Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

If you want to win, you have to have food and a knife.

There is a knife.

Where does the grain come from?

Han Zezheng's suggestion, of course, is that the lord will use his strong personality to transport food from other places.

Translate... just be a little white face.

Bring food from Goethe, borrow food from elves, and buy food from dragons.

Anyway, the love between Kant and Princess Tina is well-known all over the world, and the lace news with the Elf King has been in the hot search headlines all the year round. The anecdote of getting a female dragon in half a day has also begun to ferment. This ready-made soft meal is not eaten. All three can provide a large amount of food to Far Harbor.

Goethe needless to say, the elves are rich in products, and the dragon defense is the world's largest second-order dealer. Everyone knows that if there is any inconvenient goods, it only needs to be sold to the dragon first, and then sold by the dragon to the target country. All restrictions can be circumvented. , disputes and laws.

With this kind of relationship, selling some food is nothing.

As for how to negotiate, how to maximize the use of "unique charm", that is what the lord needs to consider - after all, this is his hegemony, and he has to make sacrifices.

"I'll find a way, you can deal with it now, Lao Han."

"exist."

Kant instructed the newly acquired retainers: "Gather our strength, integrate the properties seized from several major families, and do everything possible to ensure the stability and supply of food prices - understand?"

Han Zezheng nodded knowingly: "Let our enemies see that we are doing our best to deal with the food shortage problem. The key is to let them see and test the loyalty of our friends by the way."

Kant smiled and patted his shoulder: "You are very good."

The other party was flattered: "His Royal Highness praised it."

"No, it's not Miaozan, you are really good."

Kant smiled and said, "I like smart people because they know what can be done and what can't be done. It's easy to deal with you, because I just need to keep your loyalty, and you will always do the right thing... I am very optimistic about you. In the future, I also look forward to your more important responsibilities in my shogunate."

The shogunate here is not a Japanese term, but an ancient Chinese system. It was formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties and matured in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It usually refers to the offices of local military and political officials.

Han Zezheng was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Thanks to His Highness's attention, the old man is already over fifty years old and has gray hair on his temples. This is how he will be in his life. The only people who care about him are a few unfit children. I hope they can one day be able to do it. Smart and sensible, serve for His Highness for me, spread branches and leaves for the Han family..."

"Old Ji Fuzheng is ambitious," Kant said. "If you have aspirations, you can do it yourself. Why do you have to impose it on your children? How do you know that your son has no aspirations?"

Lao Han fought a cold war, and immediately became uneasy and angry: "What did the beast say to the lord?"

Kant wondered: "What?"

So the old man breathed a sigh of relief and smiled bitterly: "Ambition... When I was young and old, while studying history, I was also excited to do something big, but I'm just a mediocre talent with limited qualifications..."

"Qualification?"

Kant leaned on the table, turned his head and said to him: "The emperor I admire most, he traveled around the world when he was young, he saw the world, he also had strong ambitions, maybe he had great ambitions, and then he returned to his hometown and made a small Ting Chang, he has been doing it for decades, and no matter how big his ambitions are, he must have been killed by the trivial things in the village. When he was forty or fifty years old, the mighty dynasty was in turmoil, and the world was chasing deer."

"Then something happened to him, and he took over the world in eight years."

Which emperor is this?

Han Zezheng pondered in his heart, but it didn't match up with the emperors in the history books.

"However, this is not the point, the point is the famous officials and generals who fought with him in the world. There are more than 30 people in his hometown, more than 30 people around his hometown, and more than 140 founding heroes in the Manchu Dynasty. Among them, his fellow villagers accounted for almost half of them. These people are not related households who make up the number, but are truly peerless warriors and ministers who can rule the world - you say, why is this?"

Kant asked this question.

Han Zezheng replied: "This... the Son of Heaven has the protection of Bailing, so the heavenly stars came into the world and were born around the Son of Heaven. Are all of this destined by heaven and arranged by heaven?"

"No, no."

Kant shook his head and said: "I don't think so, the world is so big, it is impossible for all the great people of the same era to be born in that small county town. The reason why those generals and prime ministers from humble backgrounds can be remembered in history is because the king gave Given their opportunity, it is the times that make them."

"A brave dog butcher who has gone through countless battles without dying, from leading five people to leading ten people, even fifty, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand people, he kept fighting and leading the army, If you keep thinking about it, you will naturally understand the art of commander-in-chief, and then you will become a general."

"That's why the coachman can be a servant, the prison officer has become the prime minister, and the mortals from humble backgrounds finally became famous in history and became outstanding people who overthrew the old dynasty and established the new world."

"They are not dusty pearls, nor are they born geniuses, they are just forcing themselves to make continuous progress in a group that is rolling forward and becoming stronger and stronger, constantly taking over greater and greater powers and responsibilities, and gradually in the process. Adapt, eventually grow... but that's all."

Han Zezheng was stunned.

Kant patted him on the shoulder: "There is no need to look at the famous officials in ancient times with the eyes of holiness and worship. We respect them and recognize them, but we don't have to deify them. They can, and so can you."

