I Want To Be a Nobleman

During Harlot's happy business trip, the relationship between the Kingdom of Korundo and several other human kingdoms deteriorated day by day.

　　 Other countries have been holding onto the issue of the Korundo kingdom's entrustment of the demi-nobles, forcing the Korundo kingdom to make concessions during negotiations, including but not limited to opening up wasteland to other countries, giving away the production areas of some heroic water herbs, etc.

　　 These are the most important and core capitals of the Kingdom of Korundo. It will not take long before the Kingdom of Korundo will become a vassal of other countries. This is not a negotiation, but a signal to declare war.

　　 After the King of Prague heard this, he set up the table directly, Kryon turned into a fight, and the meeting was in a mess. The two only human legendary powerhouses, the Grand Duke of Lance and the King of Prague, started to tear down the house.

　　Mingming, the two also fought side by side 17 years ago, and they were comrades who killed the powerful centaur leader together.

　　 Negotiations broke down completely, and the diplomatic relations between the new Korundo Kingdom and the other three old human kingdoms fell into a state of hostility.

　　 This conflict has nothing to do with the so-called sub-aristocracy. Other countries are greedy by the large tracts of land in the Kingdom of Korundo and several herbs that can mass-produce the water of heroes.

　　 They have been living in peace because they couldn't make any effort to find the trouble of the Kingdom of Korundo. The withdrawal of the orcs relieved all the countries and was able to develop a wave of peace.

The Qiyat Kingdom has cultivated for nearly 20 years and finally healed the damage caused by the orcs, and the population ratio has returned to normal. In addition to the increase in the number of young and middle-aged laborers, the ratio of men and women has also begun to recover. When a man must marry three or four women, the reclaimed territory has been rebuilt.

　　 The kingdom of Lukanier was busy fighting to annex the eastern province territory originally ruled by the Marquis of Prague. The nobles of the Kingdom of Colorado had to abandon these original lands after establishing the state.

　　 The Kingdom of Babylon began to aggressively attack the weak and small races around it. This is why there are more demi-human slaves and refugees.

Now the development of the three countries has reached a certain level. If Chiat wants to expand, he will have to invade the territories of the orcs. The Kingdom of Babylon has no guts and a large country like the "Wingman Dynasty" or the "Dragon Kingdom (Lizardman Nation At the start of the war, Lukanier was equally embarrassed. Apart from the human kingdom, the country is surrounded by the forest of elves, so you can't invade the forest of elves!

However, the Kingdom of Kolundo can expand and grow at will, and it is still developing at a high speed. How can other countries stand it? Because of the threat of foreigners, the human kingdoms still maintain limited unity, and they dare not start large-scale wars. Invasion, especially in the Kingdom of Korundo, there are legendary powerhouses.

More importantly, the Kingdom of Korundo has a large number of heroic waters. If the enemy is in a hurry, they can also use the heroic waters to strengthen soldiers on a large scale. The probability of the birth of nobles in the human civil war is very low, but don’t forget that the basic role of the heroic waters is Significantly strengthen combat effectiveness!

　　Any soldier who drinks the water of heroes on the battlefield is a powerful dead soldier, and he can do it for dozens of enemies with one life. If the war is fought to such a point, it will be a loss for any country.

But just let the Kingdom of Korundo develop, and several human kingdoms are not enough. The small Kingdom of Korundo has more than 30 nobles, half less than the weakest Kingdom of Babylon, and the strongest Kingdom of Chiat is even more powerful. It's 4 times that, why do you mix the best?

　　 The neglected incident in which the nobles of the Babylonian Kingdom demanded compensation became the fuse, the enclave of the sub-aristocrats became an excuse for pressure, and other countries jointly launched small-scale military operations against the Kingdom of Korundo.

　　 A small number of troops were sent to rob and burn villages, looted and slaughter people, and spies were sent to burn food and materials, and they cut off any trade with the Kingdom of Korun in all directions.

　　 This time the Kingdom of Korundo is really stuck, and it is a bit overwhelming, especially the two points of cessation of trade and burning of food.

　　 After the founding of the Kingdom of Korundo, it was busy expanding its territory and had to recruit a large number of soldiers. The number of soldiers and civilians was seriously mismatched. The construction of the territory was far from perfect, and a large amount of materials were imported from other kingdoms every year.

　　 Now all the nobles could not sit still, and a national meeting was urgently convened to start discussing solutions.

　　 "I don't understand, why should I provoke the elves? Besides, can the great nobles in Babylon demand compensation? Now all countries have become hostile to us!"

　　 "All countries have stopped trading. We can't buy food. The most we can produce is to supply the people. What will the army eat? Maybe there will be war right away. We can't disband the army!"

　　 "Eight villages in my territory were looted. They not only looted materials, but also killed people and destroyed farmland! Many people in my territory are already hungry!"

　　 The nobles have complained that the level of agriculture in the Kingdom of Korundo is much worse than that of other countries. Food is very dependent on imports. The main reason is that there are too few farmers and the domestic products are too rich. Why can't I make money by hunting and mining?

　　 Of course, it does not mean that the nobles neglected land reclamation. After all, the cultivation of food is the root of mankind. However, due to the rapid population growth of Corundo and the high proportion of soldiers, the production capacity of food is far from keeping up.

　　 It takes a lot of labor to cultivate land and grow food. However, the Kingdom of Corondo has to conscript soldiers and fight, and build towns. There are not many surplus labors, and most of these surplus labors are not farming.

　　 The income from mining to buy grain is more than 10 times that of the grain produced by owning the land. Collecting medicinal materials and hunting are also more profitable behaviors. The nobles are more willing to let the leaders engage in these high-yield jobs instead of farming.

