The Central Plains are surging, but the construction of the Southern Continent is orderly.

The initial construction of the New Port, which made Huangfu Ji devote a lot of effort, was finally completed. Huangfu Ji specially invited Dan Tai Zhenxiao to inspect and attend the completion ceremony.

Dan Tai Zhenxiao did not refuse. In fact, he was not very interested in Xingang, but he had already begun to consider his funeral afterwards. Xidao Sect has less internal struggle because of the high pressure of external survival. It was agreed that Huangfu Ji was the next successor to be the senior management of Xidao Sect, and there was no objection.

However, even so, the two generations should be cautious in handing over the shift, especially the Taoist sect's past - since the fifth generation of great masters ascended, they have not taken over the class well, the sixth generation of great masters have become the leader in the position in a confused manner, the seventh generation of great masters have become the leader with the shortest reign, and the eighth generation of great masters have been selected rather than being selected.

None of the sixth, seventh, and eighth generation masters took over normally.

It can also be seen that the chaos in the Taoist sect has an obvious upward curve, from almost taking action to fighting, from three oppositions to three wars, not overnight, but decades of brewing. If you stop directly from the sixth generation of masters, then there will be no chaos in the seventh generation of masters and eighth generation of masters.

In fact, if we trace it up, it was Donghuang who made a bad start, but it cannot be said that it was Donghuang's fault. Since ancient times, the transfer between the first and second generations has been particularly difficult. Looking through history, few Emperor Taizong has been on the throne normally, which is also a difficult problem in ancient and modern times.

In this case, Dan Tai Zhenxiao had to pay attention, so he began to consciously appear on the same stage with Huangfu Ji, which not only endorsed Huangfu Ji, but also further consolidated Huangfu Ji's prestige, but also sent a clearer signal to the outside world. This is the successor of the Western Door. There is no doubt, and there is no hasty decision on major events.

Huangfu Ji led Dan Tai Zhenxiao to the highest point in the city, overlooking the entire Xingang, it can be seen that the port is full of ships of all sizes, masts are like forests and sails are like clouds.

But Huangfu Ji was not satisfied: "Although these cargo ships are all improved sailing ships, not only have a larger load, a stronger hull, and a significantly improved speed, they are still not as good as iron armored ships, and we have too few iron armored ships."

Tan Tai Zhenxiao asked: "What do you think?"

Huangfu Ji replied: "Daomen can hand over relevant shipbuilding technology to us, but the problem is not at all, but steel production. Our steel production is too small, and most of it is used for military purposes. This makes us have shipbuilding technology without steel, especially without qualified steel, which is hard to cook without rice."

Tan Tai Zhenxiao continued to ask: "Then have you considered the reason?"

Huangfu Ji obviously had an answer, and without thinking too much, he answered directly: "First of all, it is our internal resistance. A considerable number of fellow Taoists believe that it is better to buy than to buy, and it is better to rent than to buy. We don't have steel, but Taoist sect has it. We can buy steel from Taoist sect, so why bother to build it yourself?

"There is the resistance brought to us by Taomen. Judging from the subjective wishes of Taomen, it does not want to hinder our development, but from the objective perspective, Taomen is actually hindering our development. Taomen's steel industry has formed a scale, the technology is very mature, and the industrial chain is complete, which allows Taomen to further compress costs while ensuring the quality of steel.

"But we can't do it. Our steel industry is just starting out, the technology is immature and the scale is not yet reached. As a result, our steel is costly and the quality cannot be compared with Taomen. So why should our shipyard use the steel we produce ourselves?

"The shipyards are not willing to use the steel we produce themselves. Without a market, our steel workshops will lose money, and survival becomes a problem, and they will be even more unable to form scale, nor can they improve quality and reduce costs. In such a vicious cycle, our steel industry is still in its infancy and has been destroyed by the steel industry of Taoism. There is no tree under the big tree."

"What's the solution?" There was no change in expression on Dan Tai Zhenxiao's face, "I want to hear your solution."

