CHAPTER 520: CHAPTER 250: LORD, THIS IS A BETRAYAL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORY_2

Just the army Hanna took to the Underground City included four squadrons of the Black Banner Guard.

After all, Lin Rui was the one paying the wages, and Caroline didn’t want to embarrass the Lord, so she only briefly mentioned the topic of army casualties and quickly moved on, to avoid making the Lord seem like a tyrant.

"Lord, regardless, the territory and the people are already operating at high capacity, even though the direct conscription only accounts for one-third, it actually exceeds one-tenth of the territory’s population. Under high pressure, for survival, for war, the Empire can indeed reach a two-to-one conscription level, where even apart from infants, everyone becomes a soldier."

"But I think this is unfair. Sometimes fairness affects people’s hearts even more than wealth."

"Hmm? Fairness?" Lin Rui was surprised, how did it come to discussing fairness.

Don’t tell me about that whole set of ideas about ’not worrying about scarcity but inequality.’

I don’t believe this, nor do I want the territory to have such thoughts, remaining at the level of feudal territories with small-scale farmer economies.

Caroline did not answer, but instead asked, "Do you think there is a difference between the Explorers and the locals in terms of production?"

Lin Rui thought for a moment and decisively shook his head, "The Explorers are quite diligent, some even overexert themselves."

The greatest significance of the system is to fill everyone with hope for the future.

When everyone engages in any industrious, hard-working, or striving endeavors, they receive positive feedback.

Do not underestimate this point. Even if each knife swing or production action results in only +1 experience, it will greatly motivate people’s hearts. With the incentive of skill level-ups, everyone will be spirited and motivated.

Why is romance difficult? Because there is no such thing as a progress bar, which leads to frustration and discomfort.

If there were a progress bar, everyone would be a master of romance, and an expert at strategies.

With skill experience bars and character experience bars, many lazy Explorers have transformed into diligent trainees, swinging swords a thousand times a day, something ordinarily no one would have the perseverance to do, but now, due to clear positive feedback, it is completely common among Explorers.

To grind experience, some can sit meditating for two hours, practicing breathing rhythms.

Of course, this is not the only reason. As hard-working diligent individuals of Blue Star, the Explorers themselves also possess a very outstanding diligent and simple trait, and the ratio of those who are lazy and gluttonous should be lower.

Therefore, in terms of internal production, the Explorers are no worse than the locals of this world, and in terms of innovation, they have a slight advantage.

Caroline continued to ask, "What about security and stability? Do you find Explorers more difficult to manage than the locals?"

"Certainly not." Lin Rui decisively vindicated the Explorers, further vindicating the fairness and severity of the territory’s laws.

In the initial phase right after crossing over, the Explorers did indeed have some chaotic traits.

But once it was confirmed that even strong ones would die after being killed, the Explorers quickly recognized reality — with only one life and no resurrection, it’s best to obediently follow the legal provisions.

No group is unmanageable.

There is only poor management ability and terrible governance philosophy!

Even a race like the Spirit Race, who are all super-tier apocalypse dwellers, is orderly, with no one being unruly, relying on Spiritual Energy to go and punch and kick in kindergartens.

To say a group is uncontrollable and wantonly destructive, there’s only one reason, chaotic governance.

Yet even the Green Skins, famed for their chaos, became obedient from top to bottom after a warboss emerged.

The chaotic traits of Explorers are far removed from those of Green Skins and Demons.

If these chaotic creatures can be managed, saying Explorers can’t be managed is a joke.

At least in the Golden Pansy Domain, under the powerful governance of successive civil servants, the territory’s security is extremely good, and order is maintained.

Any wanton destruction or killing by Explorers resulted in them being hung outside the territory, hundreds of Explorers paying with their lives quickly helped others remember the order and laws of the territory.

They also recognized reality, even if they acquired a bit of power, but in the face of the territory’s military strength, compared to the national violent machine, their gap not only hasn’t decreased but has widened to an unattainable level.

