Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1437 We are now loyal to a more powerful force
Everything in Prussia entered a new state.

At first glance, nothing left of the Roman Empire had changed, and the people here had not noticed any changes in the top leadership, but the earth-shattering bombing had made everyone realize that a new era was about to arrive.

Even if they cannot feel the changes in Prussia now, they will feel them in the future - the evening paper of that day explained it all.

"Extra! The war in heaven has begun, and the lost Cathay Empire has returned to the mortal world! The royal family has declared allegiance to a more powerful force!"

Without notifying Vienna, Prussia issued an internal announcement. That night, in front of Shangluo, Hans stamped the document of submission with his scepter.

"Very good." Shang Luo accepted the surrender letter and said, "As I said before, I will not interfere in your state affairs. I appointed you as the ruler of Prussia mainly for the work of the Night Watch Bureau. However, you must also fulfill your obligations as a vassal - I heard that you are also a vassal in Vienna?"

"Yes, but not anymore. We have pledged our allegiance to a greater power."

[Why do you sound like a villain?]

"It's good that you think this way. But we are not villains after all." Shang Luo replied, "You should not be loyal to our power - you should be loyal to destiny. Maybe you can't understand it now, but you will understand it later. Time will teach you everything. I won't correct your wording."

The current situation is good, but not good enough - Prussia is now succumbing to the power of destruction.

This is normal. After all, the actual effect shown by Shangluo is more powerful than the previous special effects demonstration.

In the previous situation, it was just a strike by weapons of mass destruction. But now, this level of destruction is difficult to deal with even with a nuclear bomb. After all, the power of a nuclear bomb is mainly in blasting, not armor penetration. The lethality of a nuclear bomb to underground targets is extremely limited. As long as you dig deep holes and store food, even in the context of a nuclear war, most people can survive.

After all, a ground-penetrating nuclear bomb that can kill underground targets is a special weapon, and not all nuclear bombs have the ability to penetrate the ground. In terms of lethality, air-blast nuclear bombs can destroy cities and productivity.

These mass accelerators can make all underground shelters invisible.

Although the crust thickness in the area where Berlin is located is much thicker than that on the coast, if the city is attacked, these artillery can fully cover the entire city by dispersing the impact points. In addition, after a single attack, the second, third, or even more rounds of firepower can be carried out to cover the entire city.

In just one day, Berlin will be completely reduced to ruins, all buildings and life on the surface will be wiped out, and the outline of the city will be gone. Even the bunkers buried deep underground will not be spared. Whether it is a reinforced concrete structure or a carefully constructed shelter, it will collapse in the hot shock wave and violent energy release. In the end, this area will be completely melted and returned to the state of the magma sea 44 billion years ago, becoming a hot and desolate scorched earth.

Under a devastating blow of such a scale, all traces of human existence will be completely wiped out, the marks of history will dissipate in the flames, and the city of Berlin will no longer exist, as if it had never appeared in the world.

Humanity currently has no means to withstand this level of orbital bombardment. However, the Lianshan can hover in the sky and bomb as long as it wants.

"So, have you ever worked on nuclear bombs?"

he asked Hans.

Hans glanced at the king next to him and nodded: "We have this theory, we call it Ragnarok. But what is unfolding before us is Ragnarok."

"They are really technological barbarians." Shangluo was more concerned about the other meaning of this sentence - they did study nuclear bombs. And from their understanding of nuclear bombs, their research progress on nuclear weapons seemed to be not much behind that of the Ming Dynasty, at least they were on the right track.

However, the path developed by the Ming Dynasty was not a true nuclear weapon, but a spiritual weapon. The problems faced were much greater than those faced by nuclear weapons, and the destructive power created by spiritual weapons was far beyond that of nuclear weapons. The spiritual explosion created by the unity of heaven and earth could blow through the spiritual world and the mortal world together, just like using a thunderbolt to strike a snake demon on a tree, and after that, there was nothing left.

However, although the problems standing in the way of the Ming Dynasty are far more numerous than ordinary nuclear weapons, the Germans do have some "strange tricks" in their research on nuclear weapons.

“Very interesting.”

"Would you like us to hand over our nuclear weapons technology?"

"It's just a toy gun for children." Shang Luo replied, "You can make it at will, it doesn't matter. However, I also need to explain to you the rules for the future: don't cause trouble for the court. That is, if you use nuclear bombs to pollute the earth or kill other humans at will, and cause trouble for the court, you may encounter heaven's punishment."

"Then we better hand in our technology!"

"I've already said that this is not called handing it over. You guys, just keep it for yourself. Because you can also use nuclear technology for energy - this is encouraged, and we recommend you do so. But whether you can do it or not is up to you."

Shangluo had no intention of stopping these technological barbarians from having their own modern lives. After all, even if they did have nuclear bombs, they could not threaten the Ming Dynasty, and he had no need to trap these barbarians in ancient times.

Only one thing is necessary -

"I only want to emphasize one point." He said in a deep voice, "You are not allowed to pretend to obey. You are not allowed to preach one thing at home and another to the Heavenly Court. You must explain to everyone that this world is governed by the Heavenly Court. All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people are his subjects. I don't care what tricks you use at home, it doesn't matter. But disrespecting the Heavenly Court is absolutely unacceptable."

This kind of thing actually happened before. For example, Annan was once an internal emperor and an external king - calling itself an emperor internally and establishing its own tribute system in Southeast Asia, while it was only a king to the Ming Dynasty. If Annan had not ceased to exist, the first country to be dealt with this time should have been the most typical Annan.

