Chapter 365 New Policy

Roland silently calculated the gaps in the various projects of the War Committee, and the more he calculated, the bigger the gaps became.

Of course, these gaps are not actually big problems. Apart from the core integration of the joint forces, other projects can be done slowly.

After all, the committee still has the ability to generate its own revenue. At least, the committee’s core ruling area can provide a large amount of taxes and resources every year.

However, if one relies solely on self-financing to accumulate wealth and resources for the project, it may take several years to accumulate, and it may take more than ten or twenty years to complete the project.

This is too slow.

Roland lowered his head and silently flipped through his memories, trying to find some treasures in Donnar or some useful information from his past life.

After flipping through the pages, Roland actually found some useful information in his memory.

Although the former knight kingdoms of Donnar were destroyed and most of their treasuries were destroyed and wasted by the green tide, according to the contents of memory, some of the treasuries of the knight kingdoms were still preserved.

In addition, there are some treasures left by the Donnar royal family.

I can find time to go and see it later.

In addition, Roland also found information about the dwarven treasure in the Dragon Spine Mountains. However, this information was not very useful. The situation in the Dragon Spine Mountains was too complicated. Even if the approximate location was known, it was not known whether it was above the ground or underground.

However, Roland did not give up. Instead, he extracted the relevant information from his memory. If the wealth and resources dug out from the national treasury were not enough, he could go to the Dragon Ridge Mountains to have a look.

At worst, he could just use the prophecy spell to cheat. As long as Roland wanted to find it, could these things be hidden from Roland?
While Roland was thinking about these questions, Hela also finished reading all three plans submitted by the administrative department.

Hela put the plan back on the table and turned to look at Roland.

When Hela looked at Roland, Roland also came out of his thinking state and met Hela's gaze.

After their eyes met, Hela's gaze also dropped slightly, avoiding Roland's sight, and then she spoke.

"Roland should have his own ideas about these three plans."

"Hmm? Which one do you think I would choose?"

Roland smiled slightly and spoke casually.

Hela pursed her lips, picked up the third set of plans on the desk, and said.

"This one, although it's a bit more expensive, if it were you, you would probably choose this one."

"uh-huh."

Roland did not deny it, skipped his own answer, and continued to ask.

"If it were Hela, which one would Hela choose?"

"my words"

Hela looked at the other two plans on the desk and spoke.

"I would choose to use all three options."

"Hmm? Tell me more about it."

Roland was a little surprised.

"The third plan is the main one, and the remaining two plans are supplementary."

"Although the first two plans have some shortcomings, as long as they are not used on a large scale and the selection and supervision are done well, basically no major problems will occur. This will also preserve more productivity in the occupied areas and reduce the consumption of the main plan."

"Moreover, if the first two solutions are applied on a small scale, even if local forces are fostered, it doesn't matter, they can be easily suppressed."

Hela looked at the plan in her hand and explained.

Roland nodded slightly and said.

“That does make sense, but, Hela, you didn’t take into account the cost of preparing the plans. Moreover, using three plans at the same time is still too complicated for the committee’s current administrative system. It’s not that easy to implement and it’s easy to have loopholes.”

After hearing Roland's words, Hela thought about it, nodded, and said.

"I haven't considered it all. Has Roland made a decision?"

"Well, let's go with the third plan. Although it costs a bit more, there is still a way to fill the resource gap."

Roland nodded and gave his answer.

Hela smiled slightly, not surprised. She picked up the bottle and filled Roland's cup with the liquid of wisdom again. As she poured, she spoke.

"Roland is so gentle."

"Hey, don't flatter me too much. You're the only one who thinks so. If I were really gentle, I wouldn't have started another war and annexed the United Army."

Roland shook his head and said helplessly.

Hela smiled, put down the bottle in her hand, walked behind Roland, and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Everyone thinks highly of you. You should be more confident in yourself."

"Besides, didn't Roland teach me before?"

"Wearing white gloves can't save Donnar. If you want to defeat the green tide, some dark means are necessary. In this chaotic world, you have protected countless lives. You have done well enough."

Listening to Hela's comfort, Roland sighed slightly and spoke without feeling happy or sad.

"I know that the people are innocent even if the United Army is mobilized, but in this chaotic world I can only choose to be confused."

