Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1439: Rome Night Service
After the Prussian affairs were over, Shangluo returned to Zhu Xianxun.

Zhu Xianxi was eating in the dining room next to his office. Knowing that Shangluo would come at this time, he prepared bowls and chopsticks for Shangluo:

"Come, sit down and eat."

Zhu Ling's bowl and chopsticks were placed opposite them, and the two of them sat down in front of Zhu Xianxun, one on each side.

Zhu Xianxun likes to talk about things while eating - as long as they are not bad things. Because eating is a kind of entertainment for him, and work is not a difficult thing for him, but his time is tight. Therefore, he often does these two things at the same time. In the past, he talked about important things several times when he invited Shangluo to eat pork elbow.

"There was quite a lot of noise over there." Zhu Xianxi pointed to the top of his head. "When it exploded, we could hear a little noise here. As for over there, the whole of Europe must have known about it, right?"

Shangluo nodded: "So I came back. Now that the whole of Europe knows about it, let time take care of the rest."

He would not make arrangements for every country, as he had to focus on his own affairs. His intervention in Prussia was also limited, as he only made some arrangements with their top leaders before returning.

"By the way, how much power do you plan to give up?"

"For the time being, we plan to let Rome take over the Night Service's European affairs for a while. I have already discussed this with Victoria."

"Then why don't you ask her to come along? After all, we're already here."

"She's afraid of trouble. After all, it was the same before. It was too much trouble for you two to meet."

"What about the others?"

"At my house." Shangluo replied.

"That's easy." Zhu Xianxi shouted outside, "Come here, pack up the dishes that haven't been served yet. We'll go to Shangluo's house to eat."

Victoria was very surprised by Zhu Xianxin's sudden visit - although she had told her about it as soon as she set out and had obtained Ms. Agatha's consent, when Shangluo came back, Victoria was still banging around upstairs looking for something.

"What is she doing?" Phaethon was standing at the stairs, and Shangluo could only ask her.

"She's looking for her crown."

"No need, no need, we came here with food, don't let her take out the crown."

"She said that she must have a crown on her head to feel safe when meeting the Emperor of Zhendan? His Majesty the Emperor came in directly?"

"I can't wait for someone to carry me in." Zhu Xianxun walked in by himself, carrying a paper bag. "Wow, Shangluo, your house is so small?"

"You only approved this small house for me. How about you approve a bigger one for me?"

"I don't think so." Zhu Xianxi looked around. "The old neighbors here have been here for hundreds of years. They won't move even if I ask them to. I can find you a room on Purple Mountain. Do you want it?"

"Forget it. The roast duck restaurant next to me is quite delicious. I don't want to move."

"Is it that delicious?"

Five minutes later, Zhu Xianxun ate the roast duck from that restaurant.

He took a bite.

“I think the food near our house is still the best.”

"Your doorstep? Where is your doorstep?"

"It's the one I always ask Zhu Ling to bring me."

Zhu Ling said helplessly: "That one is at the back door of Yuyuan Zoo. The straight-line distance from our home is more than five kilometers. It's not even the front door."

"It's okay. The Grand Palace is my home. The entrance to the palace is right in front of my home. But this is better than the one at Jinling Hotel."

"Isn't Jinling Hotel an enhanced version of the imperial kitchen?"

"It's not that delicious even if it's enhanced, it's mainly economical. You don't know, I can only buy a limited amount of things, ordering food from Jinling Hotel is considered cheap, they won't let me in other places. It's a pity that the little pocket money I saved was mostly sunk into it. Hey, Victoria, why don't you eat?"

"Yes, go ahead and eat." Shangluo gestured.

"Can you guys talk like this normally?"

Zhu Xianxin glanced at Shangluo and said, "We don't talk about this every day. After all, we have business to attend to. This isn't the first time you've sat here and had a meal with us, so I'll talk about something lighthearted. Hey, Victoria, what's your favorite food?"

"What's your favorite food? I remember eating a barbecue burrito somewhere. It was delicious. But where did you eat it? Hey? Where did I eat the burrito? Why are there four towers next to the Hagia Sophia?"

[Hey hey hey! Don’t let her say it! She ate it in her dream! She ate it in Ottoman Türkiye! ]

Apollonia hurriedly reminded Shangluo, and then he remembered -

Victoria did often dream of Hagia Sophia with its four towers that would have made the Romans crumble.

Because the Romans saw this. The Romans used the holy lie to imprison the Germans, but their holy lie also affected the Romans themselves. This is usually not visible, but Victoria is a key node with many secrets tied to her. She is the intersection between two worlds. "Besides that kebab roll, what else do you like to eat?" Shangluo interrupted her.

"Oh, that's ice cream. That ice cream roll is delicious. It's the one in front of the Library of Alexandria."

"That library, right?" Zhu Xianxin thought for a while. "Actually, I have been planning to go there for a long time, but I was very busy in Shangluo before and didn't have much time. After the Prussian incident is over, I think we can put some things we haven't done before on the agenda."

"Actually, my senior sister mainly wanted to ask about the situation in Europe." Shangluo added, "She wanted to ask if Rome needs any help? If so, to what extent does it need our help?"

"There are indeed quite a few besides Prussia," Victoria said truthfully.

Although the current situation in Europe is not "not optimistic", it is only relatively optimistic and is still some distance away from being "very good".

First of all, within the Alemanni Emirate, that is, the Holy Roman Empire, in addition to Prussia in Berlin, there was another political entity, Austria in Vienna.

The two states were only nominally part of the same country and shared certain administrative structures. Apart from that, wars broke out between the two states from time to time. This was a binary dispute over Germanic kingship, with Austria and Prussia representing the Germanic peoples of the north and south, respectively.

The protracted conflict has also been likened to a clash between elephants and lions.

