Chapter 456: The Waves of the Great Era
"True Knowledge, that's not all the information, is it?"
"Hee-hee-hee, you know, there are some things I can't say."
With suspicion in his heart, Luo Zhengdao naturally would not believe such an understatement reply, he looked at the mysterious smiling mouth on the wall with a smile, and said:
"Well, isn't there any other little secret you can tell me?"
"No, really not."
It is estimated that Luo Zhengdao's accumulated character before today has been greatly overdrawn, and no matter how clever he is and how he uses all kinds of coercion and temptation, the mouth of true knowledge no longer ignores his appeals, and continues to maintain that kind of imaginative silence. The lack of a positive answer did not mean that his series of inquiries were useless, the silence of the mouth of true knowledge just told Luo Zhengdao one thing, he guessed correctly about certain things, those senior magic card masters must have hidden many unknown secrets in this eternal library.
After pondering for a long time, Luo Zhengdao wandered among the huge bookshelves, and he suddenly looked up and sighed and said:
"Alas, this pool is so deep!"
Luo Zhengdao can feel the impermanence of life, and his personal thoughts cannot affect the progress of this world, time is still passing in its own inherent rhythm, and soon ushered in the Spring Festival, the most important festival of the human race.
Although not spherical like the Earth, most of the main continent has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons, but the farther away from the coastline, the less water vapor is recharged from the ocean, and the less rainfall is available. From a bird's-eye view of the coastal area of the main continent, which looks like a bagel on the map, this is undoubtedly the wettest humid agricultural area with the most abundant rainfall in the entire continent, and the conditions such as light, hot water and fertilizer are very suitable for farming, and the rainfall begins to decline significantly when it goes deep into the interior for about a thousand miles, and when the straight-line distance exceeds 4,000 miles, or there are mountains in the middle to block the transportation of ocean moisture, the climate in this inland area is becoming drier, and most of the average annual precipitation is difficult to meet the needs of growing crops, and the intelligent races can only develop animal husbandry and hunting to make a living.
Before the arrival of the time-traveler emperor, the human race that settled in the main continent paid more attention to celebrating the autumn harvest and the winter solstice festival, and this senior time-traveler who was interested in fighting the heavens and the earth was stunned to bend the local culture of the new world with his life's energy, and the Spring Festival introduced by the old world has since become one of the most important festivals of the human race.
If the current Spring Festival is particularly memorable, it must be because the human race has gained peace and tranquility for the first time since the collapse of the Bright Dynasty, which is a precious peace that countless people have fought the battlefield.
For a long time after the Great Turning War that led to the fall of the Bright Dynasty, the human race could only struggle under the iron fist of the goblin conquerors, and the so-called peaceful times of oppression by foreign races were nothing more than a life of slavery that was unilaterally suppressed by force and ruthlessly oppressed and plundered.
It wasn't until His Majesty King Will Needham, son of the former head of the family, Chuck Needham, who was the heir to the Earl of Fraugh's family, came out like a savior and dragged the entire human race back from the edge of the abyss, establishing such a great feat that was far more worthy of boasting than winning a few opponents in a civil war for power among the human race. Because of this, it is not only Luo Zhengdao's subordinates who are ready to take this opportunity to celebrate and reaffirm the source of legitimacy of their own regime. The human civilians who were rescued from enslavement in the concentration camps were even more grateful to His Majesty, and people everywhere took to the streets to call for a grand festival to celebrate His Majesty's outstanding contribution to the cause of human liberation.
Holding a grand celebration is already the trend of the people's hearts, no matter what Luo Zhengdao himself thinks about it, it is no longer important, when everyone around him decides that this is the only right choice, his personal opinion can only stand aside, no matter how strong one person is, it is impossible to resist the wishes of thousands of people.
"Bang! Boom! Boom! Whoa......"
The roar of large fireworks bombs bursting in the sky is more than ten miles away, and colorful fireworks bloom in the night sky one after another, resembling birds and animals, flowers and plants, and the scene of fireworks is beautiful. Although these gunpowders with metal powder did not successfully replace the dominance of stone pine powder on the battlefield, they drove competitors out of the civilian market first, which caused a lot of emotion.
"Tonight's fireworks show is amazing, you say yes! Your Majesty? ”
After listening to Archon Gerald's words, Luo Zhengdao, who didn't know what to say, looked helpless, shook his head and said:
"It's burning money!"