　　Because of the balance of territorial area and population in other countries, there is no such a situation that only natural resources can be used to allocate a full labor force.

　　 But the kingdom of Coron is less populated and big! Therefore, the development of agriculture is far behind by the development of population. Once the food cannot be purchased from other countries, there will be a shortage of food.

　　 "Stop complaining, what problem can complaining solve? Sooner or later, other countries will do something to us, it has nothing to do with that Babylonian nobleman!"

　　 "Think of a solution, you can't really compromise with those shameless robbers!"

　　 A few more rational nobles began to put aside their negative emotions and face the problem.

　　The problem is indeed a bit serious. The nobles have never expected that the food problem will be so serious. They are all intoxicated in the joy of expanding their territory and building their territory.

Marcus is still assertive and responsible as always, proposing: "Stop the construction of the territory as soon as possible. Production activities such as mining, weaving, and smelting will be stopped and manpower will be freed! Hurry up and arrange for them to hunt and fish. In addition, The army will stop expanding its territory and come back to expel the robbers from other countries that are raging!"

　　Another nobleman added: "We must pay attention to reclaiming farmland, and we have to rely on imports for food. What is the point of having such a large land?"

　　 The nobles are all a little uncomfortable. They stopped land reclamation, land construction, and those production activities. They didn't want to develop for a long time, but the food gap was too big and they could only do so.

The number of soldiers in the Kingdom of Korundo is very large. The country has a population of only 2 million, but there are more than 100,000 soldiers. This is not a regular soldier recruited for the purpose of production and recruitment during the war. In peacetime, all kinds of training must be carried out if there is no war, and the food consumption is extremely high.

　　 Hundreds of thousands of soldiers sounded a lot, but some were allocated to various territories to maintain law and order, some followed the nobles to kill centaur, and some were used to patrol newly reclaimed territories to prevent centaur invasion. The number of soldiers was not even enough.

　　 The number of troops far exceeds the normal endurance of the Kingdom of Korundo. The Kingdom of Lukanier, with a population of 4 million, has a standing army of 60,000, and the average number of soldiers per aristocrat is less than 1,000.

　　 The nobles all feed the army by purchasing food. Most of the civilians and slaves in the territory are busy building buildings, mining ores, and collecting resources. It is difficult for them to be self-sufficient. They can't expect to collect the food.

　　 Now the army is busy with harassment from other countries, and it must not be reduced. The food problem has become serious after the cessation of trade.

　　 "You can't keep spending with them like this, don't we develop?" a nobleman mentioned.

　　Marcus also had a headache. Other human nations did not mean to assemble large-scale troops to attack. They just sent small-scale robbers to harass and implement trade blockades, just to fight a war of attrition with the Kingdom of Korundo.

　　 The Kingdom of Kolundo has a population of 2 million and a vast land. Can it be self-sufficient in diplomacy? Sure, let alone a large country with two million people, a small country with more than 100,000 people can be self-sufficient, but what about the speed of development?

　　 There is no trade circulation, no allies, the country’s development speed will be much slower, and even backwards due to the large number of stalls.

　　 Many nobles are also very troubled. They are willing to come to open up wasteland because they have strong ambitions and desires. It is really boring for them to stop their expansion and fight small-scale guerrilla warfare with other countries.

　　At this time, a dwarf nobleman said: "It's not enough to trade with other races. The dwarf kingdom has a lot of food!"

　　A halfling noble also said: "Yes, there are many demi-human races, so there is no need to trade with the human country!"

　　 This is a good idea, but the human nobles are silent. Even the King Prague who has supported the demi-nobles did not speak. The main body of the Kingdom of Korundo is humans, and all the nobles think so.

　　 The concept of race is not so easy to break. If these demi-nobles open up trade routes, their status will become higher and higher, and the number of demi-humans in the kingdom will increase, will they still be a human kingdom by then?

　　Can these human nobles still maintain absolute dominance?

　　 "You can do business with those demi-human countries, but we need to form a caravan and a chamber of commerce by ourselves!"

　　 The King of Prague gave an indisputable answer. There has never been a precedent for large-scale trade between human kingdoms and demihumans. This is no small matter.

The nobles were arguing fiercely about the military policies against other countries and the measures to form caravans. They discussed the results for a whole day~www.readwn.com~ and then just as Marcus went back to the castle to rest in fatigue. , I suddenly thought of something.

　　 "No, is Harlott still taking caravans in other countries?"

The deterioration of the external relations between Corundo and other countries took place within a month, and it was still a secret for people outside the nobility of other countries. Originally, the trade with the Kingdom of Corundo was the official power of other countries. There will be no shock to stop trade.

　　 Harlott probably doesn’t know the news yet! Marcus is a little anxious, if it's just the caravan being detained, it's okay, but Harlot is not a nobleman, maybe the lord who robs the caravan will kill Harlot smoothly!

　　Marcus immediately got up and prepared to bring troops to support him, but he was about to walk out of the room and stopped his actions. The situation in the Kingdom of Korundo was not optimistic. As the largest lord below the king of the country, he could not take the lead in doing things.

　　 And he doesn't know the exact location of Harlott now, how can he support it? Is it possible to lead troops to sweep the other three countries?

　　Marcus sighed. He can only hope that Harlot is clever and don't be impulsive. In this era, even wars between nations are more concerned about the face of the nobles. Based on their positions, the nobles must fight, but they rarely end up feuds.

　　 No one cares about the casualties of civilians and soldiers, but the nobles, knights, and their cronies generally exchange ransom as captives. As long as Harlot reports the banner of Marcus and Kryon, his life will definitely be fine.