Chauvin, a nostalgic name, there, where it all began.

Eight years ago, when I had just returned to the Eastern Lan Principality, the entire Northland was in a state of hostility, and I was full of wariness against the Lan Kingdom, and the only one who had a more harmonious relationship was probably the chauvinist Dominion of many half-blood descendants and Lan descendants.

There, Higashilan re-entered the stage of history, made an alliance with the barbarians and the lords of the Dominion, and began the revival plan of the entire Lan clan.

There, a huge amount of ore was transported from the barbarian tribal mountains, a large amount of money for grain imports came from here, and more than forty percent of the ore and magic gems needed by the magic machinery were produced here, and the original Northland survival chain was established.

There, there is the only warm valley in the whole of Northland, although due to its small size, the amount of grain produced is not enough to supply a country, and Amira and I did countless experiments there, and finally the breeding of cold-resistant crops was completed there, and the whole of Northland was expected to achieve food self-sufficiency.

There, a large number of mixed-race people lived together, once despised by various countries, with the integration of the entire Northland Lan Alliance, as the strongest ally of the Eastern Lan Principality, their status has also risen, and because of its unique geographical advantages, they have done a lot of transnational and cross-regional trade, and now, it is one of the richest regions in the Northland.

The Lan had not forgotten their closest allies during the period of poverty, and a great deal of preferential policies and incentives were in favor of this small territory, and the mining extract alone was enough to feed the inhabitants of the Dominion, and with the proliferation of cold-resistant plants, the valley in the mountains was a rare warm area in the Northlands. It is a little too wasteful to be a production place. Now it has become the most famous tourist attraction and health resort in the whole of Northland.

Well. Whether or not there is someone's suggestion behind this, only God knows.

Every winter, a grand Day of Reconciliation is held here, and the royal families and nobles of the Northlands bring their families to participate...... Spend the winter here, well, the festival is nominally to celebrate the reconciliation of the nations and the establishment of the Lan Alliance, but in reality the events of the festival are hunting, singing and dancing performances, hot springs, and the solemn celebration is probably less than ten minutes of the leader's speech. This is followed by various theatrical performances and entertainment activities.

And as the whole Northland enters a period of peace, coming to Chauvin for the winter every year is not only a holiday for the royal family and nobles, but also an activity to deepen friendship and alliances.

“…… First disintegrate the hostility of the other party at the wine table, and then deepen the relationship in the hot spring, take out the hole cards and then fight at the negotiation table, this routine is really familiar. ”

And the Chauvin, which is already multi-racial and mixed-race, really has an advantage when it comes to tourism. The shops in the tourist area not only have elf handicrafts, but also orc totems, animal bone specialties, dwarf sculptures, knives and swords, and so on. There is everything, and the first time I came here was because it was imported, and those who are familiar with this place know that these are all locally produced.

And the song and dance art of the half-blood elves, the war dance of the orcs and other performances, are also very common, and the culture brought by multi-race is also diverse, although it is not as original as the place of origin, but the half-blood performers are much more reassuring to the viewers, as for what happened after that, something romantic...... Anyway, this is not a sinless city, and the sleepless can't take care of anything, and these inconvenient gray industries have also become a selling point for tourist cities.

In the past, the closer to winter, the more lively it became, and after the New Year, the most comfortable and warm resorts were only reserved for royalty, but this year, there are a third fewer tourists.

Cause? The holy war has begun, the royal families and leaders of all countries have been busy and dizzy, the wars of the countries within the continent, their own preparations for war, food supplies, in the first year of the holy war, stability is overpowering, vacation? Let's wait until next year.

The royal family didn't come and there were too few tourists? In fact, there are so many tourists every winter, how many of them are sincere tourists, and the children of the royal family may really come to relax (the possibility is extremely low), but the nobles have the task of pulling relations and negotiating deals with the royal family and the nobles with real power, and those rich businessmen can't get the line of the royal family, so they must seize the opportunity to have a good relationship with the nobles and find opportunities for their children to enter the upper class.

Of course, it is also because of the establishment of the Lan League that the royal families and nobles of various countries can sit together and pull relations calmly.

And it is also because of the establishment of the Lan Alliance, so that the dignitaries of various countries need a neutral region to pull relations and make transactions, which also indirectly created the rapid prosperity of the Chauvin Dominion, of course, this is also related to the Lan royal family taking the lead, as for whether there is someone behind the plan...... Anyway, every year the Chauvin Dominion will thank someone for giving someone a super red envelope, but unfortunately it is "kept" by Kai Li, the head of the Donglan royal family, every year, just like a primary school student who is kept by his elders for the New Year's money......

This year's situation is special, the royal family and the real power faction have no time to talk nonsense, the result is that the peak of the Northland pyramid did not come, and there is a large area below, and many "tourists" who have not figured out the facts are still regretting their trip in vain.

This time, the royal family is only about a quarter of the previous year, and the aristocratic class is only half, so that the villa area and the hot spring area are more than half, and it is even more a headache for the chauvin lord who has spent a lot of effort to organize the event, and this time it is estimated that he will lose money.

But soon, he won't have to worry about breaking even this year's operations, because he has to find a way to survive first......

“…… Haven't heard from reinforcements yet? Is there a response to the letter for help? ”

The Chauvinist Dominion, which had been peaceful for so long, was actually threatened, and it was still a group of beasts that came out of nowhere, which was simply incomprehensible to the Chauvinist lord Gagalore.

Eight years of time, more and more affluent life and Anton's environment, made him even more wealthy, when others secretly called him Frog Prince Gagalol, and now others call him Hippo King Gagalol behind his back.

"....... damn it, where are our guards, our chauvin's barbarian elven archery brigade and orc berserk warband? Now it's time for them to show their skills, but they can't be seen, haven't they been assembled yet? ”

"I'm sorry, my lord, more than seventy percent of their fighters have been professional actors and dancers for several years, and many of them have refused our forced summons, and even if they respond to the summoning order, they need time to find their own weapons and equipment......"

"Ridiculous! The warrior actually became a clown! This is a serious corruption incident, and I'm going to talk to my general about which bastard would do such a stupid thing! ”

“……”

The political officials who gave the order remained silent, but Gagalore did not decide who dared to call the shots, and he still remembered that it was the "Hippopotamus King" in front of him who pressed the military to make the decision.

lost his temper indiscriminately, Gagalore, who was angry, calmed down a lot, he also wanted the foolish things he did back then, the rise of the Lan League that he thought was all right, he took the tourist route here, and there were two major Lan countries as shields, the possibility of a civil war in the north was almost zero, instead of raising useless soldiers, it was better to get more actors in short supply to earn gold coins.

The combat power of other countries is several times stronger than that of eight years ago, and the fiscal revenue of the Chauvinian Dominion is 100 times that of eight years ago, and its combat strength is probably less than one-fifth of that of eight years ago.

Not to mention that the nobles and lords are in a hurry to make money, the soldiers below are also busy making money, the army eats empty salaries, and the soldiers become merchants and actors, what combat power does such an army have.

In a certain sense, the absence of war and threats from outside the country is the poison that makes a country's national defense collapse.

The beast roared constantly, Gagalore was very anxious, now is not the time to shirk responsibility, I don't want to find a way, there is no place to spend so many gold coins.

The bulging eyes couldn't help but roll, looking at the villa area under the high wall, he was in a daze, not to mention, at this moment, it really made him, who was famous for his wisdom in the past, think of a way, even if that method has endless troubles.

"Tell those foreign nobles, tell them the truth, we can't protect them anymore, and let their bodyguards and mercenaries go to war." (To be continued.) )