Of course, there was a risk that Earth's technology would leak out if they started exporting weapons.
Meng Chao could not guarantee that the seemingly loyal and obedient servant army would not turn around and bite Earthlings once they obtained the entire production line for the modified AK-47s.
But after thinking about it, he still felt that it was a risk he had to take.
It was inevitable for Earth's technology to leak out.
As Dragon City came into full contact with the Other World races, especially through war, which was a high-intensity and deep form of contact, quite a number of Earthlings would definitely end up in the Other World races' territories.
If they used the soft approach, the Other World races would use all sorts of methods to make Earthlings feel like they were in heaven and enjoy themselves so much that they would forget about home.
If they used the hard approach, the Other World races would use brutal and brutal torture methods or use secret mind techniques to read the information in the Earthlings' cerebral cortex.
They were all carbon-based intelligent life forms, and no one was stupid. Before long, the Other World races would figure out and imitate Earthlings' secrets.
In Meng Chao's previous life, there were quite a number of traitors in Dragon City who used Earth's technology in exchange for the Other World's high positions, salaries, and magic.
Zuo Haoran, his high school class rep, was one of them.
At the end of the day, even on Earth, technology had never been locked down.
The only way for a civilization to rise to power was to continuously use technology to earn or steal great profits and continue investing in research so that their technology could continue upgrading and remain ahead of the others.
As for whether the servant army would betray them, Meng Chao believed that the key was not in the servant army, but in whether Dragon City itself was strong enough.
The genes of all carbon-based intelligent life forms contained the seeds of betrayal.
In his previous life, Dragon City had repeatedly jumped between the two camps of the Other World to survive. In the end, they made a mistake and suffered the consequences of their own actions.
If a tiger fell to the plains, it would be bullied by dogs. If they continued weakening, no matter how loyal and grateful the servant army was, they would start having second thoughts.
But if Dragon City could remain strong and advance triumphantly, Meng Chao believed that the Other World races would fight to be the first to join them and become Earthlings' vassal races.
If they were afraid of the vassal races betraying them, they would lock down their technology and not think about improving.
They would just be digging their own graves.
Hence, not only did Meng Chao prepare individual weapons that were equivalent to the standard of Earth in the middle of the twentieth century, he also prepared a series of labor tools and machines that were suitable for the Other World races.
For example, for the dwarves, the Earthlings' automatic tunneling machines, excavators, and underground mining machines would cut off their livelihood.
Hence, in his previous life, the dwarves had always hated Earthlings and caused a lot of trouble for Dragon City.
But if they didn't develop large automatic underground excavators, and instead developed miniaturized power pickaxes, power hammers, impact drills that used crystals as energy sources … and other tools with a lower degree of automation, and then sold them to the dwarves, they would be able to maximize the dwarves' talent advantage.
This way, Dragon City might gain another ally.
At the very least, it would reduce the conflict of interest and the possibility of them becoming mortal enemies.
The second project Meng Chao invested in was the planting of cash crops.
The biodiversity in Monster Mountain Range was second to none in the Other World.
Not only were there more than one million different animals living here, there were also a lot of etherealized plants. They took root in the crystal mines with a lot of spirit energy and absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, which sped up their evolution and gave them all sorts of characteristics. They could bring unbelievable benefits to carbon-based intelligent lifeforms.
The hardworking and brave Earthlings had long since started cultivating and modifying etherealized plants.
Aside from using monster materials, all sorts of gene medicine and high-calorie nutritional fluid were created by extracting the essence of etherealized plants.
Meng Chao's alma mater, Agricultural University, was the leader in this field.
After decades of research, Agricultural University's etherealized plants course had already created Sentinel Trees that could move freely and obey human orders. They could also attack enemies on their own, Man-eating Flowers that could spit acid and poisonous fog, and so on.
Meng Chao did not play such high-end games.
He only used the technology from Agricultural University's resource course and etherealized plants course along with the cash crops he knew from his previous life to plant tobacco.
Tobacco was not something that should be underestimated.
Since ancient times, tobacco had always been a huge business that brought huge profits and a steady stream of money.
And in wars that lasted for a long time and were incredibly brutal, tobacco was usually one of the few consolations for the soldiers and civilians at the bottom of society.
Based on Earth's experience, the more a world war raged, the higher the sales of tobacco were.
In war-torn areas, the old, weak, women, and children who survived usually had a stick of tobacco in their hands to get rid of their nervousness and depression.
Of course, the nine great mega corporations had long since gotten involved in and monopolized such a traditional industry and a huge taxpayer. It was not something that a nouveau riche like Meng Chao could easily get involved in.
But Meng Chao had never thought about competing against the nine great mega corporations for the small market in Dragon City.
What he was interested in was the vast foreign trade market.
Right now, the nine great mega corporations and the Red Dragon Army had already occupied all the land in Monster Mountain Range, which had the most spirit energy, was the most fertile, and was the most suitable for planting all sorts of food and cash crops.
