The Age of Giant Ships and Cannons

However, the good times didn't last long. Li Qing didn't know what happened. He only knew that two hundred years later, a civil war broke out within the United Empire of Mankind.

The mechanically ascended Star Sea Lord suddenly issued a declaration of independence, announcing to the entire human camp that he would break away from the scope of human beings, claiming to be the Purifier 0001, and founding an independent country.

And published a war submission that made all human beings horrified, and was also the main reason why all human star sea lords and star sea lords signed the ban on mechanical ascension after that war, which is known in history-No. 0001 Extinction Declaration.

It is worth mentioning that although the Star Sea Lord who had three stages of mechanical ascension was defeated, he was not eliminated. When the war was about to be defeated at the end of the war, its main fleet suddenly disappeared overnight, and it has not been seen yet.

It is because of that dark history that mechanical ascension is now prohibited within human beings.

However, small-scale mechanical prosthesis modification is not prohibited, such as the modification of a mechanical eye, some army players put in some prosthetic bodies to enhance combat effectiveness, etc. are allowed, but large-scale body modification is not allowed.

The purple-named Shataman scientist's body has been transformed to the point where he is now. In theory, he can still be turned into a servant of light, but his mechanical body will have to be dismantled after the transformation.

Each Servant of Light is a very powerful psyker, with powerful psychic powers, which conflicts with mechanical ascension.

This also means that those who have already fully mechanically ascended cannot be turned into servants of light.

Li Qing thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't want to stay. He is a foreign race and a supporter of mechanical ascension, so it is easy to cause problems after being enlightened.

Then only for sale.

This kind of rare scientist can definitely become the chief scientist of a large laboratory, and I believe it can be sold for a good price.

As soon as he thought of it, he reopened the trading network, created a sales post on the talent trading subnet, wrote a title, indicated that the purple name was an epic-level sociobiologist, and wrote all his skill parameters.

As for the final price.

He thought about it for a while, referring to the latest one from 19 years ago when someone transferred a purple scientist to the price at that time, and marked a reserve price of 50 billion.

It is equivalent to an auction, the highest bidder wins.

Most of the auctions of such extremely rare purple famous scientists are directly placed in professional auction houses, and it is quite rare to directly place trading networks like him.

Soon the price tag fluctuated several times, the price quickly changed from 50 billion to 54 billion, and there were more than a dozen inquiries.

He ignored these inquiries, because the family development fund he had applied for finally received a response, and his second uncle Li Lun asked him to go back to the family's office in Jinmen.

When he came to the entrance of the hall, he saw the second uncle sitting in the vice seat and an old man sitting in the main seat.

The old man with white hair and youthful face was hale and hearty. He was wearing a long black gown and held a golden nanmu stick in his hand. He was talking to Li Lun. When Li Qing appeared at the door, they both raised their heads and looked over. Li Qing's pupils lit up instantly. , the head is often tilted slightly, a ball of spiritual flames exploded in front of him, and the pupils of the old man on the opposite side also lit up with spiritual flames.

At this moment, Li Lun faintly seemed to see an invisible lightning blast in the hall, and there was a trace of horror in his eyes.

"well!"

The psychic light in the old man's eyes slowly disappeared, and he looked at Li Qing with a kind smile and said:

"I never thought that Li Huai's generation would have such a unicorn!"

At this time Li Lun hurriedly said to Li Qing:

"Don't just stand there, come and meet your great-grandfather."

Li Qing was slightly startled, he didn't expect that this was his great-grandfather, so he hurried forward to bow down according to the etiquette.

You may not believe it, but Li Qing has never met his great-grandfather.

As far as he knows, his great-grandfather Li Huai seems to be over four hundred years old. Before the Qinghe Li family was promoted to the leader of the army, he was one of the family's decision-makers. Later, the Qinghe Li family was established and has always been one of the highest decision-makers in the family. Until the power was handed over to his 13th son a hundred years ago, he gradually withdrew from the family's power center, and he didn't know where to retreat.

Li Qing only knew that name since he was born, but he had never seen it before. He never expected to see it today.

Li Huai carefully looked at the young man in front of him, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he was. He reached out and touched the top of his head, patted him lightly and said:

"Get up and sit."

Li Lun immediately moved a chair to the side and placed it on the other side of Li Huai, Li Qing thanked and sat down.

