Chapter 844: Chapter 343: Wind’s Predicant (Part 2)
“You already know?”
Edwan said:
“They’ve started to strangle our economy, but it’s still manageable at this stage. We have a lot of foreign exchange reserves, and with the resources and wealth from the Nonar United Kingdom, the overall impact on us isn’t significant.”
Yang Ming chuckled: “I don’t understand economics, just handle it as you see fit. If you run into difficulties, co to .”
“More than this, the real impact is the deterioration of the political environnt.”
Edwan pondered for a mont:
“The vassal states of the Sherman Empire seem to have received orders and are starting to distance themselves from us.
“Although the investnt boom we experienced in Wind hasn’t faded, due to the worsening external environnt and continual criticism from countries in the Federation Camp, the growth trend has started to slow down.
“The prices of so essential imported materials for our country have increased to various extents, and our trade routes are threatened by small bands of pirates.
“The good news is that we’ve already secured a large sum of war reparations in the treasury of the Nonar United Kingdom.
“Over the next decade, we shouldn’t face any significant economic problems, but we shouldn’t depend on this.”
Yang Ming said gently: “Can the Wind royal family’s assets be transferred from within the Sherman Empire to outside?”
“No,” Edwan shook his head, “most of our investnts are in industry, closely tied with the local area, which is also how the vassal states gain so leverage.”
Both were deep in thought as Yang Ming finished scanning through the electronic docunt in his hand.
Facing the Sherman’s economic strangulation, they both felt imnse pressure.
The opposition was conducting everything in the shadows.
Next, even the Foreign Affairs Bureau was uncertain from which direction more trouble would be created for Wind.
“There’s one more thing.”
Edwan hesitated a bit but eventually spoke up:
“You know, Ming, we plundered the Nonar United Kingdom because they brought it upon themselves and to make sure they couldn’t threaten us again in a short ti.
“It’s self-defense counterattack. I don’t see a problem with it, but if we continue to bleed the Nonar United Kingdom dry in the long term, it’s their citizens who will ultimately suffer…by doing so, how are we different from the Sherman Empire?
“Well, it’s just my personal feeling. From the Emperor’s standpoint, I want to make the lives of our nation’s people happier.”
Yang Ming smiled: “Are you trying to say this happiness should be achieved through hard work rather than plunder and aggression?”
Edwan said resolutely: “Yes, that’s exactly it.”
“You’re a pacifist, Edwan, which is admirable,” Yang Ming said warmly, “Right now, we need so extra resources to get through a difficult phase, so after a reasonable counterattack on Nonar, we’ll seize their resources. This won’t be our usual practice, so don’t worry.”
Edwan asked directly: “Ming, how should we counter the Sherman’s economic strangulation? Or rather, how should we handle the current troubles?”
“There’s currently no way to counter it; Wind is far too small compared to Sherman.”
Yang Ming interlocked his fingers in front of him, speaking slowly:
“To be honest, even if we could co up with so groundbreaking civilian technology, under the comprehensive blockade of the Sherman Empire, it’s unlikely that we could gain significant benefits.
“Ultimately, it’s because our military strength is far inferior to Sherman’s.
“Edwan, we must be prepared for hard struggle; even if the quality of life in Wind declines, based on our previous arrangents and preparations, basic living conditions won’t be affected.”
Edwan said softly: “There will be public resentnt.”
Yang Ming said: “We can also shift these pressures onto the Nonar United Kingdom.”
“That seems sowhat inhumane.”
“Edwan, you are the Emperor of Wind,” Yang Ming’s gaze grew sharp.
Edwan stared at Yang Ming, then closed his eyes and sighed: “Yes, I’m the Emperor of Wind; I should not extend empathy to the citizens of Nonar.”
“It’s normal that we have differences, our pressure is enormous.”
Yang Ming smiled:
“I will soon return to Ilando Star, and then we can talk more. On the way, I’ll think of ways to find opportunities for Wind to break through.”
“I’ve been sleepless for half a month now.”
Edwan yawned and stretched:
“Strange, talking to you hasn’t brought any substantial progress, but I’m less worried deep down.
“I’m going to get a good sleep and wait for your return.”
