Doctor, I'm really strong!

"No matter who you are, fellow human being who has come here, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Lieutenant General Luo Hai of Xinhua. When you see me here, I will have already passed away on the land of my motherland. Although I cannot witness the new era you have created, I can provide some assistance to your country."

Next came Vice Admiral Luo Hai's introduction to the Liaoning. His explanation, which included data, was easier for people to understand and further strengthened Liu Jiuli's determination to complete the Liaoning.

At the end of the video, Lieutenant General Luo Hai said with a resolute look in his eyes: "Our era has ended, but your era has just begun. The future rests on the shoulders of each of you. I wish you success."

The video ended with a final salute.

Liu Jiuli raised his right hand to bid farewell to this Xinhua general from another world.

Given the Liaoning's massive size and the location of the base, Liu Jiuli felt that instead of painstakingly digging it out from underground, it would be better to directly transform it into a secret base. Coincidentally, the location was also very suitable, with a straight-line distance of only about 30 kilometers from the sea. Whether the Liaoning was built and launched directly into the air or transported to the sea via the canal in a semi-finished state, the difficulty would be relatively low.

Moreover, this location is not far from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, allowing for the direct mobilization of manpower and resources from there to construct the base. Over the next six months, the community deployed a construction team of 10,000 people to comprehensively renovate the entire seed base, which was named "Project Three."

As for where the first and second projects are located, don't ask. The answer is the same as the Eighth Route Army. We don't know about the other seven projects either.

On December 9, 1103, a delegation from the Ursus Empire officially visited the Terran Peoples Community and received a high-level reception, except for the lack of a street tour.

The main reason was that the local people of the community hated the Ursus Empire to the core. If the Ursus Empire's delegation were to drive in broad daylight, the public's reaction might be too enthusiastic. In order to avoid the foreign ambassador being turned into a Melancholy in the streets of the community, after the welcoming ceremony at the airport, the Ursus Empire's delegation was stuffed into a large transport helicopter like bread rolls and flew to the People's Palace.

Originally, the People's Palace was supposed to be built in Yansk. In order to build it, Liu Jiuli ordered the demolition of the state cathedral of the Ursus Empire. However, after the cathedral was demolished, the community decided to establish Irongrad as the capital after the war. Therefore, the People's Palace, as the government office, was naturally built in Irongrad.

However, the land of the cathedral that was destroyed was not wasted. A huge pyramid-shaped building, the People's Building, was built there. It is over a thousand meters high and is the tallest wonder building on the continent of Terra. It also serves as a large-scale sociological experimental base. The living system inside is full of science fiction. It can accommodate the consumption of 100,000 people in a closed system. Its design goal is to prepare technology for future outer space construction and interstellar travel. The people living inside are basically technicians and their families.

The People's Palace gives people a grand and magnificent feeling, blending the cultural systems of Ursus, Yan, and Kazdel, showcasing a mixed cultural aesthetic. However, this aesthetic does not have any sense of superiority. Walking inside, one feels very friendly, and some parts are open to the public, giving people a harmonious feeling.

The People's Palace houses over 100,000 paintings, but none of them are by masters. They are all entertainment works created by ordinary people, some even being doodles by elementary school students. They lack the majesty of an official building and instead feel playful, cute, and full of humanistic charm.

But this kind of environment is a terrifying alternative for some people.

Liu Jiuli's concept of "people's culture, people's propaganda, and people's thought" led the community to deconstruct the past cultural system a second time. Culture is a symbol, a symbol of the ruling class. What kind of culture a country uses determines what kind of country it is. No matter how eloquently one speaks, the cultural environment reveals its true nature.

The most obvious example is the transformation from the Soviet Union to Soviet revisionism, and the stylistic changes in its literary and artistic works are very telling.

Of course, there are also works by great writers inside the People's Palace, but these works are all under your feet.

Yes, literally, underfoot. The corridors of the People's Palace are made of transparent bulletproof glass, and you can see many masterpieces by looking down. But here, these works can only be stepped on.

Liu Jiuli uses this visual language to tell everyone that "art that doesn't appeal to the people is just waste paper."

If a community is on an unforeseen path, it must have its own cultural system, even if it is created from scratch, it is better than being represented by others.

