Beast King Ericia stood nervously outside a gate, walking around with her hands behind her back, as if she was a student waiting for her college entrance examination results.
He had never thought that he would have such a day, even when surrendering, he would be nervous because he was afraid that others would not accept his "surrender".
For the Orc Empire, which was once so powerful that it even ignored the human Magic Empire, this is simply a irony.
Once upon a time, the Ursine warriors of the Orc tribe carried sharp weapons and swept away the hundreds of thousands of human armies in front of them. That era was the era of the Orc tribe...
Today's orcs are completely incomparable to humans. God gave the orcs a powerful physique, loyalty and glory, but did not give them a future.
This is really a sad fact: the future of the orcs seems to have been completely blocked by the development of humans.
If they want to control their own future, or in other words, if they want to regain their future, the orcs must devote themselves to humans.
A few hours ago, he met with the Emperor Chris of the Elanthir Empire and submitted his credentials to him, hoping that the orcs could become part of the Elantyr Empire.
To this end, the orcs are willing to dedicate themselves to loyalty, fight for the emperor of the Elanthir Empire, and shed blood and sacrifice for this human-dominated country.
If it was five years ago, such a surrender might have excited Chris, but now, he really has no desire to be excited.
After all, there are too many people who are willing to bleed and sacrifice for him. The elves are willing to fight for him for the Temple of the Moon, and the dwarves are also willing to kill enemies for him in order to obtain more technology.
The convicted magician has begun a bloody internal purge in order to regain the emperor's trust. Even the enemy demons have begun to swear allegiance to him.
Therefore, the loyalty of the orcs is just a simple oath in front of Chris. To put it more depressingly, the orcs' internal attachment is not attractive to the Elanthir Empire.
Because of this, the Beast King could only wait here anxiously, waiting for the top officials of the Elanthir Empire to discuss the outcome of how to deal with the orcs.
He didn't know whether his people could be recognized by the Elanthir Empire, nor did he know whether the Elanthir Empire, which was so powerful that even the dragons were afraid of it, would accept the orcs, a force known for its barbarism.
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In the room, not all ministers agreed to eat the greasy-looking cake of the orcs.
At least from the perspective of economic interests, it is much more troublesome to build a barren orc territory than to build a new puppet area or a ruined Norma area.
"Compared to the annexation of the elves, the annexation of the orcs is a bit more difficult." Strider, the foreign minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, put his hands together and first stated his point of view to Emperor Chris.
He paused for two seconds, and then added: "Although we don't have to consider the anger of the Dragon Clan, eating the Orcs now will indeed easily bring the relationship between us and the Dragon Clan down to another level."
"Before, the relationship between our two forces has fallen to the freezing point, and now it has fallen below the lowest point. This relationship between the two countries is very fragile and unhealthy." After he finished speaking, he looked at Chris.
, seemed to be waiting for Chris to express his opinion.
It's a pity that Chris didn't express any opinions, but turned his attention to an old man from the Elf tribe on the other side.
This old man is the newly appointed second-in-command of the empire's food department, the empire's second minister of agriculture, and the deputy minister of agriculture.
The old man's face is already full of wrinkles. According to human age, he is seventy years old. It's just because of the amazing magical energy reserves in his body that he is still very energetic.
He rubbed his dry eyes and said to Chris in a low-pitched but calm voice: "The place they live in is very barren. Although there are some minerals, overall, their living area lacks food cultivation.
Of soil.”
In his opinion, the investment in improving the entire orc territory is so huge that even the elves feel that greening the orc territory is not worth the gain.
“To improve their living conditions, we need to transport a large amount of food and other daily necessities to their territory.” A transportation official explained the cost relationship: “Transportation costs will increase exponentially.
Putting in one bag of grain is equivalent to wasting another bag of grain.”
"As a result, the cost will remain high... Of course, if a factory is built locally, the investment in infrastructure will also be a headache." An expert in industrial development is Industry Minister Smith, who said in his speech
, and are not in favor of immediate investment and construction of industrial projects in orc territory.
