Chapter 719: The budding conflict.
In the northern part of the Federation, in the Khanda star field, the γ-3 habitable planet of the Cave Lion.
The fiery red and brick-yellow rocks are distributed on the ground in the shape of conch shells. Occasionally, there are straight magnetic tracks that pass through the huge rocky conch mountain and pass through the wilderness. These black tracks connect the distant cities on the planet.
This planet is very dry. Apart from the green plants in the city, the outside world is basically barren rock, soil and gravel. 90% of the residents here live in cities on the surface. Small towns and settlements outside the wilderness are extremely rare.
The size of the entire planet is about twice that of the Earth, but the total population is only 2 billion. If it were not for the development of technology, the natural conditions here would have even fewer residents.
A black and red hovercraft was flying close to the ground, passing through the vast wilderness, leaving a long trail of smoke and dust behind.
The dust from the low-flying flight covered the shell of the hover car with dust, which looked a bit dirty. At this moment, the car was playing exciting music. The strong man inside held the steering wheel with both hands, skillfully manipulating the hover car to bypass the tall conch rocks. His body was also rising and falling with the rhythm of the music. He looked particularly enjoying the process. Driving was a relaxing entertainment for him.
After turning around the tall red rock pillars, the hover car he was driving finally drove into a cave under a stone pillar in the wilderness. The air instantly became cool, and the headlights were turned on in time to illuminate the road ahead.
After moving forward for nearly a thousand meters, a flat underground space appeared in front of him. There were many hover cars and hover motorcycles parked around here, and some people were gathering in the square.
The black and red hover car rushed into it, and with the reverse jet, the speed of the car dropped rapidly, and finally stopped in an empty space.
"Pop." The man got out of the car, took off the sunglasses on his nose, revealing his rough eyebrows, his mouth corners slightly upturned, and walked towards the gathered people with some interest.
"Hey, are you all here?"
"Only you are missing, Monger." The gathered men and women turned around, some waved to him, some greeted him, and whistled.
"Finally, you are here." As he approached, a tall bull-horned orc came out and hugged him. The two men's strong muscles collided, and then they smiled and separated. After
that, several people stood or squatted around, and some sat on the stone pier with their legs crossed.
"Now we are almost all here. Those who haven't come yet don't have to wait." A slender man sat in the crowd. He was wearing a pink suit and was particularly eye-catching. At this moment, he clapped his hands to quiet everyone down. "
Since everyone is here, long story short, this time we are going to imitate the 'Black Smut Faction' and carry out a big action to make those lazy and stupid guys change their minds."
Since the rise of the 'Black Smut Faction', the successful rise of this small folk organization to become the ruling party of the local star field has inspired many people and made them eager to imitate and learn. They are one of them.
"We will launch grand parades in at least 10 cities, no matter how big the momentum is, we must make the media have something to report." The man sitting in the middle pushed his glasses. His appearance was strange among the orcs.
"The media likes strange things and they like to watch the show. Our parade must not be too traditional and boring, so that we can use them to expand our momentum for free."
"Of course, our ultimate goal is to gain political power, change the stupid and lazy style of the northern star region, catch up with the most advanced forces in the federation, and be as energetic as the southern star region."
"This is our mission and our honor. To be honest, there is nothing greater and more exciting than this. Everyone can come here from thousands of miles away, and it must not be to make a few dirty money."
"Hahaha, of course." Everyone laughed.
"Since we are talking about attracting people, why don't we do an 'ancient style' design? Science fiction style and metal style are the favorites of capitalists, and they have been played out by them. I didn't do it because I don't have the money and cost, and the effect is not good." Someone suggested so.
"That's indeed a way."
"Then how to do it in an 'ancient style'?"
"Speaking of 'ancient style', it's of course the ancestors of our orcs, the 'Gufia Steppe' style, big battle axes, bare-armored berserkers, face-painted battle patterns, and shamans."
"It's a pity that we don't have a singer among us. It would be grand if someone played the Fire Songstress 'Ailani'."
"Ahahahaha, if we had a singer among us, would we still need to hold a parade?" After saying that, everyone laughed.
"Let's do it this way. It would be best if we could get a group of heavy axemen on horseback to play the role of the orc glory cavalry of the Clansian era. That would be a rare glorious moment in the Third Age." "
Axes and people are easy to talk about, but finding a group of suitable war horses is not easy. There are too few people raising horses now."
"As many as you can, by the way, hire more bards and the like. Anyway, if there are not many guitarists, it's easy to play a few simple lute songs."
Everyone talked about ideas at once, full of interest.
After several hours, they finally decided on a rough outline of the action plan. Everyone felt that it was almost done, and then they organized a car race before leaving.
