February 3, 462 A.D.

Luotian area, Ranlun No. 17 base. What was once a cracked area is now connected by concrete dams hundreds of meters high. On the small plate of tens of thousands of square kilometers, there are many white pyramids.

Compared with the large cities in the stable zone under federal rule, there is no difference between backward and advanced. Even the buildings here are planned to crack the earth, which is more majestic and spectacle than the federal city.

Representatives at all levels from 45 provincial-level defense regions in the Luotian region and 23 Yanlun autonomous regions at the same level in the Shenlin region held a plenary meeting. Matters related to the opening up of traffic areas between the two sides were discussed.

The power grid in the two crack zones has been opened. This represents the convergence of the two economic systems.

In addition, a bill has also been passed, and the electronic monitoring of the Ranlun and Shenlin management is connected, and they are in a state of mutual supervision and joint policy formulation.

This shows that the current Burning Wheel in Luotian, Shenlin and Haoyang is coordinated by a unified and powerful government to allocate economic production.

The factional division of all political forces is due to the closure of information boundaries and the inconsistency of interests, thus forming one group after another. In this way, an alliance with an internal information gap cannot be used as a broad coordination of the contradictions of all parties.

1. Unified government, 2. Large-scale economic activities with common interests and even destiny, 3. Governments everywhere have invested heavily in infrastructure and education, which can protect the basic value of each region and prevent the bankruptcy of each region.

Among them, regional bankruptcy is not about the level of debt, but the inability to repay the debt is just the phenomenon that there is no capital to continue to inject and no one to take over in the later stage.

Definition of bankruptcy: A long period of governance failures that render the region worthless, i.e., abandoned infrastructure, chaotic law and order, and declining educational staff.

There is no real value, and capital in economically developed areas is reluctant to take over. (This was the case in the embryonic era of capitalism at the end of the Ming Dynasty.) Jiangnan has sufficient capital, but is reluctant to invest in the inland areas of Daming. ）

If the scale of education in a certain area grows and the transportation is good, the local government will not be able to borrow money?

In order to stabilize the supply of labor and market share, economic and industrial regions will continue to lend to these regions at low interest rates.

And this kind of borrowing is essentially an economic subsidy. Because all the core industrial areas will rush to 'hold' such areas with convenient transportation and good education. In order to facilitate the transfer of scientific research institutions in peacetime, to reduce R&D costs; During the risk period, the entire industry moved into the area.

Economically developed areas are competing with each other or chain control, dominating high-quality assets. -- In the south of the Yangtze River at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the end of the Qing Dynasty, the prices of high-quality asset farmland and fame and status were rising steadily, and social funds were constantly absorbed.

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The internal contradictions of the burning wheel are constantly declining, while the external contradictions are constantly rising.

In 462, the Burning Wheel was in passive contact with the warlords bordering the border on all plates. - After these warlords expanded to a certain extent, they were very dissatisfied with the monopoly of the burning wheel on the pricing of minerals. At the same time, at the same time, at the instigation of certain external forces, they frequently caused trouble on the border.

On the Internet of Burning Wheel, the call for shouting and killing is getting higher and higher.

Regardless of the system, speech is very extreme on the Internet where it speaks irresponsibly. However, this is indeed public opinion.

When the masses are excited to release a certain consciousness through the Internet, it is no longer a desire to rationally discuss certain issues. Rather, it is based on the understanding of receiving a large amount of information over a long period of time in the past, and the release of inner results.

For example, when a child of a wealthy class who had taken refuge overseas ran back, when the Internet spoke out about this incident, it was no longer discussing whether to let the child come back, but releasing the contradiction that has been caused by this phenomenon for a long time. Right! It is the hatred of the rich, perhaps in discussing the current affairs, this is irrational. But is the cause of hatred of the rich just in the moment? Contradictions are the accumulation of long-term behavior of a certain class. When a class took advantage of it in the past, it thought that the outside world did not know about it, and it was complacent and took advantage, but in fact, the people's eyes were bright, but they did not dare to publish it alone out of personal protection, and once the time was ripe, the collective attacked the class. (In the French Revolution, the fuse was the queen's necklace, in fact, the queen didn't buy the necklace at all, but the jeweler was scammed, and after it was exposed, the public "knew" about the royal luxury.) ）

Therefore, the release of contradictions on the network can be regarded as the precursor to the reality when the contradictions intensify to the highest degree.

