Chapter 269: Finding a Different Way

Lu Yao raised the [Wishing Star].

The impact of the new era on everyone can be truly reflected through this prop.

The blue sun hangs in the sky, and the pixelated people on the ground seize the opportunity to make wishes.

In the Wishing Star, Isabel categorized the wishes and vows.

Lu Yao clicked to view.

There are two largest wishing stars, which are comparable in size and brightness, representing the oldest impulses of most life: survival and reproduction.

However, under the process of civilization, these two desires have derived many branches.

For example, survival includes health, safety, food, and shelter, and reproduction includes love, marriage, and childbirth.

In addition to these two general stars, there are two small secondary stars with slightly weaker brightness.

The first wish is opportunity.

Many people, including many extraordinary people, are praying, hoping to get more opportunities.

"I'm going to the north this year, hoping to find a job with a higher salary in Dragon's Nest, or in Wuda City and Crystal City."

"God, the farmland has been flooded several times in the past two years. I hope the crops can have a good harvest this year. Let me find some large quantities of wheat seeds so that there will be a bumper harvest next year."

"There are too many scholars in Yaocheng. I graduated from the seminary this year and can't enter the Temple of God. I can only try my luck in Yancheng next door. I hope that the engineering college there still needs scholars. Please, please, wishing star, please give me some good luck."

"The steamship is about to set sail. I hope I can find some new products in the east this time and revive. Otherwise, the debt problem is really... I can only run away to the southern elf village to hide."

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Through their descriptions of wishes, Lu Yao learned that in the cities headed by Shuangcheng, competition in various industries has become extremely fierce. Whether scholars, craftsmen or merchants, they are all involved.

The emergence of sophisticated devices headed by fire steam furnaces has further accelerated this process.

The strong get stronger, and the weak get weaker.

Many people left the Twin Cities one after another and rushed to the new Twin Cities in the north (i.e. Crystal City and Wuda City). In comparison, the population there is still small, and there is a big gap in manpower in various industries.

Especially in Wuda City, after the Wuji people took control of the almighty stone mine, they suddenly became synonymous with the rich.

The whole city changed rapidly.

Wuda City, which used to be like a series of mountains, has erected high walls and paved crisscrossing wide streets. Each ground arch has been carefully transformed by architects and engineers, turning it into a magnificent castle like a mountain.

Based on the ingenious transformation of the ground arch, it not only retains the ancient traditions of the Wuji people in the past, but also shows a gorgeous and magnificent new era.

This is the charm of not counting costs.

Wuda City is a leading mining city and the mining and smelting center of the world. Almost all the first batch of people who migrated to Wuda City made a lot of money.

Going further north, you will arrive at Crystal City.

Unlike the dusty Wuda City, Crystal City is a more livable comprehensive city.

The city is shaded by green trees, the Ghost Academy has a strong academic atmosphere, and the ancient capital of the old empire has regained its vitality under the leadership of the White God.

Eighty percent of the glass products on the market come from Crystal City. Even though the profit of glass has dropped a lot now, it is still a well-developed industry in the local area. The city uses a lot of colored glass to make windows and doors, which appear colorful in the sun.

It must be mentioned that it is the iconic rose of Crystal City.

This is also the first city to plant roses on a large scale in the city.

The gentle green roses not only beautify and protect the city, but also expand the city's safety range to the outer plantations and farmlands. The warning white roses can immediately detect locust attacks or various dangers... Roses make the city bright and vibrant.

Because of the colorful glass and roses of various colors, Crystal City is also called the "Brilliant City".

The development speed of the two northern cities has exceeded Lu Yao's expectations.

Both gods have really changed the backward appearance of the local area in the past.

Lu Yao looked at another star.

This one is called confusion.

The advent of the steam era has made many people a little lost.

The epoch-making steam furnace is gradually replacing the position of skilled workers in the past, especially the manual laborers, who feel particularly at a loss.

They are physically demanding, but with the steam furnace, a considerable part of the heavy manual work, such as dock handling, stone excavation, and wood felling, may be completed by rudders and rudder shafts. They don't know how to go in the future.

