When Annan's room was unblocked, it was almost dusk.
But before he left, the eldest princess came directly to the door.
It had been less than twenty-four hours since they last met. But when Annan saw the eldest princess again, he could easily see the unconcealed haggardness on Elizabeth's face.
"You look a little tired."
Annan held the three-color scepter in his hand and asked with concern: "Do you need me to help you ask His Royal Highness to come down?"
Of course, they both knew.
The haggard look on Elizabeth's face was obviously not due to the sadness of "her brother was killed", nor was it due to the exhaustion of running around for this matter.
Even if she said this, Annan wouldn't believe it. So she wouldn't say it either.
——If the time were to change, Her Royal Highness the Princess would even hold a special banquet to celebrate.
Because this basically means that she, Elizabeth, is the future queen of the Kingdom of Noah.
But things are different now.
Neither early nor late - Philip died just when the Archduke of Winter came to visit.
This is a very inappropriate death.
After Philip's death, the pressure on Elizabeth became even greater. She spent most of her time today meeting various people and explaining to them "I really didn't do it."
She is not merciful, and of course she is not unable to do anything.
When May comes, if she hasn't gotten rid of Philip... then she will really be ready to kill Philip.
But she would never be stupid enough to throw the blame to the Duke of Winter. Only ordinary people who have no knowledge of politics at all, and those lower-class nobles and nouveau riche who are stupid but feel good about themselves would think so.
Noah is indeed not afraid of winter, but this does not mean that they will not ask for winter. Of course, it can also be said in a more decent way - they need to reach some cross-border cooperation agreements with the Principality of Winter, which is beneficial to all
People are nice.
Because as long as they can't penetrate and defeat the Principality of Winter in a short time, then the "advantage" they have is meaningless.
When the advantages that are constantly accumulated cannot be transformed into a victory, it will only bring down oneself.
And if the blame is thrown to the Duke of Winter at this time, it will most likely mean that the situation between the two countries, which is about to get better, will worsen again... and may even be worse than before.
Because Annan is a quite young Grand Duke.
And youth means possibility, means impulsiveness, means enterprising spirit... It also means that they value face more than real interests. It means that they are not patient enough.
Generally speaking, let alone rulers... even the level of "powerful person" will not be held by officials who are too young. This is not because young people are not capable enough to hold this position.
It would be better to say that it is just the opposite... Young people have much greater advantages and greater possibilities in terms of their understanding of front-line issues, personal physical strength and energy.
But when they are people of power, personal abilities and initiative are actually not that important. Because they do not need to be exposed to the problem itself, they only need to coordinate the relationship between people.
So for them, the comment "quite possible" is not even a good word... it means they still have room to grow.
Their high energy and initiative mean that they will actively implement policies and try to get a good result in the short term; and their own growth will make them realize after a period of time, "Maybe there were better things before."
method".
But there is no way around it.
Because society is dynamic, there can never be a "perfect solution" to solve all problems at the same time. And the priorities are different in different periods.
For example, now, Noah is in urgent need of commodity exports - they need to convert the backlog of goods into silver coins to flow again, so that Noah can regain its vitality.
Workers have been working, and they have to pay them; and the items produced will pile up - but it should be noted that the warehouse also costs money, and warehouse storage is a very important thing, whether it is
Theft, contamination or fire can cause huge losses.
When the factory warehouse is full, they need to be transported to other places.
Now that the "underground subway" has not been completed, bulk goods still need to be transported by subway - but the question arises again, if they can get the right to use the subway, why don't they just sell the goods?
So they can only hire caravans to transfer goods from one warehouse to another. Naturally, there will be risks and losses along the way. When the goods enter the second warehouse, there will be new risks.
But if they evacuate at this time and send the workers away, it means they have admitted defeat.
Then other nobles will take over immediately - whether they are workers or factories. When the above-ground subway is completed, or when the underground people replenish the subway cars, it will be too late for them to regret it.
——Because Noah didn’t have that many needs.
If factories can't even make money, what other industry can they engage in? Will they return to the workshop era?
But if foreign trade is resumed with the Principality of Winter, then all these commodities can be shipped out and there will be a unified export. At this time, the problem becomes the category, quality and price of the commodities.
Goods that can be transported as safely as possible with as few ships as possible will definitely sell better than goods that deteriorate as long as they are exposed to fog for a moment.
The policies needed at that time were obviously different from the policies Noah needs now.
The implementation of policies is bound to be delayed, and it is the same for both Noah and Winter. Even for a country like Noah that supports superficial "agents", from the time each policy is introduced until it is actually implemented,
It will take time to form new production and living habits around this new policy.
Moreover, depending on the distance between different regions and the royal capital of Noah, the relationship between the "guarantors" behind the rulers in different regions and King Noah, and even the personal abilities of the "agents" in different regions, the implementation of these policies and the routine
Transformation takes time.
Elizabeth knew very well.
If she keeps giving out new policies based on the current situation, it will only plunge the entire Noah into chaos.
Because she knows very well what these nobles are like.
There may be two groups of people who actively implement it and those who try their best to postpone it; but if she issues a new policy, the interests involved in this new policy will be completely different from before. In the end, it will become "one place, one method."
The prevalence of local law and customary law will dilute the authority of the king.
Therefore, even if you know that a certain policy is lagging, you still cannot "change it too quickly." Changing an order overnight is far more harmful than a backward government order.
But she understood this, and Philip understood it.
Annan won't understand, and Kafni won't understand either.
Because they are young people.
Young people always hope that what they do is right and correct. They cannot tolerate compromise, do not know how to wait, let alone know what they say and express; what others hear and understand; and what others ultimately
What is actually done is not directly related.
It doesn't mean that saying it will work. It doesn't mean that people will do it if they are given a solution.