Chapter 748: A Different Path
In the period that followed, a wave was set off among mankind, which is known in later history as the Age of Discovery. Countries are obsessed with elves and crave all kinds of goods from the East, and because the first humans were the first to discover elves, a wave of pursuit and search for elves has been set off in the entire West.
And underneath this, what is hidden is to break the trade monopoly of the Tang people.
For this reason, many excellent and adventurous navigators were recruited by Western countries to go to sea in search of news of the elves. But, as Agalite had said at the time, the realm of the elves was closed by themselves, and outsiders could not find the elves without their permission. However, these words were regarded by Western countries as the rhetoric that Castile wanted to trade alone. Naturally, they did not believe it, and many excellent navigators, with dreams, went overseas without hesitation to open up new worlds.
However, there are many who have not found the elven realm at all, and they have found a whole new land. It was a series of tropical islands, wild lands, no civilization, only a group of primitive people who still used stone tools. At first, the navigators were disappointed, but in a chance deal with the natives, they discovered that the natives possessed a large amount of gold products. Trading with them allowed them to obtain large quantities of gold and many other things at the lowest prices, and as they traded further with the natives, they bought large tracts of land from the natives at low prices, and then began to build the castle harbor and establish the first colony.
The colonies, on the other hand, have a very long tradition in the West.
During an inland exploration, navigators and their crews found a large amount of gold in the inland rivers! This changed their impression that this was not a wild island, but a land of abundance flowing with gold. Needless to say, the explorers returned home and told the king about it, and then a large number of people began to come to the islands in order to obtain gold. The war began, and the backward primitive natives, who were no match for the fiercely armed men, were enslaved and became serfs to reclaim wasteland, to become miners to mine gold, while the population from the 'civilized' world migrated, settled here, and plundered vast tracts of land.
The age of the Great Voyage has come, and so has the era of the Great Colonization.
In the decades that followed, many wild and unowned lands of abundance were discovered, and many Western countries joined in. A large-scale carve-up operation began, and this move and behavior also promoted the majestic development of the shipbuilding industry. Because in order to sail to the deep sea, it is necessary to have a large enough and advanced ocean-going vessel. And the war with the natives, even in the era of cold weapons, caused heavy losses to the colonists from the West, and because of this, the black powder that was born in China was accidentally used by the Tang people in the war! Then, this change began to spread to Europe!
It is worth mentioning that during these decades, the Tang people did not participate in colonial activities. However, in response to the gradual development of the shipbuilding industry in Western countries, the Tang people have always maintained a certain rational pace. Gradually, he studied and upgraded the domestic shipbuilding industry, and he controlled the relationship between the East and the West, so that he always had a solid advantage.
And because of the advent of firearms, the Tang people knew very clearly that the emergence of firearms would change the pattern of warfare in the future. At the beginning, the Tang people had always been strict about the issue of firearms. But decades later, leaks are inevitable! Although firearms have appeared, their performance in all aspects is still very primitive, so the mainstream weapons are still mainly cold weapons. However, the Tang people did not relax for a moment in the study of firearms, but most of their attention was still focused on the situation in the West and the ocean-going trade. Sitting on the mountains of gold and silver, it is difficult for them to have any interest in the wild places overseas at this stage.
And in the heavens, which the people of the lower realm do not know, a land hidden in another dimension. There are two pairs of eyes looking into the lower realm, and anything that happens there is watched by the owners of these two pairs of eyes.
One of them, a tall and handsome figure, pointed to the scene in the spring and said with a smile, "Although a turn has been made, there is still a great voyage." He said, "Next, do you need to have the elves come to the world as well?" ”
Jiang Ning nodded, "This is also thanks to the Time Gem, otherwise, I don't know how much Origin would have to be wasted to speed up the time in this world!" Now that you have the Time Gem, you can save a lot of effort. As for the elves...... Let's go through the cycle! ”
Yiningville nodded, "I see." He added: "As for the appearance of black powder weapons, should they be restricted?" After all, one is not good, and the development here will go on a fork in the road. ”
"Yes, it should be limited, what I need is not an industrialized modern civilization, but a magical civilization with extraordinary power! Here, there is a good foundation, and a good mentor is also needed in the future. ”
"You mean the High Elves?"
Jiang Ning nodded, "Yes, the elves are blessed, and the existence of the unquenchable fire gives the elves a strong physique and immortal life. Whether it's a wizard, or magic, elves are a better carrier. But their reproductive advantage is too small, and the human base is the largest. Therefore, I need the future for the elves to spread this seed, and look forward to the day when it will fully grow! ”
Inningville nodded, "Compared to humans, elves do have this advantage!" It's a good mentor, now, it's up to you to get the elves to appear at the right time and guide the humans! ”
Jiang Ning was silent, and then he took out the Space Stone and the Soul Stone and looked at these two gems. "Originally, I thought that these Infinity Stones were a scourge and I didn't dare to use them in the world lightly. Now, I understand that I shouldn't have this scruple. He chuckled, then threw the two gems into the air, and in an instant, the two Infinity Stones scattered with the wind and merged into the world. And the world has changed in an instant, and the relevant rules have been improved and strengthened. Not only Jiang Ning, but even Yiningville is very aware of the instantaneous changes in the world!
"I'm really looking forward to what the rest of the gems will look like when they are integrated into the world, and I also want to see when this vast chaotic universe is all unified by us. How powerful the world will be, and what earth-shaking changes will you have! Yiningwei looked at Jiang Ning and said wistfully.
"This road is destined to be difficult and full of challenges!" A flame burned in his eyes, and his eyes looked high into the sky, as if he had seen the full face of this chaotic multiverse in an instant, as if he had glimpsed a lot of powerful beings in an instant! However, in his eyes, there is a false vision, just like this universe, which is incomplete, full of errors and loopholes.