Fortunately, the community has a wealth of talent in this area, or rather, there are no people who hide among the masses and cause trouble.

When Liu Jiuli formed the Red Guards, he began to train a large number of grassroots cadres. When the community was established and could take over the entire Far East, although there was a shortage of cadres, it was not serious and the gaps could be filled quickly. Moreover, there were always reserve teams on standby, which prevented the revolutionary ranks from being infiltrated by outsiders.

Although there are problems with corruption, it is still much better than those opportunists and those powerful figures who frantically embroider red flags overnight.

The corruption and degeneration of cadres also takes time. Liu Jiuli treated these people like canned goods with an expiration date. If they could stay true to their original aspirations after the expiration date, then promotion and salary increases would be arranged. If not, Sun Prison, Lubyanka, and Siberian Farm would all welcome them.

The layout of the People's Palace made the delegation from the Ursus Empire very uncomfortable. They felt a sense of frustration, as if their highbrow culture had been trampled on by the common people. They privately engaged in various slanders and attacks, but all of this came to an abrupt halt when Liu Jiuli appeared.

"You can hardly imagine what kind of pressure that is. Even His Majesty the Tsar could not put that much pressure on me. He (Liu Jiuli) is undoubtedly a leader with the soul of Ursus!" - Hanramo, a member of the Ursus Empire delegation.

What makes a qualified Ursus person?

That is, people who admire and follow the strong, not like the Japanese who admired strength like Lu Bu, but those who hoped to stand beside the strong or become their successors.

For the Birdsas people, born in the land of ice and snow, strength is truth and dictatorship is justice.

Although Liu Jiuli's revolution is incompatible with the current Ursus Empire, this does not prevent the Ursus people from praising him.

Anyway, Liu Jiuli's support rate among the Ursus people has always been high. The reason why the support rate has not reached 100% is mainly because some children are not sensible, and some old people are senile.

The situation is similar in Kazdel. The Sarkaz and Ursus are surprisingly similar in some ways, although the reasons are different, the results are the same.

The living conditions of the Ursus people in the Far East were much more difficult than those of their compatriots in the capital region. They all recognized Liu Jiuli, and other Ursus people were no exception. Even among the Ursus Empire's delegation, there were admirers of Liu Jiuli.

They're definitely die-hard fans, the kind who practically want to rush up and kiss your hand, then ask for an autograph, and can barely speak properly.

"Greetings, Your Excellency Liu Jiuli. Peter, the envoy of the Ursus Empire, greets you. We have come for peace."

Section 262: Selection of Near-Light Sites

(Update delivered, this is the second update. I'm going to work now, so please leave your comments and votes (?ω?))

Liu Jiuli smiled and shook hands with Peter, saying meaningfully, "Peace, peace is good. Everyone likes peace. There's an old saying in my hometown: 'We welcome friends with fine wine, but if wolves come, we have hunting rifles.'"

Peter immediately replied, "Of course we're friends!"

Liu Jiuli nodded: "Then you can enjoy the wine. Please come in."

The atmosphere of the entire meeting was very warm. The two sides exchanged views fully, reached mutual understanding, and explored in depth the framework for future cooperation between the two countries, thus contributing to world peace.

But no matter how embellished the diplomatic rhetoric, anyone could see that the Ursus Empire had come to admit defeat.

Recently, the Ursus Empire has been extremely troubled. For a militaristic country, defeat on the battlefield can lead to a series of chain reactions. For example, Kazimir, whom they often use as a weapon, has recently adopted an attitude of "the sun is shining, the rain has stopped, and I think I'm all set," which has greatly angered the Ursus Empire.

Even if I can't beat the community, I can still deal with you, you little punk!

But it would be terrible if we were to get attacked from behind by the community while we were dealing with Kazimierz. Although the community is unlikely to use force against us now and needs time to recover, what if they do? Can you guarantee they won't mess with us?

So hurry up and normalize diplomatic relations. Anyway, for a considerable period of time, the Ursus Empire won't be able to do anything to the Community. An enemy that can't be eliminated is another kind of friend. Hurry up and shake hands.

Moreover, the Ursus Empire is currently in dire need of the Community's goods.

