Chapter 742: 22. Mysterious Paradise (11)

-May the will of the Mother God walk on the earth as if walking in heaven. . 23u.　Watch the latest and most complete novels
Our daily diet is given to us today. Forgive us our debts, just as we forgive others.
In a resonance of "sincere wish", the Lord's Prayer ended, and the elves and humans sitting around the table raised their knives and forks.
In order to entertain the guests, the Sauer family prepared a very rich lunch. Gilmanian enema, steak, veal stew, fruit pie, and red wine that had been in storage for many years were also taken out.
The dining atmosphere of the Shure family is quite relaxed. The elves' paranoid worship of authority and order and the paternalistic style based on strict social hierarchy and obligations are not found in this family.
Calmness, tranquility and warmth-the nearly ideal air permeates this middle-class house.
(So ​​they are opposed to fighting.)
Heidrich split the steak intently, and a bad comment came out of his head.
Not all, but it is true that some elves—mostly wealthy and middle-class—have become addicted to comfort and enjoyment, and have even begun to become weak.
They have beautiful gardens, private cars, houses with garages, exquisite cuisine, and excellent life that no other race in the world can enjoy. After tasting the ease and comfort brought by peace, they gradually lost their appetite for war. We hope to achieve a goal that can be achieved by peace, try not to resolve it by war, and at the same time achieve national independence, continue to prolong the comfortable and comfortable life.
(A bunch of fools!)
Blood oozed out of the steak cut, and the secretary was expressionless.
If the problem can be solved by peaceful means. What do the army do? Without strong military power, the wealthy Yalfheim is nothing more than fattening livestock, waiting for others to get a knife before the holiday-just like the old Kingdom of Gilmania. Why don't these fools learn lessons? ! Their history teacher died too early, let the health care teacher substitute?
"...To be honest, I'm afraid of the future of Alfheim."
The head of the family, Robert Schall, spoke slowly, and Heidrich, who had been absent-minded, looked over with others.
"Mr. Major, please put away your notebook. This is not a formal report, but an old guy's own idea. Under the leadership of the consul, we will be able to defeat any enemy. Oh. Don't make such a terrible expression. Miss human, after you have met with the adult, you will understand what is going on. But the question is, after we have captured the living space? Yes. We will emigrate there. Survive there—so Start a new war. An endless war of terrorism."
Robert took a deep breath and looked at Heidrich intentionally or unintentionally, who also stared straight at him.
As a secretive secretary of the governor. Without being reminded, Heidrich knows very well what terrorist activities are.
Crazy enough fanatics, powerful weapons, plus a little necessary capital, training and intelligence support, countless human bombs and urban guerrillas will be produced continuously, seep through the front line, and wreck the rear- This is not a prophecy, but something that has already taken shape. After successfully verifying the feasibility of a human bomb, the secret organization of black magicians in the Principality of the Principality was no longer satisfied with the "small fight" on the battlefield, and began to study more concealed and powerful human bombs and put them In the human city, create a lot of "sensational news." It was only after the successful truce with Albion that the urgency of this demand fell, and the difficulty of penetrating the front was too great, so we had to stop.
Suicide terrorist attacks have not really appeared, but the signs have already appeared. Regardless of when this tactic appears and the resulting record, it is by no means a good thing for the "new order" the elves need. Since the Principality can use human bombs unscrupulously, the human camp can drive the soldiers to launch a meatball charge without care, then in the situation where conventional operations are at an absolute disadvantage, the bravery and madness of humans and orcs when fighting each other may be used instead. Deal with elves.
That would become a huge dunghole, a nightmare shuddered by the elves.
"We need'detente' instead of uncontrolled abuse of force. As long as there is still the possibility of communication, we should avoid war as much as possible."
"The premise is that the other party has the willingness to communicate with you and the sincerity to solve the problem."
For the first time since entering Schorr’s house, Heidrich opened his mouth and only listened to him with a leisurely voice:
"Sorry, Mr. Schall. As a soldier, I can't think of you as optimistic. I can hardly imagine that in the current environment, human beings are willing to contact and negotiate with us on a peer-to-peer basis, rather than take the initiative to attack and put The heresy in their eyes is extinguished. You can ask this Miss Human from outside about this."
All the sight brushes focused on Minerva, and a little embarrassment flashed on the face of the girl who had kept her head down and embarrassed.
Fully demonstrate strong force, pose a tough, high-profile posture, diplomatic bureaucracy skillfully put forward a series of irresistible demands, and finally force the enemy to submit to the knees-this is the diplomatic form Minerva understood in the past, in her It seems that there is no more reliable and pleasing diplomatic form than this.
