Douluo starts with the Pea Shooter

The fighting power of the Spark Corps far exceeds the limitations of this era, whether in terms of ideology, tactics, or organizational form, it is far beyond this era, not to mention their equipment, which is simply far ahead of this era.

After the first easy victory, the Spark Corps' confidence was also played out. Although they were still overly cautious when formulating tactical plans every time, even the new recruits would not be overly nervous when executing tactics.

Lan Nuo led them and it took less than three months in total to pacify all the landlords in the two places and establish a relatively complete grassroots management system in the local area.

At present, the structure of this management system is all supported by Lan Nuo's clone, but with the popularization of basic education, this set of structures will be replaced little by little, and finally achieve self-sufficiency of talents.

The number of the Spark Corps has also reached 25,000. Although the number of troops is only half of the previous Red Dust Corps, when they show the sword and plow symbol on their wrists, the power they gather is much stronger than the 50,000 Holy Dragon Corps.

The most important thing is that this power was created by Lan Nuo himself. The beliefs held by the soldiers are very consistent with his, and it is easy to integrate them. It is not as difficult to use as the power of the Holy Dragon Legion, but it can be sent and received freely.

With such a legion behind him, after pacifying the Sun and Moon Continent, Lan Nuo took them back to Douluo and had the confidence to face most of the troubles on the continent.

However, the Sun and Moon Alliance has given up the attack. If Lan Nuo takes the initiative to invade, the war will lose its justice. Other legions can fight for the glory of the nobles, and it is natural to expand the territory. As for the displacement of the people caused by the war, what does it have to do with them?

But the Spark Army is still not good. The army with ideas is indeed strong, whether in combat effectiveness or output of spiritual will. But they also have a problem, that is, they can't participate in wars that don't suit them.

Unreasonable wars of aggression are undoubtedly what they oppose, and Lan Nuo can't force them to take the initiative to provoke a war.

But this matter is actually not a difficult thing. Although the Sun Empire and the Moon Empire are now scared away by his super weapons and dare not attack, Lan Nuo has 100 ways to make the people of these two empires take the initiative to launch a war of aggression.

At that time, wouldn't it be better to fight a great Patriotic War? Didn't the Patriotic War directly hit the enemy's capital when counterattacking? That was also a unit with thoughts and beliefs, but there was no question about such an order.

Presumably, the Spark Corps would not mind completely eliminating the possibility of the invaders launching an invasion while driving away the fierce heat.

Instead, they wanted the two empires to take the initiative to launch a war, so they naturally had to use war as a means to gain benefits, that is, to use economic means to severely squeeze the oil of the two empires.

This is too simple for the Xinhuo Camp, whose industrial system has been gradually improved. As early as when the industrial system was just beginning to explore, Lan Nuo had acquiesced to some people engaging in the production of civilian goods, and drew an area under the framework of the planned economy and left it to the market economy.

And now, this group of people who got rich first are staring at the huge market of the other two empires with hunger and thirst. The two empires have accumulated countless wealth over the past tens of thousands of years, and their noble lives are too boring in the eyes of capitalists who have experienced industrialized life.

Therefore, the newly established Xinhuo Dukedom began economic construction, and the first thing to do was to build roads.

This aspect had already begun when the Xinhuo camp was just being built, but at that time, there was no base in the inland, and it was difficult to coordinate with local landlords and tyrants. The road passed through their territories, and various disputes would arise. As a result, the progress of construction was very worrying.

However, at present, the construction team of the Xinhuo camp is absolutely warmly welcomed wherever they go. If you want to build a road anywhere, just draw a piece of land at will, and it is okay not to give the project compensation. Build the road quickly and get out! Never let a construction team be stationed near your own territory.

This is the consensus reached by all the landlords and gentry on the continent. The fate of the group of landlords in the Xinhuo Dukedom is clear to these people. The new duke seems to have a grudge against the landlord class, but he abides by the laws of the empire and does not cross the line, but who knows if this guy dares to cross the line? The new duke is famous for his powerful military force in the empire, which can be seen from the fact that he pacified the entire territory in three months.

Naturally, the landlords and tyrants everywhere had the mentality of sending away the engineering team as if they were sending away the plague god, fearing that they would accidentally offend them during the construction process and suffer the disaster of destroying their families.

This made the road, which was originally under very slow construction progress, completed in a short time.

On the one hand, reinforced concrete is indeed suitable for fast road construction. On the other hand, there are a large number of earth-attributed soul masters in this world, and their martial souls are very suitable for road infrastructure.

Especially with a large amount of prepared cement, the road paving speed is faster than the modern construction speed, and the supporting facilities on the road are also complete.

The landlords in various places actually found out very quickly that although the construction of this road occupied their land, they did give them a lot of compensation. The most important thing was that their manor became one of the important service stations around the road. With the opening of the road, some smart landlords directly changed the farmland near the street and built trade towns or service stations to provide rest and resettlement places for long-distance freight drivers.

They made a lot of money immediately, and even made the surrounding areas rich.

Now even those unreasonable guys can see that the construction of the road can definitely drive the development of the local economy. Now everyone hates why they didn’t let the engineering team build the road next to their homes. They only think that it’s not cost-effective after their own one acre and three points of land is occupied. They forget that the geographical advantage is the capital that can be used for thousands of years.

Of course, there are also people who think quickly. The engineering team of Xinhuo Camp can build roads, so why can’t they themselves?

It's not that they can't hire earth-attributed soul masters, nor that they can't buy cement. It's easy to connect a highway on the main road. Therefore, in order to deal with this situation, a row of toll booths are added on both sides of the highway. It's impossible to let the government maintain the entire road for a lifetime. Infrastructure doesn't do that.

