I gather power with my gift of God and build the heaven.

Li Zicheng and his men had worked so hard to establish their own Dashun, so naturally they would not be willing to be incorporated into the Celestial Empire so easily.

Therefore, after a long silence, Li Zicheng spoke again.

"What about the second rule?"

"The second is to find a way to contact countries around the world.

If all our countries unite, gather all the national luck and dragon energy outside of the Celestial Empire, and have a huge army of hundreds of millions, perhaps we can fight against the Celestial Empire."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent again.

Let’s not talk about whether all the countries united, with their combined national destiny and millions of troops, can compete with the Celestial Empire.

Just the first point, if all countries unite, it would be basically impossible to achieve.

There may even be some small countries that are already beating drums and gongs to prepare to be incorporated into the Celestial Empire.

After listening to Li Yan's two suggestions, Li Zicheng's face immediately turned gloomy.

Neither suggestion was what he wanted.

Finally, Li Zicheng asked Li Yan for his last suggestion.

"What about the last one?"

Li Yan looked at Li Zicheng's gloomy face and finally suggested the last way.

"That is to completely plunder the domestic resources and disperse all the elite forces to hide and wait for the right time in the future."

Silence, silence again. It seems that the theme of today is silence.

As for the last path, Li Yan’s meaning is very clear. They should not wait until the Celestial Empire attacks, but simply dissolve the country themselves, break it up into small pieces and hide, to see if there is a chance to rise again in the future.

However, from ancient times to the present, how many of the remnants of the old parties at the time of the founding of China have been able to reorganize and revive?

Almost none, right?

In the end, they were all submerged in the tide of history, and there was no trace of the old forces anymore.

Even if they possess extraordinary powers and can survive for hundreds of years, what good does it matter?

Wang Chao's realm of cultivation is universally recognized to be beyond all others. Even when rating and calculating the number of strong people, Wang Chao is not taken into account.

In this way, the dynasty will naturally last longer.

There is no way they will survive the dynasty. Instead, they will be outlasted by the dynasty one by one.

How could Li Zicheng and his people, who had spent so much effort and energy to conquer such a vast territory and establish the Dashun Kingdom, accept this?

Li Yan was also unwilling to accept it.

But he also knew that this was the only choice they could make under the current circumstances.

The Celestial Empire was simply too powerful. No matter how many strategies and plans they had, no matter how sophisticated they were, they would all be in vain when facing the powerful Celestial Empire that had surpassed them by several eras.

The reality is that unless there are problems within the Celestial Empire, no country can compete with it.

However, although they knew it, they were not willing to be incorporated into the Celestial Empire or disband their country and hide in the dark.

With no other options, they could only continue to discuss and debate, but they could never reach a final result.

The United States, including King George and his men, who were originally in confrontation with the Dashun Kingdom, were also unable to make a decision.

However, because they were on the same continent, both sides sent their own envoys to conduct friendly exchanges and discuss how to jointly resist the Celestial Empire.

In addition, George and his team also sent people to contact European countries to see if there was really a possibility of uniting.

At the same time, these relatively large and powerful countries continued to send envoys to contact and seek strategies to fight against the Celestial Empire.

Many small countries were also actively seeking countermeasures, and some kings of small countries even tried to invite Chinese businessmen to their country.

Ask them about the specific policies of the Celestial Empire today, and see if they can still submit their allegiance to the Celestial Empire as they did in the past and become a vassal state of the Celestial Empire.

Liu Guangde once joined the People's Salvation Army, but he retired because he was injured and too old.

Originally, he could have worked in a school or served as an official somewhere.

But in the end, he chose to go out to sea to do business.

The purpose is to see the vastness of the world, draw a world map, experience the customs and cultures of different places, etc.

Needless to say, as the world is upgraded and the energy of heaven and earth fills the world, there are always some countries that are lucky enough to soar into the sky.

Some people simply became strong people who suppressed one side, while some people established their own forces and even overthrew the original country and established a new country.

And these new countries often have extraordinary properties.

For example, in some European countries, some people have used the energy of heaven and earth to develop magic, witchcraft and other powers, and even possess certain special powers.

And these people often establish their own forces.

For example, the Magic Kingdom, Wizard Town, Forest Kingdom and so on.

All these things opened Liu Guangde's eyes and even provided him with a lot of ideas for the practice of his supernatural powers.

Unlike ordinary countries, the kings and rulers of these countries are definitely top-notch warriors. If the blessing of the dragon energy of national destiny is taken into account, each of them can change the topography.

Even the ordinary powerful people in the Celestial Empire may not be able to do what they do.

Well, the cultivation of the realm of supernatural powers is common in the Celestial Empire.

But after leaving the territory of the Celestial Empire, they all became top-notch warriors.

In fact, the strength of ordinary top-notch experts in the outside world is equivalent to that of the peak of Qi training.