Even for the consortium, she thought that as long as she kept her basic deterrent power, and then embraced it with softness, she would be able to tame the giant beast over time.
However, these ideas do not work here, in a secret paradise dominated by elves.
When it comes to national power, there are many representations and implications, including territories, people, and armies, but the most intuitive and most capable of showing the country's health is financial power.
The operation of a country is inseparable from the support of money. Education requires money, the military requires money, public construction requires money, maintaining social order requires money, and developing new technology requires money. The stronger the financial pillar, the more powerful it becomes, The overall national strength formed after the power is also stronger. The reason why Charlemagne is able to look at the countries is that it has a vast territory and a large population. In addition to the strength of the military, a very important factor is to have a financial system that can support all these operations.
But all this is nothing in front of Yalfheim.
Establish a magnificent building complex, provide compulsory education, housing and magic wagons for each citizen, bring an affluent life beyond the imagination for the entire ethnic group, and make every citizen wise and open-minded - this is an ideal Behind the glory of the form is a set of financial systems that is more powerful than expected. Relying on this system, the elves can easily build a strong army, regardless of the quality of the soldiers and the level of well-equipped equipment, which greatly surpasses the army of the human camp. From their conversation, it can be judged that this army has been built for a long time. And achieved considerable results. Once a war occurs, you can immediately conduct combat missions.
Minerva did not know, and it was hard to imagine what would happen to the battle with such an army, and what the final outcome would be. But she can foresee. The exchange ratio will be a number too large for Charlemagne.
In a good position. The elves.
It is because of the excess. Only in this way can they take a cold look at the problems they face, the actions that their opponents may take, and dialectical and discuss each other. Plan the most realistic blueprint for the future and implement it.
Enemy against such elves, Charlemagne... No, does humanity really have a chance?
Since it is difficult to say the odds, should they be accepted?
The idea flashed through, and was then denied.
As Heidrich said, at least for now, the human camp cannot.
Including herself, what she heard and saw since childhood was an education that advocated human supremacy. The priests and knowledgeable people tell you, "We are the best, human beings are the masters of intelligent species, and all different races should surrender to our feet." They say this, everyone believes in this, and then pays their full attention Invest in "jihad" to show this idea.
So far, let all human beings accept the existence of an elven country and treat them as negotiating with their own existence? I am afraid that many people will take this proposal as a joke, send the proposer to the madhouse for retirement, and then mobilize the army to wage a jihad against the elves.
Even if she is a queen, it is impossible to rebel against the will of the entire human camp.
Facing the ardent and teasing eyes around him, Minerva could only smile awkwardly.
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At the Metro Line 1 station, a train quietly entered Durham Station.
Due to the block where the station is located, plus the hours of off-duty get off work, civil servants and other employees of government agencies have almost started to return home at this time. Fortunately, they took the train heading toward the center of the city, so they escaped the crowds of the off-peak rush hour. Even the high-speed maglev subway with a 7-minute trip could not ease the congestion during peak hours.
As the country most deeply immersed in railway technology and electromagnetic technology in the world, Alfheim began to pay enough attention to the quiet, environmentally friendly and high-speed maglev trains. After the progress of related technologies, the maglev subway was first piloted in the construction of the Yalfheim subway to relieve the increasingly congested ground traffic of Yalfheim.
The Alfheim subway tunnel is located 40 meters underground. In addition to alleviating the land problem, it is also used as a shelter and shelter. The theoretical maximum speed of the maglev high-speed train is up to 600 kilometers per hour. For safety reasons, the operating speed is controlled at about 500 kilometers per hour, which is called the speed star. Centering on the meeting place of the council, eight lines connect all parts of the city. As long as you spend 8 marks, you can freely transfer to various lines and walk around the city in half an hour.
In addition to speed, the designer also upholds the spirit of "serving customers", and has made full humanized design planning in the car. The interior of the cabin is a flat cylindrical shape, which not only meets the aerodynamic requirements for appearance, but also takes into account the needs of the internal space, so that it does not make passengers feel crowded. Across the middle aisle, there are two rows of seats on both sides of the left and right back to the windows, which are very neatly arranged. There are open and close shelves above the seats for storing luggage or other objects.
For the subway, this configuration is too luxurious, but in fact, this is originally an experimental subway line. To accumulate experience for the future to build a maglev railway network that connects the world, it is not surprising that some high-end configurations are adopted. . The citizens have no opinion on this. Who would not like to enjoy better services? But for people "outside", the maglev subway is too shocking.
