Chapter 318: Watching the Fire from the Other Shore
The factory roars, and the machine plays.
Under Li Qi's order, this underground factory, which had been silent for a long time, finally began to operate at full capacity.
It's really poignant to say, because this is also the first time since the construction of this underground factory that it is operating at full capacity, fortunately, these black iron are not too rusty, otherwise, the factory at this moment must be a rust.
Every craftsman in the factory was excited, they didn't know that they were going to face a major crisis in the future, but it didn't matter, they finally didn't need to suppress their state, they could dance with the machine to their heart's content.
What an excitement it is.
It seems that in one day, the entire Huaxia Alliance has entered the industrial age, in fact, this threshold has long been unable to stop the pace of human beings, and the key depends on when Li Qi steps in.
Now is the time.
Of course, Li Qi and Ah Gu didn't fly to Yizhou immediately, at least until Cold Shadow and Rong produced enough cold iron.
"I can't believe these machines can be so powerful."
When Hanying, who has always advocated strength and speed, saw these machines running at full capacity, he couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat, this kind of productivity was really terrifying.
Richie just smiled at this, this was just the beginning, came to the end of the line, and picked up a freshly assembled rifle.
"Great Chief, be careful."
Ah Gu said busily.
Agu, there are some words to say, but they are redundant! Li Qi couldn't help but think of the fracture that was shocked by the recoil that day, which was really a big stain on his life, and glanced at the cold shadow with a little embarrassment.
Seeing Li Qi's eyes, the upright Han Ying couldn't help but say, "I believe you didn't dare to try again, so I didn't remind you." ”
What a dutiful bodyguard.
Depend on! Do I mean that? Your ability to read words and emotions is really elementary school level. Li Qi coughed lightly and changed the subject: "By the way, we don't seem to have named this rifle yet. ”
Rong scratched his head and said, "Isn't the rifle the name?" ”
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "Are we going to only produce this kind of rifle forever?" ”
Agu said confidently: "Of course not, we still need to develop better guns." ”
"That's right!"
Li Qi said: "Then you should name each rifle to distinguish it." ”
Ah Gu nodded and said, "The big chief is right, but Rong Ke and I are not good at choosing a name, so you should take it, big chief." ”
Li Qi pondered for a moment and said, "Let's just call it a fusion rifle." ”
Rong Ruo said thoughtfully: "This name sounds a little strange, why is it called a Rong Rifle?" ”
"What's weird?" Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "This is named after you, and then the steam car will be named after Agu." ”
Rong was immediately happy when he heard it, and said, "Is this okay?" ”
Ah Gu's eyes flashed with joy, but he said, "Yes! Oh, yes! Let's name it after you, Great Chief. ”
"How can this work?"
Li Qi said: "This rifle was born in your hands, so of course it must be named after you, and the matter is decided." ”
Ah Gu rolled his eyes and said, "If that's the case, then the steam engine can be named after you, the Great Chief!" ”
"What if one day, the steam engine is eliminated?" ”
Ah Gu blinked and said embarrassedly: "The big chief is right, the big chief can't be eliminated. ”
I want to be eliminated! Li Qi laughed, picked up another bullet, and said, "As for this bullet, let's call it Cold Shadow." ”
You're just too casual.
Han Ying looked at Li Qi in surprise: "Shouldn't you ask my opinion first?" ”
"Why?" Li Qi said: "I don't believe that you are called Hanying in this world, if you are unhappy, you can also raise a pig and name it Li Qi, you can even sleep with that pig, I won't say anything." ”
Ah Gu and Rong lowered their heads at the same time.
Shameless. Han Ying's face was biased, and he didn't bother to take care of Li Qi.
Li Qi said to Ah Gu again: "Ah Gu, haven't we eliminated a lot of first-generation steam engines?" ”
Agu nodded.
Li Qi said: "You have to hurry up and get those steam engines rebuilt, and then we will transport them back and put them in the textile factory over there." ”
Agu said, "Yes, I know." ”
......
After spending more than ten days here, they flew to Yizhou together, but they did not go to the factory first, but flew directly to the abyss that Yisheng pointed to.
Under a bottomless abyss, Agu carried a fluorite lamp and said to Li Qi, who had just come off the vulture: "Great Chief, be careful, be careful, it's slippery down here." ”
They all know by now how unbearable Richie's skills are.
"Don't worry, I can see it."
Li Qi's survival suit was born for this kind of environment, mighty and domineering from the speed vulture, and looked around, there is no light here at all, the feet are muddy, there are gurgling streams everywhere, the sound of clattering is endless, if they are not sitting on the speed vulture and Bi Fang, they may not be able to get down for a while, and they can't help but scold in a low voice: "Yisheng, that bastard is deliberate, how inconvenient it is to pick such a broken place." ”
Han Ying, who had an extremely sensitive sense of hearing, said lightly: "First of all, this kind of silver tree is only suitable for growing in this kind of place, and secondly, if it is planted in Washington, how long do you think it will take for the royal family to find it?" ”
Richton, this place is just perfect.
