"Although it's just a plan, I'm still relieved that Theresa is so smart... But then again, what's the current status of the elves' "Webway"? "
"The 'Webway Project' you mentioned earlier? I remember the parliament has approved it. It is currently being built with Caparia as the core - but it will not be connected to the Roman Empire's webway."
"That's good... When the time comes, this industrial zone will have a dedicated network line, one end of the line will connect to the port, and the other end will connect to the mining area in our future territory... There will also be a line directly connected to Constantinople.
In this way, products can be quickly delivered to warehouses for storage and sale, raw materials can be delivered to factories across thousands of miles for production, and our workers can go to work in the morning and go home in the afternoon, even if they are dozens of kilometers away... Perfect."
"I have a feeling that the places where the "Internet Channel" is connected will become the most expensive areas in the future... Speaking of land prices, is Constantinople experiencing the same land price problems as the Roman Empire? Yang Hao?"
“Not yet.”
Yang Hao shook his head as he inspected the planned construction site ahead.
"After all, there are more houses than people in Constantinople now, and most people live in a good area close to the Purple Palace. But even so, there are still many vacant houses on that land...
You know, in peacetime, that's a city that can normally accommodate more than 20 million people. Although many city ruins have not been cleared, the overall capacity should only be more, not less."
"I can only say that, in a sense, it is indeed a dead city."
Fen's sigh made Yang Hao silent for a long time.
Then he sighed, as if to comfort himself, and as if he was full of confidence in the future:
"Don't say that. It's going to be okay. I promise..."
After all, the next period is a rare period of stability - although there is no way to restore the population of Bayer Zans to its former heyday, at least Yang Hao can make the now empty Constantinople bustling again little by little.
But having said that... the issue of land prices will probably become a top priority in the future.
How about letting the government set up a department to control land prices before that? It's better to have official regulation than to have no free market, right
Um…
Let's see if there is any lingering political power after we go back.
With this idea in mind, Yang Hao and others inspected the fields. After making sure that the crops they planted would have a good harvest in August this year, they returned to the Purple Palace at noon.
In Theresa's office, Theresa said that she had handled a lot of hard work today -
And there is indeed a person who calls himself Alexander on the floating continent. He brought a group of strange guys to visit and said that the queen of the Kingdom of Eden will come in person to confirm the various directions of future cooperation with the United Nations after rebuilding the city...
"To put it simply, I was almost stunned when I saw them. Those guys are magic puppets, right? But no matter how I look at them, they look just like ordinary people... How can they be as mysterious as you say?"
"Maybe it's because they changed into expensive non-wartime bodies?" Yang Hao scratched his head while eating snacks. "Elena said that their bodies have different functions according to the different production costs. The previous bodies were used to deal with demons, so they are simpler and more practical. The current bodies used for diplomatic work are probably more beautiful... or something like that?"
"Let me ask you this: Is Elena pretty?"
Theresa's sudden meaningful gaze made Yang Hao feel uneasy. But soon, this man who thought he had done nothing wrong just nodded and acknowledged Elena's beauty;
"It's as beautiful as a work of art. It feels to me like a doll carved by the best craftsmen. But this also means that the finishing technology of the Kingdom of Eden is very powerful... But speaking of this, I think our Oak Factory will also need to be remodeled in the future, right?"
"I was clearly talking to you about women, why did you have to switch to work?!"
"There's nothing I can do..."
Watching the two people quarreling, the elf who was caught in the middle like a daughter and had no say could only sigh and say, what exactly is going on with the renovation of the Oak Factory
The Regent, who had been playing around with Theresa for a while and almost had his clothes taken off by her, just smiled bitterly while embracing his angry wife:
"It's not a good idea to let the Oak Factory continue to produce low-end parts in the future... After all, Bayer's industry will be able to produce a large number of basic parts in the future. In order to cooperate with Bayer's industrialization, it is normal for the Oak Factory to choose to further improve the finishing capabilities of precision parts..."
"In simple terms, does it mean that we should pay more attention to the quality of our elves' oak trees?"
"You're right... Ouch! Theresa - don't bite my ear..."
"If you keep ignoring my feelings like this, I won't care about what I do next, okay?"
Looking at the elf in front of her with a gloomy face and the intention of taking off clothes, Theresa was frightened and could only puff up her cheeks and let it go, and obediently lowered her head to look at the work sheet in front of her so as not to cause trouble for Yang Hao.
After this incident, Yang Hao decided on his next plan...
He said that he would have to go to Caparia in person to confirm the next work issues, and said that if nothing unexpected happened, he would have to give Arthur the design specifications of a new weapon today... and if nothing unexpected happened, today's work would end in Caparia.
