Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 510 Chapter 510 The Sixth Sense

The recent news that people are more concerned about in the Tang Kingdom is that the once mighty Prime Minister Zhang Ming, who covered the sky with one hand, has fallen.

Although the Zhang family fell into a trough with the collapse of Zheng Guo, but because of its huge background, it is still a centipede that dies but not stiff.

Relying on their intertwined local connections, the Zhang family has opened many factories and owns a large piece of land, and still maintains a great reputation.

But such a huge family was completely overturned because of tax evasion, leaving no room for struggle.

The tax department directly arrested people, the army cleared the place without showing any mercy, all the sons of the Zhang family were thrown into prison, and Zhang Ming, the old man of the Zhang family, was so angry that he fainted on the spot. After waking up, he couldn't speak a word.

Within a few days, the tree of the Zhang family fell and the monkeys scattered, and the scene of the past was no longer there.And those enterprises of the Zhang family were also nationalized, and had nothing to do with the Zhang family.

To make matters worse, even all the land of the Zhang family was confiscated, and the ancestral house was confiscated and charged with a fine.Just this still owes the state a fine of several million gold coins. I am afraid that the Zhang family will not be able to repay the fine of this compound interest for generations.

Fortunately, the state gave the Zhang family a way to survive: filing for bankruptcy can clear the debts, but everything about the Zhang family now has nothing to do with the Zhang family.

Who would have thought that Zhang Ming, who was the prime minister of a country more than a year ago, and the prominent family behind Zhang Ming, would collapse overnight.

Who would have thought that all this was not a political strife, but a simple case of tax evasion.

During the whole incident, the performance of other businessmen has been very calm, because they did not dare to evade taxes, and they did benefit from the industrial reform of the Datang Group.

To be honest, the vast majority of these businessmen don’t understand why they still have to evade taxes at such a good time. They have earned ten times and a hundred times the profits in the past in the development. What’s wrong with the country taking the part they deserve OK?
Although they also know that it is already a lot of money.But most people can still understand the simple truth that without the new Datang Kingdom, they would not be able to earn so much money.

With the continuous development of time, everyone has realized the tremendous changes brought about by the progress of productivity in this society.

The semicolon of the commercial bank, which had to be reached after a few days and nights, now only needs a telegram within an hour.

In the past, it took even ten days to transport a carload of grain from Tongcheng to Chang'an, but now it takes at most one day to load from Tongcheng Railway Station to unload at Chang'an Railway Station.

What is even more astonishing is that in the past, transporting a truckload of grain would cost at least half the truckload on the road, but now it is almost zero loss, which more than doubles the profit all at once.

With better seeds, the Datang Kingdom really had a huge harvest this year.Last year, the whole country was still immersed in the fear of food shortages, but this year's food prices fell directly to the state subsidy level.

If the national food security subsidy mechanism had not started to operate, it is estimated that food prices would continue to fall.In previous years, if the grain harvest was good, the farmers who worked the fields would not be happy, but now they all have smiles on their faces, and they are almost happier than marrying a wife.

Because of the abundant labor force, the total number of fields in the Tang Kingdom has doubled compared with that of the Zheng Kingdom. Because of the introduction of terraced fields, the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and the rational distribution of fruit trees, cotton, potatoes and sweet potatoes, the total agricultural output has increased. It is even more exaggerated.

In just one year, because of the reasonable national overall planning and distribution, all the people have eaten vegetables, melons and fruits for a while, and there is a trend of having enough salt and spices.

This is no joke, but a great achievement.We must know that before the birth of the Datang Group, most common people in this world seldom had access to salt, and could not afford cooking oil and spices at all.

It is precisely because there are enough condiments that enough delicacies can be developed and the happiness index in terms of diet can be improved.

What followed was that ordinary people with a certain economic foundation began to consume retaliatoryly, which stimulated the domestic demand of the Tang Kingdom.

The first thing that is in short supply is all kinds of canned food.Because they have never been eaten and are easy to preserve, all kinds of canned ham mixed with starch, cheap ham sausages, and instant noodles originally developed as military rations have become popular products.

People who have never tasted or seen these things are crazy about buying these things. With the construction of roads, bicycles have quickly become a hot commodity.

After all, not everyone has the ability to test a driver's license to drive a car or is willing to buy a motorcycle for themselves.But a cheap and practical bicycle is another matter. As long as you learn it, this thing is a proper artifact whether it is for carrying goods or transportation.