"Wow!"
An exclamation came out of the melt's mouth.
I saw the golden combination of Rong and Agu, raising the fluorite in his hand, looking at the front blankly, the movements were exactly the same, it was really hard to shout, together, together.
Li Qi raised his eyes and couldn't help but feel some shock, only to see that this abyss without a head or tail was growing dense silver trees, but now these silver trees don't seem to have fully grown.
"These silver trees also seem to have mutated, otherwise, it would be difficult for them to survive in this barren land."
Cold Shadow walked in front of a silver tree.
Such a fertile land, but also a barren land, I was really drunk. Li Qi said: "Really? Do the elites still have this ability? ”
Han Ying said, "They can even change their race, let alone trees. ”
"That's just as well."
Li Qi nodded.
Ah Gu suddenly walked outside the figure, ran to Li Qi in a hurry, and said, "Great Chief, this... Do these silver trees belong to our Huaxia Alliance? ”
Li Qi nodded.
Rong said excitedly: "This is really good, with these silver trees, we have inexhaustible black iron." ”
Ah Gu suddenly asked, "Great Chief, does the royal family know about this?" ”
You're only now asking if it's a little late. Li Qi smiled: "If you knew, wouldn't you have let them ruin it a long time ago." ”
Ah Gu was a little apprehensive and said, "Then what if the royal family knows about ......." ”
Li Qi said: "They are born and grown here, don't we need them?" When the royal family finds out, just destroy it. ”
Ah Gu rolled his eyes and said with a grin: "That may be discovered by the royal family." ”
I found out that this was what I was going for them. But Li Qi didn't want Ah Gu to know about these things, because it would affect them, and they were still more worried, so they said, "But Ah Gu, if we want to use this silver forest for our use, then first of all, we must find a way to transport the silver fruit from here to it." ”
Ah Gu said, "Great Chief, please rest assured, this is not a problem. ”
Li Qi said: "I think so." ”
They just looked at it and made sure that there was indeed a silver tree growing here, so it would be fine, and then they took the vulture and Bi Fang and flew up, but they were not in a hurry to leave, but flew along the abyss, unexpectedly, this abyss stretched for hundreds of miles, which made Li Qi also see the terrifying strength of the Jing clan, and silently prepared such a super luxurious gift for them.
After looking at it here, they went to the factory, which was built on the ground, and it was very huge, because it was used to produce steam cars.
Soon after the factory was built, the steam engine had already been shipped, because Agu was too eager to develop a steam car, and when it was under construction, he was already producing the steam engine that they used to produce the steam car, and as soon as they arrived, they could start developing the steam car immediately.
Li Qi didn't stay here for long, and after Ah Gu and the others settled down, he immediately returned to Washington.
Because he still has a very important thing to do, which is structural adjustment.
In the past, the focus of the Huaxia Alliance was the kitchen, and all the work was carried out around the kitchen, and there were only a small number of people on Ah Gu's side, but now there is no need to do business, and there is nothing to sell, so Li Qi must make structural adjustments.
He first dispatched a large number of skilled craftsmen to Yao County and Yi County.
At the same time, it also changed the traditional pattern of female weavers and male farming, and a large number of women began to come out of the factory and take hoes to plow the land.
This is, of course, for the purpose of expanding the army.
The population of the Huaxia Alliance was originally small, and this time it was necessary to expand the standing army by 100,000, and a large number of men were also needed on the factory side, so women could only be allowed to cultivate the land.
Fortunately, women in this year are also very strong, at least to fight Li Qi, then you can use pinching, this cultivated land is not a difficult thing for women, in fact, women have always been in charge of fruit forests, but now Li Qi has reduced fruit forests on a large scale, increased arable land, and the logistics of fighting wars, and he now has to hoard food.
As for the food factory, only some of the wineries and soda factories remained, but the scale had been reduced to one-fiftieth of the previous one, and it was enough to be self-sufficient, without considering the huge market of the kingdom.
And the textile mills were also reduced by one-twentieth, and when the steam engine arrived, all the machines were used, and the guns had already come out, and the steam engine was used for spinning, of course, it was no longer a problem.
In addition, there is the reconstruction of homes, because humans do not have the foundation to build stone houses, and there is not enough manpower at the moment, and there is not so much time.
But the heavy snow almost killed the Huaxia Alliance, so Li Qi couldn't gamble again, and he adopted three policies, first, to convert the surplus factories in Duohua Mansion into housing. Second, dig air-raid shelters, which are used to store food in peacetime, and when disaster strikes, there is a place to hide. Third, in areas outside Washington, wooden houses must be built on the edge of large caves, and if there is anything to do, they can immediately take refuge in the cave, and when they are free, they must also dig air-raid shelters.
