Qin Xiaobai asked for money and didn't want his life, so he classified the 572-point research project files of Zhoushui Academy in the past three months in different ways, combined with the 12 era divisions on the official website of "Empire", and made a technical statistical chart.

From the Bronze Age to the Bronze Age, Qin Xiaobai did it almost without much effort. But from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, it was stuck by some hidden conditions in the game.

Excluding some cases of accidental failure, they emerged some valuable laws from them - the Iron Age, corresponding to "the monarchy, feudalism/statehood, suzerainty/vassal state, slavery." ”

At present, the Zhou Dynasty is not implementing the imperial system, but the tribal alliance system. The nine vassal states under the jurisdiction of the Zhou Dynasty were large tribes, and each large tribe had many small tribe walls, and each tribe was managed independently by the chieftain.

Asking for money and dying, he repeatedly compared these cases, and said excitedly: "Boss, do you say that Yan Guo must enter the imperial system, so that we can break through the threshold of the Iron Age?" And to study the iron tools? ”

Qin Xiaobai looked at the statistical chart and said with a smile: "We can't find a reasonable explanation in other aspects that can explain why the NPC craftsman broke through the threshold of the last 0.99%, so this is very likely." However, it is not so easy to implement an imperial system. Zhou Tianzi's direct territory was only a few places such as Haojing and Luoyang, and the rest of the places were under the jurisdiction of the nine princes. Zhou Tianzi himself could not be called emperor. But among the nine major vassal states, which one dares to be the emperor now? Once he becomes emperor, he will definitely be attacked by other princes. It's a big trouble. ”

If you want money, don't die, smack your tongue and said: "The historical Qin King Yingzheng first unified the princes of Kyushu, and then called the first emperor. Could it be that in "Empire", if a prince and king want to be emperor, they also need to unify other princes? If the nine princes fight, how many years will it take to complete the unification? I can't finish it in three or five years. Oh my God, isn't that impossible to enter the Iron Age? ”

Qin Xiaobai was silent. ^^

"Era/social system/core technology", these three match each other. in order to move forward. But this is only one of his speculations, and there is no evidence to confirm it yet. If this assumption is correct, I'm afraid we're in real trouble. Dominating the world is one of the most difficult tasks in any strategy game.

Is there an easy way. Entering the Iron Age? It was not clear to him whether there was such a way.

Qin Xiaobai quickly carried out a series of logical reasoning. If China's upgrading of the times is so difficult, then it will not be easy for other countries to upgrade their times, and it is likely to be as difficult as China.

One thing that must be explained is that except for China, which is in a "divided state" of the nine princes, in fact, all the countries in the game are in a "divided state". North Korea is divided into two regimes, North Korea and South Korea. Japan was divided into four islands. Each has a county lord and four regimes. The United States is divided into 10 regions and 10 regimes. Russia is divided into 7 regions, 7 regimes. France was divided into 22 regions, 2 regimes. Germany was divided into 16 regions, 16 regimes. Israel, is divided into 2 regions, 2 regimes, the State of Israel and the State of Juda

Many players don't know why Empires is arranged the way it is. Analysts generally agree that this method is intended to increase the intensity of the confrontation in the game. Let the players of each country fight the civil war first, and then fight the national war after the civil war - the world of the world to fight for hegemony. Obviously, under such a game progression arrangement, the player of which country completes the internal unification first will have the advantage of the national war.

Qin Xiaobai had always thought so before.

But today, he has a different way of thinking - the arrangement in "Empire" is to let the country that completes the unification first have the power to enter the Iron Age first. Completed the internal unification. Then he can be called the emperor, implement the imperial system, and enter the Iron Age. = In order to gain the right to enter the Iron Age first, then players in various countries will definitely try their best to unify internally and complete the process as quickly as possible.

There is another common knowledge in Empire - NPC craftsmen are allowed to teach each other's skills. That is to say, a certain country has completed iron tools. NPC Craftsman, then another country can also enter the Iron Age, regardless of whether the unification is completed or not.

Qin Xiaobai's eyes lit up for a moment, and he returned to his flatness. The above two game rules are normal, but as soon as the two rules are combined, there is a loophole in the program design.

Bug?!

He found a loophole that would allow him to enter the Iron Age as quickly as possible. In fact, it can't be said to be a loophole, to be precise, it should be a shortcut. There are shortcuts of one kind or another in any game. It's up to the player to show up on their own. This shortcut can give him the opportunity to directly break through the Iron Age. It didn't have to take a long time to complete the unification of the nine princes of the entire Zhou Dynasty. When you have a large number of iron tools and your strength is enough, then the completion of unification will be a matter of course.

I want money and don't want my life, and I am still annoyed by the extremely difficult task of becoming emperor.

