lizard lord

Chapter 234 Supreme King

As the name suggests, the High King of the dwarves is a great lord who can nominally and actually rule independent dwarf kings and their tribes. However, such a great lord may not be hereditary, and rarely passes on for more than three generations.

One is that dwarves have a long lifespan, and the reign time of each generation of kings can be compared to many short-lived human dynasties.

As a very martial nation, almost every dwarf heir will take the lead and participate in various combat missions when he is young. Harassment and surprise attack, the death rate is very low, but often walking on the edge of the cliff, there will always be times when you stumble.Especially in years of frequent wars, such as the time of war with elves orcs, the Dwarf High King himself would be on the front line, not to mention their princes.

The birth rate of dwarves is so low. Many kings have no heirs, and they still practice inheritance from uncle and nephew. Under this background, the succession of the supreme king is actually not so fixed. It is relatively "fair" in comparison. A strong soldier is a king. On the one hand, those with political achievements are kings on the other.

Judging from the common sense of the Tang Dynasty, the stability of the regime is even greater than the strength of the monarch, because as long as the latter is not too much, it will not lead to the overthrow of the dynasty, but large-scale and high-intensity civil wars are completely fine. There are reasons for the existence of the system. The dwarves' method of succession to the High King can easily cause internal dissatisfaction and lead to large-scale bloody infighting, but according to Bourne and Haiji, there seem to be few such examples.

It may be mainly because the responsibility that the Supreme King has to bear is far greater than the power he enjoys. Wherever the dwarves are attacked, they are obliged to rescue them, and they are obliged to liquidate any book of hatred that has not been liquidated. The pressure is huge and it consumes vitality. Kings rarely die well, because the current dwarf kingdom has been in excessive decline, no one can take on the role of protector of all dwarves, and it is easy to "death from overwork".

Despite this situation, there are still several competitors who are determined to take on the responsibility of becoming the High King, and currently pose some threats to Haiji.

The main purpose of Haiji to talk to Tang Zhao is also this matter, hoping that he can provide necessary help, mainly for the future actions of Longxue Pass in the north.

The continuous mountain range located almost in the middle of the continent is the most important and largest settlement area for the dwarves. The dwarves can still maintain their dominant position near this area, but this is not necessarily the case in other places, such as the farther north of the wilderness where the orcs are located. .

There were traces of dwarves in places where there were almost mountains. Now the passages that used to run through the mainland have been almost completely abandoned, but those former strongholds may not be abandoned.

For example, Bourne's original town is also some distance away from the core area of ​​the dwarves, but they still live like that, and it will take thousands of years until the stronghold can't support it and is broken.There must be many similar dwarven strongholds in the north, but the problem now is that there is no way to get there.

It’s just that the distance is far away. There are a large number of orcs on the land, and there are also an unknown number of sahuagin at sea. What Haiji wants is not to confirm the existence of the other party and exchange a few letters, but to establish a long-term and stable relationship. This is not an easy task for the maps left before.

The relationship between the human kingdoms in the west and Haiji is not very good. Haiji is also worried about the other party’s hidden thoughts. It happened to be able to help him solve this problem, using weapons and equipment as a stepping stone, and seeking help from the opponent's navy and army.

The request was not too much, and he could even benefit from it. Naturally, Tang Zhao had no intention of rejecting the other party. Haiji seemed very happy, and told him happily, "It's up to you, take whatever you want."
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Dragon Cave Pass has a huge weapon storehouse, which is said to be enough to arm half of the dwarven kingdoms. If it is just cold weapons, thousands of sets can be easily obtained. Tang Zhao never took away too much at once. Ready to go home.

In addition to the original hundreds of people, there were hundreds of other dwarven teams accompanying them, and the leader of the team seemed to be a certain nephew of Haiji. Their mission this time was to get in touch with the dwarven settlements in the north. Tang Zhao played a role in it.

Originally, the dwarves used rune technology to make cargo vehicles. Later, the number and quality of rune craftsmen declined severely, and they changed to a docile pack animal the size of an ordinary Asian elephant and shaped like a rhinoceros. The car looks easy.

The group traveled very fast, and returned to the trading post in two-thirds of the time, allowing the dwarves stationed in the local guards to receive these soldiers. Tang Zhao first returned to Karak Solmar to learn about the latest situation of the Oran people.

From the perspective of a feudal monarchy, their actions are considered very fast, and within half a month, the general matter has been settled.

Similar to Tang Zhao's thinking, the one who came to the throne was not the third prince who didn't care about political affairs, but Julia who was quite enthusiastic about it. There were also several queens in the history of Oran, but these people either relied on their outstanding cultivation talents With the unanimous approval of the strong, either it exists as a transitional queen, and the prince will abdicate when he becomes an adult. Such a queen who is not outstanding in her own strength is still a precedent.

I don’t know what impact this will have on Oran in the future, but judging from the current situation, Julia’s regime is still relatively stable—everything in the past has basically favored her. After a series of political and economic wooing, Some of them have really become crowds, and the rest of them will not be dissatisfied in the short term.And the nobles and businessmen who met her before were caught and committed unconcealable crimes, such as robbing wantonly, and were treated as a typical example of killing chickens and monkeys, and most of the rest were only punished lightly. It seemed that Julia had no intention of delving into these matters, which made the noble merchants heave a sigh of relief.

Tang Zhao did not know too much about Oran's internal affairs. After all, they would not tell Tang Zhao too specific content, but he didn't care too much. Oran's overall strength was not damaged in the civil war, and the main force in foreign wars was border defense. Army, they have no loss at all, and even because there are few nobles who are hostile and need to be vigilant, some of the internal troops can be recruited.

Julia said that she will prepare an offensive against the hobgoblins within the year, and buy weapons and equipment from Tang Zhao at normal prices. This is no problem. Tang Zhao just needs to wait patiently. Now what he needs to pay attention to is the eye of Luford before. The devil thing, after all, has not been caught yet.

(End of this chapter)