Doctor Amnesiac, but not completely amnesiac

[Yes, that’s what I think.]

The black snake now seems very lonely and doesn't even bother to move around.

"Don't worry, it won't happen, at least not in the next ten years."

[......Your words make me feel uneasy. ]

"So what do you want? How about you just join my plan against Ursus?"

Qiao Yelan said temptingly.

[What is your plan for Ursus? ]

Kosice is still struggling with this.

She suspected that the only country on this land that had not been tormented was Dayan, but now she was a little unconfident. After all, apart from Longmen, she had never been deep into Dayan.

"My plan for Ursus, no, I should say, my requirement for all the countries on this land is that they must stand in the right position and shoulder their responsibilities. If they deviate from their position, I will push them back, and if they want to abandon their responsibilities, I will let them know how to write the word regret."

Qiao Yelan spoke slowly.

Countless people would think that Qiao Yelan was talking nonsense, but only those who really knew Qiao Yelan would understand that he was just stating a fact.

"You are worried about the situation in Casimir because you think that Casimir looks like a sign of national destruction. But in fact, in my opinion, this is just Casimir fulfilling its own responsibilities."

"Ursus's duties are different from Casimir's, so you don't have to worry about Ursus getting into this situation."

Casimir's...duties?

Kosice only felt a huge sense of absurdity rising from the bottom of his heart.

[Is it Casimir's duty... to fall into this situation you call the Great Depression?]

"Completely correct."

[I... I don't understand. Casimir is in this situation. How are you going to use it? Aren't you going to go back and help him get out of this situation?]

"Before you left, we discussed this - in the process of solving Casimir's problem, I can gain enough wealth. And wealth does not come out of thin air, it is always born out of labor."

Kosice was still confused as he listened to Qiao Yelan's words.

She recalled her previous conversation with Qiao Yelan, and then suddenly remembered an evaluation she had made of Qiao Yelan.

Qiao Yelan will save you from danger - but don't ask why you are in danger.

Casimir's responsibility... the acquisition of wealth...

A flash of thunder flashed through Kosice's mind, and he was so scared that he almost jumped out of Qiao Yelan's body.

[You... you mentioned Casimir's responsibility, right? Is it this moment? Its wealth?]

She poured out everything that was in her mind in a somewhat disorganized manner, and then managed to piece it together into a coherent sentence.

[You let Casimir accumulate wealth and allow Casimir's industry to develop, because this is where he should be - then you blocked Casimir's foreign trade channels, causing him to fall into a great depression, and then you turned around and dismembered the country's accumulated wealth...]

[Is this the "responsibility" that Casimir should bear?]

"I am really impressed by you, Grand Duke Kosice."

Qiao Yelan's face was full of surprise.

"You hit the nail on the head."

This time Kosice really escaped.

This time she was really scared - what if Qiao Yelan felt that her right place was to stay in his body...

Then when it is your turn to take responsibility, what a terrifying responsibility that would be?

[Why...? Casimir's responsibility is to... provide you with nourishment? ]

"Not to provide me with nourishment."

Qiao Yelan corrected.

"It is for those countries fighting on the front line to save the world and to fulfill its duty as a logistics warehouse."

[Logistics...Warehouse? ]

"Do you remember what I told you about the ultimate purpose of the Tower of Babel?"

[Save the world——I have also verified that you are not lying. 】

"Yes, and I have also talked to you about this. It is not suitable and will not succeed if Terra is integrated into a complete country."

【...】

The black smoke and dust instantly gathered into a ball, like a black snake curled up after being frightened.

She had understood this terrifying phenomenon——

"So I let Terra split into countless countries - because I can piece them all together and let them perform their duties in their respective positions."

Qiao Yelan showed a sunny smile.

It is unreasonable and undesirable to let any country deal with disasters that may lead to the destruction of the world alone.

The most typical example is Iberia, which is now on the brink of national destruction.

The purpose of Qiao Yelan establishing the Tower of Babel is to unite other non-first-tier countries to help front-line countries so that they can focus on fighting disasters - this is also the reason why Qiao Yelan did not support and contact multiple forces in Dayan and Ursus.

After all, if these two countries fall, evil will emerge.

Therefore, Casimir's duty plan was born after the Witch King Helhunzollon ascended the throne.

When the Witch King discovered that Vidunia, now Trilinterme, had a weak connection point between the Warp and Terra above it, Casimir was doomed to end up in his current situation.

Ursus is fighting against the evil demons in the north, Da Yan has been struggling to hold on in the Tianji Pavilion for hundreds of years, Iberia is exploring abnormal places in the ocean, Leitania will soon become a new front, and Kazdel... uh, Kazdel is rebuilding.

Then, there is only one country left that is closest to the first four countries responsible for the front line and can provide them with support in the first time.

Casimir, the country of knights.

Therefore, he vigorously supported Casimir's industry and even took the initiative to guide the Chamber of Commerce to help them successively take over the markets of Gaul and Victoria. The markets of Colombia, Lethania and Ursus were also opened to Casimir.

The purpose is to make Casimir fat and strong.

Looks like a satisfyingly fat pig.

Vladimir's betrayal forced Qiao Yelan to fall into a deep sleep just after he had to deal with the sudden Ursus-Eastern Kingdom War. This also meant that he did not have much time to deal with the chain reactions caused by this war.

When he woke up, he was faced with a scene that was horrible beyond description.

