Forty Millenniums of Cultivation
Chapter 2511: War in Grey Mud
In short, it is now impossible for the real human empire to abandon the elite of family honor - through the integration of the Black Star Emperor, the "New Royal Forest Army" with the Deep Sea Fleet at its core, the Expeditionary Army, which corresponds remotely to the Thunder Fleet, and the core descendants of the Four Major Elected Emperors' Families - either to remain immobile and ambiguous, or to become entangled with each other, holding each other hostage and carefree, and not to move to the periphery of the Empire.
So the protagonists on the peripheral battlefield of the Empire became the second-rate fleet of the Four Major Elected Emperors, the Fleet of the Protagonists, the emerging warlords and headserpents of the peripheral world, the mercenaries, the star thieves, the assassins, the killers, and so on attracted by money, and so on.
And these are not the two main camps - hundreds of great thousands of worlds clearly divided into two main camps - that stand firm and fight each other to the end. That is what happens only in games and illusions.
Civil wars in reality are a hundred times more complex than novels, games and dazzling phantoms.
In order to defend the interests of their monopoly, it is natural to destroy the Universal Chamber of Commerce and the Innovators, but the "family of four" is not four, but consists of countless living individuals with their own ideas who will consider their own interests first and not the interests of their families.
The four large families plundered immeasurable superior interests through power, but the benefits were never evenly distributed among all family members, direct and branch children, and between members of the lower and higher ranks of the family.
The so-called "not widowed but unequally affected", the inequitable distribution of benefits is enough to fill the hearts and minds of the members of the branches and lower ranks of the family. This resentment, combined with the immortal law of "no man does himself, no man dies in heaven”, is enough to destroy all their loyalties to the family.
Many members of the Four Major Elections Emperor's family have had unclear interests in the past 100 years with the World Alliance of Commerce.
It can even be said that the World Chamber of Commerce, a small business organization that used to be obscure, can develop to this day, it has the strength to influence the political situation of the Empire, many people in the family of four major election emperors, all have great “credit”!
The former director of Blue Sky Market, Left Sky Eagle, when seducing Boss Bai, used to slap his chest and say that even if Boss Bai wanted the latest sharp battleship of the four families, the Universal Chamber of Commerce had a way to smuggle it in, which was not a boast.
The inner and outer collusion of the World Alliance of Commerce and some members of the Four Family, the inner thieves of the Four Family brought out the new sharp battleship, fabricated a vain "Star Sea Storm”, which led to the new sharp battleship "Dingshan", then the World Alliance of Commerce got the new sharp battleship, the insiders of the Four Family got high profits and friendship of the World Alliance of Commerce, which can help the inner thief greatly enhance his strength and stand out in the cruel family competition - it is a perfect “win-win”.
Even new sharp warships can be smuggled from the territory of the four large families to the territory of the World Alliance of Commerce, not to mention other armor, intelligence, resources.
Anyway, the family made the cake even bigger, and the brothers of the side veins were only divided into three gourds and two dates. They and their children and grandchildren were not elected emperors for 10,000 years. Why should they be so desperate?
Besides, it's not like they're betraying the family, it's just picking out a few little fruits from the deep roots of the tree. What does that matter? Could the House of Four Election Emperors fail because of the lack of a small new and sharp battleship, or because of the leakage of some insignificant information? Ha, ha, ha, ha. Impossible. Never!
This is the prevailing mentality of the children of the branches next to the family of the four electorate emperors.
Even some of the main veins are depressed, think so.
Their position in the family, though low, is better than that of a large number of people, firmly holding most of the lower grades, but highly transactional and practical work is the cornerstone of the family.
The merchants of the Universal Chamber of Commerce, who are the most adept at pulling together to corrupt the nobleman's children, have unleashed all kinds of means over the past 100 years, quite a few favorites of the four families, and have formed an indispensable force, which has eroded the "cornerstones” to a hundred pores.
Now, the bottom layer of the Four Major Election Emperors, even popular the strange assertion - the behavior of the World Alliance of Commerce and the Innovators, is actually to force the top four families to see the power of the bottom layer, which will prompt the top to distribute more benefits to the bottom layer, so the bigger the World Alliance of Commerce, the better it is for the side pulse of the Four.
Is that another form of "self-esteem"?
This is the side of the coin.
On the other side of the coin, the Universal Chamber of Commerce is also not a man of unity, firm will, but rather of countless individuals who are greedy, fearful of death, benevolent and almost boneless.
Merchants, the boldest and most arbitrary guy in the world, dare not hesitate to wave a war knife at Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi for 300% of their profits.
