Chapter 578 Science and Money
The ban on Changshan County was soon lifted. The Imperial State Council declared that the governor's ban was illegal. No state within the empire was allowed to privately build barriers to prevent the flow of goods or people, nor was it allowed to collect additional tolls, commodity taxes and other taxes. Only the Imperial Taxation Bureau had this authority.
Violators will be subject to heavy fines.
After the Imperial Political Supervisory Council and the Supreme Council caught a few unlucky guys, all the governors became obedient. They finally realized that their era was over.
The current governor no longer has the qualifications to be king independently and must rely on the elders or commander-in-chief.
As a result, small groups and factions gradually died out.
A larger, but looser, force began to form.
The empire has a tendency to flatten, and the interference of forces outside the economy has rapidly decreased. People have begun to realize that they need to use the economy to fight the economy.
Violence is a destructive means and should only be used as a last resort.
Goods and raw materials circulate more quickly and on a larger scale. With all obstacles removed, the only cost is the cost of transportation. Logistics has become more important than before.
The flow of people has also begun to accelerate. In the past, entering and leaving the state required complicated procedures or finding a human smuggler to smuggle people in, but either method was costly, time-consuming, energy-consuming, and even dangerous.
Now that no one is in charge, long-distance buses go straight to the next stop, and interstate trains are not frequently inspected. Travel and migration have become countless times more convenient, and people are beginning to yearn for more developed, more transparent, and fairer areas.
Big cities in the east became their first choice, and cities like Yaojing once again welcomed crowds of people.
This also caused internal competition among the governors. If they were exploited too harshly, they would run away.
They have also gradually changed their mindset, developed regional advantages, and treated private industries fairly in order to retain population and industry.
This is all good news for Changshan County.
As soon as the ban was lifted, Changshan County's goods were snapped up like crazy, with orders pouring in more than locusts. Merchants all knew that Changshan County's goods were cheap and practical, and sold very well. In the past, Changshan County mainly exported to the Six Nations Group, and it was impossible to buy there even if you wanted to.
Changshan County’s inventory decreased rapidly and the capital chain was restored again, but for Lin Wen, this was just a minor issue among his many troubles.
The first thing he has to face is his "repayment".
Since the end of Shenjing, Lin Wen has had to pay back huge sums of money every day. He has used up all his luck and tried every means to finally survive these last two days.
If Lin Yabo had not given him a big gift package before, and if he had not taken in many refugees and defeated soldiers during this period, and had made a lot of good connections and drawn some good luck, he would not have been able to last this long.
But now, he has run out of energy.
He had used up everything he could and couldn't even sleep. In the last two days, he used up 546% of his energy every day and he really couldn't draw out any more.
If there is no solution before tomorrow morning, Lin Wen will be reincarnated.
Although he had wanted to reincarnate for a long time, it was obviously impossible now because one of the two conditions for reincarnation was not met.
Within a year after he left, Changshan County would not collapse because of his departure.
Otherwise, huge amounts of bad karma will come back to haunt you.
He has already used [Luan Zhao Shui] to study this matter. To be precise, it will take one year and three months for his connection with this land to disappear.
During this period, whether it is good karma or bad karma, there will be feedback.
In other words, the monthly settlement is still there.
Therefore, Fengchu Qin Luoshuang must become a qualified prince, commanding Sleeping Dragon Zhao Minggong, Princess Li Linyue, tricolor hybrid Yang Shaohu and others, and continue to contribute to Changshan County.
As for the subsequent good fortune over the past year, I’m afraid it’s worth millions.
But now Qin Luoshuang is obviously not qualified yet, and Lin Wen is thinking about how to train her so that she can freely control unruly characters like Li Linyue.
If we run away at this time, Changshan County will probably collapse soon.
You know, ever since Lin Yabo was defeated, the vague sense of danger alarm of [Without Colorful Phoenix] has never stopped for a moment.
what to do?
