This game is awesome

Strategy games can only be played online with diplomacy, alliances, intrigues and deceptions.

As for the so-called politics and economy, aren’t they just options for building a house?

He didn't care and roughly browsed through the tutorial, intending to see what the difference was between this game and "Industrial: 1800".

With a click, lines of text popped up instantly, and three characters occupied half of the screen.

"Total population", "quality of life", "class", "political camp", "average income", "tax burden", "demand"...

The data is neatly organized under the three portraits, and is undergoing slight changes over time.

The total number of people in the lower class has increased, while their average income has decreased a little and the taxes they bear have increased slightly.

The taxes are further divided into "head tax", "land tax", "dividend tax" and so on.

Luo Wenxiu's eyes widened.

He switched to another page, which showed in detail the proportions, political influence, and birth rates of people of different cultures, religions, and classes...

Looking at these charts, Luo Wenxiu even had the illusion that what he was looking at was not a game, but a real, living country.

Luo Wenxiu was really shocked when he saw the changing pictures.

But at the same time, he was very skeptical about the difficulty of this game.

If these data are not just for show, then the entry threshold of this game is very high.

Especially for players who have been accustomed to mindless and fast-paced games in the past decade, the threshold of this game is the first reason to discourage them.

But it took only one month to modify the original game to this extent......

“Very thoughtful and ambitious.”

Luo Wenxiu grabbed the mouse and continued playing the game.

Within two minutes, a plot box popped up.

Opium Crisis

[Opium addiction is raging in the Qing dynasty. Large numbers of Han Chinese have become addicts, leading to widespread crime, poverty, and laziness. Despite the obvious harm, Great Britain continues to flood the market with opium.]

【We have to do something/We can't offend Great Britain】

Damn, do I even need to choose?

Without even thinking twice, Luo Wenxiu said, "We have to do something," and then issued a decree banning the opium trade.

This is the conscience of the Chinese people!

Luo Wenxiu was well-versed in modern history and knew that it was time to develop science and technology, strengthen military equipment, and keep the enemy out of the country.

He immediately issued an order to develop line infantry. Although this era was already the era of skirmishers, line infantry was not much behind. In 1861, during the Civil War, line infantry was still being shot in line.

If the Qing Dynasty had new technologies and equipment, it would still be able to compete with Britain.

Luo Wenxiu was full of enthusiasm. While building factories on the country, he was also researching line infantry technology.

Industry makes a country strong. Industry makes a country strong.

Overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty could not save the country, but industrialization could!

On the game screen, which is running at ten times the speed, factories are rising from the ground and black exhaust gas is belching from towering chimneys.

Within two years, dozens of new factories appeared in the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, the progress bar of the "Anti-Smoking Movement" was moving forward slowly, and Daying's attitude towards Luo Wenxiu was gradually deteriorating.

As expected, in February 1840, a declaration of war was delivered to Luo Wenxiu's screen.

The war was about to break out, but Luo Wenxiu was not panicked at all.

The technology of line infantry had been developed before the war broke out, and now our Qing Dynasty can also make flintlock rifles for line shooting.

The countries participating in this game are all very martial and will declare war before starting a war. They will not engage in war without declaration, which makes Luo Wenxiu very satisfied.

The previous "Industry: 1800" can be said to be a complete retelling of Sun Tzu's Art of War, doing everything it can to disgust players.

In contrast, the country in Victoria is so straightforward.

A few months later, dozens of steamships crossed the ocean and arrived at Guangzhou Bay.

The Qing Dynasty's sailing warships were no match for the ironclad ships and quickly fell into a disadvantage.

Luo Wenxiu held his breath, waiting for the enemy to land and then commanded the new troops to strike head-on.

But soon, he regretted it.

The 50,000 newly trained troops encountered the British lobster soldiers and were repelled in just one month, suffering repeated defeats.

The arrogant foreign enemies landed in Guangzhou, broke through Luo Wenxiu's encirclement, and fought all the way to Nanjing along the coast.

"What the hell, my army is short of weapons?"

"What are those things in your hands, fire sticks?"

"I still have to buy them weapons!?"

"Don't they come with their own weapons?"

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Has everyone watched the trial play of Black Monkey today?

I can’t stand it anymore. I want to sleep until next summer.

Chapter 15 [Reversal]

Luo Wenxiu used the SL method in a panic and turned the time back to the eve of the British landing.

There was an exclamation mark hanging above the screen.

[Military supplies shortage]

War requires weapons, not just soldiers carrying sticks. After all, this is a game, not the gray cattle of the 19th century Tsarist Russia.