But at the same time, the businessman is the weakest and most transformed guy. As long as Blackstar Emperor Wu Yingqi or the four major election emperors can afford 301%, for example, to seduce them with a franchise, the businessman will sell both parents and fathers without blinking.
Perhaps business leaders with such vision and clarity as Kim Yu-yan will understand the consequences of plotting against the tiger, but the vast majority of the members of the Universal Chamber of Commerce are difficult to resist the temptation of immediate interests.
As a result, the family of the four electorate emperors also had a number of shadows embedded within the Universal Chamber of Commerce and received the secret allegiance of countless members of the League.
In a nutshell, the four families and the Universal Chamber of Commerce are not two distinct black and white camps, but are in fact a chaotic and obscure grey, and all are willing to fall into this huge grey mud for the sake of profit, no more than a deep grey or light grey distinction.
A member of the family of four, like Yongchun Hou Li, is most likely to have a deadly handle in the hands of the Universal Chamber of Commerce, and has to be persuaded to work for the Universal Chamber of Commerce.
At the same time, however, he may have been entrusted by his family with the task of seducing and coercing certain members of the trade union and indeed received secret allegiance from the members of the trade union to the electorate.
And while these letters are secretly loyal to the members of the Alliance who elected the Emperor, it is also possible that they are actively pulling together the other four grandchildren, dragging them all into the water and engaging in all sorts of unseen and dirty acts for all kinds of interests.
Whether the children of the four large families or the members of the trade union, steer the starship outside, encounter weak enemies or passers-by or even friends, it is possible to instantly change face, the guest series the character of a star thief, eat each other's belt bones clean.
This is what is happening on the periphery of the Empire, an absurd and chaotic war.
Of course, all the mess, all the little reckoning in their own interests, no loyalty and no credible force, will eventually come up slowly in the turbulent vortex and find the ultimate wind marker - that is, the outcome of the Battle of the Seven Seas.
When the battle dust of the Seven Seas Big Markets settles, whether it be the children of the four large families or members of the Universal Chamber of Commerce, they will instantly understand their role.
In fact, these selfish immortals have played only two roles since the beginning.
Either the winner or the winner's follower.
By that day, the losing party will have a deep sense of defeat and massive collapse.
In the Blue Sky Market refinery, Li Zheng told the truth about everything he knew.
Not only did he perfectly accomplish the tasks that Li Yao and Bai Boss had told him, but he even secretly approached some of the four big families who had the heart to test or had the handle in his hands, compiling a list that encouraged Li Yao and Bai Boss to fight for these people too and pull them down together.
The human mind is so strange, it is certainly a shameful thing to eat shit on your own, but if you can drag more people into the water, no, it's the septic tank, and even let those who are taller than you taste the same flavor, it doesn't seem that much more bearable.
By then, the first to eat shit will even be something to boast about!
Of course, Li Yao and Boss Bai will take all the “good intentions” without any illness.
“Master Hou, if our career succeeds, you will be the number one credit! ”
Li Yao smiled and patted his strong, disease-free shoulder.
Since Boss Bai is dressed as a white face, he can only play a red face naturally, so that Li Li can see hope, "You are now the third class of the district, what is this? You have a great future ahead of you! ”
Li Wuyi didn't necessarily believe Li Yao's words, but he had to make a "flattered look”. He didn't even dare to wipe the shoulders that Li Yao had photographed with a silk handkerchief. He hesitated for half a day, or dared to ask: “Li Daoyou, but I don't know... what ‘our cause' really is. Xiaohou and Xiaohou really can't touch their heads! ”
“It doesn't matter what exactly our cause is. Is it important to be on the side of the Quad or the World Alliance of Commerce? ”
Li Yao waved, “Importantly, we now have such a strong fleet, which is the basis of our standing, the greatest money of our glorious riches and horizontal stars and oceans! With this money, whether it's the Four Kings or the World Federation of Commerce or any other power, you have to look up to us, right?
“Naturally, regardless of our cause or your position, the size of the fleet is not enough. Only in the battle of the Seven Seas Great Markets can you further expand and grow yourself. The higher your position will be, the more secure your future will be, and you will be able to move from third class to second class, from second class to first class, and even… elect an emperor! ”
Li Li opened his eyes without a sickness and made a "grunt" sound in his throat: “This...”
“Trust me.”
Li Yao looked into his disease-free eyes and sounded like a demonic voice into his brain. “I, the vulture Li Yao, am a super powerful man known to the Empire. I have my status and dignity here. How can I lie to you if I stand up in good faith? Work hard for us, maybe after the Battle of the Seven Seas Great Markets, we can expand our fleet three or five times, you can build a sub-fleet under your command, kind of give you back the fleet, guarantee it is stronger than the original fleet, rest assured, rest assured, rest assured! ”