I led the Goblin Culture to victory.

Chapter 186 It's Good to Oppose

This isn't a joke, it's a recommendation for the treasure book "I Led the Goblin Culture to Victory":

"Waaah~ Slurp—slurp."

"Hehehehe, at this age, being able to eat meat is enough to make even dying feel worthwhile!"

"Don't talk nonsense, you old fool! The lord said he hates this kind of thing!"

"Heave- Now you should be able to give birth to a healthy child."

"The adults say Valos has no chance of coming back, and I'm afraid of the child's father..."

All the citizens received the meat soup.

They held the scalding hot bowls, eagerly slurping them down, and chatting idly for fear of burning their tongues.

"This lord is rather kind..."

Seeing the happiness contorting on the faces of his subjects, Iron Hammer muttered to himself.

His wife nudged him gently with her elbow.

"Keep your voice down, we haven't had meat in a while."

Li Moss looked at the people who impressed him the most.

Soldier Lan'er's young wife sipped the broth and sobbed softly.

The middle-aged man, whose leg was broken after being gored in the knee by a livestock, burst into laughter, only to be scolded back by his wife.

The limping coachman's assistant still had a smile on his face as he spoke quietly to the pregnant woman, whose face showed both joy and an unconcealable worry.

He just felt a tightness in his chest.

But he didn't know why.

He already knew about the manor's situation from the original owner's memories.

It's simply quite strange.

Li Moss turned to look at Farol, who was carrying broth toward his people, then turned back to look at his tribesmen who were queuing up to receive food.

"Slurp... Ah—the meat smells so good."

"Following the leader is so great."

He could understand what the new tribesmen were saying, but he couldn't understand the goblin's squeaking.

"There's so much meat we can't finish it all."

"With these humans, the tribe is even more powerful!"

"Let's go eat! I want to sleep a little longer!"

Li Mosi turned around again and looked at Zi Yi, Zi An, and Haji Sheng, who were sitting on the ground behind her.

Between the three of them were more than a dozen copper bowls filled with meat broth.

Zi'an reached out and touched the copper bowl, then quickly moved it away.

The saintess glanced at her sideways, her face full of mockery.

"Did you get burned? Copper bowls heat up much faster than wooden or earthenware bowls. Serves you right for being so impatient!"

The bear-beastman knows nothing!

Zi'an, unusually, neither made a move nor spoke, but simply looked at Hagi Saint with the gaze one would give a fool.

What does that mean?

The saintess felt itchy all over from her gaze and wisely shut her mouth.

"puff--"

Zi'an burst out laughing.

Haki Saint's eyes widened instantly.

I have been tricked!

"you!"

"hey-hey--"

Ziyi couldn't hold back either.

Li Mosi was also having a hard time keeping up.

Is Haki Saint integrating into the segmentation?

"Zi Yi, Zi An."

Li Mosi called out to his two disciples, and the three of them looked at him together.

He sat down.

"Do you know how my words to the people were different just now?"

All three of them looked up at the sky.

Zi Yi was the first to lower his head.

"Hmm... It's more like telling them to obey than telling them to their own people? But it's gentler than directly ordering slaves to obey."

He spoke somewhat uncertainly.

"Is it because they don't completely trust us yet? And we can't guarantee they'll always obey?"

Zi'an also lowered his head.

"Did our late teacher treat them like sheep whose wool has been sheared but who have no grass to eat...? Did he expect them to be as obedient as sheep?"

Li Mosi nodded.

Zi Yi clearly thought things through more deeply, perhaps because he often speaks out.

Zi'an seemed to understand some of the principles, but simpler metaphors would make it easier for her to grasp.

"The people of the world are the flock, and we are the shepherds."

The saintess recited something as if she were reciting a book, while looking down at Li Mosi.

"This seems to be what's written in the scriptures?"

wrong!

Why am I so uncertain?

This is clearly written in the scriptures!

Li Mosi didn't know why Hagi Saint's gaze had suddenly become sharp.

He addressed his two disciples.

"Zi'an's analogy is a kind of hint; Ziyi, you can also be more confident in your results."

"Think about how the lords of the past ruled?"

Zi'an and Ziyi blurted it out.

"Very greedy."

"They don't treat their own people like human beings."

"He should have been eradicated as a heretic long ago!"

The three of them, master and disciples, all looked at Hagi Saint.

Who asked you that?

"I didn't ask you, keep quiet."

Li Mosi warned Haji Sheng for interrupting, then spoke to Ziyi and Zian.

"He did not treat his people as human beings, but rather as a source of slaves."

"The people were powerless to resist him, so they could only live according to his rules. But this way of life made them even weaker and less able to resist due to their lack of food."

After saying that, he went straight to the conclusion.

"We cannot undo the damage the Valos family has done to the people; we can only use the situation they left behind to carry out our will."

"The people living on this estate are not strong; many are weak or even sick. Their only redeeming quality is their obedience."

"For now, we'll have to rely on the lord's unquestionable authority, along with the benefits the Valos family can't promise, to keep them obedient."

Zi Yi frowned.

"Master, why is it only temporary?"

Isn't it better to maintain authority?

She wanted to see what this craftsman could make!

Li Mosi looked at Zi Yi.

"Do the goblins obey you only because you are strong? Only because you can bring food? What about the new people?"

No?

Zi Yi blinked.

"Because I can lead them to victory against the nobles?"

"All of these reasons are true, but in summary, it's because you can provide them with stable happiness."

Li Mosi raised his arms and put them on the shoulders of his two disciples.

"Your great achievement is to bring lasting happiness to people."

"Remember this. If you win people over with benefits, those people will leave you when they lose those benefits or gain even greater benefits."

"If you use force to coerce others, there will always be someone stronger than you, and those you subdue will also have their own ulterior motives. Look at these people."

Zi Yi, Zi An, and the Holy Maiden turned to look at their subjects.

"Who among them would rebel against us because the Valos family still exists? And who would be enraged by the presence of goblin warriors?"

The saintess turned her head back immediately.

"Isn't it because they obey you?"

Should the people rebel?

"It is precisely because of the suffering brought about by the Valos family that they are like this."

Li Mosi met Hagi Saint's gaze.

"If they all stood up against me, it would actually mean they suffered much less, and that would put my mind at ease. We wouldn't be in such a bad mood today."

"Ugh."

Zi'an couldn't help but sigh.

Those memories that had been suppressed due to sleepiness began to attack her again.

She turned back.

"My late master..."

Li Mosi gently waved her hand, telling her not to speak yet.

"Power is a condition for solving problems, not a solution to everything."

"Being well-fed, safe, and warm. Only by combining these things and helping the people solve various problems can we achieve true merit. Only by combining all these merits can we bring stable happiness to the people."

"With stable happiness, even if you can't offer any benefits or temporarily lose your power, your people will still trust your abilities and stand by your side."

"Gurgle~"

The saintess swallowed hard.

Is this an implication for her?

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