Chapter 103 Interrogation - Pattern - Inheritance (Part 2)
"What if your judgment is wrong? What if the werewolf elite did not appear in Crowfall Forest as you expected, but instead joined forces with other orc elites who might sneak in? What should we do if we join forces to attack a key node on our side?"
Facing Marquis Ashan's sudden questioning, Li Wei was caught off guard.
"Lord Marquis, I considered this situation at the time, but the possibility was too low. It is already very difficult for the orcs to secretly drop an elite team.
If several elite teams are dropped in the same area at the same time, the risk of exposure will be very high. If it is large, the chance of success is low, and the possibility of the whole army being annihilated is greater.
Therefore, I think that the orcs will choose a relatively safe way and let the elite orcs who have sneaked in to act on their own and attack our food roads in order to destabilize us. "So you are betting that the
orcs will not choose to gamble? Since the orcs have chosen to take risks and send their elites to our rear, why is it not possible to go a step further and bring together several elites to do something big?"
" Mr. Marquis, I——"
"You don't need to explain too much, do you know what I am most disappointed with?"
"Please show me, Mr. Marquis."
"Ignore the trivial matter of you falsely reporting a few battle achievements, you have captured more than 400 pills. There is nothing wrong with the heads of third-level werewolves and above, even if there are 3,000 enemy troops. The battle achievements and rewards are given by the kingdom, not me.
What disappoints me most is that you did not report the military information in time. The whole battle is a bet to win a small amount of military glory!
If you are just an ordinary baron or viscount, I will not be so demanding and blame you. Even if this kind of thing happens to a big noble who came from the west to support me, I understand it very well.
For personal reasons Winning military glory with your family is a matter of course.
However, it would be unforgivable if this kind of thing happened to the great nobles of the north, or to the core children of my Ashan family. The great nobles want to influence the overall war situation in their region. Responsible.
As for you, Li Wei, what I want to say is that you need to open up the situation. Don't worry about temporary gains and losses, but start from the overall situation and long-term situation. What I
mean by the overall situation and long-term situation is the northern border, or the new expansion. The overall situation and long-term situation of the five counties. I'm not teaching you to be a passionate young man or an idealist."
Hou Yashan hesitated for a moment, and sighed quietly:
"I only say this because you are the next generation successor I selected. !"
Although Li Wei had some speculation about this matter, Marquis Ashan's explicit statement still shocked him.
"Flora is my favorite daughter and my most proud heir, bar none. I plan to pass on the title of Marquis of Ashan to her within fifteen years, put down the burden of the territory, and pursue the legend.
But Flora Although Laura is very good in cultivation, she is still not good enough in terms of military affairs, general affairs, and planning to shoulder the burden of the Ashan family or even the entire five new counties.
I am not asking you to change your surname or abandon Monterey. With this surname, I hope that you can help Flora secure her position as Marquis of Ashan as her husband.
As a leader who has an overview of the overall situation, temporary gains and losses are nothing at all. If you can run Yorkshire well, manage it well. The expansion of five new counties and the stabilization of the northern border will definitely be of your benefit. It is
even possible that the Monterey family can become a great noble while you are alive."
Li Wei didn't know how to answer the question for a moment, he didn't expect Marquis Ashan was so direct and straightforward in giving him useful information.
"Lord Marquis, I -"
Marquis Ashan waved his hand, and Li Wei swallowed back what he was saying. "Originally, what I said today was supposed to be said before you and Flora got engaged, but I heard something today, so I had a showdown with you in advance.
When I came back today, I happened to hear someone say that you and Pat were because of something. There were some small conflicts over trivial things.
I feel that given your personality, this conflict came out of nowhere. I think you probably had the intention of using Pat to test my attitude.
If I really treat you as For heir training, you can also use Pat's incident to shock the group and add a layer of protection to yourself."
Cold sweat broke out on Levi's head, and his little bit of Jiujiu had nowhere to hide from Marquis Ashan.
"To be honest, putting aside personal emotions, what you do is quite good.
Do you still remember what I said about you before? You know the current affairs, know how to advance and retreat, know military strategies, understand common affairs, and have both wisdom and courage. You are both good at planning and making good decisions.
Your performances during this period have further proved that my judgment is correct.
But you have to change your mentality. The Monterey family is not everything to you. Open up the picture and take a longer view.
Neither do I. You need to focus on the next hundred years of the kingdom.
As my appointed heir, you need to look at the overall situation of the Northern Territory or the five newly expanded counties in the next twenty years.
You must remember that the Northern Territory, especially the five newly expanded counties, is The foundation of the Ashan family has people in other places to worry about.
Do you still remember why I had to improve the production process of Roya Potion?" "
Because even if we mobilize the entire northern territory, the production capacity of Roya Potion is still at the upper limit. There."
Marquis Ashan asked back: "Then why don't I ask for help from the kingdom?
There are twenty-six counties in the hinterland, and there are more than ten counties in the other three realms. It is completely possible to gather enough spellcasters to participate in the Luo Kingdom. Sub-pharmaceutical refining."
"Is it because other regions will not listen to your arrangements at will?"
"It's not just that simple. If this matter can pass the vote of the Noble Council, then other regions will also respond.
However, due to the major issues within the kingdom, Competition between interest groups is widespread. For example, our northern aristocratic group is the strongest, and has been suppressed overtly and covertly by the three major aristocratic groups in the other three realms and the royal family."
Li Wei couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. The kingdom has 22 border counties and 26 hinterland counties, of which the northern nobles occupy 9 border counties.
Although five of them are newly developed, in terms of overall strength, they are still stronger than the two major noble groups in the Western and Southern Territories combined.
"If I really allocate the production task of Roya Potion to other regions through the Noble Council, I am afraid that it will cause trouble for us at the critical moment. For
example, the Roya Potion will be supplied normally in the early stage, but in the middle of the war, some excuses and reasons will suddenly be found to delay it. Or reduce the supply, and use the excuse of lack of preparation in logistics to wait for a while to expand the amount of food transported.
In this way, if the frontline army does not have food, it will have to requisition food on the spot, and those who will die will be the leaders of the five newly expanded counties. People
don’t need to starve to death too much, they just need to set back the development level of the newly expanded five counties for a few more years, then their goal will be achieved.”
(End of Chapter)