Chapter 44: Limited Potential
"Do you really think so? The prosperity of the Earl's Count was shaped by the fall of the Prince of the Frontier and the reparations of the Principal of Avi. The prosperity of Sylvania was because you plundered the great wilderness in the south and the endless mountains in the north, and relied on industrial production and commodity smuggling to seize money from the entire old world. So what are you going to do next? After controlling the entire old world, do you want to expand this model to the entire material world? Or do you have other ways to ensure the prosperity of the entire old world and even the entire material world?"
"It's a good question." Valed smiled: "Some areas are progressing, some areas are going to lag behind. Some areas want to develop, some areas have to plunder the resources of some areas. The areas they control are divided into 'local' and 'colonies' to look at them differently... If I hadn't known your identity, I would have exclaimed, my mentor."
"Oh... you like it but you are quite confident."
"Silvania has a poor geographical location and its land is barren. It is naturally difficult to develop alone. However, the territory of the Sigma Empire is extremely rich, and the endless mountains are also rich in resources, and Batonia is even more in ruins... These areas only need to rely on their own resources to develop. After integrating all this, the regions can communicate with each other and develop together."
"But there will always be a problem of closeness and distantness. Even if the problem of regional discrimination between the same country, provinces, counties, and even villages exists. After that, when your theory is introduced and the development speed becomes different due to different properties, this situation will become more and more serious. The barren areas will blame you for not relieving them. The wealthy areas will blame you for using their money to relieve people in areas that have nothing to do with them. How do you solve this contradiction?"
"You are really..." Valed shook his head helplessly: "This kind of problem cannot be solved...at least for a short period of time, at least as a human being. But I am confident to keep it to a certain extent, as long as it does not threaten or affect my notifications. I can still accept some complaints, complaints, passive slack work and other things."
"Oh, this seems to be different from the absolute eternal order you want to establish."
"Order is order, living standards are living standards, and complaints are complaints. Don't confuse them."
"Ha... In this case, I look forward to what kind of country you can build."
After that, the voice, the voice of the evil god from the Chaos Another World, disappeared. Valed was relieved. As his power became stronger and stronger, his country became richer and more threatening, the forces from all sides either suppressed or attracted him. There were more and more means. The number of times the evil gods of Chaos were influenced by him was increasing. Xin Liezhi, Sally and Corrigen did not say that, even the disgusting fat man Nurg came to Valed and asked him if he would be willing to ruin his face, and bowed to the kindness of his father.
At that time, Valed could not think of anything else to say except Hehe.
Unlike terror and Slaanes, unlike the two Chaos Evil Gods, one can only intimidate and promise benefits, and the other can only tempt and promise benefits, such an innovative means. The most difficult thing among the evil gods is to deal with... In Valed's concept, I am afraid that it is the strongest one, but Xin Liezhi's speech always points directly to his heart, which makes Valed feel difficult to deal with.
"If possible, I really don't want to talk to that guy anymore." After hearing Xin Liezhi's gloomy laughter retreated, Valed sighed from the bottom of his heart. But it was just a saying. If I really gave up talking to Xin Liezhi, wouldn't it prove that I could not refute him? Then this matter would become a psychological shadow of Valed, affecting his mentality, and thus affecting his future plans. The worst state is that Xin Liezhi takes this opportunity to start corrupting his soul, and in the end...
Vared shook his head, threw the matter behind his head and began to continue working. After seeing the great master come back to his senses, the vampire officials who reported to him began to speak again, reporting on the big and small things that happened in Silvania.
"According to the plan of the Grand Duke, we merged the territory obtained from the Sigma Empire and organized it into four counties. We sent some officials to govern it. However, so far, we have not been able to fully grasp these territories. The local nobles, citizens' representatives, and merchants are all resisting our rule behind their backs."
"Please keep this situation for the time being. After all, we do not have enough officials to accept these territories at present. At this time, it is enough to make the residents of the new territories agree with our rule and maintain the local garrison." Vared commanded: "Let those guys be happy for the time being, and after a few years, our semi-dead cadets will gradually grow up and take over those rights."