In terms of loyalty, Joseon is the only one that is truly consistent both internally and externally. They call themselves kings internally and externally. Their domestic actions are basically in line with the etiquette system, and they will ask for permission from the court for everything that requires it. They even fulfilled their obligation of "no diplomacy for ministers" very well, and they only had "communication" with neighboring Japan, and did not establish formal diplomatic relations.

However, the reason why the Koreans did this was not because they were naturally loyal, but mainly because the internal struggles in Korea were extremely fierce, and the King of Korea was also involved. If the King of Korea had any irregular behavior, he would be reported immediately. In addition, the court would also have people come to Korea for inspection regularly, so the people in Korea seemed very well behaved.

The reason why Vietnam became like this is that the Vietnamese people all agree that the emperor is the emperor and the king is the emperor. No one thinks that the court will really punish them for this matter. Of course, the court did punish Vietnam during the Restoration, but this happened hundreds of years before Shangluo came and had nothing to do with him. Now, he wants to do the same thing to Prussia.

He knew that from the Deccan Plateau in India to Jutland in Denmark, a lot of people living here are very good at "chanting". They can always find a reasonable reason for themselves to exist between heaven and earth. They will establish a self-consistent worldview so that they can greet every day with the state of "winning every day" and "never winning". They are very good at this.

The Vietnamese people's inner emperor and outer king is also a similar way of winning. They also reached a consensus internally, established a self-consistent circle of "Little China", and then closed the door and enjoyed themselves in their own homes.

Shangluo is going to crack down on this kind of closed-door behavior. All Germans will not be allowed to win in the future. Every day of their remaining lives, they should open their eyes and take a good look at the current state of the world. They should see the world as it is.

"So, I think I should encourage you." Shang Luo touched his chin, "After all, if I don't interfere, you will definitely convince yourselves."

"Absolutely not!"

"I don't believe in such promises." Even North Korea doesn't trust this. If there is no profit motivation, who would be willing to be a comprador?

He said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing. So I said, I won't let you work for nothing. The essence of tribute is not just the exchange of interests. Tribute does not lose its commercial connotation because of its ritualization, nor does it lose its ritual connotation because of its essence of exchange. The truth lies in between the two."

"Huh?" Hans didn't understand.

"It doesn't matter, you will understand it sooner or later. In this regard, North Korea is your big brother, if you don't understand, just go and ask." There is no doubt that North Korea has a very deep understanding of why it is called "tribute" and what is "moderation". They have always maintained a balance between loyalty and interests. They have not lost anything because of loyalty, nor have they lost loyalty because of greed for interests.

Because loyalty itself is the essence of praise. Praise itself is also a symbol of loyalty.

"You need to step out of your own world and learn what loyalty is. I will provide you with some opportunities to learn, such as..."

He looked at Hans: "You actually need some encouragement."

"excitation?"

"Remember the elixir I gave you? It was an elixir that could grant immortality. Although it only lasted 30 days for you, it should last for decades for others - as long as they are in good health. I can give you more."

"Are there more?!"

"I plan to use these pills as rewards in the Night Service Bureau's promotion system. As long as you have your own performance, everyone can be praised for their competence - I need you to protect this world and fulfill your duties. This is loyalty. Loyalty comes and goes, and fulfilling one's duties is the greatest loyalty. I hope that you can do better than North Korea in this regard."

The reason why North Korea's loyalty has not reached its peak is that the North Koreans are really lacking in ability and are not very useful. They can only complete their missions to a certain extent and it is difficult for them to truly become a helper to the court. However, even if they are just bonsai, North Korea has its own uses.

In comparison, Shangluo had higher expectations for Prussia. He expected Prussia to play a greater role in the Night Shift Bureau, and he would not be stingy with rewards when the time came - anyway, he would have as much as he wanted.

[This sounds familiar]

"Really? Then it seems like you have some experience that I can refer to?"

Apollonia replied: [The Romans once granted the Germans the rights of freemen - I'm not talking about citizens here. Granting citizenship is another matter. We generally believe that Rome was already in disarray at that time. Granting the rights of freemen was the embodiment of policy.]

“Is there any reference?”

[Yes. The biggest difference between freemen and slaves and barbarians is that they have property rights. They can own their own property. This is very important because people cannot survive by photosynthesis, they must have some property. If they have property rights, it means that freemen have the power to survive without relying on the Romans. They can have their own future and their own life. They can save some money and buy their own land.]

"Well, then given the current situation, this is the power of eternal life?"

【I think this is why you choose to communicate with Hans instead of his father. Short-lived people come and go, and there is no point in establishing a relationship with them. The Romans thought so too. In the past, people said, "Those without permanent property have no permanent heart." Now, the saying should be changed to "Those without permanent life have no permanent heart." Only long-lived people can have meaningful communication with long-lived people. There is nothing to say with short-lived people.】

To some extent, the elixir given to all Koreans also brought them to the point where they could "communicate." By Roman standards, although Koreans did not have citizenship, they were considered free men within the empire.

"Well," Shangluo said, "My decision is that I will distribute pills to you. The annual quota is about 8 pills."

"Eight?!"

"Too little?" Objectively speaking, it is indeed too little. After all, North Korea has a population of tens of millions, so they can give out so many, let alone eight.

"That's enough! Eight is enough! Can I get a few extra? I'll give them to my parents first."

[Sure enough, he thought the same as the King of Joseon, both thought of their parents first.]

"Well." Shangluo shook his head. "Since you are so filial, I will reward you with two. You only have 30 days to live now, so just treat it as a probation period. After the probation period, I will give you two more based on your performance, and you can arrange it yourself."

(End of this chapter)