A month later, parades appeared in many cities on the planet where Cave Lion γ-3 lived. There were probably only a few thousand people, but they made a lot of news. There were people holding axes and riding horses to parade in the streets, performing ancient duels and fighting in the streets, bards singing, prairie dances, cursing the current governor and councillors of the star region, waving large war chess, wearing retro fur armor, holding cold weapons to parade, etc. It was more like a performance than a parade, attracting many passers-by and tourists.
The parade lasted for several days and was held in the fifteen largest cities on the planet. During this period, many media reported on the novel and special links in the parade. Even many people who were not interested in politics also looked at the relevant news and videos with relish.
In a short time, the reputation of this small organization expanded rapidly, and it also attracted many people who were interested in their activities. Later, the time for the next parade was determined, and many people were ready to make more big news.
It was not difficult for the local government to guess their intentions. Soon, the subsequent actions were no longer smooth. The gathering site for discussing the next action was directly arrested by the local police in the name of disturbing public order, and then detained and dispersed.
After several months, the members of the organization were released one after another, and the popularity accumulated from the previous parade was almost dissipated. The reports on the previous parade were also blocked by the jurisdiction.
Such behavior naturally aroused the anger of these members, but more residents did not care. It was just a few days of detention, and there was no excessive punishment. Anyway, they thought it was interesting and funny at the time. There was no heavy atmosphere at all, and they just took it as fun.
There were few supporters at the moment, and the members of the organization were somewhat disheartened. They felt that the people around them were really hopeless and did not understand their great ideas, so some of them simply left the Khanda Star Region and went to the Lusheng Star Region where the "Black Smut Sect" movement was grand before.
After these people went to the Lusheng Star Region, they soon began to negotiate with the local "Black Smut Sect" and expressed their desire to join them.
It was not smooth at the beginning, because the top leaders of the "Black Smut Sect" also knew that these people would definitely not be quiet after coming in, and this would also rashly offend the Khanda Star Region. However, as the matter became more serious, some local residents knew the existence of this group of people. According to the concept of unity and mutual assistance advocated by the "Black Smut Sect", the desperate people and those who seek help should be accepted regardless of their wealth, as long as the other party has a devout belief in His Highness.
Under such circumstances, if these people are not accepted, it would be a betrayal of the creed preached in the past, which would greatly damage the popular base of the "Black Smut Sect", which is the most important base of the "Black Smut Sect".
In desperation, the sober senior leaders had to express goodwill and approve the joining of these people, but emphasized that they must devoutly follow the creed of the "Black Smut Sect" and must not violate or betray.
In this way, these members were accepted and settled down, and they also began to try to integrate into the local group.
Although there is a big difference in physique between orcs and humans, and some of their body structures are different, there is a good bridge of communication between the two sides in terms of faith. That is the prince who played the role of the fire singer 'Ailani'. Whenever the name is mentioned, both sides can communicate happily. As
time passed, this group of people actually integrated into the local community and did various voluntary labors, winning the recognition of local residents. After taking root, they re-promoted the slogans of the previous march on the Internet, and published various photos and information of the police's illegal arrests and detentions, describing the injustice of the Khanda Star Region in the Northern Star Region.
Such behavior naturally annoyed the Khanda Star Region officials. The two sides began to criticize and tear each other apart online, which once again attracted a wave of attention. In the end, the Khanda Star Region asked the Lusheng Star Region to repatriate these people.
Although the Khanda Star Region's request is understandable, under the witness of many people, handing these people over is too cowardly. It will hit the prestige of the faction and violate the previous promise, so the Lusheng Star Region led by the Black Smut Faction finally rejected the repatriation proposal.
Such a refusal humiliated the governor of the Khanda star field, and the conflict between the two star fields intensified, and they began to ban each other's import and export of goods and so on.
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"The above is the cause of the recent conflict between the Lusheng star field in the east and the Khanda star field in the north." In the small conference room, Tilan sat at the top, listening to the Qi Yehua members on both sides reporting the current situation of the federation.
"Such a conflict is not a big problem at present." She tapped her finger on the paper in front of her, and then turned to the next topic.
"How is the preparation for the development of the new battleship now?" She looked at the technicians in the corner.
"The team has been initially formed, and it will take some time to run in and adapt."
Although there is no war in the federation now, from Tilan's point of view, with the passage of time, the separatism within the federation will intensify, and sooner or later the conflicts between the various groups and factions will be suppressed and erupted. Instead of responding hastily at that time, it is better to prepare as soon as possible. With enough military maintenance, we can develop "farming" with peace of mind, right?
