Had he been a lesser man, Pierre thought as the conversation awkwardly died for the third time that night, he would curse aloud.
The source of his ire was the constant grumbles of his colleagues. Many a noble would mumble about his son whether to curse him for his loyalty to his wife and the crown of Gallia or to curse Pierre and Karin for sending an obvious golden hen to another kingdom.
The reforms and ideas the boy was spreading in Gallia were not only increasing the wealth of the kingdom immeasurably, but the laws he was championing to help the commoners were causing a large and ever growing number of them to go to Gallia seeking work. Of course his son welcomed them with open arms.
To the growing amazement of the nobility of Tristian (Germania now, Pierre corrected himself. It would take some getting used to.) the country was actually starting to experience a manpower shortage of commoners. No one to tend gardens or do labor for new constructions. The Germainians who had started to flood the country after the marriage was announced were also causing no small amount of annoyance among the citizenry as many of them seemed to feel like they were victors of some conflict rather than allies joining together.
Personally Pierre was very much tired of nobles bemoaning his son's move to Gallia. No doubt they would have tried their damnest to block the very ideas that had generated the wealth they were now coveting. Selfish morons.
One thing was certain though. If the Emperor thought that his requests to have the Heavy Wind parade about his court to show off his new power were going to be considered he had another thing coming. Loyalty to the crown was the Valliere way, but it was to the crown of Tristian which now did not exist.
His son was not the only one who could be a "rules lawyer" as he called it.
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NOTE: The germanians who have been coming into tristain starting shit are the ones who would have done so anyway. The exact type that Karin would normally turn back on her border patrols. She can't do that now. Also, most are diehard supporters of the Emperor which is why they feel so powerful.
I have no doubt that the wealth and ideas of Gallia has attracted a lot of Tristian immigrants. Doubly so since most of the Nobility has spent a long time propagandizing that Germainia is a land of barbarians. No commoner family, after having grown up with that view, would stick around to let their families be pillaged. Kinda biting the nobility of Trisitan in the behind now.
I can see Karin and Pierre getting a lot of flack for letting Henry be married off to a foreign nation. No doubt those same people, like Pierre thought, would have been laying into them to stop Henry from spouting all of those ideas.
Tristian is at peace and is secure. However, the Tristian way of life is being threatened by these upstart Germianians and both the nobility and the commoners do not like it. Time will tell if this teakettle boils over and Henry has to intervene. It would be ironic if peace with the elves resulted in war amongst the human nations as everybody fought everybody for a dozen reasons.
I just described WW1. Yes, you should feel a chill down your spine. Rapid technological advances that upset an aristocracy that rules nations who compete with one another. Henry, your ideas will make a better world, but the world has had 6000 years of peace because of the stasis they found themselves in.
You know history. You just have to avoid repeating it. The path to hell and all that.
The source of his ire was the constant grumbles of his colleagues. Many a noble would mumble about his son whether to curse him for his loyalty to his wife and the crown of Gallia or to curse Pierre and Karin for sending an obvious golden hen to another kingdom.
The reforms and ideas the boy was spreading in Gallia were not only increasing the wealth of the kingdom immeasurably, but the laws he was championing to help the commoners were causing a large and ever growing number of them to go to Gallia seeking work. Of course his son welcomed them with open arms.
To the growing amazement of the nobility of Tristian (Germania now, Pierre corrected himself. It would take some getting used to.) the country was actually starting to experience a manpower shortage of commoners. No one to tend gardens or do labor for new constructions. The Germainians who had started to flood the country after the marriage was announced were also causing no small amount of annoyance among the citizenry as many of them seemed to feel like they were victors of some conflict rather than allies joining together.
Personally Pierre was very much tired of nobles bemoaning his son's move to Gallia. No doubt they would have tried their damnest to block the very ideas that had generated the wealth they were now coveting. Selfish morons.
One thing was certain though. If the Emperor thought that his requests to have the Heavy Wind parade about his court to show off his new power were going to be considered he had another thing coming. Loyalty to the crown was the Valliere way, but it was to the crown of Tristian which now did not exist.
His son was not the only one who could be a "rules lawyer" as he called it.
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NOTE: The germanians who have been coming into tristain starting shit are the ones who would have done so anyway. The exact type that Karin would normally turn back on her border patrols. She can't do that now. Also, most are diehard supporters of the Emperor which is why they feel so powerful.
I have no doubt that the wealth and ideas of Gallia has attracted a lot of Tristian immigrants. Doubly so since most of the Nobility has spent a long time propagandizing that Germainia is a land of barbarians. No commoner family, after having grown up with that view, would stick around to let their families be pillaged. Kinda biting the nobility of Trisitan in the behind now.
I can see Karin and Pierre getting a lot of flack for letting Henry be married off to a foreign nation. No doubt those same people, like Pierre thought, would have been laying into them to stop Henry from spouting all of those ideas.
Tristian is at peace and is secure. However, the Tristian way of life is being threatened by these upstart Germianians and both the nobility and the commoners do not like it. Time will tell if this teakettle boils over and Henry has to intervene. It would be ironic if peace with the elves resulted in war amongst the human nations as everybody fought everybody for a dozen reasons.
I just described WW1. Yes, you should feel a chill down your spine. Rapid technological advances that upset an aristocracy that rules nations who compete with one another. Henry, your ideas will make a better world, but the world has had 6000 years of peace because of the stasis they found themselves in.
You know history. You just have to avoid repeating it. The path to hell and all that.
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