Roddy did not know much about economics. However, in a world where productivity was still in the Middle Ages, his knowledge of history was enough to guide the current Kingdom of Karen in terms of strategy.
Based on his understanding of Earth's history, what Roddy wanted to do now was not to simply rely on trade surplus to strengthen the national strength. For him, bringing the whole kingdom under his control during the war was more important than improving productivity.
The knowledge Roddy learned and the edification he received since he was a child actually had distinctive characteristics. For example, as a person who grew up in a country with a history of more than a thousand years of centralization, when he first entered Earth Breaker, it was difficult for him to understand how the Kingdom of Karen, which had a high degree of autonomy among the lords and nobles, could still be called a complete "country".
Under this feudal system of governance, war sometimes sounded like child's play. Therefore, after obtaining the nominal ruling power through war, Roddy had been implementing and changing the originally loose system, formulating more detailed laws, and trying his best to gather the power towards the central government.
In times of peace, such behavior was bound to cause a tug of war and division between different forces. According to the history of the Kingdom of Karen, there were kings who had done this, but they all ended in failure.
However, for Roddy, the sudden large-scale attack of the demons gave him the opportunity to "unify the front line". Under the pressure of survival, the cabinet, which had absolute power, had a justifiable reason to send troops to various parts of the kingdom. After all, they were the only ones who could wipe out the demons.
During this process, the old noble forces who had wanted to stir up trouble in the dark, even if they had chosen to stop a few months ago, now had to bow their heads and accept the fate of being overthrown and supervised by the army.
Under the premise of "foreign war", Roddy did not rashly assemble the army and carry out large-scale operations. He just followed the usual routine of "rescuing where there was an alarm". As time went by, a large number of new recruits quickly matured in combat missions. In February, the number of transport planes increased to a total of 18.
Therefore, the airborne troops of the Kingdom of Karen and the Dragons had formed an "air police" force to patrol the mainland.
After 'air support' became the norm, Rody's other plan was also activated.
New military airports were built in the seven fortresses of the Kingdom of Karen. At the same time, after gaining the trust of four countries in the east, four airports were built next to their capitals.
Batches of soldiers with ordnance became "garrisons" stationed at these airports. At the same time, the "air force airport", which was originally convenient to support the fight against the demons, had become a veritable "military base."
Not only were they responsible for "guarding" the airports, but they also specially assigned "trade departments" to communicate with local officials to carry out various trade affairs in a wide range.
In the process of continuous trade, the currency of the Kallon Kingdom, under Rody's instructions, gradually flowed into other countries on the continent. Even many regions of Lassiman gradually used this' currency ', which could not be forged, as a hard currency.
Obviously, the rulers of most countries did not realize what this "paper money" meant. They were completely unaware of this blatant financial erosion. Some countries even took the initiative to incorporate the "card dollar" into their own financial system and set the exchange rate.
These small countries were originally not very powerful. The leaders of these small countries were not so much kings as warlords. Almost every few years, there would be coups and riots in these countries, and they would listen to whoever was stronger.
Now, when the Kingdom of Karen arrived in an "invincible manner," these warlords were desperately buying advanced weapons to arm their subordinates to maintain their dominance. At the same time, they were obedient to most of the requests of the Kingdom of Karen.
Because they had spent a lot of money on weapons, they had no choice but to use the minerals, crystals, and all sorts of rare resources in their country to trade. The Cullen Kingdom didn't seem to mistreat them. After calculating the accounts, some countries actually "earned" quite a bit. All of them grinned happily and waved their hands, ordering even more subjects to start mining and gathering resources.
As for the lives and deaths of these civilians, these rulers did not care at all.
The transportation planes transported those priceless magic crystals, ores, and precious resources from all over the world to Hollier and Elsen City. The cost and purchase price were many times cheaper than the "normal" purchase price …
This was the huge advantage brought by the information gap and the crushing of technology. To put it bluntly, Roddy was now letting the Kingdom of Karen "suck" the blood of the countries on the continent. However, these countries were willing to be "sucked".
When spring came again, the farmers near Hollier did not start a large-scale spring plowing as usual. Thick smoke from the burning coal mines could be seen everywhere. The factories were running day and night, but the farmlands nearby were abandoned.
This was because many farmers found that they could eat and drink in the factories, and the dormitories were not expensive. Although it was hard to work more than ten hours a day, the salary was more than enough to build a new house in the village and marry a wife.
That was because Rody had enacted a number of laws to protect the rights of the workers. Even if there were some cases where the workers disobeyed the laws, their salaries were still significantly higher than the original income of the farmers. This was one of the great benefits of industrialization. As long as the printing machine could print money fast enough, the workers would no longer be willing to return to farming.
This situation was expected by the cabinet, and they had issued various policies at the same time. On one hand, to integrate the farmlands, to develop agriculture in the direction of mechanization, to improve efficiency, and to save labor. On the other hand, to ensure the area of farmlands, even if the food imported from Lachman was of high quality, low price, and large quantity …
These policies were just a microcosm of the Kingdom. When the sun shone into the Magic Tower on the first day of March, Talia tucked her hair behind her ears and looked at Naifei in surprise. "This is great! We are 'colleagues' now! "
"I have to work harder. Otherwise, I won't be able to participate in your research at all. However, I heard that Wizard Ethan's results are pretty good. After publishing three theses, there are already Grand Mages trying to recruit him!"
After helping her mother improve the magic circle of the "Hovela" three times, Naifei returned to Hollier and applied for the lowest level laboratory in the Magic Tower as a "Level One Researcher". Although the war was still ongoing, there had not been a large-scale war in the past few months. Therefore, she was now arranged to be by Talia's side.
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