Arknights? Colonization Ark!

Chapter 42: The final right of interpretation is in my hands

Social production relations gradually change with the development of vitality.

Slave owners, feudal aristocrats, capitalist bureaucrats, technocrats, every identity change in history corresponds to a great development in survival ability.

But this is not absolute, such as Terra.

They naturally inherited some of the legacy of previous civilizations and Ticarz, and had productivity close to the industrial age in the early stages of civilization development. However, due to various problems such as personal force, barriers to information exchange between regions, and the degree of excavation of different relics, the development of production relations lagged far behind the development of productivity.

It is foreseeable that in the coming period of time, none of the Terran countries will be stable, and various reformers will emerge to promote the progress of society.

"Haha, it turns out that what I said at the beginning about you being too well protected in this paradise is really correct. You actually bet everything on the individual morality of a person of unknown origin."

Although this to some extent conforms to the philosophy of superman ruling the ignorant people advocated by Black Snake, being one step ahead is a genius, while being ten steps ahead is a madman.

But if a person is a hundred steps ahead and has an iron fist that is strong enough to achieve his goal, Kasheina knows without even thinking about it that it will be accompanied by countless wars and deaths, and flames will burn every inch of land and ocean in this world.

What Tallulah and the others wanted to do now was a thousand times more radical than what they had done in the Duke's Mansion a few years ago.

So radical that even Black Snake thinks you are a little too extreme.

Black Snake's ideal superman may be overthrown anyway, and here

"Do you want to build a country in a cage covered with flowers and brocade, and then live peacefully as a mouse in it, Tallulah?"

"You are wrong, Kasheina. The people in the past were the beasts living in the rusty cages. They worked day after day in a daze just to earn money for the next day's meal. They never really lived for themselves. Now, we are just letting them become living people again, with the ability to choose their own future!"

At this point, Tallulah paused for a moment, but then said firmly:

"Although we don't know his origins, we are sure that his character is trustworthy! We have seen everything he has done. He is willing to lend a helping hand to a helpless mother, willing to give up more interests and hand over the nobles to the infected for trial, and willing to build a city here that accepts everyone. His noble character can emit a golden glow even under the scorching sun!"

And loneliness.

That figure was often so lonely that it made them feel distressed, as if he was a helpless boat in the endless void. But no matter she, Alina, or Yelena, they could not walk up to that person and help him. Only Lexington could always stand by his side.

But even so, he is the most solid mountain behind everyone.

Here, countless people are willing to sacrifice their lives for him, even if it means just going to the experimental table to become his experimental subjects.

Tallulah didn't know where he came from, but she was sure that it must be a beautiful and prosperous country.

When Kashena looked at the determined Draco girl in front of her, she knew that Kosice and Tallulah had lost the bet.

Tallulah is no longer the vase with lofty ideals who had just left the Duke's Mansion. Now she has sufficient theoretical knowledge reserves and an unrivaled backing and foundation. Unless Ursus nips this city in the bud, there is no possibility of a comeback.

But look at what the nobles of Ursus are doing now. Because of a few words from one person, the new nobles can't wait to take action against Baikal to vent the unhappiness accumulated in the past period of time, and even began to create a rift between them and the emperor.

No one noticed the chariot that had already taken shape on the ice field, and their heads were destined to be crushed by the steel wheels.

How can I govern Ursus with such a person?

"People's hearts are so diverse. How can you guarantee that everyone will regulate themselves according to the established moral standards? I remember that you advocated freedom and equality in the beginning."

Tallulah's cheeks turned slightly red when Kashena said this. It seemed that she had argued with Zhang Miao about this before.

"Freedom is not about doing whatever you want, but about being able to refuse to do what you don't want to do. Equality refers to the equality of personality. People's abilities are destined to be unequal. People with greater abilities can choose to take on greater social responsibilities, and their every move will receive more social attention.

