Chapter 723 The Way to Chaos
Cuiyue Star Region, the planet where 'Cuiyu Flower Crown' lives.
In the white palace on the water, maids shuttled back and forth, standing quietly on both sides of the hall. They folded their hands, with pale white gauze around their eyes, wearing snow-white dresses with delicate vine patterns on the corners, like white roses about to bloom.
Soon, a woman with long golden hair, as if shrouded in a faint halo, walked in slowly. She sat in the middle seat, like the female pope in the classical legend, dignified and beautiful.
'White Rose Harp' Ewen Qilin, the closest singer to the Sunday level in the Federation, is now also the most powerful and influential singer in the Central Star Region.
Soon, people in different clothes walked in from outside the hall. Many of them were members of the Federation Central Council, and many were representatives of various companies and forces.
After entering the hall, they sat down according to the fan-shaped seats, and then the discussion meeting began.
The purpose of this meeting is mainly to solve the development policy of the Central Star Region in the next ten years, to reconcile the interests of all parties, and to clearly define the boundaries of various factions.
Because the rise of the 'Emerald Dragon' organization has threatened many traditional forces in the Central Star Region, many people have begun to worry about the future of the Central Star Region this year, which finally led to this discussion.
Unlike those meetings that are announced to the public, this meeting is more private. After all, some things cannot be directly discussed.
After the meeting began, a series of light curtains like mist rose up, isolating the entire venue from the outside world. A light white mist also enveloped the interior of the venue. These white mists would interfere with photographic equipment and sound recording devices. The voice transmission of the venue will be completed by the singers present. After practicing special sequence job introductions, they can directly transmit voices in everyone's consciousness and mind like the singers. At the same time, the entire meeting is led by Ewen Qilin, who is also an important witness to maintain the fair execution of the future division of interests.
Song girls are an important ballast stone of the Federation, because it is difficult to use traditional laws and morals to restrain each other among the top power groups. Even if contracts and agreements are signed, if no one can maintain fair execution, they are just a piece of waste paper. The difficulty in building trust will lead to great conflicts and make many cooperations impossible to achieve.
If there is a song girl above the Sunday level sitting in the center of the Federation, her deterrent power and spiritual faith guidance to everyone will bring great stability to the Federation, which is also the basis for many consensuses and cooperations.
"Since everyone is a little restrained, let me start first." A man in a gray suit stood up, and then his voice rang in everyone's mind.
"I'm a representative of the 'Huanzhishu Group'. This time I'll mainly talk about our ideas."
"It can be predicted that if the 'Emerald Dragon' is allowed to develop, they will use the construction of the Dragon Vein Project to gradually become a huge organization spanning dozens of star fields and easily uniting the entire southern star region."
"This will have two major consequences. First, the Federation Central's control over the southern star region will be greatly reduced. Many of our past investments and projects in the southern star region will definitely be slowly excluded by local group forces. Second, if the entire southern star region is unified and the construction of the dragon vein system makes the economy take off, they will become a place that many federal residents yearn for, and the economic status will spread to the cultural field. At that time, the aesthetics, luxury goods, preferred styles, cultural landscapes, etc. of the southern star region will gradually become the benchmark and weather vane of the federation, which will greatly hit us who were originally in a core position."
"These two major consequences will greatly affect our interests, and economic differences will also cause a de facto split within the federation. No matter what the reason is, we must do our best to prevent it."
"At present, our 'Huanzhishu Group' suggests that no matter what means are used, we should first obtain the technology from the 'Emerald Dragon'. Remember, no matter what means are used, we will carry out imitation research and development as quickly as possible after obtaining it, and build our own 'Dragon Vein' system. Of course, we can also not use this name, but name it the 'World Tree' system."
"As for being discovered or facing protests from the 'Emerald Dragon', it doesn't matter. In terms of legal litigation, we occupy the central star field. In the judicial field, we have many means to delay and hinder, and protests can be ignored, because the 'Emerald Dragon' has only been established for less than a year and is far from being able to confront us head-on."
