Chapter 423 Strategic Planning, Sivir
"Levi, King Jarvan III has agreed to cooperate with us and promised to support all future work of the Wind Leader Association in Demacia."
Janna flapped her wings gently and flew over, bringing the good news to Levi who was busy at his desk.
"Oh?" Levi put down the pen, spread out his palm with ease, and let the goddess land in his palm.
"Did the old king figure it out so quickly?" he asked.
It is not easy to ask a person to give up his privileges, let alone a king to give up his country.
Levi thought that King Jarvan would be more resistant.
“He did make a request of us,” Janna said, shaking out her feathers.
"What?" Levi frowned slightly.
"He hopes to hand over all the royal territories and donate 90% of the floating wealth we allow them to keep."
"This..." Levi was a little surprised at King Jarvan's awareness.
Did the old king feel that his son had not done enough to destroy the Light Shield family, so he wanted to do it again himself?
"However." He keenly sensed something was wrong: "If that's all, then this doesn't seem to be a 'requirement'."
The request must be conditional.
King Jarvan only donates money, no conditions?
"He does have a very small request."
"What is it?" Levi asked.
"King Jarvan hopes to use part of this donation as a special fund for the future training of industrial talents and the popularization of new education in Demacia - not only in the name of the Leader, but also in the name of himself and the Lightshield family."
Janna stated King Jarvan's conditions.
"Tsk..." Levi now understood: "It really is worthy of being a thousand-year-old family. This is a grand plan."
Investing in education means investing in the future.
The main theme of Demacia's future is industrial development. Therefore, the future cadres of the Demacia branch of the Leaders Association will definitely come from those industrial talents who have received new-style education.
These people received the favor of King Jarvan when they were students, so they will naturally have a better impression of the Lightshield family.
"But what's the use of this?" Cana tilted her head. "The idea of fraternity between students and old officials, and master and disciple, doesn't work well in the officialdom of our leaders."
"Yes, but not entirely." Levi smiled.
The leaders' firm beliefs make them immune to the corruption of personal relationships, but this does not mean that the influence of personal relationships is completely non-existent.
“If there are two people who are almost the same in ability, belief, qualifications, background and work performance, and we need to nominate one of them at the conference - who would you choose?”
"This..." Janna was silent.
She thought for a moment and said, "The one who has a better relationship with me."
Since the two candidates are similar in all aspects, even if you choose someone you know, it will not violate the principle of fairness and justice of the leader.
"In actual work, people who can compete for the same position in a fair environment created by our leaders will not be much different in terms of conditions in all aspects."
"In this situation, a personal connection is very important."
As he spoke, Levi did not forget to joke and said, "King Jarvan is cultivating good karma for his descendants."
"As long as the name of the Light Shield family is still on the new schools throughout Demacia, their descendants will always have an extra impression point over others."
"But what's the use of this?" Janna was puzzled: "We, the Wind Leaders, cannot cash in our power."
"No, Janna, you may not understand." Levi shook his head: "Some people like power itself, not the benefits gained from power."
"What's more, even if Jarvan's royal family donates an additional 90% of their wealth, the remaining 10% will be enough for them to become 'people's rich'."
"And the old king must also know that 'rich' is not a good word for the leader."
"Not to mention, their family is from the royal family of the previous dynasty..."
In the future, the poor peasants of Demacia will definitely be liberated and receive ideological education from the leaders.
So when these poor people accept Janna's ideas and look back on their miserable lives in old Germany, how will they evaluate Jarvan's royal family?
Criticize him? That's definitely not okay. Prince Jarvan is still the current vice president.
Singing praises, putting all the blame on the greedy nobles, and whitewashing the royal family? That's even worse.
Jarvan's royal family is the largest noble family in Demacia. No matter what, they have a share of the suffering of the people of Demacia.
Of course, if we look at it dialectically: Jarvan's royal family definitely existed, but Jarvan III and his son were the first to accept the progressive royal family of the Leader, and they must have made great contributions to the newborn Demacia.
The mistakes made by Jarvan’s family cannot erase the great contributions made by them, father and son.
