You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 166 The Peacock Abyss, Holding a Gold Mine, Yet Developing a Sparse Economy (5k)

In just a few months, the Red Heart Society drove the mighty Peacock Empire to the point of changing its capital.

The overwhelming public support could not stop the Red Heart Society from moving forward.

Most importantly, the Red Heart Society is not declaring war on the Peacock Empire alone this time.

[Even with the Winter Empire, the Sunset Empire, and even the Western Kingdoms military alliance all launching attacks simultaneously, they were still able to push an empire to this point in just a few months.]

How shocking!

How abundant is his martial virtue?

This is something no other country would even dare to imagine.

Even the White Eagle Empire, renowned worldwide for its military might and notorious for its rogue behavior, wouldn't dare claim it could simultaneously defeat four major military powers in such a manner.

It is no exaggeration to say that this four-sided war waged by the Red Heart Society has laid the foundation for decades of peace for its future development.

From this day forward, any condemnation of the Red Heart Society by other countries can only remain on a moral level.

Anyone who says the Red Heart Society's military strength is inadequate is not questioning the Red Heart Society itself, but rather the other empires.

The way the Red Heart Society broke through the Peacock Empire's protection instantly alerted other countries.

[Especially the Winter Empire and the Sunset Empire, two nations currently being relentlessly attacked by the Red Heart Society, immediately gathered this battlefield information and held a meeting to address it.]

Ultimately, they came to a conclusion.

If Chixin treats them this way, then the human protection they receive from their country will be ineffective.

To be honest, their exploitation of the lower classes is no better than that of the Mauryan Empire.

At most, they weren't as extreme as the Mauryan Empire. The Mauryan Empire completely disregarded the lower classes as belonging to the same race as themselves; at least they still considered the lower classes as human beings.

Of course, he was just someone who could survive.

Perhaps initially, the high-ranking officials of these countries did not understand what human will was, and could only make judgments based on fragments of information obtained from Nine-Turn Professionals or ancient books hidden deep within the library.

[As expected!]

[A mysterious and unknown existence!]

[The Red Heart Society besieged the Peacock Empire, forcing the Peacock Empire to reveal its human will, and ultimately shattering that human will. These countries all witnessed this.]

Therefore, their desire for the strength of human will reached its peak, and they even used the nation's strongest mages to analyze and judge the existence and continuation of human will.

To enhance the strength of human protection and prevent the common people within the country from being easily lured away by the Red Heart Society with sweet words and empty promises, thus causing significant fluctuations in human will, the Winter Empire and the Sunset Empire are operating at full efficiency.

The following day, the royal families of the two great empires personally took charge, initiating reforms to some of the harsh and cumbersome taxation and unfair policies within their borders.

This time, the royal families of the two great empires disregarded whether it would harm their own interests.

Even the powerful clans of the two great empires maintained a united front in the face of this matter.

【no way!】

If the living standards of the lowest of the low are not improved and they are not given some hope, then they will all be killed by the Red Heart Society.

Under the threat of death and the intimidation of the guillotine, even the smallest gains become insignificant.

However, this approach of sacrificing its own interests to subsidize the people was still opposed by some domestic forces and powerful families who failed to grasp the situation.

[However, this subsidy reform policy was spearheaded by the royal families of the two great empires and jointly initiated by almost all the top-tier world powers and first-class families. Under these circumstances, whoever stands in their way will perish.]

Suddenly, the common people of the Sunset Empire and the Winter Empire found that their daily working hours had decreased, but their wages had increased.

[Even the authorities have begun to strictly investigate companies' practice of requiring employees to work overtime without pay!]

[If found guilty, they will be sentenced immediately!]

[Normally, government officials would stand firmly on the side of the corporation, but now, as soon as someone files a lawsuit, the government agencies unleash unparalleled enforcement power.]

Even various subsidies that the government sends to the public are now being distributed on a per capita basis.

[Ordinary citizens who have taken out loans from various financial institutions, as well as those who have signed various "soul loans" or "organ loans" with government entities, have been forcibly prohibited from engaging in forced debt collection.]

