Chapter 364 Mind and Energy
【"this……"】

[When you heard this abstract news, even you couldn't help but be stunned: Is this recognition from your fellow villagers? ]

[In response to this, you first feel relieved: after being criticized by hermaphrodites for so long, someone finally recognizes you! ]

[Right, I am the savior of the world, why are you all doubting me! ]

[However, after a brief moment of comfort, you decisively cut ties with him...]

“This is not my person.”

[Facing Li Ziliang, you shook your head: "This is most likely a way for those guys to instigate us!"]

[“Yeah, I think so too.”]

【Li Ziliang nodded: "It's nothing more than three tricks to sow discord."】

[As you guys spoke frankly, this little episode was a bit unexpected, but it was quickly exposed, and you continued to discuss matters related to assistance...]

【…】

[In the days that followed, you continued to communicate with Li Ziliang, and the assistance was also carried out as usual.]

[You have withstood pressure from all sides and continued to deepen the exchanges between Xizhou and Dashun...]

[In the fifty-seventh year of the New Heavenly Court, and the two hundred and sixth year of the Great Shun Dynasty, the Shun Dynasty finally defeated several "Electors" and transformed from being almost complete tools into an independent force! ]

[In the same year, Emperor Shun ordered the opening of the sea, abolished the "closed-door policy" that was introduced under the interference of the "electors", and resumed foreign trade that had been suspended for many years! ]

[Once the trade was opened, the four continents were finally connected as a whole. Many caravans seized the opportunity and went to Southern Continent loaded with products from the three continents, ready to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.]

[The Shun Dynasty merchant caravan had long hoped to make a fortune in foreign lands, so they also sailed away. ]

[Through this process, I don’t know if I made any money, but at least the communication between the two sides did increase! ]

[When both parties checked their accounts, they immediately discovered that their respective information was inaccurate...]

[“What? You don’t eat humans? There are no souls of boys and girls on the bullets?”]

[“What? You don’t have that many rebellious people over there?”]

【The more we talked, the more we got along. The previous misunderstandings and barriers were broken down! 】

[Although due to various reasons, most people on both sides still don’t know each other well, and the bad impression will be hard to eliminate in a short time, but at least the trend is good. With this trend, sooner or later there will really be no more barriers in the future...]

【While chatting, the Shunchao businessman naturally mentioned the "Master=6" incident that had caused a stir in his hometown. 】

[“The commotion we had last year was so fierce!”]

[The merchant of Shun Dynasty sighed: "That group of people claimed that they wanted to destroy Dashun and those rebel troops, and they also wanted to welcome your Lin Pasha back to rule the world, saying that he is the only sun..."]

[This unexpected news made all the merchants in Xizhou very curious: "Is there such a thing?"]

[It is naturally a matter of pride for people from other continents to praise their own Pasha. After all, your achievements are known to everyone from Xiniu Hezhou to Dongsheng Shenzhou. Your contribution to the prosperity of the three continents today is infinite! ]

[Therefore, not only do people admire you, they also like to be praised by others. This group of "main=6" guys have obviously scratched everyone's itch, and they just feel comfortable all over...]

[After feeling relieved, the group that was impressed by this asked, “Where are they now?”]

[“If it’s convenient, we’d like to meet them…”]

[“See? It’s long gone!”]

[A Shun Dynasty merchant sighed, "As soon as they started making trouble, they were suppressed by the new imperial army. Their methods were quite brutal. I heard that they even spared no children!"]

[“One of their leaders, whose surname was Hong, was beaten to death on the spot. The child of the Hong family was called… Hong Fugui or something. He was so miserable! He was captured and sentenced to death by slow slicing. He was cut with more than 3,000 knives before he died…”]

【ah? ! 】

[Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment…]

[And this news was soon placed on your desk. ]

[Looking at it, you didn’t say anything for a long time…]

【What can I say? 】

[Can you say that Li Ziliang offended you? Or can you say that Li Ziliang did something wrong? Or can you say that you are very dissatisfied with his actions? ]

[No one can say anything, because this is indeed someone else's private matter. If you interfere, your "alliance" will be untenable.]

[Li Ziliang's method is correct from his point of view. After all, he has never been your lackey, and Daishun is not your puppet regime...]

[There is a traitor in his inner circle who claims to welcome you to replace the Shun Dynasty. Regardless of whether this traitor is a messenger sent by the enemy or just wants to do so, it is harmful to him. So in order to stop this surrender tendency, he must take heavy measures. ] [You can't blame him on this point...]