As an individual, Prince Jarvan is a pure Janna-dominant warrior.
With his beliefs, abilities and contributions, there is absolutely no problem in letting him serve as the vice president of Demacia.
But the problem is that humans generally lack the ability to look at problems dialectically.
The way we look at things is simple: either love or hate.
If you love someone, you love them to the bone; if you hate someone, you hate them to the bone. There is very little true rationality, objectivity and neutrality.
"A tall tree attracts the wind." Levi said, "Just like our Director Mel - until now, many people in the association still talk about her background as a warlord's daughter. Everyone can't help but feel critical of the Midalda family who used this as a pretext to get out of trouble."
"King Jarvan may be worried that he will be hated in the future, so he wants to spend money to carve himself into a glorious page in Demacia's history, to establish a good relationship with future generations, and to buy himself peace of mind."
“This…” Janna listened intently.
Although it is possible that Levi was judging others by his own standards, maybe King Jarvan simply wanted to donate money. But...
Levi's analysis and speculation were obviously more in line with her imagination of an old king.
"Should we agree to this?" Janna asked.
"Agree." Levi thought for a moment and said.
Anyway, with faith ensuring the purity of the team, he doesn't have to worry about the negative effects of letting individuals invest in education.
King Jarvan wanted to spend money to make good connections, so Levi was happy to let him stand out and set an example -
Let the big figures like the Mianwei family and the Midalda family, who bet on both sides in the early days and successfully transformed from corrupt aristocrats to "people's rich" in the later days, take a look at how the rich should assume social responsibilities in the new era.
"I understand." Janna's eyes sparkled. "I will notify Demacia now and give them a reply."
"Yeah." Levi nodded.
Then he looked up at the huge map of Runeterra hanging on the wall of his office.
"The problem of Demacia has been temporarily resolved;"
"And we have already taken control of Noxus and Ionia."
In fact, it is still far from it.
There are still countless masters in Ionia waiting to be slowly cleared and transformed.
The warlords and nobles of Noxus were only temporarily intimidated by Swain's thundering means of purging the pro-war factions, and dared not mention resistance again.
But their private gatherings and collaborations against the threats from the leaders have never stopped.
The future of Demacia will be similar.
If we only follow the upper-level route without a thorough transformation at the grassroots level, there can be no real control at all.
But if we only consider the literal meaning of "control", then the overall situation of Demacia, Noxus and Ionia can be regarded as being successfully controlled by the Leader.
Today, in these three directions, the leaders have almost no strategic pressure.
The influence of the Wind Leader also permeated most areas of Runeterra.
Apart from……
"Freljord, and Shurima." Levi turned his gaze to these two places again.
Freljord is located in the northernmost part of Valoran. Firstly, it is too far away from the Wind Leader. Secondly, the natural conditions here are too extreme and the social form is too primitive, so it is difficult to apply the Wind Leader's theories there.
The third point is also the most important one:
There are too many gods in Freljord, and it's easy to get into trouble if you go there.
Although gods like Ornn, Volibear, and Anivia are also demigods, they sound like they are on the same level as Janna.
But in fact, "demigod" is just a name for acquired gods who were born on this land after the formation of Rune Land, in contrast to innate gods such as the celestial giants.
Therefore, the strength between demigods can be very different.
"Legend has it that Ornn was the first god born on this land. The newly born Ornn showed his power to the land. He crashed into the tall mountains and carved valleys in the land with his sheep's hooves—"
“The rugged terrain of the Freljord was shaped by Him.”
Levi felt more and more fearful as he recalled the legends of Freljord gods such as Ornn.
What a terrifying power it is to change the topography of half of the continent with one's own strength.
What's more, there is more than one god like Ornn in Freljord.
Volibear: There is actual combat record, and he is evenly matched with Ornn.
Anivia: The younger sister of Ornn and Volibear, her strength must be not much different.
Seal Sister: Helped Ornn cool the furnace, which was recorded as causing "the sea level of Runeterra to drop by several inches."
Wild Boar King: It is said that he is the ancestor of the Barbarian King tribe and possesses the ability of immortality.
Lissandra: Even the watchers from the void can be sealed.
