novelraw #174 - Section 174
#174 - Section 174
This empire trusts him, and he can't keep running away and retreating, right?
Let's see me create a wave of futuristic promises for them.
Chapter 152: The Prosperous Age He Idealizes
Deep in the Kamburg Desert, seventy kilometers east of Sirena City, a new city is being built on the edge of an oasis.
In the storage area where caravans of different races bring in large quantities of supplies, a petite girl with long purple hair meticulously copies and checks various information in a notebook.
If the Night Watch were here, they would be surprised by the girl's identity. The beloved daughter of the former Duke of Nakanidon is now wearing simple clothes with a clear orcish style, working so earnestly.
This girl is none other than Cornelia Kanidon, who fled to the Elven Empire with her father, only to have her family robbed of all their food by Tasika on the way.
The Duke of Nakanidon has become an immortal sacred fire in the Temple of the Stars, but the empire is too lazy to accept his family and children.
Tasika is not the kind of cruel queen who likes to kill entire families, and she also heard Roger talk about the soul-crushing lamp post plan during online chats.
So, she ultimately chose to respect the last wish of the Duke of Nakanidon and sent people to take his family and servants to the Elven Empire.
As for this group of already quite poor people, the quality of their lives in the Elven Empire is no longer within the concern of the new Orc Queen.
She's just helping Charles find amusement, not really sympathizing with these noble ladies and young masters.
The slow pace of life, luxurious material enjoyment, and rich entertainment activities of the Elven Empire have always been recognized and yearned for by the upper classes of all races, but all of this enjoyment is based on economic foundations.
As the oldest race on the continent, and self-proclaimed the most elegant, elves have always been arrogant.
With money, you can enjoy everything in the Elven Empire. Poor people living there won't be much better than in other countries, and may even be worse...
If you're not an elf, don't believe in the God of Nature, and can't provide enough immigration investment, you may not even have the most basic human rights.
Elven arrogance is never reasonable. Wealthy outsiders will be discriminated against even if they contribute gold coins, let alone poor people who want to earn a living there.
Hey, I'm afraid they'll get a lot of contemptuous looks, right?
Of course, because the Orc Kingdom is in ruins and the level of education is worse than the empire, there is an urgent need for labor that can read and do accounts.
So, Terra also extended an olive branch to humans who are willing to stay and work in the desert.
This is also a way to slowly ease the hatred between orcs and the empire. As long as there is communication, relations will usually get better and better.
Earning money isn't shameful.
However, to Tasika's surprise, few of the servants in this group of captives were willing to stay in the Orc Kingdom. Instead, Cornelia, the young lady, wanted to stay in the desert.
Tasika personally met with this talented magic girl: "Your servants think the desert is too desolate and the orcs are too barbaric. There is no future in staying here. I need a reason why you chose us."
Cornelia was very calm: "Is it because it's closer to the empire here?"
Tasika looked at her like, do you really think I'm a big stupid bear?
Cornelia spread her hands and had to say: "Okay, I can see that you are working for the empire. If possible, I hope to return to the empire one day."
Tasika did not refute her guess. She personally sent the Duke of Nakanidon back to the empire, so she definitely couldn't escape her own daughter's eyes.
It's just that as the daughter of a traitor to the empire, she wants to achieve the goal of returning to the empire by joining the Terra Orc Kingdom...
This is indirect patriotism, but is this too indirect?
Moreover, the empire and herself can be regarded as her father's enemies.
Tasika felt that Cornelia was too calm, and her expression became more serious: "Even if you are unable to avenge your father, it is not convincing to serve us in turn."
"From the moment he betrayed his loyalty because of greed, death was inevitable..." Cornelia said firmly, but sadness was still unavoidable in her eyes.
After all, that was her father. Even if he did something wrong, he loved her for more than ten years. No matter how deep the noble family is, there is still affection.
However, the last message that the Duke of Nakanidon left to the whole family was not to seek revenge.
What's more, although she used to be just a young lady who enjoyed life, it doesn't mean that she will always be like that.
From the beginning of her escape, she quickly grew up, intelligently and rationally realizing that the sudden decline of her family was inseparable from her father's wrong choice.