It’s still because I lack the ability.

Roland closed his eyes. Although it took the War Council only three months to annex the United Army, many people in the United Army died during these three months of turmoil.

Under the war launched by the War Committee, the already harsh environment of the United Army quickly became even worse. Under the scourge of war, a large number of people died tragically on the streets.

Moreover, the coalition forces were highly dependent on the War Council for food. After the war broke out, even if the War Council did not block the import of food, the war still cut off the trade routes. Even though spies within the coalition forces prepared food in advance, some people still starved to death.

Roland had already prepared himself for this, just like when he talked to Eleanor before, he was ready to kill thousands of lives with knives and swords. As for other casualties caused by swords, famine, plague, and wild beasts, Roland could only choose to be confused. He couldn't care, and he couldn't save everyone. He could only make some preparations as much as possible, and the rest could only be ignored.

Roland shook his head and put all these things behind him. The past was the past. All he could do now was to allow these people who had suffered so much under the rule of the United Army to live a stable and peaceful life under the rule of the committee.

He opened his eyes and looked towards the desk.

In addition to the three plans for dealing with the occupied areas, there are still some problems in the United Nations occupied areas that need Roland to deal with.

From Sinar, disabled veterans of the Rose War.

In name, these people came to Donnar voluntarily to fight against the Green Tide, but in reality, they were just a group of poor people who were expelled and abandoned by the Silver Empire.

Under the rule of the United Army, these outsiders were the lowest-level, cheapest cannon fodder. They were added to the battle line like consumables and died at the speed of light.

After they died in battle, their families would not be protected. Without anyone to rely on, their families would be captured as cannon fodder, sold as slaves, or taken to the front lines as entertainment tools.
Even some veterans have not died in battle yet, their families have suffered this kind of treatment. They will continue to be exploited by the Allied Forces for all their value, and finally the entire family will disappear quietly in Donnar.

As helpless outsiders, these veterans and their families were different from the Donar people. The Donar people could at least stick together for warmth, but they were deliberately divided and had no power to resist the powerful hand of the coalition forces.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that the situation of the Donnar people is much better. Under the rule of the United Army, their fate is no different from that of the old soldiers. The only difference is that they are more in number, and if they are luckier, they won’t be targeted so easily.

The tragic experiences of the veterans and their families are just one of the countless tragedies in Donnar.

The administrative department also gave their plans for these outsiders.

Compared with the complex and numerous plans to integrate and core the occupied areas, the solutions for dealing with the Rose Veterans are relatively simple, with only two.

First: Treat them normally, just like ordinary Donnar people, no preferential treatment or discrimination, just integrate them into the committee in an ordinary way.

Second: centralized treatment. Considering that all Rose veterans have serious psychological problems, the Rose veterans and their families will be placed in a centralized location, psychic spellcasters will be dispatched to deal with the veterans' mental problems, and an elite team will be stationed there to ensure that if any problems arise, they can be suppressed and controlled immediately.

Looking at these two rather thin solutions, Roland knew at a glance that the administrative department did not care much about the Rose Veterans. After all, the Rose Veterans were a completely thankless task for the committee.

Moreover, among the Rose veterans, in addition to the veterans who were dragged down to be cannon fodder, there were also many veterans who became bandits, burning, killing and looting everywhere in the occupied areas.

This is normal. You can't expect a feudal empire's soldiers to have a high moral bottom line. Moreover, they were expelled from the Silver Empire and used as cannon fodder by the Allied Forces. Their lives are not guaranteed and there is no place to accept them. It is not surprising that they became bandits.

Roland sighed and chose the second solution, which was to deal with it in a centralized manner.

Although the Rose veterans who were expelled to Donnar were quite pitiful, Roland could not sacrifice the lives and safety of the Donnar people. It would be better to leave these Rose veterans outside and settle them in a centralized place. In this way, it would be more convenient to send mind casters to solve psychological problems.

Of course, not all Rose veterans will be accepted into the committee. Some who have been bandits need to be screened. If they are forced to make the choice for a living and only robbed food but not killed people, they can be reluctantly accepted. But if they have really burned, killed and looted, they will be executed directly.

