After the baptism of the past ten years, coupled with the victory of the Battle of Nashrame, in the eyes of the Demacia nobles, food has now transformed from "food for eating" to "an investment commodity with a promising future"
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In the past, most of Shurima's trade was taken away by the royal family. There was only one Ningwu Road, and the consumption power of Jinlun Town was also limited. Everyone watched the royal family eat meat, and they all looked forward to other places in Shurima accepting Germany.
Where is Marcia Grain?
Unfortunately, this transformation seems to have been interrupted so far.
Finally, Nashrame has become a new sphere of influence. The scale of Shurima trade is expected to expand. Naturally, nobles from various places will take advantage of the autumn harvest to prepare a large amount of food and plan to sell a large amount.
The result is now good, the price of food has been sniped, and all the food has been lost.
That's why the nobles are so anxious.
The food was thrown into his hands, but Jarvan IV just said "investigate". Who knows when the results of the investigation will be obtained?
Kumangla and Kaldujia are both city-states thousands of miles away, much further than Nasramei. The investigation this year cannot produce any results, and the grain in hand has turned into old grain. I think about the losses this year.
It makes my body hurt just to think about it!
Jarvan IV was not in a hurry. After all, the surplus grain in the royal family's direct territory could still be sold to Golden Wheel Town and sold to the Rakkor people.
But the nobles who have just collected these grains are anxious!
Can it really be exported to the east and to the Principality of Valoran?
Demacia's food is indeed popular locally, but the price is simply unsaleable!
Among the entire noble council, only the nobles whose fiefdoms are close to the eastern border hope that Jarvan IV will open the door to convenience because they can make more money by selling grain to the east.
But in the eyes of other nobles, if that's all, it's really a bit unacceptable.
If you make less money, wouldn’t that be a loss?
Jarvan IV actually didn't care about the profits and losses of the nobles in a year.
This is all the food you raised yourself. It has nothing to do with the royal family. If you make money, you won’t share it with me. Why should I care about you?
However, as the emperor and the arbiter of all conflicts in the empire, Jarvan IV stood by and paid no attention to anything. On the other hand, he also needed to consider whether the food would flow into places he did not want it to flow into.
The last thing the royal family, which controls the Ningwu Dao, wants is for these grains to be sold to the Rakkor people.
Jarvan IV didn't care whether the nobles made money or lost money.
But they cannot make money for themselves or influence the royal family to make money.
However, due to the Great Reconciliation of the Century, it has become a foregone conclusion that the Sun Sect and the Lunar Sect will enter Demacia to preach. Under such circumstances, Jarvan IV does not want the nobles to take the opportunity to have any contact with the Rakkor people.
Not only is there no business cooperation, it is best to maintain political opposition!
Therefore, even if the matter has nothing to do with his own profits, for the sake of stability, Jarvan IV must take some action to appease the anxious nobles.
Calling people over for a meeting was not only to see if something could be done first, but also to make a gesture first, so as to at least prevent the noble council from endless quarrels.
However, the question Lan Fu asked gave Jarvan IV a big revelation.
In the final analysis, everyone has too much food. It is hard to say what will happen to Shurima trade in the future. At this time, someone needs to be sure!
The royal family has the ability to tell the truth, but Jarvan IV has little confidence in the situation in Shurima, so he has no way to tell the truth.
So, apart from the royal family, is there anyone who has the ability to tell the truth?
Oh, there really is.
The people in the north are very rich, and they also have their own trade routes. Is there any way for them to eat this food and provide security for the nobles?
Thinking about this, Jarvan IV was shocked to find that not only did he not seem to understand Shurima, but he also didn't know enough about the northern border of the country.
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After the idea of "let the northerners eat these grains at a high price" was born, Jarvan IV's first reaction was not to think about how to let the northerners eat these grains, but to think about "what would happen if the northerners eat these grains?"
It will cause trouble for yourself.”
The Battle of Nashrame is over. Although Taric is still busy in Shurima, Jarvan IV will also need to find a way to gather power in the North. In the past, due to the border, the North has always had extremely high power.
