Chapter 511 Let It In and Fight
More than 99% of the 200,000 newbies have an original potential value (mental power) of less than 50 points, cannot use the teleportation function, and are temporarily unable to leave Tarantan to influence the outside world.
There are still only 30,000 old players participating in the world quest "Queen's Journey" and responding to Odysse's call to target the Rose Kingdom.
Even so, Phoenix's journey to become the queen was still unstoppable - during the four tests that Yang Qiu was conducting, the Odysseus family not only cleared out the bandits and pirates in the lawless area and took over this not-so-small buffer zone, but also almost one-third of the Rose Kingdom's territory was flattened by the undead army.
Then... the Odysseus family had to suspend their offensive.
The reason is simple. The Odysseus family’s “elite civilian staff”… or in other words, their family’s civil servants are not enough.
Phoenix, who is ambitious to become the queen, is here to grab territory, not to engage in armed tourism; the conquered land must be governed by her own people, the surrendered Rose nobles must be conquered, and local stability issues must be resolved as soon as possible to avoid security wars... These things are not much easier than conquering cities and seizing land.
Phoenix herself was an excellent governor, and she knew very well that if a governor of a place was incompetent, it would be a fatal matter in peacetime, but in this kind of war time it would be a fatal matter - if a large number of civilians in panic could not be appeased in time, the variables would be completely uncontrollable - although she was a little unwilling, she had to suspend the offensive and turn back to reorganize her own internal affairs.
Yang Qiu waited patiently for two days, but received no telegram for help from Phoenix. He guessed that this proud young lady was not happy about the undead regime "interfering" in her internal affairs, so he stopped paying attention and turned his attention back to his own territory.
While he was busy preparing for the fourth test, a lot of things happened in Rhine.
The first major event was that a retired mining expert from the national team discovered a super-large laterite gibbsite bauxite deposit in the southern mountainous area of Tachia Territory.
After repeated explorations, and even asking Kingsley to go there in person to use mental scanning, the national team estimated that the reserves of the deposit are more than 3 billion tons... not including associated minerals.
The most suitable for mining and processing is gibbsite, which accounts for more than 60% of the total reserves. It is easy to mine and the deepest point is only a few dozen meters from the surface. The only difficulty is the inconvenience of transportation in the deep mountains - but this is still exciting good news.
Regarding the mining of this super-large bauxite mine, Political Commissar Zhao, Director Lu (myself), and Professor Yin have communicated with Yang Qiu repeatedly online and offline. The result of the consultation between the two sides is: Yang Qiu will provide money and equipment (the source of the equipment will be provided by the country), and the national team will organize the indigenous people to mine; after the mined ore meets the requirements of Rhine, the surplus will be packaged by the national team, and Yang Qiu will be responsible for cross-border transportation - China does not really lack this ore, but as for resources, the more the better.
The second major event was the discovery of an oil field with a reserve of more than one billion tons at the border of the Sorenson Mountains in the southern part of Innadri...
The resource of oil has not been ignored by the alchemists of this alien world. In fact, alchemists have discovered the role of this liquid mineral long ago, and natural gas has long been widely used by countries in the continent of Nabarron - there are natural gas pipelines in a few blocks in the city of Innadli.
Prince Hood of the Rhine royal family is as wealthy as a country. Part of his wealth comes from his monopoly of the national power grid, and the other part comes from the oil fields owned by the prince.
Farmers have to pay Prince Hood for the lamp oil they use and city residents have to pay for the coal and natural gas they use...it would be strange if this guy wasn't rich.
In short... before the Undead Regime completely breaks off relations with the Undead Regime, it cannot touch the owned oil fields in the Rhine. The discovery of this wild oil field is particularly important - after prying open Prince Hood's monopoly on electricity, the national team can also give the prince a blow in terms of fuel oil and natural gas.
The third thing is not that important...someone from the Nosk Federation has arrived.
The national team was completely unconcerned about the telegram sent by Princess Harriet on the day of the fourth test. Even Yang Qiu didn't take it seriously. He just glanced at it and continued to do his own thing.
On the third day after the 200,000 Scourges entered the scene, Yang Qiu was sure that this group of newbies were basically on the right track and hadn't caused any major problems that needed to be remedied quickly. Then he packed up his things and teleported from Exile Town to Dutata City.
Without disturbing Kingsley who was acting as a server, Yang Qiu left the lord's mansion and went directly to the city hall to find Zhao Zhenzhen.
"I don't mind if you want to let the enemy in to fight... But right now, it's not appropriate to start a war in Odysseus, right?" Zhao Zhenzhen frowned. "The relocation of the Odysseus family has had a great impact on Odysseus. The newspapers in Moses Port have been full of negative news this month. If there are rumors of war again, the people will be in chaos."
"The little girl Phoenix is bent on monopolizing power. Only the nobles who unconditionally rely on her family have the ability to fight in chaos. She has left behind all those who negotiated. The nobles who were left behind are resentful and of course they hope that the world will not be in chaos." Yang Qiu said calmly, "But we don't have to judge others by ourselves, Ms. Zhao. With the nobles' thinking, if they want to organize the people to cause trouble for us, it would be faster to just spend money."
