Chapter 180 Strategic adjustment, talent crisis

    Eastern continent.

    ?Eternal Night Empire.

    It was already late at night at the No. 1 Shipyard, but the lights were still brightly lit inside the factory. Workers were busy moving around, and a large number of extraordinary experts cooperated with the command to accurately place heavy steel parts on the hull.

    Behemoths are being built one after another. These ships are more majestic and powerful than any previous ships in the empire. The cannons on the ships are also the latest development. They were just researched and put on the ships after simple testing. They have extremely terrifying weapons. Destructive power.

    ? ?After these years of confrontation with the navy of the Hundred Nations Alliance, the navy of the Evernight Empire has been fully developed. This development is not only reflected in the technology of naval warfare, but also in the replacement of ships.

    There is a saying that war is the most effective technological catalyst.

    ?In the constant fighting, both sides aim to kill their opponents, and if they don''t want to die, they can only progress and develop.

    The oppression of death is very strong, so the speed of development is also very fast.

    At the beginning, the navy of the Hundred Nations Alliance had a suppressive power on the Evernight Empire. After all, they have been developing for so many years. It is strange that they cannot suppress it.

    ?Eternal Night City.

    "good."

    Presbyterian House.

    At this point, in the naval battle, they also fell into a war of attrition.

    ?In the process of consumption, the Evernight Empire was able to absorb the essence accumulated by the Hundred Nations Alliance navy over the years, thereby quickly improving its own naval construction and saving a lot of time.

    "Hey, I definitely have to thank you... Defeating them, integrating and inheriting their technology is the best way to thank them."

    So in terms of cost-effectiveness, the significance of developing a naval fleet is really not as good as developing a sea kingdom.

    “The overall performance of the third-generation naval warship has been improved by about 70% compared to the second-generation, and the effective range has reached 100 kilometers. It is much more powerful than the previous castrated version. It can be said to be a real beyond-visual-range strike.”

    From the imperial point of view, things are not that simple.

    "Indeed, production must be increased. The fleet has not formed a large scale and has a **** combat effectiveness. If we build hundreds of ships and a linkage magic array, even if the demigods come, they will have to lie down."

    ??But the Eternal Night Empire implements a mixed navy, and the naval ships cannot compare with it, so it is better than others. Relying on the huge sea force, the Imperial Navy has flattened the gap between the two sides, and even carried out counter-suppression.

    "Although there are a few dozen ships, it is enough to be used as a vanguard. Please apply jointly. If nothing else happens, this should be the largest amount of funding we can get in the near future."

    “Don’t talk too much. I think we should increase the production first. Otherwise, the few ships we have now, no matter how strong their performance and quantity are, are not enough to fill the gap between the enemy’s teeth.”

    Because this world is a little different. Regardless of the two major forces in this plane, the Hundred Nations Alliance and the Blood Empire, he has not solved it yet, but that is only a matter of time.

    Sitting on the front seat, Ye San took out a document, looked at the elders, and said lightly:

    “War Zone 11 has basically been captured. Next, we need to send someone to represent the empire to sit there to ensure the interests of the citizens of the empire. Do you have any good candidates?”

    ?However, it is easy to acquire a piece of land, but the subsequent management is difficult.

    ?An engineer who looked a bit old smiled and said: "To be honest, we have to thank the Hundred Nations Alliance. If it weren''t for their good naval strength, I guess the empire wouldn''t even think of us."

    “Yes, if we don’t produce some results, I’m afraid the financial officer will cut off our funding.”

    …

    A group of short-haired, gray-faced engineers are discussing.

    ?Especially now that the Hundred Nations Alliance has not fallen and is still resisting, resistance armies will appear from time to time in those empire-occupied areas.

    So his opponents have never fought not with the natives of this plane, but with the void plane outside, or with other players. In this case, the significance of developing a navy is not very great.

    In a relatively quiet workshop.

    Hence, the naval fleet does not need to be used, but it must be available, so we can only bite the bullet and allocate part of the resources for development.

    ?As mentioned before, the pace of unifying this plane may be slower, but it is definitely moving forward firmly.

