The confrontation between the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and the Great Qin Fusang Alliance large camp also made the atmosphere on the Southern Ming continent tense for a while.

With the investment of both sides in the war, both the living standards of the people and all other aspects have been greatly affected.

However, the people of the nine countries did not feel any unhappiness, but on the contrary they were still relatively supportive of the war.

Because war has never broken out all year round, people have long forgotten the cruelty and painful nature of war.

But no matter what, after thousands of years of life, every citizen has long felt a sense of belonging to his country, and no one is a slave to the destruction of the country, so even if someone resists it, there is nothing he can do.

Except for the relatively stable domestic situation in Jiu, other small countries in the Southern Ming continent have long been panicked.

Unlike the size of the Nine Kingdoms, those small kingdoms, whether they are territory, economy, military, etc., cannot be compared with the Nine Kingdoms.

The nine countries confront each other, but in fact, these small countries were the ones that were most affected.

Because when the war begins between the two camps, the scope of the battlefield will not be just the land of the great powers.

Because at that time, every terrain and every stronghold on the continent will become the key to the competition between the two sides.

So whenever the war begins, who cares about what country you are.

As long as it is not from my side, as long as your territory is beneficial to my strategy, I am sorry, I will borrow your territory temporarily.

Want to object? OK, beat me first. If you can't beat me, bear it honestly, otherwise don't.

Or if I know you are providing convenience or help to my hostile country? Then I'm sorry, you and I will be destroyed.

So this is how small countries go. Whenever war begins between big countries, the ones they fear the most and the ones they fear the most are those small countries.

Because between two huge sizes, you can't even be neutral, and you don't know when a big country will destroy you for the convenience of the terrain.

The ancestral temples of ancestors are destroyed, people die, and the country is destroyed. This is called a weak country without diplomacy. This is the most iron-blooded answer.

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In the nine major countries? When two camps kept holding troops between their fronts and their own key areas, strong disputes and discussions broke out in the courts of various small countries.

Some ministers strongly suggested that before the two sides started a war, they would seek cooperation from one of the two sides and reach an alliance with those major powers early? In case they were caught between the two sides' camps later, they would not advance or retreat, and were forced to become a battlefield to cause serious losses.

Those who oppose this proposal also objected: "We do not agree with this statement? OK, and even if we choose one camp first, have you ever thought about what if the camp we choose fails?

If those big countries lose, they will cede land and pay compensation at worst. But what about us?

Maybe when a war breaks out? The great parliament in our camp needs us.

But what after the war is over? Will those great powers still need us?

What if I win? There may be a little bit of leftover rice to give us.

But what if it is defeated? Those big countries will not care about the lives and deaths of us small countries.

If we can run us out? If we can calm the other person's anger? They will definitely abandon us without hesitation.

Let’s take another step back, even if we win, what can we get? Even if we put a lot of effort into the war, what can we do?

If they don’t give it, will we dare to ask for it? If it makes people unhappy, maybe we will give us a name that we sympathize with the enemy? And then we will destroy us by chance.

So I suggest that we be neutral than joining one of the two camps.

If we remain neutral, at least in name, there is no excuse between the two camps to invade us.”

But there are many people who oppose neutrality. The theoretical basis is that even if the country remains neutral, what can it do?

Faced with the destructive power of the two camps, they could not even have a trace of their courage to resist.

Moreover, it is very likely that he will remain neutral by himself? Then he will not please both sides, but instead become a thorn in the eyes and a thorn in the flesh among both sides.

In the eyes of those great countries, we are fence-bearers, which is even more hateful.

So at that time, just in case we defect to each other, we will jointly eliminate us first to eliminate future troubles. We believe that the idea of ​​maintaining neutrality is absolutely dangerous.

Only when you have strength, the kind of strength that both camps have to pay attention to, and the kind of strength that both camps have to dare to provoke casually, let’s talk about it as a better way to truly maintain neutrality.

After all, we can all clearly recognize a cruel fact, that is, weak countries have no diplomacy...

The discussions of the ministers really caused great headaches for the kings of various kingdoms.

And compared to these ministers, as kings, they are the ones who are truly worried about the country the most.

After all, even if they can't beat it, the ministers can surrender in the end, transform themselves into a transformation, and easily become Ergouzi, and still live a very comfortable life.

But the kings of each kingdom are different. If the emperors of those great powers are kind and in a good mood, maybe even if their country is destroyed, they will reward themselves with a happy life, and then live a prosperous life safely and honestly.

But if the emperors were unhappy, they would be destroyed easily by just one sentence.

This is the sorrow of being a small country, this is the sorrow of being a weak country.

It would be fine if you don’t get noticed by the big country, but you can still survive in the cracks.

But if it is noticed by a great power, even a king with supreme power in his country will be in control of his own destiny.

So to a certain extent, being a prince and aristocrat is much more unfortunate than being a commoner.

At least when the country was destroyed, the people's ability to survive was much better than that of the princes and nobles who did not work.

What's more, no matter which country, the people are necessary for all countries.

So even if the country is destroyed, as long as the emperors of the hostile countries you encounter are not cruel people, the destruction of the country will not have much impact on them.

After all, it is difficult for civilians in small countries to feel pride in their own country.

So from this point of view, the people of small countries do not value their motherland as much as those of big countries.

For them, even if the country is destroyed, it is just a ruler who collects taxes on them, which is no different from before.
Chapter completed!