"When I first heard Xiao Lun's report, I didn't quite believe it. Now that I see it with my own eyes, you are even better than what he said in the report. You must have ascended not long ago, right?"

Li Qing nodded:

"Yes, it's been less than a year since I ascended."

"Well, you should have condensed spiritual saints!"

Li Qing was startled and didn't speak.

Li Huai smiled and said:

"Don't worry, we are all our own people here."

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't say it. Many old guys who have lived long enough and are well-informed can see your situation."

Li Qing was speechless.

"But wait for you to wake up for a longer time, and in a few years, you won't be seen by others."

"By the way, you said that you have a space-type relic and a powerful naval commander. If it's convenient, can you let your grandfather see it?"

"Can."

Li Qing stretched out his finger, and a black portal appeared in the room, expanding rapidly until it reached the top of the hall. Then, a silhouette of a human figure appeared in the rippling black portal.

The great-grandfather stood up in an instant, a twisted outline of a human figure appeared on his body, and the faint light of twisted spiritual energy spread outward layer by layer.

Without any nonsense, Li Qing directly showed the attributes of Li Yuan, the Servant of Light.

The great-grandfather was quite calm, he just bowed his hands to Li Yuan, while the second uncle Li Lun next to him couldn't hide the shock in his eyes, and muttered to himself:

"Sure enough, this is the talent of a historical legendary general."

Li Qing waved his hand, and Li Yuan, the Servant of Light, nodded to him and retreated back into the universe in his palm.

Guangmen disappeared, great-grandfather let out a long breath, looked at Li Qing with incomparably kind eyes, and said:

"Son, you have proven your talent and unparalleled potential. According to family rules, you can get the highest level of personal development fund and team development fund, which are 100 billion star dollars respectively."

Li Qing was overjoyed, this was much higher than he expected.

At this time, Li Huai continued to say:

"In addition, you are still eligible to compete for the position of the Li family son of Qinghe, but this will only be officially included in the candidate list after ten years of development, and only then will you be able to obtain the many benefits and family resource support of the candidate , and compete with other candidates for the position of Qinghe Li's eldest son."

Li Qing

"My son!"

Li Qing has heard of this, and there is no one who will be the next heir to the military lord.

If there is no accident, when the previous military leader abdicates, the son will directly succeed.

Because the son himself selects the best from all descendants, he needs to defeat all other competitors when competing for the position of the son, so after becoming the son, there will be no other competitors, and he is the only heir.

It is worth mentioning that the contender for this son does not refer to a certain generation, but all future descendants of the military leader's generation are eligible.

For example, the current military leader of the Li family in Qinghe is of the same generation as his great-grandfather, so Li Qing's grandfather, father, and his brothers are all eligible to compete for this position.

Even during this period, if there is no absolute winner, or the current military leader has lived too long and is reluctant to occupy the position, Li Qing's sons and even grandsons will be eligible to compete in the future when they grow up.

After all, with the current genetic technology, the strong can generally live for a long time. Even without genetic ascension, five times of genetic modulation can make ordinary people live more than a hundred years.

If you can live longer with genetic ascension or psychic ascension, like the current military leader of the Li family of Qinghe, who has lived for more than 400 years and ruled the Li family of Qinghe for more than 300 years. ruled for about a hundred years.

Then the great-grandfather continued:

"But besides Shizi, you have other options."

Li Qing raised his head, and his great-grandfather said in a deep voice:

"Open up a star field by yourself, establish a new province, establish your own family, and become a new military master!"

"There are hundreds of thousands of active descendants in the fifth house of the Li family in Qinghe. I only see this possibility in you. If you agree, you will get the full support of the fifth house."

"Well."

Li Qing was a little moved. If he really got the full support of his great-grandfather's family, his development speed would definitely be greatly accelerated.

But even though he was heartbroken, he still maintained some rationality and asked:

"As far as I know, according to the regulations, the family does not allow direct funding. At least the restrictions were very strict in the first ten years of development. I don't know how the family will support me?"

Great-grandfather Li Huai asked in a low voice:

"What do you lack now?"

Li Qing hesitated for a moment, then said:

"I don't have time right now."

The great-grandfather was obviously taken aback for a moment, and then asked:

"What about time?"

"Lack of money."

