Chapter 14: The Great Cause of a Small Country

Looking at the stunned old man Corinth, Zheng Shuanglong waved his hand and said with a sneer: "Okay, okay, even if the Liber Kingdom is rich enough, it doesn't look down on the poor hard work of fishermen, and disdains to dig for food in the sea." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info completely indifferent to those nutritious, delicious fish, shrimp, seaweed, etc. ”

"No, it's not like that, but I didn't think about it at all......" Hearing Zheng Shuanglong's words, the old man Corinth said instinctively.

The conscience of heaven and earth, the farms in the Lotlian area, and the pastures in the Chase area have been able to provide food for the entire Liber Kingdom, and even if it can't be provided in the event of a natural disaster, it doesn't matter, with the wealth of the Liber Kingdom, it can always buy enough food from the surrounding countries, and the Liber Kingdom has enough funds, so the Liber Kingdom has never thought of developing the sea and developing this turbulent blue ocean.

With the exception of a very small number of inshore fishing and exchanges with the Republic's ships, the seaport city of Luan really has nothing to claim from the sea, which has a lot to offer the people of the Kingdom of Liber. It's really an incredible thing.

But it also makes sense, since the resources on the continent can feed the people of the Liber Kingdom, and they can live very well and have a good life, then the ghost is willing to take risks in the turbulent sea. After all, the sea is never so gentle.

"Oh ha, didn't think about it at all!? It's worse than not caring. The mocking look on Zheng Shuanglong's face became more and more intense: "I don't care about arrogance, and I haven't thought about stupidity at all." It turns out that the people of the Liber Kingdom are not arrogant people but stupid people, then, this kingdom really has nothing to look forward to. Dear Headmaster Corinth, get out of this stupid country as soon as possible, or sooner or later you will be dragged to death by this stupid country, or if Mr. Corinth, who was born in the Kingdom of Libel, is not at all so shrewd, but a very stupid person, this is really a very fortunate thing. Should I go and celebrate with a few fireworks! ”

"Although I don't know if it was that being who provoked you in the past two months, but now you are fulfilling the promise you gave me, so can you be serious?" Finally couldn't stand Zheng Shuanglong's incessant cynicism, Principal Corinth said with a straight face.

It is worthy of being a big man in the Liber Kingdom, living and moving qi, cultivating and moving body, that aura can really deter many people, but unfortunately, Zheng Shuanglong is one of the very few people who are not affected by the aura of the old man of Corinth.

Shrugging his shoulders, Zheng Shuanglong continued without caring at all: "Seriously, of course you can, although I hate this place very much, and I also hate you, an old guy who is old and immortal and a thief, but I will still do what I promised." It's still there, ahem, I just said something, oh, not interested in the food that the poor sea provides, well, that's it. ”

After listening to Zheng Shuanglong's words, the old man Corinth's face turned blue again. To be old and not to die is to be a thief!? What are these words!!

Looking at the old man Klinz with a smile on his face, Zheng Shuanglong continued happily: "So, what about those medicines in the sea, the sea provides not only food, but also valuable medicinal herbs and other ......."

"Bao Ke flattened blood pressure and cured dizziness; Jellyfish can cure women's strain, blood belt, and erysipelas in children; Seahorses and sea dragons tonify the kidneys and strengthen yang, calm the nerves, relieve cough and asthma; use turtle blood and turtle oil to treat asthma and tracheitis; treating sore throats with seaweed, etc.; The sea crab is the inner shell of the squid, which can treat stomach problems, indigestion, facial nerve pain, etc.; Pearl powder can stop bleeding, reduce inflammation, detoxify, build muscle, nourish yin and nourish beauty; Cod liver oil, made from cod liver, can treat vitamin A and D deficiencies; Sea snake venom juice can be used to treat hemiplegia and sciatica......"

"The profits brought by these sea herbs are not comparable to those foods. Couldn't even these things impress the people of the Liber Kingdom, the demands of the people of the Liber Kingdom were really too high, too high. Isn't it. ”

Looking at Zheng Shuanglong, who was talking seriously, the old man Corinth sighed in his heart, and he didn't know how to argue. What Zheng Shuanglong said always seems to be so reasonable, although that kind of mocking tone is really difficult to accept, but the old man Collins is a lot older, has seen more, has a big heart, and can accommodate a lot of things. Some ugly words still couldn't shake him.

In other words, Zheng Shuanglong's mocking words, which were not as good as the mistakes put down by the Liber Kingdom that Zheng Shuanglong had put forward, were more likely to make the old man of Collins tremble.

People always have something that they can't let go. For Old Man Corinth, the Kingdom of Liber was something he couldn't let go.

I didn't care about the feelings of the old man Corinth, Zheng Shuanglong said whatever he wanted, and the mocking tone in his words still didn't change at all. The cruel and cruel fact was not embellished at all, it was so naked in front of the old man of Corinths, so cruel, so cold.

"The Kingdom of Liber is a small country, and if a small country wants to create miracles and accomplish great things, it always has to be a little different."

