Pokémon: The Sims.

Chapter 89 The Current State of the Earth Kingdom
The study is on the second floor.

Wu Ge watched as the angry Yu Longqiu mother left with a worried expression, and a sense of doubt crept into his mind.

Yu Longqiu's mother ran over angrily, not because Liz had left Yu Longqiu behind without permission.

It was because Yu Longqiu had actually skipped class when he came to the palace to find him in the afternoon.

As for why Yu Longqiu's mother left with such a worried expression...
Wu Ge couldn't guess what Liz had said either.

It's just staying at the palace, is it really necessary? It's not like we haven't stayed here before.

Click.

The door opened, and Liz walked in.

"Ah Lan? Uh."

Liz's eyes lit up when she saw Wu Ge there, but she was taken aback when she noticed the large hole in the wall next to her.

She remembered that there used to be a window there.

But now all that's left is a big hole.

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Wu Ge stood with his hands behind his back, exuding an air of superiority.

"Puffy baby".

Liz couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, then walked over and reached out to rub Wu Ge's belly.

Then she walked out of the study and told someone to replace the doors and windows with extra-large ones the next day.

"Why are you here, Ah Lan? Did you miss me too much?"

Liz came in again and looked at Wu Ge tenderly.

There was a big hole in the wall. It was late autumn and approaching winter, and the evening breeze was still quite cool. Feeling the cold, Liz didn't hold back and threw herself into Wu Ge's arms.

She hasn't been able to hold him for the past two years, so she needs to hold him back.

"Stop messing around, I'm here to ask you something important. How's the situation on the Earth Kingdom?"

Wu Ge reached out and scooped it up.

He placed Liz on his arm so she could sit, and then led her to a wall in the study.

There are two maps side by side on this wall.

The one on the left is the map of Johto, and the one on the right is the map of Kanto.

In the middle, there is actually a long silver mountain range that separates the two maps, and the gap between the two maps can be used as a marker.

This map was hand-drawn by a traveling merchant and looks quite rough.

However, Wu Ge could roughly reconstruct it into a map of the future Alliance era based on his memory, which would make it easier for him to understand.

The location of Baiyin Mountain is actually the location of the future Quartz Plateau.

The Imperial Dragon Capital is located directly west of Silver Mountain, not far away.

As for the location of the capital city, Liz marked it with an X on the map. This place corresponds to Viridian City in the Kanto region in the future.

The two capitals are actually very close in a straight line.

The distance from the Imperial Dragon Capital to the Earth Capital is only slightly farther than the distance from the Imperial Dragon Capital to Jihua Town.

The road that appeared out of nowhere a few years ago, connecting the two regions, is located right in the center of the north-south direction between the two capitals.

The left path leads to the vast plains of the Johto region, while the right path leads to the Evergreen Forest, the largest forest in the Kanto region.

This terrain has its advantages and disadvantages for both sides, and it's hard to say which side has the upper hand, but it is somewhat dramatic.

The plains are convenient for advancing and transporting grain to the main roads, but they are not easy to defend, and if they are breached, there is nowhere to set up an ambush.

Viridian Forest is a huge natural barrier, but it is difficult to advance onto the main road, blocking both enemies and one's own people.

However, the plains are right at the doorstep of the Dragon King Kingdom, which is unwilling to go to war, while the doorstep of the Earth King Kingdom, which wants to launch an invasion, is the labyrinthine Viridian Forest.

So, the terrain is rather dramatic.

"Oh?"

Wu Ge stretched out his hand, pointed to the location of the Earth Kingdom on the map, and looked at Liz on his arm.

"Hmm? Ah Lan wants to know the current situation of the Earth Kingdom. I should tell you about it. Put me down."

Liz understood Wu Ge's meaning at a glance.

After landing on the ground, she took out several documents from her desk, glanced at them briefly, recalled the whole situation, and began to explain it to Wu Ge.

"A year ago, the internal strife in the Kingdom of Earth came to a complete end, and the victor was naturally the King of Earth, Sakaki Shiro."

"Sakaki?!"

Wu Ge's eyes widened.

That's right, this was the first time Wu Ge had heard the Earth King's real name since arriving in the Dragon Kingdom.

No one had ever mentioned that name before, so Wu Ge naturally thought of the Silver Tribe, which had fought against the Dragon Royal Tribe.

When he left two years ago, he only knew that there was internal strife in the Kingdom of Earth, and he thought that the strife was due to tyranny. He did not know that the real reason was that some remnants of the previous dynasty were inciting people's hearts and minds in the country.

But now, upon hearing it, I feel utterly terrified.

The feud between Lance, the champion of Johto, and Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, actually began a thousand years ago, dating back to their ancestors.

Moreover, it was the young master, Yulongdu, who was weaker, not the commoner, Sakaki.

'If I hadn't shown up, who would have been the victor in this war?'

Doubts welled up in his mind, but Wu Ge quickly suppressed them. Regardless of the original trajectory, he wouldn't let Liz fail now.