Ursus was in turmoil, and the Internal Guards and Wendigos were barely able to maintain their defenses on the northern snowfields.

The situation within Dayan is even more turbulent. Prime Minister Cai Yan has already stretched his hand towards the imperial power and even dares to covet the Tianji Pavilion.

Leitania was even more outrageous - Helhunzollon accidentally killed himself without leaving any information, and now all the liches are struggling to find a node to enter the subspace.

And these three countries are the ones that are least likely to be in trouble.

So Qiao Yelan immediately raised his butcher knife and aimed at the fat and strong Casimir.

—For the greater good.

Chapter 176 Postpartum Care of Sows

「You...are all countries like this to you?」

Black Snake didn't even use a question mark, but rather spoke directly out what was in his mind.

With fear and anger, but no doubt.

"Of course, every country has its own place and responsibility, and I hope they can fulfill their responsibilities, even though they may not know their responsibilities."

Qiao Yelan said lightly.

"But it doesn't matter. I will be happy to give them guidance."

Kosice remained silent; she still found it difficult to digest this reality.

After all, she still found it hard to understand why other countries would not notice anything after Qiao Yelan did this, and even still hoped to continue cooperating with Qiao Yelan.

[The benefits you bring to them...can make them so...obedient?]

"Obedient? You're wrong. They are not obedient, but they really have something to earn."

Qiao Yelan shook his head.

"If you don't believe me, I'll use Casimir as an example. Just looking at Casimir's current situation, you might think Casimir is pitiful, but if you think about Casimir from the Four Emperors' War to the present, most people should actually envy Casimir."

【Envy, envy? 】

Kosice's head is full of question marks.

Is this situation worth envying?

"You only see that Casimir is in a great depression now, but have you seen how much I have taken away from Casimir?"

Qiao Yelan stretched out his finger

"First, Casimir has been investing money in Trilin Terme since its reconstruction, and the returns of these investments are long-term. Now that only a year has passed, not to mention recovering the costs, the Business Federation is even adding a second phase of investment - because this is also part of the covenant between the two parties."

Qiao Yelan stretched out his second finger.

"Secondly, ever since I proposed the Longmen Coin plan in Da Yan, I have never intended to let Da Yan take control of the entire lifeline of Longmen Coin, so I need the funds of the Business Federation to compete with Da Yan for the ownership of Longmen Coin. The Business Federation has already approved this point, so they still have a large amount of cash in their hands."

Qiao Yelan stretched out his third finger.

"Third, you have already understood the essence of the Ursus industrial reform plan I just proposed. It is to use Casimir's industry to forcibly fill the gaps in Ursus. In other words, it is like cutting flesh to heal a wound, but the flesh is cut out of Casimir and the wound is healed in Ursus."

"This is all the wealth I will take from Casimir in the past year and a half, and I haven't even counted the part about the land and compensation that Casimir lost to Vladimir in the Tenth Uka War in 1062."

Then the man withdrew his fingers and tapped the table.

"Now, let me ask you, in Casimir today, the factories are only shut down, the unemployment rate is increasing, and even the prices are still falling, while the food prices haven't skyrocketed - doesn't this prove something?"

"And you have to know that the more terrible thing is that Casimir's own country is still in a situation of military-political division and infighting. Otherwise, guess how much benefit I have tilted to Casimir in the past few decades?"

Kosice was stunned.

Casimir now has to support the revival of Leithania, be responsible for the cost of Ursus' industrial reform, and support the Longmen currency system - the external capital investment is huge, the internal funds are also held back, and the country is still in a state of political division...

After withdrawing so much money, the country can still maintain the current situation - that's really amazing.

You want to put it in Ursus...

By now the nobles should have gotten rid of Fyodor and started playing the Ursus chicken game.

In fact, Casimir's situation is enough to prove Qiao Yelan's pig-raising skills... no, it is to prove how much profit Qiao Yelan has made Casimir from commercial trade in the past few decades.

Moreover, Qiao Yelan only cut off the fat from Casimir to subsidize the other three countries, but did not touch Casimir's muscles and bones.

Of course, this is not because Mr. Qiao is kind-hearted, but because Qiao Yelan is reluctant to really kill Casimir, this old sow who is very good at fattening...

The more core reason is that——

Qiao Yelan currently does not have any new piglets to replace Casimir.

At least before we figure out the truth in Colombia, there is no country more suitable than Casimir in the land of Terra.

So the next area Qiao Yelan is going to visit is Casimir - the purpose is to make this pig that he tortured to death live a little longer, so that it doesn't have to be made into bacon now.

"That's it."

Qiao Yelan shrugged and concluded the situation that Koschei had created for Casimir.

Now the black snake was silent.

Imagine how much the Chamber of Commerce has consumed over the past few decades, she now actually thinks that what Qiao Yelan did is very reasonable.

【Okay... you convinced me again. 】

Kosice said unhappily. She also knew that this was just a pretense to save face. After all, it seemed that Qiao Yelan had never failed to convince her...

[What's next? The plan is already in place, whether it's cost, market, or domestic support. What are you going to do next? ]

"It's not my turn to deal with anything next, but you, Grand Duke Koschei - it's your turn to realize your surplus value... cough cough cough, it's time for you to enjoy the benefits I have secured for you."

Qiao Yelan changed his words incredibly quickly.

My interests?

"Do you remember the last time we went to Casimir together and I talked to you about the card I left for you in Ursus?"

Listening to Qiao Yelan's words, Kosice began to recall his memories.