Ling Yi didn't sleep that night; instead, he spent the whole night researching online.
Especially historical materials.
The fact that the Great Qian Empire of this world was able to postpone the feudal system for more than a hundred years was truly unbelievable to Ling Yi.
Ling Yi finally realized where the problem lay.
During the late Qing Dynasty, a man named Zhao Hong successfully launched an uprising, and the problem lay with Zhao Hong himself.
This man appeared out of nowhere, carrying muskets and gunpowder, and wreaked havoc on the Qing Army.
At that time, even on Western battlefields, firearms had only recently been put into use.
With an endless supply of musketeers that appeared out of nowhere, Zhao Hong relentlessly conquered territory and stormed into the Purple City.
The Qing Dynasty ended fifty years prematurely.
The new national name was the Great Qian Empire, Zhao Hong was the first emperor of the Great Qian Empire.
This Zhao Hong is like someone with superpowers; he develops industry, improves people's livelihoods, and strengthens naval military power...
Through a series of means, they forcefully transformed the Great Qian Empire into the world's leading military power at the time.
However, Zhao Hong died after only twenty years on the throne, and during those twenty years, he erased the most important historical trajectory that should have occurred.
This Zhao Hong definitely has a big problem; from the time he started his rebellion to the time he succeeded, it was only a year.
Where did he train a million musketeers that year?
Putting aside the people, those more than a million muskets alone were not something that could be manufactured casually.
Putting that aside, during his twenty years in office, although he didn't change the system, many of his development ideas were ahead of their time.
So, is Zhao Hong most likely a time traveler as well? Whether he is or not is unimportant; the point is, Zhao Hong is dead, and history has changed.
After Zhao Hong's death, his eldest son Zhao Xi succeeded him. Zhao Xi reigned for thirty years without any major achievements or mistakes, and can be considered to have smoothly inherited the legacy left by Zhao Hong.
Because of the strength of the Great Qian Empire, Great Qian Empire was not affected in the slightest during the more than twenty years of fighting in the West.
After Zhao Xi's death, a power struggle ensued among his Sanzi for the throne, which was ultimately won by his youngest son, Zhao Chengzhi, and continues to this day.
However, Zhao Chengzhi's ascension to the throne was forced upon him by a group of people.
To put it bluntly, he was just a puppet.
The people who put him on the throne were the Royalist Clans, a total of nine people, who were also the nine most powerful forces in the Great Qian Empire at present.
After reading through the entire history of the Great Qian Empire, Ling Yi felt somewhat numb.
It just goes to show that in Parallel World, anything is possible.
If all the emperors of the Great Qian Empire had been diligent and hardworking, then with the foundation laid by Zhao Hong, it would have been no problem for the Great Qian Empire to stand at the top of the world.
Unfortunately, Zhao Xi was too conservative and accomplished nothing. By the time Zhao Chengzhi took over, he had become a puppet, Nine Great Royalist Clans Great Qian Empire.
Some also refer to them as the Nine Kings of the Great Qian Empire.
But the Ninth Prince is now corrupt and has done almost nothing of substance except for infighting and power struggles.
Ling Yi turned off the Computer, but remained silent for a long time.
The next morning, Ling Yi took a taxi very early and waited at a coffee shop opposite Locust Blossom Alley.
Because of the death last night, Locust Blossom Alley has been completely sealed off by the authorities.
Ling Yi couldn't possibly go there now.
At 10:45 a. m., Ling Yi took out his phone and sent a message to an unknown number.
At around 10:50, Ling Yi walked out of the coffee shop, and just then, a silver-gray car drove up.
Ling Yi opened the car door and got in.
"What's going on? Why are there so many inspectors surrounding that area?" Ma Xiaoxiao asked, puzzled.
"That's not important!" Ling Yi glanced at the rearview mirror and said with a faint smile.
Behind them, more than a dozen black Hummers stopped in front of the coffee shop, and dozens of people rushed out of the cars and into the coffee shop.
"What do you mean 'not important'? Someone died and it's not important? Could this be related to you?"
"That's not important. Do you want to resolve your current problems?"
Do you have a solution?
"Of course, as long as you do as I say next, I can help you solve your problem."
"What do you want?" The reason Ma Xiaoxiao came back was simply to give it a try!
"We'll talk about that later. Now, reduce the car's speed to below 40."
Ma Xiaoxiao didn't know what Ling Yi was up to, but she still slowed down as instructed.
Ling Yi glanced at the rearview mirror, and Ma Xiaoxiao also noticed something was wrong behind them.
She exclaimed in surprise, "You haven't offended someone, have you?"
Ling Yi licked his lips, his eyes turning colder. He didn't answer Ma Xiaoxiao's question, but continued, "Turn right here, speed up!"
Almost instinctively, Ma Xiaoxiao turned the steering wheel and then slammed on the gas.
This is a section of road under construction. Although the road surface has solidified, it will need to dry for at least two more days before it can be officially opened to traffic.
Therefore, the road only had plastic Barricade, connected by a few warning tapes, forming a barrier symbolizing surnames.
"There's construction going on ahead!" Ma Xiaoxiao was clearly flustered.
"Charge!" Ling Yi's voice remained calm and cold. At this moment, he seemed like an emotionless robot, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
"Forty-seven people!" Ling Yi sneered, glanced at the rearview mirror again, and then rolled down his side window.
I looked around the car and spotted the half-empty bottle of water in the middle.
