Urban Sims

Chapter 525 Reaction of the Parties
The final form of the advanced stage of capitalism—capital imperialism?
Has Wancheng Kingdom developed to this extent?

Although Zhou Ming had expected it, he didn't expect it to come so soon.

After all, the establishment of Wancheng Kingdom was only 48 years old... less than 50 years old.

This has entered the point of force expansion and external grabbing of resources?
shook his head.

Wancheng Kingdom has not yet reached such a critical point.

Spiritual veins.

The insufficient supply of spiritual veins shared by the four major sects has become the driving force behind the war.

Compared with the vast and boundless land, spiritual veins are the most scarce and precious resource in this world.

Furthermore, due to the development model of Wancheng Kingdom's "cultivation for all people", no matter how much spiritual energy gushes out from the spiritual vein in Zhongyuanzhou, the supply will be in short supply.

In the current Wancheng Kingdom, the total number of immortals has exceeded [-].

Lingmai has long been overwhelmed.

The Juling Pagoda is also expensive to build, not every immortal is capable of building it.

How to do?
Looting can only be plundered externally.

It just so happens that Wancheng Kingdom also needs to protect and expand its own commercial interests...the two hit it off.

And Nanyuanzhou is more than double the area of ​​Zhongyuanzhou, with one large, three small and four spiritual veins, which can supply an incomparably abundant aura that is coveted.

The forces of all parties in Nanyuanzhou are scattered and weak, and they are not at the same level as Zhongyuanzhou.

For example, the privateer gangs in Nanyuanzhou may swarm up to the private caravans of Wancheng Kingdom, but if they face a large caravan escorted by Lingyuan warships, they will be like a plague god, and they dare not approach them.

To conquer Nanyuanzhou, send a fleet of [-] Lingyuan battleships, and equip about [-] Royal Air Armors to destroy Nanyuanzhou.

That being the case, why didn't you send a legion to destroy it a long time ago?

This is related to the strategy formulated by Zhou Ming in the previous life.

He hopes that Wancheng Kingdom can develop steadily for 50 years, improve its internal skills, accumulate strength, and not embark on the road of external expansion and militarism too early.

War, after all, will kill people, after all, it has huge destructive power.

Of course, war can also bring many benefits, but the premise is: there must be the strength to completely crush the rebels, and there is an irreparable generation gap in weapons and equipment.

Does the current Wancheng Kingdom have these two things?
Zhou Ming had no choice but to nod his head, ready.

At least for Nanyuanzhou in the south, these two points are fully met.

Domestic support for the war is also overwhelmingly high.

There are even city lords of many cities, ecstatically, asking for troops to contribute, eager to get a share of the war.

The expansion desire of the entire Wancheng Kingdom found a vent at once and burst out completely.

In response, Zhou Ming could only shake his head slightly.

Wan Chengguo is about to embark on the path of military expansion. He is not surprised at all, and he will not and cannot oppose it.

He was just worried that the Wancheng Congress would not go further and further down this road, until it hit his head badly and fell into a catastrophe.

There is no permanent winner in war.

No matter how advanced the weapon is, there will eventually be wise people who will find a way to deal with it.

He hoped that the top management of Wancheng Kingdom could grasp that speed well.

"Don't make a mess of the country I created, or I will get angry, and the consequences will be serious..."

Zhou Ming muttered to himself in the room. Behind him, a man in black bowed slightly and disappeared into the darkness.

……

War is about to break out.

Mu Feiyan from National Capital College sent a letter.

The words are quite helpless and eager.

Wan Chengguo is going to attack Nanyuanzhou. The "lack of land" hyped up by the media before is completely a pretense, and it is just an excuse.

The fundamental purpose is to open the way for foreign conquest and occupation.

Now the focus of discussion among hundreds of media in Wancheng Country is: after taking Nanyuanzhou, how will the newly added thousand cities, more than one billion people, and 20 miles of land be distributed?

Is it that there are thousands of cities in Wancheng Kingdom, and each city is allocated one?
Or is it based on the amount of money and effort each city contributes, and the population of the city in the occupied area is used as a reward?
The answer will obviously be the latter.

So now all over the Wancheng country, the controlling families in various cities are desperately looking for people to make connections, send money and gifts, hoping to contribute some strength in the war and then gain some benefits.

Not only are the families in control of the cities, but some wealthy businessmen are also eyeing the cities of Nanyuanzhou and want to get a piece of the pie, so they try their best to pull connections and squeeze money to join this feast.

In other words, join this almost guaranteed gamble.

So Mu Feiyan said in the letter: "Now all the cities want to conquer Nanyuanzhou, and they all want to get land and resources from Nanyuanzhou. My Mu family's land development is useless, and there is no future at all. My Mu family I have given up the development plan, and I am raising money everywhere, and I plan to send some people to Nanyuanzhou."