Ranlun has done a good job over the years, a large number of people have a sense of pride, and only a small number of people are a little angry about the restriction policy of Ranlun after seeing the frenzied consumption of civilians at the bottom of the federation before. But...

When the federal financial system now begins to ruthlessly harvest its subordinates, all the 'free people' who were blessed by the Federation have become cyborgs. The Combustion Turbine Collective controls the core of the atom and the core industry of nano manufacturing, and at the same time, the total amount of power generation is a hard index. All the voices under the control system within the Burning Wheel have begun to become staunch autonomous. -- The original accumulated resentment suddenly turned around and turned to the outside world.

Taking Lu Qi as an example, he is still dealing with Sun Siqiong on the side of the saline-alkali security army, but he always keeps his distance.

At this time, the plate warlords began to provoke on the edge, directly provoking great dissatisfaction among the people in the burning wheel.

The words of 'fighting' and 'rebellion' are endless. Well, if the federal inspection system had found out ten years ago that a certain region dared to speak like this, it would have sent armed forces to suppress it.

In the face of a sudden surge of public opinion (after the correct path is verified, people's statements will be like market shocks, and they will buy and sell), and it is impossible for the government leaders to explain reason to appease.

Because this is the precursor to the actual social contradiction and violence, it is impossible for this kind of 'release' to be reversed, but there is still a certain distance from the actual violence. - Equivalent to a cordon. The enforcers can wait until the public opinion cools down a bit, and then move on to the actual process. After the emotional heat drops, take advantage of the fact that it will not stimulate destruction, and actively deal with it in accordance with the rules and procedures.

In short: while the management is cautious, it is quick to take practical action to respond to social ambivalence and bring the contradiction below the warning line.

The decision-making level led by Zhou You is now engaged in the fringe agent strategy of the Federation: "You have made the first year of junior high school, then don't blame me for doing the fifteenth." ”

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On April 7, there was an internal military meeting of the Ranlun.

"The Federation can now help the marginal forces, and we can help too. Our troops are rapidly reequipping, and a large amount of old-fashioned equipment is not suitable for the times, but it is cheap, easy to operate and maintain, and more suitable for these second-tier forces than federal military aid. ”

[The Burning Wheel is now fully equipped with the Atomic Core, a nuclear-powered energy source that means that the Legion can be fully electric, with a central large vehicle charging each vehicle.] There is no need for fuel supplies.

Strategic maneuvers can jump directly to a thousand kilometers away. However, this means that the internal combustion equipment of the combustion wheel can be mothballed. However, for those marginal forces with small territories, the weak strategic mobility of these internal combustion equipment is not a shortcoming, and they do not have this strategic depth. Moreover, the price of these equipment is very cheap. 】

Lu Boya said: "Military assistance is naturally possible. But the question is, after military assistance, can we export a governance model. ”

At this time, before someone wanted to speak, Lu Boya blocked his words and said: "The kind of governance method exported by the federation is unacceptable. The right path cannot be abandoned for the sake of momentary hegemony. ”

Lu Yi also added at this time: "It is also inappropriate to have a full-scale conflict with the Federation. Our current level of military science and technology is not suitable for head-on friction with the Federation. ”

Lu Ru's words made many people look sideways - after all, Lu Ru once pinned part of his hopes on Sun Siqiong, this "gray history" made him famous for his "followers", and now this remark seems to have the color of "compromise" again.

However, at this time, the tour of the universe offered recognition.

Zhou You: "It is indeed not suitable for a full-scale conflict with the Federation now, once we are personally killed, it will give the North Sweeping Ming the pretext to gather the forces of various plates to jointly suppress us." However, if we support the agents to dig a pit for the North Sweep, it only proves that the policy of the North Sweep in the marginal area is wrong. ”

- When you knock on the table, you write contradictions.

