Since the fleet of the East India Company of the Kingdom of Britain could not sail freely in the South China Sea, a huge trade surplus always existed, which became a small stain on the company's profits, causing strong dissatisfaction among the shareholders.

However, in the first battle of the Gulf of Siam, the losses of the fleet were too heavy, the losses of the ships were secondary, and the heart-wrenching was the large number of deaths of qualified captains and sailors, and the payment of pensions alone was a large number, not to mention the various resources required to train replacement personnel.

In order to bridge the dilemma of the massive import of precious metals into the Middle-earth Dynasty, the top management of the East India Company finally decided to add highly addictive tobacco, which is more effective than tobacco to the list of goods, and people can't help but indulge in it.

However, in the beginning, the East India Company only dared to carry large cigarettes into ordinary goods, secretly imported them into the Middle-earth Dynasty, and sold them in the name of black incense from the previous dynasty, in the name of smoker spices, and sold them by distributors who had cooperated for many years.

Their strategy worked, and the East India Company went on to introduce black cigarettes mixed with tobacco, which were also highly addictive, and at first the price was relatively low, so that many people who had spare money could afford to spend it.

As the potential smokers grew, so did the ambitions of the East India Company. It's a pity that just as they were about to show their strength and do something big, the monster of the Business Alliance suddenly showed its bloodthirsty fangs.

Lu Bin was the first to discover the abnormalities of some people in the market in Guangfu. These people yawned one after another, their expressions languished, their tears and snot were in their hands, feet, and limbs, which could only be relieved by smelling the smoke of a particular incense, or by smoking a certain type of tobacco.

After all, he received higher education before crossing over, and Lu Bin saw through the vicious malice hidden behind the abnormality at a glance. In a fit of rage, he ordered all the distributors of the East India Company to be controlled, all the "black incense" and "big smoke" confiscated, and all the seawater and lime were destroyed in Humen himself.

As for the more than 10,000 people in the market who quickly became addicted in a short period of time, the example of the addiction that made ordinary people feel congested, let the general public know the benefits and disadvantages of smoking and drugs, after all, some people have lost their wealth for this, and the people who have just lived a good life for a few days have declined in the blink of an eye.

After discovering the East India Company's ruse, they were furious and prepared to defend the merchant by force, but the damaged fleet was being rebuilt, and it would take time and a lot of money to heal it, so the company's top brass came up with a poisonous plan to lead the way to the east.

The powers of the Old World can even press the emperor of Francis to rub on the ground, once they join forces, the force formed, even if it is thrown at the monster of the Middle Earth Dynasty, it is estimated that it can knock on the closed door, and the success rate should be very high.

After Lu Bin sold cigarettes in Humen, he was actively cleaning up the mess and using tough means to get addicted people to quit drugs.

However, Lu Bin will not let it go, but will increase efforts to crack down on the secret sales of black incense and big cigarettes, after all, there are huge profits, and some people are willing to take risks for it, but it is a pity that in Lu Bin's pervasive supervision, no one can escape punishment and punishment for these scourge of compatriots.

There were many dead people, and none of them escaped, and the fanatics who dared to touch their hands saw the cruel methods of the immortals, so they had to choose to retreat and look at the wind first.

It didn't take long for Lu Bin to learn from the main body of the Britain Kingdom that the East India Company was jumping up and down, and the assembled coalition of great powers was slowly heading towards Middle-earth.

"The wheel of history was delayed by me for a moment, and it still rolled in with the general trend. Fortunately, the military industrial strength of Qiongya-Guangfu has not only been nurtured from scratch, but has also made great progress under my guidance, and I believe that it can fight with the allied forces of the old continent powers from afar!"

The ontology of the pseudonym Aberdeen is indeed confident after learning about the doppelganger's Lingao Qiming plan, but he is not optimistic about the follow-up plan of the doppelganger to reform the gentry group and divide the business class to gain power.