Autonomy, this is not what Jarvan IV wants to see. Now that he finally has his hands free, he must suppress the power of the northern lords.
However, to suppress the power of the northern lords, Jarvan IV still prefers to eliminate the private armies and gather grassroots power in two steps. As for the lords' private business, he has no intention of getting involved yet.
This is the "private land" given to the nobles by Jarvan IV. He is happy to see the nobles make money, but the price of making money is to give up military power.
In a sense, this can be regarded as... releasing military power over a glass of wine?
Well, a very good idea.
If Lux is willing to give up the Northern Walkers under her command, then Jarvan IV feels that he can also add a bargaining chip to her northern trade!
Why do you keep those soldiers of yours? Raising soldiers consumes a lot of money. I heard that your performance on the flanks is not very good. In this case, it is better to give up the private army and enjoy wealth and wealth.
From a noble point of view, Jarvan IV felt that his advice was quite honest.
Even if the identities were exchanged, Jarvan IV was willing to accept this result - Demacia has become an empire, and he has become the emperor. At this time, there is no need to maintain a local private army!
Even though there had been some unpleasantness in the past, in the eyes of Jarvan IV, Lux was still a reliable model of nobility, but she was too aristocratic, so that her identity as a lord was in conflict with the royal family.
So, after Lacus gets this batch of grain, will it delay the royal family's making money?
Probably not.
Although part of the northern trade involves Shurima, most of it is in the purchase of goods.
As long as Rakkor and Forsbyro are not allowed to come into contact for the time being, Lux will naturally have no way to sell food to the foot of Mount Targon, and it will not delay the royal family's money!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After thinking for a while, Jarvan IV finally figured out the key and formulated the next strategic plan for Demacia.
On the Shurima side, trade in Ningwu Dao will be restarted, and Tarik will go to Kalduja and Kumangla to try to find out the details of his opponents, thereby deciding the next development direction of Shurima trade.
Within Demacia, the Sun Sect and the Moon Sect will begin to preach in the territory after the great reconciliation of the century. Jarvan IV himself, as the Lord of Twilight, serves as a religious leader to balance the relationship between nobility and religion.
relationship.
The consolidation of power in the Northern Territory also needs to be gradually carried out, exchanging wealth for military power, recycling the private armies that were preserved in the Northern Territory due to historical reasons in the past, and then gradually and completely bringing the Northern Territory and other internal fiefdoms under the direct rule of the emperor.
The eastern border will appropriately open food exports, maintain relations with the city-states of the Principality of Valoran, and maintain its status as a great power.
Although Shurima has encountered a small setback, Jarvan IV is not in a hurry now - as a climber, he is still very energetic, and everything in Demacia is only a long way away!
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Forsbyro, when Lux received the personal letter from Jarvan IV, she had just completed the summary of this trip to Shurima and the plan for the next military reform.
This time, Plainswalker's action was generally successful.
Pingyuan Walker, who had no actual combat experience before, experienced various practical combat tests and experienced the atmosphere of the battlefield firsthand after paying a relatively small price.
In the battle with the Moon Legion, many of their performances were remarkable. Even when faced with the Moon warriors whose strength overwhelmed them, they also showed their bravery and fearlessness.
However, many problems were exposed during this operation.
First of all, the cooperation between the Northern Walkers and the Dharma Masters is not tacit enough and is very stiff.
Although both sides seem to be consciously complementing each other and cooperating, and the logistics cooperation is very smooth, in actual battles, everyone still seems to be acting separately.
There is cooperation, but it is the cooperation of the plain traveler brigade and the fifth-sequence mages of the Dharma Regulators.
On the next level, the plain walkers and the imperial guards can only play their own games and cannot cooperate at all.
The coordination between mages, infantry, and cavalry should have been Fosbairo's advantage, but due to the lack of targeted training, the grassroots cooperation between the two sides was in a mess during this operation, which further affected the combat effectiveness.
In addition, when facing the Bright Moon Warriors, the Pingyuan Walker's problem of attacking difficulties was also exposed. Judging from the performance of this operation, the Pingyuan Walker can easily crush the miscellaneous soldiers, but when facing the elite, they can only
Relying on mobility to conduct roundabout battles, its ability to attack difficult situations is quite limited.