The support for agents is to pay attention to their ability to govern the region. If an underdeveloped area is governed by the Ranlun itself, it can be financially subsidized, although the subsidy is many, but there is always a bottom. And the underdeveloped areas occupied by the supported warlords are already difficult to develop, and if they start a war and expand without the control of the firewheels, it will create a bottomless pit of finance.

While paying attention to the governance ability, Ranlun should also pay attention to the values of the regional governance model and whether it is harmful to itself.

Because if there is a problem with the values of the region, when the conflict erupts, it will involve the position of the burning wheel. Ranlun is now not a national force, but a civilized force, if the position is wrong, the internal values are chaotic, within 20 years it will be torn apart.

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Zhou You raised his head and said, "All the big crack areas have investment value for us, and they can be controlled by open enterprises. Separating governance from the warlords in the region. We can pay a high commission for policing. ”

The company drew up a list: to provide equipment and to offer high commissions, which were enough to enable the combatants to develop a very good education for their children in the burning wheel.

Therefore, the demand of this "warlord" is to get closer to the values of the burning wheel. Basically, he is dressed in the skin of an 'independent army', but in fact, he is his own people.

At this time, one of the personnel of the Divine Presence asked, "The upper limit of the amount of foreign support approved by the federal government is higher than ours, is this?" We are competing with them here, is it too reluctant? ”

Zhou You: "Don't compare the size of the agent with the Federation, keep in mind the original purpose of our decision. The original purpose was to allow the federally supported warlords to divert the attention of our mercenaries who could harass us to fight them at will. The outcome of a proxy military conflict has always been secondary to us, and our main goal has always been strategic security. And besides—"

Zeyou poked his finger into the territory of several warlords on the map: "For these warlords, how much the Federation can support a landlord like them, these landlord snakes don't care. What this rabble is concerned about is how much support they are getting. We only need to prop up a single agent who is more economically stable and powerful than all the warlords among them to negate the Federation's strategy at the periphery. Let all the warlords feel that the future of robot puppet smuggling is bleak. ”

After Zhou You finished speaking, the entire decision-making level was very quiet for a while.

Two seconds later, Lu Boya began to applaud, and many people also reacted and began to applaud.

The strategy of the tour is very clear, and the people present have all the previous messes unraveled.

At present, the core of the strategy is the competition between the Burning Wheel and the Federation, and the competition in the periphery is to serve this core. While seeking victory in the edge competition, it is necessary to consider the resources consumed by the edge competition. It is not necessary for the Burning Wheel to completely defeat the Federation in the fringe zone, as long as the Federation spends on the fringe and bankrupt.

On the side of the burning wheel, he quickly began to prepare to pick people.

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In 462, beginning in June, the conflict in the periphery began to intensify.

The leaders of some local groups were beheaded, and some local groups split. The separatist side began to take power under the control of unknown forces, and carried out a religious sweep.

Of course, the big names of the Federation know what this loss of control is all about, and they want to intervene in the first place. But the burning wheel maintained a very ambiguous attitude, so he didn't dare to move for a while.

The reason is very simple, once the military intervenes in the fringe zone, the forces of the fringe zone suddenly emerge with some advanced weapons of unknown origin to destroy the Federation warship, or start to retaliate against the Federation and carry out sneak attacks on the federal cities. That's a lot more than worth the cost.

June 14, in the city of Purple Forest.

Bei Helu looked at the information in front of him.

Among the largest warlords supported by the Federation, a very small bombing weapon landed precisely on the window opening of 0.1 meter and poured into the fourth basement floor from the middle, killing the local leader of this force.

As a barrier warrior with a domain, Bei He Lu knows very well how this is done. And on Fang Xing, outside of the federal coalition government, there are very few forces that can cultivate barrier warriors. In the past, there were barrier warriors in titanium steel, but titanium steel is now gone. This kind of bombardment requires advanced weapons in addition to field guidance.

Bei Helu picked up another piece of information: it is suspected that in the highest training center inside the Burning Wheel, there are signs of emanating from the field.