I didn't realize how precious it was before, but now that I've lost it, I know how valuable it was. The goods from the community were really too good to pass up, and they filled a lot of market gaps in Ursus. Now that they've suddenly disappeared, many places are completely at a loss. Even for the sake of domestic stability, international trade must be restored as soon as possible.

As for the Far East, since both countries have established diplomatic relations, why are we still thinking about the Far East?

Ultimately, the negotiations ended in a win-win situation for both countries. At the subsequent press conference, Peter, beaming, stated:

"We will stand together with the Terran community to defend world peace and stability and strive to build a better future."

The implication is that we've had a good talk and can coexist peacefully. Let's give a round of applause.

But for Kazimir, the scene was just as terrifying as the signing of the non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany.

With its backing no longer a concern, the Ursus Empire is bound to begin its expansion. Looking at these countries on the map, Kazimir, which one do you think is easy to bully?

However, in order to normalize the kidnapping between the two sides, the Ursus Empire also paid a certain price, such as opening up its own cultural and propaganda industries to the community, as well as finance and other industries. The main reason is that the Ursus Empire is currently severely short of money and desperately needs foreign capital to inject funds into it.

Many companies from Victoria and Columbia have invested in the Ursus Empire, so joining a community now wouldn't be a big deal.

It can also force domestic companies to reform.

Nikolai now sees things very clearly: once the Community is established, the lower classes will demand that their governments provide better living security. If they cannot do so, they will vote with their feet, causing a serious loss of their population.

Look at the neighboring countries like Dongguo, Yanguo, Letania, Syracuse, and Rembitox. Which one hasn't faced the problem of massive population loss? Even if the community has a language proficiency test with a high threshold, its attractiveness to the vast majority of people is undeniable. You should know that the life of ordinary people within the community is something that many minor nobles in other countries or even by noble standards cannot enjoy.

Just as those who guarded the city gates in the Tang Dynasty earned more than small European lords, the Community was unparalleled in this respect.

The Ursus Empire doesn't want to face the same problems, so internal reform is inevitable. But Nicholas is also aware of the risks involved. So let the Community come in and compete with you, let you money-grubbing bastards see the threat of an enemy, and learn to be decent scoundrels.

After finishing a day's work, Liu Jiuli returned to his office, but as soon as he sat down, Kal'tsit came looking for him.

"What a rare guest! What's up?"

Kal'tsit turned to look at Nearl following behind her, and Liu Jiuli immediately understood.

Rhodes Island, once part of the community, is now considered a member of the community, but not everyone has joined. Some operators maintain a relatively independent status, and Nearl is one of them.

It wasn't that she wanted to be unconventional, but rather that she felt she had found a way to save Kazimierz within the Community, so she wanted to establish a Red Guard organization for Kazimierz. Liu Jiuli neither agreed nor disagreed with this, not out of indifference, but because the two countries were separated by several nations, and the Community was fully focused on advancing its first five-year plan, leaving no energy to focus on poetry and distant places.

However, the Kazimierz Red Guard under Nearl is developing quite well. With Nearl's own appeal and the financial support from the Second International (which is still there), it has now grown to more than a thousand people. However, they are not officially organized and are currently operating as Future Technology and Rhodes Island operators.

"So you hope the Community won't supply weapons to the Ursus Empire?" Liu Jiuli looked at Lin Guang.

Lin Guang immediately replied, "If possible, that would be best, but it's national policy, and we have no right to say anything or make any excessive demands. We just hope the organization can provide us with some weapons for training."

The performance of the Community's weapons has already been tested on the battlefield of the War of Founding. Now, a research wave of studying the Community's weapon system has swept across Terra. The terrifying barrage of bullets splashing across the battlefield is an absolute deadly threat to the knights of Kazimierz. Just three heavy machine guns are enough to make a position with only a dozen or so men impregnable. Even if Nearl used himself as a standard, he might die trying to break through such a position.

This was merely an inconspicuous firing point in a defensive position; the Red Army possessed far more weaponry and equipment than this bunker.

Even in close combat, the Red Army soldiers' flexible exoskeleton protective suits, combined with Originium weapons, allow ordinary soldiers to go toe-to-toe with Silver Spear Pegasus. In group combat, with fire support, even if Silver Spear Pegasus committed all its combat power, it would be impossible for them to break through the Red Army's defenses, let alone face a more advanced steel torrent.

