"So when discussing whether to invite people's representatives to attend the noble meeting, Earl Longshan and I agreed that you are indispensable. Because without you, without you, the most ordinary people, the nobles... can still become nobles
What?"
The nobles pursed their lips. Lin Qi's words were very straightforward. Without ordinary people, how can nobles still be nobles? Can you expect noble gentlemen to kill pigs and sheep, dig out manure pits, and grow vegetables?
Fish, do you have to work hard to carry the goods on the dock?
Without the people, what kind of aristocracy would it be?
Tens of thousands of people's representatives laughed at the same time. They felt that Lin Qi's words spoke to their hearts, and they sounded comfortable.
"So, in this meeting of nobles, there are nobles and civilians, because together we form this country!"
Taking a deep breath, Lin Qi said in a deep voice: "At this moment when the future of the country is being determined, only the nobles will not be able to do it. We must have the support of the people, and then we can determine the final direction of this country!"
Heroon and others' faces turned red with excitement, and their bodies trembled slightly. It was that word that had come, and that thing that had come.
Lin Qi glanced around, and then he said in a deep voice: "Everyone knows that the aliens launched another attack on the Western Continent; and this time, it was not just the aliens from the Odin Icefield and Wudalian Island who launched the attack.
And the nomadic empire from the Eastern Continent Bridge!”
"Those nomads, whose whole bodies exude the smell of milk, have defeated hundreds of large and small countries in the Eastern Great Plains, and their army forwards have been directed towards the Great Yan Dynasty, which was the eastern border of the Caesar Empire. I can understand
Let me tell you that all the people of those nomadic peoples are soldiers, and they have as many armies as there are people!"
"While we in the Western Continent are still talking about a huge battle involving 100,000 people, when the duel of hundreds of noble knights can become a hot topic, those nomadic empires have already armed tens of millions of people.
The army, riding horses, holding long bows, and countless tamed beasts and poisonous insects, invaded our peaceful home!"
"In front of these powerful aliens, the army of the Western Continent... Forgive me for what I say next, because in my opinion, even the Gallic Empire, known as the most powerful country on the mainland, their army is not enough to resist the aliens and aliens.
The joint attack of the Nomadic Empire!"
"As long as the aliens don't make mistakes, as long as they have a few outstanding generals, as long as they know how to fight steadily, the Western Continent is destined to be destroyed! Because in terms of overall strength, the military power of the Western Continent is much worse than theirs.
!”
Both the nobles and the people exclaimed, and some young people stood up. They shouted something loudly, saying nothing more than that the Norman battle fort would be a hell for aliens, and the heroic humans would destroy those aliens.
Kill them all or something like that.
Lin Qi spread his hands and said calmly: "I have fought with foreign races, and the Longshan family's army has fought with them, so I know the truth!"
Lin Qi's words made all doubts disappear without a trace. Who can be more authoritative than Lin Qi in terms of the combat effectiveness of foreign races and nomads?
"War, a monster that devours money and lives!" Lin Qi sneered: "In order to resist the invasion of those alien races, the Western Continent actually mainly relies on the three powerful empires of the Gallic Empire, the Great Yan Dynasty, and the Haran Empire! Others!
The armies of empires and kingdoms, big and small, are of no use except for consumption!"
"But we must admit that the three empires alone cannot be the opponent of the united aliens and nomads!"
Lin Qi's words caused a dead silence in the venue. No one, no matter the nobles or commoners, said a word.
Alda was sitting on a big chair nearby with her legs crossed, holding the radiant Mrs. Green Fen tightly in her arms, and was chewing a green olive. Seeing the deathly silence all over the place, Alda shouted loudly
He got up and said: "Old Wan'en, stop scaring them, talk about serious things!"
Lin Qi smiled and nodded. He took a deep look around and released his huge soul power through his eyes. For a moment, everyone felt that Lin Qi's sharp gaze was deeply on their face.
One gouge made their souls hurt.
"I must admire Marquis Zeppelin!" Lin Qi said solemnly: "He came up with a great idea and a great plan!"
"Of course, I am very sad that the great Margrave Zeppelin, our great consul, died suddenly due to a serious illness, but his ideas are immortal and are bound to shine brightly!"
Lin Qi did not hesitate to add gorgeous hats to Qi Bolin. After all, everyone was dead, and it cost nothing to give him any praise. Lin Qi was very willing to waste a little saliva. As for Lin Qi, he was sending people.
Pursuing the remnants of the Varlan family is not inconsistent with giving Zeppelin a high hat. Praising him is one thing, but it does not prevent him from hunting down his people!
Lin Qi continued with a bright smile: "Marquis Zeppelin proposed a great plan. We, the Vias Commercial Federation, known as one of the four most powerful empires on the mainland, should be involved in the affairs of the continent.
Have a greater voice and make greater contributions!"
"Think about it, our annual tax revenue is twice as high as that of the Gallic Empire. Our total population of Vias is greater than the combined populations of the Gallic Empire and the Great Yan Dynasty. Our Vias
The navy... Aha, I really hope everyone will remember one thing. In addition to countless merchant ships, we in Vyas actually have a powerful navy, the only navy in the entire continent that can compete with the navy of the Haran Empire!"
