LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 195: The Growth of Little Joey.
The Mysterious Capital, Star Temple.
At the same time, it is also the headquarters of the Night Guard.
The part of this magnificent building that is above the volcano serves as a constraint for the Shrine of Glory Oath, where newly appointed aristocrats of the empire must take an oath and leave their soul imprints.
Nowadays, the nobles of the empire only hold honorary titles, and the difficulty in obtaining them has actually been greatly reduced compared to the past.
At present, developing more new aristocrats is an effective means for the empire to increase cohesion, by attracting a progressive and loyal elite class.
Regardless of their background, administrative officials, researchers, and business managers who have made sufficient contributions as individuals may all have the possibility of obtaining a noble title.
Of course, there are also 3% of eligible individuals who are unwilling to accept this kind of soul-level contract and choose to give it up voluntarily.
After more than a year, since the first thousand nobles who took the oath of glory were ennobled in the Stellar Temple, more and more new aristocrats have been ennobled, and the total number has exceeded thirty thousand.
Among them, the R&D personnel who provide key technologies for the Empire's industrial revolution have the highest proportion, followed by administrative officials of the Empire's government, and then the military generals.
The Oath of Glory has provided the greatest help to the Imperial government, and whether they come from a commoner background or the former aristocracy, they have gradually become the backbone of planning the future of the Empire.
The self-imposed moral restraint modeled after Angelina doesn't impose any restrictions on personal life during leisure time.
But when it comes to work, all decisions are made based on the priority of the Empire's interests.
Such an increasingly subtle and profound influence has brought about the highest level of governance integrity in the history of the Imperial government, with fewer and fewer illegal behaviors of officials under the supervision of the Dark Night Watch, and an overall improvement in administrative efficiency.
In any era, the management of a vast empire is extremely complex, with the lives and work of tens of millions of people and issues such as birth, aging, illness, death, and the allocation of interests that cannot be balanced while establishing a better life.
As the territory and population increase, the cost of management will also rise sharply.
The joys and sorrows between people are not always shared, and as more and more events occur, it becomes impossible to allocate resources entirely fairly. Over time, this leads to forming groups, factions, and various -isms.
The combat effectiveness when a hundred people work together is usually far less than the sum of their individual combat effectiveness, due to internal friction and conflicts.
If the interests of a hundred officials are involved, this kind of conflict will become even more serious.
However, under the influence of the oath of glory, there may still be disagreements on specific issues, but the fundamental goal is to build a stronger, more beautiful country that benefits the vast majority of the empire's people.
So these disagreements have a limit, and the starting points are not for private gain, and don't escalate to the point of life and death. Eventually, a result that balances all parties can be achieved.
With the help of magic, most officials in the Empire have achieved a subconscious solidarity. In this system, all staff will feel happy because the country is getting better.
Ordinary people are also getting used to the new officials of the Empire, and as living standards improve, the reputation of the new aristocracy continues to rise.
The people and the aristocracy are no longer two antagonistic classes.
The obedience cultivated by the people of the Empire for thousands of years actually only requires a slightly better life than in the past, and when light shines into their lives and they see a glimmer of hope, they will feel grateful.
The current aristocrats, merchants, magicians, and emerging bourgeoisie still have living conditions that far surpass those of ordinary people.
However, their demands on the lower classes are ultimately confined in a cage, and the social operation of the entire empire is wrapped in the guise of civilization and the rule of law.
Alternatively, it could be said that because the Empire's development is too fast, there are countless areas that can be developed, and the total production value of industry and g like crazy. It is easier to establish a new industry than to take food from the people.
Under the management of the Queen, the people can also enjoy this kind of welfare and feel the improvement of their quality of life.
Her Majesty doesn't shout out slogans recklessly, but is really practicing the policy advocated at the beginning.
In this environment, some people contribute more, enjoy better benefits, ry people can also accept it.
Because lineage is no longer a limitation, ordinary people also have the opportunity to become new nobles by their own efforts, and education is spreading to every corner of the Empire.
Compared with the traditional land aristocrats, who once rode on the people's faces, the current imperial aristocrats and officials, the kind ones are like heroes who only apn the mouths of wandering poets in the past.
The people take one step, the nobles take one step, and after the Empire abolished the feudal system, the kind of chaos that the powers expected never appeared.
The new nobles and officials gradually feel the convenience brought to them by the oath of honor.
This oath is a kind of restraint, and at the same time, it makes the Empress believe in their loyalty.
