The world enters the age of myth

"Yes, you are right." Li Chengdong sighed and nodded with a complicated expression. However, their Nanfeng cannot have these things.

What new type of yeast, new type of decomposer, these all require biotechnology!

From this small conversation, both parties got the information they wanted.

For the decision-makers of the Unkai, it is almost certain that these people are not disguised as brain-controlled insects. Because of the unique physiological structure of brain control insects, drinking coffee will cause direct poisoning. And the other party had never encountered such a strange creature, so they mistakenly believed that coffee trees were planted for pure entertainment...

"The people in Lanmeng don't know enough about Yanghe... Judging from their tone, they seem to be a little short of food?"

Ding Yuan heard their conversation through the earphones and shook his head, "Forget it, as long as the other party is a serious human being, we can communicate with no problem. You didn't find any suspicious traces, right?"

"No." All the observers shook their heads.

One of them said: "They are just a little too curious. Everyone is curiously looking at our various buildings and observing our Yunhai."

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "It's normal to be curious. After all, our shelter is more than twenty times larger than theirs! We may think that the Yunhai is too small and too crowded, but for the people of the Nanfeng, it is It’s simply ridiculously big. In the current environment, big means safety.”

Yes, for Nanfeng, Yunhai is already an existence that needs to be looked up to. Whether it is size, technology, or population size, it is a behemoth that needs to be looked up to.

The Nanfeng only has 10,000 people, which is indeed a bit pitiful...

Of course, the diplomats on the Nanfeng also learned the information they wanted to a certain extent.

The diplomat Li Chengdong secretly sighed in his heart, because the senior officials of Yunhai were worried about meat production problems, indicating that they had a food surplus.

Only with the extra food can it be possible to raise some animals.

This is definitely great news!

Think about it, if two shelters meet together and a food crisis breaks out on both sides, then in order to survive, the most likely possibility is to go to war directly with each other.

Fortunately, this situation did not really happen. The other party has more than enough food but not enough meat, so there is no big problem...

On the contrary, Nanfeng's planting industry... is not doing very well.

A population of 10,000 is too small to maintain even basic industries.

The original politician family lived in the Nanfeng, with seven aunts and eight aunts. There were hundreds of people in one family, plus a total of more than 2,000 soldiers, and almost half of the population was not engaged in production.

In this case, after the culture solution of soilless culture is used up, there is no way to reproduce, and you can only rely on serious traditional agriculture.

The ability of traditional agriculture to resist risks is not sufficient. In the past year, a sudden blight caused a reduction in grain production. If there were not some grain stored in the granary, there would be a famine.

Therefore, their current food supply is barely in balance, and it is difficult to squeeze out more food for storage. If this continues, if there is another natural disaster, or even if the granary is flooded, there will be a great famine!

Li Chengdong secretly thought in his heart: "As long as the Yunhai can give us ten thousand people and three months' worth of food, we will have a certain guarantee. And for ten thousand people and three months of food rations, it is only the Yunhai's food reserve. It’s only one-fiftieth of the amount, and for the top management of the Unkai, it’s completely negotiable.”

Of course, he knew that things were definitely not that simple, and he did not make a direct request.

Being dependent on another means losing independence.

Even if you sell yourself, you have to find a way to sell it at a good price instead of selling it cheaply. Build friendship when it's time to build friendship, and talk about interests when it's time to talk about interests. This is what a qualified politician should do.

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In this way, the two sides continued to test and mediate. It was not until this afternoon that the diplomatic team of more than 20 people found a place to stay and began serious internal talks with the senior officials of the Unkai. Cooperation, personnel exchanges, etc.

Similarly, some diplomats and superpowers from the Sea of ​​Clouds went to the Nanfeng to investigate what the situation was like there and whether there was any potential crisis...

Even if the other party only has a population of more than 10,000, you still have to pay attention to it. You have to understand how the other party is living, how strong it is, and how much benefits the Unsea can get from the exchange.

Lu Yiming has also followed these days and participated in the Nanfeng's inspection. His mind possession ability can easily invade the Nanfeng's Internet and investigate its security issues.

Well, no security issues were found, but the internal corruption of this small shelter was quite serious.

By possessing other people's mobile phones with his mind, he observed several "multiplayer sports", and even an old man with a sinister face... It was really disgusting to watch.

Needless to say, there is no need to elaborate on this issue. Lu Yiming always feels that he has returned to the feudal era.

It wasn't until he returned to the Sea of ​​Clouds that he took a long breath and said, "Damn it, what the hell is this place!"