Lin Wen was already very anxious. As the sky was about to brighten, he was about to use his trump card and sacrifice his integrity to earn good karma and soul limit, when he received an unexpected gift.
This week's enhanced magical power of [Morning Star of Destiny] is [Without a Colorful Phoenix]. It suddenly issued a clear warning of bad fate, and the direction was clearly pointing to the west.
Lin Wen knew without a second thought that someone was definitely going to attack the mine.
After the civil war, more than 300,000 miners returned to the mines to continue working. This was a huge source of income that could not be lost.
In the past, when encountering such a situation, it would have been necessary to evacuate the people, prepare the army, and start a war.
But now, Changshan County is no longer what it used to be. At Lin Wen's command, the countermeasures troops specializing in dealing with special forces and the royal guards rushed straight to the mine, and in no time they crushed the insect people who wanted to attack the mine.
The insect people themselves have no good karma, but what surprised Lin Wen was that the captain of the royal guard, Bai He, the Thunder Hand, recognized the origins of this group of insect people from some details on them.
——Workers at Lin Yabo’s Bailey Mine.
Lin Wen was overjoyed and immediately sent them out to blow up this huge slave mine hidden in the darkness.
More than two hundred royal guards were simply not something the mine guards could resist.
Among all the major forces, the one that can possess so many colonial warriors is already second to none.
It’s a pity that many royal guards were lost in the Battle of Shenjing, otherwise there would be even more.
After liberating tens of thousands of workers and raw materials in the mine, Lin Wen finally gathered the last bit of good fortune. [Dao Ruo You Qing] lived up to everyone's expectations and gave him a powerful luck "Autumn Color Yanzhi Condensation".
"Autumn Color Yanzhi Condensation": Restores the soul and replenishes the spiritual energy. It can be used three times.
Wow……
Lin Wen's eyes lit up. This was the first time he had seen such powerful luck.
You know, spiritual energy is ten times that of his primordial spirit, and he has a spiritual energy limit of 5640. This luck allows him to do many things.
This is simply a life saver.
Lin Yabo is really a good person. Okay, from now on your surname will not be Mu, but Sen.
Well, Elder Sen, you are so nice.
After this problem was solved, Lin Wen felt much more relaxed and many tasks were quickly advanced, but the real problem was still not solved.
For Lin Wen, the current situation is different from before. In the past, Li Longxing was still on the throne of emperor. Although Changshan County was annoying, it was not yet a mortal enemy.
Even if he died, the emperor would secretly help Princess Qin Luoshuang ascend the throne.
But now, everything depends on oneself. Changshan County has become the mortal enemy of many groups, and the previous attacks have also proved that the empire has not really calmed down.
Peace is only temporary, and the invisible darkness under the order is still growing.
The empire is still full of dangers.
Everyone is eyeing Changshan County, even the Supreme Council.
Lin Wen was very sure that as long as the Great Elder took control of the situation, the first person to be eliminated would be Changshan County.
Changshan County must have strong enough self-protection capabilities so that he can reincarnate with peace of mind.
Therefore, Lin Wen’s first thing was to expand the army.
However, an army needs not only numbers but also equipment, otherwise it can only serve as a waste of ammunition like the cannon fodder of the Papal States.
Since the civil war, the empire has strictly prohibited arms trade.
Even if there is no ban, Changshan County cannot buy tanks, fighter jets, missiles, aircraft carriers and other high-tech weapons.
Changshan County can only develop, manufacture and manufacture on its own. Lin Wen has already initially established the Changshan County Armaments and Weapons Research Institute and military factory.
But just as they were about to conduct further research, they encountered an unsolvable problem.
No money.
Without talking about the production line issue, an Imperial heavy Tiger tank is worth 10 million, a tank gun is worth 10,000, and an armor-piercing shell is worth 50,000.
Counting only Tiger tanks, the Imperial Army had 10,000 of them, totaling 100 billion.
One salvo is worth 100 million, and an armor-piercing salvo is worth 500 million.