"Go."

"The path is chosen by yourself. How to go and how fast to go is also yours to decide."

The old man, who thought he had missed the best years, lost his soul.

"I found that you are very good at stirring up other people's desires and ambitions."

Lily poked her head in from outside the conference room.

Kant raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "It's quite difficult to arouse your ambitions."

Lily said proudly: "I am a dragon."

"No, you are a cat."

"Fifty percent, let alone a cat, I can be a dog."

When Long Niang said this, she blinked and lowered her voice: "Let me tell you, the Dragon Emperor instructed the Transfiguration Department to develop new techniques, aiming to add some beast-like features to the humanoid forms of the dragon operators, such as Speaking of cat ears and cat tails, and fox ears and fox tails…”

Kant's eyes suddenly widened and he jumped up: "Change for me!"

Long Niang let out a treacherous but still sweet laugh: "Five percent! Change it for you!"

"Too expensive!" Kant said dissatisfiedly, "Five percent is enough for me to make the whole city..."

When he said this, he closed his mouth.

Obviously, money is no longer omnipotent here.

He only needs a little trick, a little money and a knife, and he can make the beautiful girls in the city wear cat ears and cat tails to meow in front of him, but he can't make them really become beast ears. .

Long Niang laughed arrogantly: "Stupid! You can show you those male dragons!"

Kant hummed: "Dragon Island also has a female dragon!"

Who knew that Lily didn't feel angry or dangerous at all. She grabbed the door and gently brushed her hair that fell like a waterfall. She looked at Kant with a half-smile, "But you just want to see me change, right?"

"—Beautiful!"

"Ahahaha blushing blushing!"

Regarding this point, Miss Dragon is already very confident.

With the blessing of Transfiguration, the beautiful skin can be trimmed and debugged. Looking at the entire Dragon Island, which giant dragon can have such a unique and interesting soul.

So Kant ran away in a huff.

Eat deflated, is to seek comfort.

"...so what have you been laughing at?"

Valentine, in the renovated City Lord's Mansion, Hong San asked in confusion.

Kant restrained his smile: "There are a lot of happy things recently, can't you just smile?"

"Yes." Hong San lowered his head to organize the book, "but it's better not to laugh like that in front of Princess Tina."

"…What's the meaning."

"Just a veiled and sincere admonition of loyalty from a retainer."

"…"

Kant guiltily changed the subject: "So, how are things going?"

"It didn't go well."

When talking about serious matters, Hong San quickly entered the state: "Valentine City's attitude did not hesitate to respond to support, but the attitudes of nobles and senior officials in other areas were extremely ambiguous. Anyway, our actions are actually It's splitting Goethe, they're conflicted, it's human nature."

Kant grasped the details in the retainer's words: "Ambiguous?"

"Yes, neither agreed nor opposed. They denounced Far Harbor and even Danfeng Lucerne for their criticism and riots against you, but they did not make a statement about their unequivocal allegiance to you."

Kant nodded and said, "Oh, whoever wins will they help."

"It can be said that, in the final analysis, humans are still creatures of interest." Hong San replied, "Benefits are time-limited. Although Your Highness has the grace to block the elf army and rescue the war zone, after the Battle of Valentine, the interests of The time limit has expired, and if you want them to surrender, there must be more interests."

"I don't necessarily want them to submit to me." Kant said lightly, "Sometimes accepting forced allegiance means long-term trouble, and it will be more troublesome to clean up in the future."

Hong San easily followed Kant's train of thought.

"But it's a good way to first accept and use them, and then gradually divide and weaken them. It is also a good way to cultivate new forces to compete with them."

He advised: "It's not a bad thing to properly attract some sensible nobles. At least at this stage, you can't expose your thoughts and concepts that are completely hostile to all noble classes... Otherwise, it will be a waste of time."

"That's right, then let the swaying people see my power again." Kant shrugged, "That is to say, although the Rocky Mountain Province where Valentine is located is not willing to follow me and Goethe Central openly Break up, but don’t dare to directly oppose and offend me, is that so?”

"Yes." Hong San nodded and said, "The biggest difference between them and the nobles from other places is that they saw the results and the scene of the fall of the forbidden spell with their own eyes, and the deterrence lasted longer and more real in their hearts."

"Then they are willing to provide me with food?"

"There must be willing and unwilling, isn't it better?"

"Yes." Kant laughed. "It's better."

He pulled up a chair and sat opposite Hong San: "How about my plan?"

After coming here, he talked to Hong San about the operations and methods of the past two days, Hong San praised it very much, and sincerely paid tribute to the lord.

"With His Highness's peerless martial power, you can't go wrong no matter what."

Hong San smiled and said, "The dignitaries of the Far Harbor intend to counter you with the food issue, which is essentially a political issue, but if you counterattack with equivalent means and solve it as an economic issue, it will not only dispel the anxiety of the mainland's aristocratic system , but also to further demonstrate strength and prestige.”

