Chapter 98: The emperor's balancing strategy!

"What the empire did not expect was that the Alchemy Association had so much wealth to drive people to fight for it. The people of the emperor's family panicked and began to secretly help each other, suppressing the alchemy association, and the well-trained army took off the army. Armor, got off his horse, dressed up as an ordinary martial artist, and joined the Iron Fort. The Alchemy Association began to fail one after another, and the empire was unstoppable.
"The Alchemist Association is defeated!" Old man Chen said with a sad expression.
"Then the Alchemist Association still exists to this day. Didn't the Empire completely erase the Association at that time?" Qin Fei asked strangely.
"Haha, good apprentice, no one can figure out the rule of the emperor’s family. People at the time thought that after the Alchemist Association was defeated, the empire would definitely dissolve the Association, and the Xuanwu Hall and the Iron Fort were even more gearing up. , Ready to attack the association headquarters.
"But... the empire didn't do this. Instead, it let go of the Alchemy Association. It just set a rule that shocked everyone at the time, and that was that the Association was not allowed to get involved in the economy. I didn't mention it, just confiscated the association's properties everywhere.
"This is the emperor's balancing technique. He kept the Alchemy Association to contain the Xuanwu Hall and the Iron Fort, forming a situation of checks and balances among the three parties.
"So we can't help your family develop! At most, you rely on your own alchemy status to develop your family, but we can't provide any help!" Old man Chen looked at Qin Fei with a deep voice.
Qin Fei nodded, in this case, then everything can only be on his own.
But there was another thing that puzzled him.
"Master, since you said that the Xuanwu Temple and the Iron Fort were once allies, why did the Iron Rod visitor catch Duan Ruoyan that day? And you said the Iron Fort was supported by the empire, so why did the Iron Fort disappear afterwards? ?"
Although he was very clear about the contradiction between the iron rod and the Xuanwu Temple, the real reason was not too clear.
"Hey, this is the trick of the emperor's family again! Someone with great wisdom once said that the king is like a tiger, this is true!" Old man Chen laughed strangely, as if it was between Xuanwu Temple and Iron Fort Things made him very happy.
"Iron Fort’s craftsmen were very popular with people. Profound weapons were the most powerful weapon at the time, none of them! Moreover, the Iron Fort also produced three great artifacts, powerful and omnipotent in opening mountains and rivers. It was the war that made the empire see the power and uncontrollability of the refiners. Afterwards, people knew that the empire had actually planned everything, not just to deal with the alchemy association, but to use it. All forces surrendered to their feet!
"Before the war, the craftsmen had organized various forces of different sizes. Some were dominating one side, calling for the wind and rain, and violating the empire's orders. At the very beginning, the Iron Fort was just a little-known little one. Forces, mixed with various forces, survived. After the empire fostered the iron fort, the iron fort's power quickly grew, and soon gathered other forces and became the holy place in the heart of the craftsman.
"However, power is enough to make people crazy, the iron fortress is in the sky, and the refiners are arrogant and arrogant. After the war, they began to resist the empire and felt that the arrogant refiners could not be controlled by others. .
"Seeing that the iron castle did not listen to their own words, the empire in power naturally did not agree. Later, a major event happened inside the iron castle. Their third fort was assassinated by the fight for power, and the iron fort was divided. The artifact has also lost its trace. Both pros and cons have emerged within them, and they have started the same sect. In the end, both lose and lose. Nothing is left. All the methods of refining are destroyed in this internal fight."
Qin Fei was puzzled, "Since it is a contradiction between them, why are they involved in the Xuanwu Palace?"
"I said, this is the imperial family's conspiracy! From the beginning, it was a conspiracy, a conspiracy for the emperor to consolidate his rights! No matter how strong the refiner, how can he be an opponent of the empire? The gossip suddenly spread among the people, saying that the death of the third lord of the Iron Fort was the work of Xuanwu Temple. The refiners at that time were already crazy, and regardless of whether the news was true or false, they went to the Xuanwu Temple. , The result can be imagined, how the iron castle that has gone downhill is the opponent of Xuanwu Temple, finally ended in failure, and even disappeared from people’s sight. With the passage of time, the method of refining tools disappeared. The craftsmen lost their inheritance in the long river of history, and the profession of craftsmanship gradually disappeared...
"The truth of history will emerge with the flow of time, and people have gradually understood the truth about the causes and consequences of that great change. From the very beginning of dealing with our Alchemist Association, there is the shadow of the empire! Founder of the association Being killed is actually the conspiracy of the empire. This is the fuse, burning the flames of war! Then the empire pulled the craftsmen into the war, the purpose is to reduce their strength and achieve step by step disintegration! The matter is at the end. , The empire is leading the noses of all parties.
"History has become history, and the empire still respects our alchemy association, because we can make medicines that make martial practitioners stronger! The Xuanwu Temple is not as dominant as it used to be, after all. In order to balance the forces, if our Alchemy Master's Association controls the Xuanwu Temple, there will be no second iron fort!" said Old Man Chen.
Hearing this, Qin Fei suddenly realized, and finally understood the grievances between the various forces.
It’s no wonder that Old Man Chen dared to besiege Jiufeng Tuo Lao in the street. No wonder Jiufeng Tuo Lao was so shameless and contemptuous. It turns out that both sides are in different positions, with hundreds of years of grievances and contradictions. They don’t have to fight hard to meet That's strange.
"Good apprentice, you can know these secrets, but don't go out and talk nonsense. It annoys the imperial royal family, but there is no good fruit. The emperor's family is the most taboo of the public opinion below!" Old man Chen exhorted.
"Master, don't worry, I only have one head. How can I not think about how beautiful life is." Qin Fei smiled.
"Well, the listening conditions you mentioned can't be done by the teacher. Think about it!" Old man Chen nodded.
Qin Fei thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up when he saw the turnip head, and said, "I want to learn how to make a teleportation array from Senior Brother Si."
Old man Chen said: "You have to ask yourself, after all, this is the result of his research."
Qin Fei looked at the turnip head. Turnip head thought for a while, staring at the thousand-year crystal, nodded and agreed.
Qin Fei was overjoyed and didn't ask for other conditions anymore. Old Man Chen didn't need to be wordy, took out the medicinal medicine, and gave it to him in person.
I have to say that this old guy's family is quite thick, so he took it out so easily. When he changed the blood of the golden lion earlier, he was still crying. It seems that he attaches great importance to this thousand-year crystal profound energy.