For Gao Wen, whether to accept those exiled by the Church of the Holy Light is actually a question that does not need to be considered. For the Cecil Territory, which is undergoing rapid development and is full of new orders from beginning to end, any group of people in this era After being put into it, they must be polished into qualified parts of this industrial machine in the shortest possible time. No matter whether you were a believer, a nobleman, a businessman, or a slave, the first thing you do after entering Cecil is to face the buffer. camp, and then undergo a long period of indoctrination and transformation, work in factories, attend classes in barracks, and grow into a glorious and qualified Cecil citizen on the territory...
This is an era when various means of publicity and education are slow and backward. The impact of Cecil's industrial system and education system on the aborigines of this era is extremely powerful, and the identities of these aborigines before entering the territory... For this area As far as the land is concerned, it doesn't really matter.
Or in other words, any aborigines in this era are actually unqualified for the magic industrial society. Since everyone needs to be transformed and educated before they can be useful, the difference between everyone is only limited to how fast or slow the transformation is. problem.
Of course, admitting those exiled pagan believers might indeed bring some additional troubles, which Gawain had also thought about.
The Church of the Holy Light may make moves, and may spread some rumors in areas where they have a strong influence, but no matter what, these troubles are within the scope of Gawain's acceptance. The southern region is not dominated by the Church of the Holy Light, so the church's slander and restrictions are at most turbulent in the Holy Spirit Plain, and in the face of Gawain Cecil's natural prestige, the church's slander and rumors do not dare to make too much publicity. Let's take a step back and say that even if those fanatical believers of the Holy Light really resist the Cecil Territory, so what
Gao Wen's future plans were destined to conflict with the stubborn forces in the Holy Spirit Plain...
Pastor Wright left, and left with the caravan on the territory. This pastor will return to the place where he started his mission or was originally exiled, to witness with his own eyes what the priests of the Holy Light want to do.
And more people are pouring into this brand new land of Cecil Territory.
As the weather continues to get warmer, the water level of the Baishui River rises with the injection of snowmelt from the snowy mountains. More and more large merchant ships appear on the river. At the same time, land transportation is gradually reactivated. The north-south highway (connecting the main city of Cecil and Kant area) and the east-west highway (built along the Baishui River, connecting the main city of Cecil and Tanzania) are in constant communication. They transport a steady stream of raw materials into this place and at the same time There is also a steady stream of people.
Through overt or covert methods, Cecilland has earned a huge amount of wealth from alchemy potions, mining equipment, and magic net technology, and these wealth are consumed at an alarming rate and transformed into production materials and industrial population. the land. In the beginning, the gold coins received by the territory every day made Heidi, who is the "big steward", tremble endlessly. After seeing the gold coins spent by the territory every day, her heart trembled even more. , she was finally able to face these numbers calmly, and recognized what Gao Wen said:
Growth is change, moving money is real wealth, and gold coins piled up in castles are nothing but shiny piles of metal.
Traditional nobles are used to accumulating wealth. They use various means to plunder gold and silver and always accumulate them in the castle, or replace them with more expensive things and accumulate them in the treasury. Hetty once believed that this is the right way for the family to accumulate wealth. means, but now she finally understands that spending gold coins is sometimes the way to grow wealth faster...
On the dock square, on the high port watchtower, Gao Wen, who came to inspect, was looking down at a group of people in rags moving slowly on the west side of the square. Syl soldiers controlled order from the sidelines.
An hour ago, an extremely large wooden boat docked, and hundreds of people came out of the cabin. According to intelligence, these people are exiles from the western region. Since last autumn, Tanzan Township has been selling mining equipment as a middleman After giving the aristocratic territories with mines in the west, a large number of mine laborers and slave laborers lost their homes. Advanced mining equipment can replace hundreds of thousands of manual laborers, and civilians in this era have almost no " Therefore, where the mining equipment is sold, the miners there will collectively go bankrupt in large numbers, and the lords and nobles of this era will not support excess population: in terms of their productivity, everyone who is not The people who work are all free mouths. Without a sound industrial system in their own territory, they have no way to convert these surplus population into productivity, so the only option is to expel the extra people.
These people are the "raw material" for the further expansion of Cecil's magic industry, but before that, Gawain must remind the people around him.
He tilted his head slightly, and told Hetty who was standing beside him: "In the near future, the security of the buffer camp will be increased, and all the new immigrants will be scattered and placed in different camps. In addition, arrange a group of people who have already worked in the factory for a while." The old immigrants from time to time went to the camps as "life mentors" and told the new immigrants the benefits of working in factories and living in the territory. Finally, the territory must be prepared and the work, residence, and education of each immigrant should be arranged in advance."
