Li De was really worried about such a dangerous thing as the Skull of Gul'dan being left outside. Of course, according to his own strength, he was still unable to keep such a dangerous item alone. He had to find someone who was capable and trustworthy.
Yes, come and keep this dangerous item.
After returning to Lordaeron and handing over the prisoners, Li De joined Lothar.
Regarding how to deal with prisoners of war, it has been more than two months since everyone has come to a consensus on the matter.
Terenas envisioned that each continental country, except for Kul Tiras, would build a prisoner-of-war camp and manage the prisoners separately.
Greymane firmly opposed it. In his words, during the war, the orcs did not invade his country. Now that the war is over, why did a large group of orcs enter Gilneas?
He would not allow any orcs to enter Gilneas and cause panic to his people.
Chlotha said that after weeks of quarreling, Greymane compromised and chose a place outside the country to build a prisoner of war camp at Gilneas' expense and bear the subsequent costs.
However, choosing which piece of land to build according to what standards is another matter of wrangling.
In fact, in the final analysis, it is a question of money. Since the establishment of the alliance - fighting wars, resettling prisoners of war, and rebuilding Stormwind City in the future. All these things have cost everyone money, but there are few returns in return.
How can such an alliance last long?
Fortunately, when we could no longer discuss the issue, Dai Lin, the fierce man from heaven, came back.
At the meeting where all parties were in a stalemate, Dai Lin suggested using yarn trade to cover the financial expenditure of various countries in building prisoner of war camps. The transaction price of yarn will be one-fifth of the current market price.
Textiles are necessities of life, and there is a huge demand no matter which country they are in. The price of one-fifth of the price on the market is simply a huge temptation, but it was immediately questioned by the monarchs of various countries.
However, Daelin was willing to use Kul Tiras' national reputation to sign a trade treaty. Such an oath finally dispelled the concerns of all countries.
After the powerful external enemies were defeated, trade was used to establish common interests to maintain political alliances, and successfully allowed Gilneas and Stromgarde, two relatively weak countries, to pass the proposal to build prisoner of war camps.
Lothar, who was present at the meeting, immediately realized that this matter was inseparable from Li De.
Sure enough, after the meeting in the palace, Lothar met Li De who had returned outside the palace. After the two returned to the hotel together, they waited for Dai Lin for about an hour.
After the meeting, Daelin chatted with Terenas for a long time.
Although he was a little uncomfortable with Daelin's self-assertion, Terenas was still very grateful to Daelin, and in order to gain support, Terenas proposed to cooperate with Daelin to jointly lead the order of the alliance.
"Your Majesty Terenas must have asked, where did you get such low-priced yarn?"
Li De asked with a smile, and Dai Lin smiled in admiration.
"You are right. I told Terenas that these are all engineering technologies from goblins. Terenas accepted my statement. After all, everyone in the world knows that goblins' technology is comparable to that of dwarves."
After uniting to Lothar, Li De finally pulled Dai Lin onto the chariot. The three of them had an honest exchange and discussed how to steadily establish a new order for the alliance.
The country with the strongest overall strength in the alliance is none other than Lordaeron.
It has the most extensive land, a million-level population, and is also the birthplace of the Church of the Holy Light. It can be said that Lordaeron already has an appeal similar to that of the original Strom City for all human nations.
However, Lordaeron also has its own problems. It is an agricultural country. The financial source of Lordaeron is the countless farms in the country. The land of Tirisfal and East Wild is the largest and most fertile land in the kingdom.
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The land of Elwynn Forest in the Kingdom of Stormwind is equally fertile, but its area is only one-tenth of the former. Therefore, in terms of natural endowment, Lordaeron has an absolute advantage.
But it is precisely because of this that it limits the development of Lordaeron. His farm model is based on layers of strong noble management.
The nobles control the population according to levels, which makes Lordaeron appear weak in national mobilization. It obviously has a population of one million, but in terms of military mobilization, it can organize an army of up to 30,000 people, which is comparable to the population of 100,000 in the Kingdom of Stormwind.
countries are roughly the same.
How can such a country that cannot even mobilize its own country well lead such a huge political entity as the "Seven-Nation Alliance" even if it is popular in terms of cultural identity?
Therefore, in addition to Lordaeron's culturally dominant order, a new order must be established through trade, so that the alliance's strength can be better united to deal with the next crisis.
