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Chapter 1065 - 1065 151 The Transaction Under the Game_3

1065: Chapter 151: The Transaction Under the Game_3 1065: Chapter 151: The Transaction Under the Game_3 Under the pressure of the Moxi Army, those who supported the Warhammer Government in exile didn’t even dare to recognize its legitimacy, still clinging to the banner of the East-West War Hammer Kingdom.

As if they wanted to use restoration as a bargaining chip in their final negotiations with the Moxi Government.

If the conditions were agreed upon, actually going through with it wasn’t impossible.

After all, loyalty has its price.

With neighbors continually defecting, persisting in restoration was a dangerous act.

The fact that they had survived until now was thanks to the Moxi People’s desire to save face.

Once their patience was exhausted, resorting to extreme measures and the death of a few Nobles was no big deal.

On the Human Alliance’s side, the Warhammer Clan had lodged countless appeals, but it was a pity that the decisions of the Alliance Council didn’t have binding force.

Only the Alpha Kingdom could effectively interfere with the Warhammer Kingdom and make the Moxi People cede control.

“Marshal Hudson is right,” the Kingdom doesn’t have the strength to intervene in the dispute between the Moxi People and the Warhammer Clan.

It’s better to remain neutral!

The rise of a powerful Moxi Duchy to share the pressure from the Elf Race is good for the Kingdom.

It’s already getting late, let’s stop here for today.

After attending the victory banquet, we can discuss the Near East issue tomorrow.”

King Caesar IV said with a cheerful smile.

Everything seemed so logical; the Warhammer Kingdom’s issues appeared to exist merely to lighten the mood.

Without waiting for everyone to join the discussion, the King made the decision directly.

Those who wanted to object didn’t know where to start.

After all, supporting the Warhammer Clan’s restoration required substantial silver investment, whereas allowing Moxi expansion came at no cost.

Sensing something amiss but unable to put a finger on it, they could only attribute the problem to good—relations.

Hudson’s good relations with the Moxi People were well known.

It was normal for King Caesar IV to favor his kin, the Moxi Royal Family, over principles.

As they left the great hall in pairs and groups, they suddenly realized that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had only suggested supporting the Warhammer Clan’s restoration without mentioning any benefits to be gained.

Non-relatives couldn’t be expected to provide help for nothing.

Normally, the exiled Warhammer Government would have to offer substantial benefits to garner support from the Kingdom.

After hesitating for a moment, everyone chose to remain silent.

There was no help for it; even if the benefits promised by the Warhammer Clan were substantial, they had to be realizable.

The most important elements of restoration were land and population, neither of which the exiled Warhammer Government had.

Even if they included the populations supporting their armed resistance, it barely reached one to two million, and their control area was at most one or two provinces.

The remaining land and people were Moxi’s, with the latter at least being Moxi Duchy’s.

Unlike land that can’t move, people were allowed to cross borders.

The refugees entering the Moxi Duchy only needed George to grant them citizenship, and they would become legitimate Moxi People.

As for the Nobles crowned by George, there was less need to say—they had resisted the invasion of Different Races till the end and only turned to their new host after the Warhammer Kingdom fell.

By contrast, the fleeing Royal Family and government were actually the first to betray.

No matter how much interference was carried out, they couldn’t force the Moxi People to swear allegiance to the Warhammer Kingdom.

Boundary-crossing interference without limits could lead to the loss of friends.

At times like these, the Moxi Duchy’s importance far outweighed that of the Warhammer Kingdom.

Hudson’s mood improved considerably after silently completing an agreement.

At the banquet, he enjoyed the compliments of others as if the disputes in the inner chamber had never happened.

Especially the Noble Lords from the north repeatedly came over to get acquainted.

Except for the ever-hostile Duke Torsten, everyone else was very amiable.

The topic of conversation also shifted from the sensitive Near East issue to the achievements each had made in battle.

The Major Nobles were in good spirits, while the expressions of the lesser Nobles were worse one after another.

Even at a special occasion like a victory banquet, their smiles were stiff.

It was clear that these people already knew that the Kingdom was planning to strategize in the Near East Region.

Heroes of the Kingdom could very well be assigned to the front lines of the Near East, becoming neighbors with the disliked Orcs.

For the Nobles without military achievements, there was no happiness either.

The money, grain, and labor for developing the Near East would surely fall on their shoulders.

Otherwise, relying solely on the ability of the local Lords, who knew when the Near East Front would be fortified.

And if they were unlucky, they might even face forced resettlement.

Usually, that was an extreme measure taken when the border areas were left unguarded and no one was willing to fill the gap.

Typically, the Kingdom would distribute quotas to each province, and then the Noble Lords would draw lots.

There were ways to address this, such as if a Noble Child volunteered to take on the responsibility, then all that was needed was to gather the required number of settlers and troops.

Which method to use to fill the gap would still depend on the results of factional negotiations, but this didn’t stop everyone from offering prayers at Hudson’s doors first.

Not going to the Near East was a gain; in an unfortunate turn of events of joining the Near East Development Team, this relationship could save their lives at any moment.

When approached with overtures of goodwill, Hudson was open to all comers.

Under these uncertain circumstances, the Major Nobles of the Kingdom were unwilling to invest too much effort in the Near East.

To develop the region, they had to rely on the smaller Nobles without a choice.