Leng Yuan stepped down as the empire's general and proclaimed himself the Queen of Eagle. He completely implemented strict military control in the northern border. No group or individual could exchange it in the cube, otherwise it would be executed directly. The whole area would be stopped from the people's livelihood industry, and all productivity would be invested in industrial farming production. With industrial efficiency, it would vigorously promote agricultural development, produce grain at high speed, prepare grain, and make every effort to develop heavy industries and invest in military industry.

After this order, the seventy-six cities in the north and their satellite towns were completely transformed. The taverns were demolished and huge military factories were built. Taose Lane was flattened and replaced by military warehouses and training grounds. All technical talents were forced to be transferred to light industry or heavy military industry. All low-tech labor was put into manpower and put into factory assembly lines or cultivated land production. Even the distribution of grain entered the planned economy. Individuals or teams were not allowed to sell them privately. They could only use food coupons as needed. All resources were allocated by the Eagle Flag Army as needed.

The most direct problem that this approach brought about was the fierce resistance among the people. A large number of people spontaneously took to the streets, raised the anti-secession signs, burned the portraits of Leng Yuan and the eagle flag, and responded to the call. The scale of the march became increasingly large and almost difficult to control, and even began to violently impact the administrative agencies.

Responding to violence is even more cruel. One month after Northbound Autonomy, Luo You, who had suppressed the riot in Skeleton City, was ordered by the Eagle King and shouldered the responsibility of maintaining order. All members of the Dragon Guard transformed into order police officers, and took Luo You as the iron-fisted leader to open a huge inspection network throughout the Northbound region.

At its peak, the number of Dragon Guards exceeded 30,000. The Eagle King Leng Yuan directly gave Luo You a special authorization, allowing him to extinguish any act of resistance without trial. All anti-autonomous people, marchers, burning the eagle flag, and those who are dissatisfied with politics were strongly suppressed by Luo You. In the subsequent order planning, any person who talked about politics, held rallies, and made incitement remarks will be executed, and those who disobeyed orders or attacked the guards will be killed on the spot.

Butcher knives are always cold and efficient. After just half a year of violent suppression, the transformation of the northern border was fully completed and entered a thorough track of industrial, agricultural and military industry development. The high-tech planting and breeding industry developed rapidly in the face of advanced machinery. The roaring military factories have built one guard after another. A large number of standard weapons were followed. The conscription in various places has also expanded. The Eagle Flag Army expanded directly from the original scale of less than 200,000 to more than 1 million permanent troops, and this number is continuing to expand.

Looking from the south of the Red Blood Empire, the sky above the northern border is shrouded in industrial haze all year round, and the steel furnace filled with smoke and gunpowder stands up in the eyes of everyone, and the threat to the south is increasing.

A year after the Northern Autonomy, at the end of the 21st year, the Chang'an Central Committee of the Red Blood Empire finally couldn't bear it anymore and issued a comprehensive preparation order to the Western Regions and Jiangnan. With the Red Blood Empire General Liu Fusu as the commander of the entire army, the "Third Northern Expedition" was launched.

But this is a war that is so short that it is negligible, and even no dead people.

When 200,000 Central Pioneer Forces rushed to the northern border, the Central Pioneer Forces encountered the Northern Army at the north-south dividing line, and there were only two so-called "army", one on the left and one on the right, holding a red umbrella and the Blood Prison on both sides.

Gao Sheng, the vanguard general at the time, looked at the two people standing on the dividing line, and issued a retreat order before he mobilized a soldier.

His subordinates once asked: "There are only two people in the Northern Army, why not fight?"

Gao Sheng replied: "It's not two, it's two million."

The Central Pioneer Retreat without Fighting, Gao Sheng was detained for dereliction of duty. However, after investigation and understanding the reasons, he was finally acquitted and his official position was restored. The so-called "Third Northern Expedition" was also rejected in the weighing of the pros and cons of the 20th Imperial Plenary Session.

The silent end of the 20th Empire Plenary Session means that Chang'an has acquiesced the fact that he has lost control of the northern border. Peaceful reunification and forceful expeditions are hopeless. The entire empire and even the entire world are guided in an unknown direction under the division between the north and the south.

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In the 23rd year of the collapse, Leng Yuan proclaimed himself the Eagle King and declared the Northern Autonomy in the third year.

On the streets of the royal capital, the patrol vehicles of the Dragon Guard crossed the street from time to time. The soldiers responsible for order control glanced at everyone. All pedestrians touched by their eyes subconsciously identified their faces, which accelerated their work efficiency.

Although the industries in the North have been forced to transform, they are not really as cold as machines. There is still some space left in policy, such as some elderly and weak people who have neither high technology nor physical strength to act as labor. They do not abandon them in policy, but allow them to make a living independently.

Most of these old people are illiterate and have no ability, but their whole life skills are still there. They can get some raw materials from the government and make steamed buns, sesame cakes, desserts, etc., because the policy stipulates that each family's grain must be exchanged for food coupons, so this additional source of food is very popular. The Eagle Banner Army will not destroy the stalls in an inhumane manner. They turn a blind eye and acquiesce to this kind of private small-scale grain transaction.

At a sesame cake stall on the street, passers-by were lined up to buy sesame cakes here. The sesame cakes here were made by an old woman. They used the filling of fine meat and dried plums. When roasting, they were covered with secret sesame oil from both sides. Not to mention how fragrant it was, it was very popular among citizens.

In the afternoon, workers who had worked for the day in the military factory gathered at the stall, took out some of the wages they received today, and prepared to exchange them for a few sesame cakes.

A worker handed over the money and took the hot pancakes, but he cursed and said, "Old woman, why are your pancakes getting more and more expensive? Last month, I only had 5 Berries, but now I have 10 Berries, which doubles in a month. You are too greedy."

The old woman was not a gentle and easy-going person. She took the pancake tongs and knocked on the stove, staring at her and said, "If you can't afford it, don't eat it. How many people are begging me to eat my pancakes, so many of you."

"Okay, okay, I won't argue with you." The worker was tired from working for a day and was too lazy to argue. He ate two bites of sesame cake and turned around, but as soon as he took a step, he ran into a person. He staggered two steps, frowned and cursed, "Don't you look at the road?"

The person who was hit just now was a very tall person, really tall. If it weren't for the years that made his back hunched up, he would be at least 2 meters tall. Even so, this person's height would be far higher than that of ordinary people.

"Ah... I'm sorry, my eyes are blurred and I can't see clearly." The old man apologized to the worker with a timid voice.

The worker looked at the other person with disgusting eyes. The tall hunchbacked old man was gray and his skin was dull and unhealthy. The wrinkles on his face were so deep that they could almost contain a piece of yellow earth. His loose eyelids wrapped around a pair of turbid eyes. His eyes were a little blank and lost. I don’t know if he was dementia or some blow he suffered after a day.

The worker didn't plan to make trouble. He was planning to leave directly, but suddenly he heard someone whispering next to him: "Hey... this person is..."

"Oh? It seems he?"

"I look...it seems to be true..."
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