Ocean Lords: Start Harvesting Double from Dice Rolls-Chapter 583 - 300: The Whole Story and a Shocking Conspiracy
Shidun Port, Dwarf Tavern.
Fang Yu sat poised in the chair of the Dwarf Tavern, playing with the miniature wine glass in his hand.
After a while, the door was pushed open, and a figure quietly walked in.
It was none other than Changl Li.
As soon as Changl Li sat down, he stared blankly at Fang Yu, then exhaled a breath of turbid air and shook his head: "You rascal, the general has mentioned you quite a few times recently."
"The entire Lanyun Sea Country Congress is also focusing its attention on you as a key subject of observation."
"You have to be careful, someone might be tracking you, exposing the matters between us."
Changl Li spouted a string of words, and it was imaginable how much he had heard about Fang Yu in the past few days, his gaze at Fang Yu now complicated.
"Don’t worry, it won’t happen."
Fang Yu shook his head, feeling very confident in his ability to mask his presence. When he came to meet Changl Li, he hadn’t noticed anyone following him.
Upon hearing Fang Yu’s words, Changl Li nodded slightly. He had witnessed Fang Yu’s ability to conceal his presence before, and it was indeed remarkable, which now slightly eased Changl Li’s tension.
"How about it? Has your investigation made any progress during this period?"
Fang Yu poured a cup of wine for Changl Li, then asked.
"There’s been a bit of progress, narrowing the scope of suspicion slightly, but more than that, I discovered another matter."
"Oh?"
Fang Yu was curious: "What is it?"
Changl Li downed the wine in his cup, then lowered his voice and said, "I discovered that inside the Lanyun Sea Country, there is another force, also investigating the Southern Military Faction. There are even forces quietly investigating within the Northern Military Faction, but these forces are so covert, if it weren’t for my own investigation, I wouldn’t have noticed their existence."
"Hmm?"
Fang Yu raised an eyebrow: "Where do you think these forces are coming from?"
"Ahem..."
Changl Li cleared his throat lightly, glancing at Fang Yu: "You’re asking although you already know."
Fang Yu laughed and nodded his head.
In the entire Lanyun Sea Country, besides the Southern and Northern factions, the only entity capable of silently investigating both sides is, of course, the Congress loyal to the Sovereign.
"Congress... Southern and Northern Military Factions... After I met with the Sovereign, I always felt that the Sovereign would lash out strongly against the Southern Military Faction, yet... ultimately, the Sovereign left it unsettled, which I found very strange."
Fang Yu murmured, his gaze falling on Changl Li in front of him, speaking softly: "Could there be some hidden reasons in this?"
Upon hearing Fang Yu’s words, Changl Li couldn’t help but laugh, nodding as he spoke: "This is precisely the second significant matter I discovered in my recent investigation."
"Oh?"
Fang Yu leaned forward slightly.
"This involves some history of Lanyun’s internal politics..."
Changl Li began in a low voice: "Originally, the balance and contention between the Southern and Northern factions were something the Sovereign was willing to see."
"These two factions, with the Southern faction being radical and the Northern faction being for peaceful development, originally clashed and constrained each other due to ideological differences, with the Sovereign mediating and balancing between them."
"But as our country developed, the population also increased massively, even five times what it was at the founding, leading the Northern political faction to develop a new idea."
"What idea?"
Fang Yu asked curiously.
Changl Li instinctively glanced out the window, then lowered his voice and said: "One country, two pinnacles!"
"One country, two pinnacles?"
Fang Yu was briefly stunned, then was internally shocked.
A pinnacle captain is essentially built from the glories of an era. As long as the national power reaches a certain level, the emergence of a pinnacle is natural and logical.
And if the national power continues to expand and develop, it could even lead to the rise of two pinnacle captains.
But there’s an inherent contradiction here.
With one country, one pinnacle, only one person enjoys the full support of the national power, making their power exceedingly strong.
However, with one country, two pinnacles, it’s akin to two people sharing Sea Country’s national power support, dividing what one should fully enjoy between two.
The original pinnacle would inevitably experience a temporary decrease in power due to the division.
With one country, two pinnacles, the two pinnacles will, from their emergence, inevitably stand in a competitive and opposing relationship, with an inherent irreconcilable conflict.
The Northern political faction proposing this concept is essentially openly challenging the Sovereign, isn’t it?!"
Fang Yu found it unbelievable.
"Naturally, it wasn’t openly proposed; otherwise, how could the Sovereign tolerate them?"
"However, at that time, the Northern political faction quietly approached the Southern military faction, and after some secretive discussions and negotiations, the two factions unexpectedly reached a rare consensus on ’one country, two pinnacles’."
Hearing Changl Li’s words, Fang Yu nodded slightly.
For the Sovereign, one country, two pinnacles is absolutely intolerable.
But for the citizens, for political parties, for military factions, and generally for everyone aside from the Congress and the Sovereign, one country, two pinnacles is a tremendously good thing.
From the perspective of military citizens, one country, two pinnacles symbolizes strong national power and unmatched combat ability. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
From a political perspective, one country, two pinnacles also prevents the occurrence of autocracy and extreme centralization.
Therefore, it’s not surprising that both political factions reached a consensus on this matter.
Upon thinking of this, Fang Yu gradually began to clear his understanding of what he saw in the Congress.
Initially, he thought that the Southern and Northern military factions were at each other’s throats, with the Sovereign acting as a mediator.
But now... Fang Yu suddenly realized that the internal political inclination of the Lanyun Sea Country had quietly changed.
