Don't call me evil god

Chapter 601: East-West Dispute
The locals in the capital have a long tradition of discriminating against people from the eastern border.

The first people to have problems with the border people were the nobles in the western part of the kingdom.

In the face of the common threat to everyone - evil gods and monsters, everyone has the same goal, which is to keep the monsters outside the border and not let them affect the order within the kingdom.

But the territory of the Reyak Kingdom is vast.

The eastern border near the Dark Forest will be the first to be attacked by monsters;
Unless the border defense line is breached, the western region in the rear will definitely be safe.

Therefore, the West is more oriented towards production and logistics, while the East is more oriented towards armaments and combat.

In short, every year a large amount of taxes collected in the western region are sent to the eastern region in the form of subsidies to finance local production and life, and to repair defenses to deal with the impact of the monster red tide.

This is where the core of the contradiction and conflict lies.

How much subsidy is appropriate?
On this issue, the nobles in the western region believed that the less, the better.

They feel that, at least at this stage, the subsidies are definitely too much!
The logic behind their thinking is simple:
The red tide of monsters comes every year and is fought every year.

Whether in the east or west of the Kingdom of Reyak, everyone is treated equally when it comes to recruiting soldiers, mobilizing professionals, and conscripting nobles to go to the battlefield.

Over the years, the King's Army has cooperated with the Crusaders, and when the monster red tide broke out, the border defense line has never been lost, and no serious disasters have occurred.

This obviously shows that there is enough gold given to the East.

Isn't the Western Kingdom short of money?
Of course there is a shortage.

As long as you recruit troops, you have to spend money.

No one doesn't like gold coins, and no one likes the feeling of having their gold coins taken away from their pocket.

Therefore, the biggest objection of the nobles in the west was that they felt that too much subsidy was given to the eastern region and that it should be cut.

The attitude of the eastern nobles was exactly the opposite.

The reasons to support them are clear:
Well known.

Good fighters have no illustrious feats.

The reason they can maintain their stability year after year is that there are sufficient subsidies to support their weak economic foundation.

Many production-related industries, even the most basic farming, are not easy to develop in the eastern region for a long time. It is easy for monsters that slip through the net during the red tide to rush into the kingdom and cause damage.

Once damage occurs, it takes a lot of time to repair it.

The refugees outside Ceylon City were the embodiment of this phenomenon. Their already fragile lives could easily collapse due to the invasion of a group of monsters.

Until now, the eastern region still needs to purchase grain and various other materials from the western grain-producing areas every year for relief and subsidies to fill the gap in its needs.

That’s a lot of money to spend.

If the subsidies are cut, how can they maintain their basic life and build a solid defense against monsters?
The kingdom’s “East-West dispute” has a long history.

The West looked down on the East, thinking that they had "stolen" too much of the wealth that should have belonged to them, and that they were consuming the resources that they had worked so hard to produce;
The East also has a lot of complaints about the West, thinking that they know nothing and can only stay in the relatively safe rear and make decisions.

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Judging from the overall distribution of professionals, the overall strength of the western part of the kingdom is greater than that of the eastern part.

This is the result of natural evolution under economic influence.

More powerful professionals naturally want a better life.

At this point, the West undoubtedly beats the East.

As a fifth-level wizard, if Countess Ceylon's fiefdom was in the western part of the kingdom, the size of her castle could be expanded at least three times, with hundreds of servants and maids.

But the conditions of her castle on the eastern border were totally unworthy of her status as an "earl".

She had not hired many servants since she was canonized. Even when she held social events such as balls and banquets in the castle, the conditions were kept simple.

If you want a better living environment and material enjoyment, you have to go to the western part of the kingdom.

Therefore, many professionals who can reach level 2, level 3, and even level 4 would prefer to settle in the West.

Except when the monster red tide breaks out, he would take a few months every year to go to the dark forest outside the eastern border to kill monsters, collect spoils and materials, and after earning enough gold coins, he would return to his home in the west of the kingdom to relax and rest.

To use a more vivid way of saying it:
“If you don’t open for a year, you can make a living after you open.”

This is a true portrayal of the lives of many mid-level professionals in the western region.

……

The environment is safer;
Better economic conditions;

The overall strength is also stronger;
And the top beam is not straight.

The nobles took the lead in looking down on the people in the eastern part of the kingdom, especially those in the border areas;
The final result is that the lower beam also becomes crooked!

Many local people in the royal capital would have similar views.

Discrimination and contempt for the border people in the east.

They are considered to be barbaric, greedy, and unruly people.

Therefore, their impatient attitude was quite reasonable when they heard Gale's strong frontier accent.

Gale has not yet been involved in the long-standing fierce struggle between the east and west of the kingdom, and does not understand the twists and turns involved.

But he could clearly feel that the local people in the royal capital didn't like them very much.

"Tsk! Okay! It's not like I really need your help!"

The environment of the old city is complex. For outsiders who are not familiar with the terrain, it is difficult to quickly find the best route to the destination even with a complete map.

Gail's anger suddenly rose, and he raised his hand to open the light curtain of illusion magic.

Real-time navigation, activated!
Although it was impossible to directly obtain a complete map of the old city, turning on the real-time navigation could at least allow Gale and the others to confirm where they were so that they would not go back without realizing it.

And the effect of real-time navigation is shared.

As long as no one updates the map explored by previous generations, later generations can still determine their position based on this map explored by humans when they continue to use it.

Real-time display, accurate location, and terrain reminders.

Although this method is stupid, it is a one-time solution. After exploring it once, it is equivalent to "lighting up" the map of this area on the light curtain.

Gail knew the approximate location of Miranda's parents' house. Even if he couldn't find the most convenient route to get there, he could still figure out the specific route after some trial and error.

"Let's go find it ourselves!"

The unpleasantness caused by discrimination diluted a lot of the shock brought by the royal capital. Not to mention Gale and Dolan, the two "border people" from Ceylon, even Lena and Brandon had an inexplicable feeling - they did not belong to this miraculous huge city.

Although everything here seems good and every place is so prosperous.

But they are "outsiders".

They don't belong here.

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