208. Status quo

readx(); This meal is good, since the establishment of Datang, Gao Zhen has worked hard to develop various industries, he encourages the development of these diverse types of work, and even provides a lot of rewards for this. Every year, there is a large-scale competition for the national surname, and the final winner receives a lot of prizes, whether it is money or a high-income job or valuables. And he also raised the low position of these staff, in Datang, the most lacking is the aristocracy, and the least lacking is the ordinary people who raise their incomes and improve their living standards. Of course, the other empires were very dissatisfied with his actions, including the three major empires, and they also questioned Gao Zhen in person at the imperial meeting more than once.

But who is Gao Zhen now? The emperors of the Tang Empire are already on an equal footing with them, and Gao Zhen's development ideas are completely different from them, not only are there many masters under his hands, but also the composition of the army is modern PLA soldiers and aircraft and tanks, so if it is one-on-one, whether it is a battle of masters or a fight of the army, he is not afraid of the three empires. Moreover, even if the other party's strength overwhelms him, what then? No one is going to be stupid enough to fight him. Although he is now also a big family, in the final analysis, he is a barefoot, he came to this world alone, there is no big family, and there is nothing to take care of, these companions and women are directly accepted into the Shenwei Alien Space, or simply spend some source power to bring them into the system space, and the Tang Empire was established by him, even if it is destroyed, it is a big deal to start over, so he is very confident, and it is a situation where the fish dies and the net is broken, and it is not a big deal.

But other emperors can't do it, whether it is the three major empires, or the second-level empires and third-level empires below, they have been passed down for many generations, their every move is not only related to themselves, but also related to the development of the empire, related to the interests of the family, and all kinds of people they fancy, it is almost impossible to protect them one by one, so in the confrontation with Gao Zhen, a "madman", these emperors stood at a disadvantageous angle from the beginning, after all, the mouse trap, Many times they don't dare to leave everything behind to fight with Gao Zhen. Moreover, even if they are willing to fight hard, they still have to consider a question, that is, whether it is worth fighting hard with Gao Zhen and then destroying the Tang Empire.

Value, of course, is definitely worth it, if they can really destroy Datang, at least they can control such a large area, and now Datang is developing rapidly and has accumulated a lot of wealth, even if it can't be compared with the old empire, but it is also a piece of fat. But the problem is that it's not worth it, first of all, what these emperors value is only the future of Datang and the impact of many systems on them in Datang, and Datang itself does not have much conflict with them. On the other hand, the strength of the Tang Dynasty must be very strong, even if it can't compare to the three empires, but if it fights, even if the Tang Dynasty is destroyed in the end, it will definitely be able to break a tooth of the three empires. If it is a one-on-one fight, even the three empires dare not say that they will definitely be able to take the Tang Dynasty, and the three major empires are local forces, and their development needs to be step by step, whether it is science and technology, military, politics, or humanities, it needs a gradual process, once this process is destroyed, it is not even thought about recovering in a short time. The current continent looks calm, but in fact it is not calm, and the orcs are easy to get along with? What about the rebels? Still eyeing from the sidelines? It is very irrational and inappropriate to fight at this juncture.

This point, Gao Zhen also does not have this problem, military development, although he now also has a large number of indigenous troops, but the core force, or the continuous production of PLA soldiers and those aircraft, tanks and artillery, there is no doubt about this. Economic development, as mentioned above, has seen and heard on the earth, and the innate and almost engraved in the bones of the importance of the low position of businessmen, so in terms of economic development, his advantages are also unique. In terms of politics, it is true that the political system of the earth is not necessarily much better, and the ancient political system also has advantages, but it is also not necessarily suitable for him, and the political system he uses now has never existed. It's very simple, he is the shopkeeper, but he is the shopkeeper, and the following things are all left to those think tanks to solve, and he doesn't have to worry about all kinds of problems like other people in power. His subordinates are absolutely loyal to him, and they handle things exactly according to his will, and there will be no kind of corruption [***] situation, which is forbidden by Gao Zhen, so those people will carry it out unconditionally.

Therefore, no matter from which point of view, he is absolutely different from those emperors, he doesn't have so many worries, he can do whatever he wants, compared to him, the situation of those emperors is simply too bad, so even if he is dissatisfied with Gao Zhen, but he is just talking about it, no emperor really dares to go to war, even if it is the three emperors. Not to mention, Gao Zhen still has the absolute support of the Holy King, no matter what it is, reforms, bills, or proposals that are enough to change the class level, as long as it is put forward by Gao Zhen, it can be passed by the Holy King, and it will impact the interests of the aristocracy again and again, but it is the kind of impact that is not too serious, which makes the nobles numb At the same time, it also makes them see the strength of the Holy King's support for Gao Zhen, and they actually passed all of them, and none of them were denied, which made those emperors even more uncomfortable, but they were even more afraid to moveNow, after all, the Holy King is still the co-lord of the world, if anyone dares to risk the disapproval of the world to oppose it, it is tantamount to rebellion, and then there is nothing to do to find awkwardness for himself.

