Chapter 582: The Last Struggle
Three years has changed too much. It took Liu Mei a full five days to get a general understanding of these changes.
If there is one word to describe the current Liumei, it is - unbelievable!
In the past, there was no change in the world for hundreds or thousands of years, and the long life of a cultivator seemed to have become an iron rope that locked the development of the entire society.
The masters who have a long life represent this world, and young people are simply powerless to toss.
But the world seems to have changed completely.
Finally, Liu Mei returned to the hall of her new villa, stood in front of the new map, looked at the complicated lines on the map, and remembered the news she had seen in a folk newspaper this morning:
Railways and locomotives, airlines and warships are the two iron chains of the Ocean Group to control the world!
Today, the total length of railways directly or indirectly controlled by the Dayang Group has reached a staggering 300,000 kilometers, and the railways are divided into two parts, the part of the Fertile Continent in the north and the part of the Continent of Soil in the south.
In the north, the railway starts from Ninghe County, where the Ocean Group is located, and extends continuously to the north, east, and northeast, connecting the northern coastal countries, the southern coastal countries and ports, and the railway extending to the northeast eventually runs through the Xuanzhen Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect, and reaches the Xianyin Sect in the east, and connects to the port of the Xianyin Sect, which is also the first port in the east of the Fertile Earth Continent:
Bibo Harbor.
In the south, there are seven major railway branch lines extending from the concession and Beihai Port of the Ocean Group, connecting each holy place. These railway lines look like saplings with roots in the North Harbour and branching off as they stretch south.
At present, the influence of industry is mainly in the Continent of Fertile Soil, the Continent of Soil, the West Kunlun and some areas of Kunlun Continent, as well as a small area in the west of the Continent of Soil in the north, and a small area in the west of the Continent of Rich Soil in the south.
The main railway lines are concentrated in the Fertile Continent and the Turbulent Continent. Among them, according to the statistics of "Dayang Daily", the total mileage of the Fertile Soil Island Railway is about 410,000 kilometers, the total mileage of the Taotu Island Railway is about 270,000 kilometers, and the interior of West Kunlun is about 50,000 kilometers.
Of these, 300,000 kilometers are directly or indirectly controlled by the Dayang Group! Moreover, most of the kilometers controlled by the Dayang Group are trunk lines!
And then there's the ships and the routes.
Three years have passed, and with the open research of the god technology, the steel technology has inevitably been leaked. Nowadays, there are many groups that can smelt black iron and steel, and there are also several countries or business groups that can build steel warships, and many of them even have a stake in the Dayang Group.
However, the best steel battleship is still the Ocean Group.
Today, the sea and the outer sea routes are completely controlled by the Ocean Group. At present, the sea route mainly starts from Changshan Port of the Ocean Group, reaches the Flame Snow Mountain Sect in the south of the Continent of Turbulence in the south, and reaches Liuli Island in the north.
Then there is the continent of fertile soil, the continent of earth, the continent of Kunlun, and the western part of the continent of the soil in the north, and the west and north of the continent of the soil in the south.
Nowadays, steel warships are needed for sea transportation and open seas, and ninety percent of these warships are built by the Ocean Group.
The requirements of the inland sea are low, and they can be skinned ships or even wooden ships, but the Ocean Group has built even more crazy 'merchant ships' for the inland sea.
This kind of merchant ship is made of steel keel and ordinary black steel as the ship's plank, with a length of more than 300 meters, a width of more than 80 meters, and a displacement of up to ...... 200,000 tons!
The price of such a merchant ship is not expensive, but it is tens of millions of high-grade spirit stones - much cheaper than warships, and it is powered by fuel oil and steam turbines, no sails, no need for too many sailors, the speed is more than five times that of the wooden ships in the past, the carrying capacity is as much as three times that of the largest wooden ships, and the freight cost can easily be reduced by three percent.