The new nobles, who serve as administrative officials and generals, can be entrusted by the imperial government to hold key positions for a long time, which is conducive to policy continuity and long-term planning of new provinces and cities.
In this way, the Empire can avoid the single-minded pursuit of political achievements and prevent its cities from being built with a "most utilitarian plan" that leads to identical patterns.
Instead, it is through officials who truly understand the local situation, tap into local potential, and carefully make ten or a hundred-year development strategies to avoid short-sightedness.
Ordinary regimes usually avoid situations where administrative officials hold authority over one place for a long time because such situations can lead to entrenched hierarchies, which can have terrible consequences.
To put it lightly, it could lead to serious corruption, and if it gets too severe, it could result in warlords dividing up the country, the decline of centralization, the emergence of crises like those during some dynasties under the rule of military commissioners, or the gradual regression of centralized power back to the feudal era.
But now, the Oath of Glory has minimized this possibility, with strategic weapons like the Eternal Night Queen in the capital, anyone daring to rebel against the Empire would have to have a very short lifespan.
The underground part beneath the Star Temple Volcano is the residence of the Night Watch, and the deeper one goes, the more core and important the departments become.
On the opposite side of the Commanding Officer's office of the 49th underground level, there is the office of the Deputy Commanding Officer, Xiao Qiao Yi Barton, where every day, the Golden and Silver Sleeves rush busily to request orders regarding the specific operation of the Night Watch.
As Xiao Qiao Yi gave up her work at The Ice Room and devoted herself entirely to the Night Watch, she became increasingly familiar with the overall business and was able to handle all daily operations independently.
Roger has not been to the residence of the Night Watch for three months, he now only oversees the overall direction of the Night Watch, while Xiao Qiao Yi is capable of managing the specific operations, training, and development in a meticulous manner.
As the largest intelligence agency in the Empire, the Night Watch guards against foreign spies infiltrating the Empire, and also assesses the administrative officials while managing the titles of the nobility.
Although the business is numerous and fragmented, the responsibilities have been basically fixed, and the Golden Sleeves of each business line have grown up as well, so Xiao Qiao Yi's workload has become less and less.
The Empire is in a good internal state and is still in the stage of recuperation and development. The Night Watch is a special spy agency that is responsible for supervision without assuming specific development responsibilities. Therefore, their current main task is to improve their business capabilities, train and select new members.
In other words, there is really nothing else to do, and there is so much funding that it cannot be spent, so they have to find ways to spend it.
Improve the combat effectiveness, expand the team, keep some idle personnel, so that even if there is another war, they will not be caught off guard...
Probably?
Sometimes Xiao Qiao Yi also wonders if she is serving as a deputy commander too easily.
But when she sees a more relaxed commanding officer, she immediately forgives herself.
Slacking off indicates that the empire is flourishing, isn't it?
The only downside is that with so much spare time, life can be extremely unbearable. Thoughts and feelings of yearning for and missing loved ones constantly surface.
However, Roger obviously has a lot more work to do, and the things he needs to think about and plan for are beyond her comprehension.
In such situations, Xiao Qiao Yi's only choice is to improve herself and train her combat skills.
Any troubles that can't be solved by a thrilling game of "Dimensional Survival", just play another round!
Of course, Xiao Qiao Yi isn't playing the civilian version in the Fearless Space. Like the Night Watch and the military, she is using the internal version.
The engine used is basically the same as the one for the Endless Tower designed by the Night Queen, which creates a character based on personal real data, provides as realistic equipment and combat experience as possible, and involves 100% sensory touch.
The battle mode is not limited to the classic Battle Royale, you can also customize the battlefield and recreate many classic battles in the empire.
You can be a commander who says "we can't win without the Night Queen" or consider "how can we defeat the opponent with the Night Queen".
Uh, after playing the classic battles in the empire series too much, I tend to treat the presence or absence of the Night Queen as two levels of difficulty in the game...
There is also a battle mode, where the Night Watch and the City Defense Army often fight each other, or play cat-and-mouse games with the Sparrow.
Overall, this is a combat exercise space where everything is the same as the real world except for the ability to revive after death.
The time ratio is still 10:1, and the training time is even longer than the real world.
After the soldiers' physical growth slowed down, many of them moved their training and combat to online platforms where they could improve their battle skills and awareness.
Apart from the name, it's still called "Dimension Survival". The internal version is not the same game as the one that ordinary people enter at all. It's more appropriate to call it a war simulator.
