Chapter 992 Uproar
Faced with this sudden artillery bombardment, the merchant ships of the Yue Kingdom were unprepared. Amidst the roar, three of the merchant ships of the Yue Kingdom were blown up and sank immediately, and the rest were all shot and began to capsize on the sea.
Everyone was stunned and didn't know what was going on.
However, the merchants and sailors of Yue State frantically escaped from the ship, but they didn't know where to go for a while. The surrounding ships did not dare to pick up people, and most of the merchants and sailors of the Yue Kingdom quickly exhausted and fell to the sea. Countless sea tribes on the sea have gone crazy for a long time, and in a short while, only a few people from the Yue Kingdom escaped, and most of them were buried in the sea. Including those ships.
Since then, merchant ships from the Yue country have appeared continuously, and some merchant ships from the Yue country even wanted to go around, but they were all spotted by the plane and then sunk by the plane.
For a moment, the sea that had been calm for a long time was filled with flames. Many people who saw the brand-new war for the first time were stunned; especially when they watched the warships of the Shang Dynasty ruthlessly sinking the merchant ships from the Vietnamese country one after another, many people trembled a little, and felt empathy. .
In the rear, the huge fleet of the Yue Kingdom that had just left the port also received news from the front.
The admiral of Yue State, who was in charge of this fleet, changed his complexion drastically. As soon as I decided to support the Five Elements God Court, the Shang Dynasty responded. However, Yue Quxin quickly put these useless information to the back of his mind, and now the most urgent task is how to face the current predicament.
The Shang Dynasty's southward fleet suddenly sent out an aircraft carrier formation to intercept it, and this aircraft carrier formation was not far from the southern coastline of the Yue Kingdom. In addition, the Shang Dynasty still had aircraft patrolling, making it difficult for the Yue Kingdom's fleet to hide.
Yue Quxin immediately contacted the Emperor of Yue to inquire about the situation, and the fleet, of course, temporarily stopped advancing.
But it didn't take long for Yue Quxin to receive an order from the emperor: "The Shang Dynasty may not be so terrible. Since the Shang Dynasty did not declare war, our country of Yue is not weak. Fight!
Fight head-on once to see how strong the fleet of the Shang Dynasty is! "
After developing for so long, the emperor of Yue actually had an ambition deep in his heart, that is, he wanted to test how strong the Shang Dynasty was. The reason why the emperor of the Yue Kingdom agreed to the union of the five elements and the spirit world this time was that there was a different kind of excitement and eagerness deep in his heart-wrestling with the Shang Dynasty!
Right now, the Shang Dynasty took the initiative to intercept it, and the first thought of the Emperor of Yue was—to fight! I want to see how strong this Shang Dynasty is!
The current state of Yue is more than 30,000 miles wide, even larger than the area of the Shang Dynasty. In the past, it was even more invincible, with a large number of elite legions accumulated in the country, industrial technology and other unprecedented prosperity. Therefore, Yue Guo did not want to continue to be a younger brother. Now, he finally found an excuse to fight the Shang Dynasty.
Music Xin took a deep breath, and with an order, the fleet continued to head south. However, the transport ships followed temporarily, and the warships sailed fast ahead.
This time, Yue State prepared more than 200 warships. Long before departure, the Yue Kingdom had thought that the Five Elements Spirit Realm and the Five Elements God Court were in the center of Haozhou, and the Yue Kingdom would have to go to war if they wanted to send supplies to the Five Elements God Court. Therefore, the fleet is huge, and there are many armies above it.
More than 200 warships of the Yue State formed an arrow shape and headed southward in a mighty manner, heading straight for the aircraft carrier formation of the Shang Dynasty. Many merchant ships and masters from other countries around me immediately became interested. Yingzhou Dongfang, now recognized as the No. 1 power and the No. 2 power, is about to fight!
Not to mention the human race, even in the ocean, there are quite a few sea races poking their heads. You must know that in every naval battle, a large number of warships will sink, and these sunken warships are the best "residence" of the sea clan, and they are very popular in the sea.
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At this time, Jian Wuyun, a master of the Five Elements Spirit Realm and a member of the Jinling Clan, finally arrived at Qingyun Country. Today's Qingyun Kingdom is a bit too strong.
Originally, Qingyun Kingdom had a radius of 8,000 li, and it was a tyrannical country for a while. Later, the Shang Dynasty penetrated the main artery, and Qingyun State was in the center of the Shang Dynasty and Zhao State, and gained huge benefits. As for the Lingyun faction in Qingyun Kingdom, many masters joined the Shang Dynasty, which also brought great convenience to Qingyun Kingdom.
