Chapter 293 Invasion, foreign technological civilization!
The one hundred and forty-eighth year of the Jiajing reign.
Morning. Songjiang Prefecture, Huating County, Huating Port.
"Splash!" The oars of the small boat created a splash of water. The old man with wrinkled face puffed out welding smoke, pulled the boat into the ferry, and listened to the loud conversation of several fishermen on the shore.
"It's been eight years. I heard that there's chaos in several major overseas provincial governments!" The rough-skinned middle-aged black man took a bite of the pancake, took a sip of hot water, and said as he ate.
The conversation was brought up, and soon several other men joined in the discussion.
"I heard it's about the automated machine tools replacing workers at the Lingqi factory," a square-faced, bearded man took a puff of his cigarette, flicked the ash, and snorted.
"One dynasty, two systems. Although the Overseas Provincial Government is free and the Xiandao economy is developing rapidly, the poor are very poor and the rich are very rich. I heard that the low-level workers there can only get less than ten spirit stones a month. What can they do?"
"Ten spirit stones are not enough for a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage to cultivate. The higher the cultivation level, the greater the demand for spiritual resources."
"Each person could receive more than 300 pieces before. One hundred years after the Jiajing era, many workers relied on spiritual stones to practice, break through the foundation-building stage, and then run some small businesses and establish immortal clans."
"After that, their families will be able to enter the Immortal Mansion Academy and become normal people from then on. It can be said that this is the only way for the lower-class people overseas to break out of their own class."
"But in less than fifty years, since the introduction of the Qiling machine tools into the Lingqi factory, the hard times for those workers have begun."
"Several large companies in Britain have laid off employees one after another, and then started to reduce wages. The workers cannot get enough spirit stones, which is equivalent to cutting off the future of a large number of people."
"The amount of spiritual stones I get every month is simply not enough. As my cultivation level improves, it's almost a drop in the bucket."
"Alas!" At this point, several simple fishermen sighed and said, "The overseas people are suffering..."
"Who says it's not true? You can earn a lot of spirit stones outside, and practice very quickly, but the price is to use your own life to provide a way out for your children and grandchildren. I could still do that before, but now, ah..."
"Several decades ago, the imperial court laid spiritual veins in the territory of the Overseas Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office. The original intention was to benefit the people. However, as soon as the laying was started, the resources were divided up by the big and small families."
Hearing this, some people wondered, "If someone competes with the people for profit, won't the government care?"
"Manage? How?" Someone who knows immediately said, "Do you know the saying 'one dynasty, two systems'? It means that it is the same court, but the management and development are different."
"Even the laws have not changed. The only thing that has changed is that many of the laws of the old countries have become subsidiary laws of the Ming Dynasty."
"Take the British Governorate for example. They had a land enclosure movement before, and many famous mountains, rivers, and cities, as well as all the land suitable for laying spiritual veins, belonged to those families."
"Pah!" He slapped the back of the hand of the man who had two systems at once, and said, "What should I do? There is no way!"
"Oh!" When the others heard this, they sighed again.
In the past, the people of the Ming Dynasty would certainly not feel uncomfortable with the tragic experiences of the people of other countries, but now the people in the Overseas Provincial Administration are also the people of the Ming Dynasty.
They lived a comfortable and happy life under the same imperial court. How could they not be sad when they saw other people being harmed and persecuted by those families and nobles because of the "one dynasty, two systems" law?
"That's true, isn't it? In the overseas provincial governments, many people have begun to protest!"
"Hehe, that's right, riots. It's the 148th year of Jiajing now. In two years, the emperor and his men will be out of seclusion. By then, let's see how the emperor will deal with those bastards!"
"Yes, the Emperor, the cabinet elders, the six ministers, Mr. Hai, and Governor Tang have been in seclusion for ten years..."
The old fisherman listened to what these people said, sighed, stared at the sea, and sighed in his heart: "Son, you are working in the British Pacification Department, you must be careful..."
The middle-aged man who had previously introduced the "One State, Two Systems" law to others, saw that everyone was indignant, lowered his head, smiled, and turned away.
The old fisherman looked back at the middle-aged man carrying a bamboo hat and walking away. His cloudy old eyes flashed and he lowered his head silently.
"This man walks like a kid, maybe he's also a policeman..." The old fisherman moved his lips and said silently with his head down. He didn't know why a policeman would become a fisherman.
He only knew that his child was the same as the policeman in front of him, and he was just thinking about his child.
In the eight years, as the kings, lured by Prince Ning, flocked to the Overseas Provincial Administration, the Ming Dynasty naturally weathered the turmoil of the Nine Dragons Fighting for the Throne and the Hidden Dragons' Dispute.
But overseas, with the expanding ambitions of families large and small, they want to achieve class leap by following the dragon's lead.
