Chapter 850: Conversation between nobles

Sitting in the pavilion in the garden, Lorrain Hill listened to them talking

about the current situation of the empire without a word. Although they were

not talking about secrets and major events, she felt that these people were

not the usual mediocre nobles.

The few people invited by Earl Howard this time were indeed extraordinary.

These extraordinary accessories that seem to have the ability to hide aura, to

many outsiders, still feel that they are still in Sequence 5, not very out of

the ordinary. It's just that such a method is of no use to Lorrain Hill.

Lorraine Hill blinked his eyelashes slightly, perceiving that the strengths of

these people around him were all above Sequence 6, and they were only about 20

depending on their age. Such strength, even in the East, was the top group.

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Regardless of the complicated intrigue, Lorrain Hill's purpose in this trip is

not to engage in a conspiracy struggle, she just wants to know more about the

possible choices of these elite aristocrats in the future.

"The empire is very unstable now. Sometimes business is not easy to do, and

there is not much peace along the way."

"Does little Lacey have such troubles too. Haha, or I will lend you a cavalry

team of our family, you only need to pay the usual support salary, how about

it?" Du Xiu, the lazy young nobleman, at this time Take the initiative to

speak, seemingly like Lorrain Hill a bit.

"Uh... this is still not necessary, thank Master Duxiu." Lorrain Hill replied

in a low voice.

"Why, I'm afraid I can't afford it, haha, in this case, I can exempt little

Lacey's commission for half a year. Don't underestimate this cavalry of our

family, they are all good players of Sequence 4 and above. "

Although Du Xiu looked very casual and lazy, unlike any powerful characters,

he could casually call an elite team of more than a hundred people, showing

that his family background and strength were extraordinary. The transcendents

of Sequence 4 are not everywhere. They are among the elite today. Some small

towns can even say that Sequence 4 is the strongest existence.

"I understand, but I still want to solve these problems on my own. After all,

I can't rely on others for this kind of thing again and again. If I get used

to it now, I will suffer in the future." Lorrain Hill shook his head again.

"Little Lacey really doesn't look like a businessman. Those merchants I know

want to lend more money, expand the scale, and buy more goods to make more

money." Rosella sighed at this moment. At first, she heard that her father

invited a business lady to come over, and her heart was unavoidably displeased

and contemptuous. Originally, it was a meeting she had made with her friends,

and suddenly she stepped in with a stranger. After not wanting to talk and get

along for a while, she had a lot of affection and affection for this girl who

looked slightly younger than herself.

I came out to take care of the Chamber of Commerce at a young age, and I was

running around, so I must have suffered a lot. A beautiful face is indeed a

kind of wealth, but if there is no corresponding position in the empire, it

will be a kind of trouble. It's no wonder that she is thinking about attending

the gathering of nobles, and it is estimated that she also wants to take

advantage of this to expand her reputation and strengthen more people to

increase her own safety.

Thinking of this, the depression in Rothera's heart dissipated in an instant,

and he intentionally or unintentionally helped Lorrain Hill to know these

companions.

"Miss Lacey is very strong. A girl like you is rare now." Luther leaned

against the pillar, and then turned back to comment. He was the most

indifferent among the few people.

"Well, how about we help Lacey find a few instructors and train those guards,

which can be considered a help." Rothera suggested at this time.

"It's simple. I know a lot of retired military officers, and I'm worried about

nothing to do. After all, the war is over." Luther agreed casually.

"Why did Luther take the initiative at this time, do you like Little Lace

too?" Du Xiu said jokingly at this time.

"Heh, did I just act lightly and didn't let you settle down." Luther glanced

at Du Xiu and quarreled a few more words. Although they seem to be at odds,

the two seem to have a good relationship.

After that, Lorraine Hill and several people slowly talked about the reasons

for the poor public security, and several people also talked about their own

ideas.

"After all, the war was lost." Du Xiu took a strawberry on the table and threw

it into his mouth, chewing and talking casually.

"If you win the Xuehua Seven Kingdoms and expand the land a lot, any problem

will be solved."

"It's like now, food is always stuttering."

"In fact, the food output is still enough. When I was studying at the Royal

Academy, scholars said that the empire had a lot of food, after all, with the

help of the forest elves." Rosella picked up her hair and recalled.

"But there is also a lot of loss, and the things produced may not be eaten by

people." Fa Xin'er was aside, rarely speaking. This mysterious girl with black

hair and black dress is the least talkative among the few people.

"Just like logistics supplies in a war, 100 kilograms of grain is transported

from the place of production to the front-line soldiers. I am afraid that only

10 kilograms will be left, and 90% of it will be lost on the road." She sighed

and said helplessly.

