Edwin slapped his forehead, feeling extrely regretful. This was really a slap on his face, after all, he was in charge of the intelligence work of the entire Edmund family.
"It’s not your fault. After all, Anrestor and Prestor are pronounced and spelled very differently." Duke was not talking nonsense. After all, the common language of humans in the world of Azeroth is not English. It is at least an alphabetic spelling system, but the letters, spellings and pronunciations are not the sa.
Windsor sighed: "I was still thinking about how to dispatch troops if sothing happens in Stormwind City... But that’s a dragon! Mortal force is aningless."
"Reggie, your main force cannot move. The Blackrock Orcs will soon run out of the Burning Plains and cause trouble. I leave those guys to you."
"No problem." Windsor patted his chest, his eyes full of fighting spirit. He was 38 years old this year, at the best age for a man. His martial arts skills had not yet declined, but he had experienced three Dark Gate battles in a row, and he was definitely the best among the commanders.
Duke smiled and said, "Reggie, fight this battle well as a general of Stormwind, and you will get what you want."
Windsor’s eyes suddenly lit up frighteningly. Of course he knew what Duke was talking about - the Marshal’s Scepter!
A marshal who is less than 40 years old, just thinking about it is enough to make him excited to the point of going crazy!
"Isn’t it just dealing with the Blackrock orcs? Don’t worry."
If it were twenty years ago, Duke would really be worried, but after going through so much, Windsor is absolutely trustworthy.
Here, Edwin brought the topic back again: "Who is coming this ti? A female, could it be Onyxia?"
"I guessed it right, but unfortunately there is no prize!"
"What should we do? While she’s still in human form, just..." Vanessa eagerly made a throat-cutting gesture.
Duke laughed: "Don’t be ridiculous! Only when you cut it with your dagger will you find that her seemingly delicate neck is actually three feet thick."
"Tsk, are dragons really all monsters?" Vanessa said indignantly.
It is impossible to explain scientifically that a giant dragon weighing tons can beco a delicate woman weighing less than 100 kilograms after using the Ultimate Transformation. What else can Duke say about such a fantastic world rule?
Solarian interrupted: "Then what should we do? Just wait like this? I don’t think it fits your character...Master."
Solarian hasn’t completely changed her mind yet. After all, the ti she has actually spent with Duke is still quite short.
Duke didn’t care.
He held his chin with his left hand, rested his elbows on his knees, and tapped the blue velvet cushion with his right index finger. He tapped rhythmically about ten tis and smiled.
"Solarian, you are right. Although waiting is in line with my status, the status of a mortal is really aningless to a dragon." Duke smiled wickedly at this point. "However, since such a big dragon does not play violence with us, but cos to the human world to play conspiracy and politics, wouldn’t it be too rude for us as the host to not play with her?"
Vanessa pouted: "Dear master, are you sure that the moon goddess Elune has cleansed all your evil powers?"
"Damn it, the master is working, and you as a maid should not talk too much!" Edwin could not stand his daughter any more. After scolding her, he imdiately turned to Duke and said, "Master, you dote on Vanessa too much, and she almost forgets her duty as a maid."
Duke shrugged.
"Yes, my Lord, do you intend to destroy the entire aristocracy?" Windsor suddenly asked, "After all, every knight apprentice is taught how to serve his lord when he is young. Only by making great contributions can he be allowed to enter the aristocracy and beco a superior person. If my Lord does this, with our combat power and power, we should succeed, but there will probably be unrest, and who will rule the country in the future? Or do you want to change Stormwind Kingdom to a parliantary system like Dalaran? Or do you want to coexist with the monarchy and parliantary system like the previous Quel’Thalas?"
"Alas!" Duke sighed.
Is it really like that?
This is the inevitable limitation of people in this era. Due to the underdeveloped productivity and poor transportation, the human kingdom of Azeroth when Duke traveled through it was generally similar to the vassal system in dieval Europe.
It was simple. It would probably take more than a month to convey an order to the most remote territory. The king’s power was often limited to the area within his field of vision. He could not control places that were more than three days away. Therefore, he had to give his vassals great autonomy. Every lord was actually a local emperor.
But Duke spent twenty years pushing forward the chanization revolution centered on steam engines, and built railways almost all over the Stormwind Kingdom. From Stormwind City, it only takes less than a week to get to even the most remote territories.
The roads are open, finances are flowing, and governnt orders are communicated.
Under such circumstances, maintaining a more primitive feudal system would actually hinder the developnt of the entire society.
For example, this ti, with a little instigation from the black dragon princess Onyxia, those brain-dead nobles who were dazzled by the huge profits couldn’t wait to jump out. In na, they were raising taxes, but in fact they were forcing the palace to demand greater power, otherwise they would threaten to abolish railway transportation.
This situation is even worse than the historical situation where Onyxia instigated the Stonemason Brotherhood to demand unpaid wages from the Stormwind nobles for building Stormwind City and launched a riot.
That ti, it all ca down to the Stormwind nobles building the city but not paying, which was a typical case of migrant workers seeking unpaid wages.
Of course, Onyxia deceived the core mbers of the Stonemason Brotherhood, allowing them to falsify accounts and raise the cost to ask the Stormwind nobles for money. The problem was that the nobles at that ti were also very poor, and they naturally thought that this was blackmail.
Under the instigation of the Black Dragon Princess, the stonemasons rioted, and the traitor she arranged even threw stones to death at Varian’s queen, Tiffin.
Although Varian knew that he was in the wrong, he still showed great tolerance and exiled the stonemasons instead of massacring them. This resulted in the formation of the Defias Brotherhood.
In this life, because of Duke’s power, the resources in Stormwind are extrely abundant, and the people are extrely happy. It is difficult to provoke conflicts between the people and the nobles, so the nobles fought for power with Bolvar.
Who would have thought that Duke would return at the critical mont.
Duke didn’t want to cause too much chaos, but since Onyxia had started it, he had no choice but to continue with the reforms.
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