Chapter 926: The High-level Meeting of Wangqing Pavilion (II) - The Fourth Main City of the Future!

Chapter 926: The High-Level Meeting of the Wangqing Pavilion (II)—The Fourth Main City of the Future

"Xiangyang City?"

Everyone here was slightly stunned. After realizing Fang Jie's intention, they quickly opened the Jianghu map and conducted a detailed look at the surrounding situation in Xiangyang City on the map...

In fact, Xiangyang City is a city that is both familiar and unfamiliar to all players. It is said that it is familiar because the place where all players enter the game is reincarnated is in the Guo Mansion compound in Xiangyang City; it is said that it is unfamiliar because after completing the novice mission, the players directly teleport from the Guo Mansion to various sect bases, and they actually don’t know much about the situation in Xiangyang City. Even if they do sect missions later, it will be at most ten days and half a month before they can go to Xiangyang City like a sudden sight.

Therefore, after learning that Fang Jie intended to build the sect base in Xiangyang City, everyone present was brought up a short memory of 20 years ago, and had to consider the situation in and around Xiangyang City on the map, just like a novice who had just entered the game, while weighing the pros and cons of building the sect base in Xiangyang City.

After a moment of silence, the first person to speak was Yiling: "I think it is not very meaningful to build the sect foundation in Xiangyang City... I would like to ask, I wonder if Mr. Fang wants to build the sect base in Xiangyang City or outside the city?"

"What about it in the city, what about outside the city?" Fang Jie smiled without objection, looked at Yi Ling with an encouragement look, and signaled the other party to continue talking.

"Then I'll just say it." Yi Ling nodded and said, "If it's in the city, I guess Fang Shao means to learn from the beggars and include the entire Xiangyang City into the sect base. But you can take a look at the map. Although Xiangyang City is a second-level city, the scale of the city is no less than the three main cities. If we rely on the entire Xiangyang City to build a sect base, then the investment in funds is astronomical. Our Wangqing Pavilion is no longer as popular as the Beggars' Sect. They have a little bit of sect head tax, and the funds raised can buy a city, but we Wangqing Pavilion cannot afford so much money at once."

Yiling paused and said, "And if Young Master Fang really wants to learn from Beggars and really wants to build a sect based on a certain city, it is better to find a place to build a sect in the three main cities. After all, the logistics, transportation, traffic, and consumption levels of the three main cities are much more advantageous than Xiangyang City. You should know that with the current urban prosperity of Xiangyang City, even Yangzhou City is not as good as Wangqing Pavilion. If Wangqing Pavilion goes there, the relevant affiliated industries will be severely damaged. It may take at least three years to recover and develop to the current level."

"If it's outside the city..." Speaking of this, Yiling shook his head and smiled: "Although the construction cost is more than ten times lower, Xiangyang City and its surrounding areas are basins, and there are no huge dangers to guard around. If a sect base is built in this open area and is attacked by other sects in the future, the sect base will be blocked by the enemy in all directions, causing us to be attacked from all sides. I believe Mr. Fang had never thought about building the sect base outside the city, right?"

After listening to Yiling's speech, Fang Jie smiled without objection and glanced at the audience and said, "Do you have any other opinions? Today's conference is related to the future life and death of our Wangqing Pavilion, so I hope you can express your opinions and try to talk about your own ideas."

"Then I'll say a few words."

The second speech was Qiu Xin: "It's not that I rely on my seniority. I should have the most say in the situation of Xiangyang City, because the closest sect to Xiangyang City is my Tiezhang Gang... I personally think that building a sect base in Xiangyang City has advantages and disadvantages from a military perspective. The advantage is that the layout in Xiangyang City is a defensive city layout that combines inner and outer cities. This may be related to the game's era background, namely the "Xiangyang Battle" between Song and Jin and Song and Yuan dynasties. Therefore, if the sect base can be built in the city, relying on the existing layout of Xiangyang City to resist foreign invaders, it has great defensive advantages."