Times have changed. Knights and soldiers alike must adapt, or they will be left behind.

Liu Jiuli nodded appreciatively: "You know when to advance and retreat, and you understand gains and losses. You see things very clearly. You don't need to worry about weapons. The Second International will provide you with the same weapons and equipment as the Red Army. The only question is, are you really sure you want to take this path?"

Chapter 263: Flame Tail's New Life

(Another early start today, double update! (～￣▽￣)～)

The stronger capital is, the stronger the proletariat becomes, and the successors of the next era are cultivated by the beneficiaries of the previous era.

So how is the capital power of Casimir developing?

To sum it up in one sentence: It has the fate of not having financial capital, but suffers from the ills of financial capital.

Financial capital is essentially a money game where everyone inflates a bubble, much like Japan's bubble economy back then. However, Japan didn't have the Originium disaster, but the economic centers of Kazimierz are all based on mobile cities, thus forming a high-density concentration of means of production, which provides fertile ground for financial capital to take root and flourish.

However, such a level of foundation alone cannot support a massive bubble economy. Therefore, the prosperity of Casimir's financial capital was a financial game that used the future as a stake, in which everyone was involved and everyone had to pay the price.

Kazimir's living environment can be described in four words: beset by internal and external troubles.

The feudal remnants of the old era have not been completely eradicated, and the financial capital of the new era has begun the game of making money from money. The lower classes are suffering double the oppression in the social environment of the transition between the old and the new. The weak real economy is barely surviving under the financial bubble. The Ursus Empire is eyeing us covetously from the outside. Now, we also have to add the ever-expanding influence of our shared ideology.

This country needs a radical revolution to be reborn; any reforms are futile. Like a terminally ill cancer patient, any treatment would be suicidal; they might as well choose to be reborn.

The insightful people of Kazimierz could naturally see the problems in their country, but they did not yet have a decisive force to save it. Moreover, most of these people came from the middle and upper classes and were inclined to reform. There were those who were inclined to revolution, but they were still very weak.

Now that Linguang, the former arena champion, has stepped forward, ready to launch a bloody revolution, Liu Jiuli naturally needs to determine first whether Linguang has truly decided to betray his class and reshape the entire Kazimierz, considering Linguang's background and the current situation of Kazimierz.

When playing games, Liu Jiuli naturally paints stories with great anticipation, but in reality, he has to be careful, otherwise he will raise an ungrateful child.

This kind of creature is far more hateful than a traitor.

Lin Guang resolutely said, "Yes, I have made up my mind. This is the only way to save Kazimierz."

Liu Jiuli looked directly into Lin Guang's eyes and said, "This path can indeed solve all of Kazimierz's problems, but it is also destined to be bloody. Revolution is not a dinner party; once the arrow is released, there is no turning back." Lin Guang nodded, expressing his resolve with a firm gaze.

Since that's the case, Liu Jiuli didn't say anything more and left the rest of the work to the relevant departments of the Second International.

However, Liu Jiuli still reminded Lin Guang: "Your enemies have no shame. If you don't want to be restrained, you have to forge ahead."

To put it bluntly, if the enemy dares to attack me, I will definitely fight back and retaliate in kind. We must make the enemy fear us. On the road to revolution, it is better to be feared than bullied.

Of course, if it were ordinary people, then the spirit of the People's Liberation Army would be fully demonstrated, and anyone who dared to undermine the revolutionary spirit would be personally dealt with by the Second International.

Such things have already happened. Any group that raised the banner of common ideology would immediately be subject to scrutiny by the First and Second Internationals. Once it was discovered that they were just pretending to be something they weren't, they would be eliminated without a fight, much like an anti-traitor squad purging traitors. In this way, those unclean individuals would not dare to act recklessly under the banner of common ideology. Other countries that wanted to infiltrate the revolutionary ranks would also be dealt with in the same way.

If this country were right next to the community, that would be a different story.

Kharkiv is bathed in sunshine today; it's a beautiful day. Flame Tail, dressed casually, strolls through the streets of Kharkiv. She particularly enjoys going out at this time because the fruits and vegetables at the morning market are the freshest and cheapest, and she can also get some exercise while she's at it.