Chapter 998: A Strange Family
"They are all talented!" Jia Xu said with emotion.
Ever since the various families began to have contact with foreign countries, he had guessed that there would be some trouble, but compared to the Han Dynasty, which was at its peak, these were minor troubles.
But after he examined them carefully, he found that these families were really creative.
Although the Ji family plays at a high end, in terms of imagination, they are not as good as other families.
"They must have done similar research in China, but it's just not convenient to use it. Abroad, there are no constraints. As long as they don't exceed the deadline, no one will care." Guo Jia sighed and said, "So how much stuff have they produced?"
"It's not a question of how many things have gone wrong." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "What I'm worried about now is whether they will kill themselves. The northern noble families are wild and unruly. We have known this for a long time, but at least they are following the orthodox path they once took."
"Is there something wrong in the South?" Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows and said somewhat unhappily. Every time the North and the South were divided, Zhou Yu felt very unhappy, but he had to admit that those guys in the South did have this problem, and they always felt that they were a bit disappointing.
This made him feel embarrassed frequently, but there was no better way to deal with it. He couldn't just get rid of them all.
"The northern noble families are basically studying systems and legion expansion, but what are the southern families doing?" Jia Xu had a headache. "Many of their families are studying individual combat power that ignores the suppression of cloud energy, but their methods are really not up to par."
Among the intelligence collected by Jia Xu, the research is divided into three directions: longevity, collective, and individual.
The main research in the north is on military formations, clouds, legion talents and the like, and the emphasis is on the collective.
What the South studies is special individuals. The general idea is that clouds will suppress individuals, so is there any individual that will not be suppressed by clouds?
"Isn't this great? Logically speaking, such research is very valuable!" Zhou Yu frowned. He was also studying this kind of thing. But according to Jia Xu, their research seemed a little bit unpresentable.
"Let me check out the reports from my intelligence officers." Jia Xu flipped through them again and found a detailed report. "The Ji family is the one that has gone the furthest on this path individually."
Then Jia Xu sneered and turned out another piece of information, which was the information that Ji Zhong was hit by Guo Yun that day.
"The evil cult of the Ji family is already rare in the world. Even in the Ji family's own records, it is an existence that surpasses all records."
"Then the general was crippled before he even had time to use his strength. Even if it was because of the seal, he was too weak!" Jia Xu said with a sneer.
If the Ji family is now the epitome of special individuals, then Guo Hao is the epitome of the collective.
In a head-on confrontation between the two, almost all members of the Ji family were killed instantly.
"According to what you said, isn't the general also a special individual?" Zhou Yu pointed out the loophole in Jia Xu's words with a faint smile.
"It's just different paths leading to the same destination, but it's obvious that the collective path can work!" Jia Xu glanced at Zhou Yu and was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.
"However, can the Ji family create a boundary-breaking experience?" Guo Jia was a little surprised when he picked up Jia Xu's report summary.
"There are great hidden dangers, and there are also unexpected factors. According to my estimation, the Ji family may have used some method to guide the probability of success in favor of their own family to achieve the result." Jia Xu waved his hand and said.
"The high mortality rate is one thing, and another is that what they create may not be considered human beings, but more like the heroic spirits from Great Britain and Northern Europe."
"That's also good." Guo Jia is not an evil person, but he is obviously not a good person either. He has no resistance to this evil operation. "It's a good thing to be able to break the boundary."
Guo Jia still yearns for the dominance of Pojie on the battlefield. He gathers ten Pojie as the vanguard and brings a corps of royal guards. Even the Miracle Legion Yulin Army has to be taken seriously.
In essence, breaking boundaries is not much different from miracles. Both have reached the pinnacle in their respective fields. If you really gather so many breaking boundaries together, it really is like a sharp knife.
"The Ji family may not be able to control it. They have problems with their understanding of breaking the boundary. Another problem is that they have not solved the problem of cloud suppression. They will be too weak for normal breaking of the boundary on the battlefield." Jia Xu shook his head. He didn't care much about the Ji family's artificial breaking of the boundary, but this one was too dangerous.
If a broken world is allowed to run rampant among the people, the damage that can be caused is unimaginable.
Although big cities like Luoyang and even some small towns are rising clouds and taking serious measures, it is enough to resist ordinary breaches.