Minerva was sturdy and surprised, without wheels. A train without a steam-powered mechanism or even a railroad track
floats
to fly under the ground at a high speed like a shell-this kind of thing makes her numb nerves once again suffered a severe stimulation.
Probably because there is no scenery worth seeing in the underground tunnel, Minerva lacked a real sense of speed and convenience, and soon recovered from the initial shock, looking at the car he was riding on.
The lights inside the car are bright, and the decoration and hygiene are no different from those of other cars. The waiters are also smiling with a model for business. It's just that all the humans in work clothes are sitting in the carriage. The "human only" sign hanging on the top of the carriage entrance is particularly eye-catching. It is clearly in a high-speed carriage. That signboard didn't shake either. Gazing coldly at human passengers.
"Ralfheim's distinctive racial policy."
Heidrich, who told her this, smiled bitterly and got into the elf compartment, leaving her and Roland in the human compartment.
Different races should be distinguished and treated differently according to race class-such a claim is turned into a concrete object to be added to oneself and tastes the taste. A little anger gathered in the girl's heart.
indeed. The service she received was no different from the elves. But the "human only" sign...like a thorn, tightly tied to her, made her very uncomfortable.
No one likes to be tagged. Whether it is a yellow big satellite armband, a pedigree of origin, or a skin color distinction-this is not a simple distinction, but naked discrimination. Even if the service is good and the facilities are equal, the feeling of being insulted and treated as alien is always lingering in Minerva.
Loneliness and humiliation kept rolling in my heart, remembering that I was in the enemy's base camp, and the helpless girl couldn't help but stretch out her hand.
Holding the boy's arm, his torso leaned against the boy's chest.
Perhaps this is a good learning opportunity.
After feeling relieved, his chest whispered slightly with self-deprecation.
The boring, little self-esteem has been worn away by what I saw and heard, leaving only the confusion, doubt and envy from the bottom of my heart.
Undoubtedly, the level of development of Yalfheim is far ahead of the outside world. The national political system, culture and art, technological craftsmanship, and even the intellectual and spiritual style of the people have reached a breathtaking situation. It is probably not an exaggeration to say that they represent what the country should have in the future ideal.
However, as a paradise-like Alfheim, there is also a side that is not friendly to the outside world and races other than elves.
"This is the elf...Yalfheim's attitude towards humans..."
Thinking twice, she did not say "discrimination", but the meaning is exactly the same.
There is no discourse that can overcome the prejudice of the elves against humanity, muttering in my heart the idea of ​​"after all, it is a different race", sitting in a suffocating sense of powerlessness.
"Now it is much better than before. In the past, humans were not allowed to enter the urban area. Once caught, they will be sent to labor for reform."
Minerva did not know what "labor transformation" was, and it was estimated that it should be similar to hard labor. A word in Roland's words caught her attention.
"before?"
"Yeah, for a long time, I lived in this city and didn't leave until a few years ago."
Roland calmly endured the sight of mixed shocks and doubts, and now it is meaningless to cover things up. From the attitude of Heidrich and the words of Brother and Sister, Minerva may have already noticed this fact. In this case, it is the best choice to clarify some things before reaching the next stop.
Even though this may make Minerva unhappy, compared with the following meeting, this is not a happier thing at all.
"I can't tell you the details, but after seeing ‘that guy, you will understand what is going on. But one thing—"
As if it was very unpleasant and reluctant, it seemed to cause some kind of damage. The teenager groaned for a while and said in a low voice:
"Although there is still room for improvement, the ethnic policy here is much better than outside."
After he finished speaking, he kept silent and left the warmth that was close to his chest. After a moment of irritated eyes irritated by the betrayal, the invisible wall was inserted between the two, and silence fell.
(Soon, you will know what is going on.)
Silently mourning this sentence, Roland lowered his head and stared at his knees.
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"How is it going? Miss?"
"how come……"
"Why are you? This statement will be judged to be unsatisfactory, but I expect you to say, ‘it’s yours.’
Looking at the smile like a sneer. Minerva felt that she was caught in the soft carpet of the Archon’s office.
Night sky-like supple black hair, sculptural handsome facial curves and facial features, deeper and brighter eyes than rubies-the messenger who once had a side on the train was sitting in the office of the archivist of Alfheim, She looked at her at the mahogany desk, which was too big for the bed. Her hands crossed to build a pergola, and the lip line hidden in the shadows rose slightly.
It turns out so.
indeed so.
