《I Really Am Not The Lord Of Demon》I Really Am Not The Lord of Demon
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Chapter 516: Kindness
“Miss Yin, it’s really not easy for you!”Ling pingan exclaimed.
“This little girl is really lucky…” Yin Mingxiu said with her head lowered as she recalled all the classmates she had met along the way.
She thought back to last year when she returned home to visit her family. Back then, she had seen her senior sister, who had been in high spirits when they were in the same school, carrying her child on her back as she planted rice seedlings in the fields.
Time had erased the glory of her past years, leaving only specks of traces.
When the senior sister saw her, she was very panicked.
She almost immediately turned her head away.
She also recalled that this year, xinluo’s Seoul Entertainment company launched the newest female group: The Age of beautiful girls.
In this female group, there was her class monitor from the Pyongyang School.
It was just because she didn’t pass the test.
The class monitor, who used to command the world, became an idol singing and dancing on the stage.
Yin Mingxiu had seen her stage.
Although it was stunning, although it was eye-catching.
But..
There was no light in the class monitor’s eyes.
She lost the treasure called Hope and became a tool.
A tool to make money!
Therefore, Yin Mingxiu couldn’t help but say emotionally, “Especially being able to serve the young master… This will be unforgettable for this little girl for the rest of her life!”
Being able to serve such a big figure, and being able to tell the story of himself and San Luo in front of him..
Being able to make him remember such a young girl from San Luo named Yin Mingxiu.
Being able to let him know of San Luo’s suffering.
How Lucky was this!
And how glorious was this!
To San Luo, merely being able to listen to San Luo’s suffering to the heavens was already a success!
This meant that the tilt of the policy, even if the balance was slightly tilted towards Xin Luo, would benefit countless people.
While Ling Ping’an listened to the story, he thought that Yin Mingxiu was just complimenting him, so he didn’t take it to heart.
Xin Luo people were like this.
He thought about what he learned from Yin Mingxiu’s story.
From Yin Mingxiu’s story, he learned about her story.
A girl from a poor mountain village in the southern part of xinluo, with the ideal of great harmony in the world, along the way, through her own hard work and diligence, she went against the current and finally got admitted to the best university in xinluo: Xinluo Wangli University.
Then, she smoothly got her graduation certificate, and was hired by Xinluo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Finally, she was sent to the capital to work as a waiter, which seemed simple, but was actually equivalent to an internship for a diplomatic staff.
She changed not only her own fate, but also the fate of her family.
From Yin Mingxiu’s narration, he also learned about the hardships of the people of xinluo.
This was more profound and three-dimensional than the simple descriptions in the textbooks when she was in school.
At the same time, Ling pingan also learned about Yin Mingxiu’s worries.
She was worried about xinluo’s future.
She was worried about the future of her country and hometown.
This made Ling Pingan look at her in a new light.
The feelings of a country could always be empathized with!
Therefore, Ling Pingan used his brain for a rare occasion.
“Miss Yin, after listening to your introduction…”he said to Yin mingxiu, “I have a rough idea of Xinluo’s Problem!”
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Xinluo’s problem was the lack of resources, but its population was increasing.
At the same time, the entire economy of Silla relied heavily on subsidies and aid from the federal empire.
However, the ability of Silla itself to create blood was seriously lacking.
This was something that could not be helped!
Firstly, this was decided by the natural environment.
Silla kingdom was mountainous and did not have many resources.
Secondly, Silla was too far from heaven and too close to Great Xia.
To a giant like the federal empire of Xia, just its existence was a nightmare to all the countries around it.
There was no other way!
Federal Empire!
This was the monster country that land of Qin called Leviathan.
In the past 2,840 years, Great Xia had been a self-sufficient country.
What was self-sufficiency?
It meant that one could produce all the goods one needed.
At the same time, one could find all the resources one needed within one’s own territory.
The economy was completely revolving within one’s own territory.
The degree of dependence on the outside world..
It was not impossible.
At the very least, the people of the Great Xia Empire liked the local specialties from various countries.
Beef from Fu sang, rice from Siam and Ceylon, bananas, Durian.
However, these things were just decorations.
If they liked them, it did not matter if they did not.
Moreover, they had a large number of regions that could produce these goods.
The imports from foreign countries only took up a small portion of the Metropolitan Territory’s trade volume.
However..
Great Xia’s cheap industrial products entered the various countries.
No one was a match for great Xia’s industrial products!
Even if the wages of great Xia’s workers were ten times or even dozens of times that of the neighboring countries.
