Chapter 104 Conflict
Li Wei expressed his understanding of the dirty and dirty things within the Fontaine Kingdom. Although this kingdom, which has been born for more than a thousand years, is still in its prime in the Xisuo plane, its internal conflicts are almost on paper.
The conflicts between the major aristocratic groups, the conflicts between the aristocratic groups and the royal family, the conflicts between the Wizards Association of the Kingdom of Fontaine and the two major churches of the Lord of Glory and the Mother of the Earth
. These conflicts have been accumulated for thousands of years and have long been in-depth. The hearts of the people.
It's just because of the ingenious institutional design of the Fontaine Kingdom and the good external factors. The Kingdom of Fontaine has been on a slow and orderly path of expansion.
Many times, as long as the cake is made big enough, some of the conflicts that arise when dividing the cake can be temporarily covered up.
Over the past more than a thousand years, various interest groups within the kingdom have actively participated in the development of the kingdom and received generous benefits from it.
I saw Marquis Ashan continue to say: "Originally, the internal conflicts in the kingdom were limited and controllable. However, in the past two hundred years or so, the structure of the kingdom has undergone irreversible changes, and the conflicts among the noble groups in the four realms have begun to intensify. ."
"Lord Marquis, is it because of military merit and fiefdom?"
"Your guess is quite right. In a sense, it can indeed be attributed to military merit and fiefdom.
About two to three hundred years ago, there was almost no large area in the Western and Southern Territories. The possibility of development.
Further west from the Western Border is the vast Gobi Desert, commonly known as the Blood-stained Wasteland.
The environment of the Blood-stained Wasteland is extremely harsh. Snake people, barbarians, exiles, and bandits are entrenched in dots of oases.
Each oases are separated from each other. It is so far away that it is difficult to implement effective governance and joint defense.
Since the kingdom made its last large-scale development attempt there more than a hundred years ago, the blood-stained wasteland has been completely abandoned by the kingdom.
The situation in the southern border is similar, and the southern border is also It has basically reached the limit of development. The south is a continuous swamp forest, and it is very difficult to cultivate it into cultivated land.
Moreover, there are a large number of monsters and swamp frogmen in the swamp forest. From time to time, the southern border is hit by a beast tide. Moreover, frogmen often use the dense river network to raid the border and plunder supplies.
Of course, the situation in the southern border is slightly better than that in the northern border, but not much better.
In short, due to geographical factors, the border counties in the western and southern borders are very There are only three and four border counties respectively.
The eastern border is not weak, there are six border counties, and our northern border is exaggerated to have nine border counties." "
Then our northern border is equivalent to occupying the entire It’s less than half the strength of the Four Realms noble group!" Li Wei couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Well, almost a little more than one-third.
Thirty years ago, our northern border and our eastern border were almost the same, with six border counties.
But in the last development war against the orcs, five new border counties were expanded in the northern border. County, two mature border counties were moved and transformed into hinterland counties.
In this way, we have three more border counties in the north, leaving the eastern border behind in terms of area.
Of course, don’t look at it We now have nine counties, but they are not much stronger than before.
After all, the two old border counties that have been operating for many years were converted into hinterland counties. After the nobles were transferred to the feudal state, their foundations were seriously damaged.
The five newly developed counties have a large area and a large number of people. It is rare and has not really developed yet.
Taken together, our comprehensive strength is only slightly stronger than the Eastern Realm noble group, but the strength is limited.
Therefore, the royal family and the other three nobles do not want us to smoothly expand the new five The digestion of the county is completed."
"Lord Marquis, I have a question. If the nobles of the other three realms have made military exploits in the northern border and obtained fiefdoms in the northern border, then where does he belong?" "
Hahaha, there is such a thing as stance. It's not as absolute as you think.
Of course, under normal circumstances, the butt determines the head. If his interests in the North are greater than his original hometown, then he is likely to go directly to the North." "I understand. , then, Lord Marquis, from time to time there are families that hedging their bets?"
"Not only, but also a lot of them. So although there are many conflicts between the four realms, they will not fight to the death. After all, everyone can break their bones. Tie the tendon."
Hearing these words, Levi not only thought of his good uncle, Viscount Dohit.
He had some doubts about whether the rumor that went viral before that "Baron Monterey obtained a legacy from a legendary wizard" was spread by him.
After all, Li Wei's good uncle was looking forward to Li Wei's death.
"My Lord Marquis, my only aunt married far away to the West. My uncle, Viscount Dohit, wanted to murder me so that his son could inherit the Monterey family's legacy. The
time I broke through to the third-level wizard, my A good uncle has secretly attacked me once, but I survived by chance.
I wonder if the rumors about me that went viral some time ago were deliberately spread by him." After hesitating
for a while, Li Wei still asked Ya Marquis Shan expressed his guess.
"Huh? What you said is really possible. I also asked the people below to investigate the source of this rumor before.
This rumor should be fueled by provocateurs. One party is from the nobles of the Western Region. This rumor should have originated from them. It was done over there.
The other groups of people are more complicated. It should be that you came up with the improved Roja potion and tampered with their cake?"
"Ah?"
"You see, originally a large amount of grain was coming from the hinterland counties. Transporting it to our side will go through countless checkpoints, and we don’t know how many people are taking advantage of it.
Now that the improved Roja medicine has been released, the amount of grain transported from the rear has been greatly reduced.
Those hinterland counties in the south are even less. There is no need to sell the food, and the duck that originally reached the mouth ended up flying. Do you think they can't hate you?" "
It seems true."
"Not only that, many middle and low-level alchemists have great opinions on you. " Is
it because I have shaken their status?"
"Yes, it seems that you guessed it right away.
The new alchemy techniques you made are common in many places, which makes the work of middle and low-level alchemists easier." There are a large number of lower-level spell casters to replace them.
For example, second-level spell casters who were not on the stage before can also participate in the alchemy process to a limited extent." "
There is nothing I can do about this. After all, I can't make everyone like me. , while I am making innovations and benefiting many people, I will definitely harm the interests of others." "
Forget about other things, your main task last time was to go to Yongye Forest to check the terrain there. , do you think it’s feasible to harass the orcs’ food routes there?”
“Lord Marquis, I met many local hunters there this time. I believe that next time I go there, I will have a huge advantage over the orcs in terms of familiarity with the terrain. Advantages.
In addition, the terrain there is really suitable for guerrilla warfare. The Evernight Forest is lush with trees, but the trees in it are all tall spruce and giant pine trees. The space in the forest is actually quite wide, and cavalry can also Passed through the forest smoothly.
In addition, under the guidance of local hunters, I found several natural caves that are particularly suitable for hoarding food and grass, as well as several valleys that are suitable for intercepting pursuing soldiers.
I want to transport the logistics supplies to the hidden natural caves in the Evernight Forest in advance. After the orcs completely advance the front to the Snow Dragon Fortress, I can also operate behind them for a long time. ”
(End of chapter)