Urban Sims

Chapter 457 The Next Goal

"You did a good job. From now on, I will leave all the affairs of Chixing Mountain to Shen Quan."

After learning that Chixingshan was persuaded by Shen Quan and agreed to join Wancheng Kingdom, Zhou Ming nodded, very satisfied.

That boy Shen Quan has his own true biography in many aspects, and Zhou Ming has always been very reassuring about him.

Zhou Ming also looked at the general process of the negotiation in the telegram, and as expected, it was not much different from what he thought.

Students studying abroad are the biggest point of controversy and conflict.

Any sect that joins the Wancheng Kingdom will definitely resist and oppose the overseas students who are sent up the mountain to occupy their own spiritual cave.

After all, this kind of disciples have nothing to do with the sect. Those who do not belong to the sect usually leave after a few years, which will not bring much benefit to the sect.

So it's perfectly normal not to be welcome.

However, Wan Chengguo insisted on sending these students up the mountain, and there was no other way?
of course not.

With the current financial resources of the Wancheng Kingdom, it is not a big problem to build the Juling Pagoda to meet the aura needs of all students. The 11 practice academies in the world have also built the Juling Pagoda.

In the past 20 years, 22 students also broke through in Juling Pagoda and successfully became immortals.

However, the environment in the Juling Pagoda is closed and dark, and there are thousands of students practicing together. It is very noisy and crowded, with a lot of interference, and the environment is quite bad.

In this environment, many students find it difficult to practice with peace of mind.

For a considerable number of students, the so-called "breakthrough" sometimes requires an absolutely quiet and comfortable environment, isolating all noise and interference.

It is best to have fresh and sweet air and pleasing scenery.

Going to Xianshan Zongmen to study abroad has become a better choice.

This is also one of the most important cooperation projects among the sects that joined Wancheng Kingdom.

Then someone would ask, why didn't Zhou Ming destroy a few sects, occupy a few fairy mountains for the students to use for breakthroughs, why do they cooperate, make it so troublesome, and give so many subsidies.

I have occupied all the fairy mountains, and I can use it as I want, and I can develop it as I want.

Wouldn't it be nice to save a lot of money?
Having said that, Zhou Ming still intentionally kept those traditional sects and did not destroy them.

why?
Fear of creating a new privileged class.

Students in various practice colleges, those who have achieved outstanding achievements, after cultivating into immortals, are powerful in force, and they are very independent. They are not restrained and controlled by any force. Wan Chengguo has no ability to enforce restraint on them, but can only guide them.

How about these free "immortals", if they stay in the aura-rich fairy mountain for a long time, they form a group and condense into a force. Once they have a terrible idea, these "humanoid nuclear bombs" will cause huge damage Who can stop and match?
And any team or group has roles such as "careerist" and "conspirator".

I can only think of ways to "separate" them.

Moreover, many industrial factories in the mortal world also need the participation of high-strength monks and even immortals to achieve better development. It is also a waste of resources to stay in various fairy mountains for a long time.

Let me give you the simplest example: An immortal wants to build a "Spirit Gathering Pagoda" worth one billion spiritual coins in the mortal world. If he wants to save this money, he must create a value exceeding one billion spiritual coins... ...the economy of the mortal world has become active.

Therefore, the most fundamental purpose of Wancheng Kingdom's "sending system for studying abroad students" is for the interests of ordinary people.

From this point of view, Wancheng Kingdom indeed has requests from various franchise sects, requiring them to accept Wancheng Kingdom's "students studying abroad" and pay a certain amount of subsidies.

Of course, accepting the various sects of "students studying abroad" can also reap huge benefits. After passing the defense, every reader will benefit after being stored in the library.

The various sects have also greatly expanded their knowledge and skill reserves.

Most of the students studying abroad will continue to create their value after returning to the mortal world.

Kill multiple birds with one stone and eliminate hidden dangers.

Of course, taking Chixing Mountain and increasing the number of joining sects to two is not enough, it has not yet reached his number requirement.

Zhou Ming's gaze was aimed at the next target——

Guanglei Mountain!
He is going to take Guanglei Mountain as well, forcing it to join Wancheng Kingdom and become the third sect to join.

but……

Guanglei Mountain is not easy to deal with.

The strength is very strong.

They have 3 ancestors in the trance period.

There were 109 immortals in the Gudan period.

There are more than 5000 elite disciples.

There are more than [-] outer disciples of the nature of miscellaneous fish.

There are 91 affiliated cities in the world.

And with the mandatory requirement of training one hundred thousand elite soldiers in each mortal city, a huge army of nearly ten million people was formed.

Its comprehensive strength is even stronger than Chixing Mountain in its heyday.

Among the four major sects, Guanglei Mountain is the most well-deserved number one.

And in the past 30 to [-] years, in dozens of small and medium conflicts with Wancheng Kingdom (and the predecessor of the Hundred Cities Alliance), Guangleishan, who suffered many big losses (but did not damage the root), quickly adjusted its response strategy and decided to No more provoking Wancheng Kingdom, and all the spearheads of expansion are aimed at Qingyun Mountain.