The rapid economic prosperity has led to a large number of landless people pouring into the city. Now the prosperous city can already feed these migrant workers. At the same time, it also means that the productivity of factories in the city is rising steadily, and cheap labor is driving the rapid development of industrialization.

At present, the place with the most workers is the Duke of Xinhuo. This territory is like a bottomless pit. No matter how many people come, it will be accommodated, as if it can accommodate the people of the entire continent.

According to Lan Nuo's plan, it is definitely not a problem for his territory to carry 2/3 of the population of the entire continent. However, he estimates that at the stage when there is no need for development, the Sun and Moon Alliance will be unable to resist attacking his territory again.

In fact, even though the construction had just begun, the two empires had already felt something was wrong. To be more precise, it was the emperors of the two empires who felt something was wrong. The imperial nobles were actually very happy because the industrial center began to shift. The transportation distance of industrial products was greatly shortened.

This also means that the prices of previously expensive imported goods have dropped significantly and become very cheap.

Since it is cheap, it is no problem for individuals to buy things when they make money. It is natural to buy things.

But for the country, this situation is not so good. The whole country is importing industrial products on a large scale, which also means that a large amount of precious metal wealth accumulated over the years is being plundered by its neighbors.

Although I don’t know much about economics, it is easy to judge that there are fewer gold and silver treasures in the treasury. This is definitely not good news for the royal families of various countries.

But they can’t resist the temptation of cheap industrial products. They are crazy about shopping. It’s really too good. What can they do?

A large mirror that is more than 3m high and more than 2m wide used to be a national treasure. Although it is still very expensive now, it is guaranteed to be delivered within one month as long as it is ordered.

A complete set of home decoration soul guide equipment, including air conditioners, refrigerators, water heaters, and lighting equipment, is also a professional decoration team that can come to your home for decoration and replacement as long as you spend money. You can also customize your own decoration. You don’t need to spend much money to change it into a palace-like style. Who can resist this?

Even the royal families of the two empires have customized the most advanced electric soul guide hybrid energy system in the palace, and hired people to install central air conditioners and a series of equipment to demonstrate the royal majesty in the palace.

But what is the price? Everything has been marked with a price, and the nobles of the two empires now have a price for their luxurious life.

Even if industrial products are cheap, they are still industrial products. There is an absolute scissors and forks for agricultural products. A steel mill can produce tens of thousands of tons of steel a year, and the supporting processing plants can process them into various industrial products, not to mention processing them into engines and vehicles. Even if they are just processed into scissors, kitchen knives, pots and pans, they are definitely a huge fortune after being sold.

If the same number of people worked in the fields instead of in factories, the agricultural products they produced could be sold in the market, and the money they earned could buy one-tenth of the industrial products, which would be the limit.

If the two empires used the wealth from selling agricultural products to buy industrial products, they would be exploited by Lanno.

However, apart from agricultural products, they really had nothing to show for it. They were all feudal agricultural countries. Apart from agricultural products, they could only show minerals. As for handicraft products, although all kinds of luxury goods now claim to be purely handmade and sold at a high price, if you look at the output value of related industries, you will know that luxury goods are completely beaten by bulk commodities. These things are just glamorous, but they are not up to standard.

Excluding luxury goods, handicraft products are compared with industrial products. No matter the quality or price, they are all unsaleable goods. At most, they are consumed domestically, and no one is willing to buy them.

The result is that the two empires are getting poorer and poorer. The export of agricultural products and minerals will never catch up with their demand for industrial products. So how to meet the demand? They can only empty out their reserves of gold, silver and rare treasures in exchange for industrial products.

But the reserves are limited after all! The princes and nobles are poor and want money, so what should they do? Work in the factory? That is the idea of ​​ordinary people. How can the princes and nobles choose to work in the factory themselves? They naturally exploit their own people crazily and increase taxes desperately.

The result of doing so is naturally that the people are in dire straits. The people in the territory can no longer survive under such high taxes. Although this continent has a good slave education for ordinary people, many people dare not rebel even if they starve to death, but their lives are about to die. There are always some people who can't stand this situation.

So, the two empires that seem to be prosperous on the surface have already been in flames, and contradictions are constantly accumulating.

As an empire, the best way to resolve internal contradictions is to start a war, invade and plunder, obtain a large amount of land and wealth, and then drive out those who make trouble. After having more wealth to sustain life, the domestic contradictions will be settled, and the price is that the people of the invaded country will be displaced and their families will be broken up.

But what does this have to do with them? As long as their noble positions are firmly seated. As long as he can still enjoy his extravagance, what does it matter if other people live or die?

Not only that, the huge wealth created by Lan Nuo and the people in the territory is like a cake covered with honey and cream, which releases an incomparable attraction to the two empires, just like a bear will go to dig a beehive even if it is in danger of being stung by a bee. Although they were deterred by the terrifying super weapon last time, the two empires obviously will not restrain their ambitions.

Lan Nuo can feel that the war is about to break out. The situation of the two empires has become quite bad under his economic colonization. Therefore, before the war broke out, he began to inspect the territory and prepared to convert the industry of the territory from civilian production to a wartime system.

Although the Red Alert Base is easy to use, Lan Nuo Queshe adheres to the principle of not using it as much as possible. This is like a developed industrial country dumping products on a backward industrial country. The backward industrial level will lead to the backward country's goods not being sold. If the Red Alert Base is abused, Lan Nuo's own industrial system and military industry will not be able to develop. Therefore, when the war is in an advantageous position, the large number of soldiers produced by the base will not be put into the battlefield.

[To be continued]

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