Chapter 166 Roadblock
Competition in the empire is extremely fierce, with countless nobles and emerging nobles eager for merit.
But there are always some people who cannot understand the emperor's grand ambitions, or are unwilling to give up their current comfortable life to strive for it.
Therefore, the political situation in the empire has always been turbulent.
The nobles who are high and mighty today may have their homes confiscated and their families destroyed tomorrow. In fact, if the Dark Elf Empire had not been crippled, a large amount of its territory and resources obtained, and the border of Hedonmar actually reached, further gaining benefits and preferences in trade, the current Emperor would simply not be able to have a large number of emerging nobles and officers to support his next move.
That is, it started with the dark elves constantly invading the rich Hedonmar and then ruling the entire world.
It is precisely because of the huge dividends that many people in many positions can no longer continue to sit comfortably in their positions.
Because generally speaking, after such a huge achievement, His Majesty the Emperor should take about 20 to 30 years to digest it, and further develop the territory of the Dark Elf Empire and wipe out the Dark Elves.
But he was too impatient. It was as if he wanted to directly annex Xuzu and Belmar Empire after conquering the territory of the dark elves. This caused many nobles and forces to be quite dissatisfied with him. After all, everyone had made a lot of investment, and before they really got a return, you started the next battle. No matter how you look at it, you are unqualified.
Unfortunately, the emerging aristocratic forces and military officers are extremely eager for military merit, and the weakness of the Principality of Belmar also makes them restless.
After all, this is just a country of merchants.
"It's not that the Violet family didn't take any action, but they were too slow. They wanted to use 20 to 30 years of effort to integrate the dark elves into the empire. No one can say anything wrong with this method, but it is too slow for the current empire ."
Seven or eight years have passed since the Dark Elf Empire was destroyed. The prince who was a child back then has begun to grow up, and even the youngest, Princess Isabella, is almost ten years old.
However, Grand Duke Violet still did not make any substantial progress, and his results were not even as good as what a child could produce in two or three years.
After investigation, her spies told him that the dark elves were now facing internal and external troubles. Not only was the loss of most of their territory causing a serious shortage of food, but the conflicts between underground monsters and dwarves also made the dark elves extremely anxious. They were even forced to use the previously banned necromancy spells for defense.
In this situation, as long as a gentle person comes to contact them, as long as he is not dead, and promises to retain a certain degree of autonomy for the dark elves, and to "return Maya", giving them a glimmer of hope, a large number of dark elves who have lost hope can be won over.
As for the elders and the like, they are nothing without the people.
But even with such a simple method, Grand Duchess Violet chose not to do it, and instead chose the ancient idea that everyone could discuss slowly.
It was because he expressed his firm loyalty to her father that her father, against all odds, gave this rich territory to Grand Duke Violet and gave him plans for the future of the empire.
Then what?
For the past six or seven years, he has only had a handful of dark elves under his command. Even when she came to hold him accountable, he still wanted to recruit Li Ke to cover it up?
It is obvious that Grand Duke Violet is not a stupid person since she can become the Grand Duke, and his attitude clearly shows that he has taken sides.
"Your father is on the wrong side."
When Princess Celia said this, the gentleness on her face disappeared, giving people a sense of the majesty of a noble lady. She became ugly, like an old lady.
"He thought that by slowing down the dark elves' pace of joining the empire, he could make my father give up his plan to continue the march. But unfortunately, he was not standing against my father, but against the entire empire and the public opinion."
The war against the dark elves brought benefits to all the people in the empire.
Originally, because the caravan had to pass through the dark elf territory, they had to pay a lot more taxes and even worry about the dark elves' raiding groups. Now they don't have to do that anymore.
As a result, the price of goods in the empire dropped by 20 percent, and a large number of retired soldiers were able to retire and return to their hometowns to help with construction.
This is a rather terrifying number, which fully demonstrates how great a threat the Dark Elf Empire posed to the Empire at that time, and also shows how much the Empire relied on the goods of Hedonmar.
The common people received cheap cloth and daily necessities, while the nobles received large quantities of spices, slaves, and territories, and the middle and lower classes received military merit and the possibility of climbing up.
Not to mention that during this period, Sword Saint Barn was awarded a title for his other achievements, which further stimulated the hearts of the common people in the empire.
If you have made contributions, you can become a noble.
For the martial people of the empire, this was an offer that could not be refused.
But Grand Duke Violet stood in front of these people.
"…You can say what you want, but he's not my father."
Li Ke waved his hand casually. He was not inclined towards the Principality of Belmar or the Empire, but the princess had the training manual he needed.
"I have only one goal, Kazan's training manual. For this thing, I can help you and protect your safety. As for the rest, don't involve me."
The princess shrugged and swallowed the words "I want you to be Grand Duke Violet" that were about to come out of her mouth.
"Well, let's go. No matter what, someone will tell the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess. As for your weapons..."
Celia pouted.
"If you want, I can take it with you. But if you don't take it, that's fine. I'll give you something better. Whether it's a legendary artifact from history or a weapon treasured by the Holy Church, as long as you want it, I can get it for you."
"Do you have the Ancient Dust Giant Sword, Holy Glory Redemption Light Sword, Holy Sword·Sword of the King, Sea of Stars, Demon Sword Muramasa , Interstellar Destruction, Sky Curtain Falling Tachi, and God's Will? Can you give them to me?"
Li Ke directly revealed a lot of weapon names, and Celia was confused.
"I have never heard of the Ancient Dust Giant Sword... the Holy Glory Redemption Light Sword, but the Holy Sword is indeed in our family's treasure house. I have never heard of the Sea of Stars, but as for Muramasa, it should be in Xuzu now, right?"
Celia had a strange look on her face, because some of the things Li Ke talked about were things she had never heard of before.
"Then, there must be a Soul-Releasing True Spirit Light Sword, right?"
"What is that?"
Celia was at a loss.