At the same time, he began to recruit Bi Fang on a large scale, which was already Bi Fang's obligation, because the most important thing now was transportation, and he could only rely on Bi Fang, and the leaders of Bi Fang also knew the current situation of the Huaxia Alliance, and they were also very active.
And at the same time that Li Qi was making large-scale structural adjustments, there was jubilation within the kingdom.
The reason is very simple, it is because Li Qi revealed the secret of wine and soda, and sold the secret recipe of food to the royal family, and then completely withdrew from the cow hump.
Soon, a large amount of wine appeared in various parts of the kingdom, and the price of wine plummeted.
The Nine-Tails family is a big loss of vitality, and all their previous layouts have come to naught.
The kingdom is a very mature country, and the land is vast and rich, as long as there is a secret recipe to brew wine, the Huaxia Alliance is not comparable at all, and it will not be long before there will be a surplus of wine on the market.
This is an important victory in the eyes of the anti-traditionalists, who began to show off their might in front of the traditionalists, and we have won this wine, so don't drink it if you have the backbone.
And the facts have also proved that this is correct, how slow human beings make wine, how fast we make wine, it is long overdue for human beings to hand over wine.
This is undoubtedly a slap in the face of the traditionalists in the face.
Therefore, Li Qi's withdrawal not only did not stop the movement, but intensified, and many traditionalists joined the other side's camp, because the facts are in front of them, and they do benefit from it, so if this is the case, then continue to demand.
And the ones who really get a lot of benefits from the kingdom are those second-class races, because the second-class races are very mature countries, and they have been operating for a long, long time, and the money earned by human beings cannot be compared with them at all, you must know that at that time, human beings traded with a country and a producer, and they could not be regarded as trade between countries, in other words, Li Qi was at most a large producer, and the Huaxia Alliance was also a company, but it was just that the human race rushed too fast at that time, which seemed a little dazzling.
These royal families began to clamore for a tax on all the second-class races, in order to reduce their own taxes, and to increase their own welfare, and at the same time demanded that the royal family should set the prices, that is, I would levy your taxes, and you should not raise them yet.
The second-class race was immediately dumbfounded, why did the human race come at us as soon as they left.
By the time they came to their senses, their bowels were all repentant, and when Li Qi left, they stayed away, and no second-class race stood up to support humanity.
This is actually a very far-sighted approach, if they unanimously supported human beings at that time, put the human race, a very special third-class race, in front, and the two sides used human beings as a platform to start a game, then they could hide behind, and then unite the traditional forces within the royal family, this force is also not to be underestimated, then I really don't know how things will develop.
But if they face the royal family directly, none of them can stand it.
......
Washington.
Yisheng, who had just arrived, sat by the lake with Li Qi, basking in the warm sunshine and drinking coffee.
"You're right, after you withdrew, the royal family really set their sights on the second-class race, and almost overnight, all speech against humanity within the kingdom stopped."
Yisheng sneered.
Li Qi smiled slightly: "This is inevitable, because we are only a third-class race, not the beneficiaries of those rules, the second-class race is, we humans are just a stepping stone, because the purpose of Candle Jiuyin is to challenge the tradition to seize power, so it is bound to target those second-class races." ”
Yisheng was curious: "If you had told them these analyses in the first place, you might have been able to get their support, and things might have changed because of this." ”
Li Qi didn't answer and asked, "If it were your spirit clan, would you do this?" ”
Yisheng shook his head and said, "No." ”
Li Qiwan shrugged his shoulders.
If you do this, it may indeed change the course of things and become another game, but there will definitely be a situation, that is, Candle Jiuyin will put pressure on them at any cost, Li Qi has not yet reached the point of great self-sacrifice, in fact, he can not fully quit, at that time, Nine-tailed Bai Mei was very surprised, how did Li Qi retreat so completely, the reason is that Li Qi wanted those second-class races to go up, and he hid behind to rest and cool.
In fact, it can't be said to be a cold break, this lips and teeth are cold, Li Qi is mainly to buy time for mankind, after all, the snow disaster hit the Huaxia Alliance hard.
Yisheng said: "When they first targeted you humans, according to the laws of the kingdom, it could not be regarded as illegal, but now that they have begun to target the second-class races, then they will inevitably challenge the tradition and challenge the law, and I think the king of the earth should not be able to sit still." ”
Li Qi asked, "Based on what you know about the King of the Earth, will the King of the Earth compromise with Candle Jiuyin?" ”
"It doesn't matter." Yisheng sighed and said, "Because no matter whether the king of the earth compromises or not, they will start a war against us, alas... I don't know if it's too late. ”
He had now believed everything that Richie had guessed, because the whole thing was going according to Richie's predictions.
Li Qi secretly said in his heart, I hope you are too late, in this case, my bad hand will become crucial.