to ensure developed agriculture and social stability. Many people have always looked down upon agriculture, but Ryan knows very well that agriculture is the foundation of the country, and the development of agriculture must be ensured. Only with the stability of society can the Kingdom of Knights have a chance to survive the end of the world, with agriculture as the mainstay and industry as the supplement.

In fact, Ryan has been deliberately hostile to the business princes of Marienburg.

Capital has never been a kind person. When businessmen become rich, the first thing they think of is not to encourage production and healthy competition, but to use deceit frequently and force good people to be cheap. Capital only pursues two things. The first is profit, and the second is profit. The second is its own value-added.

In Lane's view, focusing on agriculture and suppressing business is essentially the same as developing manufacturing and suppressing the financial industry.

To give a simple example, I can live by collecting rent, so why should I work in the fields? Go to work in a factory?

It’s too slow to make money by collecting rent, so why not speculate in real estate?

It’s too slow to make money by speculating in real estate, so why not speculate in land?

It’s too slow to make money by speculating on land, so why not just speculate on concepts?

Beating the drum and spreading flowers around, looking for people to take over, this is how the land price in Nuer increased.

But when these things face real catastrophes and the threat of the end, what will be left after the so-called prosperous real estate market and developed capital squeeze out the water?

"Brother Ryan is right." Belegar thought thoughtfully after hearing this. The King of the Eight Peaks nodded silently, thinking a lot in his mind. He understood why Thorgreen kept emphasizing dwarf food and beer after becoming the High King. Be self-sufficient.

Looking at it this way, Thor Green's beard is still very long~ Belega thought: It's a pity that it's still not as good as my Brother Ryan.

Musilon Military Factory follows the rules of the dwarves, with two days off every ten days, a ten-hour work system, and holidays on all legal holidays. The employment cost is actually quite high, but on the one hand, Ryan insists, and on the other hand, the dwarves are stubborn. However, the result of this is that the Mousilon Arms Factory cannot compete with the Noor Arms Factory except for a small number of top products. But how can Britannia rely entirely on imports of firearms? Therefore, Lane wanted to suppress it on the one hand, and subsidize it on the other. The three chief engineers of the military factory, Dugan-Tiehan, Sergo and Kalashnikov, all had some opinions on this. Dugan complained to Belega this time. As a result, Belega came to Ryan to speak.

Ryan narrowed his eyes. Now all the goals are to build high walls, accumulate food, and grow slowly, with the goal of surviving the final moment.

At this time, the world changed drastically again, and the King of Knights subconsciously turned his attention to the north.

The great guardian node somewhere has failed again!

At the same time, in the north of Britannia, across the sea, there is a mysterious place, the Isle of Obion, which is always covered by thick fog.

North of the Great Ocean and west of the Norsca Coast.

When the Ancient Sage came to this world, they immediately fell in love with Obien Island, a good place where the sun shines brightly, the seasons are like spring, and the crops are abundant. The Ancient Sage chose this place as an important stronghold.

There were already humans in Obien at that time, and the ancient saint chose to personally teach the humans here the prophecy and mantra spells. These primitive humans are called "truth messengers". It is said that these truth messengers brought the fire of civilization to other humans. , it is said that there is no information to confirm the authenticity.

What everyone knew after that was that the Ancient Sage's two-pole portal collapsed, and the sworn enemy Chaos came to the door. No one knew whether the Ancient Sage escaped or was completely destroyed, but before leaving, the Ancient Sage left two pieces of food for Obien. What can be called an extremely rich heritage - megalithic circles and ancient giants.

The giant stone circle created a huge barrier, limiting the corruption of Chaos to Norsca and no longer invading south. The ancient giants showed extremely powerful power to kill off the Chaos invaders, and persisted until the maelstrom was built and Chaos faded away. .

But the cost was also huge. The fog covered the sun and the sky, and then came heavy rain and storms. The entire Obion quickly turned into a rainy and muddy swamp. The beautiful past was no longer, and the Truth Messenger tribe Due to the extreme isolation from the outside world and the passage of time, a large number of incest marriages led to increasingly stupid and continuous loss of the knowledge left by the ancient saints. The ancient giants also gradually degenerated into a group of fools.

Thousands of years later, the original demon prince, Be'lak, descended on Albien.

Be'lak is the first demon prince in the universe. He was once under the four gods and above all demons and received powerful blessings from the four gods. However, Be'lak always had the ambition to become the fifth god of chaos and began to rebel against the four gods. God's command, so Tzeentch cursed and took away its body in order to punish its arrogance. Be'lakor was forced to become a shadow, and most of its strength was taken away and injected into the Chaos artifact-the Crown of Dominion. Since then, he has become a soul twisted in madness and chaos all day long.

Be'lakor has only one task left, which is to guard the Crown of Overlord, crown the warrior who has passed the qualification examination to become the new Eternal Chosen God of Chaos, and serve as his pawn.

This was repeated several times, and when Billak occasionally woke up, it focused on Obien's giant stone circle. The original demon prince first corrupted the few remaining truth messengers on the island and made them think that he was the ancient saint. Worship it like a god.

Then, after corrupting some of the Truth Speakers into Dark Messengers, Be'lakor successfully obtained the energy of the Ancient Saints in the giant stone circle, and almost recovered his physical body. Unfortunately, his success failed, and he was eventually defeated by the Order Alliance of High Elves, Humans, and Lizardmen.

But today, Beelak's seal was opened by a traveler. After decades of searching, he finally found the original demon prince.

"Where is the Crown of Dominance?" The traveler's words were filled with pleasure and boredom.

"Aha, another self-righteous fool wants to go to his destined destiny!" Be'lakor has just woken up from his madness. The original demon prince's body is purple-red, and his appearance is terrifying enough to scare mortals and even scare him to death. .

"I ask for the last time, where is the Crown of Dominance?" The Chaos Artifact Regicide was unsheathed, and the Chaos Demon Uzul inside the sword was ready to move.

"It's really straightforward... The last artifact, the Crown of Dominance, is in the Temple of Chaos deep in the Blade's Edge Mountains in the north of the Roof Mountains of the World!"

"Take me there, now!"

"as you wish."

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