All acts of violent debt collection will be subject to the Empire's judgment!

[The imperial government has implemented extremely stringent crackdown strategies against those illegal and unethical loans and predatory lending practices.]

Under these circumstances, a sense of bliss, as if from another world, arose among the common people of both empires.

Is this really the country they used to live in?

[Unbelievable!]

This is just too blissful!

[This is true for ordinary people who haven't awakened their extraordinary professions, and it's even more acutely felt by those in low-level professions who suffer multiple forms of exploitation.]

This top-down strategy, where the royal family and aristocratic clans collectively pressured the people to concede benefits, immediately evoked an extremely strong sense of loyalty from the lower classes.

This is their country!

This is the Emperor they worship!

After the initial excitement, the vast majority of civilians felt deep resentment towards the Red Heart Society's incursions on the border.

That damned Red Heart Society!

[You damned intruder!]

How dare they invade their own country like this!

【fighting!】

This must be dealt a heavy blow!

[If we don't strike hard enough to frighten and hurt these damned invaders, they won't give up their invasion strategy.]

Those in the general public who have some knowledge of national strategy clearly understand the reasons behind the empire's transformation.

The reason why the lower classes can enjoy such a life, and why they can make those powerful families and officials lay down their swords and live a happy life, is not because of the conscience of the powerful families, but because they are afraid!

Faced with the formidable fighting power of the Red Heart Society, they were filled with fear.

They feared repeating the mistakes of the Mauryan Empire; they worried that the Red Heart Society would shatter the protection of human will and force them to relocate the capital.

They were even more worried that Chixin would come here to win over people's hearts.

Therefore, they took these precautions.

[But those ridiculous and foolish people actually believe that this is a spontaneous act of concession by those in power, a result of a change in conscience and a rise in moral standards.]

But overall, everything in the empire is thriving.

Before long, the powerful families and the royal family were surprised to find that as they ceded some of their profits to the people, the common people, now with more money, began to spend it in various places.

[The domestically struggling market economy has surprisingly bucked the trend during the war.]

Meanwhile, the White Eagle Empire, the United States, and indeed various countries around the world, began implementing top-down reforms to strengthen their defenses and win over the hearts and minds of their people.

[It's just that some people feel threatened, so the pace of innovation is very fast.]

Some believe that since the central government is far away and this is just a simple experiment, the pace of innovation is very slow.

In short, the Red Heart Society's destruction of the Mauryan Empire's protection and its subsequent forced relocation of the capital caused a dramatic shift in the global landscape.

[Some countries, admiring the power of the Red Heart Society, have even begun offering free "extraordinary career awakening" programs to everyone in their countries.]

They are more interested in reaping wealth from abroad than from their own people.

In June of the 127th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Crimson Heart Army conquered the Peacock Empire and also captured all eleven provinces near the empire.

At this point, the entire northern part of the Peacock Empire fell under the control of the Red Heart Society.

The entrance to the Abyss Battlefield within the Peacock Empire is located in the province of Lael, near the imperial capital.

After capturing this place, the Red Heart Society will send several guard regiments in to investigate and see if there are any mineral resources inside.

After all, the Red Heart Society has a significant demand for precious resources and energy minerals during its development of extraordinary industries.

This is truly the first time the Crimson Heart Society has encountered the Abyss Battlefield of the Peacock Empire.

Aside from your own original Abyss Battlefield, the Abyss Battlefield on the distant continent is the one you know best.

[From the White Eagle Emperor, you've heard some tales about the Peacock Empire. The Peacock Empire does possess a high concentration of Blazing Gold Oil.]

As for the rest, you wouldn't know.

However, when the guard regiments entered, they were immediately stunned by the scene inside.

The Peacock Empire has only built six defensive fortresses in the Abyss Battlefield.

Within the sphere of influence of these defensive fortresses, they discovered large quantities of magic crystal veins, adamantite veins, mithril veins, and blazing gold oil fields.

Most importantly, there is a large copper mother vein located 80 kilometers outside the Peacock Empire's No. 3 defensive fortress.