On the eve of this widespread industrialization, commodities are actually limited. Steel merchant ships were loaded with cargo, but wooden ships were not loaded with cargo. In such a fiercely competitive environment, everyone had to buy the merchant ships of the Ocean Group.
"Technology is like this!" In the end, Wang Suxin said to Liu Mei, "Only those who stand at the pinnacle of technology can eat big and small." The rest that fall downwind can only survive in the cracks.
Even so, the orders for warships and merchant ships of the Dayang Group have been scheduled until next summer. ”
Liu Mei nodded with emotion, "I almost understand." I have something to say to Mr. Zhang. ”
"Please follow me, Mr. Zhang has been in the technology research center for some time. ”
The technology research center of Dayang Group is not accessible to ordinary people. Not only is there a separate defensive enchantment here, but the guards at the door turned out to be two god transformation periods, but they also have mastered more than one kind of divine power.
Glancing at the eyes of these two people, Liu Mei actually felt a feeling of being seen through: it seemed that all disguises, makeup, etc., could not escape each other's eyes. (It's not a clairvoyant eye, it's a delusional type; for some lovely readers, it must be emphasized.) )
Wang Suxin could only send Liu Mei to the door of the research center, and he couldn't enter one step further. Liu Mei thanked Wang Suxin and entered the research center, but she could only wait on the first floor of the research center.
Only after receiving Zhang Hao's order, the person in charge will allow Liu Mei to enter the upper echelons.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Liu Mei to get permission.
If it was in the past, if it was some arrogant incarnation period, in the face of such hospitality, I am afraid that I would have turned my face long ago. But one is that Liu Mei is not that arrogant, and the other is also in the past five days, Liu Mei was also shocked by the crazy development and influence of Dayang Group.
Zhang Hao met Liu Mei in the conference room on the fifth floor, but Zhang Hao had been waiting at the door of the elevator for a long time, and when he saw Liu Mei, Zhang Hao also politely apologized and congratulated Liu Mei on becoming a master of the peak of the gods.
Liu Mei spared no effort to praise Dayang Group and Zhang Hao, and finally said: "Mr. Zhang, when I came back this time, I felt that I had found the mechanism leading to the interior of Xianshan!"
Zhang Hao's eyes suddenly brightened: "Really?"
No wonder Zhang Hao was so surprised. In the past three years, Zhang Hao has continued to send people to explore Xianshan and Liuli Island. But unfortunately, it seems impossible to find a way to the interior at all!
Let's just say that Liuli Island has been explored for thousands of years, and I don't know how many times I have gone to the god transformation period, and it is almost impossible for Dayang Group to achieve results in a short time. The situation is similar in the Xianshan and Xuanwu Mountains in the open sea.
Although Zhang Hao has guesses about these things, it is precisely because of his speculations that Zhang Hao does not dare to explore them. If you accidentally release some strange virus, or release some undead demon, the legendary immortal-level demon, it will be troublesome. And in this world of cultivation, it is really necessary to guard against it.
Zhang Hao and Liu Mei talked for a while, and then came to the conference room. In the conference room, a discussion on the application of technology, to be exact: the promotion and application of power technology.
At present, what Dayang Group has disclosed to the public is direct current technology, which uses fuel cell technology.
Fuel cells have many advantages: today's efficiencies can be more than 60 percent, while theoretical efficiencies can be 90 percent – compared to 36 to 38 percent or less in the alternating current mode of steam turbine and generator alternating current.
In addition, direct current and fuel cell management are convenient, grid connection does not require frequency modulation, etc., and the voltage is relatively low, relatively safe, and the pressure on the environment is small.
However, fuel cell technology also has shortcomings, such as high cost, high resource consumption, complex maintenance and maintenance, and poor reliability. And also...... The voltage is not high!
The voltage is not high, which is an advantage from a safety point of view. However, from the perspective of technology and scientific research, it is a shortcoming that cannot be ignored. And it is difficult to boost the voltage of direct current. However, it is precisely in this way that the Ocean Group can keep the secrets of alternating current and fairy energy.