Such people are the benchmarks of social morality, and our biggest benchmark currently bears most of the social responsibilities. In this way, all people will consciously move closer to them, thus forming a good social atmosphere, until the day when they themselves become the benchmark. "

A benchmark for social responsibility?

What is the benchmark for Ursus?

The group of profit-seeking capitalist aristocrats? Or the emperor who has lived in the palace for a long time?

Unconsciously, Kashena stretched out her hand and wanted to touch Tallulah in front of her, but the alert Tallulah dodged.

Although Kashena failed, she was not angry, even though she knew that her rash behavior might lead to her death on the spot.

"I told you, Tallulah, you were born to rule."

"There is no ruler here. I am just one of them. If there is any, it can only be him."

Tallulah’s answer was decisive.

It would be an extremely terrible thing for anyone other than him to be in power.

No one can control this tremendous power, not even Tallulah herself.

If we are not careful, Terra’s destruction will happen in a moment.

Now the entire city is under the control of Lexington and Zhang Miao. Every time people grow up a little, he will give them more responsibilities until everyone can keep up with him.

"Hey, it would be great if you were the one I made now."

Kasheina suddenly felt that Koschei's decision to let Tallulah go might not have been a good decision.

Watching a piece of unpolished jade being passed from one's hands to someone else and being carved into a rare treasure is really...

But even if you follow Kosice, at most you can raise a small black snake.

"Would you like to walk with me around this city some more?"

Terra's future was already determined, but Kashena did not feel any aversion or resistance.

Ursus, what is Ursus?

Is that the emperor?

Is it that group of nobles?

Or is it someone who was born and raised here?

Aren’t the people and cities that grew up on this snowy plain Ursus?

The final right of interpretation is not in her hands.

Chapter 43: Target, Kazdel! But we have to wait.

Does Tallulah hate black snakes?

Apart from Wei Yanwu, she is probably the person who wants to kill Black Snake the most in this world.

But before figuring out the life form of the black snake, no one might be able to kill him. The destruction of a body that can be replaced at any time can only be used to vent anger.

"Where do you want to go?"

"Let's go first....the place you go most often."

The place she went to most often was naturally the plantation. Lexington had handled most of the complicated intermediate procedures. Even though Tallulah had taken over here now, she didn't need to do too much extra. Most of the time she only needed to choose the options provided by Lexington.

So she still has plenty of time to spend in the fields.

The two drove all the way to the planting base. It had changed a lot from the beginning. It was no longer a series of isolated plantations. Instead, they had been integrated into one. Only some transparent building materials separated the different blocks, and the end was as far as the eye could see.

The wheat has been harvested, but the next round of planting has not started yet. The bare ground is not very pretty, so Tallulah took Kashena to the berry garden, which is now in the ripening stage and has already started harvesting in many places.

The manager of the plantation was familiarizing a group of newcomers with the berry picking operation, while Tallulah and the other person were standing on a high place overlooking the main park.

The people below are using pipes to pump large amounts of clean water into the closed garden area. The water that has overflowed into the land is slowly flooding the low berry bushes. Many leaves that have fallen on the mud and ripe berries are floating because of the buoyancy of the water. This unique way of picking makes people who have just come here marvel.

Even the well-informed Kashena was very interested in this.

“How much crops can one acre of land produce at one time here?”

"That depends on what it is. This area grows cranberries, which produce about four tons per acre. They harvest twice a year, and a single plant can live for hundreds of years. After harvest, the fruits will be made into food or sold directly."

"The yield per mu is four tons. If the farmland in Ursus can grow so much food, maybe... forget it."

Kasheina even laughed as she spoke, saying that the problem has never been about production.

"You don't produce so much for yourselves to eat, do you?"

Although she could see that the population here was growing very fast, it was far from necessary to produce so much food and such a variety of food.

Kashena doesn't think they are just doing this for fun.

"We will sell the extra food to all parts of Terra."

The expected answer still made Kashena's eyelids twitch

"You should know what this means, right?"

Such a large amount of low-cost, high-quality food is pouring into various countries like a tsunami, which can directly impact their local food production.

