According to Emperor Alfred the Great, it took the White Tower Kingdom thirty years to settle the neighbors of the Golden Spike Kingdom, first with a gentle policy and then with the threat of force.
Thirty years is too long to wait, but thirty days can be considered. The White Tower Kingdom's handling methods are of great reference value.
Winter is coming soon. The primitive tribes who rely on hunting for a living can only rest on their laurels in winter. Life for the Luman people must be difficult, so they should be given some food.
It took Reggie three days to find the Luman people's base camp. It is said that their base camp changes locations every two years.
It is too dangerous to head to their base camp rashly. Besides, the people who will have long-term contact with them in the future will be the Golden Harvest Country, not the Broken Snow Country.
Reggie asked Korando, the king of the Golden Spike Kingdom, to bring food to visit the chief of the Luman people. In order to ensure Korando's safety, Reggie assigned him a musketeer team of one hundred people.
This meeting went surprisingly well. The Luman people were willing to maintain friendly relations with the Golden Harvest Country. In return, they sent seven girls and four Neanderthal leopards to Corando.
Corando naturally did not dare to keep it to himself, so he dedicated the gift to Reggie. Seeing the looks of the original girls, Reggie originally refused, but when he saw the four giant leopards, Reggie was tempted.
The Neanderthal leopard is a big cat that lives in caves. Judging from its size, this thing does not look like a leopard, but more like a lion. It is larger than the lion that Reggie is familiar with.
The leopards sent by the Luman people were two males and two females. The male leopard was more than ten feet (three meters) long. Standing on the ground, his shoulder height was about the same as an adult, and it also had two huge blade teeth.
, if it weren't for the short mane hanging around its neck, this thing would look more like a saber-toothed tiger. They have patterns and spots on their bodies, and are covered with long brown hair. Reggie saw it in some archeology programs in his previous life.
However, the Neanderthal leopard was very similar to the cave lion of that world.
Reggie left the girl with Korando and took in four giant leopards. Of course, Reggie did not take it lightly. He left five airships in the Golden Spike Country, four for combat and one for reporting.
.With the current strength of the Luman people, unless they get the support of the White Tower Kingdom, four airships can kill them to extinction.
Reji used the same method to establish contact with other neighbors of the Golden Harvest Country. Seeing Reji's operation, Alfred left with peace of mind. This young man who had just turned 20 had already shown a
The abilities that a mature king should have.
As a return gift from the certifier, Reggie gave 10% of the grain produced by the Golden Harvest Country and two airships to the Star Country. Although Alfred did not want to accept the food, Reggie insisted on giving it.
This does not mean generosity. In this world, interests are far more real than friendship. Without the binding of interests, the contract will not have much effectiveness. One day, when the White Tower Kingdom regrets, Reggie will not need the support of the Sky Star Kingdom.
Military assistance, but Alfred needs to stand up, point at Matthias's nose, and curse him with a shameless curse.
But this 10% of food made Korando a little embarrassed. During the rule of the White Tower Kingdom, the Golden Harvest Country did not provide food to the White Tower Country for free, but signed an exclusive trade contract. In addition to meeting the food consumption of the Golden Harvest Country,
More than 80% of the remaining food needs to be
Sold to White Tower Country for the price of three copper coins.
In other words, if Jinsui Country is allowed to give away 10% of its food for free, its people may not have enough to eat.
Naturally, Reggie would not embarrass Corando. He revised the contract. From now on, he would only purchase half of the grain from the Golden Harvest Country, and doubled the purchase price. The Golden Harvest Country would give away 10% of the grain for free.
Give it to Tianxing Kingdom, and the remaining 40% of the food will be at its free disposal.
Korando was extremely grateful for such a tolerant contract. After taking care of the affairs of the Golden Harvest Country, Reggie did not forget about the other subject country.
The situation in the Golden Grain Country is not much different from that of the Golden Harvest Country, but it does not produce wheat. Instead, it produces the few golden towers (corn) on the east coast, and its grain output is much higher than that of the Golden Harvest Country.
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With these two vassals, Reggie can temporarily put aside agriculture and do something other than making a living.
For a powerful kingdom, its citizens should not struggle for survival, but also understand the meaning and joy of life.
Of course, this also depends on the capital in the wallet. Reggie made his people rich, and now he has to let them learn to spend on things other than livelihood.
One month after winter, Reggie came to Zhilin City.
There is a dry lake in Zhilin City. The reason why it dries up is unknown. In the Holy Land of Fengyue, every inch of land is precious. It is difficult to find an open space in Zhilin City, and this dry lake was spotted by Lei Ji.
He wanted to build an arena, not a venue for competitive sports, but modeled after the Colosseum of the ancient Roman Empire.
In the history of the Origino continent, many countries have records of beast fighting and competition. The brave gladiators and beasts from all over the world have brought countless years of screaming and carnival to people.
Now only the Golden Eagle Kingdom retains the arena. The last large-scale competition was ten years ago. That competition lasted for thirty-one days. More than 700 beasts and more than 1,000 gladiators died in the arena.
It was during that competition that Modessa received the title of Death.
This kind of competition is too extravagant, and the rules of competition are basically the same as those in ancient Rome. After the fight, if the audience waves a handkerchief, the losing party can escape death. If the audience's palm is down, it means that he will die.
The audience wants to be stimulated by the blood, and they will not easily choose to forgive, so in most cases, the losing party, whether it is a human or a beast, has almost no hope of survival.
It is absolutely impossible to make a profit with competitive rules like this. The cost of cultivating gladiators is too high, and the cost of cultivating beasts is also not low. Gladiator bosses (slave owners who own gladiators), and some free gladiators (
(Not all gladiators were slaves) Most of the income gained came from rewards and funding from the royal family and nobles. As the dominance of the Golden Eagle Kingdom was replaced by the White Tower Kingdom, the arena gradually died out.
Reggie wanted to build the arena not just for fun. On the one hand, it was to enrich the people's spiritual world. The most important purpose was to take out the excess wealth from the people's pockets.
To this end, he made changes to the rules of competition.
First of all, the survival rate of the losing party must be ensured. Unless there are accidents, the gladiators cannot be allowed to sacrifice their lives within the scope allowed by the rules, so the losing party must be guaranteed to survive.
It sounds very difficult, but the actual operation is not that difficult. To put it simply, it is to turn the duel into a performance. According to Wen Na's understanding, it is to change the situation and act accordingly.
She spent three months simply transforming the dry lake, training a group of gladiators, and purchasing a group of beasts. The arena, which had been dormant for ten years, was about to return to the stage.