Under the harassment year after year, Qingyun Mountain suffered unspeakably, and the mortal cities and mines fell one after another, and seemed to be swallowed up.

Annexing Qingyun Mountain, strengthening its own strength, and resisting the rising Wancheng Kingdom in the east is the strategy that Guanglei Mountain has been firmly implementing these years.

Moreover, Guanglei Mountain already has a gene of expansion in its bones, which makes them uneasy about the status quo.

When encountering a crisis, they also have a certain ability to accept new things and have the courage to carry out certain reforms.

Especially after seeing the strength of Wancheng Kingdom growing at the speed of light, and under the great sense of crisis, Guanglei Mountain also introduced the "academic school" disciple training model and sent immortals to steal the Lingyuan Spear , Lingyuan Cannon was imitated to prevent lagging behind and being beaten.

Investing in scientific research forces to tackle key problems has made the output of Guanglei Mountain Lingyuan guns very impressive, and their power should not be underestimated.

In addition to the Lingyuan battleship, Wancheng Kingdom can exert a strong deterrent to Guanglei Mountain. In other respects, Guanglei Mountain is not afraid at all.

It can be foreseen that it will be an extremely difficult task to win Guanglei Mountain.

These days, Zhou Ming also held discussions with intelligence officers, staff officers, and military representatives in the secret conference room all day long, discussing how to make Guang Leishan surrender and agree to join Wancheng Kingdom.

"Head of the country, we have dealt with Guanglei Mountain many times over the years. They have no intention of being equal to ordinary people. Instead, they have increased intelligence penetration, which is very defensive against our Wancheng Kingdom."

"More than that, Guanglei Mountain has also increased its control over the mortal cities in recent years, integrated mortal forces, and vigorously rejected the economic community and trade route plan of our Wancheng Kingdom, resulting in our country's economic influence, which is very important in the Guanglei Mountain world. Weak, it can be said that it has reached the level of a tight seal."

"In terms of military affairs, Guanglei Mountain has not stopped preparing for a day in these years. Not only has an army of over ten million people been formed in the mortal world, Guanglei Mountain is also preparing every day and has never slackened."

"In addition, they also adopted a cannibalization strategy to continuously suppress Qingyun Mountain in the west. It seems that they have plans to swallow Qingyun Mountain and strengthen their own strength."

"All kinds of actions make it clear that Guanglei Mountain just wants to fight against my Wancheng Kingdom, and just doesn't intend to give in!"

In the face of such a stubborn opponent, except for force, other means are unlikely to make him succumb.

"Let's fight! The head of the country, with the strength of my Wancheng country, it is not difficult to destroy Guanglei Mountain. As long as Guanglei Mountain is destroyed, its city, population, and resources can be seized. Double the expansion!" A staff officer said excitedly.

"It can be fought. My Wancheng Kingdom has a strong army, but it has enjoyed decades of peace. Except for the battle of Dongyuanzhou, I have never participated in any major battles. Although the soldiers are still elite, they will relax sooner or later. I don't know what to do. War, some actual combat, can play a significant role in tempering."

An old general also said that he advocated using a war to hone the combat skills and war awareness of soldiers.

After all, long-term peace will wear down the combat effectiveness of an army.

Therefore, from Guanglei Mountain's hostile and defensive attitude towards Wancheng Kingdom, the temptation of various resources in Guanglei Mountain's territory, and the consideration of tempering the army's combat power...

Conquering Guanglei Mountain by force is indeed the best choice.

In the conference room, the vast majority of the participants are supporters of "conquest by force".

but……

Zhou Ming had a different idea.

He didn't really want to use force to conquer Guanglei Mountain.

why?
Conquest by force, to put it in a bad way, means aggression and plunder.

Aggression is tantamount to injustice.

If there is no sufficient reason and excuse to launch a war or aggression, there will be stubborn resistance and losses.

Of course, it is natural for the weak to prey on the strong. It is a natural law for the strong to annex the weak, and it is not equated with the so-called "aggression". You are weak, and that is the reason for me to conquer you... This point of view can be completely convinced and eliminated. psychological burden.

But Zhou Ming's concerns are not limited to this one.

The biggest problem is: after the conquest, how to eliminate potential hidden dangers, disintegrate the resistance forces that do not give up, and reduce the cost of maintaining the rule, do not have to worry about headaches.

Conquering the world is easy, but governing the world is difficult.

Brutal conquest by force is absolutely not advisable...even if it is possible to achieve strict military discipline and not take the common people every needle.

Also, in the injection mode, the first native character "Ye Kong" bound to the system is now the elder of Guanglei Mountain, with a high status, and quite prestigious in Guanglei Mountain, and Ye Kong is also grateful for Guanglei Mountain , very loyal.

If Guanglei Mountain is conquered by force, Ye Kong, if he stands in the way, will he also be killed?
On the psychological level, Zhou Ming hasn't destroyed his thoughts... He has been Ye Kong's "grandfather" for more than 60 years.

So under all kinds of concerns, conquering by force, Zhou Ming really didn't want to list it as the first and only way to deal with Guanglei Mountain.

so what should I do now?
Is there any way to take down Guanglei Mountain in a more peaceful way?
(End of this chapter)