Resurrection Empire

If the Duke Mansion wavers, letting Liu An abandon the siege, restore the energy battery price, and revoke bilateral tariffs, then that would be a trap.

In fact, this argument seems to have quite a market both within Duke Wenle's mansion and among the idle chatter of some bystanders.

Consequently, Duke Ivan slightly calmed down, choosing only to watch the situation change while secretly thinking that perhaps the energy batteries presented by the Red Blade Clan were merely the last reserves saved stingily in the past.

After a while, the Red Blade Clan's bluff will surely be exposed.

Hehe, attempting to conceal weakness with large-scale engineering, widely constructing gigantic engineering is pure poison, only accelerating its doom.

Thus, under Duke Ivan's observation, two weeks passed again.

During these two weeks, the star systems governed by the Red Blade Clan underwent tremendous changes.

The giant construction sites on the surfaces of thousands of planets in hundreds of constant star systems were completed at a remarkably fast pace, as if someone pressed the acceleration button in a simulation construction game. One factory after another.

The projects on these planetary surfaces were each unique.

If it's a solid planet, the construction is fixed on the surface, linked by semi-suspended hardened rail transport.

If it's a liquid planet, the construction consists of floating plate projects, linked by rope-like rail transport systems that also float on the surface.

If it's a gas planet, platforms raised by continuously stable anti-gravity devices appear one after another. Although there's no direct link between the platforms, a large number of flying devices equipped with both anti-gravity and pneumatic floating devices emerge for transportation.

Some factories produce civilian items, and on the second day after completion, a massive influx of new employees moved in, and by dusk, products had begun to be transported along the rails.

There are other factories that seem to be more technologically advanced, yet despite the rapid influx of personnel, no output was seen for a long time.

As for the metallic planets undergoing transformation, progress has been slow, but in a mere two weeks, a large amount of metal had been extracted and temporarily discarded outside the planet's orbit, forming a star ring.

The most exaggerated transformation was in the Liao Yuan Star System.

In just two weeks, a gigantic engineering project composed of countless modular components had formed. Its appearance seemed unfamiliar, and at first glance its functions couldn't be discerned, but when it started to swallow metal debris planets even larger than average planets with its "blood bowl mouth" and space ships began to pull processed single-metal rectangular prisms tens of kilometers long from the project's rear, observers understood.

This contraption was the applied result of new technology for recycling waste metal.

"This horrific absorption capacity, this pure metal recovery and separation capability... This even more terrifying engineering speed..."

Duke Wenle looked at the report submitted below and finally gave up with repeated curses, "That despicable and shameless Earl Red Blade! His entire engineering process uses modular thinking, allowing for such rapid progress! He had planned ahead! I... I've been miserably deceived!"

And on this day, the Royal Academy of Sciences finally announced to the entire Empire the approval of two new patents registration by the Red Blade Clan.

Since it's still a non-war period, protecting the creative enthusiasm of low to mid-tier nobles is required, so the patent authorization license still takes effect, and the Red Blade Clan still enjoys a millennium of authorization for these two new patents.

Apart from Duke Wenle's devastating losses, the person suffering the most is Liu An.

Liu An was in a state of collapse.

To repair his relationship with Earl Red Blade, he paid a hefty price.

And now, having made such sacrifices, he personally pushed Earl Red Blade to the opposite side again.

Liu An mustered the courage to knock on Ren Zhong's communication, tentatively opening with, "Ren Zhong, brother..."

Ren Zhong: "Brother my ass."

Liu An: "..."

Liu An wanted to say something, but Ren Zhong on the other side had already hung up the communication with a click.

Moreover, five minutes later, the Red Peak Commerce Department issued a public announcement.

The Red Blade Clan proactively initiated a trade war, completely banning all opportunistic forces, especially Duke Wenle Mansion and Nanxiang's Earldom.

Though the Red Blade Clan would still repay the loans of Duke Wenle Mansion, bilateral trade would come to a complete halt.

In a way, Ren Zhong declared war against two behemoths simultaneously.

This was reasonable; it was his character.

There were external rumors.

Reportedly, Ms. Sena Romanov, overseeing cooperation with the Red Blade Clan, faced heavy penalties.

Also, Duke Ivan supposedly chosen frozen dormancy with grief to escape the frustration in his heart.

And further reports suggested that the Red Blade Clan would build a formidable fleet reigning supreme in the Far Border Star Domain within twenty years.