Ten thousand I am across the heavens

Chapter 2108: Still Corrupt but More Progressive New Force

This sea area is not just inhabited by just one family. The East China Sea has a vast ocean, but most of the ocean suitable for human survival is actually owned by someone else. Especially those islands with abundant Dao traces. They are often rich in resources. The origin of these islands is that many of them are formed by birds migrating and living on the islands. This has been the case for many years. Over time, the small amount of Dao traces contained in the bird droppings gradually nurtured other plants and animals on the islands, and finally formed a fertile land.

Many families have set up their own businesses here. Some even directly set up their family bases here. Although the aquatic products in the surrounding oceans are not a pillar industry for them, they can still make a profit from occasional salvage. These profits are actually not likely to involve the upper-level Gu Immortals. Basically, the mortals have divided up the profits.

Generally speaking, if the fishing returns are not good, at most the mortals will suffer some losses. It is rare that it involves the top leaders of the family, that is, the confrontation between the immortals.

But this time, the problem was not just a matter of less fishing. Instead, the ecological environment of the entire area had undergone tremendous changes. A large number of animals disappeared in this sea area, which not only caused a decrease in the number of aquatic catches, but also caused the loss of Dao traces in various families. The most intense reaction was from the Dan family, who lived by the sea and relied on shellfish farming as their main source of income.

Compared to other families, their family's business has a much higher profit. However, because the breeding is very difficult, it requires many ordinary people to participate in it and dive into the water to artificially intervene in the growth and breeding of those huge giant clams in the water. The difficulty of breeding is quite great.

But the profits are also very high. Every pearl produced is an extremely precious talent. It can be sold at a very high price in the market. But this industry is also highly dependent on the ecological environment of this area. Their family occupies the most suitable shellfish habitat, with sufficient nutrients and food. And there are no natural enemies of these shellfish.

The recent large-scale appearance of deep-sea fishing boats has attracted a large number of top predators and captured a large number of fish. As a result, after the disappearance of the top predators, some marine creatures that were originally suppressed lost their natural enemies and began to grow rapidly in number. At the same time, the originally rich ocean has become somewhat barren. There is a lack of food in the farm. As a result, the Dan family had to actively feed the fish many times, which barely made up for the shortage of food.

But this family hated those distant-water fishing boats. The family member in charge of the farm couldn't help it and organized a group of people to attack the distant-water fishing boats at sea.

The encounter between the two sides was very hasty. These ocean-going fishing boats have strong stealth capabilities. In order to ensure that they are not discovered before sneaking into the gathering place of a large number of sea beasts, they will cover themselves as much as possible. They will not reveal their bodies until they reach the place where a large number of sea beasts gather.

This means that if you want to attack them, you often need to rely on luck. When conventional reconnaissance methods cannot detect them, you just happen to run into them. Although the probability of this happening is low, it has indeed happened to them.

Both sides were caught off guard in this encounter. On the one hand, they did not expect the opponent to suddenly appear in their field of vision. On the other hand, they did not expect that this ship, which looked like an ordinary fishing boat, had so many experts hiding on it, ready to launch a boarding battle.

The hasty encounter was very chaotic. However, the ocean-going fishing boats had the advantage after all, as they moved faster on the ocean. Although the enemy had come very close and were ready to start a boarding battle, the distance was actually not as close as imagined.

At least most of the masters who don't have the ability to fly can't get through. Although their ships are smaller than the ocean-going fishing boats, they don't have the speed advantage. After discovering that the enemy has bad intentions, the ocean-going fishing boats quickly distanced themselves and took the lead in causing damage to the Dan family's fleet with their advantage in artillery fire. In terms of long-range attacks, ocean-going ships equipped with a large number of artillery are indeed more advantageous.

However, after discovering that they could not catch up with the speed of the boat, many experts went directly to the sea. They used jet skis that were similar to bicycles, or used poisonous insects that could move at high speeds in the water. These experts quickly approached the ocean fishing boats. They did not retreat under the bombardment of artillery fire. Several of them boarded the boat, causing chaos.

In terms of cultivation, the people on the boat definitely had an absolute advantage. However, in the process of advancing, they had already lost a lot of combat power and numbers. Even if they boarded the boat, they would not have any advantage in the melee. In the end, the strongest masters saw that they could not control the situation. They chose to jump back into the sea, swam back to their boat quietly, and chose to evacuate.

Similar frictions occurred several times within a few days, and the conflict between the lower classes of both sides gradually intensified and turned into a conflict between the two major families.

The new Wu family is different from the previous one. Before, they did not rely much on the power of mortals, and at most relied on the mortals they protected to provide a source of talent for their family in the future. But now it is different. A large number of industries in the family are handed over to these mortals to manage. Although the strength of these mortals is still weak, the huge profits generated by the industries they manage are no longer something that can be easily abandoned.

Now they were under attack. Their work enthusiasm dropped, and their willingness to go out to sea was greatly reduced, which forced the Wu family to consider their opinions. After investigation and discussion, the family finally decided to take the initiative to deal with the enemy's challenge, and even face the attack of the immortal level.

Wu Yong shook his head at the intelligence provided by the grassroots and said, "It is inconvenient for me to intervene in this matter. If the eighth rank takes action, it will attract the attention of all the major forces on the East China Sea Continent. We have just landed. It is best to limit the level of conflict to the sixth rank. The only supreme elder of the Dan family is only the seventh rank. As long as we win this war at a low level with a force that does not exceed the standard, we can gain more development time and living space without attracting the attention of the major forces."

