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Whether it is as a country or a political entity, relying on blood transfusion from the outside world to live is a manifestation of the brain-dead, and with such naïve and ignorant second goods, it is impossible to survive in a sinister environment full of cruel competition, so strengthening one's own hematopoietic function is the right way.

In the old world, the white elephant, known as one of the BRIC countries, is full of small green paper and buys all kinds of advanced weapons to arm itself to the teeth, but not to mention the five hooligans, even a few of those second-rate countries can really afford it, and those who think that the white elephant can become a world-class power are basically the little whites of the whites. The root cause of the fact that the white elephants, who are not bad for money, are unanimously despised by everyone because they covet the convenience of shortcuts, give up taking the right path to cultivate internal strength, and try to directly buy a military power. No matter how brilliant the white elephant has made in the economy, it is also driven by the tertiary industry, and it cannot hide the fact that this prosperity is built on the beach castle.

The so-called correct path is to stay in the old world where there is no trace of the true god of the material master, and it is nothing more than to build an industrialized country in a down-to-earth manner.

On the side of the new world, although the situation is slightly more complicated, there is no fundamental difference in the general direction, and a country's industrial capacity and research capacity are the cornerstones that determine the strength of the country.

Referring to the analysis of the situation in the old and new worlds, Luo Zhengdao's strategic vision is definitely broader than that of the natives of the new world, and it is precisely because he fully understands what is correct that he always adheres to the principle of autonomy and does not compromise, and would rather reduce the amount of aid than maintain an independent status from external influences.

Indeed, Wake Reef produces high-quality filaments, and the Yaling Empire also needs this strategic material very much, and the commercial relationship between you and me is simply happy, and there is no problem. If the Yaling Empire thinks that it can gradually infiltrate and control the economic lifeline of Wake Reef by providing economic and military assistance, and then interfere with Luo Zhengdao's decision-making, then they must be prepared to completely turn their faces with someone, and this kind of thing Luo Zhengdao will absolutely not tolerate, and must make the partners understand this in the most resolute and decisive way, so as to avoid heavy miscalculations by both sides in the future.

Putting aside the contradictions with the Yaling Empire, the matter of Zhanwei Reef is enough for Luo Zhengdao to worry about, and for a political entity, there is nothing more important than having a full meal. The world is the biggest eater, and if you don't have enough to eat, you don't need to talk about anything, but it's a pity that too many idiots who have never been hungry and don't know what a belly rebellion is, always don't understand this simple truth.

Although the primitive gathering economy of fishing and hunting can also supplement food sources, it is not enough to rely on the weather for food, and the basic conditions of planting are four elements: light, heat, water, and fertilizer, as long as the basic prerequisites are met, crops can ensure that they can thrive. In the Old World, mad scientists exhibited soilless hydroponics for growing vegetables and grains, and scientific lunatics in white coats and unkempt hair were ambitious in their attempts at factory farming. However, this kind of agricultural product, which is quite advanced at the technical level, has achieved too much in terms of cost reduction, and the field crops nourished by the cooperation of the Sun and Mother Earth have been ruthlessly crushed to the slag, and the prospect of application is limited to future space travel, at least it has no value for large-scale promotion on Earth.

In the case of Wake Reef, you have to fight against the extreme natural environment and cultivate field crops in the usual way, even if you feed a cactus in the open air, it will die immediately.

The environment on Wake Reef is so harsh that nothing can be fed except for a handful of plants that are so tenacious that they are speechless. So far, except for those salt-tolerant weeds that grow near the beach tide line, there is not even a single natural green leaf to be seen on the entire Wake Reef, and this situation has continued Luo Zhengdao and his subordinates began to cultivate here in the spirit of Yugong moving mountains. Nourished by regular freshwater and finely fertilized with guano droppings, this barren, sandy soil, which lacks organic matter, begins to show its vitality. Today, beneath the sunlit glass greenhouse dome, simple sprinkler irrigation equipment slowly soaks into the green fields that form a standard round shape, and these green crops are gradually replacing the yellow sand of Wake Reef.

The water vapor produced by the transpiration of plants reaches the glass dome, and is reflected by the blazing sunlight as a rainbow of magnificent colors, and the water vapor gathers too much and drips down as if it were raining, and this scene has even become a man-made spectacle that attracts outsiders.

The transformation of a desert into a mulberry field is indeed a feat, and Luo Zhengdao, the ingenious creator, is also famous for the first large-scale use of glass greenhouses in the New World, adopting this completely uneconomical production method to create a mirage-like landscape. Of course, apart from the losers and showing off their wealth that everyone is staggered about, it seems that there is no good reputation anymore.

