Although the map returning to zero was troublesome, the benefits were also obvious.
The biggest benefit was, of course, greatly strengthening the imperial court's control over the land. At the same time, the land would no longer be so empty, like a stone landing on the ground.
The exchanges between provinces and regions would also become more active.
In addition, after the map returned to zero, it would also greatly promote ocean trade.
In the past, the maritime trade between Great Xia and South America was fraught with difficulties. After the map returned to zero, the trade between both parties would definitely usher in a true golden age.
Specifically for Great Xia, the benefits were also obvious.
First, although it weakened the river transport, it greatly facilitated the construction of railways and official roads, making it possible to develop a railway network throughout the empire.
Otherwise, Ouyang Shuo would not have the confidence to build a large scale railway.
Second, it reduced the pressure on garrisons, especially the military defense in the border areas.
This round of disarmament by Great Xia was really timely.
Third, it was also what Gaia hoped for. It would give Great Xia a stronger impetus to expand.
This was what Ouyang Shuo could think of now.
What touched Ouyang Shuo the most was that after the map returned to zero, he felt a real sense of familiarity with the game world.
That's right, familiarity!
Although the game world, which had been expanded ten times, was based on Earth, from the mountains and rivers to the ancient roads and city walls, there were always differences from the real world.
This was the illusion after exaggeration, like a balloon that had been blown up.
Although it felt familiar, it always reminded them that this was a virtual world, not the Earth that occasionally appeared in their dreams but could never be returned to.
After the map returned to zero, this sense of familiarity immediately hit them.
Yes, although they could never return to Earth, they had recreated Earth in the virtual world as a collective memory for their generation.
Every blade of grass and tree here made people reminisce.
"Thank you, Gaia!"
At this moment, not only Ouyang Shuo, but most of the Mutants also sighed.
Open up the results of the Second Industrial Revolution.
Remove the restrictions on the technology tree of the Second Industrial Revolution. On a global scale, as long as one had the corresponding research and development capabilities, they would be able to develop the relevant products and technologies of that period.
The Second Industrial Revolution ushered in the "Electrical Age."
After the steam engine, the generator came into being, followed by electrical appliances such as electric lights, trams, movie projectors, and telegraph machines, which became a new source of energy to supplement and replace the steam engine.
Then, the innovation and use of internal combustion engines gave birth to internal combustion automobiles, ocean-going ships, airplanes, and other transportation tools, which promoted the development of the petroleum exploitation industry and the production of the petrochemical industry.
Compared to the First Industrial Revolution, the Second Industrial Revolution was the complete overthrow of the Old World. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as "changing the world".
In history, it was during this period that monopolistic organizations appeared, which then gave rise to capitalism and began to challenge the old order in order to seize greater benefits.
This was what made Ouyang Shuo most vigilant.
The future Great Xia Empire must not take the path of capitalism.
Fortunately, for Ouyang Shuo and the majority of the Mutants, the second industrial revolution was nothing new. Even from the perspective of the era they lived in, this was just a primitive society.
The rapid changes in modern society were unimaginable to the people of that time.
In 2190 AD, the world not only entered the Federation Era, but also the Fourth Artificial Intelligence Revolution, the Fifth Virtual Reality Revolution, and the Sixth Space Exploration Revolution.
It was not an exaggeration to say that the Second Industrial Revolution was a "primitive society."
After two hundred years of exploration, Earth had long established a more effective management system. Ouyang Shuo stood on the shoulders of giants and had the confidence to guide the direction of Great Xia.
As the founding emperor, Ouyang Shuo had an advantage that others could not reach.
In short, with the unlocking of the technology tree of the Second Industrial Revolution, Great Xia was about to usher in an even more magnificent era with both opportunities and challenges.
[3] Open Motherland.
The Atlantis Civilization, Lemuria Civilization, Motherland Civilization, and Gendaya Civilization were known as the four most mysterious civilizations. Although they could not be seen, there had always been a variety of legends about them.
In the game world, Ouyang Shuo awakened the Atlantis Civilization and also traded with the Lemuria Civilization, but he knew nothing about the Motherland Civilization and Gendaya Civilization.
Whether it was in his previous life or this life, he did not obtain any clues.
According to legend, the Motherland had a vast land, from the current Hawaiian Islands in the east to the Mariana Islands in the west, and Fiji, Tahiti Archipelago, and Easter Island in the south.
The whole continent was 8,000 kilometers long from east to west and 5,000 kilometers wide from north to south. It was equivalent to the combined area of North and South America, with a total area of about 35 million square kilometers. It was a beautiful and fertile place.
Unexpectedly, Gaia took the initiative to expose the Motherland this time.
After reading Gaia's introduction of the Motherland, even with Ouyang Shuo's calmness, he could not help but curse, "What the f * ck!"
It turned out that the so-called Motherland had been set as a mysterious trial ground by Gaia from the beginning.
The appearance of the Motherland in the Pacific Ocean was just Gaia removing the "invisibility" of the Motherland, exposing it to the world and re-participating in the global hegemony competition.
"They really want to watch the show!" Ouyang Shuo could not help but complain.
On a global scale, all the players of the countries that were destroyed by Gaia seven years ago were reborn in the trial ground, which was the Motherland. They started their game journey again from the beginner level.
The appearance of the Motherland gave Ouyang Shuo the biggest headache.
He thought about the countries that were destroyed by Great Xia before Gaia, such as Japan, Korea, Southeast Asian countries, Morocco, Somalia, Ethiopia, and so on.
However, more than 80% of the new countries in the Motherland were the "enemies" of Great Xia.
After all, in the European continent, the rise of the dynasties mostly relied on mergers and reorganizations, not total annihilation. Very few were really sent to the Motherland.
Including the Persian Empire and the Arab Empire, it was basically the same.
On the Motherland, other than the enemies of Great Xia, the remaining main force was probably the enemies of the Indian Empire. The two allies were really in the same boat.
Coincidentally, the Motherland happened to be across the Pacific Ocean between Great Xia and the Indian Empire.
Ouyang Shuo subconsciously held his forehead with his hand and shook his head. "They really can't let people live in peace!"
Although Gaia had said that the environment of the trial ground was worse than the wilderness, and the growth of the exiled players would be more difficult than in the wilderness, and they would be forced to reincarnate, so their strength would be inferior to that of the main world.
Even so, Ouyang Shuo did not dare to let his guard down.
Firstly, Ouyang Shuo was not sure if Gaia had also put in the advanced technology of the Motherland for the exiles to explore while setting it as the trial ground.
If that was the case, it would be a big problem.
No one in the world knew better than Ouyang Shuo how heaven-defying the advanced technology was.
Secondly, it might be because of the cruel environment of the trial ground that a group of people would be eliminated, but it would also produce a group of powerhouses.
It could be imagined how strong the survivors in the harsh environment would be.
Thirdly, Ouyang Shuo did not know if the countries in the Motherland were in a state of fighting on their own, or if they had already merged into a whole and were in the same boat.
If it was the former, Ouyang Shuo had nothing to worry about. If Great Xia could destroy them once, they could do it again. But if it was the latter, it was enough to arouse Ouyang Shuo's vigilance.
The combined organization would definitely be a superpower.
Now that the Motherland had just been born, everything was still unknown, so there was not much Ouyang Shuo could do. He could only instruct the Nanyang warzone to immediately enter a state of combat readiness.
The Southern Border was the closest to the Motherland, and it was also the nest of the Southeast Asian countries. If they were to attack, the forces of the Motherland would definitely have designs on the Southern Border.
Ouyang Shuo had previously planned to weaken the Nanyang warzone, but now it seemed that he could only put it aside.
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