Wu Yong thought of the development history of the Shanhe Republic. He realized that time was very important to him. On this island, his power was growing at a rapid pace. What he needed most was a safe period of development. Although the Shanhe Republic's external information confidentiality was not particularly strict, relying on their deceptive disguise as mortals, a large number of powerful Gu Immortals did not take them seriously. As a result, they did not have time to kill them at the earliest and weakest stage of their development.

He was still very annoyed when he thought about it now. When he led the family coalition to attack Shanhe Republic, he tried his best but couldn't win. But if we adjust the time forward about 10 years, Shanhe Republic at that time was still at the level of the Production and Construction Corps, and it would be difficult to deal with a fifth-turn warrior, far from the current strength and power. If he knew the strong rise of Shanhe Republic at that time, he could easily crush it by sending a seventh-turn warrior. If he personally went out, he could crush it and wipe out anyone who accepted their ideas.

But in reality, there are not so many ifs. If he missed this opportunity, there would be no better chance to destroy this country in the future. He thought that if he had the Spring and Autumn Cicada, he would definitely find a way to go back to the past and destroy this country when it was still weak. Or he could let his people sneak into it and pick the peaches directly when this country gradually became stronger.

But now he is also preparing to replicate the rise of the Shanhe Republic. That is, he holds the trump card in his hand and does not rush to use it. He will dispatch forces of the level of enemies he encounters, and each time he seems to win by force. This will ensure the winning rate of foreign wars, and at the same time gain enough time for development and avoid provoking too strong enemies.

But this kind of thing is easy to say, but it is very difficult to deal with. The highest level of the experts can only be dispatched, but they have to face a family with a seventh-level strongman. This kind of cross-level challenge is not something that ordinary people can accomplish.

Although the gap between the sixth and seventh rank is relatively small among many levels, and it is the level where the probability of jumping levels is relatively high among the immortals, but there is no other sixth rank master in his family except Xun Zichuan, who is a slave. There is no type of person who can challenge a higher level by relying on his own strength.

This arduous task weighed on their heads, and they immediately felt breathless. The masters within the family were unwilling to help. They were alone in facing the angry Dan family, and for a moment they were at a loss.

Fortunately, Xun Zichuan had actually anticipated this situation a long time ago, so he made a contingency plan in advance. Facing the panicked sixth-level masters, Xun Zichuan directly put forward his opinions.

"In terms of comprehensive strength, we have no advantage at all. But there is actually a way to reverse the disadvantage in strength. I have communicated with the representatives of the Shanhe Republic in Baohuangtian before. As long as we can provide a large amount of bulk materials stably, they can sell some military weapons to us.

To be honest, I didn't expect that the discussion would go so smoothly. The military weapons I mentioned are not the toys they use to fool those inexperienced Gu Immortals in Baohuangtian, but their real military weapons, although they are retired from the previous generation. But the so-called previous generation is actually the generation that fought us back then. So what is the power of the weapons? I think you all know it well. Although we may not be able to exert the full power of the weapons due to our lack of familiarity in the operation for the first time, I think it should not be a problem to gain an absolute advantage in the next war. "

The so-called bulk commodities for trading are actually processed products produced by some labor-intensive industries. The industrial capacity of the Shanhe Republic is very strong, but due to the rapid improvement of the population quality and the failure of productivity to fully keep up with the improvement of the population quality, some very capable people are still unable to free themselves from repetitive and tedious work.

For example, the production of many low-end Gu worms actually requires the participation of people. However, this kind of work does not require high personal ability. Even if the knowledge level is just barely able to read and count, after one or two months of training, one can also master one of the processes. The combination of different processes can smoothly complete the production of these low-end Gu worms.

There are always some industries that cannot be automated in a short period of time. And these are the commodities that Shanhe Republic is willing to purchase.

As long as the new military family slightly transformed many of its factories, they could meet the standards for producing these poisonous insects, and the large amount of compulsory basic education also ensured that most of the billions of people had learned literacy and arithmetic, so that they could at least serve as the most basic workers.

This is somewhat similar to the developed countries on Earth transferring labor-intensive industries to developing countries overseas, but the strategy of the Shanhe Republic is different.

It seems that supporting these Gu Immortals who escaped from Southern Xinjiang is raising a tiger to cause trouble, and accumulating capital for them to come back for revenge. However, the perspective of the top leaders of the Shanhe Republic on things has long been not limited to one city or one place, but has taken the entire continent into consideration, and formulated the next strategy with the goal of improving the social system. Although the Gu Immortals who escaped from Southern Xinjiang are still the corrupt ruling class in essence, compared with the sect system and the family system, which are not even considered a national system, the capital system they have created, which has a large number of feudal remnants, is already a great improvement. At least in such an environment, ordinary people are valuable, and being valuable means that the most basic right to survive will be guaranteed to a certain extent.

Even if providing a certain degree of military support to these escaped Gu Immortals will slightly increase the difficulty of future unification, if they can clean up and replace the more corrupt and backward forces or force them to choose to progress and gradually rely on the power of the masses, this can be regarded as an advancement of the times.

The progress of the times is always accompanied by war and bloodshed. If we rely on absolute power to force the times to leap over this bloody stage and push it into a new era, this will only completely destroy the civilization.

Therefore, after high-level discussions in the Shanhe Republic, some retired equipment with relatively low technical content can be sold to foreign forces that have certain industrial capabilities to use and maintain these equipment.

[To be continued]

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