In the imperial dining room of the palace, Lao Jiu and the women were dining at this time, and the whole family could be said to be happy. Today seems to be a special day, Lao Jiu's confidants are all together, and even Mi Du has rushed over from Australia.

"You seem to be having a great time bringing us all together today, is there something going on?" After lunch, the table was also replaced with fruit and wine, Long Sifeng looked at Lao Jiu, who was in a good mood, and asked.

"Hehe, what do you say? Now that the defense construction of Yagi Island has been completed, the Rune Master Academy has been officially completed, and the coastal walls of the Xiaoyao Empire have been fully restored, after half a year of construction and development, the Xiaoyao Empire has also become a real international city, of course, I am in a good mood. Lao Jiu said with a smile.

"You have been traveling in the mountains and rivers for half a year, and at this time you are showing off the fruits of other people's labor?" Long Sifeng rolled his eyes and said.

"Hehe, I'm offering this delicious food and drink, and I'm thanking you soon." Lao Jiu said cheekily, "Now that we are in the game, we have a real right to speak, and this time I actually want to discuss with you about the future development of the empire." ”

"I think it's good now, the wars around the world have subsided, the major empires are steadily developing their economies and stabilizing the internal territories of the empires, we just need to make a lot of money in silence." Baili Piaoxue said.

"It's good to look at now, but don't you feel it? The game seems to be more than doubling faster now, and I suspect the real war is not far off. Lao Jiu glanced at the women in a circle, and suddenly said seriously.

"I don't feel like the game is speeding up, where do you see the game speeding up?" Yu Shengxiang asked puzzled.

"Development!" Lao Jiu said with great certainty, "The pace of development has accelerated!" With the development of the economy and the improvement of the labor force, the pace of the development of the game has almost more than doubled. ”

"When you say that, I feel it too!" Bai Ruyu suddenly frowned and said, "The construction of the defense of Yaqi Island, if calculated according to the previous project, would have taken at least more than half a year, but now it has only taken more than three months. ”

"Now the NPC labor level is higher, the efficiency is also higher, whether it is materials or funds, it can be satisfied at the first time, coupled with the strong transportation capacity of space equipment, as well as the scheduling of the teleportation array, it seems that everything is normal, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that it is really invisibly accelerating the development of the game."

"But how do I feel like I'm slowing down?" Yu Shengxiang said puzzledly, "Today's army seems to have encountered a bottleneck, the average strength of level seventy seems to have come to an end, if there is no war, only relying on training in peacetime, it is difficult for soldiers to reach level fifty." ”

"It all feels very slow to me, and it's a world away from the early game, and it's not the same as what you say about speeding up. Even my feeling is that the development of the army is slowing down indefinitely. It's like being restricted. ”

"When you say this, I feel that there is a clear contrast between economic development and military development." Long Sifeng said with a sudden frown.

"So the current game, just like reality, is starting to have a serious shortage of resources to improve military power. If you want to improve the overall strength of the empire, you must start with equipment and technology. The vigorous development of the economy and the mastery of advanced technology are precisely the expression of this phenomenon. ”

Lao Jiu looked at everyone and said, "In the past, the resource to improve the military strength of the empire was the Warcraft, but with the wanton killing of people, the upgrading of killing monsters has begun to limit the growth of the army, so the major empires have begun to start with technology. ”

"The next year will be the most depleting year for mineral resources in the game. With the development of alloy technology, the improvement of equipment manufacturing technology, and the emergence of rune masters, the mineral resources of the major empires will be exhausted in a short period of time. ”

This makes it possible to foresee what the future holds. And this game is originally a product of war, if the major empires want not to be eliminated and want to survive, then they must carry out resource plunder, and at that time, that is, when a real full-scale war breaks out. ”

"So we're running out of time?" Long Sifeng said with a frown.

"And the real purpose of me gathering you is to discuss with you the next development of our Empire." Lao Jiu said with a serious face, "After half a year of imperial crisis, our military strength has been seriously weakened. ”

"So in the next year, we will focus on improving the military strength of the Empire. And the only advantage we have at the moment is the technology we have in our hands, which also gives us some initiative. ”

"As far as I know, there are also abundant resources in the Qinchuan River, whether it is minerals or demonic beasts, they should be able to meet the needs of our empire, right?" Mido said with a frown.

