After several years of hard work in the political arena, Calia is no longer what she used to be. She is no longer the vase princess that Terenas regarded as a marriage tool.
Since their separation that year, Calia has never seen Sarlayan again, who pushed her from behind and gave her a new meaning in life. However, in the past few years, she has maintained long-distance correspondence with Sarlayan. contacts.
Calia, who wanted to inherit the throne, could not leave the royal city of Lordaeron for a long time, and could only learn about the world outside Lordaeron through what others told her.
Although Terenas explicitly banned newspapers from Quel'Thalas from entering Lordaeron when he was still in power, as the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
The people below will not strictly abide by the ban issued by the superior king. As long as the local noble lords do not show their sincerity, they can still obtain newspapers from Quel'Thalas through various channels.
For ordinary people who live in an information-blocked environment all year round, a new thing like newspapers is their only opportunity to get information outside their own narrow world.
Of course, this new "entertainment method" quickly gained favor from the people of all countries in Azeroth.
Except for Kalimdor, which is far away on the other side of the sea and is temporarily unable to issue it due to high transportation costs, the entire Eastern Kingdom, including the closer Kul Tiras, Northrend and Broken Isles, can get a biweekly issue in time. The Quel'Thalas "Weekly".
Since the cabinet and the Sun King did not know enough about newspapers as a powerful tool to control public opinion, they still had reservations about investing in this area. The movable type printing technology and the new cheap paper manufacturing technology had not yet officially rolled out the production line.
This resulted in the Quel'Thalas Weekly's production capacity being insufficient, and it could only be published once every two weeks, which was also lacking in timeliness.
Sharlayan is expected to stay in Quel'Thalas for more than a year this time, or even longer.
With the early results brought by Quel'Thalas Weekly, he had enough time and confidence to persuade Kael'thas and the cabinet to increase investment in the emerging media industry, and strive to change the weekly newspaper into a daily newspaper as soon as possible.
But it’s not that easy to achieve this goal.
There is no need to worry about technical issues. Quel'Thalas, which has advanced magic technology, can always find a way to solve it.
The biggest headache for Saryan and the newspaper's executives was the issue of distribution channels.
Terenas has matured with age. Not long after the new product of newspapers came out, he immediately realized that this thing was an out-and-out tool to guide public opinion, and he quickly banned newspapers from Quel'Thalas from flowing in from the official level. Lordaeron.
At the same time, Terenas was inspired to create his own news and media department.
Unfortunately, because his skills were not up to standard, Terenas, who was bedridden and less energetic than before, could only do nothing, leaving this problem to his favorite heir, Arthas.
Compared with the old and strong Terenas, Prince Arthas is obviously too young.
After the death of the lingering sick Terenas, Arthas, who was busy fighting for the throne, failed to realize the importance of the media industry in guiding public opinion in time, and focused most of his energy on the battle with Calia.
In contrast, Calia, who had long maintained correspondence with Sharlayan, learned a lot from her exchanges with him and realized that Lordaeron must create its own press to counter the public opinion offensive from Quel'Thalas.
Unfortunately, for the same reasons as Alsace, Calia currently does not have the time or energy to pay in-depth attention to this issue.
Through her long-term relationship with Sharlayan, Calia's vision and outlook clearly surpassed Arthas, who was still only focusing on Lordaeron.
Under Sharlayan's intentional guidance, she had already begun to focus on the entire Azeroth and even the wider universe.
In Sharlayan's view, the current Azeroth can definitely be regarded as internal and external troubles.
Outside, there are many big tigers, including the Burning Legion and Warden Zoval, who are eyeing it. Inside the planet, there are also ancient gods sent by the Lord of the Void in advance to parasitize.
However, even in this precarious situation, many countries in Azeroth are still thinking about how to gain more benefits from other countries to strengthen themselves, and they are fighting among themselves all day long.
This is obviously what Sharlayan does not want to see. He wants to create a more visionary and cohesive Azeroth.
Guiding Calia was one of his attempts.