"The Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region was once an important battleship construction site for the Federation, gathering a large number of related industries and personnel. Although many of them have been dispersed after the split, the framework built in the past is still there, and it will be more advantageous to rebuild it than other star regions, and--" She paused for a moment.
"This is also the base camp of the 'Emerald Dragon'. At present, the industrial cluster effect brought by the 'Emerald Dragon' can also greatly reduce the cost of production and research and development."
After listening to Tilan's story, the core members present gradually understood her intentions. It seems that Your Highness is not the kind of kind and weak person. Only by controlling the force can the voice of the statement be more weighty.
"We understand." The core members present nodded in response. They were all elites from the top universities in the Federation, and such things could not be easier to understand.
After the meeting, Tilan asked one member to stay, and the others left one after another.
"I stayed because I wanted to ask you some private matters." Tilan asked the other party to sit down and not be nervous.
"Your will." The other party responded with a pious look and bowed his head. This formal look made Tilan a little embarrassed.
It seems that since returning from the lost planet, these guys have become less and less considerate of themselves as human beings, and have a tendency to worship them as some kind of great idol. In fact, some of her ideas and decisions are not perfect. If everyone is like this, it would not be a good thing if no one offers suggestions.
Shaking her head, Tilan temporarily dispelled these strange thoughts and asked the other party: "You are responsible for the intelligence information in the central star field, right?"
"Yes."
"I want to know about Pulin and Shui Yanqing." She hasn't met with these two friends for several years.
"Wait a moment, Your Highness." The other party took out a recording board and quickly retrieved the information, and sent part of it to Tilan.
"There are not many active singers in the Federation at present, and there are only more than 20 young, energetic and influential ones. We are all paying attention to their situations." The other party said while sending the information.
"At present, Miss Pulin is still active in the Central Star Region. Since your disappearance, many big chaebols in the Central Star Region have regarded her as their only hope and poured a lot of resources into her. Now Miss Pulin is one of the top five singers in terms of popularity and reputation in the Central Star Region."
"Only in the top five?"
Tilan was surprised. Although Pulin's talent was not as good as Orles and herself, she was still slightly stronger than the 'White Swan' Odney, the 'Clausophile Flower' Jian Xiner and others. Moreover, she had a unique personal temperament and had few competitors in the same field. With the full support of those chaebols, she should be more than the top five.
"Yes, this is because 'White Rose Harp' Ewen Qilin has received more attention. In contrast to her, the influence of other singers in the Central Star Region has to be reduced by one level." Only then did Tilan realize how great Ewen Qilin's influence was.
It seems that a lot of changes have taken place in the past few years since she was away.
"What about Shui Yanqing's situation?" She continued to ask.
"Miss Shui Yanqing's situation..." The other party paused for a moment and thought about the wording.
"The overall reputation is not very popular, but it is very high among a small number of people."
"Shui Yanqing's identity has brought her a lot of inconvenience, but there are also many people who regard her as a confidant and a kindred spirit. Among them are people who miss the Fifth Era, people who desire immortality, experts who hope to open up gene editing, and minority groups such as mermaids, fairies, and other rare ethnic groups."
"At present, a small number of people in the Central Star Region have begun to call for the unlocking of gene editing-related technologies. Although they are not large, compared with the situation in the past when there was no one, it is already a big breakthrough." The intelligence officer commented.
"What does Shui Yanqing think about herself? How does she react and perform?" Tilan recalled the conversation with Shui Yanqing in the past.
"She rarely expresses her opinion, probably because she is afraid of standing out of place, but Miss Shui Yanqing has maintained a stable album release to maintain her popularity. She also participates in condolences and funding for patients with rare diseases every once in a while. She also takes the initiative to participate in many charity activities to try to improve her image in front of the public."
"It seems that she is under a lot of pressure." Tilan sighed.
It is normal for a singer to participate in charity activities, but the frequency should not be too high, otherwise there will be suspicion of moral kidnapping. In addition, if she is always close to things that are too heavy, it will also make the audience subconsciously stay away
. The reason why Shui Yanqing can do this is probably due to her identity. In the eyes of many people, it is a gift from the Federation to allow her to be active as a singer, so Shui Yanqing should repay the favor and will not have any psychological pressure.
However,
Tilan felt that Shui Yanqing, who was gentle on the outside but strong on the inside, would not be so weak and controlled forever. She was probably waiting for a certain opportunity.
Because the direction had been determined long ago, when the time was right, Tilan would also promote the lifting of the ban on genetic technology, and by then the two would have a solid foundation for cooperation.
But now, they could only "ignore" Shui Yanqing for the time being and not contact her. The main goal of Heshia in the next few decades was to make the Federation completely unified.
(End of this chapter)
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