The nobles and people present laughed. Vyas had a huge navy, but in the past few decades, this navy was only used to scare pirates. The belly of those sailors was as swollen as a beer barrel.
Now, can you expect them to kill the enemy? It’s just a joke!
"War, as I said before, war is a monster that devours money and lives!" Lin Qi slapped the chest-high stone platform in front of him vigorously: "We in Vias have countless gold coins and a large population. We maintain
Yas, in fact, should be the most powerful war monster in the Western Continent!"
"It is a very genius idea to form a strong standing army and give Vyas a powerful force!" Lin Qi once again gave Zeppelin one high hat after another, giving all the credit to Zeppelin.
A dead man.
The nobles looked at each other in silence. Vyas had never had a standing army, and they had never had this concept.
The Vyas Commercial Federation is a huge interest group composed of large and small noble territories. The private armies of the nobles form the backbone of the country's army. If there is a huge standing army in Vyas,
This seems inconsistent with Vyas's policy of nation-building.
So most of the nobles remained silent. Only Herodian and other nobles stood up, and they applauded enthusiastically.
Lin Qi smiled and nodded to Heroon and others, and then he shouted loudly: "But I suddenly discovered that it is just a standing army. Can this satisfy Vyas's requirements? It is just a standing army.
, can it change the reality of Vyas’ external weakness?”
Before those nobles came to their senses, Lin Qi shouted sternly: "Not enough, not enough at all! We want to protect ourselves from the threat of aliens, we want Vyas to become a real power in the Western Continent, we want to have the confidence to fight against
All enemies, we need more than just a standing army, we need an empire, a powerful, unified empire with only one will to rule everything in Vyas!"
With a 'boom', the nobles and people present jumped in fright.
Zeppelin only dared to talk about establishing a standing army. In the event of a foreign invasion, the nobles would probably agree to his plan.
But establishing a unified empire to replace the current Vyas Commercial Federation? This, this, this completely touches the fundamental interests of all the nobles present. On the contrary, those people do not have much idea, whether it is a federation or an empire, they are not the same
Earn gold coins?
"We are firmly opposed!" A gray-haired old marquis jumped out: "Establishing an empire? Impossible. No one can deprive our family of their rights. An empire? It's ridiculous. Our ancestors founded the country in Vyas.
When I signed the declaration, I never said that I would hand over the entire family to an empire!"
Led by the old marquis, a large group of nobles jumped out and roared against Lin Qi's opinions.
Lin Qi looked at these nobles indifferently and said calmly: "Nobles who do not support the Longshan family in establishing an empire, you will permanently lose all commercial cooperation with the East. Whether it is the Eastern Continent or the Eastern Subcontinent, you can't even expect to get another one from there.
A spice, a tea leaf, a porcelain cup!"
With a flick of his hand, Lin Qi took out a big killer weapon that he had prepared in the past three days!
From the Blood Qin Empire, Lin Qi's father took the lead and roped in a group of feudal officials from the Blood Qin Empire to sign a trade agreement - in the future, only merchant ships flying the flag of the Longshan Empire can safely leave the large and small commercial ports of the Blood Qin Empire.
The other trade agreements are the contracts that the Silver Lion God just handed over to Lin Qi before the conference, and the contracts that were just delivered from the Eastern Subcontinent using the magic teleportation array - these contracts were signed by the two most powerful people in the Eastern Subcontinent.
More than a dozen tribal chiefs signed that they refuse to trade with all non-Longshan Empire merchant ships.
All the contracts had special seals on them. Lin Qi threw these contracts away and let the Vyas nobles examine them.
"Either support the establishment of the Longshan Empire, or you will forever lose your trade rights with the East."
"Support the Longshan Empire, support the Longshan Family, and you will earn more profits than before."
"If you are firmly opposed to the rule of the Longshan family, then I can only tell you helplessly that the Longshan family's army occasionally appears as bandits and loots three or two noble castles. I personally don't feel any psychological pressure at all.
"
Alda laughed strangely at the side: "Hurry up, Old Wan'en. The old guys who were jumping the most happily just now have looted their castle. I want to see how their granddaughter looks like.
!Ah, dear Mrs. Lufen, you won’t be jealous, will you?”
Seeing the contracts that Lin Qi left behind to monopolize Eastern trade, the nobles all shut their mouths.
Without the eastern trade routes, what kind of nobles would they be?
Lin Qi smiled and nodded to the stunned civilians: "Whether you are a dock porter, an ordinary sailor, a water delivery worker, or a dung collector, I swear that under the rule of the Longshan Empire, your salary will be
It will be doubled!”
The Longshan family immediately received the full support of all public representatives present!
The nobles looked at each other, then they knelt down to Al at the same time and lowered their proud heads.
Alda stood up triumphantly and laughed wildly with excitement. His clothes were shaking with laughter, and his golden robe shone in the sun, like a huge gold coin. (To be continued. If you
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