Manual workers usually work silently and contribute to many industries. They are the silent majority. Only in the wishing star can their voices be heard.

Lu Yao understands their worries and hesitations.

When new things appear, the unknown will make people subconsciously afraid, and instinctive conservatism will dominate people's conscious position.

But no matter what kind of new tools are born, people are always needed to operate them. Tools are auxiliary, not dominant.

Lu Yao ordered the apostles: Let the cities headed by Shuangcheng do a good job in related publicity and popular science work, and tell everyone that steam furnaces are not competitors, but assistants. We should encourage people to learn new things, let most people participate in the process of the Fire Age, and give full play to the power of the broad masses of working people.

Only by gathering the wisdom of more people can we create more inventions.

The information collection of the Wishing Star made Lu Yao realize a problem.

As the times continue to change, the powerful in the past may decline immediately, and the laggards in the past may become new leaders. This is the law of natural cycles.

The Crystal City and the backward Wuda City, which were once ruins, have now become the darlings of the new era.

How to reduce the laggards is a huge test.

Lu Yao's current experience is to make subsidies and make an investment for the future.

Make up for the shortcomings.

Crystal City and Wuda City are successful cases.

Now, he has set his sights on the martial monks.

The martial monks who once gave humans confidence and encouragement have become unpopular and declining in the era of fire and steam. It is not only a pity to let the extreme martial monks decline, but also a kind of talent loss.

Lu Yao thought about it and came up with an idea.

Under the impact of the strong armored warriors in the version, the martial monks seem a little useless, so why not give them a place to display their talents?

Lu Yao recruited Isabel and Slymode and revealed his overall plan.

After hearing this, Slymode said: "Your Excellency's wisdom really makes me admire you. I can only think of one word, wonderful. There will never be a better way than this."

Lu Yao issued a warning to him.

It's okay to flatter, but be careful to restrain yourself.

"Your Excellency is so pragmatic, it's really lucky for all believers. I am ashamed."

This scale is not bad.

Lu Yao thinks it's acceptable.

Isabel said: "Your Excellency, the "Martial Arts Conference" you held is held in Yunzhong Temple, so the participants are all martial monks. Can you invite other extraordinary people to participate?"

Lu Yao thought about it and decided to be conservative for the first session to see how the effect is. Later, it can be gradually opened up to increase the audience.

Slymode also said: "My Excellency, I think such a grand event needs to be promoted in every city to encourage martial monks. The rewards after the event should also be vigorously promoted, and the effect will be better."

Lu Yao agreed.

He plans to hold a martial arts conference every five years in Yunzhong Temple, which is tentatively limited to martial monks. All martial monks of LV20 and above are invited to participate. Weapons and equipment are prohibited, and the competition is based on pure physical ability.

The final winner will not only gain the power of the gods, but also have the opportunity to change his job to "Sand Walker".

This is just the beginning.

Later, Lu Yao also plans to connect the Sand Walker with the [Ghost Realm] to provide a complete channel for ascension and further study.

However, this follow-up involves other kingdoms of God, so he must be extra cautious.

Lu Yao repeatedly asked Slymode for his opinion.

This person has been a master of the title gods and is very familiar with the ecology of the gods.

What he said is not necessarily correct, but if he says there is a problem, it is mostly pertinent.

Slymod said: "My Lord God, you don't have to worry about this."

"The ecology of the crawling zone is that the gods fight each other, but there is order in the area with title gods, and they are the center of order."

"The gods are in awe and respect for the title gods, because for the gods, nothing is more important than continuing the kingdom of God."

"The mere appearance of your believers is enough to shock the two gods."

"In the eyes of the title gods, the gods are more like trees and stones drifting in the crawling zone. Only those with value are qualified to be taken away by the title gods. Usually, they either have immediate combat power or special abilities, or have good growth potential."

"Otherwise, they are just talking trees, and they will be cut down and used as wood when needed."

"It's just that the title gods will consider whether the consumption and gains of cutting down most trees are worth it, that's all."

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