"Tell me the disadvantage." Qiu Xin glanced at the audience and said happily: "Once my Tie Palm Gang abandoned the original Tie Palm Peak Base and Taoyuan Town and joined Wangqing Pavilion in full, there will be no barriers in the southwest of Xiangyang City. Wangqing Pavilion will directly face the long-term threat from the Wudang Sect; secondly, there is a Jue Palm Valley in the west of Xiangyang City, which will also pose a greater threat to Xiangyang City..."

When Qiu Xin said this, Fang Jie and Wangqing looked at each other at the same time. Obviously, they both thought that the head of Jueqing Valley was the ultimate kill. Now that Wangqing Pavilion has established a sect under the nose of Juexing, you can know what the other party will react without guessing. Moreover, Fang Jie and Wudang Sect leader Rifried Eggs have already broken their faces because of the Guangfo Waterfall incident. These two sects are likely to unite in the future. Therefore, if the sect base is built in Xiangyang City, the situation is indeed a bit unpleasant for Wangqing Pavilion.

While the two of them had their own thoughts, they only heard Qiu Xin's final summary: "I have told you all about the pros and cons of military affairs. I personally prefer to build the sect base in Xiangyang City. However, given the fact that there was a large funding gap just now, I have a temporary reservation about the plan to build the sect base in Xiangyang City."

After Qiu Xin expressed his opinion, there were waves of discussions in the audience. Some people tended to build the sect base in Xiangyang City, while others were worried about the funding gap and felt it was not suitable. Some people looked at their noses and their noses, just like an old monk sitting in meditation without expressing any opinion at all. It seemed that all this had nothing to do with them.

Seeing this scene, Fang Jie couldn't help but turn his eyes to one of the "old monks" who were sitting in meditation and said jokingly: "I said to Brother Jiangnan, you brothers have to attend this meeting, so of course I want to hear your opinions, but you are all the ones who have become Bodhisattvas. Do you still want to stay out of the matter?"

The boss of the Super Fives was a squinting Jiang Nan, who was originally squinting his eyes to rest, but when he heard this, he quickly opened his eyes wide and looked aggrieved and said, "Mr. Fang, aren't you making things difficult for us brothers? The so-called not being in their position and not doing things. We brothers have not officially joined the Wangqing Pavilion. As half an outsider, how can we express our opinions?"

"That's it" the side of the ruined everything quickly responded: "We only brought our ears this time, not our mouths. Anyway, our brothers listened to you in everything, so what else can we say."

Fang Jie couldn't help but smile and said, "It is precisely because you are half bystanders that I want to hear your opinions. After all, bystanders are clear and will not be affected by some subjective consciousness. You should talk about it."

When the Super Five couldn't help but look at me, I looked at you, and after exchanging eyes for a long time, they jointly elected Yijianding Jiangnan to express their opinions on their behalf: "My opinion is different from the previous two. I think... it is a good idea to build a sect base in Xiangyang City."

"Yes." Fang Jie nodded: "Continue, tell me the reason."

Yi Gu Ding Jiangnan organized the language while slowly saying: "The reason... is very simple. First of all, everyone must clarify a question - is it better to build the sect base of Wangqing Pavilion in the city or in the suburbs?"

At this time, some people here responded that building outside the city, while some were hesitating, but most people said that building inside the city is the best choice, and they explained their reasons one after another. In the end, Fang Jie made the final decision: "Of course it was built in the city. Because Wangqing Pavilion is not a purely militarized sect, and its affiliated living industries account for a large proportion. Therefore, in addition to having an advantageous offensive and defensive facility system, the location of the sect base also requires convenient transportation, developed logistics, a prosperous market and a strategic location."

"Yes" Yi Gu Ding Jiang Nan affirmed Fang Jie's words and followed the conversation: "If you find a deep mountain forest to establish a sect, and there is no village or store in front of you, even if the sect transmission function is activated, it will be inconvenient in all aspects. Therefore, it is best to build a sect base in the city. Then, within this general framework, we should consider which city it is most suitable to establish a sect base."