On Blue Star, they don’t have much difference in physical strength compared to the police or soldiers; it requires several police officers to control one violent person, and if the violent person has weapons, it might pose a threat to those maintaining order.

But in front of the Territory Guard Knights, trying to wield knives and guns makes the Guard Knights even want to laugh.

A normal Explorer, even if fully armored and holding the deadliest weapon, could still be smacked away by a Guard Knight for dozens of meters. The degree of strength of the violent machine is dozens or hundreds of times stronger!

Moreover, once committing a crime, there’s no escaping. Facing the aerial patrolling Aerial Cavalry with a speed of ten Mach a second, even if you run for half an hour, they can still catch the criminal within seconds.

That’s why the Golden Pansy Domain can accommodate over eight thousand Explorers.

Without that level of security, these Explorers would have already overturned the territory.

In reality, they are quite restrained and hardly engage in wanton destruction, with even minor theft being rare.

At this time, Caroline continued, "Since Explorers differ little from locals in production, security, and will, why do you, Lord, refuse to allow Explorers to join the army separately? I don’t believe in your Explorers’ former world, the army was always characterized by lax freedom; was there never a steel army, a strictly disciplined military, or a blood-fighting army?"

"Hiss~" Lin Rui took a deep breath, this really is a thought-provoking question.

Blue Star indeed has strictly disciplined units, the Federation’s Interstellar Fleet, not only are they disciplined but also hardworking, fearless of death, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to pilot ships in space to discover the Other Plane.

But truth be told, Lin Rui hasn’t really thought about training the territory’s Explorers into a strictly disciplined steel army. Even though among these eight thousand, there surely are former military, police, and other members of the national violent machine on Blue Star.

Caroline now said, "This requires me to use the theory I learned in the Imperial Royal Sacred Academy. I know what you, Lord, are worried about, worried that the Explorers’ will is not firm enough, that they will flee when faced with danger, unable to fight to the end."

Lin Rui decisively nodded, afraid anyone would find it hard to associate ’Explorers’ with ’strictly disciplined,’ ’firm will,’ ’fight to the end,’ ’battle without retreat,’ and such words.

Forcefully binding them with these, Lin Rui found it both peculiar and out of place.

Caroline said, "Actually, it’s a simple truth. It’s due to insufficient value indoctrination. They used to die for their country, be strictly disciplined because their education from an early age was like that. Just like the locals of this world, their values from an early age are for the Empire, for Glory, they battle to the end. Everyone summoned has the determination to fight for the territory until death. Loyalty even reaches the level of Loyal to Death, they will follow all your orders. Even if facing the overwhelming Demon Army, one command from you and the soldiers will charge without hesitation, though a thousand may go, I shall go."

"But the Explorers clearly don’t have this kind of concept, most of their thoughts are, ’Who are you? Why should I die for you?’"

"Correct! Correct! Correct!" Lin Rui nodded repeatedly, yes, that’s exactly the feeling.

As expected of a Legendary-level Civil Servant! She analyzed the issue perfectly.

Now it’s like this and that viewpoint, who says Explorers can fight to the death for the Golden Pansy Domain, serve Lin Rui’s victory, even Lin Rui himself doesn’t believe it. Saying it out loud, Explorers might mock it with the eyes of seeing an idiot.

Caroline did not laugh, instead, she solemnly said, "Then why should they stay in the territory? Why should they enjoy the peace and wealth brought by other locals who fight bloodily and sacrifice themselves? Are they born noble? The contributions of fifteen thousand locals, nearly a thousand soldiers’ sacrifices, are just to support them as privileged lords? Lord, what you are doing is..."

Hesitating a bit, Caroline still solemnly spoke, "A betrayal against the true loyalty of the fifteen thousand locals to you and... betrayal!"

Deafening!

Lin Rui immediately excitedly asked, "My civil servant, you are truly my backbone, a fine minister, what solution do you have for this problem?"