"There is no need to talk about morality. As long as we become stronger in fact, any protests and condemnations can be thrown into the sewer."
His words were logically clear and his goals were clear, which immediately made many representatives agree. Although Ewen Qilin, who was sitting at the top, rejected this argument, she was not completely ignorant of greenhouse flowers. It was just that her personality made her unable to do many things.
After speaking, the man sat down, and the scene fell into silence for a while. At this time, many people did not speak, and were still thinking about the remarks just now.
A minute later, another woman stood up.
"Hello, everyone. I am the representative of 'Winter Dusk Moon'. Our group mainly produces military-related equipment." She introduced herself briefly.
"Since the end of the civil strife five years ago, the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet have suffered heavy losses and need a large number of new starships to replenish. In the past, the companies that produced various parts of starships were distributed in multiple star regions, among which the companies in the southern and eastern star regions were slightly more."
"I know that according to past practice, the orders will still be sent to the military enterprises in the central, southern and eastern star regions, but this time I have a different idea."
"Considering the possible crisis in the future, and in order to use this huge order to make our military industry develop better, I suggest that the orders allocated to the southern star region and the eastern star region be withdrawn and instead invested in the central star region and the northern star region." Her words triggered a heated discussion.
The military industry is a very sensitive field. Since Amyulalin unified the Federation again, a practice has been formed, that is, to try to spread military enterprises in different star regions instead of concentrating them.
Yes, concentration will bring higher production efficiency, but it is also very easy to form a military-industrial complex.
In the interstellar era, the decisive factor of war is no longer the quality of soldiers in the past era, but the military production capacity. It can be said that as long as these enterprises and factories exist, various resources and materials can be continuously converted into war strength.
It is a very sensitive behavior to gather military enterprises. If the representative's suggestion is followed, the military strength of the central star region of the Federation will be greatly improved in the next few decades. This will undoubtedly greatly enhance the voice and deterrence of the Federation Central, but the consequence is that such behavior will also greatly stimulate the factions in the southern and eastern star regions, bringing unknown effects.
If it were in the past, the prestige of the Federation Central was still alive, and no matter which star region the military enterprises were in, they could easily mobilize and recruit them. Since the signing of the agreement five years ago, the control of the Federation Central over the star regions and star regions in various places has been greatly reduced. At this time, the military enterprises in remote star regions are not completely controlled by the Federal Central Council.
Should they continue to maintain the past practices and watch the strength of the central star region where they are located decline, or take advantage of the fact that the strength of other regions has not yet taken shape, firmly grasp the bargaining chips, and use this to maintain the current strength and position? This choice is not difficult to think clearly, but it takes a lot of courage to make a decision. After all, they have to face the will left by Emuralin.
Although Emuralin has been dead for more than 400 years, her will still affects the current federation and has a high reputation among the people. It is a risky thing to rashly overturn the decision of that year.
During the discussion, many people looked at Ewen Qilin, who was sitting at the top. Many people hoped that this singing lady could withstand the pressure and complete this decision, so that they would not have to take risks.
Ewen Qilin was not unaware of everyone's thoughts, but such behavior was not in line with her philosophy. Besides, she was not a strong-willed person and could not do such a thing as withstanding pressure and going against public opinion. In the end, she just shook her head and remained silent.
Seeing that the singing lady did not join the decision, everyone had to give up temporarily and turned to in-depth and detailed discussions on how to get technology from the 'Emerald Dragon' as quickly as possible. It can be predicted that they will not care whether the means are legal or not, but will get everything they want from various channels and methods.
Faced with everyone's unanimous thoughts, Ewen Qilin could only respond silently at this time. She was not a strong-willed person and could not force these people to give up, sacrifice their own interests, and sit back and watch the rise of the southern star region.
If the singing lady must stand on the side of the interests of the Federation, but the question is who really represents the interests and future of the Federation now. This is already a rather vague and difficult issue to sort out. All factions and forces believe that they are right, and the singing ladies cannot completely go against the trend.
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The planet where the 'Harp Crown' lives.
