Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1191 Kumano Mountain Road

Shangluo walked onto the mountain trail of Kumano. It is indeed a good place for sightseeing, and the good thing is that there is no one here.

The path up the mountain was lined with gravel steps, all covered with moss.

[This seems to be a typical pilgrimage site. There are infrastructures, but they are rarely used. The surrounding environment is indeed very suitable for sightseeing. If no one comes here, it means that the shogunate had strict control over the personal freedom of the people. Hey, why is there a street light in front? ]

Shangluo also saw it - or rather, it is easy to find once you enter the mountains. The infrastructure here is somewhat inexplicable. There are many street lamps in the wild mountains, but at least 10 or even 8 out of 7 are broken. There is no moss growing on the street lamps, but they are entangled by vines.

So how did they make their place look like the post-apocalypse?

Post-apocalyptic, the world after the cataclysm that destroyed the world. In such a world, human civilization collapsed not long ago, but the traces left by human civilization have not completely faded. The green grass covering the stone steps and the vines wrapped around the street lights always feel like all the living people on this island were killed by a nuclear bomb half an hour ago.

"After all, the Edo Shogunate was originally a closed-door government. Their closed-door policy not only blocked domestic communication, but also blocked cross-regional movement within the country."

[How did they complete industrialization under such circumstances? ]

"It's better to say that it's not impossible to carry out industrialization if everyone is confined to their own land. Because as long as the materials can flow, it doesn't matter whether people move or not. Using administrative means to force everyone to stay in place can solve the local employment problem - so they only carry out industrialization, not urbanization."

[Can serfdom be industrialized?! My brain is going to burn out.]

"Me too!" Victoria was also surprised. "If they could have built a slave factory, Rome's productivity would definitely not be what it is now."

"You probably don't know this." Shangluo explained as he climbed the stairs, "The Japanese have been a herbivorous people since ancient times. They just eat grass and don't have any other needs."

"No!" Victoria said in annoyance, "So Rome's failure was due to the wrong breed of slaves?"

[It's so sad! Why didn't Rome have a herbivorous people! ]

"Well, don't take it too seriously. You have to know that their industrialization has its limits. The shogunate can only guarantee the exchange of materials, but cannot control the industrial chains of each feudal state. Even the feudal lords have no way to control it, because they usually don't return to their own territories, but mostly stay in Edo Castle. This leads to the economy of each feudal state being relatively independent, and the level of development is also uneven. Compared with industrialization, this is more like a group of 'industrial tenants'."

You mean they are the opposite of agricultural workers—industrial tenant farmers?

"I think so. They probably just regard factories as another form of industry, alongside agriculture. The industrial products they make themselves are more like some kind of cash crops. They have neither the ability nor the motivation to lead their country towards comprehensive industrialization. You can see that before Xu Fu took over, their level of development was quite backward, on average an order of magnitude lower than North Korea." "Yes." Victoria felt relieved now, "Your North Korea is the one that has truly been industrialized, right?"

"As far as I know, North Korea has now become the 'Korean Industrial State', existing as a model tributary state to provide goods to Kinai. There are all kinds of goods, from Goryeo paper to tractors, from iron ore to non-ferrous metals. North Korea has been deeply embedded in Kinai's production system. The shogunate is only patching up the surface, and it is still a long way from truly enriching the country and strengthening the military - first of all, they have to unify."

But obviously, there is no such opportunity now. Neither Shangluo nor Ao Zang of the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea intends to let the shogunate continue to exist in its current state. Zhu Xianxun also mentioned before that he only cares about whether the "national system" can continue to exist and whether there are people who continue to worship the ancestral temples of the tributary states recognized by the empire. Apart from this, he does not care.

Under the rule of the shogunate, Japan has become a living puppet under the manipulation of Xu Fu. And it must be said that this puppet is quite unique. In many places, there are strange "post-apocalyptic" landscapes. If this place is studied as a landscape, it should have a +3 promoting effect on sociology - of course, this is a complete disaster for those who are in it.

For the butcher, butchering an ox is of course an elegant art full of life philosophy, referring to the "flow state" of research, with challenging tasks, clear goals, and timely feedback. His superb skills also match the task of "performing". But for the cow, it is dead, and its death must be recorded and exhibited without blind spots, and passed down for thousands of years. This is really a great tragedy.

Regarding the current situation in Japan, Shangluo can only "act according to the law". He plans to see what the Dragon King wants first, and then talk to him about how to use this place. If the Dragon King is more efficient in operating this place than the imperial court, he would not mind giving Japan as a "interest" to the Dragon Palace as a fiefdom under legal circumstances.

After all, after the war, it was his mission as the Heavenly Lord to give fiefs to the princes who participated in the war. As for how much to give at that time, he still had to talk to the Dragon Palace - anyway, the Dragon Palace would fulfill its feudal obligations while receiving the land, just like before.

As a vassal, Longgong responded to the king's call for loyalty surprisingly quickly. With such loyalty, Shangluo did not mind rewarding them for their loyalty so that they would be more active in fulfilling their duty to serve the king next time.

——However, if the imperial court also suffered losses here, then that would be a different story.

"Huh?" Suddenly, Shangluo noticed a dark shadow jumping on the bushes above his head.

"Did you see anything?" Shangluo asked everyone in the communication channel.

"Nothing." King Kong at the front immediately reported, "We have already reached the first check-in point. Nothing unusual was found. The werewolf next to him - oh, it was a werewolf, he didn't see anything either."

Schneider's typing speed is slower than a dog, so he lets the dog deliver messages on his behalf.

"I didn't see anything here either." Lu Huaiyang, who was a little behind, also replied, "We didn't seem to see anything strange. Shangluo, can you describe it in detail? What did you see?"

(End of this chapter)