A beautiful figure appeared in the fra beside him, it was Guina, wearing a secretary suit, that terminator TXX model robot.
Judging by small details, her relationship with Edwan seed to be quite harmonious.
…
Now, the Sherman Empire’s Foreign Affairs Bureau has fully set up the strangling operation against the vassal state Wind.
Militarily, the Sherman Empire is looking for the next dium-sized country to clash with Wind, and according to current intelligence analysis, it is highly likely to be another vassal state of the Sherman Empire.
As a vassal state as well, it can offset the Sherman Empire’s political influence and make it convenient for the Sherman Empire officials to intervene in the situation at any ti.
Diplomatically, those distant small countries that have good relations with the Luofeng Empire seem to have received so kind of warning.
The chain effect that ca with it caused Wind’s export volu to ‘darkly drop’ continuously.
Economically, the Sherman Empire’s Foreign Affairs Bureau, together with several groups from the Sherman Empire’s Treasury, directly exerted strong pressure on the businessn from Wind.
This is aiming to push Wind directly down to the level of a Secondary Civilization.
Yang Ming indeed doesn’t need to be so anxious.
He only needs Wind to exist to cover up the existence of Dark Star, which will then open the No.4 Base in the uninhabited area of the Milky Way with its increasingly expanding chanical Thought Body, allowing his Dark Star forces to maintain rapid developnt.
The examiner was right, under such circumstances, as long as given enough ti to develop, he could foster the second most powerful fleet cluster in the Milky Way’s uninhabited zone.
But the issue is this ‘ti’.
The Faya ga will start at most in twelve or thirteen years, and before that, according to Yang Ming’s plan, he must establish his influence and deterrence over the Milky Way civilization.
The expansion of Wind is a necessary cover for the normal activities of Dark Star.
If Wind can break through the siege of the Sherman Empire, it would be the best situation for Yang Ming.
In this way, he would have both the visible Wind and the secretive Dark Star as strong forces, naturally making it easy to protect small civilizations on the ho planet.
The best Pioneers integrate human dignity into the Galaxy.
In the command bridge of the East Wind, with most of the lights turned off, Yang Ming reclined in the captain’s chair, his legs resting on the edge of the control panel, staring silently at the starry sky outside the window.
In the Emperor’s chamber of the Ilando Star’s Imperial Palace, Edwan lay flat on the bed, his soon-to-close eyes still gazing at the star projection on the ceiling.
The giant beast roaming through the darkness seed about to devour Yang Ming’s spaceship.
The pitch-black starry sky appeared to be gradually dimming, as if to extinguish the bright city lights on the surface of Ilando Star one by one.
Sherman.
The mighty Sherman.
Sherman, which does not allow vassal states to slip out of control.
Sherman, which has existed in the Milky Way for tens of thousands of years and still shows no signs of decline.
The military and technological barriers have deprived ordinary people of the possibility of resisting the Emperor’s Power; within the entire Milky Way, no strong anti-imperial power alliance has ford, and the life of the Sherman Empire’s people does not lose to that of other powerful countries’ people.
How on earth can such a powerful Empire be dealt with?
Yang Ming recalled the mont when he faced a choice on the Emperor Star.
‘Will you regret it?’
Yang Ming shook his head with a smile and slowly closed his eyes, as a sowhat bold idea surged in his mind.
Suddenly, Edwan thought of the fierce argunt he had with his father at the age of nineteen, where his father angrily called him an idealist who would drag the country into the Abyss, but he retorted saying that a regi that oppresses its people has no aning to exist.
Yes, he had been brainwashed by democratic ideas.
But what he pursued was true democracy, not a ‘democracy’ dressed up by capital and various forces, with a policy to obtain votes by fooling the people.
If ti could rewind, Edwan would still make the sa choice.
‘Father, I will not let Wind fall into darkness.’
Edwan closed his weary eyes, and his breathing quickly beca calm.
At the foot of the bed, Guina stood with her eyes closed, the indicator light flickering slightly beneath her eyelids.
‘The balance within the Sherman Empire must be broken.’
Yang Ming’s eyes slightly narrowed, and the thought in his mind had grown wildly, like a fla about to erupt.
Beep—
“Boss, the overall analysis is complete.”
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