If we think about it purely rationally, the fireworks that people set off during the celebration of the holidays, including overeating all night long, have the only effect of wasting resources. If you have to ask what the practical meaning of this is, you can't find any positive examples, is it so capricious when you have money?
The Romans of the Old World were fond of festive celebrations, almost reaching a point of madness in the pre-industrial revolution, and the Romans continued to increase their revelry under various names, until they were held for most of the year. Not only were countless assets wasted, but celebrations such as the Beast Fight resulted in the death of many slaves, prisoners of war and wild beasts in the Colosseum. If it weren't for the fact that the Roman Empire had colonized most of Europe and the Mediterranean coast at that time, it could obtain abundant resources from all over the country to support local consumption.
The way of the sages lies in being with the light and dust, and in moving with the world. Since you know that you can't do something, don't do it, so as not to make everyone unhappy.
No matter which world is old or new, there are always many people with mediocre talents, few people with amazing talents, and the most wise and martial leaders cannot demand others exactly according to their own ideas. Even if one thing is done wrong, if people think that it is the right thing to do, the superior can only let it go, which means that the so-called truth is in the hands of a few, and no matter how powerful the leader is, he cannot force others to obey his will without discount, and force the bull to drink water, even if he holds the truth, he will not be able to carry it out.
Knowing that his ideas can't change the public's existing concepts, he casually complained twice, and Luo Zhengdao closed his mouth very knowingly. If he didn't even have this awareness, he would probably have been killed early in the morning in the old world.
As the saying goes: A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Although it is known that the fall of the main continent is a gradual process with a long time span, no one can guarantee that there will be no unplanned changes in the middle, and a place like this is full of dangers if it can leave one day sooner and feel at ease. The territory of the main continent that Luo Zhengdao obtained through negotiation with the goblins was only used to temporarily settle the displaced people, in addition to finding the holy spring in the imperial city, and the value of helping to collect those fugitive human slaves from the inland areas and those resistance troops.
Many of the displaced people who escaped to the borders of the Kingdom of Light, where they were so emaciated by the chronic malnutrition caused by their life in the concentration camps that they seemed to be blown down by a gust of wind. If such a weak refugee does not take good care of his body, God knows how many people will die on the way to immigrate overseas who cannot withstand the wind and waves.
After the hustle and bustle of the New Year's celebrations, Luo Zhengdao quickly turned into a busy daily work, in addition to the problems of people's livelihood and armaments, the main work schedule was to contact and coordinate with various resistance groups to help them move from the inland mountains to the areas of de facto human control in the southeast of the main continent, and then relocate to overseas colonies after rest.
Most enclave islands have relatively homogeneous ecosystems and are much more vulnerable to external changes than mainland areas, and even large islands as vast as Qiongzhou are in danger of overdevelopment. In the Old World, isolated island nations such as New Zealand and Australia, the local government's efforts to control alien species can be so strong that people can't help but feel nervous. However, a look at the rabbits who dominate Australia shows that no amount of caution is a good precaution against the islands hanging off the coast, and you never guess what nature can do.
For those who are about to settle overseas, the threat of collapse of the island's ecosystem is secondary, first and foremost the problem of food is greater than God's!
The sea of stars that surrounds the outer part of the main continent is dotted with countless islands, and the natural environment of most of the islands can be compared to the equatorial regions of the Old World, excluding the strange places where the climate is hot and dry like purgatory, such as Wake Reef. Most of the islands in the Sea of Stars have a hot climate and abundant precipitation all year round, but it is too young, too simple to think that eating a full stomach is not a problem.
No matter how good the natural conditions are, the crops must grow for several months before they can be harvested, and in the event of an unforeseen occurrence such as a rodent infestation, a crop disease, or a fire in the granary, the island will be starved by the time the supply fleet arrives. In order to avoid this situation, the appropriate amount of food to be carried according to the number of people to be migrated and the expected harvest date of the locality, and the possibility of contingencies, to dispatch sufficient supply ships to visit these new colonies on a regular basis, is planned to be as complex as the spring transport of a world war, and is a great test of the organizational ability of human regimes.
There's a joke in the Old World that Bald Eagle's defense secretary was called in by the president to reprimand him for failing to move troops to the hurricane-stricken area in time and using the rabbit's quicker response to the comparison. The Minister of Defense said aggrievedly that although we have organized two world wars, we are not as experienced as they are in organizing such large-scale activities for the Spring Festival every year.