Today, we are going to discuss the expanded application of direct current technology: spiritual assistance!
After a long period of research and observation, the Ocean Group has always discovered and applied electric current to stimulate the body. In particular, some people whose cultivation qualifications are not very good, but have a solid foundation, can actually properly improve their physical qualifications through electrical stimulation. Of course, this process must be closely monitored, and the slightest carelessness can cost lives.
However, after such a long period of research, Dayang Group has enough certainty.
Now, the discussion is whether the technology should be rolled out. Some people agree, but many more oppose - in the past, this technology was the private technology of the Dayang Group, and only the core personnel of the Dayang Group could enjoy it.
But those who support it also have a reason: although this technology is good, the internal use of alternating current within the Dayang Group is alternating current, and the direct current technology is very weak, so we should disclose the technology of direct current to promote spiritual practice, and collect enough data to feed back our internal alternating current technology.
Zhang Hao didn't speak, just quietly watched everyone discuss.
Liu Mei sat down and listened for a while, and then she understood what was going on. After a while, Liu Mei spoke, "I think it should be made public." If the direct current technology is as everyone says, then at most it is only effective for the Jindan period.
If it is only valid for the Jindan period, it will not threaten our position.
And it is only valid for the Jindan period, which means that the juniors of the vast number of cultivation masters, as well as the foundation of the entire cultivation world, will be affected by us. This potential benefit is huge and beyond imagination! And this benefit is enough to support the future of Dayang Group!
We can set up fuel cell factories everywhere, and even sell fuel cells to others, etc., which will be a huge profit.
Electricity, which will replace some pills, etc., will promote the whole society beyond imagination. ”
As soon as Liu Mei's voice fell, someone refuted. A god turned into a calm analysis and said: "What Daoyou said is too idealistic, there is a way to promote rice and fight rice hatred, we must really be full of grace all over the world, and the major holy places will not tolerate us!"
If it were to be made public, it would seem that it would be only possible to sell fuel cells and related equipment. Then make a splash in the newspapers, saying that this is the technology of the Ocean Group. As for directly intervening in the local practice environment...... Hey hey ......"
Liu Mei frowned a little, but after thinking about it, she said: "But now the situation of using electricity to promote cultivation has been widely spread in society, and the Ocean Group can no longer keep it secret, so it can only be made public. ”
"That's different. The technology of Dayang Group is based on the essence, and now those in the outside world are based on appearances, which are extremely harmful to the body. ”
Everyone was still discussing fiercely, and the phone in the conference room rang, it was Murong Shan, the current army commander of the Ocean Group, who was calling, looking for Zhang Hao.
"What's the matter?" asked Zhang Hao coolly.
"Mr. Zhang, there are two pieces of news.
One is from the Red Lotus Sect, saying that a general attack will be launched against the Holy Fire Sect tomorrow. It will be possible to completely eradicate the Holy Fire Cult within the next month. At that time, the Jiangxia Kingdom and Xihe Kingdom promised by the Red Lotus Sect will be handed over to us.
Just to be on the safe side, the Red Lotus Sect also wants to 'borrow' 50,000 artillery pieces and 30 million shells from our side.
The other is the Holy Fire Sect, which said: If the Dayang Group is willing to mediate now, they are willing to give us Jiangxia Kingdom, Xihe Kingdom, and Tianshui Kingdom, and are willing to form a friendship with the Dayang Group forever. ”
When Zhang Hao heard this, he smiled: "You tell the Holy Fire Sect that the Ocean Group will not change its position easily. Also, you also tell the Red Lotus Sect: Less daydreaming!"
Murong Shan ended the call, but only two hours later, news came again: "Mr. Zhang, the Holy Fire Sect has announced that it has officially become a subsidiary sect of the Ming Sect!"
Zhang Hao's eyes instantly sharpened!
(Sorry, Carvin, sour.) There's one more shift tonight. No matter what, it also needs a 6,000-word guarantee. )