Xia Duo had just mentioned the idea of Stars and Sea, so he refused so decisively, but his merciless refusal made Badigal look livid:
"Lord Shado, do you think I fought for that area just for the sake of the Seven Towers? In fact, whether the Seven Towers wants that area or not will not affect its dominance in Netheril.
"The idea of the stars and the sea is certainly romantic, but even the Seven Towers cannot say that they will be able to discover more or less livable planes. So what about the others?
"We don't want that unclaimed land now. In the future, even if we die, we may be dragged out and scolded.
"If Lord Xia Duo feels that this is against your ideals, then you can do nothing. I will bear the bad reputation now. But what I want to say is that history will make a fair judgment!"
Even the history was pulled out, and Xia Duo couldn't help but smile bitterly. If the historical direction of the main plane still wanted to be like the past, if it circled around in the classical era, what the other party said might be true.
But now, the times are no longer going around in circles. Perhaps it is the appearance of Xia Duo or other reasons that have brought about new changes in the current era.
For example, the establishment of the Northland Alliance completely diverged from the history of the Northland in the Earth game in Sha Duo's impression. In order to increase the playability, the game cannot add too much burden to the system, and the historical trend has always been maintained.
Classical era.
But reality is not a game. Real characters will always push history forward intentionally or unintentionally, until they finally approach the more enlightened modern society in Chateau's memory.
Of course, the "development of the times" recognized by Chateau is measured by the degree of liberation of individuals. Modern society has already seen an extremely fine social division of labor, and everything is people-oriented, at least that's the idea.
Living in that era, even the most down-to-earth people had much more options to choose from than the rulers of the classical era, so Xia Duocai believed that that era was more advanced than the current era in the North.
In fact, in terms of power, nuclear weapons may not be as good as a high-level mage. In the North, high-level mage are also called elite mages (from the elves), and they are actually the backbone of spellcasters.
It is conceivable that such a power, if not a waste, is at least not too rare, but nuclear weapons can never be a waste.
Therefore, "modernization" is by no means just an advancement in power, technology, or magic, but should be an advancement in the degree of liberation of people.
There is already such a trend in the Northland. Although it is slow, "checks and balances" play an important role in it. Not only the checks and balances between countries within the alliance, but also the internal checks and balances of the alliance order.
From "checks and balances" comes "compromise", from "compromise" comes "cooperation", from "cooperation" comes "development", in Chateau's view this is an extremely clear line.
Wise men in the current classical era can also detect the changes of the times. Of course, Badigal is not necessarily the same. Otherwise, he would not have said that "history will give him a fair evaluation."
After all, according to Xia Duo's vision, Northland will gradually become "people-oriented" in the future. By then, the "historical bad debts" will inevitably be "liquidated". By then, Badigal will not only become a pioneer in the annals of history, but also be able to blend in.
A 50/50 rating is considered good luck.
"Your Excellency Badigal, there is still a large amount of unexplored land in Netheril's current undisputed territory. If we believe in the power of development, perhaps before we need more land, livable planes will emerge one after another!
"
"None of us can convince Shui now, so let time speak for itself!"
Badigal, as the current talker of the Seven Towers, obviously could not be convinced by Sha Duo with just a few words. However, based on his understanding of Sha Duo, he felt that there might be other fishy things in the area, so he asked again:
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"Lord Ishado, what should be done with that area?"
"Directly declaring sovereignty will inevitably cause criticism within the Northern Alliance. At least Yeerlan is absolutely impossible for Netheril to easily obtain the land that is unclaimed at the Northern Alliance level, so I prefer to let the wisdom of that region
Organisms decide for themselves.”
"Let the intelligent creatures over there decide for themselves? Those Langas?" Badigal asked rhetorically.
Perhaps it was Shado's previous words that stimulated him. This time he did not call the Langas barbarians, but the contempt in his words was no less.
Chateau did not directly answer Badigal's question, but also asked the other party a question: "Does Mr. Badigal feel that the number of member states of the Northland Alliance is a bit small?"
"Is it less? I don't think so. And what does this have to do with the ownership of Langas Plain?"
"It's very simple. After an agreement or treaty is signed to restrict war spells, there will be an unprecedented long-term peace situation in the Northland in the future."
The reason why Xia Duo said this is because once the agreement is signed, the attacking side cannot use war spells, while the defending side can use them at will. Coupled with other restrictions of the covenant, this greatly increases the cost of direct war between countries.
"However, peace does not mean that there is no conflict at all, but the form of conflict has changed. It will turn the previous violent and direct armed conflict into a hidden invasion similar to the past agreements between Netheril, Erlan, and Danzo.
Transformation.
"In this process, the Northland Alliance's role as a coordination mechanism will become more and more prominent. Then, as the only human power in the alliance, Netheril will face more external pressure from the elves.
"At this time, wouldn't it be nice if there were more human countries as wings or buffers with the elven countries?"
After listening to Xia Duo's explanation, Badigal was silent for a moment, then frowned and asked: "You mean to organize the Langas people to join the Northland Alliance and then become our vassals?"
"No, we don't need to be too deliberate. We just need to give the tribes on the Langas Plain some guidance on civilization, and they will naturally change."
"What if those Langas are really worthless?"
"In fact, we don't need to worry about this issue. If they can complete the construction of national consciousness, then invite them to join the Northland Alliance and become our natural allies. If not, it will not be a pity. The population over there
Quite a few, they can definitely be accepted into Netheril."
This is actually an opportunity for the natives on the Langas Plains. If they can seize it, they will have a bright future. If they cannot seize it, integrating into Netheril can be considered a good ending.
But Badigal was extremely surprised when Shado said yes to "acceptance", and the title "barbarian" blurted out: "You want Netheril to accept those barbarians? How is this possible?!"
"Why not? I don't know if Mr. Badigal has heard that I saved a tribe from the Langas Plains and made the tribe join my territory as a whole. I didn't see anything different from them.
Something fundamentally different about people.”
"But Netheril is a country of spellcasters. Those barbarians only know how to engage in some primitive witchcraft. If you let them sneak in, wouldn't it be a stain on the sanctity of magic?"
Badigal's expression at this moment was nothing like that of a great arcanist with a profound knowledge of magic. He looked like a devout priest spreading the sacred glory of the Mysterious Lady.