Secretly paying attention and inquiring, she basically figured out what the Duke of Nakanidon had done.
She knew that he had hoarded grain and wanted to take the opportunity to turn over, and also discovered that he had been in contact with the Tianming Army.
The magical makeup palette that tricked her into signing a soul contract was because of her father's secret contact with Xia Ti that it flowed into the Nakanidon Villa.
So, she exposed Roger's strength, which led to the Duke of Nakanidon taking the lead in forcing the Yongye Empress to abdicate, and then becoming a victim of the Empress's centralization of power...
The culprit was still himself?
Fate is so wonderful.
"In fact, I agree more with Her Majesty the Queen's ideas, and the assistance of Lord Charles. I believe that the empire will become the strongest country in the world. I don't want to repeat my father's mistakes and miss the opportunity."
In other words, if you go to the Elven Empire, you won't be able to hold your thighs.
Cornelia knew that if she wanted to stay here, she had to pass Tasika's approval, so she didn't hide anything and told all her thoughts openly.
Anyway, her family has completely declined and come to a conclusion, and these are no longer secrets.
Tasika spoke sincerely and nodded gently: "The Queen is an unprecedentedly great monarch, and Lord Charles is even more concerned about the well-being of the people. Their cooperation can indeed create an unprecedented prosperous age..."
"Do you also agree with my ideas?" Cornelia looked at Tasika in surprise.
She had been pondering these ideas in her heart all the time, and she didn't dare to tell anyone around her. She secretly made the decision to stay in the desert while hiding it from her family.
Unexpectedly, Tasika, the Orc Queen, understood her in an instant, and seemed to understand her even more deeply. She couldn't control the surprise of meeting a confidant.
"Of course, because I heard Lord Charles talk about the country he idealizes and have been working hard for it."
Tasika also suddenly became interested in talking and told Cornelia about her conversations with Roger, without involving confidential parts.
These theoretical things - which would usually be called delusions in this era - are generally not believed by people.
But Cornelia is different. She jumped out of the empire to see the changes in the empire, but she can see more than people in the game.
She believes that the grand blueprint described by Roger does have the possibility of being realized.
"Sure enough, Lord Charles is an extraordinary person!" Cornelia thought of the handsome young man she had seen at the ball and found that not only was he handsome, but his thoughts were also so profound and surpassed the times.
"Of course, the Lord's ideas have always guided me forward!"
Tasika said proudly and also agreed to Cornelia's request to stay in the Terra Kingdom and serve.
She kind of likes this peer who can discuss Lord Charles with her...
No matter how loyal those orc subordinates are, it's not easy to praise an empire person, especially an empire person who sniped the orc coalition, with them. The Queen's face is not easy to use.
So, the Roger Support Association - Terra Branch was initially established, with Tasika as the president and Cornelia as the secretary.
There are two major topics on a daily basis:
First, what does the prosperous age that Lord Charles idealizes look like.
Second, Lord Charles is so handsome!
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Empire, Capital of Mysteries, Civilian District.
Roger never imagined that he would have such a high prestige in the Qing Teng Empire and have gained so much trust from ordinary people.
Although this trust is borrowed from the Yongye Queen's East Wind, first the Queen has unconditional trust in him, which will change the Empire's view of him.
It's like an unknown small brand that hires top-tier endorsements and quickly becomes known.
But in the end, it still depends on the quality of the product, and Roger has also done many extraordinary things in practice.
Whether it was a coincidence, or a whim, or to save the country, or the ideal picture he had in his heart...
It has been a long process from an ordinary person to the present. The coincidence of fate and the original motivation are no longer verifiable.
The good news is that the current situation is not bad?
He can't even remember when he started to identify with this empire and was willing to treat it as his other world hometown.
With the full support of a powerful and enlightened emperor, they are finally overcoming internal and external troubles and putting the country on the fast track to becoming stronger.
He thought he would just build this country silently, but he didn't expect the people here to be more simple than he expected.
With just a little bit of dawn, they will repay them with ten times the gratitude and a hundred times the effort, and share the love that once belonged exclusively to the Yongye Queen with him.
And not just a little bit, but a lot, so much that Roger felt guilty and thought that it completely exceeded the lethal dose of gratitude he had done.