"Is this how you judge others by yourself..." Zhao Zhenzhen's mouth twitched, " No, what I mean is that I don't think the people of Odysseus will oppose us in an organized and disciplined manner - what I'm worried about is that the masses are completely unorganized."
Of course Yang Qiu understood Sister Zhao's concerns... The civil unrest and riots caused by panic were no less severe than the large-scale cults secretly organized by people with ulterior motives.
"Except for a few people with chuunibyou syndrome who have never suffered, most normal people would rather have stability than turmoil." Yang Qiu remained calm. "The civilians in Odysseus feel uneasy at this time because the Odysseus family has moved to Rose, and we are concerned that the Odysseus family's belongings have not been moved away, so we are not in a hurry to take over the government. As long as our Undead Archons appear in Moses Port and Bugatti, everything will be stable."
Without waiting for Zhao Zhenzhen to speak, Yang Qiu pointed out sharply: "If I may be so presumptuous, Ms. Zhao, you are not suitable to play dumb. Don't tell me that you can't figure out such a simple truth... You actually just want to get more information from me, such as why I rushed to the Principality of Shijia in a panic, what happened to Brother Lowell who hasn't summoned players for help for a while, and what cards I have to fight the Storm Church head-on... right?"
Zhao Zhenzhen was silent for half a second, then she said "Oh?" nonchalantly, as if nothing had happened, as if she hadn't been told...
Yang Qiu: “…”
Well, Yang Qiu knew how thick-skinned Political Commissar Zhao was, so he didn't bother to dwell on the details. He said, "In the field of mysticism, the natives of this alien world have paid countless costs over thousands of years to barely find a red line where 'seekers of knowledge' should stop. For the part beyond the red line, please forgive me for not being able to easily reveal it to others."
After a pause, Yang Qiu added seriously, "Although theoretically you and others are just reflections of the soul and are not so easily contaminated by the 'knowledge' on the other side of the red line, there are some very dangerous things that would be a disaster just by being known by more people... Please understand that I am not hiding anything from you for any personal purpose."
"Well... okay, just hearing you say that makes my hair stand on end." Zhao Zhenzhen's face slightly changed. After a pause, she said cheerfully, "Okay, let's stop with this topic. I'll find a way to explain it to the higher-ups. Let's continue with the issue of Odysseus Territory. We can try to send some people over to stabilize people's hearts, but other aspects must also keep up. I'm going to mobilize a batch of supplies to stabilize the market, and you have to enrich the variety of supplies here."
"No problem." Yang Qiu stood up immediately.
The people of Odysseus have been in a state of unrest for more than a month, and local nobles and profiteers have begun to hoard goods on a large scale.
In order to stabilize the people's hearts in Odysseus, we must first stabilize the market in Odysseus; as long as the locals can supplement their daily necessities and buy food at their doorsteps, it will not be so easy for chaos to arise in Odysseus.
Zhao Zhenzhen could only transfer supplies from Innadeli and Adler, and she had to rely on Yang Qiu, the trader on this plane, for goods from the Earth plane - in fact, she had been waiting for Yang Qiu to come to her for a long time.
Yang Qiu rushed all the way to the port and saw several cargo ships parked next to the dock... the cargo had already been loaded on the ships, and they were just waiting for the crew to be in place.
Yang Qiu looked at Zhao Zhenzhen silently.
Zhao Zhenzhen looked at Yang Qiu with a straight face, and frankly made a gesture of invitation, saying very naturally: "I can't leave, so I won't follow you. When you go there, install a teleportation array, and I'll arrange someone to come find you later."
Yang Qiu: “…”
After boarding the ship, Yang Qiu couldn't help but mutter, "If the ancient god had anchored Zhao Zhengwei in the first place, I would really look forward to the sequel."
Not long after boarding the ship, Yang Qiu was even more distressed to discover how well prepared Political Commissar Zhao had been to stabilize the territory of Odysseus... and most of the operators on board were orcs .
The industry in the Odysseus Territory is relatively developed, and the Odysseus family does not reject the use of slave labor and foreign workers. There are foreign settlements in towns where mining and factories are concentrated.
Not to mention the open port of Moses Port, where you can see all kinds of races...
There is no one more suitable than the Orc Operators to deal with these foreigners and appease their hearts.
Osrian King, who had made contributions in the early investigation of rescuing slaves from Innadri and Adler and cracking down on the underground black market, was also among the crew members. When he saw Yang Qiu on board, he excitedly came over to greet him, "Mr. Yang!"
"Jin." Yang Qiu was not surprised to see him, but was slightly surprised to see the little tail following Jin, "Lika? You're here too?"
The orc girl Lika chuckled and puffed out her chest and said, "Ms. Mia said that wherever our Logistics Department's cafeteria opens, the people there will feel happy, so I'm here to sign up this time too."
Yang Qiu smiled and touched Lika's little head, and joked: "What about the family business you saved in Westham? Don't you want it anymore?"
"It doesn't matter. Odysseus Territory is ours anyway. It will be the same if we start over there." Lika said like a little adult.
Yang Qiu: “…”
Well, to be able to influence the children (teenagers) of the Orcs to this extent in just two years, and to make them identify from the bottom of their hearts that they are one family with the Undead regime... I guess only the national team can do it.