Of course, for now, the New Order is only a prototype and its power is still very weak. The conflict with Lordaeron is also non-confrontational and can be relied on under the order of Lordaeron.
Before the conflict is transformed, the conflict with Terenas can be completely avoided. This is why Daelin is invited to be the initiator of the new order: he is the leader of the maritime country, and he is responsible for the geographical layout of Lordaeron.
Not a threat.
And this was also the first time Li De actively exported the idea of Light of Civilization to the outside world outside the Hanhai Protectorate.
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After the issue of building prisoner of war camps was finally passed, we could move on to the next topic as desired.
The next topic is: Rebuilding the Kingdom of Stormwind.
In the end, the Second Orc War still brought great pain to the human race. Even Lothar and Li De did not have a peaceful sleep in the first few days after the decisive battle. No matter how small the disturbance was,
, will also immediately wake them up from their sleep, pick up weapons and be ready to fight.
Even though they were so determined, more soldiers fell into anxiety and emptiness after the war.
Especially the Kingdom of Stormwind and Stromgarde, the two countries that were hardest hit. After the war, some refugees tried to return to their hometowns in groups, but facing the devastation of their hometowns, many people lost the courage to start a new life.
At this time, if the Kingdom of Stormwind can be rebuilt, it will be a great encouragement to those affected by the war.
Even the destroyed Kingdom of Stormwind can be rebuilt, and people can naturally regain the courage to face a new life.
However, despite this exciting proposal, the most practical problem remains. To rebuild Stormwind City, a lot of money will be needed.
Where does this money come from?
According to Terenas's idea, all countries would naturally provide the money, and then he would preside over the reconstruction of the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Thinking this way, he naturally hopes to gain the support of the entire Stormwind Kingdom through such generous assistance. This support comes not only from Varian and Terenas, but also from the nobles of the Stormwind Kingdom. Because they rule Lordaeron
The mindset led Terenas to believe that gaining the support of the nobles was the most important thing.
However, before Greymane and others could object to his proposal, Li De took the lead in opposing it.
"Thank you for your kindness, His Majesty Terenas. However, all countries have to spend a lot of money to build prisoner of war camps. If this matter bothers you again, it will make me, the Grand Duke of Stormwind Kingdom, feel ashamed."
When discussing the construction of a prisoner-of-war camp, Li De was not qualified to attend. However, when it came to rebuilding the Kingdom of Stormwind, Li De, as the grand duke of the Kingdom of Stormwind that Varian had personally promised, was not qualified for administrative power, but he was still qualified to participate in political affairs.
In addition, he is a war hero who captured the enemy chief alive, so he is qualified to speak here in terms of prestige and legal principles.
Terenas frowned a little. As the key figure in establishing diplomatic relations with Zandalari this time, he quite admired Li De. This young man was excellent in papers and martial arts, but as a new upstart, he didn't understand.
rule.
"Grand Duke Victory, it seems that you have other opinions? Why don't you share it with us?"
Afraid that Terenas would ignore him, since he invited him to speak, Li De also stood up with a smile and said.
"In this war, many nobles did not join the army due to lack of strength. I think many nobles felt regretful that they could not take back Stormwind City with their own hands.
Now that the enemy has been defeated, I think these noble nobles with high moral standards should also contribute to rebuilding the Kingdom of Stormwind."
Although it has the shortest history, the nobility of Stormwind Kingdom has also been corrupting the fastest. It is almost unbelievable to say this.
As early as during the first war, almost no nobles from the Kingdom of Storm were seen on the battlefield. Except for Lothar and Gavinrad, the most eye-catching one was a young man named Bolvar Fordragon.
He is a man, but he is just a middle-level officer.
After Ryan was assassinated, the royal family abandoned the gold in the treasury to allow more civilians to board the ship and evacuate, but these nobles actually took their property with them!
But it was these nobles who went north with their property, and during the second war, they unanimously chose to pretend to be dead in Lordaeron at the rear! The war hero who rose on the battlefield was Turalyon (note), the son of a farmer, and a popular figure among the people.
Self-organized Iron Horse Brotherhood!
However, what is even more interesting is that in less than ten years after the war ended and the Kingdom of Stormwind was rebuilt, these nobles once again became active in the political arena of Stormwind City, continuing to grind their teeth and suck blood, acting as parasites and dividing the country.