Today, the technical level of Qingyun country is second only to Yue country, and is on par with Zhao country. And Qingyun Kingdom is not in the middle of Yingzhou, and there are almost no opponents around, so it can be said to be expanding very rapidly.
The current Qingyun Country is about 50,000 miles wide, and the distance between the south and Xiang Country is only 10,000 miles. The small country sandwiched between the two countries is trembling.
In the north and northwest, it borders Yuanshan Union; in the west, it faces Zhao State; in the southwest, it faces Wei State. The distance between the East and the Shang Dynasty is no longer unreachable, and the distance between the two is less than one hundred thousand miles.
One hundred thousand miles sounds like a long distance; however, for the current Shang Dynasty and Qingyun Kingdom, this is already a relatively dangerous distance.
You know, the war situation has changed now. Due to the advancement of technology, resources have increased rapidly, and masters have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. In addition, aircraft and missiles, etc., make the world smaller and smaller.
The development of the Shang Dynasty is getting faster and faster, and the development of countries such as Qingyun Kingdom is also accelerating. The land of Yingzhou is no longer as vast as it used to be, it seems to be shrinking constantly.
And there is another important thing here in Qingyun Kingdom-the main artery of the Zhao Kingdom in the Shang Dynasty. If Qingyun Kingdom can cut off this main artery, it will greatly weaken the luck of the Shang Dynasty.
Don't underestimate this main artery, it is this main artery that allowed the Shang Dynasty to extend its tentacles to the middle and heart of Yingzhou, and plundered a lot of luck from the land of Yingzhou. If this main artery can be cut off, the Shang Dynasty will lose at least 10% of its luck.
Now, Qingyun Kingdom has embarked on its own development path, and no longer needs the support of the Shang Dynasty! Even guard against the Shang Dynasty. Therefore, Qingyun Kingdom has enough reasons to cut off this main artery; what is lacking now is courage!
And Jian Wuyun's arrival was to provide Qingyun Kingdom with this courage.
The arrival of Jian Wuyun was warmly welcomed by Qingyun Kingdom. In fact, just like the Yue Kingdom, before Jian Wuyun arrived, the envoys from the Five Elements Spiritual World had already come to blow the news; and Jian Wuyun's arrival brought even more good news.
It didn't take long for the two parties to discuss a temporary cooperation agreement—not a covenant, but an agreement. But this agreement is enough. So far, several superpowers around the Shang Dynasty have all been alienated from the Shang Dynasty.
Then Qingyun Kingdom and other countries stepped forward to find the surrounding countries to discuss - also coercion and temptation, reasoning and so on. Especially between the Qingyun Kingdom and the Shang Dynasty, there are still many countries. These countries more or less have sufficient industrial foundations and have formed a certain climate, but they are not as powerful as Qingyun Kingdom and other countries.
Although these countries have a certain climate, everyone knows that with the development of the Shang Dynasty and the continued expansion of the Shang Dynasty, these small countries will be annexed sooner or later.
It is conceivable that if countries like Qingyun Kingdom, Xiang Kingdom, and Yue Kingdom support it, and if it is a joint support, these small countries will definitely jump up and resist. At least, those ambitious emperors would not be willing to do so.
Jian Wuyun didn't stay here for half a day in Qingyun country, and immediately headed north, with the goal of Changlin country.
Changlin State benefited from Zhang Quan's westward journey. Although the Changlin Kingdom did not grow into a superpower like the Qingyun Kingdom in the later period, the current Changlin Kingdom is about 15,000 miles away, and it is also the largest country between the Shang Dynasty, the west of the Tang Kingdom, the Taiyi Kingdom, and the Shouchun Kingdom.
The location of Changlin State is closer to the Shang Dynasty and Tang State, and more dangerous. It should be said that in the past few years, after the Shang Dynasty expanded rapidly, it has been developing steadily; while the Tang State has continued to expand to the west and northwest. The distance between Tang State and Changlin State is less than 20,000 li, and there are only two small countries in between. Just a few days ago, Zhu Guo had just been swallowed by Tang Guo.
If there is no accident, at most two years later, Tang State will be able to border Changlin State.
In the eyes of outsiders, the Tang Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty wore a pair of trousers. The Tang Dynasty has expanded, and Changlin Kingdom is of course nervous.
Therefore, after Jian Wuyun arrived, Changlin Kingdom did not hesitate much, and immediately accepted the "good intentions" of the Five Elements Spirit World, and agreed to unite with Qingyun Kingdom and other countries to jointly stop the "evil expansion" of the Shang Dynasty and Tang Kingdom.