"It is by virtue of the strong and excessive strength of the Seven Yao Church that the Codex Country has such a unique status, and the terrifying and terrifying bloodshed has long since made the Codex Country's otherworldly international status."

"The Liberl Kingdom does not have the strength of the Seven Yao Church, and the two neighboring countries outside are as terrifying behemoths as empires and republics, and it is completely impossible to expand to the north, east, and south."

"Therefore, the only way out for Liber, who is a great power to be feared by both the empire and the republic, is to ask for everything he can from the west and to the southwest sea." Knocking heavily on the Gravaldo Ocean directly opposite Lu'an City on the map, Zheng Shuanglong said solemnly: "The marine strategy is the most important strategy for the future development of the Liber Kingdom, except for the development of Chase Workshop, everything must make way for this marine strategy." ”

"The Liber Kingdom is sandwiched between the empire and the republic, and it is impossible to find the direction of development from the land, because of the hostility with the empire, so the merchants of Liber are basically from the republic, and they basically trade with the republic, but the high tariffs have greatly restricted the development of Liberal."

"I don't know if you have calculated how much the Liber Kingdom brings to the Republic every year because of the high tariffs, if that part of Mira is saved to invest in the Liber Kingdom, Liber will already be one of the richest countries in the world."

"All in all, the merchants of Liber are not creating profits for the development of Liber, but for the development of the Republic, which is the vampire that crawls on the kingdom of Liber. Sucking the blood of the Liber Kingdom and developing his own national strength. ”

That's really good. After listening to Zheng Shuanglong's words, the old man Corinth had such a feeling.

The ordinary people of the Liber Kingdom do not understand this situation, and they do not understand the exploitation of the Liber Kingdom by the Republic of Calvard, a friendly country in their eyes, but how could Corinth, who can be said to be a big man in the Liber Kingdom, not know what the Republic of Calvard has taken from the Liber Kingdom.

If it weren't for the exploitation of the Republic of Calvard, which has the advantage of guiding the development of the force, how could the Liber Kingdom, which is exporting the guiding force to the countries of the entire Western Continent, not recover from the damage of the war for so long.

For the Kingdom of Liber, the Erebonian Empire is not a good thing, and the Republic of Calvard is no better. They always want to take something from the kingdom of Liber that doesn't belong to them.

Drawing a curve in the ocean basin on the map, Zheng Shuanglong pressed his hand and continued solemnly: "Therefore, the Liber Kingdom must develop new trade routes, and the ocean is the best choice, after all, the Republic of Calvard and the Erebonian Empire are in charge of the heavens and the earth, can they still manage the endless ocean." ”

Looking at the old man Corinth who seemed to want to say something, Zheng Shuanglong waved his hand and said quickly: "Maybe you think that since you have a guide airship, why do you need that slow ship." Wouldn't it be possible to trade directly with a guided airship? ”

"However, ships have an advantage that guided airships cannot match."

"It is true that the speed of a guided airship is several times, or even dozens of times, that of a ship, but how many things can a guided airship carry, how many things a cargo ship can carry, how long does a guided airship last, and how long does a ship last...... There is always a reason why the ship has not been completely replaced by a guided airship. ”

"Taking advantage of the development of the guiding force, we will begin to develop the sea and open up new routes, which will definitely bring countless wealth to the Kingdom of Libel."

"The Kingdom of Liber is a small country, and it is impossible for a small country to develop without sufficient wealth."

"Liber is indeed relatively wealthy, with per capita income and happiness index above the Erebonian Empire and the Republic of Calvard, but once the total capital is calculated, the Liber Kingdom is not enough at all."

"The land is vast, the territory is vast, the resources are abundant, the big country has extraordinary potential, even if it is backward for a while, it can still catch up, and what about the Liber Kingdom, once such a small Liber Kingdom falls behind, there are not enough resources and enough potential to catch up."

"Therefore, the Liber Kingdom cannot be left behind, therefore, if the Liber Kingdom wants to achieve great things as a small country, it must have a large amount of wealth, and a huge amount of wealth, only the endless sea can bring to the Liber Kingdom."

Gently tapping the table, Zheng Shuanglong said in a demagogic tone: "Don't have a lot, don't need many things, as long as there is a new, safe and feasible shipping channel, a shipping channel that can connect with the Eastern Continent, it can bring enough profits to Libel." ”

"The emergence of this waterway will not only allow the merchants in the Liber Kingdom to have more choices, but also not only save the merchants of the Liber Kingdom from being exploited by the Calvard Republic, but most importantly, the Calvard Republic has been eating a mouthful of oil in control of the trade with the Eastern Continent, and this benefit should also be redivided. Compared to the people of the Eastern Continent, who are already very disgusted with the criminal faces of the capitalists in the Republic of Calvard, they are happy to have friendly relations with the Kingdom of Libel, aren't they? ”

"Conduction is a very good energy source, that kind of recyclable, almost infinite energy is very good for navigation, no, not only navigation, no matter what kind of career it is."