"If we want to develop industry there, we must build at least 30 thermal power plants there now...The equipment is easy, but everything takes time." He also looked at Chris, hoping to see it on Chris's face.
What clue is coming?
For Smith, the Minister of Industry, building a power system in a remote, poor mountainous area not close to economically developed areas is a choice that outweighs the gains and losses.
He would rather invest these man-hours in building the southern region, or directly invest in the plan to build a new puppet zone.
In this way, these power plants can be converted into production capacity immediately after they are built, which is what he hopes to see as the Minister of Industry.
But if these power plants are built in the territory of the orcs, a lot of time will be spent building supporting infrastructure and power-consuming factories to consume the power supply of these power plants.
To put it simply, if you build a power plant in the orc territory, you will need to build ten more factories that produce tractors, lathes and other equipment, and use production to consume the production capacity of the power plant.
Then, in order to sell the equipment and other products produced, we must continue to build transportation lines such as roads and railways to ensure convenient transportation for these factories.
After the construction of these supporting facilities is completed, we will continue to build suitable housing for the workers in these factories, build schools for their children to attend, improve the water system, and build more power stations to meet the city's electricity needs.
Finally, we have to build supermarkets, shopping malls, airports and train stations... This is equivalent to building a city from beginning to end.
And with so much energy wasted, the orc tribe's territory may not be able to operate normally immediately. It will take them several months to adapt...
With such a long time, if so much energy and materials are invested in the Norma area or the southern region, the return may be ten times or a hundred times greater.
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for the empire to persuade other large chaebols and consortiums to jointly invest in the construction of orc territory, which also increased the empire's financial burden.
It is a pity that Minister Smith did not see any clues from Chris's face. His Majesty the Emperor remained calm and looked like he was listening.
Finally, after everyone stopped talking, Chris adjusted his sitting posture. He stopped tapping his fingers on the edge of the table and spoke to clarify his attitude.
He was unwilling to let his subordinates waste time guessing his own thoughts, because he ruled this empire not by power but by absolute power.
"The good news is that we still have time, right?" When everyone was breathing heavily, Chris asked Des who was sitting next to him with a smile. After hearing His Majesty the Emperor's statement, everyone followed suit.
Breathed a sigh of relief.
Des smiled and nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, at least in the next six months, we will focus on economic construction..."
For the Airanhill Empire, war seems to have been the seasoning since three years ago, while the main course of Airanhill has been economic construction since three years ago.
At the same time as they were carrying out large-scale construction projects, the Elanthir Empire was also actively conducting various scientific experiments. Because Chris owned the Technology Tree, he was actually more like a scholar than an emperor at heart.
He is more keen on using technology to improve people's living standards, thereby diluting internal conflicts and realizing the rule of the Eilanhir Empire.
Compared with those who rely on strong power, high-pressure rule or demagoguery under the cloak of religion, his method is more clever and more efficient. Computer version::/
"Aren't we short of labor? In a short period of time, the orcs can provide us with more than 400,000 laborers. These young and strong laborers can greatly alleviate our labor shortage." Chris continued to ask Des.
Des scratched the information with a pen, nodded and said: "There should be about 100,000 orcs who can be used directly after short-term training... No matter how many more, there is no guarantee."
"That's good!" Chris nodded happily: "I think you have all fallen into a misunderstanding... Gentlemen! The orcs came to us, and they are now our subjects..."
"What we have to consider now is not whether to accept the surrender of these people, but how to better improve their lives and make them richer." After Chris finished speaking, he stood up: "Remember
, I am not surprised at all that other races will join Ailan Hill! Because we will make all people live a better life! This is where Ailan Hill is truly powerful!"
"Let's go! Go see your new colleagues! The Grand Duke of the Orcs...the Grand Duke Ericcia!" Chris generously settled on Ericsia's title, took the lead to the door, and reached out to push open the door of the conference room.
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Ericcia, who was waiting nervously outside the door, saw the door being pushed open. A beam of light passed over the figure of the person who pushed the door open, and shone on his face, full of dazzling light.