Speaking of this, Yijianding Jiangnan slowly scanned the audience and said, "You can now open the Jianghu map and take a look. There are so many large and medium-sized cities and small towns on the map. Which city is the most suitable for Wangqing Pavilion to develop and utilize?... Some people may think that the three main cities are better. I just said that the three main cities are the locations of the three major copies in the game, and they are also the locations for random teleportation of the Return City Talisman. If we build the sect base in one of the three main cities... Hahaha, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

At this time, someone in the field shouted: "Is this still necessary to think about it? At that time, the sect base is mixed with fish and dragons, and there are tens of millions of players. If Wangqing Pavilion comes forward to maintain public security in the city, it will offend all sects and may not have the ability to take care of it. If you don't come forward, wouldn't our sect base become a vegetable market? If something happens, we can only be helpless... Also, when we start a war with his sect, even if we keep the city gate and the market stable, we will randomly teleport into the city to give you an inside and outside cooperation?"

When everyone heard the sound, they found that the person who was speaking was Xinxin. Obviously, the Zhenyuan Escort Agency, whose sect base was in Beijing, empathized with this most. When the Zhenyuan Escort Agency fought against the Hu family outside the Pass, the Hu family outside the Pass used the special function of the return talisman to airborne many people into Beijing and directly took over the Zhenyuan Escort Agency's nest. This is also one of the reasons why the Zhenyuan Escort Agency gradually declined. After all, no one was willing to stay in this "invisible" sect base that felt insecurity.

After seeing that everyone in the audience reached a basic consensus on this point, he decided to Jiangnan and continued: "Since the three main cities cannot be stayed in, let's look at other towns... The territory of the Beggars' Sect, don't think about it; Chengdu? Tang Sect is in the city, and there are Emei Sect, Blood Knife Sect, Dalun Temple, Lingxiao City and other sects outside the city; Dali? Duan Family, Five Poison Sect; Ruzhou? There are Shaolin Temple and Shangjia Fort; the remaining ones... Suzhou Yanziwu, Jiaxing Taohua Island, Yixing Guiyun Village, Hangzhou Meizhuang, Hengyang Hengshan Sect, Foshan Yaowang Valley, the Western Regions Baituo Mountain Xingsu Sect, the Hu family outside the pass... and wait, let's take a closer look, there are only two cities left on the map of the river and lake that are more suitable for establishing sect bases, one is Nanyang City under Ruzhou, and the other is Xiangyang City."

At this moment, except for Fang Jie, everyone else present screened all the cities on the map according to Yijianding Jiangnan's words, and found that in the end, only Nanyang City and Xiangyang City were the most suitable for establishing sect bases. Obviously, Fang Jie had actually thought of what Yijianding Jiangnan said.

Jiangnan naturally noticed that Fang Jie was a little idle. After giving Fang Jie a smile, he continued to explain for the other party: "Okay, let's compare the remaining two cities. Nanyang City is just a four-level city with a small city with little infrastructure and insufficient defense. Although it is located on the north bank of the Han River and has developed water logistics and transportation to the east and west, the south of the official road is Yangzhou City of the Beggars' Gang's forces, and Ruzhou City of Shaolin Temple forces to the north. If the sect base is built between these two major sects, it will be constrained in the future."

After a pause, Jiangnan continued: "And Xiangyang City is a second-level city, with a city scale no less than one of the three main cities. Although it is a little larger, it also gives Wangqing Pavilion Sect Base a great space for subsequent development. I think Mr. Fang should want to build the Wangqing Pavilion Sect Base, or Xiangyang City, into the fourth main city in the rivers and lakes with prosperity no less than the three main cities in the future."

The last sentence of Jiangnan was suddenly filled with an uproar in the audience. Everyone couldn't help but turn their attention to Fang Jie, as if they wanted to confirm the matter from the other party's reaction, but Fang Jie didn't keep it in a silence, and shrugged everyone with a look of "that's it".

Everyone looked unbelievable at first, but within three seconds, the audience became lively again. Some people shouted excitedly, expressing their strong support for building the sect base in Xiangyang City and building it into a prosperous city. Some people shook their heads with worry, saying that this was simply an unrealistic delusion, and some people were frowning and thinking hard, trying to find a feasible solution for this matter.