    “It’s amazing. It’s worth spending so much time improving it, and finally we have a workable answer sheet.”

    “Well, the empire has been expanding into half a plane recently, and it has harvested a lot of resources. However, the harvest is huge and the consumption is huge. The army is still the main force of the empire. It is good for our navy to get a piece of meat.”

    …

    “Hurry up, time waits for no one.”

    What''s more, even if it can be used, it will not have much effect.

    To be honest, Su Xingyu is not very interested in the navy.

    "With these three generations of warships, the navy of the Hundred Nations Alliance will not be a problem. Even without the Naga Kingdom''s sea army, we can defeat them. When the time comes to completely block the routes of the Northern Continent, I would like to see if we lose the sea. How are they going to fight us with logistical support?”

    "Stop dreaming, producing hundreds of ships? A third-generation warship requires a ninth-order crystal core as the core, and countless other materials. The financial officer would be crazy to allow you to build it like this. According to my estimation, There are only dozens of ships if they are exhausted."

    “Haha, you don’t know that when the boss went to apply for funding a few days ago, the financial officer’s face turned dark.”

    After all, you can’t go on an expedition with a naval fleet, right?

    ?That’s too outrageous.

    ??Yongye Empire has been advancing smoothly in the northern continent, expanding its territory countless times, and has now captured nearly 1/6 of the land.

    Without the support of the logistics system, the strength of the naval fleet will be greatly reduced.

    ?But...

    Pursue an overall strong empire and do not allow yourself to leave such obvious shortcomings.

    “I can’t wait to see their power.”

    ??After learning that the Eternal Night Empire had a large number of sea warriors, the Hundred Nations Alliance was not a fool. It immediately developed various new weapons and formed a new naval fleet, using a more conservative style of play.

    ?Under the strict supervision of the Evernight Empire, these resistance forces are not very strong, but they are particularly annoying.

    It''s like a mosquito in summer, it keeps buzzing in your ears and bites you from time to time. It doesn''t do much harm, but it is extremely annoying.

    So after capturing an area, the Evernight Empire will send a governor there to re-govern the area, restore local production, and maintain security there as much as possible.

    Due to wartime regulations, these governors had great powers. After all, the Northern Continent is too far away from the empire. Even if there is a special communication method, it will take several days for a message to go back and forth. Therefore, if you want to govern well, you must delegate power.

    In the local area, the governors of occupied areas can be said to be like Turkish emperors. They can even adjust their own strategies based on local conditions.

    There is nothing we can do about it.

    Rules are dead, people are alive.

    ?Just because this rule has been implemented well elsewhere does not mean it can be implemented here.

    Adapt measures to local conditions and formulate different local strategies according to different environments.

    From any other point of view, being the governor of an occupied territory is a fat job.

    ?But at this moment, facing the consul''s inquiry, everyone below bowed their heads and remained silent.

    They have no choice in their minds.

    Ye San tapped his fingers on the side and looked at the elders with a headache, "If you push someone out, the pace of the empire''s expansion will not slow down. The rear must be stable no matter what. If there is no candidate, you will have to do it yourself. "

    ?While expanding the territory of the empire, conquering planes, and managing the development of the empire, all of which require people, which makes the empire once again fall into the problem of population shortage.

    The rapidly expanding territory and the huge population attached to it have once again overwhelmed the Evernight Empire.

    For those surrendered areas, they can implement the policy of settling the divine religion, changing their beliefs, and slowly transforming the people of the kingdom. With the help of the surrender faction, this policy is going very smoothly. In a few years, the local people will Submit to the empire.

    But this is not possible for conquering areas. When it comes to troubles such as banditry, rebels, and resistance forces, it is useless even if the empire supports a puppet. Civil and military forces must work together.

    The problem is that people who can manage such a large area at the same time are first-class talents no matter where they are placed.

    The empire itself is somewhat short of such talents, and has no spare capacity to support and manage the occupied areas.

    "Your Majesty, with the construction of the empire''s affiliated kingdoms and the expansion of the plane, manpower is needed everywhere. We can no longer squeeze out other people." Seeing that everyone was silent, an elder with gray hair had to say.