"Gaparia? Then wait for me to finish my work here and go over after dinner, okay?" Theresa patted the reports on the table. "I'm almost done with my work, and I have my staff and ministers to take care of other matters, so don't worry - we just have to go see little Anna before we leave. Little Anna misses you very much."
"I know. What about Natalia?"
"She started working after she became familiar with the laws of Bayerjans, right? But Bayerjans doesn't have any legal disputes right now, so her daily routine is just taking care of the children. Oh, and let's take Naruja over later. She wants to see her children, too."
"But can't they use their antlers to communicate over long distances?"
Yang Hao made a deer antler gesture on his head. Theresa just rolled her eyes, stretched out her hand and pinched Yang Hao's thigh hard, then she sighed:
"If you think this kind of spiritual communication can alleviate the physical longing, then we can use the magic mirror to look at each other's bodies from a distance and solve it ourselves, instead of making me lose my mind every night."
"I agree. I'll let you watch us do it in front of the mirror."
"Go to hell?! And I'm just metaphorically speaking, just a metaphor!"
Looking at the quarreling elf and his beloved wife.
Yang Hao smiled bitterly twice.
Realize that future family life may not be so peaceful.
Chapter 2: General-purpose machine gun and entering the body of Golem?!—8K
At noon, Yang Hao and the others finally decided to go to Gaparia before eating.
After all, wouldn't it be too pitiful if Naluga wasn't allowed to eat with her children
Moreover, they had already gone to Caparia. It had been a while since Theresa had eaten elven food. When she thought of the elven feast, she almost couldn't help drooling...
"Although I know that this is not good from my perspective as Basilisa... But before I became Basilisa, I was also a young woman who wanted to live a better life... Woohoo... When will I be able to eat the elves' delicacies in Bayerzas..."
Looking at the nun who was crying and pretending to complain in Yang Hao's arms, the elf tilted his head and said, if you just want the elf's chef and ingredients to come over, you can do it anytime, right
"But what I want more is that my people can eat these things anytime and anywhere... We can live better with our own efforts, not with the charity of you elves like Finn...
After all, we still have to maintain our national self-esteem. If we don’t even have national self-esteem, and Bayerjans becomes a Roman barbarian in the future, I really won’t have the face to meet my ancestors. I will even be so ashamed that I will commit suicide before meeting my ancestors…”
Seeing the nun's expression immediately change to one of concern for the country and the people, Finn just sighed and said, "Your people will not abandon you because of your needs," and then he didn't know what to say.
But Yang Hao was very clear. The reason why Theresa had to eat bran with the people in Constantinople was not only because as Basilisa she wanted to set an example of sharing weal and woe with the people, but more importantly, she hoped to restrain herself through this move...
Avoid becoming a ruler like Prince Gasson of the Roman Empire who only cares about pleasure but ignores actual responsibilities.
But after all, Theresa was just a poor nun before she became Basilisa... Although she has been working hard to grow.
But in the end, she was defeated by the food of peacetime. After all, she was still a girl who should have lived a bright life in Caparia under the sunshine...
If the Bayerjans hadn't come, maybe...
…
Yang Hao rubbed Theresa's white hair with heartache. Amid her dissatisfied moan, this little incident of satisfying Theresa's little willfulness came to an end.
They accompanied Theresa to handle the last government affairs of this morning. And in the process of handling government affairs, they discovered something worrying...
"What's going on here... Our people are actually spontaneously resisting the existence of the Romans?" Yang Hao stared at the paper in his hand and fell into deep thought.
"I remember that we haven't started to spread all the negative information about the Roman Empire yet? How come everything is fine and suddenly... it's like this?"
In Constantinople, many people have jointly requested the Purple Royal Family to reject all diplomatic actions related to the Roman Empire.
You know, it hasn’t even been a year since Bayerjans was reborn…
Their only contact with the Romans was when they attacked the western farm, and Yang Hao did not allow the soldiers to enter the city for investigation. What was going on
Theresa came over to take a look, then rummaged through the pile of processed documents for a long time before looking up at Finn and pouting angrily:
"This is the result brought about by the elves."
"Elves? Ah... that also says—"
"They are not elves who fought side by side, but old elves who came from the Elf Forest to reminisce about the past. Yang Hao, you know that elves have a long lifespan, right? In this case, there must be many ancestors of the Bayerzans who are related to a certain elf..."
"Even if the Bayerjans people haven't come to visit us in person, more and more elves have come to visit us on their own initiative recently."
"What's more, the half-elves have been active in both places... In this case, there will definitely be people from Bayerjans who will ask, 'We don't know what happened to the people we protected back then.'"