"Yes," Hetty nodded in response, but then asked, "Are you worried that so many people will cause trouble?"
"The large number of people is not the main reason, the important reason is that they just lost their jobs," Gao Wen said with a serious expression, "Unlike the refugees we accepted in the past, most of the people who came to the territory recently lost their jobs because of 'machines' .”
"... They came here with hatred?" Hetty was very smart and quickly realized, "Will they hate Cecil?"
"No, according to the knowledge and courage of most common people in this era, they will never, and dare not, hate the lord and the land of the lord, but they will hate the machines that cause them to lose their jobs. This kind of hatred is blind, but it is The only outlet they can think of,” Gao Wen explained, “These people don’t understand Cecilland. They came to this land to find a way out, but they certainly never thought that they were going to deal with machines. We must It’s good to guide in advance.”
"Yes, I understand," Hetty lowered her head slightly, "but is this kind of guidance enough?"
"Enough is enough. These people are not mobs. They came to this land only to survive. As long as survival is guaranteed, then the hatred for machines will easily disappear," Gao Wen said lightly, "But in other places The situation is different for those places that only know about the introduction of mining equipment but have not thought about the follow-up problems."
Hetty fell into deep thought immediately because of Gawain's words, while Gawain raised his head and looked towards the window of the observation deck.
A figure emerged from the air and turned into a petite girl. Amber jumped over the window sill like a nimble swallow, landed lightly in front of Gao Wen, raised her hand and handed over a small scroll: "Information!"
Gawain took the things Amber handed over and looked at the window sill behind him, but finally he didn't hold back: "You have turned over the windows of the watchtower! You don't think it's hard to climb up such a high wall?!"
Amber was not ashamed but proud: "For a shadow master like me, if there is a shadow in the cracks in the bricks outside your tower, I can climb up along the cracks."
Gao Wen didn't pay attention to this guy anymore, he just opened the scroll casually, and the content on it came into his sight:
The Duke of Loren in the East has recalled more than half of the high-ranking knights in the territory... A messenger from the direction of Winter Wolf Castle has entered the territory of Ansu...
This is a piece of information from the Eastern Territory. It is the latest news that the military intelligence bureau spies who entered the Eastern Territory along with the merchant group after Cecil's alchemy and pharmacy merchant group finally extended their channels into the Eastern Territory.
Gao Wen rubbed his hands, and the note was turned into ashes in his hands, blowing away with the wind.
"It seems that the kings and emperors on both sides have already dealt with their domestic stalls..."
Hetty also saw the contents of the note just now, and couldn't help asking: "The negotiation is finally about to start?"
"That's right, but it won't affect the Cecil Territory," Gawain nodded, and then said with a faint smile, "Neither our king nor Typhon's emperor should wish to have any conflicts in such a negotiation." An old ancestor is guiding me not because I have no right to speak on the issues of these two countries, but because I have too much right to speak, so much more than they are qualified to speak. So let them make their own troubles, and we develop Ours is fine."
Ansu East Territory, the land guarded by the Luolun family, Changfeng Fortress.
Silas Lauren, Duke of the East, stood on the high city wall, looking at the vast plain east of the city wall.
The snow has melted for more than ten days, and there are still dots of white dotted on the Great Plains, and some new greenery is another embellishment besides white, the white snow that is about to melt and the green grass that is blooming Appearing together on this yellow-brown land, it seems like the handover of cold winter and warm spring.
This made Duke Silas Loren couldn't help thinking about what was about to happen on this plain. In a sense, the two countries ended the century-long tense confrontation and re-signed a peace agreement. It's Chunlai's handover.
With such thoughts in mind, Duke Laurent turned his gaze to the distance, and in that far away place, he could vaguely see a city that was being built.
That is the place prepared for negotiations located in the buffer area of the border, the "balance point" where the border fortresses of the two countries can directly take care of, directly attack, and directly protect. Regardless of the cost, a "contracting fort" will be built there to serve as a negotiating venue for the leaders of the two countries, and it will remain as a symbol of peace between the two countries for a long time.
Apparently, the two countries building a new castle together, rather than negotiating in any of the fortresses they already have, may appear to be a symbol of peace, but in fact it is a sign of lack of trust.
But it doesn't matter, the negotiation is a foregone conclusion.