A month has passed since she returned to the Shitied Family with Orles. During this month, Tilan often traveled with Orles, sometimes staying at the Shitied Family, and sometimes at her own mansion. In addition to taking care of Orles, she also gradually learned about the decisions of the various factions in the Central Star Region.
"It seems that they are not prepared to follow the same rules as before." Tilan put down the intelligence in her report.
"Yes, Your Highness." An intelligence officer bowed to her.
"According to our personnel in various factions, many top firms in the Central Star Region have received missions. They will send their elite operators to infiltrate the newly built factories in the Southern Star Region in various ways to obtain the technical information of the 'Emerald Dragon'."
"The headquarters, members, connections, and networks of these firms are all in the Central Star Region. They cannot refuse such missions under pressure from the upper level. Even if we issue a warning, they will not stop." He continued to add.
"It's a bit troublesome." Tilan rubbed her brows, feeling that the people in these offices were like mosquitoes and flies that were everywhere. In terms of direct combat power, they were definitely not as good as the army, but when it came to stealth, concealment, and spy methods, they were too rich.
The various production bases under the Emerald Dragon Organization had a large number of personnel, and she couldn't protect every person and every corner so perfectly. And things like technical data, as long as there is a loophole, it would be easy to leak.
"Have you prepared the confidentiality plan that we notified them before?" Tilan asked another member in front of her. He looked cold and wore intelligence glasses.
"It's already done. Now the production materials inside the Emerald Dragon are divided into five levels and 47,820 modules. Each module is not connected to each other, and the technicians in the base will focus on the module they are in, and have no way of knowing the overall picture. And the higher the confidentiality level of the module, the stronger the security and monitoring force we are equipped with." "
Is that so..." Tilan looked at the table and thought.
"Although we can strictly control the production end, it is probably difficult to supervise the construction of the dragon vein after it is laid. Those are huge projects spanning thousands of kilometers."
"That is to say, some information will be exposed sooner or later." Her fingers tapped the hem of her skirt on her knees, and her snow-white fingers poked out from the dark blue sleeves, with a bit of girlish cuteness.
"We can only try our best to delay this process and keep it secret for a while."
"But..." Tilan remembered something.
Some of the special materials needed are from 'gray dust crystals', which are the purification crystals she produced herself. Without these supports, it would not be easy for the forces in the central star region to find substitutes.
Tilan dare not guarantee that the other party will never find a substitute, but this necessary material will definitely block the other party's progress for a long time, and she must also make the strength of the southern star region as soon as possible during this period to avoid the result that the various factions in the central star region are desperate and directly launch a war to rob.
"In other words, military industrial enterprises are the key..." She murmured.
Today's military technology is not like the past era, where latecomers only need ten years to catch up. The difficulty of manufacturing starships is far greater than that of simple rifles and cannons. All aspects involved are the result of countless experiences and technologies. It is not something that can be imitated and developed from scratch.
How to convince, or how to make herself have bargaining chips to protect herself? It seems that she will have to visit those well-known military enterprises in the next few years.
She is not completely without foundation in this regard. Thanks to the foundation left by Arnansha in those years, even if she has stayed in the Lost Planet for several years, she can use these relationships to contact familiar people again.
I don't know how Arnansha sees herself now. She did not return to the central star field to preside over the overall situation, but established the "Emerald Dragon" in the southern star field. I am afraid that this predecessor is disappointed, because this is not conducive to the stability of the entire federation. Strong branches and weak trunks are the way to chaos.
But she also has her own ideas, because what she wants is not only to be a glue to maintain the integrity of the Federation, but also to be able to completely control the Federation from top to bottom, so that she can promote her unconventional and even drastic reform measures.
To do such a thing, she is definitely not enough alone, and she must have an extremely firm support base, and the establishment of the "Emerald Dragon" has become a must.
It can be predicted that as she approaches that goal step by step, many of the former singing girls will slowly stand on the opposite side, because what they want to maintain is the "Federation" in their minds, not the "Federation" that Tilan expects and envisions. The two have the same name, but the core is completely different.
Times have changed, teacher.
(End of this chapter)
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