557th Wave (IV)

In 378, Liu Yu was 15 years old.

As the son of a tenant, Liu Yu was born a tenant and had to work hard to chop firewood and farm at the age of 15. One day, Liu Yu was very tired and thirsty from chopping firewood, and suddenly saw a wild fruit in the ditch. After taking it on the spot, Liu Yu was suddenly lucky to advance to a level 1 immortal. However, this is not a good thing, since the Hou Sect made it clear that human immortals can also be refined, all wild human immortals are coveted by the world. Liu Yu's main family was just a pseudo-landlord who ran the land industry for the immortals, and he knew the general information of the immortals and was greedy for Liu Yu's luck, so he had the vicious intention of killing people and refining.

Thanks to Liu Yu's dark omen favor of Liu Song Longqi of the Southern Dynasty, he was able to escape countless conspiracies and tricks in a dangerous and dangerous way.

Then, Liu Yu had no choice but to flee to the mountains, and it was difficult to avoid unscrupulous coveting again and again.

In 381, not long after Liu Yu advanced to the second level of immortality, he met Xie Xuan, who came to visit the mountains and rivers in Huangshan. Xie Xuan did not covet Liu Yu, but kindly helped Liu Yu register his name in the list of immortals. The list of immortals is an important tool for Sima Yi to manage the group of immortals in the Sima Jin Kingdom, and only those whose names are registered in the list of immortals are the legitimate immortals recognized by the Sima Jin Kingdom. With the legal roster, if the non-immortal landlord dares to murder Liu Yu Lianhua, the local government will immediately punish and punish him.

Liu Yu thanked Xie Xuan, but he couldn't believe Xie Xuan.

Liu Yu grew up rapidly during his escape, and carefully found out who the high-ranking officials of the Immortals who were hiding behind the landlord's house were surnames. It is very unfortunate that this person happens to be Xie Xuan's friend, or this person often shows himself as Xie Xuan's friend. Liu Yu didn't believe that Xie Xuan would break with his friends for him, nor did he believe that Xie Xuan would uphold justice for him, so he hid his true origin and changed his name to Liu De.

Just as Sima Yi was preparing to move the foundation to the south of Jiaozhi, Liu Yu decisively joined the southern expedition team and went to the outer land to make contributions. In 403, the pirate incident broke out, and Liu Yu was dispatched to Guangzhou to fight against Lu Xun as a level 5 immortal general. Perhaps fate destined him to restrain Lu Xun, after Liu Yu arrived in Guangzhou, it was like a sharp sword out of the sheath, and Lu Xun, who had fought seven battles and seven victories, fled to the island in defeat.

It's a pity that Lu Xun has an island to rely on, Sima Yi is unwilling to fight with He Wuji and Lu Xun for a long time, Liu Yu was undefeated and defeated, and withdrew from Guangzhou depressed. However, Liu Yu also benefited from the battlefield, he broke through the level 5 barrier and advanced to the level 6 immortal in one fell swoop, and suddenly broke into Sima Yi's eyes.

In 405, he responded to the dragon qi of Shu State. Sima Yi gathered the elite to try to suppress the indulgence, and Liu Yu, a level 6 immortal, was called to be selected. Liu Yuqing knew that he was from a poor family, but he could only fight bravely to win fame and fame, and he worked 100% hard in every battle.

Looking around at the other immortals, in addition to Sima Yan, Sima Rui, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao and other descendants of the Sima family, Wang Dao, Xie An, Huan Wen, Tao Kan and other generations all regard themselves as scholars of the family, how can they do their best for Sima Yi? For example, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and other immortals in the old era, it is okay to expect them to be conscientious, and it is okay to let them die for Sima Yi, how is it possible! Therefore, seeing an immortal like Liu Yu who had no family background, Sima Yi was very happy and did everything possible to accept Liu Yu as a cronie.