"Wanli Qinchuan does contain rich resources, but it is not suitable for the large-scale cultivation of the army, and the so-called Warcraft resources are only suitable for the development of scattered people." Lao Jiu said helplessly, "But our recruit training plan still needs to be carried out." Xiangxiang, if you follow the regular training, how far can the soldier's level be raised? ”

"If it is regular training, the average strength of a soldier is up to fifty, and it will take a lot of time." Yu Shengxiang thought for a while and said.

"Have you forgotten the Endless Sea? It is not difficult to see from this sea monster beast tide that the real monster resource should be the Endless Sea, should we start with the Endless Sea? Suddenly, Mi Baoer said with a frown.

"I've also thought about this question, but now that high-level demonic beasts are in power, there are almost few low-level sea demonic beasts in the past, once we use bait to gather a large number of sea demonic beasts, then the minimum level of these sea demonic beasts is above sixty, which is simply invincible for recruits, especially in the sea." Lao Jiu said helplessly.

"Unless we have a way to get a recruit to pass level 60, it is almost impossible to greatly improve our strength. Judging from the current situation, not only is the strength of human beings improving, but the strength of demonic beasts is also increasing. ”

"That's right, according to the current big data, the fifty to seventy level demonic beasts on the land are almost on the verge of extinction, which makes the armies of the major empires replenish and there is also a serious fault." Yu Shengxiang also frowned.

"It seems that some things are still not expected by us." Lao Jiu frowned deeply and said, "Obviously, this is a means for the system to restrict the unlimited development of the army, and after the New Year, I will go to sea in person to see if there is any solution to it." ”

"That's the only way, after all, the Endless Sea is the location of the most abundant resources in the game, I believe Zhao Hao should know more about this, then you can discuss it with him, maybe he has something to do." Mi Du looked at Lao Jiu and said.

"Before that, our backup army can't be slack, while we are trying to figure out a way, Xiangxiang is organizing a large-scale training, and the specific number is temporarily set at 10 million." Lao Jiu thought for a while and said.

"In addition, it is to increase the population base of the Empire, after the development of the Empire for half a year, I think countless people are still yearning for the Empire. You still need to worry a lot about Sifeng. ”

"I forgot to tell you, with the continuous development of our Empire, the system permissions obtained at present are not comparable at the beginning, and the Empire itself is from HX, so the system for HX players in reality, the requirements for joining the Empire have been greatly reduced." Long Sifeng looked at Lao Jiu and said with a smile.

"At present, as long as you are an HX player, as long as you are willing to join the Empire, you don't need the direct consent of HX, as long as you go through the equivalent procedures in our Empire, you will be recognized by the system."

"And with the series of policies proposed by the Xiaoyao Empire, it has also attracted countless HX middle and lower class personnel, and the population who have joined the Xiaoyao Empire in the past six months alone has directly exceeded 100 million."

In addition, with the continuous development of the Easy Empire, it belongs to the commercial saturated HX inland, and there are countless NPCs who have moved to the territory of the Easy Empire. In particular, the Xiaoyao Basin, which is adjacent to HX, and the former Stick Empire and Chao Empire. ”

"Didn't HX stop this?" Lao Jiu asked in some surprise.

"Of course, we have negotiated, but they still have a lot to do with us, so this matter has been dragging on and difficult to solve." Long Sifeng said, "But after HX cultivates his own rune master, it is estimated that some coercive measures will be taken." ”

"Then before HX takes measures, dig as many people as you can." Lao Jiu said, as if he remembered something, and suddenly asked Zhu Erpang, "By the way, Erfat, how is this year's grain harvest?" ”

"This year's grain harvest is mainly based on the north and south boundary rivers and the Xiaoyao Basin. However, the stick empire and the Chao empire are very bleak, and as for Xiaoyao Island, there is no harvest. Zhu Erpang said helplessly.

"According to my statistics, this year's grain output is estimated to be less than next year's bumper grain harvest, and our previous grain reserves are almost exhausted.

"Find a way to hold on until the end of next year." Lao Jiu groaned for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "In this way, in the territory of the Stick Empire and the Chao Empire, a large number of fertile fields will be transformed. Now our task, in addition to economic development, is to farm! ”

"Now the most important thing we lack is funds, Xue'er, you take out 50 billion gold coins from the treasury, fully cooperate with Erfat, and plant all the land that can be planted in our territory with grain, and we must ensure the grain output by the end of next year."

"What? Are you crazy? Farming with 50 billion gold coins? How much grain are we going to buy if we have 50 billion? Baili Piaoxue was simply shocked by Lao Jiu's words.