After experiencing the disaster of war, the Southwest began to gradually recover its former prosperity.
The outside world felt that the Southwest was probably under the shadow of the Kyung Clan's rule. But in fact, after the Kyung Clan took control of more than 30 strongholds in the Southwest, they did not increase taxes or excessively liquidate the original social classes.
In the Southwest, many of the big shots in the political and business circles thought the Kyung Clan would continue on their own path of expansion. At that time, all the industries in the Southwest would be exhausted by the war.
But the Kyung Clan did not do that. The first thing Qing Zhen did was try to revitalize the Southwest instead.
First, he unified the currency, followed by transportation.
The entire Southwest was connected to basic roads, and the Kyung Clan even set up a special department to maintain the roads between the strongholds.
After the roads were cleared, Qing Zhen started to encourage trade between the strongholds.
The merchants thought that since the Kyung Clan had spent so much money to build the roads, the road maintenance fees must be very expensive.
However, it turned out to be the opposite. The tolls were much cheaper than they had imagined. It was only at this moment that the merchants realized the Kyung Clan was really going to do something for the Southwest.
Of course, everyone was still waiting to see what would happen.
After that, the Kyung Clan merged all the agricultural departments and established the Ministry of Agricultural Development. They also studied how to increase the enthusiasm of the refugees in farming. One of the most controversial proposals was to give the refugees the right to use the farmland.
Before this, the various consortiums had a firm hold on the land and refugees. No one could have expected the Qing Consortium to make such a decision as a consortium.
Not only was the outside world surprised, but even the Kyung Clan was starting to voice their opposition.
Unfortunately, the Kyung Clan was now in the hands of Qing Zhen alone. The entire Southwest military was also in his hands, so the voices of opposition were quickly quelled.
After all, everyone knew how Qing Zhen got his position as the leader of the Kyung Clan. This Kyung Clan leader was not a weakling. This huge territory was fought for by him bit by bit. It was said that the number of people who died during this period could dye the river red.
There were too many things about the Kyung Clan's reform. If the Kyung Clan were located in the Central Plains, Hope Media would have long reported on it.
Following that, the trade route between the Kyung Clan and the Northwest was also opened. Not only could merchants take this opportunity to sell goods to the Northwest and the Central Plains, but they could also bring goods from the Northwest and the Central Plains back to the Southwest.
For a time, the relationship between supply and demand changed. After the goods of the Southwest were sold to the entire Barrier Alliance, it even felt like the supply could not meet the demand. This greatly stimulated the industrial development of the Southwest.
As a result, the industrial reform that the merchants had been looking forward to for a long time finally arrived. They were even allowed to set up their own factories outside the stronghold.
It could be said that over the past year or so, all the ambitious people in the Southwest were in a state of excitement. There was good news for them almost every day.
For a moment, everyone was praising Qing Zhen and saying he was a wise leader of the times.
However, when everyone wanted to look for Qing Zhen to sing his praises and show their loyalty, they couldn't even get a glimpse of Qing Zhen. He was either staying in the military camp all year round or patrolling with the troops.
Everyone could only see Qing Zhen's seven confidential secretaries.
Gradually, everyone started wondering what the Kyung Clan's leader was doing. Why did he suddenly become so mysterious?
Sometimes, Qing Zhen would go to inspect the agricultural development. But by the time everyone received the news and rushed over, Qing Zhen would have already left. Moreover, he was always accompanied by a group of elite troops. It was as though they were guarding against something.
Everyone was thinking that the Kyung Clan's leader valued his life too much. Could it be that there was still some danger in the Southwest?
As a result, some astute people realized that the Kyung Clan was frequently mobilizing their troops. No matter how they looked at it, it looked like they were about to go to war.
At this moment, four people were traveling through the wilderness between the towering mountains at the Southwest border.
If Ren Xiaosu were here, he would be surprised, because he knew all four of them.
Cheng Yu was Ren Xiaosu's leader when they first entered the Sacred Mountains. He was also a witness to their trip to the Sacred Mountains.
Luo Xinyu was Yang Xiaojin's old partner.
Dong Funan had awakened her vampire powers. After her vampiric teeth were knocked out by Chen Wudi's golden chain mail, she had finally grown new teeth after eating vegetarian food for more than a year.
Yang Anjing was Yang Xiaojin's aunt, and the boss of the Anjing House and the Saboteurs.
"Boss." Cheng Yu said to Yang Anjing, who was in front of him, "Where's Tang Hualong and Vanilla? Why aren't they here?"
Today, Yang Anjing was still dressed in a black combat uniform. Her shoulder-length hair was combed into a braid, and she looked extremely neat and tidy.
She answered, "Tang Hualong and Vanilla are on a temporary mission. They've gone to Luoyang City and can't participate in this operation."
Cheng Yu nodded. He was wondering what kind of mission was going on in Luoyang City that made Tang Hualong and Vanilla miss out on such an important operation in the Southwest.
At this moment, Yang Anjing took out a communication earpiece from his backpack and distributed it to the other three. "We'll enter the Kyung Clan's perimeter in another 800 meters. The main objective of this operation is to disrupt the line of sight of the Kyung Clan's garrison troops. In the end, the mission will be completed by someone else, understand? If you encounter pursuit, don't get caught up in the battle. Just execute according to the battle plan I came up with. "
"Roger that."
"Roger that."
"Roger that."
After everyone put on their earpieces, Yang Anjing did a simple check and confirmed that the communications were working smoothly. Then he said to Cheng Yu, "Let's begin."
After saying that, Cheng Yu's black pupils suddenly lit up with a myriad of colors. From a close distance, it looked like a kaleidoscope.
Following that, the four of them's tracks in the wilderness were suddenly erased. If an outsider were to look in this direction, they would only be able to see the mountains and not any silhouettes.
This was Cheng Yu's ability — creating illusions.
Moreover, this superpower was not a hypnosis spell that could be used on the human nervous system. Instead, it could truly change the light and shadows in the surroundings. Even if someone were to look in through the surveillance cameras, they would still be confused.
Cheng Yu's battle style was originally very grand, and he excelled in creating terrifying beasts and birds.
However, after being thrashed at the Sacred Mountain, Wang Yun's reminder made Cheng Yu realize that his illusions should be applied to reality and create an environment that could pass off as real instead of being as exaggerated as before.
Yang Anjing assessed the surroundings and said calmly, "There's some improvement, but don't be careless. The Kyung Clan troops stationed here will definitely be equipped with thermal imaging equipment. This illusion won't be able to fool them. Xin Yu, head to the location we've decided on. I'll inform you when there's a need to provide support."
"Understood." Luo Xinyu turned and left.
At this moment, in the huge research base hidden in the mountains, no one had realized what was about to happen.
Yang Anjing assessed the surroundings. If it wasn't for Zero, they might not have been able to find such a hidden location.
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