Chapter 2502 War in the Gray Mire

In short, the most capable forces in the Human Empire now are the "New Royal Army" with the Deep Sea Fleet as the core, the Expeditionary Army that echoes the Thunder Fleet, and the core children of the four major elector families. The elite who would never give up the honor of the family would either stand still, have an ambiguous attitude, or be entangled with each other, restraining and scrupulous about each other, and would not be easily transferred to the periphery of the empire.

Therefore, the protagonists on the outer battlefields of the empire have become the second-rate fleets of the four major elector families, the fleets of vassal families, the emerging warlords and local snakes in the outer world, and the mercenaries, star thieves, assassins, and killers attracted by money. Wait, wait, all kinds of greedy mobs.

And these entangled, ulterior motives, and seemingly incoherent princes from all walks of life are not two camps with clear divisions and the same situation. The hundreds of great worlds are clearly divided into two camps. They all stand firm with each other and fight to the end. And things that only happen in the glare phantom.

The real civil war is a hundred times more complicated than novels, games and glare phantoms.

In order to defend their own monopoly interests, the four major elector families naturally want to wipe out the Myriad Worlds Business Alliance and the reformers. It is good, but the "four major families" are not four people, but countless living people with their own ideas who will be the first Individual composition that considers self-interest rather than familial interests.

The four major families have plundered immeasurable super benefits through power, but this benefit has never been evenly distributed to all family members. The benefits enjoyed between direct children and branch children, between low-ranking family members and high-ranking family members are Very different.

As the saying goes, "Don't worry about the few, but about the inequality", the unfair distribution of benefits is enough to fill the hearts of branch and low-level family members with resentment. Erase all their loyalty to the family.

Many members of the four major elector families have had unclear interest transfer relationships with the Myriad Realms Business Alliance in the past hundred years.

It can even be said that the Myriad Realms Business Alliance, a small and inconspicuous business organization in the past, can develop into what it is today, and it has the power to influence the political situation of the empire. Many people in the four major elector families have great "contributions" Woolen cloth!

Zuo Tianying, the former director of Blue Sky Market, once patted his chest when seducing Boss Bai, saying that even if Boss Bai wanted the latest warships from the four major families, the Wanjie Business Alliance would have a way to smuggle them in. This is not bragging.

Some members of the Wanjie Business Alliance and the four major families colluded internally and externally, and the internal thieves of the four major families got out the cutting-edge warships and fabricated a fictitious "Star Sea Storm", which caused the cutting-edge warships to "break their halberds and sink into the sand". The World Trade Union got a cutting-edge battleship, and the internal thieves of the four major families got high profits and the friendship of the Ten Thousand World Business Alliance. This profit and friendship can help the internal thieves greatly improve their strength and stand out in the cruel family competition—— It is simply a perfect "win-win".

Even cutting-edge battleships can be smuggled from the territory of the four major families to the territory of the Ten Thousand Worlds Business Alliance, not to mention other crystal armor, information, and resources.

Anyway, no matter how big the cake is made by the family, the children of the collateral branches will only get three melons and two dates. They and their children and grandchildren will not be able to be elected emperors in ten thousand years, so why are they so stubborn?

Besides, it's not telling them to betray the family, but to pick a few small fruits from a family with big trees and deep roots. What does it matter? Could it be that the majestic four major elector families collapsed suddenly because of the loss of a small cutting-edge warship, or leaked a few unimportant information? Hahahaha, impossible, absolutely impossible!

——This is the general mentality of the offshoots of the four major elector families.

Even some of the disciples of the main line who are depressed and unsuccessful think so.

Although their status in the family is low, they are superior in that they have a large number of people, and firmly control most of the lower-level, but highly transactional and practical jobs, which can be called the cornerstone of the family.

The treacherous and cunning black-hearted merchants of the Wanjie Business Alliance are best at wooing and corrupting noble children. In the past hundred years, they have released various methods and won the favor of many people from the four major families. They have formed a force that cannot be underestimated. The "cornerstones" are eroded and riddled with holes.

Now, among the bottom of the four major elector families, there is even such a strange saying that the actions of the Myriad Realms Business Alliance and the Reform Faction actually force the top of the four major families to see the power of the bottom, which will prompt the top to send more The benefits are distributed to the bottom, so the bigger the Myriad Realms Business Alliance is, the more beneficial it is to the collateral branches of the four major families.

This can be regarded as another form of "raising the bandits' self-respect", right?

This is one side of the coin.

On the other side of the coin, the Wanjie Business Alliance is also not a person with a unified stand, firm will, and would rather die than surrender, but is composed of countless individuals who are greedy for life and afraid of death, greedy for profit, and have almost no bones.

Businessmen are the most daring and willful guys in the world. For 300% profit, they dare not hesitate to wave their sabers at Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi.

But at the same time, businessmen are the weakest and most fickle guys. As long as Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi or the four major electors can afford 301% of the price, such as using a certain franchise to lure them, the businessman will be blindfolded. In the blink of an eye, parents and fathers are sold out.

