After the Silver Hand and Azure Badge were exposed, Great Xia's situation suddenly became difficult.
In the face of a crisis, the members of the two organizations instinctively chose to group together and no longer bet on either side. Just like Henry and William, they could no longer have any goodwill towards Great Xia.
Even if they wanted to, the families behind them would not agree.
Before Gaia revealed its cards, both the Silver Hand and Azure Badge believed that they had a trump card and could dominate the construction of Planet Hope, so they were fearless.
Now, they had no way out, so they had to use all resources to attack cities in the game world, earn as many achievement points as possible, and then regain dominance.
They would go all out against Great Xia.
The most direct impact was that the Trans-Mediterranean Trade Partnership Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership Agreement would exist in name only, and the members of the two organizations would withdraw.
Ouyang Shuo simply disbanded the two major trade organizations.
Piao and Johor, which had previously intended to submit to Great Xia, were actually members of Azure Badge. Naturally, there was no way to talk about submitting, which added some variables to the situation in Southeast Asia.
Great Xia's efforts to reverse the decline in trade were once again pushed down. Recently, it was inevitable that there would be a setback in the ocean trade.
Be it the Silver Hand or Azure Badge, they would not cooperate with Great Xia.
The global trade pattern was about to usher in three polarization: the Silver Hand's P, the Azure Badge's newly established TUP, and the Great Xia Dynasty and the Indian Empire.
The only blank area was the African continent.
In front of Great Xia, there would be a difficult road filled with thorns.
If Ouyang Shuo was not very ambitious, there would be no need to worry too much. At most, as long as Great Xia took the initiative to shrink its defensive line and give up its overseas occupation, there would not be too much conflict with the Silver Hand or Azure Badge.
In the Huaxia region, or even in the entire Asian battlefield, if Great Xia chose a defensive strategy, no one could overthrow Great Xia. At most, it would be blockades and restrictions.
After all, this was no longer the past.
Unfortunately, Ouyang Shuo's ambition was far more than that.
Gaia using Skynet to take over the Federation was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ouyang Shuo, an opportunity to overthrow the Silver Hand in one fell swoop and establish a new order on Planet Hope.
"In troubled times, who is a hero?"
The times create heroes, and heroes can also create the times.
In the first five years, it was the times that brought about Ouyang Shuo's rise. In the last five years, it was the time when Ouyang Shuo changed the world.
This is very difficult.
But Ouyang Shuo was fearless. He had already come this far, so why not go even higher?!
The confrontation in the game world would only be more intense and cruel.
Of course, to ordinary players, they would not feel the danger. Because no matter how hard they worked, they were no longer able to influence the global situation. They didn't even have the qualifications to be chess pieces.
Ordinary players could only decide their own fate. Would they choose to be a brave warrior, or would they follow the weakness in their hearts and return to being ordinary?
As the mysterious veil of Planet Hope was slowly lifted, the casual players, who were basically just waiting to die, aside from the casual players, were also limited in their usefulness.
Reality was not a game.
In the face of such a dangerous and barbaric world, only strength was the greatest guarantee.
The game world was about to usher in a period of fog. It was unknown who would be the real winner and who would be the loser when the fog dispersed.
…
Shanhai City, Palace of Summer.
In the Palace of Wenhua, Ouyang Shuo met with Xie Siyun, Crimson Romance, Bright Moon Illuminates the River, and more than 40 other guild leaders who were stationed in Great Xia. Accompanying them was the military minister, Du Ruhui.
These were only the large and above guilds. The leaders of the small and medium-sized guilds were not invited.
In order to thank the guilds for moving their headquarters to Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo waved his pen and drew out an entire street in the city to serve as the guild's base.
Every guild was allocated a house to serve as their headquarters.
According to the housing prices in Shanhai City, a house alone would be worth tens of thousands of gold coins.
Of course, for guilds that easily had more than 100,000 members, a house was just a drop in the bucket. Most of the members had to be scattered throughout the city or down to the counties.
Shanhai City suddenly became crowded.
Ouyang Shuo had already instructed the construction department to prepare to build two satellite cities in the west and east of the city at the same time to accommodate the Great Xia players. Some of the original residents would also move out of Shanhai City.
This would relieve the population pressure in Shanhai City.
Every inch of land in Shanhai City was worth its weight in gold. It was truly the number one city in the world.
The meeting at the Palace of Wenhua was to play host, but more importantly, it was to discuss with the guilds about the defense of the monster nests in Great Xia Dynasty. This was to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings.
Right now, they were discussing the issue of the encampment.
"The imperial court has already set up temporary encampments near each of the monster nests. In the next two months, the temporary encampments will be built into semi-permanent encampments. "
There was no need to doubt Great Xia's great mobilization ability.
"What I mean is that you don't need to build new encampments. Just draw out an area in the military camp for the players to rest and resupply. The imperial court will not collect any land fees, but they will also welcome merchants to move in, "Ouyang Shuo said.
Strictly speaking, the territory in Great Xia belonged to the imperial court. Even if the guilds wanted to build their encampments, they would have to pay a land rental fee to the local government office.
In order to facilitate management, Ouyang Shuo decided to merge the two encampments into one.
"I think that's fine."
Crimson Romance expressed her support.
For the guilds, just renting land wasn't enough to build a encampment. They would also have to hire craftsmen, purchase construction materials, and so on. They had just moved in and were unfamiliar with the place.
More importantly, there were more than ten monster nests. They couldn't possibly build a encampment in every location, right?
Not only was it a waste, but it was also unrealistic.
If the encampments were built by Great Xia, then there wouldn't be any problems. No matter which monster nest the players went to, they would be able to find a place to rest. It was very convenient.
If they were to camp together with the Great Xia army, their safety would also be guaranteed.
Of course, what really moved Crimson Romance and the others was the last sentence that Ouyang Shuo said. There were real benefits involved.
The appearance of monster nests was both a crisis and a business opportunity.
Adventuring players needed to accumulate combat experience, hunt for materials, and refine their martial arts skills through battles with monsters. Naturally, this would create a consumer market.
In the encampment, food, clothing, accommodation, equipment repair, potions, and medical treatment were all things that cost money. Because the encampments were semi-permanent, this was a huge market.
From Ouyang Shuo's words, it was clear that he didn't intend to rely on his large shop to bully the customers and monopolize the market.
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