But that requires preparation. If you are not prepared and encounter an attack from the Boundary Breaker, the village or town might be destroyed directly.
Therefore, the Han Dynasty used the Jiuzhou Ding and spared no effort to eliminate the wild beasts with internal energy. Even some wild beasts in the deep mountains and forests were caught by human-shaped murderers like Dian Wei.
Those who had not committed murder were kept in the palace, while those who had committed murder were chopped to death and served as a snack.
By the way, every village and town has trained its own militia, which gives them the ability to protect themselves and prevent unexpected events.
The Jiuzhou Ding is quite reliable in this regard. Once these wild beasts with inner energy that has broken through the boundary and left their bodies approach, they will alert nearby residents, and then the militia will attack and clear them out. It can be considered a good way to maintain public security.
"Ah, are there any other technologies? Tell me about them. I have no interest in the Ji family's. To put it bluntly, it's the technology that the evil god relies on. It's just that the body is resistant to the infection of the evil god, and our family has the thinking core that can force commands to the evil god." Guo Jia waved his hand. He was not interested in this.
By the way, he also knew the logic behind the Ji family. He had some understanding of this.
"You actually know this?" Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia with some surprise, then threw out a stack of information.
"If you're interested, take a look for yourself. There are things flying in the sky, swimming in the sea, and running on the ground. There's nothing these noble families can't do, except what you can't imagine. Some families even make things look more Mohist than the Mohists."
Jia Xu was quite troubled, as this was a mess, but he had to deal with it. Those aristocratic families who did not follow the rules had to be severely punished.
He has found quite a few families that have crossed the line a little, but none of them have crossed the line completely.
Yes, the noble families who like to cross the line have been killed by them several times already. Any noble family that can survive to the present day is the one who jumps back and forth on the edge of the bottom line.
However, there are some obsessed people who are determined to challenge it.
So he had to continue looking through the information and not miss any one.
Jia Xu was even certain that many noble families were already destroying those things that had crossed the line.
These noble families are well-versed in law, and if he goes to their doorstep he might end up making a fool of himself.
Each of these noble families claims that they will not break laws and regulations, but in fact, those who claim not to break the law are basically scum, relying solely on an illusory moral bottom line to support themselves.
It was no secret that he took Dian Wei to the Ji family. Most of the guilty families would definitely start cleaning up immediately.
Although he doesn't care, in such a stable environment, he can't just kill people without evidence. If he can punish through reasonable means, it's best to do so.
Some holes cannot be opened randomly.
Only when you cross the red line can you directly carry out forceful removal.
"This thing is quite interesting. Isn't it an enhanced version of a chariot? It even has the added features of human-vehicle coordination. It's incredible that Zichuan is not interested in it!"
Guo Jia took out an application form from a pile of documents, which contained the Jiang family's application for funding.
The Jiang family claims to be descendants of Shennong, but no one knows whether it is true or not, but like the Ji family, they have very cool things.
We have become tired of playing with biology and have begun to turn to the integration of man and machine. Our main research is on how to make machines have the same growth potential as living organisms.
The general idea is that of Transformers, and the main purpose is to fight on behalf of humans.
One of the things involved is a combat vehicle similar to a tank.
The accompanying human-vehicle coordination is actually just a modification of the Spring and Autumn technology. Human beings are essentially creatures that only have that much technology. Chariot and infantry coordination was already done a thousand years ago. Now it's just a repeat of it, with the chariots being made more advanced and tougher.
But Guo Jia was still very interested. It was not an exaggeration to say that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, chariots were used to measure national strength. This thing was really powerful, but it was too dependent on the environment.
However, the Jiang family's things are also tied together with Danyang's elite soldiers, which can solve the vision problem of the all-steel packaging through organizational coordination and vision sharing.
Anyway, it looks very convincing and has already formed the prototype of a tank.
"This thing is harder than the shield guard, and Zichuan is not interested in it?" Guo Jia found it unbelievable.
"Nothing incredible! That thing is not suitable for the current battlefield at all. Don't listen to the exaggerated words. I am sure that the tank they are talking about is just a tin can now. It is not as useful as the shield guard!"