Like elephants and lions on the African continent, Austria is slow and huge. They are the orthodox emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. Their royal family, the Habsburg family, is also a familiar face to the Romans because they have ruled the Holy Roman Empire since 1273 with few interruptions. At that time, it was even the Yuan Dynasty. The Habsburgs established a deep-rooted rule throughout Germany.

Prussia, on the other hand, was a newly rising militaristic country. Its predecessor was the Elector of Brandenburg, and its title of King of Prussia came from Prussia outside the Holy Roman Empire - this was similar to the British crowning the Emperor of India. This was necessary for Brandenburg at the time, because they needed to obtain an extraordinary status within the Holy Roman Empire, even if this title was unreasonable.

"It doesn't seem to be presumptuous." Zhu Xianxun commented, "I still think it is more presumptuous for the Chu State to call itself the King of Chu. These Germans don't even have the courage to presumptuously call themselves emperors?"

Shangluo replied: "After all, they are just a storm in a teapot, and they didn't cause any trouble. Also, there is France next to them, so they still have to be cautious."

"I see. It seems that the alliance between them and Austria is full of holes."

"That's true. However, although the two sides have been fighting, they have not lost contact. I am planning to use this connection to spread the influence of the Night Service."

After the operation against Prussia, Shangluo did not launch any further actions against Austria. This was mainly because of the cost - he did not have that much time, and it was not good to waste it on these Germans.

Moreover, it is not so easy to intervene in Austria. As in the metaphor of elephants and lions, lion groups are prone to change, but elephant groups are often much more stable than lion groups. An old grandmother may lead an elephant group for decades, which is not something that can be easily infiltrated.

Shangluo didn't really want to have any secular war with these countries, as that would be more trouble than gain. After all, if they were really provoked to fight to the death and refused to surrender even if they were bombarded by orbital bombardment, it would be unnecessary.

"Will it be like this?" Zhu Xianxun asked.

Shang Luo nodded: "There is something called 'nationalism', which will be stimulated when a country is invaded from outside. The more intense the invasion, the more tenacious the resistance. The Habsburg Holy Roman Empire is a loose sand. If we leave it alone, they will be scattered at best. If we invade too hastily and beat them into a tough piece like beef balls, it will be difficult to deal with."

"Oh, that makes sense." Zhu Xianxi nodded. "When the Ming Dynasty was founded, we also shouted the sixteen words 'expel the barbarians, restore China, establish rules and regulations, and save the people.' This is indeed something we must guard against. After all, we don't want to be bad guys."

The Ming Dynasty here has no intention of being a tyrannical invader at all. The Ming Dynasty just wants to dominate the future of the earth and bring prosperity to all mankind in its own way - or more accurately, to reward prosperity to mortals as the heavenly court.

As long as the universe is cleared and the world is cleansed, a prototype of a heaven that is beyond the earthly world will be established, and then the real ascension will come.

This process must be completed within one generation. Obviously, if the Germans are pissed off and go into the woods, it will be more trouble than good - it is unnecessary. It is a good thing, everyone will benefit from it, there is no need to do it so badly.

If this matter is delayed for too long, then the empire's ascension can proceed smoothly.
"Then I'm afraid we will have to issue an extermination order." Zhu Xianxi said in a deep voice, "I don't want to do this. The Earth is more fragile than we thought. If we carry out orbital bombardment on them and turn this area into a magma sea, the Earth's geological activities are unlikely to be affected, but the Earth's climate will definitely be affected. We can't sublimate in a dark cold wave, we have to bring good weather to this world."

"So, you are mainly here to give blessings?" Victoria asked.

Zhu Xianxun gave a positive answer: "If they don't resist, then everything will be much easier. We are here to bless them. After all, protecting the human world from bad weather is what the heaven should do. But I am afraid that they have some unrealistic ideas and always want to have some grand dreams. Shangluo said that these Germans still like to dream."

"They do like it," Victoria shook her head, "Then, we need to do something about it."

"Is there anything else you haven't done?" Zhu Xianxi asked doubtfully, "I thought you had done everything you could."

"There is still one thing left to do." Victoria lowered her voice, "Remove the Holy Lie."

The Holy Lie and the Germanic theory of self-justification echo each other. The Romans wanted them to remain in their current state. The Romans wanted to become an invisible empire and let outsiders think that the Holy See was what Rome looked like. This cognitive isolation allowed the Germanic people to confine themselves and not cause too much trouble for the Romans.

But if the Ming Dynasty needs to gain their recognition and make the influence of heaven far-reaching, then it is necessary to break the holy lie.

"Well," Victoria replied, "just think of it as breaking the piggy bank. I've saved it for so long, it's time to take it out. I'll discuss it with my father, but I don't think he will refuse."

Rome will disintegrate in an orderly manner. This is a predetermined arrangement. The Holy Lie will be broken sooner or later. However, according to the original plan, the Holy Lie will be broken at a relatively late time. Because Rome will only slowly take back the stall when it is at least sure that it will not be threatened.

But now it seems that it may be necessary to do it earlier. After all, the Ming Dynasty is eager to use it, and the new world order must be established as soon as possible.

"I think this can be handed over to the Night Shift Bureau." Shangluo suggested, "We have set up the Night Shift Bureau. In addition to defensive work, we have to give them something else to do. After all, a department will become more effective only if it is used more. If it is always idle, it will become useless things that are worth spending money on."

"Very good." Zhu Xianxun nodded. "I feel like one Lianshan is missing. Shangluo, do you still want it?"

"Yes, the more the better."

"Lianshan has a sister ship, Guizang. If you need it, then find a way to launch it. I've given you the ship, and you decide how to launch it - it's useless for me to keep it anyway. Berlin and Vienna each have one ship, and it's a great blessing to serve them like this."

(End of this chapter)