As he himself said, it is a strange thing that the highest governor of Alfheim is not the messenger of the gods.
Leading elves who are unable to use magic, whose physical strength and number are far inferior to humans and orcs, are silently under the eyes of the great powers. It took decades to build a highly developed ideal country. It is still unknown to the outside world today-in addition to the agents who have close ties with the consortium, who else can so freely manipulate the flow of money and intelligence to complete this unprecedented great cause?
"It turns out that this is the ideal world morphological experiment ground for the Lord of Divine Will."
Minerva spit out a sharp mockery. She pointed to herself.
Various races are gathered in a closed environment. Try different means of governance. Accumulating experience and lessons, and finally come up with a set of dominant systems that can be widely used in external countries-just like everything done in the laboratory.
"I believe that your Highness can also understand that the responsibility under it is'management, not' domination. All along, how to establish a world system in which various races can co-exist and coexist and make it a long-term effective operation is the task given by the mother goddess. ."
The red pupil reflecting his face shot a perceptive gaze, looking directly at the sight without heat, Minerva's body shivered slightly.
"The predecessors before the next are also busy with this goal, but so far no one has succeeded, do you know why, Your Highness?"
"This...because destiny didn't care for them..."
After a rare hesitation, the girl said the most standard model answer.
Yes, the agents who ran on the battlefield to promote justice and faith did their utmost, and even lost their lives. They looked up and down. It's just that when Nai was unlucky, and failed to get destiny's favor, he finally fell on the way to the ideal.
It's really beautiful, but it's all nonsense and lies.
"Sorry, Your Highness. The truth is: their thinking is too rigid, even if there is a power beyond common sense, there is no good way of thinking, it is just in vain."
The red pupil squinted, and the teasing voice continued to say:
"They don't have a systematic and complete idea of ​​how the ideal world should operate, just holding a beautiful, unrealistic ideal, abusing power under the guidance of the rotten dominant class, or repairing the old system based on their own will Make up-this half-hanging reformism has no future."
This is not even a mockery, too lazy to give up, and the tone is very stable.
Is your route promising?
This question was stuck in Minerva's throat, and his lips twitched a little, but he couldn't say it.
Based on what she has seen and heard in Yalfheim, I am afraid that no one will question the feasibility of this new system. Everyone will agree that this is a promising political entity. Comparing the operational efficiency and national living standards of governments in various countries in the world today, Alfheim can be said to be a kingdom like heaven, enough to be the object of imitation of all those who are dissatisfied with the status quo and the material that attacks their own political system, launching various kinds of reactions Institutional activities eventually evolved into violent revolutions
No way.
Minerva shook his head secretly, making two determinations at the same time. First, the speculators must not be informed of the existence of Yalfheim. Second, we must find and magnify the problems in this regime.
The first point can be set aside and wait for Charlemagne to consider slowly. Although the second point is a bit difficult, there are some ready-made materials.
"I admit that Alfheim has performed well in all aspects."
Taking a step back and holding each other a little, Minerva forced him up.
"However, the "human only" sign will not appear in Charlemagne. Our nationals will not argue about race issues. It has developed into physical conflict."
"Oh--"
Li Lin exhaled meaningfully. He leaned on the back of the chair and tapped the armrest of the chair rhythmically with his fingers.
Take a step back and take two steps. Interesting mini-games, but they are too tender, and you can kill Her Royal Highness with a little means.
"So, let's talk about another issue-the humanitarian catastrophe and genocide that occurred in Wang Guanling."
"That is the internal affairs of our territory."
Minerva’s expression became a little uncomfortable. Her Royal Highness did not know what
humanitarian disaster
and
genocide
meant, but it was definitely not a commendatory word. She immediately put on a stronger tone.
"The king has the right to govern freely within his territory. No other country may interfere."
"Yes. Both Yalfheim and I agree on this point. But we also believe that sovereign legitimacy cannot be a justification for genocide, nor can it wipe out such atrocities, nor can it provide a legal basis for the Holocaust. "
This is after the Nuremberg trial. New perspectives of the earth international law community. It is also the usual reason for Blue Star's number one hooligan to intervene in the affairs of other countries. For Minerva. It is purely a quibble.
She should have fought back on this, but just wanted to do it, she found herself trapped. Just emphasize that internal affairs are not allowed to interfere. Well, the opponent’s relatively modest treatment of human beings is clearly more acceptable than Charlemagne’s method of handling the crown riot. But if there is no rebuttal, from a moral point of view, Charlemagne obviously does not occupy a moral advantage that can be blamed on Alfheim.