Huangfu Ji sighed: "Unless we prohibit steel trade between the two sides, or Daomen imposes steel blockade and embargo on us, and force our market in this way, although this is unrealistic, the current trade volume has indeed been affected due to the civil war in the Central Plains. This is an excellent opportunity for us to develop our own steel industry. If Daomen can fight for ten years, then it will be our golden decade."

Dan Tai Zhenxiao refused to comment: "What else?"

Huangfu Ji said: "The threshold is too high. The Holy Court can cross it because the Holy Court occupied West Posa Continent, Northern Continent, and Taoist Sect can cross it because the Taoist Sect occupied East Posa Continent, Borneo, Fenglinzhou, Luosa Continent and other places. Now the Taoist Sect and the Holy Court are divided into two parts. We no longer have such conditions. Even if the Taoist Sect is willing to help us wholeheartedly, we have to tighten our belts. Even if we are so poor that we have to urinate blood, we have to invest all the money we have saved in it, and then pay the price of several generations of people to die to achieve this feat."

Tan Tai Zhenxiao sighed: "I probably can't see that day."

Huangfu Ji was silent.

Dan Tai Zhenxiao changed his tone: "Have you ever thought about introducing external funds, such as asking Daomen to come to us to build workshops, Daomen to pay for money and technology, take big heads, we provide people to provide raw materials and small heads."

Huangfu Ji frowned and said, "The investment in the early stage is too large, and the steel industry of the Taoist sect is far from saturated, so the Taoist sect will most likely not agree. No matter what, the Taoist sect is willing to help us, but they are afraid that we will become bigger. In fact, there have always been two factions within the Taoist sect to talk about each other, but even the faction that supports us the most will not make such a rash progress. After all, the size of the Southern Continent is too large, not comparable to Fenglin Continent. Moreover, the Taoist sect does not lack ore raw materials, because the Taoist sect occupies Luosa Continent..."

Dan Tai Zhenxiao waved his hand and interrupted Huangfu Ji's words before he finished speaking: "What if the Western Dao Gate returns to the Dao Gate? He has the power to elect and be elected, and he also obeys the Dao Gate's arrangements."

Huangfu Ji was silent again.

Dan Tai Zhenxiao continued: "The reason why we refused to return to the Taoist sect in the past was because the price given by the Taoist sect was too low. This Central Plains civil war was an excellent opportunity. The eighth generation of great masters let go. Of course, this is not only a problem with the Western Taoist sect, but also a problem with all overseas continents. The Taoist sect refuses to give corresponding status and power to the overseas continents. Then the tendency of separation between the overseas continents will never stop. The soil of the Taoist sect has always existed, and the cost of the Taoist sect will continue to increase. Unless the Taoist sect implements a massacre policy, it will eventually turn the overseas continents into the burden of the Taoist sect, and the cost of governance is greater than the benefit. When the Taoist sect weakens, the theory of abandoning the land contraction will become popular.

"To solve this problem, the Taoist sect must include the elites from overseas continents into their own ruling class and use barbarians to control barbarians, so as to reduce the cost of governing overseas continents."

Dan Tai Zhenxiao paused: "At the same time, the eight generations of great masters were worried that the absolute authority of the Central Plains people would be shaken. After all, he was still a conservative in his bones. In order to ensure that the Taoist sect does not change color and ensure that the Taoist sect assimilates these overseas barbarians, he needed more Central Plains people to dilute the overseas barbarians in the Jinque.

"But he does not want to continue to increase the proportion and weight of the Three Dao, so that the Taoist sect will be further monopolized by the three Dao families and become a Taoist sect of several families and surnames. In addition to promoting poor disciples, our Xidao Sect is the best choice. After all, promoting poor disciples is not a matter of one day or one night, but our Xidao Sect is ready-made. Moreover, the people of the Xidao Sect are essentially people from the Central Plains, a group of people from the Central Plains who have been away from their hometown for many years. Therefore, the eight generations of great masters hope that the Xidao Sect will return to the Taoist sect and complete his Golden Que puzzle.

"When the Western Dao Gate returns to the Dao Gate, our relationship with the Dao Gate is the relationship between the local and the central government. The entire Dao Gate is a game of chess, and we are a corner of the chessboard, so the investment and operation of the Dao Gate is reasonable."
Chapter completed!