Liu Yu also regarded himself as Sima Yi's cronies, and quickly became a rising star in the political arena of Sima Jinguo. Then, Sima Yi failed to suppress the indulgence, but Liu Yu was lucky to advance to the 7th level immortal, catching up with a group of military generals in the old era such as Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lu Meng.

Unfortunately, this is not a good thing.

As far as the current situation is concerned, level 8 is the watershed of dragon qi, and only those who share the good fortune of the dragon qi of the Sima Jin Kingdom can hope for the subjects of the Jin Kingdom to advance to level 8. The signs of Liu Yu's rapid advancement to level 7 caused Sima Yi to be alert. During that time, Liu Yuhuo was terrified, fearing that he would go to Liu Prison. In order to alleviate Sima Yi's suspicions, Liu Yu had to confess all his origins, and even changed the pseudonym Liu De back to Liu Yu's real name. It was only at this time that Wei Dongsheng belatedly realized that Liu Yu had been born for many years.

In the following years, Liu Yu stayed at level 7.

In 411, the level cap was raised to 15. Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng and other celebrities in the old era enjoyed the wave of group upgrades and successively advanced to level 8 immortals, and Liu Yucai was late to advance to level 8 immortals. These clues show that Liu Yu is likely to be a celebrity patron comparable to Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lu Meng, rather than a patron of dragon energy. Sima Yi's suspicion was slightly lowered, and he began to reuse Liu Yu again, ordering Liu Yu to lead the army to suppress Dongyang County in Yangzhou, in case He Wuji suddenly attacked the neighboring county.

Of course, Sima Yi would never completely trust Liu Yu.

At the same time that Liu Yu was in Dongyang County, Liu Yifu, Liu Yizhen, Liu Yilong, Liu Yikang, Liu Yigong, Liu Yixuan, Liu Yiji and other Liu Yu's biological sons, biological daughters, stepmothers, brothers and other collateral relatives were all euphemistically kept under house arrest in Jiankang by Sima Yi. Even if Liu Yu was really destined for a few years, Sima Yi would be able to control Liu Yu's heir as soon as possible, and at that time, he would either force Liu Yu to surrender with the lives of his descendants, or stalemate until Liu Yu died. With these precautionary measures, Sima Yi dared to reactivate Liu Yu.

The perspective returns to Dongyang County.

Liu Yu was stationed in Dongyang County, and Sima Yi's military order was "If the enemy does not move, I will not move; If I move first, I will sin if I win." However, it was Sima Yi who knew that the national fortunes of Sima Jin were about to dissipate, and he was not willing to spend his efforts to fight uselessly with He Wuji, Lu Xun and others. And because He Wuji seems to be satisfied with the territory of Dongjiang Prefecture, Dongyang County has become more and more lax over the years, full of peace and tranquility.

Wei Dongsheng stepped into Dongyang County, and his first impression was that the place had a strong commercial atmosphere, and there was a dazzling array of commodities from all over the world.

This is so because of the stimulus of maritime trade.

Since reconciling with Sima Yi, the folk prestige of He Wuji and Lu Xun has risen rapidly, and they are known as the twin heroes who conquered the sea. It is said that He Wuji and Lu Xun have controlled their sea demon pets over the years to negotiate with other high-level ocean demon clans with wisdom, and they are shocked to slowly resume the sea trade that has been interrupted for decades. So far, Kyushu and the Nanyang Islands, the new foundation of the Sima family in the south of Jiaozhi, Liu Bei's Han Kingdom, and the Anxizhou controlled by the Absolute Holy Gate have all rebuilt a new order of maritime trade.

At the same time, there seems to be a strange piracy incident in the territory of Shihu Zhao. Slightly different from Kyushu, Shi Hu seems to have crossed the pirate leader and directly received the allegiance of a sea demon pet. With the maritime supremacy brought by the sea demon pet, Shi Hu roamed the Mediterranean, seized part of Egypt in the Eastern Roman Empire in 414, and is currently working to restore and widen the old Suez Canal. Assuming that the old Suez Canal was restored smoothly, Shihu Zhao would immediately be able to re-establish political and economic ties with the Western Regions of Kyushu through maritime trade.