…
"I really don't know how the humans in Runeland can coexist harmoniously with these gods." Levi sighed.
It seems that any random god from Freljord can destroy the world.
You can't go to this place now.
Freljord doesn't have a large population to begin with. There's no need to take the huge risk of going there to compete with the gods for followers.
"Then it can only be Shurima." Levi turned his eyes to the continent of Shurima.
The continent can be divided into four parts:
The Targon Peak in the west is the territory of the celestial giants. Neither Levi nor Janna dares to go there.
In the south, in Ekathia, even the gods dare not go there easily.
Ixtal in the east has not communicated with the outside world for thousands of years and is extremely closed and conservative. It is difficult for the leader to infiltrate.
These isolated Ixtal people are also extremely xenophobic. If outsiders enter rashly, they will probably be regarded as invaders.
Levi didn't want to turn the theoretical liberation of the Leader into an actual war of aggression.
That leaves only the central and northern Shurima regions...
Levi already had plans for the Shurima region.
He planned to facilitate Azir's resurrection according to the original worldline, let him help with the dirty work of integrating Shurima, and by the way, withstand the threat of the Void on the front line.
But now...
"Is there any news from Cassiopeia? When will she leave?" Levi looked at Janna with some concern.
"Not yet." Janna shook her head.
Originally, in order to let the plot of Azir's resurrection happen as it was, Levi deliberately did not interfere with Cassiopeia's expedition plan.
Even though LeBlanc had taken the lead in surrendering, Levi tried every means to prevent Cassiopeia from knowing that the Black Rose Organization she was loyal to had actually become a subsidiary of the Leaders Association.
However, Miss Cassiopeia du Kecao has not yet set out to find the tomb of Eagle King Azir as in the original plot.
"I'm afraid she won't set off." Janna brought Levi some bad news: "Because the other protagonist of your prophecy, Miss Sivir, has not appeared yet."
In the original world line, it was not a coincidence that Cassiopeia hired Sivir as a mercenary.
Because of the seal of Azir's tomb, it is recorded that only the ancient weapon "Charikar" in Sivir's hands can open it .
So without Sivir, there would be no key to open the tomb, and Cassiopeia naturally would not be able to set out on the adventure.
"The plot is still a mess..." Levi muttered to himself.
Sivir should have appeared at this time and accepted Cassiopeia's commission, but she did not.
Unfortunately, her ancestor Azir could not be resurrected on time.
"Whatever." Levi was mentally prepared for this.
The flapping of a butterfly's wings can cause a storm, not to mention that the Wind Leader now has such a great influence in Runeterra.
He had never met many heroes before, but their fates had been changed because of the Leader.
"However." Levi still cared: "Sivir..."
Sivir may seem like just an ordinary Shurima mercenary, but she is the direct descendant of Azir and the heir to the blood of ascension.
Her survival is related to the fate of Azir and also affects Levi's strategic planning.
So she is important. Then...
"Sivir, where is she now?"
…
Beljum, on the northern coast of Shurima.
The famous Shurima mercenary leader, the goddess of war, Miss Sivir, was riding over with her mercenary group.
She was here to meet her new customers.
"Captain Sivir." Before entering the city, the deputy approached her and asked, "Right now, the entire northern coast of Shurima is spreading the news. It is said that there is a Noxian noble lady in Uzeris who wants to go to the desert to search for ancient tomb treasures, and she specifically wants to hire us."
"I heard that woman offered a very high price. Captain, do you think we should…"
"No." Xiweier interrupted him: "We have already accepted the commission, so we can't leave the customer and take other orders. This is the rule, do you understand?"
"Besides..." She smiled experiencedly, "The commission for tomb exploration is high, but you have to risk your life to earn that money."
"It's nothing like this order. Being a bodyguard for someone, the commission is not small. And it's safe."
"Oh, right." Sivir complained about her new client again: "They're paying such a high commission just to hire a bodyguard to lead the way... What did those stupid and rich Zaun guys say they were coming for?"
"Tourism?"
"No." The deputy thought for a moment and said, "They seem to call this... a social investigation?"