However, the selling prices of their products were still far lower than those of the foreign countries’own products.
Not to mention those high-tech products.
In this aspect, the Great Xia Empire swept the world.
Even if a small country used the entire country’s strength to develop an industry, it would not be able to compete.
This was not a crime of war.
The ability to make money was too amazing!
One could do whatever they wanted with money!
For the same technology, Great Xia could develop hundreds of projects at the same time.
Even if 99.9% of the people failed, there would still be one person who succeeded.
As for the others, even if they suppressed everything, they would only be able to create a few projects of the same scale.
There was no way to play with this!
What was worse was that great Xia’s industries had been moving internally.
Just like the new industrial upgrades in the past few years.
They were moving those old factories to the northern, Southern, and western song regions.
Over there, a complete set of facilities had already been built. They were just waiting for the people from the metropolitan territory to move the factories over.
At the same time as the old factories were being relocated, new intelligent precision machines had been fully deployed.
Within ten years, Jiangcheng City had completed its transformation from dense heavy industry to high-tech precision manufacturing.
What was Leviathan?
This was Leviathan!
No one could play around with such a monster.
Only the land of Qin could barely stop the industrial dumping of the federal empire through isolation.
And the Federal Empire had no intention of calling for free trade to break down their country’s door.
After all, no one was interested in foreign trade.
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In the national economy of the Federal Empire, imports and exports only accounted for less than five HP.
As a whole, it still maintained the tradition of thousands of years.
Internal circulation, self-sufficiency.
Therefore, whether it was the Datong Party or the Gonghe party, it was impossible for them to let their image be stained with blood for such a small profit.
A gentleman is a gentleman.
They pursue ideals and beliefs.
Therefore, the Federal Empire has the Foreign Trade Balance Act.
According to this act, the federal empire will provide compensatory assistance to all countries with trade deficits in order to help them stabilize their economies and maintain their financial health.
There is also the good-neighborly economic cooperation act for neighboring countries. Each year, a special budget will be set aside to aid and subsidize related industries in each country.
There was also the Emergency Disaster Relief Act, which specifically provided assistance to the natural disasters of each country.
In this year’s Nanyang Hurricane, the federal empire transported tens of millions of tons of grain from the northern and southern Zhou dynasties to the various countries in the Nanyang, establishing a ‘food bank’to prevent the people affected by the disaster from going hungry.
However, these measures were actually blood transfusions.
It was better to teach a person how to fish than to teach a person how to fish!
However, how could the industries of various countries be able to defeat the various giants who had grown up raising venomous insects in the federal empire’s market?
Therefore, this was an endless cycle.
Ling Pingan rubbed his temples as he suddenly recalled something.
He remembered that he seemed to have a guest who was a foreigner.
He was a member of a foreign gold forging workshop.
It was naturally impossible for xinluo to engage in formal industries.
Under fair competition, who could compete with a consortium of the Federal Empire?
But..
What about the service industry?
Xinluo was now vigorously promoting the entertainment industry, which was a good choice.
In addition..
They could vigorously develop the online gaming industry!
Gold-farming studios could start!
Esports could start!
As long as an industry was formed, there would be employment.
With employment, there would be an economy, and with an economy, problems could be solved!
Just as Tai zu had said: the root of all the problems in the world lay in the economy. If the economic problem was solved, then all the problems would be solved!
Therefore, the federal empire attached great importance to employment.
Both the Datong Party and the Gonghe party had their own re-assistance employment committees, which had a large number of departments to help unemployed workers find jobs.
They mainly focused on skills training.
If local celebrities wanted to run for office, they had to enter these committees and make achievements. Only then would they be able to let others know that they were qualified to be recommended as candidates.
As for esports and gold-farming studios, as long as they could earn money, they would also be employed!
Black Cats and white cats, as long as they could catch mice, they would be good cats!
Coincidentally… Now, the public beta testing of legend of nightmare was about to begin.
Ling Pingan deeply felt that the market prospects of this virtual reality MMORPG were incomparably huge.
As long as the people of xinluo laid out their plans in advance, they could exchange money for foreign currency through farming.
And there were so many nouveau riche in the Federal Empire.
Just a small leak from their fingers could satisfy the source of funds for Xinluo’s economic development!
Although it might not solve too big a problem, it could at least be improved a little, right?
With this thought in mind, ling pingan said, “Miss Yin, let me give you an immature suggestion…”
Yin Mingxiu immediately raised her head and looked at the young master in front of her. “Please speak… Mingxiu, I’ll listen to it!”