"Guess how the elves will defend Roman Barbarian?"
Theresa's statement made Yang Hao think.
Finn shrugged nonchalantly. "Of course we can curse them as harshly as we can, and we can curse them with facts - you can't expect the elves to forgive the Romans. Especially after it is clear that the Romans were the bastards who betrayed us back then, not to mention that the Romans are planning to invade us."
"How would the elves describe it?"
"The facts. Didn't I say, 'Facts are the most important'?" He must have told you how they treated the demons, how they ungratefully drove you away, how they hunted you down, how they ate people, how they were in internal strife, and how they were stupider than even a paramecium.
By the way, I guess some elves also told about St. Petersburg and the Church of Light, so it’s normal for the Bayerjans to be outraged…”
To the Byzantines who were immersed in past memories, the Roman Empire was the barbarians they once protected behind their backs.
As a result, these barbarians not only stabbed themselves in the back, but also stabbed the holy city that was extremely sacred to the Bayerjans...
This is simply a crime worthy of death!
And to the current Bayerjans, Yang Hao is the founding father of Bayerjans. Their Purple Royal Family is now the de facto... ahem, male owner.
Not only did they know that their founding father was almost betrayed and killed in that barbarian country, but the barbarians also destroyed all the reforms that even the Bayer people could see as valuable? They even did not spare doctors and teachers
Are you fucking sick?!
Under the influence of various emotions, those Bayerjans who had communicated with the elves all showed indignation on their faces.
They jointly wrote a letter to the Purple Royal Family requesting them to reject all diplomatic activities related to the Roman Empire. In addition to declaring war, they even put forward the slogan of "We want land but not people"...
How to say it…
"It's in line with our expectations... After all, we really want the land, not the people... Now it saves us the effort of publicity, well, this is indeed a good thing..."
Yang Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Besides feeling warm in his heart, he also thought that his people were so lovable.
"We have to prevent the war sentiment from rising further. After all, this is a period of peace that we have finally achieved... If we don't work hard to develop our crops and continue to fight, we will end up collapsing..."
"So what are you going to do? The elves will cooperate, okay?" The little elf smiled and kicked Yang Hao's calf.
"But - don't expect the elves to forget the hatred. We may compromise, but we will never forget the hatred."
"So this is why the elves made Arthur so miserable? Never mind... For now, let's publicly announce next week that we reject all diplomatic actions with the Roman Empire.
Then, we can come up with a slogan and policy to promote development, and finally, through economic support and planning, we can encourage everyone to have more children as soon as possible... How about that?"
"The royal family cannot fail to set an example."
"What can I do?"
Yang Hao shrugged.
"That's right, what the hell can I do? I can't get pregnant, that's all. Are you planning to cut me open, put a baby in there, and then sew it up again?"
Theresa also shrugged, but for some reason her suggestion always gave Yang Hao a strange sense of déjà vu...
Everyone just looked at each other, at a loss, and for a moment they felt a little awkward because of Teresa's analogy...
After a while, Fin, with a strange look in his eyes for some reason, raised his hand and said, should they go find Naluga first, and then go to Japaria's place for lunch after work
"Isn't there one last job?"
"You said you'd deal with it in a week, so it's okay to review it tonight, right? Come on, Theresa, let's go. Ignore this man who's still trying to figure out how to work..."
As a last resort, Yang Hao had to give up his last job related to public opinion resistance to the Roman Empire and chose to go out with his two wives to look for Naluga.
He placed Nalujia in the guest room yesterday, and no one knew where she went today.
However, on the way to find Naluga, the presiding judge, who was not with Anna, met Yang Hao and others first.
She was surprised that Yang Hao and his group were active at this time, and asked Yang Hao and his group if they saw Anna and her guards passing by.
"No, we didn't see Anna or her guards - what's going on?"
Faced with the surprise of Yang Hao and others, Natalia just sighed and said that Anna seemed to be becoming more and more unbehaved recently.
"She doesn't want to go to class anymore... She's been hoping that you'll have time to go out with her, but I've never given Anna a chance to act coquettishly with you, considering your important responsibilities...
So this is... Sigh. I don't know what to say... Your Majesty, if you have time, can you help her with some counseling
After all, I can’t assume the role of a “father” anyway? She may not even know why she is studying now…”
Natalia's sigh was indeed within Yang Hao's expectations.
After all, this is a common contradiction among adults. If you pick up a sword, you can't hug your lover, but if you put down the sword, you may lose your lover.
Yang Hao chose to pick up the sword, so naturally he would probably ignore Anna's feelings...