Perhaps, a far-sighted and clear-headed business leader like Jin Yuyan would understand the consequences of seeking skin from a tiger, but the vast majority of members of the Wanjie Business Alliance can hardly resist the temptation of immediate benefits.

Therefore, the four major elector families also planted many dark sons in the Ten Thousand Realms Business Alliance, and obtained the secret allegiance of countless members of the Business Alliance.

In a word, the four major families and the Ten Thousand Worlds Business Alliance are not two camps with clear black and white, but actually a chaotic and ambiguous gray. Everyone is willing to fall into this huge gray quagmire for the sake of profit. Just a difference in gray.

A member of the four major families, like Yongchun Hou Li Wuji, has a fatal handle in the hands of the Ten Thousand Realms Business Alliance, and has to make a compromise to help the Ten Thousand Realms Business Alliance.

But at the same time, he may be entrusted by the family with a heavy responsibility to seduce and coerce some members of the business alliance, and he really got a secret letter of loyalty from the members of the business alliance to the elector.

And these members of the business alliance who wrote letters to secretly pledge their allegiance to the emperor may also be actively wooing the children of the other four major families, dragging them into the water, and engaging in various shady and dirty activities for various interests .

Regardless of whether the children of the four major families or the members of the business alliance, when driving a starship outside, when encountering weak enemies, passers-by or even friends, they may change their faces in an instant, play the role of a star thief, and eat the other party up to the bone.

This is the absurd and chaotic war that is taking place on the outskirts of the empire.

Of course, all the messy ones who have small calculations for their own interests, without any loyalty and credibility, will eventually sort out the clues in the chaotic vortex and find the ultimate weathervane—that is, the Seven Seas. The result of the battle for the market.

When the battle of the Qihai Great Market is settled, no matter the children of the four major families or the members of the Ten Thousand Worlds Business Alliance, they will instantly understand the role they should play.

In fact, these selfish cultivators have only played two roles from the beginning.

Either a winner or a follower of a winner.

On that day, the loser will deeply experience the feeling of being defeated like a mountain and a huge monster collapse.

In the practice field in the blue sky market, Li Wuji honestly told everything he knew.

Not only did he perfectly complete the tasks assigned by Li Yao and Boss Bai, he even secretly contacted some people in the four major families who had ulterior motives or who had a clue in his hands, compiled a list, and encouraged Li Yao and Boss Bai to also do the same. Fight over and pull into the water together.

Human psychology is so strange. Of course it is a very shameful thing to eat shit by yourself, but if you can drag more people into the water, no, it is a septic tank, and even let those who are higher than you taste it. The same taste, it doesn't seem so unbearable.

At that time, being the first to eat shit will even become something worth boasting about!

Of course, Li Yao and Boss Bai accepted all of Li Wuji's "good intentions".

"Master Hou, if our business can succeed, you will be credited with being number one in Tianzi!"

Li Yao patted Li Wuji's shoulder with a smile.

Since Boss Bai is playing a white face, he can only play a red face, to let Li Wuji see hope, "You are now a mere third-class prince, so what is this? In the future, your future is still bright!"

Li Wuji didn't necessarily believe Li Yao's words, but he had to put on a "flattered" look, and didn't even dare to wipe the shoulder that Li Yao had patted with silk. After hesitating for a long time, he still had the courage to ask: " Li Daoyou, but I don't know... what is 'our cause', Xiao Hou, Xiao Hou is really confused!"

"It doesn't matter what our cause is. Does it matter whether we are on the side of the four major families or on the side of the Myriad Worlds Business Alliance?"

Li Yao waved his hand, "The important thing is that we now have such a powerful fleet. This is the foundation of our existence, the biggest capital of our prosperity and wealth and our ability to cross the sea of ​​stars! With this capital, no matter the four major families Whether it is the Wanjie Business Alliance or any other forces, they have to take a high look at us, right?

"Naturally, regardless of our business or your status, the current fleet size alone is far from enough. Only by further expanding and strengthening yourself in the battle of the Seven Seas Market can your status rise and the future will be more secure. , to change from a third-class marquis to a second-class marquis, from a second-class marquis to a first-class marquis, and even... an emperor elect!"

Li Wuji's eyes widened, and a "gurgling" sound came out of his throat: "This..."

"Believe me."

Li Yao looked into Li Wuji's eyes, and his voice sounded like a devil's voice, "I, 'Vulture Li Yao', is a superpower known to everyone in the empire. I have my status and dignity here, and I have always stood with integrity. How could it be possible? Lie to you? Help us with your heart, maybe the battle of the Seven Seas Market is over, and our fleet will expand three to five times in size, and we can form a squadron under your command. It can be regarded as returning the fleet to you, and it is guaranteed to be bigger than the original one. The fleet is stronger, don't worry, don't worry, just don't worry!"