“Have you heard of our country’s upcoming public beta testing, Legend of Nightmare?”He asked.
When Yin Mingxiu heard this, she immediately swallowed her saliva subconsciously.
“As expected of a mighty figure from Shangguo!”She thought.
She did not mention the realm of nightmare, but this young master directly saw through her thoughts and immediately told her her purpose.
“I’ve heard of it!”Yin Mingxiu suppressed her excitement. “I’ve heard… that it’s an unimaginable… Miracle!”
Ling pingan thought about what he had seen and heard in the game.
It was lifelike, as if he was in a real-life game dungeon.
It was really a miracle!
He nodded and said, “Hp is indeed so!”
“Legend of Nightmare has great potential!”He said, “If Miss Yin has the heart, you can go back and report to the relevant departments in your country… set up a specialized countermeasure studio and divert a portion of your energy!”
“I believe that with the hard work and kindness of your people, you will definitely succeed!”
It was gold farming, so it was good to repeat mechanically.
There was no technical content.
One could always get money by watching a dungeon run dozens of times.
Yin mingxiu listened and swallowed her saliva. “You mean… we can apply to the royal family to join the beta testing?”
“Is this… really possible?”She wasn’t too sure.
That was the realm of nightmare.
From Ambassador Wen’s description of the situation, it was a land of miracles where powerful people crawled all over the place, and transcendent being was inferior to dogs!
The small kingdom of xinluo..
Probably, not many qualified people could join it.
And Ambassador Wen described a terrifying scene to her.
Decades later, as a large number of Fusang people grew up in the realm of nightmare.
They would cross the Straits.
They would wreak havoc in Xinluo.
Just like hundreds of years ago, a butcher’s knife was placed on the necks of the people of Xinluo.
The countryside would turn into ruins, the cities would turn into ashes, and the people would bleed for thousands of miles.
Even if great Xia stopped them.
However, if Fu sang was stronger than Xinluo, then its future would be bleak.
The children and grandchildren would have to live in the shadow of Fusang.
This was a nightmare!
As a young girl who was taught that she could not lose to Fu sang,.
Yin Mingxiu was naturally afraid of that future.
Ling pingan laughed, “Just apply!”
“It’s just a game!”
“I don’t think the imperial family will interfere!”
“After all, xinluo and our country have been together for two to three thousand years!”
In Ling Pingan’s opinion, it was impossible for the lucky emperor of the Great Xia dynasty to reject Xinluo’s reasonable request.
After all, xinluo was a country that claimed to be ‘the Empress of Shang, the Minister of Han, and the concubine of Tang’.
The person who claimed to be the legitimate son of the central plains.
He had a lot of influence in public opinion.
There was also a long-standing organization of pro-xinluo ministers in the Council of Ministers and physicians.
The lobbying group of xinluo in the imperial capital was also quite powerful.
Otherwise, how did the Xinluo people get so much aid?
It was also because of this aid that Xinluo had long achieved self-sufficiency in food. Every year, the federal empire provided millions of tons of heavy oil and tens of millions of tons of diesel oil to xinluo at an internal price.
The price was basically the price of friendship.
By relying on these cheap energy sources, xinluo had realized the mechanization and modernization of agriculture.
Even the energy sources could be used for almost nothing.
It was just a beta testing slot for the game. No matter what, he could get it.
But..
Ling Pingan didn’t know that his words had fallen into Yin Mingxiu’s ears.
But it was equivalent to acquiescence and support.
Just apply.
Apply. With my face, I will approve it.
Will the royal family interfere?
The royal family won’t interfere!
I said it!
“Thank you so much!”Yin Mingxiu thanked him gratefully.
“You’re welcome!”Ling pingan laughed. “Besides, I only made a trivial suggestion!”
In his opinion, it was the same for Xin Luo.
This was just a private chat between the two young people.
How could it really affect the upper echelons?
Even if it did, it definitely had nothing to do with them.
It was just that the upper echelons also had similar thoughts.
Thinking of this, ling pingan said again, “Oh right, in a few days, I’ve already received an invitation to the legend of Nightmare’s beta testing!”
Looking at Yin Mingxiu, he asked, “Miss Yin, if you’re interested, I can bring you over to have a look!”
When Yin Mingxiu heard this, she thanked him profusely. “Thank you, Young Master! Thank you, Young Master!”
At this moment, she felt that she would probably be unable to repay this young master of Shangguo for his great kindness!
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