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Chapter 1268 - 1268 222 Reciprocity_3

1268: Chapter 222, Reciprocity_3 1268: Chapter 222, Reciprocity_3 “In fact, we have formulated corresponding measures a long time ago.

It’s just that our goal of annihilating the Orc Empire has not been achieved yet, so it’s temporarily inconvenient to disclose them to the public.”

Hudson said this without changing his expression.

What corresponding measures, annihilating the Orc Empire is merely a political slogan for uniting the Kingdom.

Aside from the younger generation, who would believe that?

Even Hudson, the strategist who proposed this, only intends to slowly devour the Orc Empire.

Swallowing the Orc Empire in one bite would be like a snake trying to eat an elephant, which would choke it to death.

The most optimistic estimate is that the Kingdom could absorb this enormous Orc Empire within the next two hundred years.

Over such a lengthy period of time, no one knows what might happen; even the most perfect plan could be rendered obsolete by failing to keep up with the times.

And yet, the very thing that nobody within believes, the outside world is convinced that the Alpha Kingdom can annihilate the Orc Empire.

This unfounded confidence is very much in line with the development trajectory of the human race.

Over the past years, humans have defeated one enemy after another to become the overlord of the continent.

As far as Hudson knows, there are even proposals within the Human Alliance to annihilate all other races within fifty years and dominate the Continent of Aslante.

Theoretically speaking, the Human Race indeed has this strength.

If all factions were to stop their internal strife, they could launch a campaign to unify the continent right now.

“The Marshal is right, the systems indeed need to be adjusted in step with the times.

My Avarat Kingdom merely fell behind a step in this regard, which is why we fell out of line.

My visit for inspections is precisely to learn from your country’s strategy of enriching the state and strengthening the military!”

Prince Peter replied with a smile.

The future of the Alpha Kingdom doesn’t concern him; his main purpose in posing exploratory questions was to find out if the Alpha model could make a smooth landing.

In this regard, there aren’t any significant issues because they’re just following the lead of a few other countries.

Even if there were problems, they would first occur in the countries ahead of them, from which they could fully learn and derive their own path.

Hudson, who saw through all of this, forcefully suppressed his laughter.

The policy of Exhausting Soldiers and Wars implemented by the Alpha Kingdom is not that easy to emulate.

Once you embark on this path, the state can forget about becoming rich.

Having foreign enemies, this is the best organizational model; but without them, the current system becomes the greatest hidden danger of the Kingdom.

The Local Lords, each more powerful than the last, the Central Government must ensure that every consecutive King surpasses a certain standard.

If even one lacks the ability, the royal authority would be significantly weakened.

Of course, for the steadily declining Avarat Kingdom, as long as it can become stronger, these issues aren’t a big deal.

After all, a declining Kingdom also doesn’t have much control over the localities from the center.

If everyone becomes stronger together, at least it can ward off prying foreign enemies.

As for the restiveness among the Local Lords, they’ve long grown accustomed to it.

With internal challenges present, they can slowly mitigate conflicts through political means; after all, on the Continent of Aslante, there haven’t been any Nobles who rebelled because they became too powerful.

After exchanging military theory knowledge for a while, both parties exchanged gifts and closed the first round of talks.

Back at the embassy, the accompanying Magician looked at the pile of invaluably priced Magic Potions on the table, his eyes nearly popping out.

“Your Highness, are all these gifts from Marshal Hudson?”

Mage Bernard asked in alarm.

For Nobles, receiving significant gifts is not something to be excited about in haste.

Usually, such circumstances come with strings attached.

This time, they also prepared generous gifts for Hudson because they had requests to make.

“These Magic Potions would cause Mages from the Sanctuary to fight over them.

Who else besides Marshal Hudson could afford to give them away so generously?”

Prince Peter nodded and said.

If he had known earlier how substantial the gift was, he would have definitely refused it at the time.

Now that he has accepted the gifts, returning them would cause offense.

This trip, their intention was to learn advanced military concepts; they couldn’t afford to offend the military Big Shot right from the start.

“Your Highness, there is no need to worry.

Since Marshal Hudson has presented you with this significant gift, it must surely be within your power to fulfill his request.

As the Marshal of the First Kingdom in the Northern Continent who wields high power and authority, Hudson lacks neither wealth, influence, nor beautiful women.

If one had to point out a shortcoming, that would be a slightly insufficient population in his territories.

These are precisely what the Kingdom has at its disposal.

After so many years of peaceful development, the Kingdom has accumulated quite a surplus of population.

…”

Marquis Suarez finished speaking, and Prince Peter’s heart that had been hanging finally fell.

Knowing the other party’s desire was a relief; the worst was unknowingly accepting a significant gift.

His intuition told him that the Envoy to Alpha surely must have been in contact with Hudson privately; otherwise, he couldn’t have discerned the truth so quickly.

While he knew it, Prince Peter had no intention of exposing it; the Noble World is, after all, a process of exchanging resources.

If it were just a matter of spending money to buy people, he would definitely reject the offer.

Such large-scale population transactions also tarnish a Noble’s reputation.

However, Hudson offered Magic Potions, rare and invaluable, not something money could buy, changing the nature of the deal.

Talking money hurts feelings; when Nobles exchange gifts directly, it represents the cordiality of mutual respect.

Prince Peter was sure that as soon as this news was relayed back home, the Major Nobles would have no objection to establishing a connection with Hudson.

“Your Excellency the Marquis, you are most familiar with the situation in the Alpha Kingdom; I entrust you with this matter to coordinate.

I will take responsibility for explaining things to His Majesty, and I imagine there won’t be any problems.

My Avarat Kingdom always enjoys making friends, and naturally, we cannot allow our friends to be at a disadvantage.

Mage Bernard, I will trouble you to help estimate a value so I can prepare a reciprocal gift.

As a token of gratitude, you may choose any one of these Potions for yourself.”

Prince Peter said this with an unchanged expression.

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