Chapter 361: Assistance, Hidden Concerns

[In the thirty-sixth year of the New Heavenly Court and the one hundred and eighty-fifth year of the Great Shun, you had a frank and thorough exchange with Li Ziliang, the founder of the Great Shun Dynasty, and finally reached a covenant that was real but unnamed.]

[According to the covenant, you need to provide as much of Xizhou's industries and scientific and technological achievements as possible to Shun Dynasty, and then the Dashun government will use the assistance in a legal way... In the end, Shun Dynasty will complete the reform with your full support, and then wipe out the agents of the gods in the world! ]

[This is a proxy war. Both sides have stretched out their tangible hands, trying to turn the "God War" into an "ordinary war"...]

[You return to Xizhou with your heart and passion, and immediately issue an order: From now on, Xizhou's industries will be transferred to Nanzhou as much as possible, and various technological achievements will be taught to Shun Dynasty for free or at a low price to support the people of Dashun who are suffering in Shun Dynasty! ]

[As soon as this order was issued, the whole country was in an uproar! ]

[Everyone couldn't help but complain: Why? Why should we teach the good things we worked so hard to create to the peasants of Shun Dynasty?! ]

[During the entire process of the industrial revolution, the people of Shun Dynasty not only did not contribute a bit, but also called themselves "the Celestial Empire", looked down on us, the people of Western Continent, calling us "Western barbarians" and our technology "strange and cunning tricks"...]

[Is there any need to provide assistance to such a despicable ethnic group and country? ]

[“Pasha! We have provided so much technology to the Shun people. What can they give us in return?”]

[Faced with this kind of questioning, you have no choice but to force an explanation: "Yes! Shunchao will give us a lot of eggs, furs, and medicinal herbs..."]

[Eggs? Fur? Medicinal herbs?]

[Everyone was amused: You could have just said it was free...]

Someone else asked: "Sultan! Given the arrogance and meanness of the Shun Dynasty people, if they become prosperous in the future, will they call themselves the Celestial Empire and call us golden-haired barbarians and white-skinned barbarians?"

[“Yes! The people of Shun Dynasty might even say that these aids were originally theirs, and they might even look up relevant records in ancient books and accuse us of stealing their technology!”]

[“Yes, yes! Augustus, we have no objection to your helping others, but you know the nature of the Shun Dynasty people. They want everything they see for themselves... What if they raise an ungrateful person?”]

[“By then, maybe they will use the technology and weapons we provided to fight back against us!”]

【“…”】

[Faced with everyone's concerns and sarcasm, you shook your head firmly: "The situations you mentioned all exist... but that is not the nature of most Shun Dynasty people. Most Shun Dynasty people are hardworking and brave. They have enough morals, but they are often easily led by others..."]

[“In fact, these can all be overcome. As long as we are sincere, we can make them get along with us as equals and in a friendly manner!”]

[“Not only in the Southern Continent, but also in the Northern Continent and the Eastern Continent, the same principle applies.”]

[“We have friends all over the world. We are brothers and sisters everywhere. As long as we unite together, we will definitely drive away and eliminate those evil spirits and their lackeys!”]

【“Long live the unity of the people of the world!”】

[Your speech stimulated the enthusiasm of most people, so many people who originally opposed it gradually softened their attitudes... but there are still die-hards who sneered and mocked. ]

[“Measure the material resources of the West and win the favor of Shun Country! This is our great commander-in-chief. So great, great commander-in-chief!”]

[“When the Shun people come to attack us with the muskets and cannons we provided, I believe the Sultan will use his omnipotent power to help us annihilate all the invading enemies!”]

[“Loyalty! Whatever the Pasha says must be right. As long as it is the Pasha’s order, we must execute it!”]

[“Cool! Wheelchair otto!”]

【…】

[The ridicule of the Yin-Yang people is hateful, but now is the time to provide enthusiastic assistance, so you don't care about those remarks, and just focus on delivering various industrial lines to Shun Dynasty. ]

[With a wave of your hand, all the technical personnel and industrial lines representing the highest technological level in Western Continent were loaded onto the ship and sailed to Southern Continent.]

[There are a total of 156 industries, and the essence of Xizhou's industries over the past few decades is all here. They will take root in Nanzhou and help Shun Dynasty, which has almost become a tool of the gods, regain its vitality...]