Kant crossed his legs and said, "What about Han Zezheng, you said that you should be cautious about accepting dogs. I think it's almost the same. This person can try to use it. If he has an R card, he will do the R card. Stars, that is the best thing - the loyalty and character issues, although I have observed it, but you have time to chat with him, and then help me find the bottom."

"I don't think it is necessary."

Hong San pursed his lips and said, "His Royal Highness's eyes on men have always been good."

Kant stared and said, "Why do you emphasize male characters? Are women not worthy of being seen by me? Or do I not deserve to be seen by women? Chilled, when will women and I stand up?"

"You'd better think about how to raise a lot of food."

Hong San thought for a while, then took out a blank piece of paper to write and draw.

"The enemy is trying to make a fuss about food supply. This trick is indeed vicious, and it is not an unsolved method. For example, controlling the city by force, announcing food rationing and purchasing restrictions, and selling food at a unified price, then they will do whatever they want, as long as our food supply is available. Stable, no problem."

Kant nodded.

This he cooked, food stamps, limited purchases, very sense of age.

"But the price of food in one city and one place is meaningless. The essence of this confrontation is that they are trying to challenge your prestige and reputation. The whole continent is watching, so not only have to win beautifully, but also make them lose tragically. Besides, , sending the army directly to take control of a Goethe city in essence will also make Goethe's native centrists uneasy, and no country's citizens will welcome a powerful aggressor."

Hong San poked the paper with the tip of his pen: "So it is wise to use economic means."

Kant got up and stood behind Hong San, looking at the piece of paper.

"They used means to prevent food transportation, artificially created food shortages, and triggered panic buying, thereby raising food prices and repeating a vicious cycle. The people will inevitably panic and even riot when they are hungry, which is enough to make His Highness's previous behavior of buying people's hearts all fall short. According to Common sense, we have to find a way to transport grain into the city, maintain supply, suppress grain prices, and stabilize people's hearts."

"So when we bring grain into the city, they will buy it at a high price, so that ordinary people continue to be unable to buy grain."

"They will take as much as we transport, until someone starves to death, until further turmoil and death occur, until His Highness is disgraced, or he chooses to negotiate."

"And that's our opportunity."

"Because their money is not unlimited."

Hong Sanlie listed a few figures: "When we collect a huge amount of food, there will be a situation where all the funds in their hands cannot eat the food in our hands, and then the price of the food will be reduced by us. If they are completely beaten, they are afraid of losses, and they will form panic selling, and then they will lose as much as they sell, and they will not even be able to sell at all..."

After a series of mental calculations, the staff retainers came up with a number.

"At 2.5, the funds estimated by the enemy are applied to the grain price at that time, and then we can get the grain they can buy at the grain price at that time, and then multiply it by 2.5, and that is the amount of grain that they can't eat no matter what. ...or more than they can handle psychologically."

"It's also the number that will allow us to secure a win."

"But the specific situation depends on the current situation in Yuangang. I don't know about this aspect."

He folded the piece of paper and handed it to Kant: "After your Highness goes back, you can take a side view and ask Han Zezheng if he has any consideration in this regard. If he can give me similar ideas and figures, it means that this person is worthy of use. , at least there is no problem in being responsible for the commercial and economic operation of a city.”

Kant took the paper and gave a thumbs up: "It's awesome, it's a great way to strategize and win thousands of miles."

Hong San smiled lightly: "Your Highness is wrong, this battle is still a good match. With the support of His Royal Highness's military force and divine skills, the advantage will be 70%. If you can't calculate the winner or loser, you won't be ashamed to see Master."

"That's why military advisors are important." Kant sighed, "With you by your side, you will feel a lot more at ease."

"Master, don't belittle yourself."

Hong San looked up at him: "You told Han Zezheng that story and encouraged him, but you didn't touch yourself. In fact, you are the same. Maybe you used to be ordinary and ordinary, but you have setbacks and **** battles along the way, and even today, your temperament, strength, intrigue and Wisdom is also growing, and now Kant is enough to make all countries fear and fear, only you, and you treat yourself as an ordinary teenager."

Kant was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Is that so?"

"Anyway, Your Highness is just doing it." Hong San also smiled, "As for Valentine, there are still some things that I have to discuss with some representatives. If necessary, I will invite His Highness to meet them, stable. Let's take a look at the heart and promise one or two, as for the Far Harbor battle, it will be up to His Royal Highness to take care of himself."

He reached out and made a please gesture.

"Now, it's time for you to go to Danfeng Lucerne and mobilize some food with Teddaril's relationship."

Kant said with disgust when he heard the words: "I guess the ball is useless. I only **** them a while ago, and now they can't even make trouble, how can they give me food."

"But it doesn't matter if you do it, it's only good, not bad."

Having said this, Hong San showed a mysterious smile.

"However, please make sure to emphasize to Her Royal Highness Tina that you have been to Valentine."

"…Um?"

"In this way, Her Royal Highness will not be concerned or pursued because of your occasional smirk."

"…"

Hong San's smile was calm and calm, as if seeing through everything.

"This is a loyal and sincere admonition from a subordinate."

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PS1: Update...a bit late again lately, write early tomorrow!