The remaining diplomats were also not satisfied with the internal workings of the Nanfeng.

However, since it was the other party's internal affairs, I had no interest in meddling in their own affairs.

"Everyone, welcome back. The negotiations these days are not going well... We have been repeating several topics. The other party wants to buy our food, but is not willing to bleed a lot. They are only willing to trade with some steel and other raw materials, and we The people here are definitely not satisfied. We can recycle the steel, and if we don’t build a lot of civil engineering, it’s still enough.”

Ding Yuan rubbed his temples and said with a slight headache.

With negotiations reaching an impasse, he called a small group together for a brief meeting.

The expectations on both sides are a little different.

What the Nanfeng needs most is food. If it can get dozens of tons of rice back, it will be the biggest gain.

As for the Unkai, it's more ambiguous. It doesn't make much sense to exchange dozens of tons of rice for a little steel. As for the small forces, they don't really want anything in particular, and they don't want to really rob the other party, so they can only catch the other party's appetite first.

"What, they are short of food, and they can still negotiate calmly? They are almost starving to death, and can they still do this?" Lu Yiming asked curiously: "During the inspection, I found that many people have swollen hands and feet. This is because they are missing something. That’s how you grow amino acids.”

"Isn't it not to the point of starving to death? Although there is a lack of food, the main shortage is reserve food... Reserve food, understand? The ability to resist risks is a bit poor, but it is not particularly urgent... Unless in an instant, they When a natural disaster such as blight breaks out and there is not even enough food rations, it is possible for us to kill them."

Ding Yuan paused for a moment, shook his head again, and said: "Especially, the politics over there are too chaotic. There are only more than 10,000 people in such a small ship, and there are a total of six different political groups. In fact, it cannot be said that It’s a political group, but big families from six different countries, each family has hundreds of people, and each controls its own army and wealth.”

"Just do the math. For each family, plus the army in hand, let's count 800 people, so that's 5,000 people!"

"There are only ten thousand people in total. Five thousand people are nobles and are not engaged in production. You can imagine the living conditions of the other five thousand civilians. There is no school at all, let alone a kindergarten like ours."

"In addition, each family has its own interests and wants to unify..." At this point, Ding Yuan shook his head, obviously not very optimistic about their future.

Lu Yiming sighed: "Yes, the civilians there are really suffering. The reason they can survive until now is entirely because they are too lucky and have not encountered too much danger... What a group of lucky guys."

On the Nanfeng side, the biggest danger encountered this year is an extremely large fish, which may be hundreds of meters long.

This big fish suddenly jumped out of the sea, causing a tsunami that almost capsized their boat...

That is to say, this little external danger will pass after it is over.

"Xiao Lu, you still know too little. There are very few in a society like ours. Family management like Nanfeng's is the majority in a normal state of evolution." Ding Yuan said with a smile: " The Nanfeng only has a few people. Controlling the army and the guns is equivalent to controlling everyone. Can civilians rebel?"

"Some ancient civilizations floating in the Yang River must have had a dictatorial management style, and it is unlikely to be modern management like ours. But aren't they also living well?"

Lu Yiming was stunned.

How many people can resist the temptation to be a dictator?

The step-by-step progress of Yunhai No. 1 is a reflection of the self-discipline of internal personnel.

"But a civilization that is not strong enough will eventually perish, right?"

"Oh, that's right."

In essence, the institutional system of the Unkai is still biased towards socialism. Most of the means of production are publicly owned and belong to all people. Even the entire refuge is publicly owned. If Ding Yuan steps down one day in the future, he will not be able to take away everything here. It is impossible to say that the assets of the Yunhai are his alone.

But the Nanfeng is different. Many assets of the Nanfeng are directly privately owned, and most of the property is controlled by a few political families. If you want them to spit out some of it and benefit the people, it will simply cost their lives.

This is the biggest difference.

For the Unkai, after several major crises, coupled with internal corruption and rectification, the cohesion has been quite high. When some emergencies occur, the consensus is to hold a meeting. If you agree, you agree. If you disagree, you disagree, and then act as quickly as possible.

But for the Asian League's Nanfeng, all kinds of trivial matters can take a long time. The interests of six different political groups may not be consistent with the collective interests of all people. In this way, efficiency will be lost. Seems very low.

There are good and bad things only through comparison. When talking about the current system, even though there are still many areas that need reform, everyone is still quite confident and proud of it.

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(PS: Let me tell you here why we need to build a foreign shelter. Because... if a disaster occurs in the future, people will definitely die. It is better for readers to die if some people from our country die, rather than some people from abroad.)