In addition to the Rose Veterans, another important problem is the other Sinar people stranded in the occupied area, including mercenaries, adventurers, diplomats, military nobles, speculators and a bunch of other messy outsiders.

These people are not like the Rose veterans who are unwanted. Most of them have legitimate identities. Moreover, most of them have various interest connections with the Sinnar countries and also occupy part of the rights and interests of the coalition forces.

It is not so bad for mercenaries and adventure groups who are employed by the United Army. After all, the War Committee and the United Army are in a state of war. All the mercenaries and adventure groups are captured, and according to the regulations, they can be made to pay for their lives. As for their fixed assets in the United Army, they can all be confiscated.

The remaining Sinnar people are not easy to deal with.

Although Roland was determined not to recognize any unequal treaties signed by the coalition forces, he would definitely make these guys who plundered a large amount of wealth in Donnar return the wealth.

The committee's military might was more than capable of killing them all and taking their wealth back.

But this is not a military issue, but a political issue.

Given the current situation of the War Council, it is not a good option to directly become enemies with the Silver Empire. Roland also plans to obtain gold coins from the Silver Empire through commercial trade.

Therefore, we cannot be so rude to these Sinari people with official identities, and we still need to treat them differently.

The administrative department has prepared a detailed list of these Sinar people. People who are related to the Silver Family have been screened out. As the ruling class of the Silver Empire, the committee will naturally not offend them. Therefore, this part of the people can get a relatively better ending. All fixed industries will be forcibly redeemed by the committee, and they will be allowed to leave Donnar with their wealth.

In addition to Roland not wanting to offend the Silver Family, the main reason was that the six major Silver Families had no interest in Donnar's fixed assets. There weren't many fixed assets at all. As for wealth? The six major Silver Families had already transferred all of them to Sinar, and the rest were just a few small things. It wouldn't have much of an impact if they were released.

Those who mainly own a large amount of assets in the occupied areas are still mainly the princes within the Silver Empire.

As for these vassal states, the committee was not so polite. It carried out differentiated harvesting based on the distance between these vassal states and Donnar, as well as their strength and asset ratio.

On the list drawn up by the administrative department, except for the six major silver families, even the most powerful vassal states can't think of taking away all the wealth. They will have to be skinned by the committee before they can leave.

After looking through it and not finding any major problems, Roland agreed to the list.

After this list was confirmed, there was only one policy that Roland needed to decide on, which was the issue of opening the border.

Although the core area of ​​the committee can implement a policy of isolation due to its geographical advantages and isolate itself from the outside world, it will be troublesome to implement a policy of isolation after annexing the Allied Forces and expanding its territory.

The Union's border policy during Eleanor's reign can be summed up in two words: nothing.

Yes, the United Army does not have any border policy. Anyone can enter and exit freely. Apart from being more active in collecting taxes, they don't care about anything else.

This was also the reason why Roland and Hela were able to sneak into Donnar at will.

However, although this policy provided convenience to Roland in the past, the committee will definitely not inherit the border policy of the United Army.

The unregulated border policy allowed a large number of speculators and dangerous elements to infiltrate Donnar, and they also contributed to the chaos in the coalition forces to a certain extent.

Therefore, the war committee dedicated to restoring order and protecting the country and the people must change this situation.

The administrative department also provided two plans based on the current situation in Donnar.

The first one was to continue the border policy of the War Council, expel all foreign populations, implement a strict policy of isolation, and prohibit almost all foreign populations from entering the country.

The second one is to revise the border policy, establish a border review mechanism, review foreign population, expel all foreign population that fail the review, allow foreign population that pass the review to enter the country, and implement a strict foreign population control system.

Needless to say, the first plan is definitely not feasible. The policy of closing the country to the outside world is only a stopgap measure and is not suitable for the current situation of the War Council. There are simply too many Sinar personnel within the War Council and it is impossible to expel them all at once.

Moreover, the War Council will not be isolated from the world, and cannot be isolated from the world. It will definitely be integrated into this world in the future. Therefore, it still needs to be a little open.

Therefore, Roland did not hesitate much and chose the second plan.

　It’s almost a million words, but I feel like I haven’t written much.

　　The lake in the Donnar map is indeed a little small. We will modify and expand it later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)