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Chapter 1269 - 1269 223 More Children More Blessings

1269: Chapter 223: More Children, More Blessings 1269: Chapter 223: More Children, More Blessings Many things boil down to a matter of information asymmetry.

The more closed and rigid the world, the greater the information asymmetry.

With someone pulling the strings, Hudson suddenly made a lot more friends.

Many of whom he had never met before, have now become his friends.

In fact, ‘making friends’ is not difficult.

The tricky part is that exchanging gifts that are too special without government endorsement can easily lead to trouble.

If political influence weren’t a concern, Hudson would have made friends all over the continent long ago.

Of course, even now, it’s not too late to start making friends.

The Avarat Kingdom’s delegation is currently acting as a tool.

Hudson is simply using them to let the outside world know what he needs right now.

There can be trade where there are needs; and where there is trade, there can be friends.

If hostile forces get wind of such matters, they’ll surely try to sabotage the plans and prevent them from coming to fruition.

However, Hudson’s current position was earned through fighting Different Races, and didn’t touch the core interests of all sides; his reputation within the Human World has always been quite good.

There might be many Nobles who frown upon him, but definitely not many who want to truly challenge him to the end.

Without conflicts of interest, even if one dislikes him, considering the benefits of Magic Potions, everyone can still become friends.

The few sworn enemies, at such a time, do not have the power to offend so many “friends” and prevent the exchange of gifts.

The more friends one has, the easier the journey ahead.

In the days that followed, Hudson faithfully fulfilled the duties of a reception minister.

He introduced Prince Peter in detail to the structure of the Kingdom’s Army and even gave him a copy of “Military Training Manual”.

“Marshal, why does your ‘Military Training Manual’ mostly revolve around logistics?”

Faced with Prince Peter’s question, Hudson felt helpless.

It wasn’t that he wanted to focus on logistics; there simply wasn’t much to write about the training itself.

How to lead troops in battle is another matter tied to one’s competency; Hudson needed to maintain this edge and couldn’t just spread it around carelessly.

“Your Highness, as you can see, there really isn’t much mystery to training the troops.

After all, the army is a collective activity; we have to consider the majority’s capacity to assimilate, which is why training must be as simple as possible.

However, soldiers can’t become Elite just through training; they also need logistical support.

I do not conceal from you that in recent years, the Kingdom’s Army has also undergone a major logistics transformation.

The food budget for the ordinary soldiers doubled, and this increased budget was cut from the officers.

Of course, the situation in Alpha Kingdom was special then.

As the continental war broke out, the Kingdom was on the brink of life and death.

His Majesty the King personally set an example by tightening his belt, and since the officers were enjoying a higher food standard than the King, there wasn’t much to say.

If Your country were to undergo military reform, it definitely couldn’t proceed in this way; otherwise, big problems would arise!”

Hudson said with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

Following his philosophy, after completing military reform, the military’s expenditure hadn’t increased much, but the pressure on logistics had significantly increased.

Those aspects that only served to flaunt Noble status and did not contribute to improving combat effectiveness were all cleared out of the Army by him.

But the improved food standards included not just more grain, but the addition of meat, vegetables, eggs, and other supplies into the logistics chain, and in some garrisons in the grassland areas, even fresh milk was provided.

These posed a challenge to the logistics system.

Without a certain level of organizational capability, the mere allocation of supplies would be chaotic.

In fact, the food standards of Alpha Kingdom Army are still not high; aside from the war period when the full amount of supplies was distributed strictly according to his directives, at other times, it could only be said to be enough to fill one’s stomach, with meat and fish seen daily.

This is already the result of the close attention of the Kingdom’s upper echelons; otherwise, the bureaucrats would be even more excessive.

At present, the strict implementation of supply standards only applies to the Near East Garrison; whether other armies follow suit depends largely on the authority of the generals.

Generally speaking, if the Commander in Chief is authoritative enough and holds sufficient sway in the Kingdom, the bureaucrats of the Logistic Department will behave more cautiously.

The Near East region is one such example; bureaucrats who bully the weak and fear the strong naturally do not dare to provoke when even Hudson’s authoritative King himself is wary.

If the relatively clean bureaucratic system of Alpha Kingdom is already so, the corrupt Avarat Kingdom goes without saying.

Even if the regulations are well-crafted, in the end, it still requires people to carry them out.

Those who blatantly embezzle resources are fools; the astute bureaucrats find excuses to divert funds and then siphon off the money in other ways.

If one wants to push through deep reforms, it is inevitable to offend people.

As the military’s head honcho, Hudson had to leverage the power of the overall situation to force all parties to compromise.

That no tragic events of people dying without anyone to mourn them occurred is mainly because Hudson’s reform, while damaging the officers’ interests, also improved their survival odds on the battlefield.

Lavish living is important, but life is clearly more vital; there was no driving force for everyone to revolt and start over.

This is especially true for Aristocratic Military Officers who had earned military honors; they were the very supporters of Hudson’s military reforms.

These were now precisely the people who, fittingly, held real power within the military.

The only ones who truly suffered were the quartermasters who had been sent home.

These individuals, despite their strong connections, were not part of the decision-making layer.

The Gold Coins they used for “tributes” weren’t enough to get the high-ranking Ministers to step out and lock horns with Hudson.

Even so, Hudson’s reform could not be entirely successful; whether it could be continued depended entirely on the level of attention from the higher-ups.

The reforms in Avarat Kingdom are not just military, but also political.

“Marshal, having heard you talk about this, it actually makes me want to try it even more.