Chapter 40: Maple Leaf Manor Restoration Battle (6) Part 2
"Hey! Sir, don't you always teach us to think more?" they both responded happily.
"Yes, people can only progress if they learn to think. You must know that it is difficult to solve problems with force alone. You must use your brain more and master wisdom to control your own destiny." Balian nodded his head with his hand and taught the second person.
People, "I am very pleased that you can recognize the current contradiction between the development of civil affairs and the construction of the army in Norlandenburg, but there is no need to worry about this contradiction. It is not just us, almost all noble fiefdoms have such problems.
It's the same when you go to the country or go down to the farm.
Because in our era, the population and output of a region are basically fixed, and the resources of this place are also limited. If limited resources are tilted toward military construction, the army will become relatively stronger, but people's livelihood will be affected;
By tilting towards people's livelihood, although the territory will be rich, the combat effectiveness of the army will be weakened. For this reason, most lords generally have two strategies to solve this problem."
"Which two are they? My lord." Eomer and Barret were already attracted by Balian's explanation and were eager to know the answer.
"The first one is to focus the resources in the territory on what they are good at. For example, we have the northern and southern nobles in Brick. The northern lords are good at fighting. They focus on developing armaments and ignore the construction of the territory and the people's livelihood in the territory.
So we can see that when fighting against Orion and other countries, it was mainly the northern lords who made military exploits. They gained the Duke's trust and rewards with their military exploits to make up for the limited output in the territory.
and
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The lords in the south focused on developing commerce and people's livelihood. They had money, people and food, but insufficient troops and weak combat effectiveness. They built their castles very solidly and difficult to break. After all, they were rich, so they could still spend money.
Make money to hire mercenaries to guard the castle and defend yourself." At this point, Balian felt a little thirsty and took a sip of ale before continuing.
"The other is a balanced strategy, which is to balance territorial development and military construction, but there are not many people who can do it well. If you want to balance both ends, you may not be able to do both well, like Dunba
Many of the lords of the Si Hills and the Crevo Hills were like this.
On the one hand, it is necessary to train troops to resist pirate plunder and suppress bandits, and on the other hand, it is necessary to develop the wine industry and commerce, but few can do it well. For example, manors and castles are attacked by pirates in the hills of Crivo almost every year." Balian
I talked a lot to them non-stop. Although I was very contained, I still talked a lot, and I don’t know if they could fully understand it.
After hearing what Balian said, Eomer and Barret were also a little confused. Eomer rubbed his head with both hands and weakly said to Balian: "My lord, just tell me what we should do.
You just said so much, I seem to understand it, but there are some parts that I don't understand, my head is confused, and I feel that I need to digest it carefully."
"Sir, I am the same. I want to know what we should do now." Barrett agreed hurriedly.
After hearing what these two guys said, Balian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Okay, I've really wasted my breath. Wait a minute."
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When I go back this time, you all need to learn to read and write for me, otherwise your cultural level will be too poor."
"Education level?" Eomer and Barret looked at each other. They were curious about the new word that came out of Balian's mouth.
Looking at their reactions, Balian realized that he was talking nonsense and quickly covered it up with a drink. After all, he has been a lord for so long, and he has been a superior for a long time. Even if Balian said the wrong thing, he would not act naturally.
The red heart did not beat, and continued to preach: "Our development in Norlandenburg is an overall balance, but different periods and different regions should have different priorities."
"Sir, please tell me clearly. What is the overall balance? Different periods and different regions focus on it. This is too complicated." Barrett was really complaining.
"Our focus some time ago was on territory construction, building castles in Fengyunding, building enclosed houses, and reclaiming wasteland, so that everyone can live a life with enough food, warm clothes, and a place to live; but in the following period,
It's time for us to focus on military building.
Because by the time we return this time, the castle and surrounding houses are almost completed, and a lot of wasteland can be reclaimed. Besides, we are not short of money or food now, so we don’t have to worry about not having enough to eat.
In the next period of time, we will concentrate our efforts to recruit a group of soldiers and train them well. When the pirates attack, we will be able to defend our homeland and protect the people from harm. We will carry out construction in the first half of the year and conduct large-scale military training in the second half of the year.
But throughout this year, we also achieved overall balanced development."