When a war is fought, at least dozens of shots are fired and tens of billions of dollars are invested.
This is just a tank. If it were a fighter jet, it would be even more expensive.
The Empire's latest Spark fighter costs 240 million each.
Lin Wen once shot down dozens of planes at the cost of 5% of his soul.
When I think about it this way, I feel like I’ve lost a lot.
But this is due to attribute restraint. Fighter jets are fast and cannot be hit in the sky. Air defense missiles are expensive and can also be interfered with.
In the world of cultivating immortals, even monkeys can fly, but if they can’t shoot airplanes, they won’t be able to survive.
The problem of hitting is the primary issue. The immortals' dodge skills are basically maxed out, and even the most basic spell [Flame Magic] can track for two hundred kilometers.
But the problem is, after he left, no one could cast [Pyromancy].
Besides, everyone has cheap interceptor missiles now, and the cost of [Pyromancy] is also very high.
This is a super bottomless pit.
Not only that, the soldiers also need salaries, and all weapons, equipment, ammunition, research and development, production, and maintenance all cost money.
In modern warfare, a battle is fought with national strength, that’s what it means.
The only exception may be nuclear bombs.
Although nuclear bombs are also expensive, they are much more cost-effective than these astronomical equipment.
But now there are two problems.
First, Changshan County does not have centrifuges and does not have enough enriched uranium.
Second, this will bring huge bad karma to Lin Wen.
Lin Wen used [Luan Zhao Shui] to illuminate it, making the endings of all reincarnations after the nuclear bomb be [Reincarnation of the Demon Star], [The Disaster Comes], and [The Killer God Enters the World].
They are all big gift packages with extremely bad karma, explosive attributes, and no luck. In the end, they can only be given to the true child of destiny for upgrading.
Lin Wen carefully reasoned about the reasons, and the logic was actually not complicated. With his intelligence of 250, he quickly found the answer -
Whether the Empire or the Qin Group is developing atomic bombs, they already know that they need weapons-grade enriched uranium.
The principle of the atomic bomb is very simple. At this point, they are only one step away from success. If Lin Wenruo explodes the atomic bomb, scientists will observe the results of the explosion and will definitely be able to infer its correct structure.
In this way, Pandora's box was opened.
Given the Empire's lower limit, once the atomic bomb is released, a nuclear war will immediately begin.
You know, Dalinzi was once prepared to push forward with an atomic bomb. Given the madness of the imperialists, if they wanted to achieve a balance of terror and deterrence, they had to explode a hydrogen bomb with an equivalent of Big Ivan.
But that thing can't be made in a short time.
Moreover, Lin Wen was very suspicious that the Great Elder might fight against Big Ivan.
The most important thing is that even under the balance of terror deterrence, conventional military power is very important.
Otherwise, why would we develop airplanes, tanks, and aircraft carriers? If you stole a dollar from me, I would just drop a Big Ivan on you and that would be the end of it.
This is impossible. A certain country's annual military expenditure of 800 billion US dollars is no joke.
You don't think they are all fools making fun of you.
so.
Money is the source of war.
Without money, we can’t even fight a war and can only be slaughtered.
Lin Wen needs money even more because in addition to developing conventional tanks, planes, cannons, and aircraft carriers, he also has to develop exoskeleton armor, robots, electromagnetic guns, gamma-ray guns, aerospace motherships, star destroyers, and so on.
Changshan County will definitely use science to crush its opponents in the future. Relying on numbers is not Lin Wen’s idea at all.
His ideal future war is a "step-by-step" war.
That is: exoskeleton armored infantry, robot infantry, and Gundam, fighting together.
This will greatly reduce war casualties and quickly crush the enemy, including the unknown existence under the Shenjing.
Of course, we are still a long way from this dream.
The first thing Lin Wen wants to get is money.
He needs a lot of money.
There was a strange light flashing in Lin Wen's eyes. It seemed that the Grand Plan 2.0 was about to be launched in full force.
(End of this chapter)
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