As the most powerful country in the Eastern Kingdom, Lordaeron's every word and deed is under the watchful eye of countless people and countries.
There is an old saying in the different world that what goes up is good, but what goes down will be worse. This is the origin of the idiom "What goes up and what goes down will do the same."
If Lordaeron, under the leadership of Calia, can take the lead in curbing its aggression towards neighboring countries and turn its attention to threats from outside the world like the Burning Legion...
Saryan did not say that other countries would definitely follow suit, but at least they would be affected to some extent.
As long as they can reduce their coveting of neighboring countries and pay more attention to the safety of the entire world, Sarlayan's goal will be achieved.
After so many years, Sarlayan's character has become much calmer, but the unruly nature in his bones has not disappeared.
This characteristic is often revealed unconsciously between the lines when exchanging letters with Calia.
Calia, who regarded Sarlayan as her life mentor, was unknowingly influenced by him. Regarding this, Count Ansel and Nathanos, who had been following Calia for a long time, all had some ideas. aware.
However, in their view, it is not a bad thing for Calia to gradually become determined and determined.
As the king of a country, he must be decisive when necessary, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation of swinging back and forth and changing orders at night.
Calia had long understood the situation. She realized earlier than Arthas that this battle for the throne could not end peacefully.
In this case, Calia plans to learn from Sarlayan's principles of dealing with things and cut through the mess quickly.
Launch it before Alsace is fully prepared to win this internal fight at the minimum cost and avoid causing too much harm to the country and people.
Seeing that Calia had made up her mind, several high-ranking female noble officials immediately took the order and left.
Ever since Terenas' funeral was completed, the atmosphere in Lordaeron on the eve of the storm has been very depressing recently.
Everyone in Lordaeron knows that a big event that will go down in history may happen in the near future. Some people are looking forward to it, and some are worried about it. But for now, they can only wait silently for the last moment to arrive.
As Calia's forces took the lead in taking action, the dark clouds hanging over Lordaeron finally began to rain heavily.
Just when Count Ansel and others left the Palace of Lordaeron, Arthas, who was still angry in his palace, received relevant information.
"this……"
Alsace opened his eyes slightly and murmured: "Is she really planning to strike first? Isn't she?"
Arthas had a good relationship with Calia, who was several years older than him, since he was a child. He thought he knew his sister who was gentle and not good at fighting.
Many advisers who had bet on Alsace had advised him to give up taking chances and prepare for the worst in advance.
But Arthas always had doubts and was unwilling to go to the point of fighting with his sister.
"Your Highness! We can't wait any longer! We must also start as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no hope of winning!"
Under the persuasion of a large number of anxious courtiers, Alsace finally came to his senses.
"call……"
Rubbing his brows with a gloomy expression, Alsace waved to them in a moodless tone and said, "As you wish, take action... Let me be alone for a while."
"yes!"
The current situation has become urgent, and the officials who were crowded in the Alsace palace to discuss important matters rushed to leave the palace and return to their posts, preparing to start the final battle for the throne.
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At the same time, Sarlayan also received the latest information from Nathanos.
"Is it finally starting to move?"
In the office of the Duke's Palace of Deep Shadow, Sarlayan put down the briefing in his hand with a solemn expression, looked up at the huge map of Azeroth hanging on the wall with a somewhat complicated expression, and set his sights on the location of the Royal City of Lordaeron. .
"As expected, it was Calia who took the initiative first. My persistent teachings finally paid off."
In terms of military strength, Calia is still inferior to Alsace.
In this case, we can only seize the opportunity by striking first, and catch the opponent off guard by making mental calculations or unintentionally.
Of course, Alsace cannot just be passively beaten. As long as they can survive the initial difficult situation, this internal struggle that has officially entered a fever pitch will probably still have to be fought.
"Continue to pay close attention to the situation in Lordaeron."
Sarlayan solemnly said to Valeera, who was responsible for delivering the intelligence: "No matter what I was doing at the time, once there is the latest trend, report it to me immediately."
Valeela also nodded solemnly: "I know, but... right now we should allocate some energy to prepare for the banquet first."