But there was a limit to how fast they could expand. Monster Mountain Range was also very long, and most of the land was barren.
Forget about Meng Chao, it was not difficult for even normal citizens to get a piece of barren land far away from Dragon City. As long as they were not worried about the harassment from scattered monsters and were confident that they could defend the land, they could farm it patiently, and they were not afraid of losing money.
Of course, Meng Chao would not farm the barren land carefully.
He chose to plant tobacco that was drought-resistant, cold-resistant, and did not need a lot of spirit energy to nourish it before it could grow.
They were like weeds.
Naturally, after these tobacco plants were processed, they tasted like weeds when smoked.
In any case, the Dragon Citizens who had eaten and seen them before would definitely not admit that these stupid things that tasted like dog poop with chili powder were tobacco.
If they were sold in Dragon City, they would not be able to sell even one of them.
But Meng Chao did not care.
He even thought that the tobacco was not spicy enough, low-quality enough, and not addictive enough!
Compared to the taste, he only cared about two things.
Would this tobacco be cheap enough? Would the production be large enough?
Meng Chao believed that once this batch of tobacco that tasted like dog poop was pushed into the market, it would definitely stir up a craze to buy it.
Of course, it would not be Earthlings who would buy it.
Instead, it would be dwarves, orcs, barbarians, and all sorts of giants.
It had to be known that in his previous life, tobacco had always been Dragon City's main export.
When the dwarves and orcs smoked, they were like steam engines. They smoked one pack after another, and they could not stop.
Since the consumption rate was high, the price could not be too high. The quality was not important either. As long as it was strong, strong, and satisfying, it was fine.
The Other World did not have a smoking ban.
Meng Chao had to use everything he had to satisfy the Other World people's urgent need for a good life.
Next, tobacco and alcohol were not separated. Since he had already entered the tobacco industry, he would definitely enter the brewing industry.
Meng Chao still did not intend to get involved in the middle or high-end market targeted at Earthlings.
Instead, he thought of ways to reduce the cost and create the cheapest and strongest alcohol of high alcohol content.
It was to reduce the cost to the minimum.
In fact, through Blue Home's connections, he managed to find the recipe for moonshine made by the Russians in a frozen country in the north while he was on Earth. When they lacked proper white spirits, they used the residues of various industrial raw materials.
How should he put it? The "strong alcohol" brewed with this recipe was basically medical alcohol soaked in old dog poop.
There was a type of alcohol on Earth known as Burning Knife. When a person drank it, they felt as if a sharp blade had stabbed their throat.
What Meng Chao brewed was not Burning Knife, but Burning Hammer. When he drank it, he felt as if a warhammer had smashed the top of his skull, and his brain matter would splatter everywhere.
Earthlings would definitely not be able to stand this stuff.
But Meng Chao believed that Iron Hammer liquor would definitely be popular among dwarves, orcs, and the Other World races who lived in high latitude and cold regions.
Ten thousand kilometers to the north of Dragon City were the ice barbarians and frost giants. Alcohol was practically their life.
Unfortunately, the brewing technology in the Other World was not up to standard. The ale they brewed was as bland as water, and it could not satisfy the needs of the ice barbarians and giants.
The Iron Hammer liquor brewed using Earth's technology and the ancient method would definitely make them fall head over heels for it and enjoy themselves.
It had to be known that the giants, who were more than five meters tall, could drink at least ten times more than Earthlings!
This was a good deal.
Besides, the ice barbarians and frost giants were the best berserkers.
Their talent was similar to the Tyrant Mammoth's Bloodthirsty War Song. When they drank, sang, and howled, they turned into the most terrifying killing machines. They had always been the overlords and nightmares of the Other World's northern regions.
As the saying went, "close quarters attack, distant allies". The area controlled by the ice barbarians was really far away from Monster Mountain Range. For a short period of time, neither side could attack the other.
It could also help Dragon City's civilization form pressure from the north on the powerful forces of power who occupied the most fertile land in the middle of the Other World.
Naturally, they were natural allies.
Iron Hammer liquor was the gift Meng Chao had meticulously prepared for the ice barbarians and giants.
Also, there were some cash crops that did not have a high production rate and cost a lot of money, but could be very effective during crucial moments. Meng Chao was also prepared to plant some of them.
There was an etherealized plant known as Snake Vine Flower. It had a slight hemostatic effect.
But since the difficulty of planting it on a large scale was not low and its hemostatic effect was not very obvious, no one had discovered its commercial value yet.
But Meng Chao knew that the greatest use of Snake Vine Flower was not hemostatic.
Instead, once he extracted Snake Vine Element and added it with more than ten other monster materials, he could create the best sunscreen.
Dragon Citizens did not have a great need for sunscreen.
It was different for some of the Other World races such as the dark elves and vampires.
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