Qin Xiaobai pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Okay, you can go back first." The technical research work of the Zhoushui Academy will continue, but don't spend money on research on the technology of the Yue Era for the time being, and talk about it when the time is ripe. ”

"But we have studied more than 570 projects, and now there are very few worthy research projects in the Bronze Age. ”

Qin Xiaobai said with a smile: "There are no big projects, so let's get some small research projects that are practical in the Bronze Age." Try to study the entire Bronze Age usable earth technology, so that NPC craftsmen can master it as a technical reserve. Maybe we can find out more interesting things from it, and find out more accurate rules of technical programming. ”

After thinking about asking for money, he had to do it, so he had to nod and agree. He carefully put away all the dossiers and put them in a suitcase. Escorted by hundreds of bronze cavalry, he left the Tanggukou base and returned to Zhoushui City, the old nest of the Zhoushui Alliance.

Qin Xiaobai put aside the Iron Age escalation and returned to a comfortable life, continuing to implement the policy of recuperation and recuperation in the Zhoushui Alliance, so that the various departments of the entire Zhoushui Alliance could quickly recover in peace and stability, and recover from the recent sea battle.

For a full 10 days, the Zhoushui Alliance hardly made any major moves, and everything went according to plan, completing the predetermined plan -- restoring the economic and financial strength of the Zhoushui Alliance, restoring the naval combat strength of the Zhoushui fleet, and also restoring the naval strength of the 14 forces of the entire Bohai Alliance.

There were also some hiccups in these 10 days.

On the third day after the naval battle, a small fleet of 10 fighting ships from Qingdao appeared in the Weihai area of the Shandong Peninsula, but when they saw as many as 100 heavy fighting ships in the Weihai military base, the leader of this small fleet immediately claimed that they had been hung by a strong wind last night, and that they had absolutely nothing to break the peace agreement between the two countries, and immediately turned around and left Weihai and returned to Qingdao.

The Zhoushui fleet in Weihai had already ordered that no war should be started at will, and all of them turned a blind eye, as if they didn't see it, and let this small fleet go back. Although the Zhoushui Fleet and the Qingdao Fleet had a territory division agreement, the Qingdao Fleet was forbidden to enter the area north of Ershanzi Island on the Shandong Peninsula. However, the Zhoushui fleet did not want to engage in an armed conflict now, especially with the Qingdao fleet, which is the most powerful fleet in the Yellow Sea.

In the past ten days, Zhoushui Shipyard has frantically manufactured 50 Sanyalou ships and 200 heavy fighting ships.

The Zhou fleet still had 150 warships, of which 55 were Sanyalou ships, and the 50 light fighting ships that were eliminated were sold to allies. The remaining thirteen alliances spent money to buy 200 heavy fighting ships and 50 obsolete light fighting ships. The total number of ships in the entire Bohai Fleet will soon recover to more than 450. The number of ships is not too much, but considering that the proportion of Sanyalou ships and heavy fighting ships accounts for more than half, this strength has completely recovered to the level of strength before the naval war.

In terms of economy, the Bohai Rim and the golden waterway of the Yellow River have almost become the most active trade routes in Yanguo. 6. There is no link in the situation of the division of the various walled cities on the ground, and the players of each walled city levy taxes on the carriages passing by the walled city to increase their financial resources. A carriage transports materials from the northeast to Jicheng in Yanguo, passing through seven or eight walled cities, and the tax alone can make the price skyrocket by three or four times, or even higher, if you are unlucky enough to meet the rogue, even all the goods are robbed, which directly restricts the business and trade exchanges on the 6. However, on the thousands of miles of sea frontiers in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow River, only the Zhou Fleet collects shipping protection taxes, and no second one dares to collect this fee. A sailing ship carrying goods from Yingkou in Liaodong to the end of the ship in Jicheng of Yan State, the tax collected at sea is only 10%, and the fee charged on 6 is not much, which greatly reduces the pressure on merchants and stimulates the explosive exhibition of maritime trade. The strength of the Zhoushui fleet also gives merchant players who buy sailboats the confidence that they don't have to worry about being attacked and lost while sailing at sea. The ports and seaside cities in various parts of the Bohai Rim have also prospered and increased. The economic centers of Yan and Qi have a tendency to shift from the inner 6 to the coast.

The Zhoushui Alliance, undoubtedly the biggest winner of this economic war, has an exclusive monopoly on the port of Tanggukou, the manufacture of large sailing ships above two masts, the manufacture of fighting ships and buildings, and the right to levy taxes in the Bohai Sea.

With the explosive development of maritime trade, the fourteen forces of the Bohai Alliance have all gained huge benefits. First of all, the demand for dhows and cabin ships continued to increase significantly, which brought a large number of orders to the shipyards of various allied powers. In addition, the exhibition of various coastal ports, the prosperity of manufacturing and commerce, has also brought economic benefits to many players, and they have obtained a faster exhibition than the inner 6 walled cities.