Next, the wealthy commoners began to pursue higher happiness: they began to buy glass to make their houses more transparent and bright; then they began to buy bricks and stones, hoping to rebuild a more livable house.

Cement, glass, red bricks... Building materials began to sell well. Many farmers began to build vegetable greenhouses, and some villages and towns began to build roads spontaneously.

The slogan "If you want to get rich, build roads first" is also posted everywhere in the Tang Kingdom, but the following sentence has been changed to "Give more children and more trees"...

No way, for a soul from the 21st century, Tang Mo felt that a country with a population of [-] to [-] million was really not that much.

What's more, in fact, the population of the Tang Kingdom is far from reaching this level. Now that the census is in progress, Roger's team estimates the total population to be around 4000 million.

This is actually a very scary number, because the Tang Kingdom has been frantically absorbing foreign populations since it captured the Zheng Kingdom, and even paid for the population.

According to Tang Mo's vision, within the next 20 years, not counting the new population acquired through expansion, the population of the Tang Kingdom will exceed at least [-] million!It's an ambitious goal, or an almost impossible one.

In order to support this goal, Datang Group has come up with many advanced technologies.Many chicken farms have been established in the Tang Kingdom to cultivate poultry in a modern, large-scale integrated way to supply enough meat and eggs.

This technology improves the production efficiency of poultry. Although it reduces the taste of meat, it does guarantee the most basic meat supply.

For the common people of Datang Kingdom, these are almost no problems: they used to have no right to eat meat at all, now that they have the supply of meat and eggs, it is too late to be happy, who would pick on the taste and other problems.

The animal husbandry industry is also highly integrated and mass-produced on a large-scale farm model-this can maximize production and ensure the most basic supply.

Of course, the biggest problem in high-density farming is infectious disease, and this problem is simply insignificant in front of Datang Group's drug research institute.

With Tang Mo's ideas, and the continuous research of the world's most sophisticated talents, Datang Group's vaccine and drug technology have already crushed the viruses and bacteria of this era.

Almost all infectious diseases such as chicken plague or bird flu can be treated, and the defects of large-scale breeding do not exist for Datang Group.

The common people who have enough food, clothing, housing and transportation gradually began to pursue a higher quality of life, and lighting equipment such as gas lamps began to be out of stock.

Villages near the city began to install electricity and lights, and even wealthy families began to use radios.Areas farther from the city have also begun to have some nightlife, at least a little bit of light.

If there is a satellite in this era that can overlook the earth, you will see that a piece of land in this world has begun to become bright and bright.

This alone does not seem to be able to reflect the changes in the Datang Kingdom over the past year, because in the past year or so, the entire Datang Kingdom has produced 300 locomotives!

Yes, this is nothing short of a miracle!On the basis of Zheng Guo's unsound railway network, Datang Kingdom built more than 3700 kilometers of new ones regardless of the cost!
What is this concept?This data is equivalent to saying that in the past year in the Datang Kingdom, a country has built half the length of the railway in the world!

According to the current trend, in the new year, the number of railways built by the Tang Kingdom will still monopolize more than half of the world's total!
What is even more exaggerated is that the locomotive technology of the Datang Kingdom is the most advanced, and its performance is much better than that of other countries' locomotives.

The industrial zone in Tongcheng has been spread out, and countless factories are emitting thick smoke day and night. These industrial zones are brightly lit and manufacturing is happening all the time.

Many people transferred by Bunas are familiar with the scene in front of them. It was like this when Bunas was under construction.At that time, everyone in Bunas also had happy smiles on their faces, and each of them was also full of hope for the future.

It's just that when Bunas was built, it was far from so fast, and far from so good!Even these craftsmen and officials from Bunas have to admit that the industrious Chinese are really born laborers, and they may be the best producers in the world!
Newspapers reported advanced production deeds every day, and countless model workers were selected and then widely publicized.

In order to create a better life and welcome a better tomorrow, all Tang people have burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm and are desperately building their place.

There is nothing in this world that is afraid of comparison, especially seeing the lives of people separated by a wall getting better and better, that feeling is really painful.

When the people of Chu State, Qi State, and even the Dahua Empire saw the model of Tang State, they became restless.Countless people crossed the border, hoping to seek a better life in Tang.

All of this naturally caused great dissatisfaction among several neighboring countries.

Since the day Tang was born, it has been buying people from Chu and Qi non-stop. This matter has almost become a semi-open secret until now.

The border guards bent the law for personal gain, and used human trafficking as a way to make a fortune. They recruited refugees and bandits, and sold them all to Tang.

