Gyeongo, Jingguo, Hall of Rites, and many other families were constantly opposing Fang Yun and Jingguo's reform. Everyone thought that Fang Yun was already in a terrible fix, but in reality, not only did Fang Yun not care about them, he even started to command the Hall of Works and Jingguo's Ministry of Works to open up a new market.
Therefore, the Hall of Works' true focus was on developing products suitable for the Water Tribe, and at the same time, researching the needs of the various races.
The number of Water Tribe in the four seas far exceeded the number of humans in Saint Origin World, so the Water Tribe was an incomparably vast market.
The situation in the ocean was very complicated, and many human products were unusable in the ocean. However, it was precisely because of this that there were more business opportunities, as there were no competitors.
The Water Tribe's purchases from humans were very limited, basically only land food, calligraphy, and paintings. Furthermore, the volume of transactions was very limited, as there were too many food in the water, and the Water Tribe only ate land food to taste it.
The Dragons had left behind many inheritances, and there were many aspects in which they did not need humans. For example, the Dragons' ancient winemaking skills were above humans, but they lacked some special ingredients, and the wine they brewed was far inferior to the ancient times.
As for weapons, the Water Tribe was not inferior to humans, and they directly used underwater volcanoes to forge them.
On the southeast side of Jade Sea City, a small peninsula quietly appeared. It was formed by the cooperation of the Dragons and the Gong Family. The workshops on the peninsula were gradually being built, and at the center of the peninsula, Jingguo's Ocean Technology Research and Development Center was established. In reality, it was to research and produce products for the Water Tribe.
The Eastern Sea Dragon Palace was in charge of providing all kinds of information about the Water Tribe, including their population, habits, common items, environment, and so on. The human experts began to analyze and design all kinds of products for the Water Tribe.
However, this was the first time the humans were doing something like this, and they could not find any clues. They could only start by imitating the products the Water Tribe needed.
Very quickly, the different habits and aesthetics of different races formed a barrier. The Water Tribe was not satisfied with many of the products designed by the humans, but in order to support Fang Yun, they still decided to purchase some of them, but the quantity was very small.
The Gong Family was anxious. The Hall of Works and Fang Yun's goal was to turn the entire Jade Sea City into a super large workshop city for the aquatic creatures. With such a small amount of goods, a dozen newly established workshops would be able to complete the task within a month, which wasn't even a tenth of their original goal.
The Gong Family had no choice but to ask for help.
When Fang Yun heard this, he shook his head. He took out some white papers and recalled the weapons and tools of the ancient times. He picked out some items that could be made by the human race and made some blueprints.
The ancient whale clan's favorite chain anchors, the fish demons' popular dragon-scale helmets to protect their heads, the turtle clan's favorite metal fins, the shell clan's shell's ripple armor, the crab clan's side ram …
Most of these items only existed in ancient times. However, as the Dragons declined, they lost a large number of craftsmen, blueprints, inheritances, and techniques. Not to mention making them, many marine creatures had already forgotten about these items.
In fact, it was very difficult for the human race to make something out of nothing. However, Fang Yun had obtained everything in the Dragon Soul Battlefield. There were too many items that were left behind, and the human race could reverse engineer them and crack the manufacturing methods. Then, they could modify and create mechanisms that were suitable for the aquatic race.
Due to the lack of technology and materials, the marine creatures made by the human race might not reach the standards of ancient times, but they could definitely create low-quality versions. As long as they could continuously produce and accumulate technology, attract more people, create more value, and prevent the human race from falling into a crisis, it would be the greatest success.
After the scholar from the Gong Family received Fang Yun's samples and blueprints, he immediately began researching them as if he had obtained a treasure.
Halfway through the research, the Gong Family sent someone who was good at negotiating to the aquatic race with the blueprints and exaggerated them.
When the aquatic people saw these familiar ancient tools, they didn't care whether they were real or not. They immediately paid a large deposit and promised to deliver the raw materials needed to make these tools.
This was especially true for the rich and overbearing Whale Race. When they saw the ancient chains and anchors, they almost cried. They repeatedly persuaded the human race not to rush for success and that they had to work slowly and carefully. They had to make the best chains and anchors. The Whale Race would rather pay a high price and wait for ten years than to make a cheap defective product.
Hence, while the workshops in various parts of the Ten Nations were still vying for a share of the human market, the craftsmen of Jing Nation had already begun manufacturing and going out to sea. They had taken on the largest order of machinery in the history of the human race and the Water Clan.
With the deposit and the injection of raw materials from the aquatic race, the Gong Family decided to build a new city directly outside the southern part of the city. Fang Yun instructed them to name it the Huating Development Zone.
Jade Ocean City was originally one of the most important cities in Jingguo, and now that they were going to expand the development zone, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire human race.
Hence, merchants from all over the world flocked to Jade Ocean City to look for business opportunities and also to inquire about information.
For some reason, some rumors began to spread in Jade Ocean City, saying that the items made for the aquatic race all had evil powers and that the soul of whoever was in charge of the creation would be absorbed. In the end, the soul would dissipate and there would be no reincarnation.
Next, there were rumors that the money in the workshops had been taken away by the Jingguo officials led by Fang Yun. The workers were working hard every day and their income was so meager that they couldn't even feed their families.
Dissatisfaction grew in the Jingguo workshops.
Midsummer in Jade Ocean City was always two extremes. When there was a sea breeze, it would be extremely refreshing, but when there was no sea breeze, it would be hot and humid even in the morning when the sun had just risen.
On this seemingly ordinary hot and humid morning, workers left their homes one after another and headed to the government office of the Jade Ocean Prefecture instead of going to the workshops.
At half-past seven in the morning, there were already more than 500 workers gathered outside the government office of the Jade Ocean Prefecture, shouting slogans that were not in sync.
"Workers sweat, officials make money!"
"We can only work if we get paid more!"
"The workshop owner is greedy, the workers suffer!"
The crowd continuously repeated the simple and easy-to-understand slogans, which soon attracted more people.
The news of the workers blocking the government office quickly spread in Jade Ocean City and many people rushed over to join in the fun. Later on, some people who usually idled around suddenly became righteous envoys and began to join the workers while shouting the same slogans.
Soon, more than 10,000 people gathered outside the government office.
At the start, the officials of Jade Ocean City were still discussing countermeasures, but before they could finish their discussion, more than 10,000 people had gathered outside. This had completely exceeded their expectations and they had no choice but to report it to the court.
At the same time, some people began to post on the discussion board. On the surface, they were discussing this matter in a neutral manner, but in reality, they used all kinds of methods to mislead others, making them think that it was the problem of the Jingguo officials and that it was Fang Yun who was oppressing the workers for development. They even used common methods like "I heard people are tired to death" to mislead others.
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