He wanted to sincerely shout, what virtue and ability do I have...
It can only be said that the lives of the empire's people are too difficult, but they are not stupid. They can still tell who is sincere and who is fishing for fame.
If the feelings of home and country are used well, it will not only be militarism that cannot be stopped, but also the magnificent scene of enduring hunger and building a new Qing Teng can be expected.
Compared with these people, some of the guys in modern times who are fed too full by the Grand Druid grandfather are really troublemakers.
They yearn for the outside, curse their own home, and then act shamelessly and curse others for taking advantage of them, making many places smoggy.
With them as a comparison, Roger couldn't help but feel that these empire people who ran away from a Tianming army and shouted long live were cute:
They are too simple and too easy to satisfy.
Being kidnapped by such a heart, he is willing!
He looked back at the Yongye Queen. He thought that this scum Queen was not stupid and could probably see through these relationships, but she was still moved by them.
This is why she fulfills the responsibilities of an emperor day and night, right?
Those heavy trusts will indeed make people suffocate.
But this feeling of being trusted and needed is really good!
Roger turned his gaze back and looked down at the cheering crowd, the number of people made him dizzy.
But when he made a decision, he no longer had the initial nervousness and fear.
He showed a confident and extremely friendly smile, and his voice amplified by magic spread throughout the audience:
"Thank you for your support of the Night Watch. We are just a newly established organization. We have done some things during this period and have achieved some results, but it is not worth everyone's praise at all. Some people say that life is getting better now, but I don't think so. There is still a huge gap between this and the prosperous age I idealize."
Everyone began to think that Roger was Versailles. As soon as your Night Watch was established, all the noble masters were smashed into the mud, and the empire directly entered the new aristocratic era. Is this "some results"?
But later he began to describe an ideal prosperous age, which really made these people agree with Roger's previous statement:
Compared with such a beautiful world, you really can't stop, Commander!
"In the prosperous age I idealize, not to mention having meat every meal, at least to eliminate famine. People should no longer starve to death!"
"In the prosperous age I idealize, there will be strong productivity. Our goods will be sold to the multiverse. We will be the rule makers of trade. We will let everyone enjoy the wealth brought by trade!"
"In the prosperous age I idealize, we will not take the initiative to provoke wars, but any enemy who invades us will pay a bloody price and will be trapped in the ocean of people's war..."
"In the prosperous age I idealize, every child must receive education. They will become a new generation of nobles with ideals and goals. They will become the managers of this country and the true masters of this country... The sharpest blade in Her Majesty the Queen's hands!"
Roger suddenly saw the Yongye Queen's slightly changed expression behind him, and then he came up with a clever idea to add half a sentence later -
I almost directly said anti-imperialism, the people are the masters!
Fortunately, the people below were listening with great interest and did not notice Roger's stiff turn.
These empire people who can't even get enough to eat, where have they heard of such a beautiful prospect of the future era.
Although it sounds very unreliable compared to the current life, Charles' confident tone and detailed and unthinking examples don't seem to be talking nonsense!
Roger, as a modern person, doesn't know how to specifically realize the four modernizations, but it's too simple to blow the modernization of the future!
If you can't write programs, just talk about how fun the game is, isn't it okay to have a mouth?
What's more, many things have been discussed with Tasika, and I just reviewed them not long ago. He is really familiar with this.
Seeing that these people were almost fooled, Roger's tone also became high-pitched: "For our empire, for our queen, for the great victories we will always achieve, cheer!"
He raised his fist and waved it to the sky. The people facing him also screamed, shouted, waved their fists, and roared with Roger:
"Long live the Empire! Long live the Queen! Long live victory!"
The Yongye Queen looked at Roger's fanatical expression, but her hand trembling gently behind her back couldn't help but feel that this style was a bit abstract.
Who would have thought that such a timid and cautious guy would also play the role of a madman to fool the people one day?
This inevitably made her feel a little guilty.
When Roger stepped down from the front, the Yongye Queen said softly: "I'm sorry, I made you live in a way you don't like."
"Who said I don't like it?" Roger scoffed. "If a person lives their whole life without ever risking their life for something, wouldn't that be a waste?"