[Copper Mother!] [That's the essential material for forging the Crimson Heart Armor!]

The biggest limiting factor for the slow production of Crimson Heart Armor is the rarity of copper mother material.

Every piece of copper motherboard must be used where it's most needed!

[If production is allowed to proceed freely, without regard to potential losses from the copper mother material during the process, the production efficiency of the Crimson Heart Armor could at least double under full-scale production.]

Therefore, when this news reached the Red Heart Society, the entire leadership was shaken.

Regardless of the circumstances, this large copper mother mine must be secured!

Furthermore, a large-scale, detailed exploration of the area surrounding the Peacock Empire's Abyss Battlefield is necessary; every mineral vein and resource, down to the smallest fragment, must be thoroughly examined!

After receiving your orders, the former headmaster also led his troops to garrison this location.

Although the new capital of the Mauryan Empire is only 800 kilometers away, the Red Heart Society believes that developing the Mauryan Abyss is more cost-effective than completely conquering the Mauryan Empire.

In July of the 127th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Red Heart Society dispatched thousands of exploration teams to conduct a thorough reconnaissance of the Peacock Abyss.

As the investigation continued, a series of exciting reports reached the Red Heart Society headquarters.

Within a 500-mile radius of this entrance, there are not only copper mother ore veins, but also small mixed gold elemental stone veins and medium-sized magic energy essence veins.

There are countless other mineral veins.

Compared to the Abyss Battlefield on the Red Heart Society's side, the Abyss Battlefield on the Peacock Empire's side is simply a dream come true!

Resources abound!

[Mineral veins are scattered around the area and can be seen everywhere!]

According to professional abyssal mineral vein research experts, the abundance of mineral resources at the entrance to the Peacock Abyss suggests that this area is likely a super-large, densely populated resource-generating region within the abyss.

In other words, the Mauryan Empire possessed an unimaginably vast treasure trove of resources, yet its development was so sparse.

[What a waste!]

Compared to the Peacock Abyss, the Crimson Heart Abyss is practically hell mode.

The mineral resources are extremely scattered, while the density of various high-level abyssal monster lairs and high-ranking abyssal lords is astonishing.

[In the north lies a colossal city in the abyss, and in the east, a supreme lord sleeps.]

And what about the Peacock Abyss?

[After exploration, although there are indeed abyssal hatching nests and high-level abyssal lords, compared to the situation on the Red Heart Society's side, they are far inferior!]

Although it's more difficult than the Deep Ocean Abyss, the drop rate of these resources is simply enviable.

This incident caused a huge uproar within the Red Heart Society.

[What's most amusing is that the higher-ups of the Red Heart Society simply couldn't understand why the Peacock Empire, possessing such a vast gold mine, didn't make use of it.]

This is something that no one, including you, can understand.

Ultimately, the Red Heart Society will attribute this to the unique cultural lineage of the Mauryan Empire.

【The world is so big that nothing is impossible. 】

[It seems normal for something like this to happen, right?]

What if the Peacock Empire simply prefers to leave it aside, play around with it, and never actually use it?

[The Peacock Empire may not use it, but the Red Heart Society will make full and aggressive use of this resource, pushing it to its limits to develop all of the Red Heart Society's technological achievements.]

[Therefore, under the coordination of the Red Heart Society, a large number of construction militias set out for the Peacock Empire.]

Since we intend to establish a long-term presence here, and even make it a major energy resource transit hub for the Red Heart Society in the future, the northern part of the former Peacock Empire, encompassing the dozen or so Peacock provinces now controlled by the Red Heart Society, needs to be properly developed.

First, the garbage scattered everywhere needs to be removed, and a massive drainage system needs to be built around it.

The soldiers of the Red Heart Army were truly amazed by the various filthy scenes they witnessed upon arriving here.

[In other words, the soldiers of the Red Heart Army have extremely high physical fitness. They take care of all their food and drinks within the army; otherwise, they might experience severe sphincter discomfort.]

The reconstruction and renovation of various parts of more than a dozen provinces was an absolutely massive undertaking.

