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Sui Xiong doesn't care about the reputation of the so-called national treasure, but he agrees with the God of Runes.

The foundation of a country is nothing more than military and civil affairs, or to put it more bluntly, money and swords.

The issue of money is another matter, and the sword is the country's military construction. The army needs people, weapons, and armor.

Where do weapons and armor come from? Most lords get them through procurement. Those with slightly better conditions buy steel and make their own weapons and armor. Only the most powerful ones can start from raw materials and produce them in one go.

Armaments come from purchases, not to mention how much money it costs, even if there is enough money, it may not be possible to buy enough weapons at once. Even if you buy them, quality is always a problem. Even if the quality is not a problem, the weapons will be worn out during use, and repair and replenishment are always very troublesome.

Therefore, only forces that can produce their own weapons are qualified to talk about "competing for the world and competing for the Central Plains". This is also the case in this world.

For example, the Gold Coin Federation was not actually a country, but a large and small fiefdom established by dozens of merchants and nobles. They attacked each other and fought endlessly for hundreds of years.

In these hundreds of years of war, the major forces that finally rose up all had their own smelting and forging workshops and had the ability to produce weapons stably.

It was also relying on this productivity that they were able to defeat those old opponents who had been competing with them for hundreds of years one by one, just like fighting for the leader in a group of beasts, and only a few of the strongest were left in the end.

However, under the mediation of the goddess of wealth, Mannis, these most powerful forces did not decide the winner through the final decisive battle, but compromised with each other and formed a federation.

This is certainly because they have no confidence in defeating others, and it is also Mannis's strategy to laugh to the end.

There is both mutual cooperation and great contradictions and conflicts between royal power and divine power. In countries where royal power is consolidated, divine power is often weakened. In countries with strong divine power, the situation is reversed.

What the nobles want is for the people to obey them honestly, and they don't want someone who often stands on the side of the people and restricts their power. Even if we don't consider the actual interests, the nagging alone makes the lords who are used to having their own words annoyed.

What the church wants is the people's piety to God, and the lords should encourage this piety and promote the construction of the church. A reckless lord will obviously hinder the stable life of the people. Without a stable life, how can we talk about church construction?

Not to mention, people have faith, churches, and organizations. If the people have organizations, will they easily obey the rule of the lords and be exploited and oppressed honestly?

Therefore, in the long history, the struggle between royal power and divine power can be said to be consistent. Either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. It is rare for them to really coexist peacefully.

In recent years, the biggest exception is the Northwest Republic. In the Northwest Republic, the status of aristocracy is only an honor and does not represent actual ruling power. The political activities of the Church of the Void Mask are strictly limited to the perspective of "supervision" and "fairness". Sui Xiong never allows them to cross the line.

For example, in every town, the Church of the Void Mask has a special job, which is to accept the opinions and suggestions of the people on the government. These opinions and suggestions will be reviewed before the gods, and those that are confirmed to be correct will be summarized and passed on to the government for processing. If the local government cannot handle it, or the results of the handling make the people very dissatisfied, they will report to the next higher church, and eventually even directly to Sui Xiong's altar.

Of course, in these years, there has never been a single incident that has been so big. On the one hand, with supervision, officials are mostly more careful and honest in doing things. On the other hand, the Northwest Republic is currently in a period of rise, and everyone's life is pretty good, and there is not so much resentment.

So in the Northwest Republic, theocracy and royal power - assuming that there are really these two, they do coexist peacefully, and can even be said to be complementary.

In addition, even in the relatively better-off Mystic Tower Federation, the conflict between theocracy and royal power is extremely serious, with all kinds of open and covert struggles emerging one after another, and even means such as assassination are frequently used.

The struggle between theocracy and royal power naturally drags down the development of the country. It's like a factory, where the leaders are divided into several factions, tripping each other up all day long, and the workers are hungry and cold, and they make trouble from time to time... It's really a miracle that it can develop well!

The Northwest Republic is just like the factory in front of them, stable, strong, and orderly, and everyone has good treatment, and they are all working hard for a better tomorrow, full of a positive atmosphere.

The God of Runes smiled calmly, and did not explain in detail to Sui Xiong the meaning of the evaluation of "national heavy weapon".

In fact, in his opinion, this factory that can quickly produce a large number of weapons and armor and can quickly expand its scale is not a real national heavy weapon. The lively atmosphere in the factory, the joy, confidence and positive attitude seen on the faces and hearts of the researchers and craftsmen, are the real reasons for His sigh.

(It has been many years since I have seen such a beautiful view!)

The white-haired dwarf god smiled, but sighed secretly in his heart.

Ever since the dwarves were defeated in the war and had to retreat from the most fertile eastern plains of the main plane and retreat into the Broken Cloud Mountains, the atmosphere among this race has no longer been so positive.

It was from then on that the habit of alcoholism spread among the dwarves. Many older dwarves use alcoholism to numb themselves rather than like the taste of wine, so that they don't have to think about the years of defeat and escape, don't have to think about their hometown, and don't have to sigh.

The God of Runes is also an old dwarf of that generation. Even though He has become an immortal god, many past events are still clearly engraved in his heart.

Not only He, but all the dwarf gods are thinking about what the future of the dwarves is? What exactly should be done to make their race shine again?

In this large factory in the Northwest Republic, the God of Runes saw hope.

The biggest problem of the dwarves is the lack of population. People are the most important productivity. If the population is insufficient, the productivity is insufficient. But in this factory, the number of workers is obviously much less than that of ordinary factories. According to his estimation, if the dwarves also want to build a factory of the same size, they will need at least three times more manpower!

Being able to save manpower in production means that the same number of people can produce greater productivity.

Perhaps this is the direction that the dwarf gods have been looking for!

Double monthly tickets start from 0 o'clock. Well, let's update a few more chapters in the next few days...