Before Zhuge Liang finished speaking, there was a gentle knock on the door.
Zhuge Liang waved his hand to disperse the barrier, and Leng Feng walked in from the door, dragging a letter in his hand.
"Okay, you go and do your work first."
"yes."
Leng Feng didn't say anything, stepped back with a calm expression, and left the office directly.
After raising the barrier again, Liu Bei opened the envelope and took a look. After reading it, he was quite emotional.
"Kong Ming, please take a look at the latest information."
Kong Ming took it and took a look. There was a lot of information. The first page was two announcements from Ning'an.
The content of both announcements is not much, but the news is very shocking, at least to those who are not aware of it.
In these two announcements, Ning'an announced some information about the Sky Eye system. Among them, the words "suspected of the ninth level" were quite eye-catching and made people feel nervous.
The second announcement directly announced the existence of the small world. When Zhuge Liang saw this, his heart skipped a beat, but he continued reading.
After reading the whole story, Zhuge Liang sighed slightly.
"As expected, Fang Fan can be called a hero and great."
Guan Yu received the information and watched in the corner with Zhang Fei, while Zhuge Liang looked directly at Liu Bei.
"Lord, activate a golden statue in advance for a drill."
"But haven't we not perfected it yet? And this consumes a lot of money."
Liu Bei said hesitantly, while Zhuge Liang shook his head.
“The announcement of Ning’an has opened up a new era.
If you want to maintain your position in this era, you must still be called one of the princes and one of the overlords.
Then there is a requirement that must be met.”
"Ninth level?"
"Yes, a ninth-level person can use and control any ninth-level artifact or formation.
In short, the overlord-level lords in the new era must have a means to suppress their destiny and be able to barely resist the extreme peak. Otherwise, they can only be protected by others, become vassals, or seek other ninth-level means."
"Isn't it like this before?"
"Indeed, it was like this before, but it was all hidden under the water.
No one knows whether you have the foundation of the ninth level, and not many people noticed this at that time.
Therefore, a larger territory can barely be called a hegemon, which is very vague.
But Ning An's announcement revealed it. He openly said that he had ninth-level means.
If others remain silent, it is almost letting others assume that only Ning'an is there.
This is unacceptable, so this is another round of shuffling.
For those with ninth-level foundation and those without ninth-level foundation, the territory of the latter will lose a large number of talents in a short period of time and become dependent on forces, and their future development potential will be greatly restricted.
The former relies on the dividends brought by the ninth-level foundation and absorbs the resources, people, and things passed by the latter, and will quickly become stronger in a short period of time.
Moreover, something like the ninth-level foundation that can resist the extreme peak will bring a lot of invisible benefits to the territory.
Public sentiment, difficulty in recruiting troops, talent recruitment, and business development will all be affected."
"Then this is not a bad thing. We also have ninth-level gold men, and we can barely control them. In this reshuffle, we are the ones with vested interests. As long as we follow the steps, the territory will usher in a new round of development.
As for the discomfort caused by being forced by Ning An to reveal his true identity, it is nothing in the face of interests."
Liu Bei also nodded in agreement, making Zhuge Liang say with a wry smile.
"Of course it would be true if it was just the first announcement, but compared to the first one, the second announcement has a greater impact.
And I doubt if Fang Fan knows anything, this step by step feels like he is being specially targeted."
At this point, Zhuge Liang suddenly thought deeply. Did the news leak out somewhere? When?
After hearing this, Guan Yu opened the second announcement and read it carefully, and finally looked at Zhuge Liang with some doubts.
"Kong Ming, just tell me."
Liu Bei also asked with some confusion.
"Lord, do you still remember what I just said?"
"What words?"
"Even if we don't want to take action, we have to take action."
Zhuge Liang said aloud.
"It seems nothing unusual now. It's just a very ordinary announcement, telling the people of Ning'an that there is such an absolutely safe little world, and telling them that after making outstanding contributions, they can move their families to live in it.
If that's the case, it won't have any impact on us. Although ordinary people will yearn for it, they actually don't have the capital to cross the wilderness and go to Ning'an. Even if there is a population loss, it won't be too much.
And some small forces have taken root in Zhongshan. Except for a few, others don't think about going to a place they know nothing about to develop again.
After all, most of the people in the territory are modern people. Once they have the strength to survive, their yearning for the Pure Land will not be as heavy as that of people of our time.
So in summary, it is just to encourage the people of Ning'an to work harder for Ning'an and show their initiative.
It just makes Ning'an stronger."
Just a little stronger...
Liu Bei touched his nose and suddenly felt that Zhuge Liang was a little bitter when he said these words.
Why is my mouth sore?
"As for this kind of effect, I want to make it so that even without the small world, I can still play it very well and it won't be too weak.
In fact, there are already many similar mechanisms operating in Zhongshan."
"Then what do you want to say?"
"My lord, Ning'an has capable people, Fang Fan has great courage, and Ning'an has mastered a small world.
Combining these three points, how can it be possible to announce the existence of a small world just for people to live in it? To stimulate their subjective initiative?
Corresponding efforts will lead to a corresponding layout. Otherwise, if it were me, even if the small world has been partially exposed, I would not announce it. Instead, people would not be able to catch the evidence and would be half-believed.
What's more, the small world is far from being semi-exposed. Except for a few, the vast majority of people don't even know about the existence of the small world. A few people can't produce evidence and won't publicize it.
If it were you, would you announce that you have a small world for no reason?
Just to show off?"
Liu Bei and Guan Yu's expressions gradually became cautious.
"Are you saying that Fang Fan's plans are very big, and they are aimed at us?"
"I thought so before, but now that I think about it, I'm probably just afraid that it will be affected."
This time Zhuge Liang's mouth really showed a hint of bitterness.
You don't even have the capital to make people target you, and you have to go all out to deal with the aftermath of the layout. It's simply sad.
"If it were me, then I would announce to the outside world that the black dragon at the top of the city is seriously injured. This is a rare opportunity in a thousand years. I want to gather the heroes from all over the world to join in the dragon slaying act and completely kill this evil dragon that is the enemy of the human race.
Before setting out to slay the dragon, give these heroes an unimaginable precious resource in the small world to enhance their strength.
At the same time, we are building public opinion..."
Thump thump thump!
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, followed by Leng Feng's voice.