This is also the direction they need to train in, but considering that there are extraordinary people in the north, and there are also a lot of mages, this is not too urgent.
Finally, after the Battle of Nashrame, many plainswalkers had some psychological problems.
There is a steelyard in everyone's heart.
Although soldiers must obey orders, humans are not machines after all. Each of these Plains Walker warriors has their own understanding of the nature of this war.
In the eyes of many people, this is an unjust war.
Demacia has been involved in many wars in the past, but at that time, their identity was always the invaded.
The Noxians have always coveted the fertile land of Demacia, while Demacia prefers its own one-third of an acre and has no interest in territorial expansion.
In this case, joining the army and fighting are naturally just.
When Demacia soldiers go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, in addition to earning meritorious service and gaining a rank, they also have a sense of moral honor.
Over hundreds of years, justice has gradually been bound to honor.
However, this time the Battle of Nashrami...can it really be regarded as a just war?
Although the "cause" of the war was that the caravan was robbed, Nashrami sold the stolen goods and refused to investigate, and even persecuted local believers...
There are many reasons,
But the plainswalkers who had actually experienced the war knew very well that they had indeed gone to a foreign country to attack others.
Even if it is just a blockade on the side battlefield, it is not considered glorious.
Moreover, compared to other armies in Demacia, Forsbarrow's Northern Walkers have a special ideological education link. They know where their glory comes from. Although not all the army has ideals, they still have ideals.
In terms of consciousness, it is still far beyond the general feudal army.
Now this army is involved in an unjust war. After the war, many soldiers feel very uncomfortable psychologically. If this discomfort is not channeled, big problems will arise.
Fortunately, Kalya is quite experienced in this kind of problem, and the initiator of the Nash Latin American War is Jarvan IV, and the decision-making power is not in the hands of Lux, so as long as the problem is discovered at the first time, it will be difficult to deal with it.
It's difficult.
There is only one core, which is cutting.
First, he recognized the soldiers' sense of honor and justice, then explained that the cause of the war was the emperor of Xiongdu, explained that the Northern Territory acted according to orders, and finally made it clear that we took the initiative to undertake the mission of partial division to avoid being involved in unjust wars as much as possible.
After a set of combos, the entire responsibility lies with Xiongdu.
It's not a blame game, it's a fact.
If you put it bluntly, this kind of ideological construction is somewhat like internal propaganda, but Fosbairo really needs this now - since he is determined to be a rebel, he must separate himself from Xiongdu and use his advanced nature and justice.
nature, criticize Xiongdu, and then escalate to weapons criticism at the appropriate time.
Finally, when Lux had finally settled everything and could relax and prepare to establish a team-sized mage-warrior cooperation mechanism, she received a letter from Jarvan IV.
This is a letter written by Jarvan IV himself. Considering how busy His Majesty the Emperor is currently, this letter is undoubtedly very sincere.
In the letter, Jarvan IV, after greeting Lux, reviewed the two people's growth experience in the tone of an elder brother, and sincerely praised Lux's achievements in the North, saying that she used the trade in the North to make
The choice of the poor Fosbello to become increasingly prosperous is worthy of being a model of nobility.
Then, Jarvan IV said that now that the empire has finally freed up its hands, it can also provide some support to the North. I heard that a very important part of the trade in the North is the export of grain. The royal family has stockpiled a batch because of the war.
I wonder if the Northern Territory is interested in the extra military rations.
In the past, the private armies in the north needed to be supported by you, the lords in the north. Their income was small, and they had to raise additional soldiers. Life was tight. Now your brother, the emperor, also has money. I heard that you have a man under your command.
Travelers in the Northern Territory, please leave it to the royal family to raise it. The royal family can still bear this burden.
This amount of money may be affordable for Forsbarrow, but the North is so big that there are still many poor lords. In this case, the noble model must also be a role model!
A eloquent letter contains several thousand words.
But the core content is actually just one.
"I will give you food to support you in making money, and you will hand over your military power to me!"