Only the leaders of various national forces, with the help of dragon energy and national destiny that penetrate into the level of rules, can make the final leap and reach the same level of magical powers as the Heavenly Dynasty in one fell swoop.

In some aspects, it even far exceeds the realm of supernatural powers.

For example, as mentioned earlier, changing the topography of the entire country.

However, it is only in this aspect that he surpasses the realm of supernatural powers.

After all, a person with supernatural powers only has his own strength comparable to his supernatural powers, and the range they can reach is only tens or hundreds of meters.

However, the leaders of national forces can use the dragon energy and national destiny to directly affect the entire country's territory.

However, if it is a head-on battle, those with supernatural powers are not inferior to them.

Because the strength of both sides is actually at the same level.

Therefore, even if they rely on the dragon energy and national destiny, they will not be stronger than those in the realm of supernatural powers. At most, they will just recover faster.

However, at most they can defeat those with supernatural powers; as for killing or suppressing them, they cannot do it.

Therefore, those who are strong in the realm of supernatural powers are all guests of honor and VIPs in these countries, and the kings must treat them equally when they meet them.

Even vaguely, because the powerful man with supernatural powers comes from the Celestial Empire, he will behave more humble.

So you can imagine what the situation was like for Chinese businessmen when they were traveling outside.

Goods from the Celestial Empire were always snapped up at high prices, bringing in huge amounts of money and supplies.

In these countries, they are all superior people and are always among the upper class.

Money, power, women, etc., as long as they want, they can all be easily obtained.

Although because of their status as the Celestial Empire, they viewed people from other countries as barbarians.

However, faced with the temptations of money, power and women from these powerful national leaders, few people can ignore them.

After all, they are businessmen and are profit-driven. How could they refuse something that is beneficial to them?

Of course, they would not and dared not betray the Celestial Empire.

In a word, they will receive the benefits, but whether the things will be done or not depends on their mood and the cost of doing so.

Just like Liu Guangde.

The Magic Kingdom, a small kingdom that has only been established for more than ten years, is roughly the size of a small province in China.

Faced with the king's deliberate applause and the offer of his daughter in marriage, Liu Guangde fell in love with him and became the prince consort of the magic kingdom, even having certain inheritance rights.

Speaking of which, Liu Guangde also contributed to the establishment of the Magic Kingdom.

He had just arrived in Europe and rescued Louis Bourgeois and his daughter Romain Bourgeois who were being hunted by the enemy.

Afterwards, Louise Bourgeois was naturally very grateful and entertained Liu Guangde lavishly, expressing her willingness to help him open up trade routes here.

In the end, he even married his biological daughter, Romain Bourgeois, to Liu Guangde.

After establishing this relationship, he was able to trade a lot of good things from Liu Guangde, such as some powerful guns and cannons.

Well, with the maturity of rune weapon technology, those relatively backward modern gun manufacturing technologies have gradually spread.

Although it has not yet been spread abroad, many schools and libraries have the corresponding technical information.

As long as you are willing, you can easily get it.

With the help of magical powers, folk craftsmen can easily make powerful guns and cannons.

These guns and cannons, which are far less powerful than rune weapons, naturally have no market in China.

However, it is a hot commodity abroad.

Wang Chao knew all this, but he chose to turn a blind eye.

If you want to look at the world, the martial spirit of the people and the weapons manufacturing technology cannot be left behind.

Of course, truly powerful weapons manufacturing technology is still firmly in the hands of the state, and will always be at least one era stronger than that of the civilian population.

When the country mastered modern gun manufacturing technology, the dynasty did not restrict the production of swords by the people.

When the country masters the manufacture of rune energy weapons, it will also not restrict the spread and even manufacture of firearms technology.

Of course, as learning in school progresses, the creation of rune energy weapons is being mastered by some people.

After all, as long as one learns the rune formation, there will always be someone who can figure out some tricks.

Just like the scarecrow puppet that Lu Jun originally made.

However, the dynasty had no restrictions on this, and there was no way to impose any restrictions.

What's more, all these rune research and development directions and technologies will eventually be stored in the fairyland and fed back into the sea of spiritual power.

The country's senior craftsmen and researchers have full authority to access this information.

Therefore, their development will always be ahead of that of the general public.

However, the laws of the dynasty or the Celestial Empire have certain restrictions on this, that is, they can only refer to it and use it in weapons research and development.

The research and development of other technologies is more concerned with the public.

The purpose is to protect and promote the development of folk technology and increase the enthusiasm of the people for research.

Otherwise, as soon as you come up with some ideas, the country will make it for you.

Over time, the private sector's R&D momentum will inevitably stagnate.

After all, who would be willing to put in so much effort to do something that has no benefit or advantage?

The country will also release almost completely outdated technologies such as modern weapons technology in order to increase the accumulation of civilian technology.