Over time, there will not be so many refugees who can't eat enough and urgently need relief to sell casually, which is also an inevitable result.

With a large number of people sold to Tang, Chu and Qi actually have enough land to house the remaining civilians.Even if the productivity is not as good as that of Tang, as long as the population is low enough, the land can support everyone.

But people's greed is endless, and it is impossible for the generals of the frontier army and the high-ranking officials who have received benefits to stop the human trafficking that is attractive enough for the benefits.

In the eyes of these officials and generals, civilians are just a tool to make money, and a bargaining chip that can be sacrificed at any time.

Soon, the general colluded with the landlords, powerful, evil gentry and profiteers near the station, and started a series of harassment operations.

They ignored or even supported the landlords to annex the land, robbed and occupied the fields of the common people, and squeezed the rich peasants who had land into refugees who could not survive.

Then, they continued to sell these refugees to the Datang Kingdom to make profits to maintain their already inflated desires.

It has to be said that the luxury goods of the Datang Group broadened the horizons of these officials, generals, landlords and gentry to a large extent, making them realize that there is no end to the road of extravagance and lust.

In the beginning, the Datang Group used real money to buy people, but later on, these people changed their ways and used the people to come to the Datang Kingdom in exchange for various good things.

An exquisite car can be sold for a sky-high price of hundreds of gold coins in Chu or Qi.A string of exquisite gemstone necklaces with a sad story can make a sentimental rich daughter spend tens of thousands of gold coins.

These natives who had just seen modern technology suddenly found that there were too many things they had never eaten or seen, and for a while they had a strong sense of inferiority.

In order to eliminate these inferiority complexes, they began to crazily praise the products of Datang Kingdom, and spontaneously endowed these products with extra value.

How could the almost semi-public human trafficking matter be hidden from everyone?It's just that the interests involved are too great, and the high-level officials of the relevant countries can only turn a blind eye.

But with the passage of time, all countries have discovered that their population values ​​have undergone unreasonable changes, and the rulers of all countries have no choice but to stop illegal transactions on the border.It's just that there are policies and countermeasures, and it is impossible to completely eliminate border human trafficking for a while.

Although this kind of management did not cause Datang Kingdom to lose anything, the attitude of these neighboring countries towards Datang Kingdom was inevitably somewhat hostile.

These hostilities caused Datang Group to lose a huge order, and also caused Cyric to continue a big mouthful of blood. For a while, there was a faint meaning of going hand in hand with Datang Group.

Under the influence of this hostility, Chu State first decided to purchase Cyric's weapons and equipment, including paddle ships, new cannons and machine guns.

Then Qi Guo also spent money to buy the same weapons and equipment, because Qi Guo learned that the Dahua Empire had purchased Cyric weapons and equipment.

The first batch of Cyric weapons and equipment purchased by Dahua has nothing to do with Datang Group. Dahua just saw that Mirage defeated Zheng Guo with these new weapons, so they unilaterally felt that Cyric’s new weapons were powerful. Better, so I shelled out and bought some.

But then the Dahua Empire was very unhappy because of the Tang Dynasty's destruction of Zheng, and in the subsequent arms procurement, they chose Cyric again.

Hundreds of thousands of rifles, thousands of cannons, dozens of new warships, hundreds of millions of bullets - the funds for purchasing these weapons really made Cyric a lot of money.

Later, he helped the Great China Empire to build factories, realize initial industrialization, and build railways and roads at the same time... This series of projects brought a lot of money to Cyric.

With financial support, Cyric has also made his own breakthroughs in some technologies.These breakthroughs have also allowed Cyric's products to gain more recognition.

At this time, across thousands of mountains and rivers, the special envoy of the Lions Empire crossed the endless sea incognito and arrived at the Dahua Empire.

The special envoy who had just jumped off the carriage, after revealing his identity, secretly met with Chu Muzhou, the prime minister of the Great Hua Empire.

"My lord prime minister!" The special envoy of the Lions Empire who came from afar had a bad expression on his face, because it was really uncomfortable to travel all the way.

In order to keep it secret, he took a boat all the way to Nanshui Port first, and then detoured from Nanshui to Mirage Kingdom, and finally arrived at Qi Kingdom by transshipment in Mirage Kingdom, and took a horse-drawn carriage all the way to Dahua Empire in Qi Kingdom.

In fact, when he set off, the trade union civil war had just begun, and now it seemed that the civil war was coming to an end.