Not long ago, the sequelae caused by the curse of the Aragami forced Luo Zhengdao to lie on the bed for more than ten days in a row to recuperate, and when he felt that his physical condition had improved slightly, he forced himself to get up and inspect Wake Reef. This desert island hanging in the open sea is a property that he has built from scratch in the New World, and for Luo Zhengdao, the value is second only to his life, so he must always keep it in his heart.

"Haier, what's going on over there at the salt farm?"

The old quartermaster Haile Pope was captured by Luo Zhengdao during the interval when the pirate fleet was not sailing, and forcibly brought him in as the chief butler. If this were not the case, the pirates would not have nominated him to the position of quartermaster, and he would have been hacked to earn the gold coins he had worked so hard for, which the pirates would never tolerate.

Hearing Luo Zhengdao's inquiry, the old quartermaster grinned and showed a few shiny gold teeth, and said:

"It's normal, our export channels haven't been opened, the Yaling Empire doesn't agree with us to sell the salt, and there is a lot of inventory in the warehouse, things are very tricky!"

Similar to the situation in the Old World, sea salt from seawater, pond salt from the Inner 6 Salt Lake, and rock salt excavated from deep underground layers were the main sources of salt in the New World. Although seawater is a cheap resource for the enclave islands of the Sea of Stars, not every island has a climate suitable for salt, especially in places where the average annual precipitation is high, or the climate is cold, and the land resources are insufficient due to dense population, opening your own salt farm is bound to be a loss-making business.

Because it is a necessity of life, salt has always been strictly controlled and monopolized by local regimes, not only the intelligent races need to replenish salt regularly, but also captive war horses and other livestock also need to eat salt, which is an important strategic material.

During the reign of the Guangming Dynasty, there was an extreme situation of a pound of salt equivalent to gold in some inaccessible Inner 6 areas, although it can only be regarded as a special phenomenon of salt shortage in individual periods, and cannot be used as the standard and basis for salt pricing, but the windfall profits of the salt industry can also be seen from this.

Located on the outer edge of the Sea of Stars, relatively close to the Wake Reef on the side of the Sea of Floating Light, the climate is dry and rainless all year round, the sun is abundant and windy, and it is undoubtedly an excellent natural salt farm. Producing goods does not mean that you can sell them smoothly, just as it is a legend to send charcoal in the snow, the icing on the cake is not easy to see. If the salt produced in Wake Reef can open the market smoothly, Luo Zhengdao will not have to worry so much, this matter is troublesome!

Salt is extremely lucrative, and the end consumer market is firmly controlled by salt merchants with independent purchase channels, and new salt merchants may not be able to occupy a place in this fiercely competitive market with all their might. If it is said that drying salt is a technical job, and selling salt is an individual job, then selling salt is undoubtedly a black business with a white knife in and a red knife out.

It takes a lot of money to feed the army and warships, and the cost of resisting the invasion of goblins is undoubtedly at the level of gold and silver, and the great cause of recovering the country that Luo Zhengdao wants to prepare requires a huge amount of investment. In the Middle Ages, when we had not yet realized how important the banner of nationalism was and how murderous ideological propaganda was, any business was to pay money with one hand and deliver goods with the other. Even if it is a group of pirates under Luo Zhengdao, except for the Qiongzhou department, which is his hardcore supporter, he will not lose his morale at most if he doesn't have money, and the rest of the people are unprofitable and can't afford to be early. If they can't be paid in full and on time, these guys will leave Wake Reef and find another way out, and it won't be a good topic to talk about if they are the goblins who lead the way.

Spending money is like flowing water, making money is like peeling off a cocoon, although Luo Zhengdao still has savings in his hands, and he is in a dilemma of internal and external difficulties, and his economic predicament can be seen even by the blind.

Under normal circumstances, a country that relies on a single economic structure has no future, and sooner or later it will trap itself to death for the sake of temporary comfort. In the old world after two world wars, the great powers learned to replace the old colonialism of killing and oppression with a combination of deceitful soft knives and sugar-coated chronic poisons.

After World War II, the African colonial countries generally won the fruits of independent statehood and won the status of independent government from their respective suzerains, but the monolithic product structure carefully built by the former suzerains for hundreds of years is difficult to change. For example, when the suzerainty had long stipulated that a colony must produce coffee, cotton, cocoa, or mineral products, these newly independent countries were founded, and they immediately found themselves unable to guarantee even basic food rations, and it was even more difficult to open sales channels for a single product structure.

Needless to say, the reality of such an embarrassment has left the naïve new countries in the quagmire of survival, and most of the former colonial countries have to grovel to the former overlords who have enslaved them, and continue to sell their products to them, continuing to be exploited, which is a joke that makes people laugh.