[According to the covenant, when these aids arrived at the Shun Dynasty, they would be delivered to the Shun Emperor in the name of "tribute", and then Li Ziliang would remotely control the Shun Emperor to implement these things, so that the gods could not directly stop it. ]

[As for whether these things will be fully utilized in the Shun Dynasty, it depends on the micro-manipulation skills of Shun Taizu...]

[Not long after, a ship from Dashun arrived at the coast of Xizhou! ]

[You were very happy to personally welcome the ship. There were hundreds of children on board, both boys and girls. They had come to this foreign country across the ocean, and they were naturally frightened.] [Especially when they saw a large group of blond and blue-eyed "foreigners" on the shore, they were even more frightened...]

[These children are all smart children carefully selected from the Shun Dynasty. They were forced to leave their parents so that they could learn advanced knowledge in this foreign country and serve the Shun Dynasty in the future! ]

[This is what Li Ziliang meant. After all, development cannot be achieved with only equipment and foreign technicians. The core is still systematic knowledge. The overseas students need to learn this knowledge before they can truly seek development for Dashun...]

[Faced with these children, you received them kindly and arranged for them to study in the best school in Xizhou, with all kinds of benefits! ]

[Such generous treatment, even far exceeding that of local students, naturally arouses envy and jealousy...]

【For a time, rumors spread everywhere. 】

[What about "they are all Pasha's illegitimate children in the Shun Dynasty", "the Sultan will give them 500,000 each per year", "a Shun Dynasty person must be paired with three Xizhou study partners"...]

【But not only did you ignore those rumors and slander, you also took time out to teach the overseas students. 】

[Under your soothing words spoken in authentic Shunchao Mandarin, these unfamiliar students finally relaxed and quickly entered a learning state...]

【…】

[Year after year, under your careful governance and guidance, the already prosperous Xizhou is becoming more and more prosperous. ]

[As the population grows, the incense burning becomes more and more considerable! ]

[In the more than 30 years since the establishment of the New Heaven, more than ten true gods have been born. Together with the true gods you subdued in East Continent and North Continent, as well as the "Eight Immortals" you originally had, the number of true gods on your side is nearly 30. ]

[This is indeed a great force. With such power, if you had not rashly landed in the Southern Continent and caused the gods to unite and attack, you could have almost swept the world! ]

[But the problem is, the gods are really united...]

[You can only continue to accumulate true gods in order to make a comeback in the future: there are more than a thousand gods in heaven, and three thousand god positions in heaven and earth. As long as you get the remaining nearly two thousand places... You don't even have to take all of them. You only need three to five hundred people to break the loose alliance on the other side!]

[To achieve this, you will have to put in at least several hundred years of effort... However, you can wait, you still have a lot of time, as long as you can eventually pacify the world, even if it takes hundreds or thousands of years, you can wait! ]

【But what about the future? 】

[In the future, after defeating the gods and pacifying the world, how can we achieve perfection? ]

[You don’t know that decades later, you still have no idea how to pass the level. All your current efforts are just a way to divert your attention. Only by not thinking about those things can you find a moment of peace...]

[Just...just pretend that I have never been the protagonist, just pretend that I have never known the eternal wilderness and dreams...]

【…】

[In the thirty-ninth year of the New Heaven, someone finally invented a "steam engine" with practical value. You almost immediately realized how powerful this thing was, because this thing existed in the "Shinto civilization" that you developed in your previous life! ]

[The steam engine and its upgraded power machines largely replaced human labor and created the peaceful and prosperous era of the "Shinto civilization."]

【So you directly invest in and support them, and give them the most adequate resources and conditions. 】

[And it did not disappoint you. With your strong support, countless intellectuals devoted themselves to its research, which not only improved its effectiveness, but also developed many uses for it...]

[In the 45th year of New Heaven, the first steam locomotive began to spew black smoke! ]

[In the 48th year of New Heaven, the first steamship began to sail on the water! ]

[Fifty years after the founding of New Heaven, the first steam loom and steam steel rolling mill were put into production at the same time...]

[All walks of life have undergone drastic changes and developments under the sudden emergence of steam engines, which has led to an increase in productivity. ]

[Everyone cheered for this, and everyone believed that a brand new era was coming! ]

[But all these magnificent scenes not only do not make you happy, but make you often depressed...]

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(End of this chapter)