Of course, the people of the Blue Star Autonomous Regiment did not know that their seemingly shrewd trade war had been seen through by the cultivators of the Li Clan, but they were immersed in the joy of gaining great wealth. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Since the Li Yu firm broke the trade barrier of Li County, the Blue Star Autonomous Group took this opportunity to vigorously develop and sent a large number of members to the counties of the county to secretly open various business shops. Under the operation of the autonomous group, it produced and sold batches of products that were better and cheaper than the Liyu firm, which soon broke the monopoly of the Liyu firm and quietly occupied almost the entire Lijun market.

However, for most of the year, the industry of the autonomous group almost monopolized all walks of life in the mortal world of Lijun, penetrating into all aspects of mortal life, from road paving, bridge construction, ship production, carriage manufacturing, firearms and weapons, production tools, and all kinds of daily necessities. The Autonomous Group has faintly become the richest organization in the entire mortal world of Lijun. And with the money, the Autonomous Mission can finally further realize their dreams.

Just when the Li Clan Elders' Association was plotting, hundreds of miles away in a unique building complex on the outskirts of Xiaoyu County, in a hidden venue, the Convention Council was also holding a routine meeting.

"Guys, now please report on the situation in each of your respective fields!well, let's start with Arden and Connell!" said Grant with a blushing face in the conference room.

Arden and Connell are top scientists and engineers, both of whom were the second- and third-in-command of the "Lock Star" program, and after the establishment of the Autonomous Mission, they have been responsible for the research and development plans of various machinery and engineering projects, and many of the products of the Autonomous Group that are beyond this era are mostly developed by the teams they lead.

After hearing Grande's name, the two looked at each other, and Arden smiled and said, "Well, okay. Let me first tell you the good news, the first improved steam head we have built has been successfully tested a few days ago, and the experimental speed of the new steam head has reached 70 kilometers per hour, which is still a conservative speed. We will soon have the first train on the planet! We are also preparing to build a railway, and I plan to build a railway between Tieling Mountain in the north and Xiaoyu County, so that we can easily transport iron ore to Xiaoyu County New Industrial Zone. ”

Everyone applauded Arden's initiative, and the appearance of the steam engine and railroad on the earth was an epoch-making invention, and it is believed that it was enough to change the entire county.

Bizet, who was sitting on the other side of Arden, waited for him to finish speaking, and then said: "The weapons production I am responsible for is also progressing well. In the middle of this month, the construction of our new firearms factory has begun, and if all goes well, it is estimated that it will be in operation by the end of the year. I first planned to lay three production lines, mainly producing rifles of two calibers and a revolver. We have now received large orders from the militia guards in eight counties, and the other nine counties are also on the sidelines, plus those demon hunters, mercenaries, etc., the market sales are very optimistic. ”

Although Bizet is also a member of the alien energy group, he is naturally more interested in research and rarely does external activities. After coming to Xiaoyu County, Grant gave him the task of weapon system, and all the weapons sold by the Blue Star Autonomous Group came from him.

Then it was the turn of Captain Modern, and the job he was in charge of was naturally his old job.

"The shipping and fishery areas I am responsible for are operating normally, and the routes to the three coastal counties of Lijun and the five inland counties have all been opened, which saves a lot of cost and time compared with land transportation. In the near future we plan to open up several routes to other counties, and if we can, I would like to expand the scope of our activities to the whole country!" Captain Modern gave a brief account of the work and finally came up with such an astonishing idea.

"Expanding to the whole country? Will this work? It took us so much effort to break through the trade barriers in the whole county, wouldn't it be more difficult to expand our business to the whole country. Grant wondered.

"Not necessarily. Captain Modern said: "We have learned that in many coastal counties of Lijun and even in the coastal counties of Guiguo, there are many people who are engaged in shipping. If you want to rely on land transportation alone, how can those dignitaries and nobles in the capital of Guiguo eat fresh food from all over the country. If Arden can build a steam engine for a ship as soon as possible and load it on our new vessel, it will not be difficult for us to do so. ”

Arden and Connell discussed it in a low voice, and immediately responded, "Modern, your attention is good. We'll set aside a dedicated team to develop a large steam engine for loading on a ship, and you'll have a new big ship in no time. ”

Hearing this, a bright smile suddenly appeared on the weathered face of Captain Modern, since the "Ark" had lost power due to serious damage, he had been eager to regain ownership of a large ship, and Arden's words gave him a lot of encouragement.

Grant also approving: "Yes, with the new big ship, it also helps us to learn more about the world outside of Lijun." To be honest, I'm still very curious about the Terran Continent, and if I have the opportunity, I really want to go around. ”

Grant's words aroused everyone's desire to explore, since they came to this strange world, they have long been eager to know everything unknown in the whole world, not to mention that they are scientists who are full of curiosity.

Then, Schroeder, Bizet, and Ivanov, who were respectively in charge of the protection of the autonomous regiment, agricultural production, and infrastructure construction, made reports on the work they were responsible for. As they say, the development of the autonomous regiment is quite smooth.

Finally, Leo, who was in charge of finance, reported on all the sales revenue of the Autonomous Mission for the year, including the amount of money paid by the various businesses and markets that had been secretly established in the counties, and the figure had reached a staggering 1 million guiyuan.

"Yes, we've increased our revenue this month by another nine percentage points compared to last month, which is really gratifying. However, it seems that the increase is all about the sale of weapons, and it accounts for a third of the total revenue?" asked Grant, looking at the financial statements, with a slight curiosity.