[Of course, you actually have no intention of blaming him, but this incident really reminds you: you and he are only allies because of common pressure, and no matter how good an ally is, it is impossible for him to be in the same boat with you.]

[In short, you have to admit that regardless of whether this matter was instigated by the gods, it really played a role in this regard...]

【…】

【After the "main=6" episode, you continued to develop the internal construction. 】

[In the 58th year of New Heaven, steam engines have been widely used and can be seen in major cities in the three continents of West Continent, North Continent, and East Continent.]

[Steelmaking, weaving, shipping... the power of steam keeps these new machines running, the quality and quantity of products are greatly improved, and people's lives are becoming more and more convenient. ]

[Countless people are full of hope for the future: the Pasha has only been in power for more than 50 years, and life has changed with each passing day. What about a hundred years from now? What about five hundred years from now?]

[By that time, I think mortals will be able to fly into the sky and hide in the ground, and be able to do anything...]

[Everyone thinks so, even the hermaphrodites are no exception. After all, your achievements are obvious to all. No matter how hermaphroditic they are, they are not anti-intellectual.]

[However, while everyone is looking forward to the future, you keep asking everyone to plant trees, as if you are deliberately torturing them, which makes everyone a little confused.]

[However, everyone's doubts did not last long, because reality soon proved your foresight...]

[The reason was that the price of charcoal in a certain city suddenly increased a little. Although the increase was not much, since charcoal is the main energy source for steam engines, and steam engines are notoriously fuel-consuming, this naturally caused many manufacturers to complain about the high cost and wanted the government to crack down on the profiteers who drove up prices.]

[But the problem is that the authorities did not crack down on profiteers as everyone expected...]

[This behavior, of course, aroused everyone's anger, so there were more and more complaints about the collusion between officials and businessmen, and some even filed a lawsuit directly against you, asking the Sultan to make decisions for the people and severely punish the lawbreakers! ]

[However, you shook your head: "This is a normal price increase, there is no profiteer behind it."]

[After hearing this, everyone was skeptical and then went to investigate the charcoal market...]

[You don’t know until you check, and you’ll be shocked when you check! ]

[All charcoal manufacturers have raised prices. When asked why, they all said it was because of a decrease in production! ]

[And this is just the beginning. In the future, charcoal will only become more and more expensive...]

【It was not until this time that people began to pay attention to the energy problem that had been ignored before. 】

[Steam engines are good, but they are a bottomless pit of energy. No amount of charcoal can fill it. And after decades of people cutting down trees and burning charcoal, there are fewer and fewer trees available for felling in Xizhou. It is for this reason that the price of charcoal has been forced to rise! ]

[It was not until this moment that everyone finally understood the purpose of your asking us to plant trees...]

[But what can we do by planting trees? ]

[It takes at least several years for a tree to grow into a good material, and the energy crisis is right in front of us now. How can it be solved by planting trees? ]

[Moreover, with future development, the application scope of steam power will become wider and wider, and the demand for charcoal will only increase...]

[In short, the energy crisis caught almost everyone off guard, and no useful solution was found.]

[West Continent is affected by this. Although North Continent and East Continent have not yet developed to such an extent, as long as they are still developing, they will face this problem sooner or later! ]

【As a result, an energy crisis quickly spread across three continents.】

[Everyone is at a loss, and can only subconsciously turn their gazes to you: Sultan! Pasha! Please use your profound skills again! ]

[Use the mysterious power again? ]

[You shook your head and sighed: You certainly understand what they mean. They just want you to use your divine power to help everyone... and you absolutely cannot agree to this.]

[Because you suffered this loss in your previous life, and your choice at that time was to use divine power instead of charcoal, which led to the development of "Shinto civilization", which eventually became too big to be eradicated and it was difficult to turn back.]

[So in this life, you can only let them save themselves. At most, you can come up with a solution for them, but you must never do it yourself...]

[Ding! Faced with the dilemma brought about by the energy crisis, you can’t think of an effective solution, so you hope that "another self" can come up with a plan... You choose: (?) Please answer freely! ]

The request for help from Lin Liu once again came to Zhao Si.

But Zhao Si did not start to think of a solution immediately, but fell into another problem:
"Is this... You'd rather play the business construction game in your dreams than think about completing the game?"

The style of the painting is wrong. The theme of my simulation game is puzzle solving and survival, and the first three chapters are no exception...

Brother! Wake up!

You are the protagonist! You still have to clear the level!
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(End of this chapter)