It is true that the land in Wancheng Kingdom is about to become scarce, but Nanyuanzhou with a radius of 20 miles is waiting for the big families. Putting a big cake there and developing land in the country is simply a stupid waste of money.

"Don't give up, it's better not to give up!"

"The land of Wancheng Kingdom is still of great value, and this value will continue to increase in the future."

"Continue to develop the miasma forest, don't waver, your Mu family's investment today will return at least ten times the return in the future!"

"Because the land developed by your Mu family is in Wancheng country, as long as it is in Wancheng country, it will be more valuable!"

In his reply, Zhou Ming advised the Mu family not to give up on pioneering, but to persevere.

Because no matter how much Wancheng Kingdom expands, no matter how much land it conquers, it is still not as good as the mainland. As the most prosperous "central island", as long as the population continues to grow at a high speed, the land here still has room for appreciation.

Just like housing prices, the housing prices in the city center are always higher than those in the suburbs, and the housing prices in big cities are always higher than those in third- and fourth-tier small cities.

No matter how abundant and cheap the land in backward areas is, it cannot compare with a small vegetable garden in developed countries.

Mu Feiyan nodded, feeling that what Zhou Ming said made sense.

It’s just that businessmen are generally short-sighted, and most of them don’t have the awareness of long-term investment. Even if they fully agree with what Zhou Ming said, the Mu family still gave up and continued to develop. in the feast.

Zhou Ming had nothing to say about this.

……

early december.

Zhou Ming received another letter.

The letter from his hometown was written to him by his father Bai Xutang.

The tone of the father's letter was very excited, it can be said to be cheering.

A formation consisting of 12 Lingyuan warships landed in Xuanqing City.

The state also allocated 5000 million lingcoins for the expansion of Xuanqing Chengbei Airport to facilitate the transportation of materials and personnel.

Next to the airport, a super-large material warehouse will also be built.

In addition, Xuan Qingcheng was also asked to prepare a batch of grain, oil, vegetables, beverages, and fuel for the crew of the fleet to consume...these supplies will be compensated at 1.5 times the market price.

And a similar Lingyuan fleet will gather ten in Xuanqing City in the future.

There will be more than [-] combatants of various types.

All kinds of materials must be transported at least one million tons.

Not bad.

Because it is the closest to Nanyuanzhou, Xuanqing City has become the frontline station of the expedition army selected by Wancheng Kingdom. After all the expedition forces are assembled in Xuanqingcheng, they will go out and sweep Nanyuanzhou.

No wonder his father Bai Xutang was so excited.

As the front-line city closest to the war, Xuanqing City is equivalent to a close participant in this war of conquest.

Huge opportunities have come to the door, and Xuan Qingcheng can reap huge benefits from doing a little bit.

How can you not be excited?
The current Xuanqing city is producing people and things, fully cooperating with the Wancheng Kingdom's expeditionary army, and meeting their various needs. Of course, they have also expressed their desire to join in and want to get a share of the pie.

This was rejected... Xuanqing City is a completely independent free city-state, not controlled by the state, and Wancheng Kingdom will not allow it to take a share of it, resulting in more than one free city-state.

So Bai Xutang asked in the letter: Do you want to join Wancheng Kingdom, become a city-state, and get the qualification to enter this feast?
It's just an inquiry, but Zhou Ming can see that all the members of the current family want to join the Wancheng Kingdom and enter the gluttonous feast of carving up Nanyuanzhou.

But in the reply, Zhou Ming suggested: there is no need to apply to join Wanchengguo.

Why?

The benefits of not joining Wancheng Kingdom may be even greater!

Because after Nanyuanzhou is swallowed by Wancheng Kingdom, the huge market of Nanyuanzhou will be completely integrated. In the future, the business exchanges between Wancheng Kingdom and Nanyuanzhou will grow explosively.

Xuanqing City is the closest to Nanyuanzhou, and it is the first choice for long-distance caravans to stop and rest.

If a free trade port is built in Xuanqing City, through tax-free or low-tax strategies to attract caravans to rest and stop, this will greatly promote the development of the local economy.

If you join the Wancheng Kingdom, the commercial port will be managed by the state, and most of the commercial tax will be taken away, so Xuan Qingcheng can only get a small amount of benefits.

As for the land, Xuanqing City, which is backed by the miasma forest, may lack land?

In the distance of Nanyuanzhou, the Bai family contributed money and effort, and even if they took down a few cities, they would lose control and disperse the power of the family in the future.

So consider it comprehensively: if you don't join Wancheng Kingdom, Xuan Qingcheng may benefit more.

After receiving Zhou Ming's reply, the Bai family thought about it and found it made sense. After thinking about it, they gave up their plan to join.

(End of this chapter)