At this point, an encirclement circle was formed. On land, from Yue State in the south to Changlin State in the north, surrounded the Shang Dynasty, preventing the Shang Dynasty from expanding and trading on land.
And when Changlin State confirmed the cooperation, Qingyun State blatantly cut off the main artery without any notice. The railway from Qingyun Kingdom to the Shang Dynasty was directly destroyed for ten kilometers; only the connection from Qingyun Kingdom to Zhao Kingdom remained.
Not long after the main artery was cut off, Li Xian, who was in the Shang Dynasty, felt hazy for a while, and Li Xian, who was linked with the luck of the Shang Dynasty, felt that part of his body seemed to be emptied. At the Temple of Heaven in the Shang Dynasty, the light of luck suddenly dimmed. Ling Zhifeng stood up suddenly, his eyes were startled.
It didn't take long for the master guarding the railway to be rewarded: Qingyun Kingdom suddenly cut off the main artery!
The upper echelons of the Shang Dynasty gathered immediately and informed the embassy of Qingyun Kingdom with a strict attitude.
However, in the face of the Shang Dynasty, the embassy of the Qingyun Kingdom has a firm attitude - your Shang Dynasty suddenly attacked the Yue Kingdom, we can't see it, and I will give you a small warning to the Shang Dynasty. Now, if you withdraw the troops attacking the Yue State and compensate the Yue State for its losses, we can still talk.
That is of course impossible. The Shang Dynasty and the Qingyun Kingdom fell out immediately, and the two sides began to expel ambassadors from each other, expel the people of both sides, and so on. Of course, during this period, all the enterprises of the Shang Dynasty in Qingyun Kingdom were blown up in the first place—the merchants of the Shang Dynasty did it themselves!
In less than a day, the relationship between the Shang Dynasty and Qingyun Kingdom was completely deadlocked; there was an uproar in the Shang Dynasty.
However, it was followed by the State of Yue. Faced with the sudden attack of the Shang Dynasty, the State of Yue also expressed strong dissatisfaction.
After Yue State and Qingyun State expressed their views, Jishishan Alliance announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the Shang Dynasty, followed by Changlin State, and then Xiang State; the Zhengdao Yuanshan Alliance followed closely. In the end, the Guzhu Kingdom in the far south also declared that the Shang Dynasty was evil.
In less than twenty-four hours, there were voices of opposition around the Shang Dynasty. In the east of Yingzhou, the Shang Dynasty was actually isolated. Of course there is the Tang Kingdom!
Things changed so fast that Shang Chao didn't even have a chance to react. After all the voices have settled, the Shang Dynasty has "remained independent from the world".
The situation is very serious. Li Yuanming could no longer control the domestic situation, and Li Xian had to "drag his sick body" out of the mountain. At this time, the Shang Dynasty was in a panic. Everyone didn't know what happened, and they urgently needed a backbone. Obviously, the backbone can only be Li Xian.
In the square in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Anyang, Li Xian, under the eyes of everyone, flew slowly into the sky in an aircraft, and his loud voice spread: "Citizens of the Shang Dynasty, please be safe and don't be impatient, please listen to me."
Li Xian's words seemed to have some kind of magical power, as long as Li Xian opened his mouth, the scene immediately became quiet, even though it was already late at night.
After a short pause, Li Xian continued: "Actually, I and the upper echelons of the Shang Dynasty anticipated this situation a long time ago. Do you know why?
Because, they are afraid!
In the face of a tiger, even a tiger that keeps yawning, the weak sheep can only unite to strengthen their courage; but in fact, no matter how many sheep there are, they are still no match for the tiger!
Announce a number to everyone.
At the end of last year, the gross national product of the Shang Dynasty, that is, the country's overall wealth and income, was as high as 86.6 billion taels of gold.
And what was the situation in each country last year?
The total income of Yue State is only 400 million taels, the income of Xiang State is only 350 million taels, the income of Qingyun State is 800 million taels, and the income of Changlin State is 120 million taels. The combined income of all other countries in Yingzhou is less than one-third of the fiscal revenue of the Shang Dynasty!
Let's talk about the food that is crucial now. Last year, the Shang Dynasty produced a total of 6.5 billion tons of food. There were about 1.8 billion people in the Shang Dynasty, with an average of 3.6 tons per person per year. The output of rice alone is as high as 700 million tons, with an average of 388 kilograms per person.
