Chapter 117: Crisis is heavy (Ⅰ)

"Today’s defeat in the town of Delin will prompt Kotal to dispel the arrogance of the enemy and adopt a more positive attitude towards the alliance proposal made by the goblin lord Letu. When Kotal provokes the war again and follows him to conquer In addition to the cold-blooded tribes in Delin Township, there will be more and more fierce goblin troops! When that day comes, how do we respond?"
The problems raised by Weiss made the square silent, and the atmosphere became extremely depressed.
"If the Goblin family also participates in the war set off by Kotar, it is difficult for our armed forces in Delin Township to simultaneously block invaders from the two directions of the Everglades and the "Screaming Jungle"." 'S tone broke the silence, "In the current situation, we first need to decide whether it is still necessary to maintain our homeland, and while the enemy has not launched a second wave of offensive, simply give up the town of Delin and lead the residents of the town to flee to Leiden Wouldn't it be a smarter choice?"
The idea proposed by the mayor immediately caused a boo in the square, and waves of opposition followed. Joan, who accompanied his grandfather to the meeting, stood in the crowd and rubbed his ears buzzing with the sound, silently observing the excited faces around him, and no need to make accurate statistics to determine the vast majority of participants Oppose abandoned homes.
In fact, as far as Joan personally is concerned, Mayor Dindale’s idea just now was not very disgusted. Anyway, he had no unshatterable property in the town of Delin. If Grandpa had the fruit forest in the back mountain, Joan would be happy to take Grandpa, Jamie and Gray to Port Leiden to take refuge. However, Joanne also knew that his duckweed-like mentality was not representative. On the contrary, "Anhui's relocation" was the mentality generally cherished by the residents of Delin, who was born in Scyth. Getting away from home is not only about moving so easily, it also means being forced to give up all the industries run by houses, fields and ancestors.
In this rural town where the commodity economy is not well developed, the vast majority of residents live on farming, and family assets are mainly reflected on the land. Other forms of assets-especially monetary assets such as gold and silver-take up a small share. Once people give up the land and fields in their hometowns, they will become impoverished. Not only will they lose their livelihood income sources, but they will also lose their social status and social relations attached to the land fields. Except for the very few wealthy merchants with large amounts of monetary assets, the fleeing from the eyes of the vast majority of the townspeople is almost equivalent to being reduced to a beggar in the slums of Port Leiden-people are obviously reluctant to accept such a fate until they are completely desperate.
"Since no one wants to escape from their homes, our only option is to resist in the end." Mayor Dingdall raised his hand to signal everyone's quietness, clearing his throat and continuing to analyze the current situation: "The militia armed forces in this town have been unable to resist the lizard. We must seek assistance from the outside world as soon as possible, and I think everyone has no objection. Then the next question is who should we seek assistance from? Who has the ability and courage to fear the lizardmen and the goblin alliance? Threatening, willing to take a huge risk to help the town?"
There was a brief silence in the meeting place until Flint Anvil stood up and responded with a loud voice: "The colonial government is obliged to protect the people under the rule. We should send people to Leiden Port in a hurry. His Excellency John Norfolk, Governor of the Colony of Alfheim, and General Charles Gates, Commander of the Garrison, for help!"
The old dwarf's appeal won a response in the venue. Joanne also thinks this is a feasible strategy, but he soon noticed that Grandpa shook his head again and again, his face became more gloomy, and he didn't seem to agree with Flint's proposal.
"Grandpa, shouldn't we ask the Excellency Governor for help?" Joan asked puzzlingly.
"It's right to ask for help, but your Excellency may not be willing to send troops to rescue our town." The old man sighed. "As for the reasons, it is not glorious in detail."
Joan initially thought that Grandpa was criticizing the colonial government for negligence, but after hearing Mayor Dingdall’s speech, he suddenly realized that Grandpa said that the role of all the residents of Delin Town in this matter was "not great."
The Alfheim region where Delin Town is located is an overseas colony belonging to the "Holy Asan Empire". The political ecology of the colony is very different from that of the mother country separated by the ocean. The sacred Ashan Empire in the Old World is a typical centralized government. His Majesty the Emperor who lives in the capital of the Holy City of Ashan is also the religious leader of the whole country. The Holy See manages the secular and religious affairs of the entire country. The provinces outside the capital are managed by cabinet and papal-selected bureaucrats and bishops, together with local noble gentry, together form the ruling class of the entire country, forming a complex and interlocking administration from top to bottom system.
In this administrative system, the
taxation power
related to the state’s fiscal revenue is contracted to the wealthy businessmen. If necessary, taxpayers do not mind spending a small amount of money to hire rogue and even extraordinary professionals to use violent means to collect taxes. There are a thousand reasons for criticizing the tax package system, and there are more reasons to criticize the greed and cruelty of the tax package merchants and their doggies, and they will use any means to squeeze and exploit the bottom people. But people also have to admit that the tax package system is not as good as it is, at least it can really collect taxes, and then guarantee the necessary expenditures for the effective operation of governments at all levels.
Compared with the empire, the administrative system of overseas colonies presents a very different ecology, with three main characteristics. One is that the territory is sparsely populated and the transportation is inconvenient, and the colonial capital lacks contact with the surrounding towns and towns. The second is that the colonial authority has only a few senior officials, such as the Governor, the garrison commander, the archbishop and the tax inspector, who are appointed by the imperial government. The remaining middle- and lower-level officials were recruited locally, and the salaries of bureaucrats at all levels were borne by the colonial government; the third was that the colonial living environment was quite harsh. There are a large number of virgin land that attracted colonists to travel across the ocean to reclaim. However, the monsters entrenched in the jungle and the wilderness are far more than a hundred times more than human immigrants. There are no particles of wild boar or goblins in droves, and the tragedy of the whole village being slaughtered by orcs and even giants is commonplace. It is not easy to survive on this hostile land. Many colonists who came to the new continent with dreams to meet their lives broke their heads in the face of cruel reality, and finally had to flee back to the old continent.
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