Cunning old fox!
Minerva cursed in his heart.
Li Lin picked up a cup of black tea leisurely and blew away the 氤氲, which did not mean to chase after victory.
From the beginning, he did not regard Minerva as a negotiating counterpart.
Too young, too impulsive, and too inexperienced. Her Royal Highness was simply not worthy of the honorary title of "opponent". As long as she has a little experience and is thick-skinned, she can completely ignore the facts, understate what happened in the crown, and continue to seize the policy of apartheid in Alfheim-just like publishing human rights in other countries every year. Reported politicians of the United States.
After sipping the tea juice, Li Lin made another shot for Minerva, who was in a dilemma.
"Your country does not have racial problems, because the race in question does not exist, or it almost does not exist."
"But our nationals will not discuss race issues so intensely!"
Minerva retorted loudly.
This is her only counterattack, and it is a serious problem to criticize his internal affairs at will. Whether it is official or unofficial, it represents an unfriendly ideology, enough to become an accusation.
This is a very good life-saving straw, but after all, it is just straw, which is unable to change Minerva's dilemma.
Intense debate on the issue of race?
For a while, Li Lin wanted to tell Minerva another world of "hot debate" about racism and slavery, some terrible stories.
On May 24, 1856, Ohio's fanatical abolitionist John Brown took his four sons and two hands down to the Potawatomi River, firmly convinced that he was the "representative of God's abolition will" led by Uncle Brown The men rushed into three cabins and dragged five Missourians who agreed to slavery out of their homes. In spite of the panic-stricken mother and wife begging, Mr. Brown and his men executed the white men and boys with swords. Stay on the street as a warning to slaves. When leaving the massacre, Mr. Brown announced that "we are performing God's will". This is the famous "Potawatomie massacre" in the history of the United States.
In return, an army colonel in Alabama sold his slaves and hired a 300-person army to go to Kansas to fight for slavery. Before the army set off from Montgomery, the state capital, a Baptist priest blessed them and promised that God would take care of them.
In the north there is the "Red Leg" cavalry team led by the notorious abolitionist Jennyson "Dr." In the south there is the Missouri guerrillas led by "cold-blooded Bill" Anderson, who is known for dismembering the victims. The northern part set fire to the house today and the southern part sent people to the village tomorrow. The North killed one person today, and the South will pay back five times tomorrow... Around the slavery of slavery, the North and the South have "debated" for four full years with the same enthusiasm. People were killed.
intense argument? Compared with the U.S. cooking, Yalfheim is too gentle.
Li Lin did not take out these "precedents" and counterattacked the paleness of Her Royal Highness, just one sentence was enough.
"His Royal Highness, how does your country debate racial issues?"
"..."
The answer is simple, there is no debate at all.
Human beings are the best intelligent species. Other intelligent species are both fragile and stupid. They should be unconditionally controlled by human beings. If they dare to resist, then destroy them. For the human camp, including Minerva, this is justified. There is no reason to be questioned, and of course there is no debate.
There is no debate and gentle and intense debate, as long as a little contrast, the verdict is high.
(Although there is still room for improvement, the ethnic policy here is much better than outside.)
Roland's admonition in the subway came to mind again, and now Minerva finally understood his intentions.
It is true that the racial policy of Yalfheim is full of discrimination, but compared to the racial policy of the outside world, it is already very gentle enough to resist any accusations. Unless the human camp has a racial policy that is at least not worse than here, no accusations will hold water.
Moreover-
"Let’s end this child’s debate, Your Highness. Your country has the traditions of your country. We have our situation. If we solve the racial problems in your country’s traditional way~EbookFREE.me~ I am afraid it will not take a month , Human beings will disappear from the world."
The words that could not be shaken under any circumstances, like the tentacles of strangling prey, bound Minerva's body and mind. If there is a demon in this world, it must be murmured with this voice. Shocked by the deep red eyes, Minerva bit her trembling lips tightly.
"...Well, today's meeting will end here."
Li Lin picked up the teacup again, turned around and turned the chair back toward Minerva.
"All day of visiting and apprenticeship, I think your Highness should be very tired. Tiredness is not conducive to calm and objective thinking, so please first take a rest and relieve your fatigue. In the next meeting, we will choose another place and time to talk to His Highness."
"……I understand."
Minerva, who was close to the limit of spirit and physical strength, nodded silently. The arrogance of the other party to end the dialogue unilaterally could not make her react.
In Alfheim, in the presence of this divine agent, her will and choices are of no importance-Minerva understood this deeply. (To be continued...)