Resurrection Empire-Chapter 874 - 336: Swelling Ambition, Credit and Currency (3)
Ren Zhong was silent for a long time and awkwardly said, "You saw through me. But the net is gone now, and I was just saying it casually."
Ying Hao: "But I understand your true thoughts."
"That's because I trust you, Chairman."
Ying Hao: "I trust you as well. Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll head out first. I'll withdraw all the workers from the munitions factory outside of town within two days. Everything inside will be left to you."
"Thank you, Chairman!"
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Ren Zhong exposed a fatal flaw to Ying Hao but did not suffer any loss.
After sending off this restless little ice block, Ren Zhong began to ponder what his ultimate goal truly was.
He obtained a lot of important information today.
He and Ying Hao had a fundamental difference.
Ying Hao's purpose in creating change focused on the power he'd gain after going to the Empire.
Ren Zhong's revolution was not so distant; it was merely for a life of ordinary people he could care for.
At the same time, Ren Zhong realized that the matter of revolution is probably not as simple as imagined.
Even if he could use the greater potential of wasteland dwellers to build an invincible army to complete the power transition within Source Star, he still couldn't escape the threat of the Empire, let alone resist the Empire's oppression.
He also understood the Empire's true demand from Source Star.
It was precisely resources.
These resources include mineral deposits, high-quality population, Ruins Beast Crystals, integrated circuit materials, human brains, technological achievements, combat power, and possibly even the elusive high-level Ruined Beast that everyone has heard of but never seen.
If Ren Zhong disguised his revolution as a power transition within Source Star and compensates for the resource gap caused by insufficient brain output in other ways, he might gain the Empire's understanding.
Even if such a revolution is still not thorough enough, it can at least leave a spark for humanity on Source Star.
As things have developed, Ren Zhong does not think he will fail.
First, he has the ability to resurrect and restart.
Second, he has acquired enough information.
Third, although the citizen class currently appears to have an absolute military power advantage, due to the rotten system, the military strength of the citizen class has actually remained constant for a long time as a stock. But wasteland dwellers are different; their population base is just as large, and those who survive are fundamentally stronger, having gone through preliminary natural selection under the law of the jungle. Wasteland dwellers only need reasonable education and better resource allocation to rapidly explode in strength. Wasteland dwellers are incremental.
Fourth, judging from Ying Hao's words, even though the citizen class can access thousands of years of history, they are still in a state of being deceived. No one likes to discover they've lived in lies; there must be more unspeakable things in the true history. If historical truths are revealed, it will inevitably create division within the citizen class, tearing apart their foundational base.
Fifth, within the citizen tier, it is not uncommon for people to sympathize with wasteland dwellers, like the Ma family's father and daughter. Moreover, these people are usually more capable than ordinary useless citizens, and they can definitely be recruited.
Sixth, without the "net" surveillance, he can indeed disseminate more ideas. His ideas represent more advanced production relations, inherently possessing historical inevitability. History will also certainly stand by his side. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
Having confirmed these six core ideas, Ren Zhong swept away past confusion.
He first gathered Ju Qingmeng and other core subordinates.
"Three things. First, have Wen Lei lead the graduates of the military industry sector to the factory under Source Star Military Industry, learn from the people there, and prepare to take over the factory in two days. Second, rename our tokens to Starfire Coin and rebuild the economic system within Eleven Towns as quickly as possible. Third, in our foreign trade, also promote Starfire Coin and refuse barter. I will immediately go to Liao Yuan County to reach a trade agreement with the County Government. I believe our currency will be welcomed in nearby regions for simple reasons—I have people, money, supplies, and credibility."
As Ren Zhong said, two hours later, he reached a trade agreement with the Liao Yuan County Government.
Clearly, Liao Yuan County has already received the autonomy order, and many citizens above Fifth Level are packing up valuable belongings, preparing to flee.
These people will take away most of the wealth from Liao Yuan County, leaving basically citizens of Fourth Level and below.
Ren Zhong became the richest and most powerful force within the Yangsheng City area, aside from a few core families in the city itself, without spending a single soldier or any money.
By evening, Ren Zhong received an unexpected yet reasonable electromagnetic communication call from Ma Xiaocheng, the Minister of Detection Logic Algorithms Auxiliary Division at Deep Communication Group.
"Ren Zhong, do you want to become a Seventh Level Citizen?"
Ma Xiaocheng's first words went straight to the point.