"Apart from money, is there any shortage of high-level professional talents? Is there a lack of high-level battleship blueprints? For example, battleship blueprints, are there any good things that cannot be bought in the market?"

"Uh, there is indeed a lack of blueprints for battleships."

"That's right, you can buy battleship blueprints from the family at the market price, and you can supply ten blueprints a year."

"You can also recruit high-level professional talents at market prices, whether they are captains or scientists."

"How tall is the highest? Are there any epic scientists?"

"No, it's the highest blue name, but I can keep an eye out for you. Professionals with a purple name can cut it for you."

"Oh, that's fine."

In fact, Li Qing didn't pay attention to this, mainly because he was attracted by the steady ten blueprints of battleships every year.

This is the support at this stage. According to the great-grandfather, the first ten years were the most restrictive for the pioneers. After ten years, the restrictions will be gradually relaxed. After twenty years, there will be no restrictions. The family behind them can support the promising juniors without any restrictions. .

Therefore, if the pioneers of civilian origin want to make their mark, within these two decades, there is basically no chance for more than twenty years.

This is the result of the compromise between the common people and the nobles and the capital. From the perspective of the common people, although the nobles had an advantage in the early stage, they were not so great that they could not be surpassed. They had a chance.

When a commoner becomes an aristocrat, his descendants have an advantage over the commoner. Under the same circumstances, they are more likely to succeed, and both parties are satisfied.

When Li Qing left the room, he already had 10 standard knight-class battleship blueprints in his hand. According to the market price of 1 billion, a total of 10 billion was deducted directly from the personal development fund, leaving 90 billion personal development funds and 100 billion team development funds .

In this way, he has personal disposable assets of 140 billion + 190 billion stars, 90 billion + 900 billion of money belonging to Wang Yanqing and others, and 45 billion team assets.

He sold the 300 million Shata people directly to the family, so there is no need to worry about the outpost buying these captives from here.

This kind of alien race has no worries about buyers, whether it is the Jinmen Yu clan or any military leader in the United Empire of Mankind.

They support the establishment of outposts and the formation of expeditionary forces, the main purpose of which is to plunder civilization points.

Of course, the Li family of Qinghe also needs it. It is better to sell it to their own people than to outsiders.

With so much money in hand, it has to be spent, and there is no interest in keeping it.

Considering that he had done everything he needed to do when he came to Jinmen, he was ready to go back. After returning, he would set off to continue digging graves. The demand for ground troops was quite high, so he decided to buy a batch of ground troops.

However, it is not a one-star force such as clone troop or robot commando, but through Yu Yuefei's authority, he can purchase a more powerful two-star army in Jinmen - Alien troop.

This is a killing creature modified by genetic technology. It looks like an ape with a thick cuticle and sharp claws. The cuticle carapace can withstand ordinary light weapons, and the sharp claws can penetrate the hard alloy structure The hard stone is like mud, tall and strong, with strong vitality. The broken limbs and arms will not affect its combat effectiveness. It can leap more than ten meters away, adapting to various complex terrains and environments, no matter mountains, forests, or cities. Street fighting, narrow underground, etc. have extremely powerful combat power.

The only flaw is that because it is not equipped with modern weapons, it is easy to be covered by artillery fire in open places such as plains and suffer huge losses.

However, the main combat environment of this two-star ground force is complex terrain, and the less suitable for the deployment of large-scale military forces, the better its combat effectiveness can be exerted.

The unit price of this kind of alien troop is 2 million yuan, and a brigade of 500 heads totals 1 billion star yuan.

Considering the loss of cannon fodder and other factors, Li Qing bought a whole regiment of 10,000 alien troops, spending a total of 20 billion star yuan.

In addition to this, he also purchased another two-star ground unit - the mechanical armor unit.

This is a high-tech mechanical unit with a large amount of armor, transport aircraft, and a large number of heavy weapons, suitable for frontal attack on the open battlefield.

The main individuals of this kind of mechanical armored troop are still clones, but the skills equipped with brain implants are different from the cannon fodder clone troop. Weapons and combat platforms, teamwork.

Generally, a battalion of mechanical armored units contains 2,000 combat individuals, half of which are clones and half are robots.

With 20 standard troop carriers, it can ensure that a battalion of troops plus combat weapons can be transported to the battlefield at one time.