Then, the Overseas Provincial Administration Office fell into complete chaos.
Under the guidance of Prince Ning's men, the families in the Overseas Provincial Administration Office who were loyal to the kings were able to restrain each other at first. No matter how the infighting took place, it would not affect the spiritual energy factories and other industries related to the development of the Ming Dynasty.
However, as time went on and the ten-year deadline drew closer, the kings tried every possible means to swallow up each other's power, and had long forgotten the bottom line that could not be crossed.
They all wanted to attack the spiritual energy factory so that the others would be eliminated, and then the situation would get out of control.
Reducing the wages of the Reiki factory workers, who already have a hard life, is a means of making things worse.
In addition, the situation was already out of control, so Prince Ning simply pushed the issue from behind, causing things to get completely out of hand.
But the goal was indeed achieved. At least on the surface, the reason why the overseas provincial governments made such a big fuss was entirely due to the infighting among the kings.
It seems to have nothing to do with Prince Ning, but the King of Hell knows clearly in his heart that it is impossible for his little trick to be hidden from his father.
Besides, he had already talked to Prince Gong and Prince An. He couldn't even hide the truth from these people, let alone his father.
If he fails to clean up the mess after ten years, or if the court is the ultimate beneficiary of this battle among the kings, then he can forget about becoming a hidden dragon.
He will be eliminated and abandoned by his father along with everyone else.
Prince Ning’s Mansion, in the hall.
"The reason why the Qianlong dispute has become so serious this time is probably because of the push from Prince An and Prince Gong." Zhao Dingzhu spoke slowly,
"It's been settled for eight years, and there are only two years left."
"Within two years, we must fully realize our plan. If successful, Your Highness will not be punished by the Emperor this time, but will surpass Prince Gong and Prince An."
"I understand." King Ning nodded and said, "In the territory of Daming, we will completely stop the spiritual stones and let Daming's territory return to normal. At the same time, we will move the spiritual energy factories to the stars outside the domain."
"This plan was supposed to be done after my father and his men came out of seclusion and when the Ming Dynasty stepped into the outer stars."
"If we do it in advance, the credit will definitely be snatched away by Prince Gong and Prince An."
"In fact, if they interfere, not only will they not succeed, but they will fail instead."
"There will be no chance of turning back by then, so we must first open a path outside the domain without moving the Daming Spiritual Energy Factory!" King Ning looked at Zhang Dingzhu and said, "How are the extraterritorial life forms we captured?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, after searching their souls, we have captured all of their information, but the spaceship has been scrapped. It may not be possible to repair it and make space jumps."
"Also, the life form from outside the domain completely collapsed and died after experiencing the soul search. Perhaps it was caused by the destruction of its original spirit."
"Yes," King Ning nodded upon hearing this, not caring at all about the life or death of the alien creature, and said slowly: "After all, it is just a soul-searching technique used by people in the late stage of Qi training."
"Moreover, this kind of soul-searching technique is just some crude technique even in the world of immortal cultivation."
"Once used on others, the person being cast will become a cripple at best, or die at worst."
"But the only advantage is that it works quickly." King Ning had secretly trained a group of evil monks under his command and placed them in various parts of the world.
These monks specialize in studying various techniques that are considered to be evil and heterodox in the world of immortal cultivation.
"Before Father took everyone into seclusion, he asked the Ministry of Industry, the Imperial Guards, and the Immortal Guards to search for foreign civilizations."
"We will use this to improve the basic science of our Ming Dynasty, realize the combination of cultivation and scientific and technological civilization, and blaze a new trail!"
"Unfortunately, eight years have passed, and apart from discovering a small amount of technological civilization relics in the deep sea and under the two glaciers, all of which are in ruins, there has been no gain."
"But no one knows that not long ago, our people captured a crashed extraterritorial spaceship."
"And we found an unconscious alien life on it." As he spoke, King Ning spread out his slender fingers, and the pigeon egg-sized photo stone on the ring on his index finger emitted a stream of light.
Afterwards, a light curtain appeared and disappeared into the air, forming a figure.
Looking closely, although the body shape appears to be human, there are some obvious differences between them and ordinary humans.
He has a slender figure, slightly taller than a normal human, about two meters tall. He looks light and gives people a feeling of elegance and agility.
The facial features are extremely delicate, with long, pointed ears that are slightly upturned, and lively. The eyes are large and bright, and the pupils are a strange color, as green as emerald.
The lips are of moderate thickness and the corners of the mouth are slightly upturned, giving people a gentle and friendly impression.
The skin is a light milky white, and the bright areas are faintly fluorescent, shimmering with a subtle luster.
The hair is long and smooth, but it is silvery white.
The clothing style is obviously different from that of the people of the Ming Dynasty, but it looks similar to the style of European people.