Wu Ge's already high regard for the Kingdom of Earth rose even higher, mainly because the 'Sakaki' family has no less capable sons.

Neither the later Boss Sakaki nor his son Gin Sakaki were ordinary people.

Liz was still explaining the current situation.

During the time the Earth Kingdom was dealing with internal strife, they unexpectedly discovered that battling could accelerate the growth of Pokémon.

Unlike Liz, Giovanni White wasn't as kind to Pokémon. In the Land Kingdom, Pokémon were still called 'monsters' or 'slaves,' which was the true era of monsters and a dark version of the Pokémon world.

In order to quickly make up for the loss of combat power caused by the internal strife, Sakaki Shiro implemented a number of policies.

at first.

All Pokémon that resist training or fail to meet the training standards for the day, along with their trainers, must endure cruel torture.

Some Pokémon don't want their riders to suffer, so they grit their teeth and endure it.

However, there are also some Pokémon tamers who deeply love their Pokémon and cannot bear to see them suffer or perish in the upcoming battles. So they seize the opportunity to forcibly drive their Pokémon into Viridian Forest.

Some without family members may disappear in Viridian Forest along with their Pokémon.

Some people who have family members and cannot leave will return to the city on their own to bear all the consequences so as not to implicate their families.

Generally speaking, these people don't have a good ending.

No matter how deep the bond or how touching the actions of these Beast Tamers and Pokémon may be, it cannot change the fact that this is an act of desertion.

Sakaki Shiro has never forcibly conscripted soldiers.

All those who joined the Earth Army were volunteers.

Whether they wanted to gain merit in battle to change their status or to improve their family's life, ultimately, these people did it voluntarily.

They begged to join, used the country's resources to train the monsters allocated by the country, and then secretly released the monsters on their own.

How could Sakaki Shiro possibly forgive such behavior?

Unfortunately, even with such cruel consequences, there are still some people who will jump out and do such things.

The Earth Kingdom's military strength declined instead of increased, causing Sakaki Shiro a major headache, forcing him to change his policies.

The first step is to reduce the training volume, making it just the right level that most Pokémon can complete.

Sakaki Shiro unexpectedly utilized the anchoring effect.

With past experiences as a comparison, even though the training volume is still extremely high, many people can barely accept it.

The second step is to retain the punishment while adding a reward.

Failure to complete the training will still result in punishment.

However, both the Pokémon and the Trainer will receive a reward if they exceed the training target.

This reward couldn't possibly be very good, far less impressive than military merits.

But for the people of this land, whose living environment is already harsh, they will strive for every resource that can make survival easier, especially since they can get this every day.

This change immediately brought about a huge improvement in the situation of the Earth Kingdom, with its military strength increasing almost linearly, and a lot of new blood being injected into the Earth army.

This change in the Earth Kingdom is naturally not what the Dragon Kingdom wants to see.

Furthermore, the Dragon Kingdom cannot replicate the gameplay of the Earth Kingdom.

The Royal Dragon Kingdom already has a considerable amount of training on a daily basis, and suddenly increasing the amount of training would affect morale. Royal Dragon will not have an anchoring effect on them.

Moreover, the rewards for increasing training volume are beyond the reach of the Dragon Kingdom.

It can be used temporarily, but it can't last long at all.

At least 80% of the Earth Kingdom's wealth is concentrated in Sakaki Shiro's hands, but Liz's wealth may not even reach 10% of the total wealth of the Dragon Kingdom.

The differences between the two kings are evident in the lives and social environments of the two countries.

The Kanto region is full of poor and remote areas, and there are still many villages and tribes, except for one royal capital, Tokiwa, which is extremely wealthy.

Even so, several people still frequently starved to death in the streets and alleys of the capital city.

In the capital region, there are hardly any villages or tribes left. Any place with people is at the town level, and the towns with large populations are not much different from the capital.

Not to mention people starving to death, there are hardly any beggars on the streets.

Once war breaks out, Liz will even have to levy taxes on the people of the Dragon Kingdom.

The reason why the Dragon Kingdom wanted to delay was because the Earth Kingdom had not yet discovered a way to make Pokémon become stronger quickly.

But now, not only has it been unearthed, but its implementation results have also surpassed those of the Dragon Kingdom.

Then the situation immediately reversed, with the Earth Kingdom wanting to stall, while the Dragon Kingdom no longer wanted to.

“If we continue to drag this out, the Earth Kingdom’s military strength will gradually catch up with, and may even surpass, the Dragon Kingdom. Therefore, I think we can’t delay any longer. Perhaps we should be the first to start this war.”

Liz put down the documents in her hand and walked to the two maps with a serious expression.

"Do whatever you want."

Wu Ge didn't say much, nodded, and then turned and left the study with a solemn expression.

He now has one more thing to do.

That is to go and see for myself how far the Kingdom of Earth has developed.

Otherwise, he wouldn't feel at ease.

However, this matter cannot be rushed; it must be addressed after he has mastered [Divine Speed]. He doesn't want to die on the front lines at the start of the war.

(End of this chapter)