After repeated attempts, and after a series of tortures including being beaten unilaterally by Da Ying, being able to fight back and forth with Da Ying, and barely standing his ground and defending the coast, Luo Wenxiu finally found the trick.

He had deployed the military industry two years before the war, tried to curry favor with Tsarist Russia to find foreign aid, and on the eve of the British landing, he asked Tsarist Russia to defend his coastline, while his poor 30,000 new troops boarded warships and headed straight to Northern Ireland.

In order to save money, the AI ​​in the game are all free versions of the material library. They have not received any special training and are stupid when fighting. The army is rushing to open up the front line but forgets about its home base.

However, the stupidity of AI also has its advantages. At least the difficulty is greatly reduced, which is very helpful for novices to get started.

After Luo Wenxiu figured out the AI's routine, he began to specifically target it, using his foresight advantage from multiple SLs to launch a dimensionality reduction attack and launch a set of optimized combination punches.

You fight for your opium war, and I fight for my international reputation.

When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack.

Thirty thousand new troops successfully landed on the British mainland and reached London in nine months.

However, one step was too late. Before London was liberated, Rowan's finances could no longer hold up. A large part of his territory was occupied, resulting in the loss of control and the near collapse of finances. He had no choice but to negotiate peace with Britain on an equal footing.

Although he was defeated miserably, Luo Wenxiu had no idea that he had been addicted to the game for a full twenty hours.

The balcony gradually turned from dark to bright and from bright to dark, but he was so focused on the screen that he didn't notice at all.

"Interesting, really interesting!"

Luo Wenxiu let out a breath, then laughed twice while lying on the chair.

So cool.

When the enemy finally arrived at the gates of London, Luo Wenxiu had already imagined a grand production in his mind.

Although the picture was quite simple, just the movement of the chess piece with an animation, but in front of Luo Wenxiu, there were huge cannons with dim muzzles, soldiers in full gear, smoke and dust flying all over the sky, and endless shouts of fighting.

The excitement of historical strategy games has always been like this. As the saying goes, "If the graphics are not enough, use your imagination." This type of game relies heavily on the player's sense of immersion and imagination.

A map is nothing more than fluctuating numbers and shifting territories. What’s the fun in staring at these things?

But to borrow a phrase: when a real player looks at the map, the map is no longer a map. It is full of enthusiastic people, it is all awakened sleeping mountains, it is all rivers changing their appearance, it is all cities rising up miraculously!

Luo Wenxiu only played around with the historical simulation superficially and has not yet grasped the essence of "Victoria".

In the nearby Magic City, the night had not yet fallen, and the light in the old professor's study had just been turned on.

Compared with Luo Wenxiu, Professor Zheng does not have so many fancy tricks.

The old professor didn't expect that Gu Qingshi would specially send him an activation code for experience, but he thought that games were indeed played by young people, and if he tried it himself, he might be able to get closer to his students, so he played it himself.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t play. After a little contact, the old professor forgets the time.

It's a very simple economic system, and there are even many unconventional things in it, such as the unified currency for the whole world, and the endless resources that can't be stored...

But as he previously commented on the game plan: the flaws do not outweigh the merits.

It's a very interesting game. Although the economic system is very crude, it realistically simulates the impact of technological progress on social economy and the economic and political games among different interest groups.

Moreover, it is full of fun.

This stuff is much more interesting than those textbooks compiled by old gentlemen who are half buried in the ground.

"Are games nowadays so awesome?" The old professor marveled, manipulating the political reforms in Belgium on the screen.

The old professor played the game very steadily, choosing the recommended country from the beginning. Unlike Luo Wenxiu, who had to go back eight times in 20 hours, the old professor did not encounter any major obstacles in these ten hours.

Small countries are smaller in size, so operations are much simpler than for large countries.

However, the old professor was just like Luo Wenxiu, so immersed in the game that he completely forgot about the passage of time in the outside world.

The old professor looked up at his watch because his eyes hurt from playing and he was shocked.

"How come it's already six o'clock! Oh no, I forgot to hold a meeting with the students!"

The old professor quickly quit the game and opened the online conference software. Their college also implements an apprenticeship system for undergraduates. As a mentor, he has to take care of five students. Normally, there will be a short meeting at 7 o'clock on Friday evening.

"It should still be in time. Forget about the manuscript. I'll edit it on the spot..."

The old professor quickly opened the conference software, but found that the meeting was empty with only him.

The old professor was stunned and looked at the time.