And the task of this secret envoy also changed from contacting the Great China Empire to contain the Datang Kingdom that might participate in the war to contacting the Great China Empire to contain the Datang Kingdom in a possible future war.

Because he carried a telegraph with him, his tasks could be changed in time, which was the benefit of the Datang Group's technological revolution.

"Mr. Special Envoy!" After seeing this special envoy from the Lions Empire, Prime Minister Chu Muzhou was very polite.

After all, the visitor is a guest, and this special envoy who came from afar seems to have brought some good news to the Dahua Empire.

The Dahua Empire, which has always been displeased with the Datang Kingdom, needs some more useful allies to jointly target the up-and-coming Datang Kingdom.

Frankly speaking, the more one understands the series of changes brought about by the industrial revolution, be it Chu Muzhou or Zhao Kai, the more one fears the rising Tang Kingdom.

The more they understood the technical advantages of the Datang Corporation, the more everyone in the Dahua Empire felt that it was not a good choice to start a war against the Datang Kingdom.

Under such an atmosphere, Zhao Kai, the emperor of Dahua who wanted to save face, was no longer in the mood to start a war with Datang.

"The letter of credence I submitted... Your Excellency must have read it..." Reigns' special envoy said respectfully.

Chu Muzhou nodded, and said affirmatively: "I have indeed seen it. There is no problem with the cooperation between the two countries. His Majesty the Emperor of our country is very willing to form an ally with His Majesty the mighty Lions I."

Anyway, it's just an intentional cooperation, and there's no price to pay for this kind of thing. It's just a few words, a drink or a pat on the shoulder to recognize a friend, there's no need to take it seriously.

"In addition, our country hopes to establish a consulate in your country to be responsible for future liaison..." Lioness' special envoy tentatively asked.

"There is no problem with this, we have even chosen the address." Chu Muzhou didn't mind taking out a house to keep the envoys of the Lions Empire.

The telegraph is nothing new in Dahua, and it is not technically difficult for Cyric to mass-produce a telegraph.In Chu Muzhou's view, as long as the communication is smooth, it is definitely a good thing for the Dahua Empire to form an ally with the Lyons Empire far away in the sky.

The strategic routine of making long distance and close attack is not a profound theory. Of course, the senior management of the Great China Empire knew that the distant Lions Empire and the Great China Empire could not have any conflicts of interest. On the contrary, they had a very broad field of cooperation.

For example, just ask casually about the Datang Group, and you will know that there are also cooperation and conflicts between the Datang Group and the Lions Empire.

Realizing that it is possible to contain the currently strong Datang Kingdom in the distant Eastern Continent and distract the Great Tang Kingdom, Chu Muzhou became interested in going to the Eastern Continent.

The special envoy of the Lions Empire inspired Chu Muzhou, and made the Prime Minister of the Dahua Empire think of a good way.

He thought it would be a good idea to follow the example of the Lions Empire and send envoys to the Eastern Continent to contact those countries that were not so confronted with the Datang Group and create some troubles for the Datang Kingdom at the other end of the endless sea.

Ever since, the special envoys of Chu Muzhou and Lyons began to chat about Datang Group, Bunas and Yucheng.

Everyone is a smart person, and you can hear everyone's thoughts from the lines - since they all want to target Datang Group, then things will be easy, right?
Far away on Long Island, the burly bartender, deputy commander of the intelligence agency of the Tang Kingdom, handed a report to Tang Mo.

"Huh?" Tang Mo saw the content above, and there was a light of interest in his eyes.He raised his head and looked at the second in command of his intelligence department.

The bartender immediately explained: "People from the Electronic Investigation Division screened out. Recently, the telegram exchanges between the Dahua Empire and the Lions Empire have become more frequent, and most of the telegrams have been encrypted."

"Can you decipher it?" Tang Mo seemed to have guessed part of the contents of the telegram, and tapped the report in his hand twice, making crisp sounds.

"The password used by the other party is very complicated and cannot be deciphered for the time being." The bartender replied apologetically: "However, what is certain is that this is an official communication, not a businessman's bad taste."

"Interesting, things are getting more and more interesting." Tang Mo stroked his forehead with his hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I really didn't expect that I didn't think about others, but others thought of me first." .”

Although there was no evidence to show that there was any conspiracy against the Tang Kingdom between the Lions Empire and the Dahua Empire, Tang Mo still instinctively sensed a hint of danger.

This may be the sixth sense accumulated over the years of calculating others, which is keen and unreasonable.
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Two in one
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