Chapter 1722: Chapter 113: Disaster Strikes
The turbulent situation continued, with various major forces scrambling to find the truth in their panic, and suddenly, the situation on the continent eased.
Watching this scene, the burden in Hudson’s heart was also lifted.
Fortunately, a major event shifted everyone’s attention, otherwise the Kingdom’s main war force was about to lose control.
Looking at the entire history of the Human Race, the Alpha Kingdom has always been an anomaly.
Under the system of feudalization, the joint-stock Kingdom appears to be controlled by the government, but in reality, this government serves the military.
During the operation of the Kingdom government, it is either raising strategic materials for the military or raising military funds.
All other political systems, economic policies, and laws and regulations serve these two tasks.
With the reformists in power, it is so; with the Conservative Faction in power, it remains unchanged; the core never changes.
In Hudson’s view, the Alpha Kingdom after completing its military system reform is a runaway chariot without brakes.
No accidents occurred, all thanks to the helmsman constantly adjusting the direction to avoid mid-course obstacles.
However, the road ahead is finite; racing continuously will eventually lead to accidents.
As a vested interest, Hudson naturally does not want the Kingdom to crash. For a long time, as the leader of the War Faction, he has been suppressing the Radicals in the army.
The specific operation is very simple: strengthen the training of the army. The higher the war cries in the army, the harder Hudson trained them. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel·fire.net
Weary to the bone, naturally, they had no time for anything else. Anyway, it’s all within the scope of his authority, so the outside world only thinks he is strict in his military rule.
No troubles occurred in the army, but Hudson couldn’t suppress the war cries among the public.
Once the wave of public opinion becomes a trend, influencing the Kingdom’s decisions is only a matter of time.
At this moment, the focus of public opinion was shifted, allowing the Kingdom’s runaway chariot to take a breather.
The peace time of quietly farming in a country of perennial wars is the most mesmerizing.
With Hudson left idle, he became a tourist, often taking his whole family deep into the local areas to inspect the people’s situation.
Teaching by example is always the best teacher. The greatest threat to rulers is always detachment from reality.
Unfortunately, Hudson’s painstaking efforts were completely lost on the little ones; they only knew that when out, they didn’t need to learn those locked lessons.
The slightly older Franz had already started touching upon territorial affairs and behaved slightly better, yet the childlike heart still couldn’t be contained.
Watching his sons jumping all the way, curious about everything, often chatting with passersby, exhibiting social skills to the fullest, without a trace of the steadiness that should belong to Noble Children, Melissa’s face turned terribly gloomy.
“They’re just kids, let them play first!”
Hudson spoke to persuade her.
Standing in different positions, the perspective on issues is also different.
Back when he first received the title, he was cramming in Noble etiquette, fearing any slip-up might affect his reputation in the Noble circle.
Later, as his status improved, Hudson became increasingly self-indulgent, putting all Noble etiquette aside. Now he’s developed to the point where he does whatever makes him comfortable.
His behavior was clearly unconventional, yet everyone pretended not to see anything. Even if it didn’t conform to Noble etiquette, the outside world interpreted it as the demeanor of a Strongman.
Including Melissa, she only supervised the children’s etiquette learning. As for Hudson’s unconventional behavior, she never criticized it.
“You only know how to protect them. Franz is no longer young; he’s our eldest son. If he remains so reckless, people will laugh at him!”
Melissa glared at Hudson and said.
At thirteen or fourteen, he’s still considered a child in Hudson’s eyes. But in the precocious Noble World, this is already the age where one must take responsibility for their words and actions.
“In the eyes of the outside world, the Koslow Family is a nouveau riche, so some unconventional behavior is normal.
We’ve developed so well, there’s plenty of jealousy around. They’re either criticizing here or nitpicking there. No matter how perfectly it’s done, it won’t stop people from finding faults.
There’s no need to pay attention to outside gossip; those guys can’t form a climate. Just watch—our children won’t be worse than others!”
Hudson spoke with a calm expression.
Although his tone was firm, deep inside, he had no confidence. Since ancient times, when the father is too powerful, the son is often spoiled.
It’s not that postnatal education is not strict enough; it’s mainly because they are labeled from birth, and after adulthood, the imprint worsens.
No matter what achievements these little ones accomplish in the future, the outside world will first think, “he’s the son of the Human Marshal.”
With this halo, success is expected; failure is a sign of incompetence.
If their mindset isn’t strong enough and they take a wrong turn, they can easily be led astray. Therefore, in his sons’ education, Hudson has been training their mentality.
From the current situation, the sons’ mentality is indeed well-trained and even slightly excessive in its success.
In other aspects, they’re relatively mediocre, with no signs of genius for the time being. It’s no problem in normal times, but in recent years, the continent has seen the emergence of talent in various fields.
In a sense, Hudson is also among them. However, he rose so quickly that people no longer regard him as a young elite.