Chapter 1649: Ten. BABEL (1)

The heads of state of all the countries of the world gathered here for a meeting, which was absolutely groundbreaking.
Not to mention the death knell of the two camps in the past, the pile of chicken and duck blood inside the human camp and the orc camp is enough to make people scratch their heads. Everyone sit down and talk with each other to discuss world peace, halt war and arms race, co-existence and coexistence? Is this a joke?
Today is no different than in the past. With the rise of the empire, the old order and camp division have been completely overturned. The two major camps in the past have become a "one super, many strong" pattern dominated by the empire.
The most powerful and only superpower-the Holy Empire of Gilmania.
Then came the loose alliance of the remaining countries.
The last is the republic that is free from all nations.
If the comprehensive national power of the three parties is digitized and the full score is ten, the empire's score is 4.5, the sum of the nations is four, and the republic is 1.5.
At first glance, you might think, "Isn't this alright?" Actually, addition and subtraction are not applicable to the comparison here.
The administrative efficiency, organizational structure, and perfect infrastructure of the Empire ensure that once it enters a wartime state, regardless of the speed of mobilization, staffing, and force of the troops, it is much higher than that of the countries. If the nations take the initiative to attack, the empire can mobilize enough field troops within a week, choose to defend in a certain strategic direction, and at the same time mobilize the main legion to launch a full-strike attack on the enemy in the other direction, and then through an efficient transportation system will The main army transported to the other direction.
In other words, even in the face of the almost unsolvable problem of two-line combat, the empire has the surplus and confidence to be able to solve it.
In contrast, the countries came together simply because they had a common enemy. It's not a friend at all, it can only be a partner at best. Even in the confrontation with the empire, privately still playing their respective abacus, whether its cohesion can pass the test in wartime is worth a big question mark.
As for the Republic, due to its all-round confrontation with the empire, it is basically an international orphan. Even though it has intentionally promoted the anti-imperialist united front, it has been powerless most of the time due to the influence of national power, political system, and historical legacy.
Therefore, from the perspective of overall national strength, the empire occupies a great advantage, although it is not absolutely overwhelming, but it is enough to make countries fear.
However, even the dominant empire had to compromise with the nations on some issues.
Reducing armaments, stopping the arms race, and reducing the risk of wars, there is the most fundamental problem-money.
Any expansion of armaments is predicated on burning money, from warships and cannons to bullets, rifle strikers, soldiers’ uniforms and rations, all of which cost a lot of money—sometimes high enough to bankrupt all participants. .
As strong as an empire, its finances cannot withstand such a bottomless pit. In the end, all countries have only one option: to fight before bankruptcy, and use enemy territory, resources, and markets to fill their own financial gaps.
It can be said that this is the last and worst method. Less than a last resort, no party, including the Empire, is happy to see this situation.
Therefore, there was a "common meeting" including arms control agreements.
The word "common" has two meanings.
One is that several countries sit together for consultations, that is, the commonality between the countries.
The second is the exchange of technology, culture, and economy and trade in addition to political consultation, that is, "common meeting."
Then, in order to host numerous and significant conferences, it was the "Tower. Of. Babel" which was funded by the Empire and constructed in one hand.
"...It's arrogant."
Fingers poked the invitation letter, and the specially treated paper exudes an elegant fragrance. The gilt lines outline the imperial eagle emblem and a huge towering building.
The total height is 412 meters, covering an area of ​​about 10,000 square meters, with a hundred floors above ground and eight floors underground. With the ability to host any large-scale international conference and reception of ordinary citizens for shopping, entertainment, office, business meetings, etc., it can be called the largest and most comprehensive mega building in history.
Naming such a building is bound to be cautious and cautious, even if it is a pleasing or solemn name, it is almost a curse-like name, which makes one wonder if the emperor has misrepresented the skill tree, otherwise It is full of bad taste.
"He didn't have any leisure time to ridicule others, but just point out the reality through this name."
Annie shook her head and looked disdainful.
Looking at her disapproving expression, Minerva could only smile back bitterly.
Once, humans wanted to reach the sky where the gods were, and for this purpose built a giant tower directly to the sky. This act made the gods extremely angry, so he cursed and let different people speak different words. As a result, there are different words and disputes in the world. (Old Testament Genesis 11:1-9)
In the earlier mythology, people built the Tongtian Tower to convey prayers to the gods. The gods mistakenly thought that mankind should use this to attack God, and then curse under great fear.
"Even if it is to God, it is difficult for people to accurately convey their meaning, let alone to other people-the story is probably to satire. As for the guy who always has a bad stomach... Bacheng is thinking In this way, those who quarreled because of a disagreement failed to understand each other when the language was born. Compared to language, power contrast and reality are the best communication tools."
It can be said that it is a metaphor for extreme cornering, and it is also a metaphor for the emperor's personal style-cold, correct, unpleasant and compelling.
The reason for the incomprehensible quarrel is not that people are different, but that they cannot trust each other and fail to see things worth trusting from each other.
This is still true between people, not to mention between countries.
Instead of spending time and effort to please the other party, accommodating the other party, it may not be able to achieve the desired goal in the end. It is better to present the reality you have to face to the other party, forcing the other party to sit on the negotiation table. Regardless of whether you trust it or not, no matter how binding this paper document can be, how long the validity period can last. It is obviously more reasonable to sit down and negotiate than to start a world war or financial bankruptcy without sufficient preparation.
This is what the name "Language Tower" wants to convey.
"...It's a really ‘correct’ name~EbookFREE.me~ Minerva raised an eyebrow on one side and slowly spit out meaningful words.
If you do not look at the ultimate goal, Li Lin’s approach and intentions are not unacceptable. After all, under the threat of the empire, all countries can continue to enjoy this insatiable fight, if they want to let all countries participate honestly in such a meeting. Rather than wasting time to show sincerity, it is better to spread the common problems on the desktop and open the skylight to speak brightly.
This is indeed an efficient approach.
But regardless of the empire's long-term goal planning, the emperor's approach alone is difficult to accept for the move itself.
He talked about solving problems and communicating and coordinating. In fact, he did not have the will to understand or respect the other party’s ideas, and he had no intention of building peace at all. Purely as a means to take time to prepare for war.
That's right, this is not peace, just preparations.
"Even if you don't think of others as numbers and chess pieces, you can't be regarded as an emperor. He has done too much."