第942章:战争与和平(Ⅱ)
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安德莉雅的眼睛竟有些湿润,她垂首擦拭眼角,平复一下心绪,继续说下去:
“是我们苦心经营默默付出,为了使我们的同胞生活的更好而竭尽所能贡献才智,历经半个世纪终于将这座城市建设成眼前的模样,看看那些平整干净的街道,看看那些货物齐全的商铺,看看远处那些为我们提供食物的田野和牧场,看看那些为我们创造财富的林场和矿山,我们龙血一族并不像人类那样心灵手巧擅长发明创造,也不像基特兰德人那样具有采矿和锻铁的天赋,但是我们一直在努力克服天赋上的弱点,通过各种方式学习和借鉴其它种族的优势,并且将这些学习的成果应用到建设我们的城市当中……当然,为此也不得不从事一些不那么光彩的工作,比如征服和奴役其它民族,强迫他们为我们工作,缴纳税负以维持军队和城市开支,但是这一切都是为了谁呢?”
“为了我们的同胞,为了我们的家园。”雅科夫轻声叹息,“在北地这样气候严酷资源贫瘠的地方,人们想过上好日子就必须向自己的邻居伸手,我从不因劫掠奴役基特兰德人或者其它任何民族而忏悔,正如我不会因为如今遭到基特兰德人的报复而感到委屈,不是生存就是死亡,这是我们必须面对的现实。”
“非生即死,这是我们选择的道路,但是罗兰选择了另一条路,一条限于我们的视野根本未曾发现的道路。”安德莉雅幽幽慨叹。
“你到底想说什么,能不能干脆一点!”贾蓓拉不耐烦地说。
“我想说的是罗兰为什么要将这张图纸寄给我,”安德莉雅拿起桌上那张草图,“明明有这样一个完美的方案摧毁龙城,罗兰他们为什么不立刻付诸行动?因为他们想要的不是一座埋藏在冰雪之下的废墟,而是一座完整的龙城。”
目光扫过满面震惊的雅科夫、拉辛和贾蓓拉,安德莉雅苦笑一声,继续说道:“你们以为寇拉斯父子挥师北上是为了什么?为了高举培罗或者辛德拉的旗帜讨伐异端,为了匡扶正义惩恶扬善,为了替神圣亚珊帝国开疆拓土,或者单纯是为基特兰德人打抱不平?错了,以上理由都是借口,他们真正的目的是为了征服土地和攫取财富!一座被冰川埋葬的龙城分文不值,而包括街道、商铺、厂房、风车、磨坊、农庄以及多数居民完整移交到他们手中的龙城则意味着一笔巨大的财富,意味着源源不断的税收和对周边矿区、林场、墓场、庄园、河流、码头、果园的统治力度!难道你们还不明白?只有完整的接管龙城寇拉斯父子才能从这次北上远征之中获得足以弥补庞大军费开支的收益,只有以战争中掠夺的财富作为润滑,命运女神旗帜下轰然运转的战争车轮才能继续顺畅的向前滚动,越滚越大,积累起足够的力量碾碎下一个‘龙之眼’,碾碎所有心怀不臣的大小军阀,直至扫平远东全境、登临御座、建立起一个堪与神圣亚珊帝国争雄的新王朝!”
安德莉雅平复了一下激动的情绪,接着说:“其实从另一个角度来想,寇拉斯父子接管龙城至少还有一个好处,他们不会滥杀平民,毕竟这座城市需要人来维护,没有足够多的、辛勤工作的人民就无法生产出源源不断的财富,再宏伟的城市也将迅速败落。”
贾蓓拉和雅科夫、拉辛交换了一下眼色,对安德莉雅最后那段乐观的预测持保留态度。的确,寇拉斯父子不至于对龙脉一族开动屠刀,毕竟安德莉雅与罗兰有私交,而且如她所言寇拉斯父子需要龙脉一族维持工作创造财富,但是在龙城中只占少数的半龙一族则不同,骄傲的半龙贵族从来就不会去从事那些卑贱的职业,更不会为谋生而出卖劳动力,他们不生产财富只占有和享用财富,这是血统赋予他们的与生俱来的特权。
现在龙城就要改朝换代,以寇拉斯父子为首的新贵们会如何对待那些不是生产的旧贵族?设身处地想一想就知道,他们一定会大肆驱逐乃至捕杀半龙贵族,剥夺他们的财富和田产,或许还会从中拿一小部分出来分给龙脉一族以收买人心。
如此想着,雅科夫三人都下定决心,绝不能将半龙族人留在城里,致使自己的亲友落入寇拉斯父子魔爪。
安德莉雅看出他们肚子里打得是什么算盘,意兴阑珊地叹了口气,起身道:“我想说的都说完了,该怎么选择你们尽快做个决定,晚祷时间就快到了,我先不奉陪了。”
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