In short, Gao Zhen lived a very chic and comfortable life, while those emperors were mute Chi Huanglian - there were words of suffering.

Gossip is far away, because Gao Zhen's support for various industries is extremely high, so there are many talents from all walks of life in Datang, and there are a lot of talents in the chef industry. The original things in this world are very monotonous, even the aristocracy is full of white bread pizza or something, cheese and butter stew and barbecue are basically all they have, at most add dessert and salad, it's really not interesting. Gao Zhen was a little greasy to eat, he couldn't help it before, but now that there are so many chefs who are not bad and have some creativity, he naturally refuses to continue to make himself sad. The food in the system is good, the problem is that the thing is too cookie-cutter, just like that, he is also tired of eating, so he found several well-known chefs in the empire and told them some of the food concepts on the earth, Gao Lie's hometown, the East in this world, is also very accomplished in this regard, and when these materials are summarized, those chefs are like prisoners who have just been released from prison for ten years and then ate a whole bottle of viagra There is a goddess-level beauty in front of him. Enthusiasm erupted like never before!

In just one year, there are at least 100 dishes that are completely different from the previous earth or this world appeared in front of Gao Zhen, these things are gathered in front of Gao Zhen, and many seasonings and auxiliary ingredients that have been invented on the earth but have not yet appeared in this world, the main ingredients are naturally things from this world, but the processing method also integrates the essence of the two worlds, so these have never appeared in the two worlds.

Gao Zhen tried to eat a few dishes, but he felt that it was so delicious that he couldn't wait to swallow his tongue hard.

The appearance of such a delicacy finally satisfied Gao Zhen's appetite, and the three best performing chefs were also hired by Gao Zhen as royal chefs, specially cooking for these people, one person for eight hours, twenty-four hours a day without interruption, it is definitely an emperor-level service.

In short, Gao Zhen still ate so comfortably at this meal, after eating, he first came to his office, in fact, it was the office place, in fact, it was the place where he came to pretend, a huge room, which was very beautifully decorated, but lacked popularity. There's no way, if you meet a lazy person like Gao Zhen, you don't necessarily come here once a month, how can you expect to be popular here?

After sitting in the office for a while, he called Bai Jue over, and Gao Zhen learned about the current situation on the mainland.

The orcs in the northwest have completely stopped their attacks, and while constantly strengthening their defensive lines, they have also established their own cities and villages in the barren land of the northwest. It's hard to grow crops on barren land, but compared to the barren islands, it's a paradise for orcs.

The island wasn't really barren, of course, in fact, when they first got there, the vegetation on it was super lush, and because of the orcs' powerful digestive system, they could eat almost anything. But what limits their development is the size of the island. Although the islands were large in number, they were too small and too small, and the orcs were a race that reproduced as fast as humans, so it didn't take long for them to have a famine.

But to return to the mainland, they are not ready, or rather, they have just been driven away, how can they have the courage to return? Therefore, the food supply can only be continuously reduced, and the birth rate of newborns can be reduced. It was in this state that they persisted for nearly three hundred years before they barely escaped this **, which had just started three years after landing. The anomaly lasted for hundreds of years, in Gao Zhen's opinion, it was simply unimaginable, but this is the case, the next dozen generations of orcs, living in those palm-sized islands, constantly controlling their own food, constantly controlling the population of the race, until they and the sea tribe united, this situation was slightly better, but even so, they had a very difficult life.

If it weren't for the opportunity of this beast tide to come, they wouldn't have known how long this life would last, so now they can get such a huge improvement, they are very, very, very satisfied. At the very least, to the ordinary orcs below, it is a barren land for the entire continent, and it is as beautiful and rich as heaven in their eyes.

When the orc children were happily running and playing on the land where there was no edge, when the adult young orcs were holding axes to hunt and chopping wood, when the old orcs were holding pipes and smiling linen clothes, and the wrinkles on their faces were like a chrysanthemum, this "brutal" race showed no less dexterity and gentleness than humans. Perhaps from the very beginning, the "brutality" of the orcs was thought to be made up, the orcs are also a peace-loving race, they will not eat human flesh, nor will they hunt any humanoid creatures, they just have different living habits from humans, and the ability to reproduce is no less than that of humans, their appetite is far greater than that of humans, and the consumption of food is particularly serious. It is impossible to find out the origin of the original dispute between orcs and humans, but some say that it was because the orcs once regarded humans as an effort, so they drove the orcs away when the First Dynasty was established.