"Is it so scary?" Du Xiu felt surprised, he had never cared about this.

"That's it." Luther nodded at this moment.

"My grandfather has told me these things since I was young, and logistical

supplies have always been the most important thing in wars."

"The reason for the empire's late defeat was not only because of the

extraordinary alchemy weapons encountered on land, but also because the supply

lines on the water were cut off by the Southern Islands."

"You need to know that water transportation is much more convenient and faster

than road transportation. At least 70% loss on land, and perhaps only 2-3%

loss at sea." The aristocratic youth who came from a general said his views.

"Food is something that is easily broken, bugs, fires, stains, molds, soaks

and so on. You haven't been on the battlefield. I don't know how difficult it

is to supply the front line." Luther shook his head.

"Not to mention that some people have taken corruption from it." He added

another sentence.

"At present, many aristocrats and merchants in the country are storing grain,

and some prefer not to sell it, but have to accumulate some in the cellar to

be at ease."

"But in this case, the civilians below will be very difficult." Lorrain Hill

sighed softly.

"Little Lacey is really kind, but that's no way." Rothera held the girl's

hand.

"It's impossible for everyone to live as comfortable a life as a nobleman. It

has been like this for thousands of years." She comforted Lorrain Hill.

"Huh, that's it. Too much sympathy, but life is very tiring. Every day in the

world, people are dying. Just live your own life if you care about it." Du Xiu

also said.

"Miss Lacey will gradually get used to it in the future. This is just the norm

in the world." Luther also said.

Looking at the appearance of the few people present who didn't care, Lorrain

Hill also slowly felt that he was incompatible with the people of this era.

Maybe they are the normal performance. According to historical records in this

era, famine is a common occurrence, and starvation of the low-level people is

also a sparse and common occurrence, and it is not worth paying attention to.

The nobles live in stable castles and don't have to worry about these, and

they are also used to buying large amounts of land and population with food

during famine, so as to expand their wealth.

"If it's Lexi, what do you want to do." Fa Xin'er said at this moment, and the

black-haired figure with black eyes sat quietly, quietly and mysteriously.

"If it is me, I still hope everyone can live a good life."

"However, Lacey. People's hearts will not be satisfied. Their desire will

continue to spread, and you will never be able to feed them." Fa Xin'er

lightly shook her head, and the hairband on the side of her ears also swayed.

"In the early days of the empire, the land was abundant, and food was

abundant. It was indeed a very beautiful era."

"But time will always pass slowly, more and more people will gradually fill in

all places, and one day the limit of the empire will be broken, and then

famine and disaster will win."

"Famine and disasters are very annoying and unpleasant, but they are also

their existence, which reduces the population and allows others to live." The

black-haired girl explained from another angle.

"Fa Xin'er is still so sensible and intelligent, she is indeed a wise raven."

Rothera said in admiration.

"I'm just talking about common and realistic things, not smart." Fa Xin'er

shook her head and replied modestly.

"However, there are other ways to solve the problem. It is still too rude to

let famine and disaster reduce the population." The girl shook her head. She

had a lot of thoughts in her heart, but it was not easy to explain at the

moment.

"It's ideal, little Lacey." Rothera picked up an apple, wiped it clean with a

towel, and put it in Lorrain Hill's hand.

"The hand is only so big, we can only hold an apple."

"So, don't think about it so much, just eat the apple in your hand. As for

other people and things, you don't have to worry about it."

After that, a few people ended this topic, and slowly started talking about

other things, some of which were popular trends recently, some of which

aristocratic alchemy workshops made interesting gadgets, and some of whom were

so and so and so and so and so on. Class topic.

Slowly, the sky darkened. After having dinner with a few people in the

mansion, Lorrain Hill waved goodbye and left the earl's mansion in a carriage.

In the night, the exquisite elven wind carriage gradually disappeared at the

intersection, and the sound of the wheels turning slowly disappeared.

Earl Howard and his daughter turned around and walked towards the brightly lit

pavilion.

"How about it, Miss Lacey." He asked his daughter.

"A very good child, it feels like a young lady who is not deeply involved in

the world but reads a lot, and is not like a businessman's daughter at all."

Rothera commented on Lorrain Hill.

"Why do you say that?" Howard looked at the front and shook his head slightly.

"She knows a lot and is smart, but sometimes she is too ideal."

"Do you think she had a close understanding of the life of the bottom people?"

Howard asked again.

"This..... I think, maybe I have known it before. The situation she

occasionally mentioned seems to be quite true."

"Since you said she was very smart and had a real understanding of the

reality, why do you think she is so ideal?" Howard asked again.