In short, at this moment, the discipline of the venue was a little out of control. Jiang Nan, who wanted to continue speaking, opened his mouth and said half a sentence, found that no one listened to him at this moment, especially those female players, chattering and talking nonstop. Jiang Nan finally had to sit back on the chair, and raised his eyes to Fang Jie with a smile, as if saying: "The next thing is your main person to speak. I don't have the prestige that makes these people shut up."

Fang Jie understood and gave him a look to express his gratitude to the other party. Then he slowly glanced at the audience and said, "It's quiet... I just now, Jiangnan has already explained why I have to build the sect base in Xiangyang City. I'll add a few more points here..."

Speaking of this, when the scene was completely quiet, Fang Jie continued: "Building Xiangyang City into a first-class city like the three main cities is just a preliminary idea. As for whether it can be successful, it is a relatively distant matter. I will only talk about a few practical reasons here. First of all, from the perspective of logistics and transportation, Xiangyang City actually has advantages over any city in the Jianghu. Xiangyang is Chengdu City to the west, Jianghan is facing the east, and waterway transportation is very convenient. It connects Hunan and Guangdong in the south, Luoyang and Chang'an in the north, and can be said to be an important transportation hub in the Central Plains region. This is very beneficial to driving the development of our Wangqing Pavilion's affiliated life industry."

"Secondly, from a military perspective, Xiangyang's strategic position is very important. Xiangyang connects Ruluo to the north, Qinshu to the west, Huguang to the south, and Wuyue to the east. In the world, it is important to Xiangyang. Xiangyang has been a military strategist since ancient times and a place that merchants must compete for. We just considered the advantages that Xiangyang City played during the sect war, but ignored the future national war. Zhongzhou City, the hinterland of the Central Plains, is not far from the east of Xiangyang City. In the future, the national war began, and foreign barbarians invaded in eight directions around the Central Plains. The safest and safest place is in Xiangyang City..."

"Of course, no one can say that the national war is right now. At that time, all sects in the martial arts world might surrender to those foreign barbarian forces, and our Xiangyang City might be surrounded and attacked by foreign enemies. But I solemnly declare here that I will never surrender to any foreign barbarian forces. I will sell my country and be a traitor, even in the game, so I will not do it, so staying in the Central Plains is also the responsibility of our Wangqing Pavilion. If necessary, it is not impossible to give all of it to the game to fight the Xiangyang defense battle with the foreign barbarian forces."

"As for the construction of the sect base in Xiangyang City, there is indeed a big gap in funding. I don't deny this, but we might as well think about it again - why do we buy the entire city from the beginning? Why do we have to set up a sect base to install a storefront? Why don't we selectively directly acquire some basic commercial facilities in the city as part of the sect base functions?"

Speaking of this, seeing the people present showing deep thoughts, Fang Jie waited for a while, and finally decided not to let them continue to consume their brain cells and slowly thought about it: "My general idea is that in the early stage of Wangqing Pavilion, we will maintain independence and integrity in the sect system, and selectively develop and build some commercial facilities in the city in the construction of sect bases. In other words, we will buy the inns, restaurants, auction houses, warehouses, and martial arts halls in Xiangyang City and use them directly as the practice room, canteens, auction houses, warehouses, and advanced practice rooms of our sect bases. When we have money, we will gradually erode other commercial facilities in the city. In short, we will not buy a piece of land to build any sect bases."

Many people looked at Fang Jie with surprise and suspicion: "Don't want the sect base?"

"Don't not have a sect base, at least for the time being," Fang Jie smiled cynically, "What is the sect base? Isn't it just a piece of land and a magnificent building on it to show the existence of this sect? I don't think it's necessary. After the sect is established, the sect will be able to operate the sect through the sect management system. Shouldn't I erect a monument and a house be built on a certain piece of land? Is it not a sect that I erected without a sect building, and other sects dare to come to bully us casually? Doesn't there be a sect base, and everyone here will be lenient when they kill enemies, and will become impotence when they do it?"
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