"Starting from the port of Lu'an, open up routes in four directions: east, west, south and north. These routes can connect the Kingdom of Liberl with the world's major economic regions. ”

"The eastbound route runs eastward from the coastal port of Luan to the Republic of Calvard, and crosses the ocean through the Republic of Calvard to the Eastern Continent, and then communicates with the countries and peoples of the Eastern Continent along the coastline. This will not only bring enough wealth to the Kingdom of Liber and promote exchanges between people from all parts of the world, but also increase the international influence of the Kingdom of Liberl. ”

"Well, that's right, it's international influence, it's pretty good. A small country as the Kingdom of Liber is also able to have enough international influence. It's kind of incredible, but if you develop the ocean, you can get it. ”

"The southbound route starts from the port of Luan and travels south through the Republic of Calvard into the ocean, to find out if there is a new continent, if the so-called new continent can really be discovered, it is really a blessing to invite heaven, whether it is trade or plunder, there is always a lot of benefit."

"The westbound route is a very important route, it is the only route that can avoid the Erebonian Empire and the Republic of Calvard, the planet is round, and the westward route can also reach the eastern continent. From the ports of Luan, sail westward, through the Gravaldo Ocean, into the endless sea, and go on and on, and on, and then, one day, to reach the Oriental continent. ”

"The northbound route is mainly to spare the seaports of the Erebonian Empire to reach the city of Zhule and other countries."

"This is a great geographical discovery, obviously there is a guiding airship, obviously there is a guiding communicator, and the degree of civilization is not low, but there is no complete map of the planet, there is no map that marks the specific situation of this world, which is really depressing enough."

"Can't you just sit down and do a little bit of learning?" Zheng Shuanglong stared at the old man Klinz with the title of leader of the Liber Kingdom Scholars Alliance with disdainful eyes, and said unceremoniously.

Facing Zheng Shuanglong's eyes, the old man Corinth felt a little ashamed, the people of the Semulia Continent are really bad enough for the development of the ocean.

They don't have that adventurous spirit, they don't set their sights on the ocean, the continent is their habitat.

In fact, the old man Corinth really doesn't have to be ashamed, what Zheng Shuanglong did this time is really very inauthentic.

Indeed, Zheng Shuanglong is ready to leave behind the most important knowledge of the Liber Kingdom, but there are many, many traps, many, many hidden hands, many, many incredible and powerless.

Zheng Shuanglong drew a big cake for the old man of Corinth, and then told the old man Corinth that the painted cake could satisfy his hunger, but the old man of Corinth really believed Zheng Shuanglong's words, and it was completely impossible to use this painted cake to satisfy his hunger.

This is the knowledge that Zheng Shuanglong left to the Liber Kingdom, a beautiful, realistic, and important knowledge that cannot be realized.

The highest ideal and the original ideal are at a distance like the end of the world, and the highest ideal can only be looked at, and then slowly completed step by step in a hundred years, a thousand years, or even ten thousand years, it is very dazzling, but it is too far away from people.

The maritime strategy is indeed the most important strategy for the Liber Kingdom to achieve the great cause of a small country, but there is really no possibility of this strategy being fully realized in the Liber Kingdom.

Not to mention whether the Liber royal family, which was able to open up such laborious projects as the Guroni Mountain Road and the Karudia Tunnel in order to consolidate the rule of the royal family, has the courage to make a desperate gamble and fully support the development of Luan, even if the Liber royal family can really let go of the possibility of the Luan region breaking away from the Liber Kingdom and concentrate on the development of Luan, there is no way to make this maritime strategy be successfully implemented.

Corinz is the alternate mayor of Luan anyway, so what will the representatives of other districts think when the old man Kolinz proposes a development outline centered on Luan?

Regional protectionism exists everywhere, and hilleering is very normal. For the sake of Luan's development, sacrificing the interests of his own region, this kind of thing, the mayors of Perth, Chase, and Lotren should consider the thoughts of the people under their rule even if they support it.

They are all Liber people, why should they make way for Luan, why should they sacrifice their own interests for the development of Luan, and they are not Luan people.

Not to mention that there are so many financial allocations, if they are tilted towards Lu'an, there will be less allocations for other regions, and it is really unbearable to sacrifice their own development for the development of Lu'an.

The local city of Lotren is okay, but the problem of the industrial city Chase is that scientific research is a money-burning activity, and how to play it if the funds are insufficient.

However, even if these two areas have to be sacrificed, the sacrifice is not very much, but the commercial city of Perth, it is really not able to bear the rise of Luan at all. That's going to consume your future.

Doesn't the opening of new trade routes and the rise of Luan represent the decline of Perth, a commercial city that developed by relying on border trade close to the Erebonian Empire, and does it not mean that the number of merchants who come to Perth to invest will decrease, and does not this mean that the life in Perth will be significantly reduced.

Even if the mayor of Mabel reluctantly agreed to this kind of thing out of consideration for the sake of the Liber Kingdom, it was impossible for the residents of the Perth region to agree. This is a real damage to their vital interests. How can this be endured.

In particular, until they enjoy the huge profits brought by maritime trade, the original vested interests will not let go.

It's not a matter of short-sightedness and long-sightedness, but ten birds in sight, not as good as one bird in hand. What is real in the hand is real, and what is in the long term is always long-term.