The Sea Demons call the ocean home, and they can not only help eliminate risks such as reefs, but also guide sea routes for sea vessels. With the help of the Ocean Demon Clan, the cost and risk of ocean voyage have been greatly reduced, and the maritime trade has prospered rapidly.

Wei Dongsheng personally experienced the Age of Discovery in the 10th reincarnation world, and clearly understood the important value of maritime trade. Not to mention other long-term benefits, corn and potatoes and other crops from the Americas alone can double the population size of the western regions of Kyushu in more than 100 years. Hearing that He Wuji and Lu Xun had rebuilt maritime trade, Wei Dongsheng immediately instructed the economic and trade departments to contact them and ask if there was any possibility of cooperation between the two sides.

Unexpectedly, He Wuji and Lu Xun coincidentally put forward harsh conditions.

He Wuji merged many chambers of commerce in Dongjiang Prefecture to build a community of interests of Dongjiang business group; Lu Xun merged many chambers of commerce in Guangzhou to build a community of interests of the Guangzhou business group. In Dongjiang Prefecture, all marine transportation business and seagoing ship construction business must be handed over to Dongjiang Business Group; In Guangzhou, all marine transportation operations and sea-going ship construction operations had to be handed over to the Guangzhou merchant group, which were two political monopolies. In addition to Dongjiang Prefecture and Guangzhou, the Dongjiang and Guangzhou business groups were also unexpectedly united, demanding that the two business groups monopolize and share all marine transportation business and sea ship construction business.

When the economic and trade department of the Jehodomen negotiated with the Dongjiang and Guangzhou merchants, the two merchants preferred to abandon the northern market together and stick to their monopoly mechanism. If the Absolute Holy Gate wanted to cooperate with them, it had to give up the idea of building sea ships, and it had to give up its ambition to participate in sea transportation, and divide the business evenly between the Dongjiang and Guangzhou merchants. In short, any ship sailing to the sea must belong to the Dongjiang merchant group or the Guangzhou merchant group.

If the development of maritime military power is abandoned, will North China become a colony of the Dongjiang and Guangzhou merchants?

With such harsh conditions, how could Wei Dongsheng agree!

However, what if Wei Dongsheng didn't agree?

The Dongjiang and Guangzhou merchant groups relied on the maritime hegemony established by the Sea Demon Clan, which was even more deterrent than the modern navy of the 21st century in the real world. Compared to human immortals, non-human immortals are not bad at all, they just lack sufficient combat intelligence and sufficient logistical supplies. With the guidance of the human immortals, the non-human immortals immediately equaled the human immortals.

Levels 1 to 5 are characterized by "fingers like knives, fists like hammers"; Levels 5 to 10 are characterized by "finger poking steel, shooting geese with an empty bow"; Levels 10 to 15 are characterized by "destroying the city with one punch, invincible in the world". For example, Wei Dongsheng, who had just advanced to level 14 for several years, charged a punch and slammed into the fortress wall at close range, which was more terrifying than the long-distance bombardment of more than ten artillery pieces. With one punch, the walls of the fortress can blow out big holes, and ordinary city walls may even collapse and disintegrate directly, ending in a humanoid cannon.

It is also because the immortal seed system is becoming more and more "powerful in one", and the high-level immortals have evolved from ten enemies to a thousand enemies and ten thousand enemies, and the numerical advantage of non-immortals is becoming more and more dispensable. As far as maritime hegemony is concerned, no matter how powerful the sail warship is, how can it expel the sea demon clan? Even if it is an aircraft carrier in the 21st century in the real world, they will have to sink into the sea in a row when they encounter frequent attacks by high-level Sea Demon Clan elders of the "One Punch Destroy the City, Invincible in the World" level in the old home of the Ocean Demon Clan.