"Dig ditches, build large reservoirs, and irrigate thousands of miles of fertile fields. Now you are actually tossing these things."
"Is there anything wrong?" Muria looked at Fernand who was handling government affairs.
"There's nothing wrong with it, I just think it doesn't match your formality and style." Fernand replied while reviewing the official document.
"There is no way, soldiers need to eat. If I want to rely on them to conquer other countries and rule them, I must fill their stomachs, otherwise everything I say will be empty."
"So you are doing all this to prepare for war?" Fernand picked up an official document requesting the digging of a ditch and waved it towards Muria.
"That's right."
"If this is the case, then you must make it clear to the soldiers below that the war is over now, but the army is still restless and they are eager for war."
"I will not start another war in the short term, and no country will dare to invade Guy's country again."
"You have to do a good job of appeasing the country. You transformed the entire country into a greedy monster, but you only let it eat the first bite of meat, and then you tied the chain to prevent it from eating any more. In this way, you
But it will cause resentment and dissatisfaction in the entire country."
"I'm not tying chains on this monster, I'm just preparing for this monster's second feeding."
Muria put his hands on his back and walked to the door of the hall, overlooking the increasingly prosperous capital city below.
As he single-handedly defeated the powerful men from three countries who invaded with their armies, as well as high-level military commanders, Guy's country completely established its status as a small hegemon among surrounding countries.
Guy's country has become an existence that cannot be provoked, and because Guy's country received a large amount of compensation and supplies during the war, Guy's country has become one of the few wealthy countries in this region.
Since it was not preparing to launch a war with foreign countries for the time being, Muria began to develop business, importing raw materials from various countries, exporting processed products, and relying on trade surplus, it gathered wool from neighboring countries.
The rulers of these countries are many wise men. They can see that Muria's business behavior is nothing more than another kind of war and another kind of plunder for their countries, but so what if they can see it.
Facing the strength that Muria has shown now, they can only swallow their anger and endure Muria's continuous bleeding and cutting of their flesh.
This also created the prosperity of the capital in Muria's eyes at this time, and this prosperity was based on the exploitation of other countries.
"What are you looking at? You haven't come here to handle official business yet." At this moment, an urging sound containing dissatisfaction sounded from behind Muria.
"It's enough for you to handle the official business." Muria remained motionless, admiring the prosperity below.
"Stop talking nonsense. Handling official affairs is the responsibility of a king. As your father, I can help you or handle it on your behalf, but you must also learn how to handle it."
Fernand expressed his extreme indignation at Muria's naked fishing behavior under his eyes.
"It's not necessary. It's enough for you and all the ministers to help me. I just need to point out a general direction and let you handle the details."
Muria said without looking back. In the hall behind him, the ghost aura was deep and the aura of death was permeated. In addition to Fernand, whose face was blue and purple, there were dozens of corpses holding a male in their hands.
Pen, lowered his head while reviewing government affairs.
These were all princes and ministers who took action against Muria's reforms and were forcibly transformed into ghouls by him.
Although these people are opponents of Muria, there is no doubt about their ability, because they can do what they think, so they are targeted by Muria.
In the current situation where there is no war, Muria did not leave these guys idle, but made full use of them and directly picked them out to review government affairs for themselves.
"What's your attitude? Come here." After hearing Muria's words, Fernand was furious and threw the pen on the table.
"What's wrong?" At this time, Muria turned around helplessly.
"Handling government affairs is what the king must do. By handling government affairs, the king can understand the entire country, and then he can better carry out targeted governance. You don't do anything, let me and these guys do it all for you. What do you mean?
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"Isn't this great? And father, I can control the entire country without having to deal with government affairs, and understand everything that happens in this country every moment."
"I won't do it." After hearing Muria's words, Fernand stood up angrily.
"It's okay if you don't do it. Just take a break and let them do it. Anyway, without you, the speed of handling government affairs will not be much slower." Muria looked at the palace full of ghouls and said with a smile.
"You..." Fernand, who was haunted by the aura of death, heard Muria's answer and suddenly trembled with anger. However, his expression did not change much because of this. After all, he was now the body of the dead.