"The bourgeoisie, especially the bourgeoisie, which has not experienced the bloody baptism, lacks an inner spiritual pillar and a source of faith, and will certainly show its inherent weakness in the face of existential crises. Don't forget, the Middle-earth Dynasty was a unified empire, and the ultra-stable political structure and deep-rooted orthodoxy of the people would make the knees of these merchant owners soften at certain times. ”

Lu Bin didn't care about this, he even felt that he was a little schizophrenic, and even began to argue with the ontology: "The legitimacy of the power of the Middle-earth Dynasty is certainly the final winner of the battle of the heroes, and based on the winner-takes-all theory, the inertia of ruling the world with the gentry class is indeed undeniable. ”

However, since the end of the Fourth Dynasty, shouting out the princely generals and the soldiers of Ning Youhu has ruthlessly stripped off the skin of the family, the nobles and even the emperor and the princes. Since the Fifth Dynasty, the founding kings were mostly commoners, and they fought the world with their own hands. Those who hold the authority of the internal Zen position, due to the improper acquisition of the country, the life of the dynasty is very short. ”

Therefore, there is this tradition, who dares to assert that the industrial and commercial class cannot dominate the world and recreate the Chinese Shenzhou, the so-called knee cartilage, also depends on who it is. The barbarians' trick of enslaving the foolish people has long been outdated. ”

The Aberdeen wizard incarnated by Lu Bin was so persistent about the doppelganger that he was a little speechless, but he was still very willing to support or help the doppelganger's cause.

"Maybe it was in the void of Kunlun that I came into contact with the ancient gods, and I used the trick to ignite the true fire to achieve the autopsy immortal, so that the autonomy of the clone became stronger, but all the knowledge and information obtained through this world will not cause any variables after returning to the body. So, I'll do a little bit of effort. ”

In the process of uniting the nobles against the Church, the wizards of Aberdeen naturally came into contact with the Wizards of Science, and even helped the master alchemist, Sir Isaac Newton, who was proficient in puppetry, to be reincarnated as a special demigod of the absolutely neutral camp of the Science Lich.

After solving the problem of the upper limit of life for Sir Isaac Newton, Lu Bin was introduced by Sir to the joint council of science wizards, and even came into contact with their core secrets, a great change for the whole world.

Drawing on the historical process of the rise of the Supreme God and the sweeping of the gods, the network of beliefs with churches and monasteries as nodes spread rapidly in the broken Old World, completely crushing the resistance of various god systems, including their surrogates on earth, who were also uprooted.

From the old-fashioned spellcasters of yesteryear to the Wizards of Science, under the ubiquitous pressure of the Holy See, they share spellcasting sources and even ready-made spells with each other through oaths and agreements.

"In the beginning, this kind of connection even had to pay the price of sharing ideas and polluting souls, but from the wisdom of the medieval sage Plato, we discovered the maze of thinking that sharpened mental power, Minotaur, and then developed new spells such as spiritual protection and brain in a jar, so as to avoid the tragic price of personality confusion. ”

"Using psychic protection, we science magicians add a heavy protective wall to our souls, keeping our personalities and minds relatively independent on the one hand, and keeping in touch with each other on the other. This is an epoch-making invention that has caused some partners who are worried about their assimilation and control to gather in flock to further expand this magical network. ”

"In the past, as long as the old spellcaster learned the spiritual protection technique and connected to this network, he would automatically transform into a science magician, and he would act as a node of the network and upload the knowledge he had learned. With the development and application of the magic vein in the body, this magical magic network ushered in the first update and upgrade. ”

"It was probably at the end of the Middle Ages, the beginning of the Renaissance, and then all the sages of science discovered that in addition to sharing new knowledge, increasing their knowledge and accumulation, even the source of our spells could be shared. This upgrade came at a good time, and in the face of the strangulation of the Holy See's Inquisition, we no longer have to worry about overcasting spells and causing the source of spellcasting to dry up. ”

"With the convenience of the magic network, any member can borrow someone else's source of spell casting and successfully deal a severe blow to the dog cubs of the Inquisition. For a not-so-short period of time, our old adversaries were repaired in a miserable manner, and when someone developed the technology to upload complete spells to the magic network, the harsh reality forced them to stop their bloody witch hunts. ”

Sir Isaac Newton put it this way: "It was because we helped each other to fight against the spokesman of the Most High God on earth that we got through those difficult years. Therefore, there is a legend that the original creators and users of the magic network did not die completely, but continued to exist in another form. ”

Lu Bin was very interested in the basic principle of the formation of the "magic network", and he vaguely discovered that the first world he traveled through, the goddess of magic, Mystra, claimed to have created the magic web, which may not be so simple.

"I estimate that it is not the goddess who first appears and then the magic net, but the magic net that first gives birth to the goddess. ”

Lu Bin lowered his head and looked down at Sir Isaac Newton: "I have a conjecture that the personalities of the original creators and users of the magical network, and their interacting personalities, may be hidden in the deep regions of the magical network, and new pan-conscious beings are being formed. ”

The veteran science wizard couldn't help but frown: "What does Lord Aberdeen mean by the gods of a magical network, or can you call them ghosts?"