Leo added: "Well, that's true, after all, weapons are one of our main products. Quite a few of the people here work as mercenaries or hunters, so it is not surprising to buy weapons. And it is said that now in the border area of Guiguo, the two armies of Gui and Vietnam have begun to clash again, although our Xiaoyu County is far away from the border, but there are also many ordinary people who have been conscripted to serve on the border, and naturally want some powerful weapons to defend themselves. ”

Hearing Leo talk about the news of the outbreak of the Guiyue War, everyone didn't pay much attention, after all, Xiaoyu County is thousands of miles away from the Guiyue border, and the entire Gui country is so big, it seems that there is no image of their lives.

Grant was very satisfied with the current financial situation of the Autonomous Mission, he thought for a while, and suddenly asked everyone, "Since we have so much money, let's talk about it, what are our new plans for the next step?"

"R&D and manufacturing better and more advanced products!"

"Invest more and expand our production!"

"Build a few more big ships, and we will expand our business to the whole country!"

"Start a bank and make more money!"

"Save a little and save it, anyway, you don't have to invest so much money in production now, right?"

"Well, I think it's better to improve our lives, right? Why don't you distribute some of the income to everyone by shares?"

......

There was a lot of talk about how the money could be used, but there were some different voices.

Sonia began by saying, "Gentlemen, why do you always think about yourself? I think it's more important to spend your money on something more meaningful!"

Grant asked, "Oh, what's more meaningful?"

Sonia said very seriously, "Doctor, haven't you noticed the misfortune of ordinary people in this world?"

Grant was slightly stunned, and said thoughtfully, "Unfortunately? Nia, what do you mean?"

Sonia continued: "Doctor, we have been in Xiaoyu County for more than four years, but have you noticed that there are many children here who have not received a good education, many people do not have good medical and health conditions, their bodies are riddled with diseases because of years of hard work, but their lives are still poor, and their minds are even more blinded, their lives are full of hardships, lack of happiness and security, and have to endure poverty, hardship, oppression and injustice... Do you think we can't do something about it?"

Linda on the side listened to Sonya's words and smiled understandingly, while Grant and the others seemed to understand something and asked, "Sonia, you mean... We're supposed to help the mortals here, aren't we?"

Sonia nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, that's what I want to say! Doctor, although we have indeed done a lot of things in Xiaoyu County, we have spent most of our energy on production and construction, and we have done less for the ordinary people." Now that we have finally made some business and have some money, I think we should give back to the people here so that everyone can live a comfortable life. We should build more free schools and hospitals, help build more bridges and roads, as well as welfare homes and aid stations, bring more benefits to ordinary people in Xiaoyu County or the entire Li County, and help all those who should be helped. ”

Danny on the side asked puzzledly, "Sonia, what you said costs a lot of money, why are we doing this?"

Sonia was about to answer, but Linda took over and said, "Danny, don't you understand? If you think about it, we have done these good things for the people, and of course the people will not ignore them, and they will definitely identify with our autonomous group from the bottom of their hearts and be more willing to support our activities, so that we have a good foundation of public opinion. Wouldn't it be easier for us to do more with the support of the people?"

Linda's words immediately woke everyone up, and they soon realized the relationship between the interests of the Autonomous Group and the locals. Someone immediately reacted, and based on Sonya's suggestion, he proposed a specific plan for how to build a school and a hospital. After some collation, Grant finally listed the many investments that the Autonomous Mission will make in social and public services in the future, as well as plans to use a portion of the profits of the Autonomous Mission to invest in charity.

Seeing that everyone was happily discussing, Lin Da suddenly remembered something and reminded: "Everyone, I have another opinion, no matter what we are going to do, but there is one thing that must be guarded against, that is, those cultivators and nobles, we must be on guard against them." ”

It was young Danny again, and he asked puzzledly, "Noble Xiuzhen, why should we worry about them, aren't they cooperating with us now?"

Grant smiled and said, "Do you think they're really working with us? Once we're out of use, do you think they're going to be interested in what happened to us?

Lin Da nodded and said, "Yes, everyone has lived here for so long, and they have walked around the counties a lot in the past three years, so they should also feel the Zhang Heng Bahu of the Xiuzhen nobles." In fact, isn't the most important reason why the mortals here live so hard is caused by these cultivators? They monopolize all power, they are on top, they extort tyranny from the people, and they wantonly deprive everyone of their freedom, they are our most terrible enemies. ”

Ivanov suddenly remembered something at this time, and suddenly jumped up and said: "Oh my God! I remember! If the cultivators of the Li clan know that the businesses that have robbed the business of Li Yu in various counties are all secretly opened by us, wouldn't it be very bad?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. If the nobles of Xiuzhen really knew that they were competing with the Li Shang firm, I don't know what terrible consequences would be. Thinking of the possible revenge of those cultivators, everyone's expressions suddenly became solemn.

Arden thought for a moment and comforted himself, "Probably not, we didn't agree with them not to set up businesses in the counties, and these enterprises and factories were only opened with the consent of the county elders. Everyone is playing fair, you sell yours, I sell mine, what's the problem with that?".

"yes!" said Connell, too, "and we've done a lot of covert work." The companies we support that compete with the Liyu firm have not changed anything for them except that the goods and equity are in our hands. Usually I secretly contact the shopkeeper, so the Li clan shouldn't notice anything, right?"

"I don't know..."Grant worried, "Those cultivators have so many methods, even if they knew, it wouldn't be strange..."

Just when everyone was surprised, there was a low knock on the door outside the conference room, and Grant hurriedly asked people to open the door, and it was Tang Long who came in, but he was pale and out of breath at this time.

Grant asked in surprise, "Tang Long, didn't you transport a batch of goods to Huafeng County? Why did you come back so soon? Seeing that your face is not right, what happened?"

Arden, Kang Nai and the others hurriedly asked people to bring a stool for him to sit down, and after Tang Long took a moment of breath, he raised his head and said with a panicked expression: "Oh no, we are in big trouble!"