But this is very normal, from the perspective of a bystander, it is normal for orcs to enslave humans, especially in that era, when the enslavement of other races was the main trend, this state was simply too ordinary. Don't say orcs, elves, dwarves, giants...... The powerful race of the year, which race did not enslave humans? Then they were repelled by humans, and everyone felt at ease. But on the other hand, aren't today's human beings also enslaving all kinds of races? It's just that there is no whole enslavement of other races, but the reason is the same, the reason why human beings are not so ruthless now, is not that human beings are kind, but that other intelligent races are almost extinct, and the few remaining ones are also scarce, plus years of capture, they are also extremely experienced in evading hunting, so it's not that humans don't want to do it, but they can't do it.

In addition, there is no such state of slavery within the human race, and there are no human slaves in the slave exchange? On the contrary, human slaves are a major component within the exchange. Even on the earth, there is slavery in disguise, but it is related to their own interests that people deliberately "can't see", what the truth is, in fact, everyone knows it.

Now that human beings are strong, other races can no longer be enslaved, and at this time they can see the gentleness of the orcs, and their requirements are actually very simple, as long as there is a piece of soil for survival, it is enough.

But the other force, the rebel army, was not so easy to dismiss. The rebel army that occupies the Far North Plateau, although it is also in a state of weak logistics, but in the same way, the Far North Plateau is the kind of place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the human empire's positive pressure and killing of the rebel army has not stopped from the beginning, and now the orcs have basically stabilized, but the Far North Plateau is still in turmoil. What the orcs need is land, but what the rebels need is the right to rule this world, which no one in power is willing to call out. If you don't want to hand it over, you can only fight it, and a fool won't do such a thing as letting the tiger return to the mountain.

So, three months after the end of the war, three million troops quietly attacked, and the troops were divided into three routes, all the way north along the Raphael Mountains, following the dividing line between humans and orcs. The other path crosses the dark trail into the North Wind Plains, takes the silica coast, and pounces from east to west. The last way, just above board, passed through the foot of the Holy Capital of the Fourth Dynasty of the Human Race, and along a line in the center, it was directly inserted into the Far North Plateau like a dagger. The three-way army advanced directly for hundreds of kilometers with the momentum of breaking bamboos before encountering sporadic resistance, and the rebel army's reaction was a little slow, practicing the loss of territory, and finally forming a one-punch defensive position along the Purple Ice Lake - Giant Wood Forest - Tobit Rift to block the attack from the same clan.

Perhaps because of the compression of the defensive area, or perhaps because of the disconnect in human logistics, the rebel army blocked it in front of it, and even counterattacked a short distance slightly. Then, right above this dividing line, the battle continued. You come and go, today you destroy a brigade of me, tomorrow I will kill a senior general of yours. Today you attacked my supply lines, and tomorrow I will raid your few farms. In short, although the scale of this war cannot be compared with that of a "world war", it is no less tragic than a great war that has just stopped for a long time.

Every day, there are a large number of casualties, every day there will be a formation of troops disappear, in the cold wind like a knife, whether it is an ordinary soldier, or a high-level general, or a high-level master, the two sides launched a fight that cannot be stopped, blood stained the ground red, and then was frozen hard, little by little towards the direction of being called "blood frozen soil".

However, in general, the Central Plains region has stabilized, and the economy is recovering rapidly, and even the lives of other races are getting better.

After losing the last opportunity to attack the mainland, the Sea Clan also knew how to die down, of course, the more important thing was that Gao Zhen occupied the eastern coastal area, forming a strong deterrent to the Sea Clan. After all, the Sea Clan was driven back by Gao Zhen, so to this day, as long as the Sea Clan people mention Gao Zhen, they will grit their teeth and tremble involuntarily. Unable and unwilling to continue the attack, they finally chose to live in peace with the human race, constantly sending missions, and after paying a certain price, they established peaceful diplomatic relations with those empires.

Then, the caravan of the Sea Clan appeared on the mainland. Compared with the high-tech products that are gradually developing in the mainland, their native technical ingredients are simply miserable, but they are rare, and the sea tribe has also obtained certain benefits, although it is not big, but it is finally profitable, mosquito legs, for the embarrassed sea tribe, it is also meat! (To be continued.) )