"You are all not allowed to do this." Fernand, who was so angry that Muria couldn't do anything, shouted at these corpses who were his subordinates in life.
But it is a pity that after these people heard Fernand's words, they remained motionless and continued to deal with the government affairs assigned to them by Muria with their heads down.
After seeing such a scene, Fernand immediately became even more angry. He put on his sleeves angrily and then disappeared directly into the hall.
"You all work hard. As long as you can complete the duties I assign to you, I can guarantee that your family's bloodline can continue, and you can even inherit your family's glory again."
After Muria's words fell, the ghouls who replaced Muria in handling government affairs moved their pens faster. It was obvious that they were stimulated by Muria's words.
Because of Muria's far-sightedness, these princes and ministers retained all their memories to the maximum extent after being transformed into corpses, so they remembered everything in their lifetimes clearly.
Muria directly destroyed their family and turned them into this state of immortality. Of course, their hearts were filled with resentment.
But after Muria took away everything they had, it left them with a glimmer of hope. No matter which family they were, when Muria was cleaning up, they more or less left some children behind.
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These children, some of whom are even living on the streets, have become Muria's greatest leverage in controlling these princes and ministers, and they have also become these princes and ministers' only hope.
In order to allow their family to continue, they can tolerate Muria's continuous exploitation of them. Of course, what they are doing now is not considered exploitation, it is just giving full play to their own talents.
It is said that there is no difficulty.
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"Uncle, what are you looking at?"
Next to the paddy field where the seeds had just been sown, a young child looked at the strong man next to him with scars on his face and asked.
"I'm looking at these paddy fields." The strong man reached out and rubbed the hair of the child next to him, and replied with a smile.
"But don't we see these every day? What's so good about this?"
The child was confused about his uncle's behavior and expressed that he could not understand it.
"Boy, your uncle is not looking at the paddy fields. He is waiting for the rice to mature before going to war."
At this time, a passing young man with a hoe on his shoulder heard the child's doubts and immediately answered with a smile.
"What does the ripening of rice have to do with war?" The child became even more confused. He still could not understand the cause-and-effect relationship.
"It's a big deal. People are needed to fight wars, but soldiers need to have full stomachs to fight, so they can only go to war after the rice is ripe and there is enough food." The young man explained with a smile.
"Oh!" A look of sudden realization appeared on the child's face.
"Go, go, why are you telling a kid this?" The strong man with the scar on his face showed hesitation.
"Tell me what's going on in advance? Look at your little boy, he's only so big and his body has grown so tall. You can tell he's a good guy at a glance. You should feed him more good food and keep his body healthy.
Practice more, and when the time comes, match him with a good horse and join the army directly as a knight. This military merit is not something you can just get."
"Fuck you, military honors are not that easy to get." Hearing the young man's words, the strong man laughed and cursed.
"You have been around for a long time, and your nephew has a higher starting point than you. It's not a big problem to be an official."
"Official officer? Hehe, even if you risk your life, you may not be able to get it. Military merit has to be earned with your life." The strong man raised his hand and touched the scar on his face.
"But it's worth it! As long as you kill enough, even a bastard like us can try what it's like to be a noble?"
"Noble." Upon hearing this word, the strong man's eyes suddenly showed a look of longing, but this longing and desire quickly turned into a bloodthirsty light, and black and gray hair emerged from his body.
"Hey, take it easy, you scared the kid." Seeing the strong man whose body began to undergo inhuman changes, the young man quickly reminded him.
"Is it okay, Yuu." Seeing his trembling nephew who seemed about to cry, the strong man quickly restrained his strength.
"I said you were almost going crazy because of the suffocation. The way you looked just now made me want to pick up a knife and kill someone right away."
"Aren't you the same?" The strong man glanced at the young man, and he could see the deep desire in the young man's eyes.
"The king originally said that he would wait until the food was ripe before launching another war, but this is already the fifth year and there is still no movement."
"It's coming soon. In the past few years, ditches have been dug everywhere. The food in our fields is getting more and more every year, and there is a bumper harvest every year. If this rate continues, the war will start soon."
"After this year's rice is ripe, I don't know if a war will start."