In one thrilling and realistic battle after another, little Joey grew rapidly.
Originally, she was a 16th-level orthodox academy wizard who had just touched the edge of the fourth order.
But after using the Follower's Necklace, with the change in her talent and physical attributes, she gained many of the Shamanism skills of the Orcs.
And with the improvement of her level, she acquired the skills of War Song and War Dance, and also possessed decent skills in close combat.
So, now that she's level 20, she's like a bard approaching legend status, and she knows a little bit of everything...
And she's pretty strong at everything too.
In the past, for professionals, the more single attribute they had, the stronger they were, for example, a pure output mage like Evernight Queen.
The bard class, which can fight in close combat, has spellcasting abilities, and also requires skills such as performance and singing, seems to appear to be versatile on the surface but in reality is not proficient in anything.
In short, it means "dragging one's feet".
Of course, legendary bards often have unique and extraordinary skills, making them very formidable.
But now with "Dimension Survive," even in the normal version, continuous fighting inside it will reflect in one's memory and soul, bringing about an increase in skills and proficiency.
Moreover, with the internal version that fully simulates the real battle environment and ten times the time, bards' rich skills can be honed over time.
In addition, Xiao Qiao's own talent is not bad, and the Empire can still mass-produce auxiliary drugs such as meditation enhancement plugins, attribute affinity potions, and inspiration potions to improve growth rate. The level of the entire Empire's professionals has reached a high point.
Although, the initial intention of the Empire's promotion of industrialization was to arm the entire population and allow ordinary people to participate in the fight against the gods.
But in the end, professionals became the first group of beneficiaries.
These auxiliary drugs that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of cultivation have little effect on ordinary people, but because professionals have money, the entrepreneurial enchanters love to produce these commodities.
Then, the competition is very fierce.
Because of the level promotion, equipment enhancement, and combat power enhancement of professionals, their ability to make money naturally increases.
Whether exploring ruins, hunting large monsters, fulfilling the enchanters' employment, or participating in cross-plane wars, games that used to belong only to the strong are now open to ordinary professionals, so it naturally results in a surge in income.
After realizing the benefits of arming themselves, these newly rich professionals are naturally more willing to spend money on such equipment and props.
Thus, an unprecedentedly prosperous industry was formed.
"Auxiliary medicine" was the first manufacturing industry to form internal competition in the empire.
Because in the past, there were various types and countless numbers of such potions and magic rituals, but the collection of materials and manufacturing were just too troublesome.
But now, with the increasingly profound magical principles revealed in "New Arcane Arts," improvements and material substitutions have become simple, and the precision of manufacturing has improved to enable the mass processing and assembly-line production of materials, making mass production possible.
Now in this field, the Lifesaving Compass is the biggest winner, occupying more than 70% of the market with its best effects and rich variety.
Once professionals are no longer short of money, the effect becomes their pursuit, and the price becomes less and less sensitive.
Being able to master the cutting-edge theories, the Lifesaving Compass naturally stands out and is accepted by a large group of people even if it is expensive.
The remaining 30% of the market is supplied by high-end service providers who can customize auxiliary potions based on the physical condition of professionals.
This is because there are not enough Lifesaving Compass personnel who are too lazy to work hard, which gave a few master-level entrepreneurial brands a way out.
Those magicians eliminated by the empire had no choice but to go to Terra to develop the foreign market, under the guise of counterfeit products, highlighting the high-end identity of the Lifesaving Compass...
Everyone feels so aggrieved when you think about it!
In the fearless space.
"I have to go to work, I'll come back and beat you another day."
"... Shameless woman, go away."
At this moment, Roger was in the Sea Kingdom palace, bored waiting for the victory celebration to end.
He and Joey just spent ten hours in the game, each with five thousand cavalry, having a long and fierce battle of chasing and escaping in the vast grassland.
In the cavalry battle, the two were evenly matched, and they thought it would be a test of endurance. However, Joey used her personal skills in assassination to force Roger to deploy his Illusion Shield, which gave her a chance to attack his disorganized cavalry and thus secure victory.
Joey's avatar turned gray, and Roger was about to go bother Rommel to see if he had time for a match, when he suddenly saw Joey's avatar light up again.
"Lord Roger, I need to find you immediately. There is an urgent piece of information." She had a serious expression on her face.
Her restless fox ears indicated that someone had tampered with the equipment list, but in reality, it was just an excuse for her to arrange a secret meeting.