Ling Yi casually tossed it away.
Ma Xiaoxiao saw Ling Yi's actions and was extremely curious, wondering why Ling Yi was throwing the mineral water bottle at this time.
But she was focused on driving and didn't have Kung Fu Hustle to ask any more questions.
Especially with the massive convoy of black Hummers following behind, she felt genuinely nervous.
Although she was skilled in Kung Fu Hustle, these days, even the best Kung Fu Hustle is no match for bullets.
She was confident that she could hold her own against a group of enemies even without a gun.
"Do these people have guns?" Ma Xiaoxiao asked.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she saw that from all the Hummers behind her, someone was leaning out halfway, holding a gun, and Charge at that.
"Who the hell have you offended?! You're going to get me killed!"
"You can slow down now!" Ling Yi said, blinking.
"Slow down, or wait to die?"
Ling Yi chuckled and said unhurriedly, "At this rate, if you don't slow down, we won't have time to turn, and we'll most likely end up in the river."
Are you crazy? You're still in the mood to laugh at a time like this?
Just then, the lead Humvee in the convoy following behind them seemed to have run over something, making a loud bang.
The car swerved a few times before crashing head-on into a large crane parked nearby.
The crane swayed slightly, its steel cables seemingly hitting something, followed by a series of Dingdang and rattling noises from the rooftop.
Dozens of steel pipes descended from the sky with Air Breaking sound, as if they had anticipated the speed and angle of the vehicles, instantly piercing through them all.
Causality Control, utterly domineering.
First determine the effect, then the cause, and fill in the intermediate nodes yourself.
Ling Yi didn't know if anyone could escape the law of Karma. Even if they could, could they Escape Escape a second time?
The power of the cheat system was once again demonstrated to Ling Yi.
Ma Xiaoxiao had already stopped the car and was staring in disbelief at the scene behind her that resembled a scene from a blockbuster movie, all through the rearview mirror.
"You made this too?"
"I met the second master of the Ma Family once before!" Ling Yi neither admitted nor denied it, and while checking his system interface, he talked about Ma Xiaoxiao.
Ling Yi still remembers the terrifying scene of the Second Master being surrounded by black energy.
This shows the heinous crimes he committed.
One of Ling Yi's purposes in wanting to see Ma Xiaoxiao again was to lure out this Second Master and kill him.
"Whether your Ma Family sides with the Royalist Clans or the New Emperor Clans, the key lies with this Second Master, right?"
As Ling Yi spoke, he opened the car door and got out, saying to Ma Xiaoxiao, "Take West City with you. We need to hear a sound later; we can't keep this car!"
Ma Xiaoxiao dared not doubt the truth of Ling Yi's words at this moment, and quickly picked up her small bag and came to Ling Yi's side.
"Then what?"
Ling Yi opened the car's fuel tank cap, picked up a plastic bag from the side, twisted it and stuffed it into the fuel tank, leaving only a small portion sticking out.
Then, Ling Yi took out a Turkey from his pocket, lit One Cigarette for himself first, and then lit one end of the plastic bag.
He turned and walked away, saying, "So, as long as you take care of Second Master, your current troubles will be resolved."
"Are you kidding me? My second master is a master of the Innate Realm. Otherwise, why do you think the Ma Family has become his personal fiefdom?" Ma Xiaoxiao exclaimed.
Ling Yi walked forward on his own at a fast pace, and Ma Xiaoxiao could only jog to keep up with him.
"That's my business. I'll help you deal with Second Master Ma. As for payment, I want your Ma Family's martial arts techniques."
This was Ling Yi's second purpose in seeking out Ma Xiaoxiao.
Although Ling Yi is in charge of Karma, he is ultimately just an ordinary person.
What if his cheat system suddenly stops working one day? How would he protect himself then?
After all, Ling Yi didn't know the origin of the cheat system, and he was just afraid of the worst-case scenario.
And getting a little stronger is never a bad thing.
"Boom!" A loud explosion suddenly occurred behind the two of them.
Although Ma Xiaoxiao knew what had happened, she couldn't help but turn around to look.
At that moment, her car had turned into a Fireball.
Looking back at Ling Yi Ling Yi, I realized that he had already walked quite a distance.
"A real man never looks back at an explosion? Is this guy just putting on an act?"
She hurried to catch up and said, " The Ma Family's martial arts techniques cannot be passed on to you. This is an ancestral rule. Otherwise, I'm afraid my grandfather and the others would beat me to death."
"Also, aren't you following the Qimen route?"
"What is Qimen Yilu?" Ling Yi asked, puzzled.
"Huh? Qimen Yilu is the art of Qimen Dunjia, feng shui, and physiognomy. You don't even understand that?"
"If that's how you put it, then my method can barely be considered one of the Qimen Schools!" Ling Yi nodded, mainly because he was too lazy to argue about this matter.
"It's either yes or no, what do you mean by 'barely'?"
Ling Yi stopped her, interrupting her. "If you have cultivation techniques, I'll help your Ma Family resolve this. If you don't have any? Then goodbye!"
"Yes, but what if it's not from the Ma Family?"
"What's your background?"
"A Buddhist School cultivation technique, do you want it? Let me make this clear first, Buddhist School is a lot of trouble. If they find out you've been practicing Buddhist School techniques, they'll probably drive you crazy."
Ling Yi grinned, "Trouble is what I fear least! Deal!"
I don't care what kind of cultivation method it is, as long as it can help me become stronger.