"Because she is a girl with such a personality, it is very pitiful and cute."

A smile appeared on the corner of Rothera's mouth.

"Perhaps this is what she wants you to think." The Count Lord turned around.

"Her life experience is not simple. The chamber of commerce was temporarily

established. There was no trace before. There has never been a Lagertis

Chamber of Commerce in the empire. If she said she inherited her father's

inheritance, where did the wealth come from? "

"All the members of the caravan have been recruited in recent months, and the

goods are not known where they come from. Everything is like a fog."

"Is that so? Doesn't that mean that she has been lying to me." Rosella

squeezed the silk scarf in her hand, a little unbelievable.

"But it can't be said to be completely false." Howard shook his head.

"Fortunately, the pendant in her hand was indeed given by Princess Athesi. I

have just received news from the Emerald Forest recently that the princess who

went to the east has finally returned."

"Combining the date and itinerary, she should have returned with Princess

Athesi, so that the identity of the merchant can make sense."

"Huh, in this case, it can actually be understood. Girls have to protect

themselves outside." Hearing this, Rothera breathed a sigh of relief and

helped Lorrain Hill nonchalantly defend.

"Oh, you, it's still too easy to believe in a person's appearance." Howard

patted his daughter, and the two figures slowly entered the building and

disappeared.

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On the way back, Lorrain Hill leaned against the car window thinking.

The few people I met in a few days should be the elite aristocrats in the

empire who are about to take over the real power. They are indeed different

from those who have fun at the banquet.

In general, these few people are not bad, they are even better and better.

However, it was precisely because of their excellence that Lorrain Hill was

gradually disappointed.

Because even these nobles with rich knowledge and insights don't care about

the famine and disasters of the bottom people in the empire, those indulgent

dwarf nobles can't even count on it.

The power of habit is really powerful. Powerful enough that people can face

these cold scenes indifferently.

Lorrain Hill, who grew up in the modern era of stability, naturally retains

many values and worldviews from previous lives. In her opinion, it is cruel

and uncomfortable to starve people to death by seeing famine and not treating

them.

But in the eyes of today's people, these are just sparse and ordinary things,

what is worth sorrowing. For the nobles, those are no more than strangers who

are far away, they have not even seen it, and naturally they will not be sad.

As for the rebellion, it is just a small fight. This is a world with

extraordinary power. Those poor people who have no knowledge and power are

destined to be unable to defeat the nobles.

However, the times have changed after all.

After finishing the thoughts in his mind, Lorrain Hill slowly sat upright in

the carriage, looking at the rows of orange lights passing by outside the

window.

An empire that relies on individual strength and a small number of elites will

eventually face the huge impact brought by the wave of industrialization, and

even the most intelligent and knowledgeable group of people in the empire

today still does not realize this slowly walking gray rhinoceros. .

Relying on self-reform within the empire, it seems that it will not work.

Their cognition and values will not agree with the statement of equality.

And even if it imitates the industrial model of Crancia, it is estimated that

it is organizing the poor to carry out superficial labor. UU reading

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Real industrialization requires universal education, training a large number

of workers with good cooperation and self-consciousness, a good and fair

social order to ensure the circulation of resources and the smooth progress of

commercial activities, and sufficient food production to liberate people from

the fields and enter factory.

But none of these empires can do it.

One, they want to maintain the stability of the nobility, and they are

unwilling to spread knowledge and extraordinary power to many civilians.

Second, they will conservatively seize the products and resources of their

respective fiefdoms, and set up cards at all levels, so that trade will become

a weapon for them to coerce and manipulate merchants, and hinder the expansion

and progress of the industry in a disguised form, so merchants naturally dare

not take risks to avoid In case of material out-of-stock that may happen at

any time. Because they cannot sue the nobles, nor can they restrain the

nobles. It is too difficult for such a society to accumulate and develop

industry.

Third, there is no incentive to increase food production urgently, but instead

hope to profit from scarcity. As a result, a large number of civilians are

still trapped in the fields, and there is no opportunity for wealth, and there

is no leisure to learn and grow.

After staying in the imperial capital Titanya for a while, Lorrainhill finally

slowly outlined the thoughts and opinions of the upper-class nobles of the

empire.

Is this the power of the times? Even the smartest group of people in the

empire is limited by the past and vision, making it difficult to see the

future.

Maybe I shouldn't have hope for this from the beginning, I still have to learn

from history and carry out a thorough overthrow and reform.

Only if this is the case, it will trigger turmoil and war, and let many people

disappear in the flames of war.

The girl in the carriage looked out the window blankly, her mind flooded with

thoughts, and the fluke in her heart slowly extinguished.

It's time to leave here.

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