In the last year, no one died in the Shang Dynasty, but they died of starvation!
At the same time, the total grain output of Vietnam is only 200 million tons, of which the rice output is only 6,000 tons. Vietnam already has the highest grain output among all countries.
The second is Qingyun Country. Because it is located inland, with drought and little rain, the grain output of Qingyun Country is only 160 million tons. And Qingyun Kingdom is now 50,000 miles wide, with more than 2 billion people. And among these 2 billion people, the number of refugees is as high as 1.6 billion!
According to incomplete statistics, last year, as many as 80 million people died of starvation in Qingyun country; in addition, as many as 140 million died of starvation.
Let's talk about education. Last year, the Shang Dynasty had fully realized universal education. More than 65 million school-age children in China receive free education.
At the same time, among these countries, Yue State, which is richer, has less than 50,000 educated children, all of whom are noble disciples; Qingyun State has no public education at all, and still maintains the traditional education method. It is estimated that less than 20,000 children are educated!
Let alone the rest of the countries.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the comparison between the Shang Dynasty and the surrounding countries. Did you see anything? They are afraid of the Shang Dynasty. They don't want to make progress themselves, but they are afraid of the progress of others. In fact, the combined power of these countries is less than one-tenth of our Shang Dynasty!
No matter how many sheep there are, they are still sheep. Even if they unite, they are still no match for our Shang Dynasty! There is nothing to be afraid of! "
The cheers immediately rang out into one piece, continuous like ocean waves. Li Xian's speech may not be particularly exciting, but with Li Xian's identity and influence, it still aroused widespread resonance. The morale of the Shang Dynasty was somewhat low, but it rose to the peak in a short period of time!
It took a long time for the cheers to subside, and Li Xian spoke again: "Today, here are three announcements.
The first thing, five days later, the Shang Dynasty tried to launch the first manned rocket to the moon. The first batch is expected to launch five rockets, carrying a total of 20 people and related equipment. Among the 20 people, including the ten public Ascension quotas, they are the first batch of Ascension quotas to be auctioned. "
For a moment, there was a horrified silence at first, and then unimaginable cheers erupted, this time even those experts were cheering endlessly.
"There is a second thing!" Li Xian shouted loudly, "Everyone knows about the Reborn Pod before, it is the Reborn Pod that sells for as high as 60 million taels of gold.
After a long period of research, the Shang Dynasty has developed a slightly lower-level, lower-cost Reborn Pod. This transformation pod will be applied to every school in the next month, so that all school-age children can receive free, transformation opportunities. All costs are borne by the state! "
Needless to say, the cheers bordered on frenzied. Who doesn't want their son to become a dragon and their daughter to become a phoenix, but the Shang Dynasty provided this opportunity to all parents.
"Finally, there is a third thing!"
Everyone immediately fell silent and listened attentively. The first two things are scary enough, but I don’t know what the third thing is?
Li Xian said slowly: "The third thing is the inner alchemy of the Lingtai. After a lot of masters' research day and night, the inner alchemy of the Lingtai has been deduced to the late Mahayana period; there is also a branch of the inner alchemy of the Lingtai, which provides Sanxian The cultivation method has been deduced to the height of Sanjie Sanxian.
From now on, all inner alchemy skills of the Lingtai, those below the stage of transforming gods, will be released free of charge. Those above the stage of becoming gods need to go to the local police station to obtain it with a Shang Dynasty citizenship certificate, and swear to keep it secret. "
Li Xian left after speaking, but the people here cheered excitedly; then Li Yuanming came out to encourage, encourage struggle, entrepreneurship, study, practice, development, etc., and finally, of course, conscription. At the same time, it also stated that all foreign companies and funds will be frozen-in fact, it has been done a long time ago, and it is only said now.
As for Li Xian, after Li Xian returned to Qingyun Valley, more than 100 people in front of him had already been placed under house arrest. These people are all researchers from surrounding countries; but today, they will face a choice. If they are loyal to the Shang Dynasty, everything is easy to talk about; if they want to return to the country, then hehe...
At this time, Li Xian no longer had that sickly look, but walked slowly in front of these people like a falcon. The most representative of them is probably Ning Chengzi, the Supreme Elder of the Lingyun Sect.
The Lingyun Sect is a sect of the Qingyun Kingdom, and the Lingyun Sect and the Qingyun Kingdom are already indistinguishable from each other. And this Ning Chengzi has been exposed to a lot of knowledge, and now his cultivation has entered the late stage of the return to true stage, such a talent, Li Xian will never let it go easily.