"So, when discussing whether the Nobles' Assembly should invite representatives of the common people to attend, Dragon Mountain Count and I both agreed that all of you were indispensable. Because without you—without you ordinary people—could nobles... still be nobles?"
The nobles pursed their lips. Lin Qi had put it bluntly: without ordinary people, could nobles still be nobles? Could one expect those noble lords to slaughter pigs and sheep themselves, clean out cesspits themselves, grow vegetables and raise fish themselves, or labor away at the docks hauling cargo themselves?
Without the common people, what kind of nobles would they be?
Tens of thousands of civilian representatives laughed at once. They felt Lin Qi's words had struck straight into their hearts. They sounded wonderfully satisfying.
"So, this Nobles' Assembly has nobles, and it has commoners, because it is together that we make up this nation!"
Drawing in a deep breath, Lin Qi said in a deep voice, "At this moment when the nation's future path is to be decided, nobles alone are not enough. We must have the support of the people before we can determine this nation's ultimate course!"
Xiluen and the others were so excited that their faces flushed red, their bodies trembling slightly. It was here. That matter was finally here.
Lin Qi glanced around, then said in a deep voice, "Everyone knows that the other races have launched another attack upon the Western Continent. And this time, those attacking are not merely the other races from the Odin Icefield and the Five Great Linked Islands, but also the Nomadic Empire from the Continental Bridge of the Eastern Continent!"
"Those nomads reeking from head to toe of sour milk have already crushed more than a hundred nations, great and small, across the Eastern Great Plains. Their vanguard is