To expedite the process, Chixin will extend invitations to construction teams worldwide and encourage them to submit open tenders.

[In an instant, the real estate industry around the world reacted accordingly.]

According to the Red Heart Society's plan, the dozen or so Peacock Provinces will undergo a complete transformation towards extraordinary modernization in the shortest possible time. This is an absolutely massive and lucrative opportunity that will shock the world.

[Don't even mention eating meat; even just drinking a sip of soup, or simply standing next to someone and smelling the meaty aroma, can make someone instantly rich.]

In August of the 127th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Red Heart Society signed supply contracts with real estate conglomerates from around the world. After paying a substantial 8% deposit, the entire project proceeded smoothly.

[An extraordinary civil engineering team, starting from various countries around the world, traveled through the Red Heart Society's Plateau Province and entered the Peacock Province.]

[Under the Red Heart Society's almost fanatical construction plan, the world's civil engineering practitioners, who were on the decline, have once again unleashed an astonishing vitality.]

The era of massive infrastructure development, which has attracted worldwide attention, is about to begin.

At this time, however, the Mauryan Emperor expressed strong opposition to this matter, and representatives of the Mauryan Empire also condemned it at the World Conference.

How could this be?

This is the territory of my Peacock Empire!

What does the Red Heart Society want to do?

Is this a plan to completely seize the territory of my Peacock Empire and bring it under the jurisdiction of the Red Heart Society?

They assumed other countries would support them in this matter, but things took an unexpected turn.

[Let alone those countries that are not involved, even the Winter Empire and the Sunset Empire did not support the Peacock Empire in this matter.]

On the one hand, the Red Heart Society's large-scale renovation and reconstruction of the Peacock Province has generated economic benefits that have been enjoyed by almost every country in the world.

[Leaving aside other matters, let's talk about the establishment of the Peacock Province.]

For the world as a whole, the benefits definitely outweigh the drawbacks.

After all, the money earned by civil engineering teams from their own country working abroad is meant to be brought back home.

Therefore, in a sense, it's no different from making money for the country.

On the other hand, the fact that the Red Heart Society spends such a huge amount of money on the Peacock Empire indicates that the Red Heart Society devotes the most attention to the Peacock Empire.

[By looking at their level of investment, one can predict the future strategic direction of the Red Heart Society.]

However, the energy of an individual or an organization is limited.

They focused most of their energy on the Mauryan Empire, which inevitably reduced their attention to other countries.

For example, the Red Hearts Society's war between the Southern and Eastern Borders might eventually stop.

After all, concentrating resources to resolve issues with the Mauryan Empire is a perfectly normal occurrence in the history of world development.

Therefore, they naturally have unwavering support for this matter.

[By contradicting the Red Heart Society at the World Conference, is this an attempt to draw their fire and alleviate the burden on the Peacock Empire?]

Are they stupid, or did a donkey kick their brains?

Who would do such a thing?

Thus, the Mauryan Empire's appeal was destined to end in failure.

In October of the 127th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Red Heart Society's construction activities in more than a dozen Peacock Provinces were simultaneously blocked by the local noble bloodlines.

This matter has drawn the attention of the Red Heart Army.

Faced with the Red Heart Army's attempt to capture them, these noble bloodlines, adhering to the principle that they would not die unless they resisted, offered absolutely no resistance.

Even when the Red Heart Army was ready to kill them, they just waited and did nothing!

[All of this seemed to be preparing for the Red Heart Army to come and kill.]

Ultimately, the Red Heart Army's investigation revealed that this was a protest movement initiated by noble bloodlines.

The goal is that, in the face of opposition, they will take non-resistance protest actions to force the Red Heart Society to back down!

They don't believe it!

[Does the Red Heart Society really think they can kill them all?]

The people of the Peacock Empire can never be completely killed!

[As one noble bloodline falls, countless others will stand tall and proud!]

If the Red Hearts Army does not stop this behavior, they will spray their own blood on the Red Hearts Army's broadswords, letting them know just how hot their blood is!

(End of this chapter)