Chen Xi walked in from outside with a sneer. He really thought he was easy to fool, right? There were many fancy scientific research projects, and he could see the problems at a glance. Ninety percent of them were just scams to get funding.
Not to mention the terrain problem, which can be solved by secret techniques, just the problem , this thing cannot be equipped on a large scale.
What’s the use of something that cannot be deployed on a large scale?
The Jiang family talked a lot of nonsense, but he didn't believe a word of it. Although he finally increased the funding by 10%, it was also because he was impressed by the Jiang family's research.
"What about this? A ship that can completely submerge itself in the sea?" Guo Jia took out another scientific research report. To be honest, he felt that these things actually had great development prospects.
"They are all illusions. At least they cannot be achieved for the time being!" Chen Xi sighed. To be honest, he felt a little distressed. They have already built the sky garden, but the tanks, planes and submarines are still in their infancy.
This technology tree is so crooked.
However, despite his complaints, he also responded to these research and developments, saying that they are promising, but not suitable at the moment.
These things can be put to civilian use, but military use is impossible. The inability of these war weapons to exert their power when entangled in clouds and mist is a problem that cannot be solved at present.
The tanks, in particular, are very powerful, but when they encounter the power-type guards under the clouds, the scene is similar to that of Wonder Woman in World War II.
If it was the Yulin Army, the scene would probably be Superman fighting a tank.
It’s really impressive, but the problem is that it’s not impressive enough.
Anything that cannot solve the problem of the sharp reduction in power under the suppression of cloud gas will be of no help in the war.
For at least fifty years, without any help, the world will still be ruled by cold weapons.
As an ambitious person who plans to rule the earth in his lifetime, Chen Xi directly rejected these plans and diverted as much funds as possible to people's livelihood and material production technology.
This is also Chen Xi's biggest headache. There are only a few qualified technical workers in the entire Han Dynasty who can understand the technology and implement the rules and regulations in practice. There are even fewer technicians who can switch from workshop preparation to large-scale metal smelting preparation.
Even with the old leading the new, after the previous production model was completely reformed, there are very few old predecessors and craftsmen who are suitable for the current preparation method, so we can only recruit young people who have received a certain basic education for training.
The Han Dynasty didn’t even solve the problem of basic education, and everything else was nonsense. They couldn’t even understand the words, so how could they speed up the training?
Chen Xi did some targeted training, but gained little.
Even the scholars in the Han Dynasty were either children of aristocratic families or children of poor families. Even though they increased the intensity of basic education and printed books frantically, only a few scholars were able to be nurtured.
The education gap alone cannot be filled, let alone diversion.
Anyone who is educated and can read is in great demand, and those who are employed as craftsmen...all have a craftsman heritage, either they have been craftsmen for generations, or they are just interested in this.
This was something that even Chen Xi could not do anything about. Even with the terrifying intensity and environment of nine-year compulsory education in later generations, there were still illiterate people. It would be more reliable to expect the Han Dynasty to defeat the coalition forces of Rome, Kushan and Parthia in one battle than to expect them to popularize education in just a few years.
At least the latter still has the possibility of being realized, but forget about the former. Even if Chen Xi is killed and offered as a sacrifice to the heaven, it cannot be accomplished within fifty years.
If the rules and regulations are strictly enforced, some factories and mines may be able to continue to operate, but most people who have not experienced this kind of management system cannot understand the significance of this system.
Although there is an awareness of the mortality rate in such large factories and mines, if it rises to 5%, Chen Xi really has to ask himself, are you training the Xiliang Cavalry here?
Five percent. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry doesn’t have this death rate now.
Moreover, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry soldiers can be found everywhere, so let's just forget about the 5% mortality rate for these skilled workers with a craftsman background.
Therefore, we can only use skilled workers. Even if the common people are unqualified, we cannot risk our lives to promote their qualification. After all, it is not so urgent now. It takes 20 years to train an adult, but the value is not recovered and then it is destroyed.
If it was a war, Chen Xi would have endured it, but this was a production unit. In the end, Chen Xi could only hold his nose and go for the training. Although the progress was extremely poor, those who failed would be sent to other factories where the danger was not too high. It was really not worth it to die. If they did not die, they could still give birth to the next generation. Increasing the population would also be a contribution to the current Han Dynasty.