"Yes, Grand Duke." After the vampire official left, someone came in to report: "Da Duke, in recent times, in the four counties of the endless mountains in the north, the infiltration of dwarves has become increasingly rampant. At the same time, some Dark Night Goblin tribes have entered this territory. These enemies have been damaging the territory and attacking railway lines and mines. We have suffered a lot of losses."
"How did they come in... Well, it's an underground tunnel network." Vared frowned: "That kind of thing is really hard to defend against. Does Count Oraher have any strategies for dealing with it?"
"The Count dispersed the ghost soldiers under his command, formed a small group of search troops to patrol along the railway line, and deployed military defense at the mine. It temporarily suppressed the opponent's attack. However, on the railway line, there was nothing else outside the mine."
"In other words, where it was supposed to be our territory, we can only grasp some points and lines, and more ground is controlled by those losers?"
"Unfortunately, it's true."
"Tsk... More reinforcements are sent to the North Four counties. Also, Hawkeye is about to be completed? After Hawkeye is completed, priority will be given to the North Four counties."
"Yes, Grand Duke."
Then he sent another subordinate, and Valed was a little tired. However, he was still strong and summoned the next subordinate. This time, it was about imitation of the dwarf rapid-fire gun and the research and development of new weapons.
In the Battle of Karak-Karak, which ended in the massacre, he showed great power and even indirectly killed a terrifying weapon of a dragon of deceased. Vared naturally would not give up. These captured new weapons were transported back to Silvania as quickly as possible. Under Vared's strict orders, the vampire researchers quickly analyzed the working principles of these rapid-fire guns. And according to Vared's order, these weapons were used as standard weapons equivalent to artillery and were equipped with troops.
"In addition, we also try to modify the ghost scorpion mantle with this weapon according to your instructions. The final result shows that this combination is very good. The ghost scorpion mantle that hangs two rapid-fire guns on the shell has greatly improved its combat ability. These weapons that can pour a large amount of ammunition in a short period of time greatly enhance the individual lethality of the ghost scorpion mantle."
The researchers reported to Valed: "The ghost scorpion mantle that has been equipped with dwarf machine guns and magic attack devices is approaching perfection in terms of attack ability, breakthrough ability, firepower, or maneuver power. During the experiment, a ghost scorpion mantle can match three to five ogres, and the destructive power and lethality that can be caused by three or five ghost scorpion mantle is not even inferior to a destructive dragon."
"How about the steam tanks of the Sigma Empire?" Vared asked.
"It's completely two concepts. The steam tanks of the Sigma Empire are not the opponent of the ghost scorpion mantle at all. What's more, the other party has long lost the way of manufacturing steam tanks. However, our factory can continuously produce ghost scorpion mantle." The researchers immediately answered.
Vared nodded and let the researcher leave, muttering to himself:
"Steel armor shell, motor power, machine gun, magic attack device... This artificial monster has approached perfection in a sense... However..." Speaking of this, Valed showed a dissatisfaction expression:
"However, this so-called 'perfection' is nothing more than perfection for 'mortals'. No matter how strong its shell is, how sharp the sickle is, or how fast the machine gun is, it is completely unable to participate in the war of 'god'. In another sense, such perfection is completely failure. The potential is exhausted and there is no possibility of improvement... It is really, waste."
The more Vared spoke, the more dissatisfied, and in the end he felt a little self-deprecating: "The first creation involved in the Lonely is just such a 'mortal creation' with limited potential. This is really a great irony for Lone's ambition."
"Master..." Katie, who was standing beside him, was a little uneasy. But then, she wanted to make some moves and was pulled by Valed's wrist:
"Fortunately, fortunately, you are still there. The ideals and ambitions of the lonely may be reflected in you... The lonely, the second creature."
Katill felt heartbroken when he heard Vared's words, but then he showed a satisfied smile:
Chapter completed!