    As soon as he spoke, others immediately echoed:

    "Yes, yes, I really can''t hold on any longer. All the people the empire can send out have been sent out. Even those students who have just graduated and have no internship experience have been sent out. We really have no one to use. ”

    "We don''t want to slow down the pace of expansion. After all, if we let the Hundred Nations Alliance take a breath and integrate its internal forces, the trouble will be even greater. But if we continue like this, we can only mobilize internal talents, and then local development will affected…"

    “If it doesn’t work, we can only lower the local policy standards. Let’s directly select managers from the local area, and then we will have to suffer for the local people. Let’s make other arrangements after we have calmed down.”

    “Agree, their life is not very good to begin with, so what if they have to suffer for a while? And it’s not that miserable. Compared to the period when the kingdom ruled, their life has been pretty good since we took over.”

    "That''s right. Comparing the policies of those gentlemen in the North, even if we lower the standards, we are still benevolent and worthy of them."

    ?Everyone was talking at once, and the Presbytery suddenly became lively. They expressed their opinions, and they probably had the same idea, no.

    We can no longer provide external support. If we continue like this, the development of the empire will be affected.

    ?In the perception of the citizens of the Evernight Empire, there are high and low levels of life in the world. The empire headquarters, affiliated kingdoms, surrendered forces, and other forces, and those kingdoms that have been conquered belong to the lowest level of other forces.

    They have not been included in the system of the Evernight Empire and are still outsiders.

    So when they affect the development of the empire, the elders will abandon them without hesitation.

    After all, there is no reason to sacrifice one''s own development to support outsiders. Isn''t this sheer nonsense?

    Looking at everyone, Ye San frowned slightly and sighed secretly, feeling a little weak.

    The expansion of the empire will be beneficial to the entire empire. The elders are not short-sighted people, and they naturally understand this truth.

    For this reason, the opinions they put forward did not slow down the expansion.

    The opinion that the elders want to express is very simple, that is, to lower the standards for capturing areas. It is not necessary to be sound in everything. It is enough to maintain the lowest stability and not affect the frontline operations.

    Since they are not subjects of the empire, life should be miserable.

    Yesan naturally understands what they mean. In fact, this is also the best solution at present. After all, the empire really has no people left. If you don’t want to slow down its expansion, you can only do this. But this is against the empire. This has always been the principle.

    "Your Majesty, the empire''s foreign policy is too benevolent. Maybe it''s time to make some changes." An upright man, an elder belonging to the Knights, said: "There is nothing to say to those people who have surrendered to Yongye. , I agree to help them, after all, we are all a family, but why do those rebellious guys enjoy preferential treatment from the empire?"

    "I agree with the Seventh Elder''s idea. In the past, the empire had abundant resources, so the support was limited. If we don''t lack that much, we can still manage it. Now, if the support continues, the empire will be affected. This is really Is it worth it?”

    “Your Majesty, please think about it again…”

    ?Other elders also spoke out one after another. Although the words they said were slightly different, they expressed the same meaning. Lowering the standards of the people of the kingdom should not interfere with their own development because of outsiders.

    Ye San sat in the front seat and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he finally said, "Since we don''t have the same opinion, let''s discuss this matter in three days."

    Lowering standards will not bring any harm, at least not in the short term.

    ??But Ye San''s intuition told him that this matter was not that simple, so even though all the elders objected, he did not agree immediately. Instead, he used the procrastination technique and prepared to find someone to discuss it and think clearly before talking.

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    “Also good.”

    When the elders saw this, they could only nod in agreement. No matter what, Ye San was the consul.

    Soon, the conference ended.

    Left the Presbytery on the third day of the night, got on the carriage, and headed towards the temple.

    When he arrived in front of the temple, there was a young priest waiting outside. When he saw Ye San approaching, he immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, the great priest invites you."

    Ye San was not surprised as to why the other party knew that he was coming. He ordered the guards behind him: "You guys wait here."

    "Yes." The guards were a little disappointed that they could not enter the temple, but they still responded respectfully.

    Follow the priest and enter the temple on the third night.

    Two and a half days later, Ye San walked out of the temple with a smile on his face. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with the conversation.

    (End of this chapter)