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Chapter 1655, Chapter 288: If everyone had a gun, he wouldn't cause chaos.

Occasionally, Joan would reveal some of the expressions that a young girl should have.

For example, at this moment, she looked on with a blank expression as a group of soldiers in bright red armor hurriedly entered Marshal Galkin's camp.

Am I seeing things? Or am I just too homesick and mistaking a similar-looking group for the Hellfire Legion?

Not long after, she saw another group of soldiers in the same fiery red armor enter the camp.

Joan rubbed her eyes vigorously.

I guess I'm still not fully awake, otherwise why would I see waves of soldiers from home running over and then disappearing again...?

……

"You're unwilling? The Empire has said it's all good."

In the central tent of the camp, Grand Marshal Galkin was speaking with Annan through a teleportation portal.

Annan was talking about the political commissar system, hoping to promote it throughout the kingdom—calling it a guinea pig is a bit harsh, but it's a win-win situation: the kingdom would be stronger with a dual-leader system. He also obtained some firsthand data.

Marshal Galkin disagreed, but did not refute Annan's words.

Like many others, he both loved and hated Annan: he admired Annan's talent and convictions, but at the same time found Annan's chaotic thoughts and private life extremely annoying—a view shared by the old patriarch.

This is probably because there were no elders to guide me...

Unfortunately, no one expected that the Reeves family would suddenly take such a desperate gamble, selling their assets to acquire a Lord of Breeze City, nor did they expect that Augusta would be so audacious as to collude with the Skaven. By the time the other Kings of the North realized what was happening, it was already too late.

But even if they had noticed something at the time, they might not have been able to react in time.

The twelve kings of the North were only truly worthy of their titles during the time of their ancestors; after that, they all went downhill—this could be considered a "curse" for noble families.

“That’s a real pity. This was a great opportunity for you to completely control the army in the hands of the kingdom…” Annan shook his head. He knew that a large part of the kingdom’s army consisted of knightly orders and private soldiers of various lords and nobles. They usually only obeyed the orders of their lords, and only in life-or-death situations could they barely unite.

The Kingdom of Dimon has been through years of war and is almost united; it would be a great pity to give up now.

"Things are not as simple as you think. Today they can unite to resist the ratmen, and tomorrow they can stand together to overthrow the royal family. Every move in the capital can trigger unpredictable earthquakes."

If the royal family were to swallow up the lords' troops that offered their help, how would the nobles feel about it?

The Kingdom of Dimon has held off the Ratmen, but will perish in internal strife.

"Excuse."

Annan retorted without holding back: "For things that can be done but are not done, all reasons are just excuses."

Grand Marshal Galkin still did not refute, for who did not know that the young lord of Free City was unorthodox?
"You're too young and impetuous..."

"It's not that I'm young and impetuous, it's that you lack courage."

Times have changed. Back then, Annan was obsequious before Grand Marshal Galkin, but now he dares to speak loudly even before the Emperor of the Stunn Empire: "Seeing profit and forgetting righteousness, doing things while worrying about one's own safety. The Kingdom of Rikaner has this problem, the Broken Mountains have this problem, and your Kingdom of Dimon has it too."

"To be blinded by profit and forget righteousness, to act with caution and self-preservation... This saying is interesting, but politics is not a simple back-and-forth."

It is the most intricate and tangled ball of yarn in the world.

"To put it bluntly, it's still a matter of insufficient strength. Look at Liberty City, I said I agreed, and Olmedo could only say 'yes, yes, yes, yes.'" Annan said arrogantly. "I'm still here..." a helpless voice came from the side.

"With absolute strength, one can shatter all opposing voices and mold everything into the shape one desires."

"I'm afraid only you would dare to do that."

"Ha, if you were twenty years old, you might have gone even further than me."

Marshal Galkin smiled slightly. Indeed, if it were him at twenty, he would have thrown these opposition forces into the arena and let them fight for three days and three nights, then thrown the final victor into the latrine.

He regarded Annan as a junior, which had the advantage of treating Annan as one of his own, but the disadvantage was... which elder would listen to the advice of a junior?

"Do as you please. With me and the Empire here, the Central Plains will be at peace."

If the Kingdom of Dimon doesn't dare to be the first to try something new, then it will do it itself.

To be honest, Annan could understand Marshal Galgin.

The empire diverted all the attention of the northern chaos, giving the Kingdom of Dimon a chance to breathe. With the deaths and injuries of nobles, the rigid class system within the country freed up a large number of positions. There was demand and positions available—an excellent template for a "golden age."

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the kingdom will enjoy at least fifty years of prosperity until the advancement path is blocked, ushering in a new round of cleansing and purification.

Therefore, the kingdom does not need radical measures to centralize power to achieve its goals at present. Grand Marshal Galkin saw this point – if you dare to centralize power, they dare to overthrow you.

Each of them is a beneficiary of this system, so who would oppose themselves?
Therefore, it can only be those who cannot gain any benefit; this is the essence of a coup.

The difference is that coups on the continent of Allen generally united the church and the nobility, while Annam united the common people.

This path is destined to be difficult. The continent of Allen is, after all, a world of the extraordinary. One knight can defeat ten farmers wielding pitchforks, one professional can defeat ten knights, and one mage can defeat ten professional...

For reforms to take root from the bottom up, the grassroots must be empowered to resist.

Therefore, Annam wanted to vigorously develop its military industry, so that even ten-year-old children in the south would sleep with magic firearms.

It's not about seeing the world blown to pieces, but about how under the magic gun, all beings are equal!
……

The practical assessment has ended.

There were no scores given, but the Hellfire officers, who had observed the five men's performances, had their own judgments in mind:
Sauron was a piece of steel, but his thinking was too extreme. Whether it was skinning or killing prisoners, he treated the villagers quite well.

He was more like an officer than a political commissar, which may be related to his past as a soldier in the Northern Fortress and his later fall to the Forsaken.

The officers thought about it carefully: what was the difference between appointing Soren as the political commissar and choosing one of them as the political commissar?
The other two performed adequately, without anything particularly outstanding; at least the officer felt that the process would have been similar if they had done it themselves.

The main problem is that the script set up by Lordaeron is not stressful, and the main quest "deliver the letter within three days" is also very easy, making it impossible to see their true abilities.

The Lordaeron lieutenant plans to go to New World Pictures in the next few days to learn some screenwriting.

Adam, who was favored by the Lordaeron lieutenant, was also "disqualified"—because he was too clever.

Upon arriving in Firepot Town, Adam immediately grasped the true nature of this "real battle," and then, in a perfunctory manner, rode a griffin to the northern pass.

It's like being the first to hand in your paper in a graduation exam.

But the graduation exam tests what you've learned in the past year, so what's the point of handing in your paper quickly?
(End of this chapter)