The person in front of him is the extraterritorial life form captured by King Ning, the Protoss.
From the appearance, except for the pair of pointed and slender ears, there is basically no obvious difference between them and the human race. Well, there is another point that almost everyone in the Star Spirits is handsome and beautiful.
Of course, from the level of life, the Protoss have one more advantage over the human race, that is, they can absorb the power of the stars.
Well, don't get me wrong, they absorb the power of the stars not for cultivation, or to improve their life level.
The reason why they absorb the power of stars is very simple, because their food is star energy.
That’s right, the Protoss don’t need to eat or drink water.
Even without air, they can survive for a long time, but of course, they will die without air.
Not only that, they also need sunlight.
Apart from these, there is no other difference between the New Leaders and the human race. They all need to have children, and their upper limit of lifespan is the same as that of ordinary mortals in the Ming Dynasty today.
The power of the stars is just their food, nothing more.
The planet where the Protoss live is called the Protoss Domain in their definition. Well, this is what it means after absorbing the memory and expressing it in the language of the Ming Dynasty.
The writing and language of the Protoss are different from those of the Ming Dynasty.
In the Protoss Realm, there is no concept of a country, only tribes and tribal lands, and these tribes and lands have a very large sphere of influence.
Not only that, the star in the Star Spirit Realm is also incredibly large, exceeding the size of all the stars in the solar system.
"Your Highness," Zhao Dingzhu glanced at the Star Spirit man projected by the Image Stone, cupped his hands, and said, "According to the Soul Search Team, the Star Spirits are a warlike race."
"He likes to plunder resources from different star worlds. This man from the Star Spirit tribe named Li is a star scout from the Dashun tribe, or what we call a scout."
"The reason why they noticed the solar system was just a coincidence. They detected a huge unknown energy source on the stars in the solar system," Zhao Dingzhu paused and said:
"According to the memory of 'Li', if nothing unexpected happens, it should be the spiritual energy and the great formation that the emperor arranged in Zhuxing."
"This energy, which meets their mining standards, can perfectly replace the energy they are using today."
"Originally, the Force sent out probes, and if they didn't find the energy source they needed, they would continue searching."
"If it finds it, the detector will release all its energy and form a relative space coordinate in the star field where it is located."
"Then the coordinates will be transmitted to the spaceship driven by Force, and Force will jump over here."
"Unfortunately, this 'force' discovered a ninth-grade spiritual vein on the ancient planet Yinghuo, which the emperor had specially laid to protect the mineral veins and mining equipment from being hit by meteorites."
"Then he began to attack the large formation barrier, triggering the attack formation on it, causing the spacecraft to be destroyed."
"That's why he was captured by our people..." After saying that, Zhao Dingzhu took a deep breath and said, "According to Force's memory, if he doesn't contact other teammates within a year, he will be considered lost in the vast universe."
"His teammates, after trying their best to find him without success, will hold a funeral for him."
"Now, the Tiangong team has repaired the signal transmission equipment on the spacecraft, and there are only three months left before the deadline."
"As long as we want, we can send out the coordinates of the Earth at any time and wait for our 'Force' teammates to arrive."
"Then we can capture more Protoss spaceships, make space jumps, and invade Protoss territory!"
"But we will take certain risks with this move. After all, this is a war between two civilizations."
"If it doesn't work out and the emperor comes out, I'm afraid..." Having said that, Zhao Dingzhu stopped talking, but the meaning was self-evident: you make the decision yourself.
Zhao Dingzhu knew that Prince Ning would not and could not report this invasion of foreign technological civilization to the court.
Now that the affairs of the overseas provincial governments have become a big deal, it can be said that they have damaged the interests of the imperial court.
Although it seems to have nothing to do with him, the emperor cannot hide his tricks.
A long time ago, the emperor set a bottom line for everyone that must not be crossed!
That is, you can fight, but no matter whether you are the loser or the winner, the court must be the ultimate beneficiary.
In other words, all struggles must result in development, otherwise both sides will be punished!
Prince Ning's plan was very simple. He would directly remove the spiritual stones overseas and allow the Ming Dynasty's immortal cultivation world to return to normal.
After all, the people living in the Overseas Provincial Administration are also the people of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the spiritual stones exist, they will definitely be removed when the Ming Dynasty steps into the sea of stars outside the territory.
Therefore, King Ning had to transfer the spirit stone business out in advance.
The best destination for the spirit stones is to use them as strategic materials to invade foreign civilizations, just like they were used against other countries before!
In this way, a foreign civilization helped the emperor to manage and clean the spirit stone stall.
This is the real great achievement. In this battle among the nine dragons for the throne and the battle among the hidden dragons, he will be the biggest winner.
Not only that, he will surpass Prince Gong and Prince An in one fell swoop!
"..."
(End of this chapter)
