Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1566 - 419: Poaching Talent and Crushing the Competition (5k)

震皇 went into seclusion, everything was conducted according to plan.The Hungry Ghost Trading Company has been operating in Dazhen for many years, and the progress of recruiting talents has been quite smooth; most targets could be recruited.

Yu Ziqing personally recruited several people, most of whom seemed willing to go to Dadui, but a few locals from Dazhen wanted to stay.

Dazhen had a Super Large Spirit Transformation Array, with the trade agreements with Dadui as a backup, coupled with the industrial changes over the years, everything was thriving, and some people wanted to ride this wave and become the proverbial pig on the wind, naturally unwilling to leave.

Once the recruitment was nearly finished, Yu Ziqing pondered a bit, realizing why Emperor Zhen did not intervene.

The old guy has been calculating clearly, the first Super Large Spirit Transformation Array project trained and sifted some high-end talents, but most of them are related to foundational skills.

Equivalent to instantly training at least hundreds of thousands of basic technical personnel for Dazhen. Plus mining, smelting, runes, formations, artifact refining, complementary alchemy, and so on.

Even if Dazhen lost high-end talents, the foundation remained, and this foundation could not be easily removed.

No matter how Yu Ziqing acted, he definitely wouldn't be overboard in uprooting everything.

With these grassroots, Dazhen had a solid foundation, along with an existing industrial chain, covering sufficiently many people, and capable of accommodating a large number of individuals.

According to Yu Ziqing's understanding, this was akin to laying an industrial foundation for Dazhen in a short time, providing potential for future development without enduring the pain of transition or facing substantial obstacles during transformation.

The cost was using it as a testing ground, along with some cultivated high-end talents.

In fact, the earlier trade with Dadui seemed like a loss, exchanging minerals for food.

But once Dazhen established a complete mining, smelting, and a series of industrial chains, Dadui would have to procure these things from Dazhen at large quantities, cheaply, with good quality, and coupled with some unique materials, naturally only collaborating with Dazhen.

Dazhen was far from losing; it made a great deal of profit.

Yu Ziqing couldn't help but speculate that after this wave, Dazhen's national fortune would definitely surge. Whether Emperor Zhen's opportunity to learn the Life Destruction Treasure Skill was directly related to the rise in Dazhen's luck.

Yet Dadui also profited greatly, having skilled hands and experience. Next, Dadui's Super Large Spirit Transformation Array could directly be updated.

Overall, neither side suffered losses.

Yu Ziqing felt he must learn from Emperor Zhen's seemingly passive approach, yet actually silently reaping huge profits.

He used to feel a bit embarrassed, but thinking about it, he realized he was still young.

King Xiang was right, his Second Uncle hurriedly ascended to power, always seeming less dominating, liking things that appear somewhat disadvantageous on the surface yet achieving the results in the end.

Previously, Dazhen seemed miserable, always declining, yet Emperor Zhen could stabilize the overall situation, allowing prominent clans like Lei Clan to keep pace; surely, he had some expertise.

Therefore, Yu Ziqing recruited more talents, expanding into mining, smelting, and other areas.

Even if he brought them back to Dadui, to guide Dadui's people; after all, Dadui leapfrogged from the Ancient Era directly to now, it wasn't easy to catch up comprehensively.

Having recruited over several days, the Hungry Ghost Merchant Association reported back that besides the occasional Faceless Man of Dazhen wandering nearby, Li Xingchen wasn't seen from start to finish.

Yu Ziqing was now fully assured, Emperor Zhen anticipated this long ago.

A month later, King Xiang leisurely came to see Yu Ziqing.

"Greetings, Little Uncle." King Xiang bowed honestly.

"I've been here for many days, yet haven't seen you. Faithless appeared. Straightforward talk, say what you want."

"Ahem, Little Uncle, it's like this, you know, I do have many juniors, and other kin..."

King Xiang hadn't finished speaking, noticing Yu Ziqing's gaze of disbelief, immediately stopped his original words and switched to a more sincere tone.

"I have some youngsters wanting to be sent to Jinlan Mountain or the school to get some tough love."

"Just that? And you learned to pretend? Not showing up for days, and now this minor issue worth your personal visit?"

King Xiang sighed heavily, instantly relaxed.

"Alright, Little Uncle, here's the deal.

Second Uncle went into seclusion and instructed that I keep things in check, ensuring Little Uncle doesn't cross the line.

Li Xingchen currently stays at my place, reluctant to leave.

I had no choice but to personally come over.

Little Uncle, you've recruited quite a number already, even took tens of miners.

Isn't it enough?"

King Xiang's voice grew quieter, losing confidence.

Honestly, he felt his little uncle's presence increasingly intimidating.

Back then, his father nearly forced him to recognize a Little Uncle, somewhat unwillingly.

Now, he realized calling him Little Uncle was a rare privilege.

"What do you mean? Look down on miners? You've been elevated too long, clueless.

Materials required by cultivators, open-pit veins are fine, but those deep underground veins are extremely dangerous.

Same Realm, no, even if you're one Realm higher, descending with those miners..."