In recent months, the new local strongmen of medium-sized forces in various regions, although still cult of personality warlords, are all anti-religious and anti-mechanical doll trade. In the economic chain, the production line of the gas turbine was introduced, and it began to be self-sufficient in food production. Then the energy company of the gas turbine was introduced.

The intelligence department under Bei He Lu found such a newly rising strongman, this guy originally seemed to have a son, but now he sent his son to a certain place of residence in Ranlun to go to school. The strongman, who wields power in the periphery, does not seem to be optimistic about the long-term future of cooperation with the Federation.

Bei Helu hesitated for a moment and decided to dial the communication on the other side of the burning wheel.

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The space engine is being tested, and the powerful electrical energy is released in the engines connected in parallel.

Inside the shiny machinery, a huge amount of energy is being confined A steady stream of electrical energy is supplied to the battleship's experimental system on the surface.

At this time, the spirit of the celestial tour from the star civilization also became very high. Because according to the limited intelligence of his own light moment system, in the poor situation of sub-civilization, other warships are all dragon hearts, and they have saved up the fusion energy engine for normal civilization to enter space. What's the matter, it should also be celestial-level wisdom.

With a good mood, Zhou You talked to Bei He Lu.

And in the face of Bei He Lu's slightly questioning tone, Zhou You didn't have anything to be angry about - Zhou You Kouhu: Naive child, there is no need to worry about him.

After listening to Bei Helu's questions.

"We have been calling on all parties to keep peaceful, calm ......"

Bei Helu: "Don't be sloppy. ”

Zhou You: "Ugh. After a pause for a few seconds, Zeyu tried to pretend to be serious and said, "What I said is true. ”

Bei He Lu: "Your eyes are rolling. ”

Zhou You: "Ahem, okay, in fact, what is the cause of this incident, you shouldn't question me." ”

Bei He Lu stared at Zhou You: "You are provoking the bottom line of the Federation. ”

Zhou You: "Well, I think the bottom line of the Federation for us will be improved in the future!" Without waiting for Bei He Lu to say the next sentence, Zhou You said strongly: "When you take a step back, someone will die, so who will care about the bottom line you set?" ”

Bei He Lu looked at Zhou You's expression and understood the meaning, his eyes were slightly sad, and then he said slowly: "When will there be a war between Burning Wheel and the Federation?" ”

"You shouldn't ask this question, you should ask me how to prevent the conflict between the Burning Wheel and the Federation from escalating into war. ”

Bei He Lu raised his head, couldn't help but look at Zhou You funny, and asked along the way: "Oh, how do you say to avoid it!" ”

Zhou You: "Give up arrogance, respect the possibility of growing strength among the people, give up laziness, and think seriously to guide civilization." ”

Bei Helu looked at Zhou You: "What you say, I don't understand." ”

Zhou You: "You'll understand, you're not stupid. ”

Bei He Lu bit his back teeth, and he thought that the meaning of Zhou You's smile was: The invasion of the White Star is imminent, and the Burning Wheel has the trump card to threaten the Federation.

He snorted coldly and hung up the communication.

When the communication was hung up, Zhou You's smile stiffened, the hope in his eyes dimmed, he slowly shook his head, and muttered, "We should be the same kind, why can't you understand?" ”

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The light moment of the space unfolded and connected thousands of miles away.

In the blue base, a boy is running through a bucket-shaped petri dish. - Lu Boya was in front of the glass jar, looking at this little boy who was made of pink jade.

When the projection appeared, Lu Boya straightened up suddenly, then hurriedly picked up the tablet and stroked his flat glasses.

Seeing this, Zhou You exhaled and said slowly: "Lu, my complete mind is not in the split, but it doesn't mean that there is no consciousness in the split, just now I split the consciousness in this body and always felt that someone was getting too close." ”

Lu Boya looked up "blankly" and said, "Oh, is there one?" ”

Zhou You shook his head and said slowly: "Okay, I don't blame you, by the way, now I'm going to inject a set of simple but relatively complete thinking." ”

Lu Boya looked at the people in the cylinder, and couldn't help but say for a long time: "It's a little later, that, he, well, this split of yours is still a child." ”

Zhou You slowly shook his head: "Day and night must fight. ”

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