This cost gap can no longer be blocked by closing transactions.

What will grain traders from various countries do in this situation?

Looking for ways to reduce agricultural costs and increase production?

Not

They would openly or secretly buy up the grain from Zhang Miao and sell it to their own people at normal prices, and then cancel all the already tight agricultural areas in the mobile city. The vast rural land would be abandoned and converted into industrial land. A large number of farmers would be unemployed and would either work in factories or become refugees.

or

Choose to come to Zhang Miao’s city.

Of course, you can also choose to protect your own country's agriculture, refuse to buy its food, and then watch the countries around you frantically import low-priced food. The replenished enemies will soon put the knife to your neck.

If they were a normal city-state, it would be fine as long as they guaranteed basic agricultural land, but they are not. The mobile cities have led to their extremely limited control over the local areas. The city bosses probably have no idea how many acres of arable land there are, how many farmers are farming, and how much is produced each year.

And all this will not only happen in agriculture. Even if she didn't go to see it, Kashena knew that the same would apply to industrial products. Cheap industrial products would be delivered to thousands of households. By then, the infected people in the slums of Ursus would all wear clothes produced here and use mobile phones produced here.

Zhang Miao didn't need to consider their thoughts. As time went on, these people would push their ruling class to the guillotine themselves and then welcome the royal army with food and drink.

Everyone saw that he was the one who asked me to come here.

They were so coquettish that they even invited me to drink some sweet water.

Fighting for the sake of fighting is meaningless.

War should be the last resort to settle the matter, not a tool to test each other.

Soon the ridges of the fields were filled with an endless supply of clear water. The equipment specially used to collect bush berries rotated and moved forward in the water. The red berries that were originally hanging on the branches soon fell due to the force, and then floated up due to their hollow internal structure, dyeing the entire water area red.

They will all be scooped up, filtered, cleaned, and screened before their destination is determined.

After Kashena came down from the height, she scooped up a handful of berries in the water with her hands, rinsed them gently in the water, and put them directly into her mouth without being bothered by the dirt. With a light bite, the sweet juice and the faint smell of mud filled her entire mouth. Even she had to admit that the berries in her hands were delicious.

“But the geographical location here is not very good.”

Talulah knew what Kasheina was talking about. Industry, agriculture and geographical environment were not a problem for them. In this land, whether it rained or not was not decided by God, and even the Originium disaster was unlikely to occur.

This is too close to the north.

Although these things are still confidential, Bozhukas has basically told everything he knows. Although it is definitely not as detailed as what Zhang Miao learned from the Emperor, it is also the full picture known to the Terrans.

“Yes, so we chose the location of our industrial base in the south.”

Tallulah spoke out these things that were considered state secrets in other countries without any scruples, because Zhang Miao didn't care, and he didn't care whether others would know these things.

Even if you knew, what could you do to me?

South?

Tallulah's answer surprised Kashena.

Because this range is so wide, at their current longitude and latitude, there are few places that are not in the south, but the other party obviously does not mean the mainland of Ursus.

"Why? If you want to expand into a new area as soon as possible, maybe I can help."

Kasheina's rebellious remarks did not surprise Tallulah at all.

"This is his decision, and he has already set out to prepare. We have also been preparing for a while, and we will take action soon."

"The location is in Kazdel."

Chapter 44: She Comes from the Snowfield

Ursus, Fort Saint.

Natalia's lunch today was fried sausages and vegetable salad.

She sat upright, cut off a small piece with a dinner knife and put it into her mouth, being gentle and silent. Even though she had been hungry for the whole morning and wanted to stuff the sausage in front of her directly into her mouth, she still had to do it.

Because for these new money, aristocratic etiquette is more important than anything else, even to the point of being nitpicking. She must always remind herself to remain dignified. Even when she is eating, her mother will stare at her.

"How have you been studying with that teacher during this time?"

The father quickly finished the plate in front of him and eagerly began to ask about his daughter's recent situation.