Munitions Empire-Chapter 938 - The Reflections from Visiting 861

Chapter 938: The Reflections from Visiting 861 Chapter 938: The Reflections from Visiting 861 Sofia stood on Zuque Avenue and felt that it indeed ranked amongst the best locations. Witnessing the endless stream of traffic, she could sense the city’s prosperity.

Although she couldn’t find a spot to overlook the entire Forbidden City, she was still able to discern the grandeur and magnificence of the complex of buildings from the enormous city tower known as Tiananmen.

In fact, unlike constructions such as Flame Castle, the Forbidden City didn’t possess much in the way of defensive attributes; it simply stood there, showcasing its unparalleled elegance and grandiosity.

Compared to those ancient castles with towering walls and battlements, every brick and tile here seemed particularly beautiful. Sofia really liked it here, she truly did.

Today, she had intentionally risen early to accompany her secret lover to observe the flag-raising ceremony in Chang’an City. Amid the resounding music, the Tang Country’s national flag guard escorted the flag out of the Forbidden City, passing by Jinshui Bridge.

Then, amid the fervent cheers of “Long live!” from the onlookers, the Red Golden Dragon Flag of the Great Tang Empire was hoisted slowly, billowing solemnly and respectfully at the top of the flagpole.

After witnessing all this, Sofia knew her journey of revenge would be fraught with difficulties: too many people fervently supported her enemy Tang Mo—these people were all her enemies, enemies she must defeat.

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Clearly, this seemed impossible, yet she firmly believed she could accomplish it. She shifted her gaze away from the distant red and green tiled walls and refocused her attention on the huge television tower.

“Is this the tower that transmits TV signals?” she curiously asked the lady countess by her side.

The countess nodded slightly, “Yes, my lord. I don’t know how it works, but television sets are now one of the hottest topics in Chang’an City.”

Television sets were indeed explosively popular, to a shocking extent. Everyone was talking about this device that could project images, discussing its various amusing aspects.

If your home still hadn’t spent the money on a television set, you would definitely be considered behind the times—the new household appliance wasn’t too expensive, as many families in Chang’an could afford it.

But just because they could afford it didn’t mean they were willing to purchase it. Even though the Great Tang Empire spared no effort in improving the quality of life for ordinary people, many families still needed to budget carefully to make ends meet.

Being cautious was the wisdom of civilian life; they had weathered many storms and were not willing to spend money recklessly.

Last night, Sofia watched television in the apartment provided by the countess and, surprisingly, found herself enjoying the educational channel, watching the silly mascots in costumes solve simple math problems.

The content seemed a bit foolish: a staff member dressed as a chubby, round-headed doll, using an extremely childish tone to teach subjects like 3+4=7.

Yet Sofia watched with great interest, seeing in such educational programs a nation’s emphasis on education.

If children received a lot of education before starting school, it would undoubtedly reduce the overall educational pressure on the country.

On the other hand, these seemingly simple topics from television were things that ordinary people couldn’t learn in the past! This showed that Tang Country’s education was advancing the general population’s average level, and that was the truly awe-inspiring part.

“Sometimes I even suspect Tang Mo has seen the future; he always comes up with things that I wouldn’t dare to dream of,” Sofia remarked as she walked along the clean streets toward the television tower, expressing her inner thoughts as she went.

The countess was at her side, offering comforting words: “He’s not as formidable as you imagine. After all, we’ve made so much money right under his nose, and to this day, he’s none the wiser.”

“He is not completely unaware,” Sofia reminded her lover. “Don’t underestimate him! We are the weaker party now, and can’t be too cautious!”

She thought for a moment and continued, “Those damned Silver Fox agents have been after us and almost caught two people working for us in Linshui.”

“I know you’re worried about my safety but rest assured, my identity here is legal, so no matter how much they investigate, they can’t trace it back to me,” the countess said with pride.

Her affair with Sofia had always been highly secretive. Moreover, since there were so many noblewomen who had crossed paths with Sofia, it was difficult for the Great Tang Empire’s intelligence agency to investigate thoroughly.

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Therefore, she could buy property in Chang’an of the Great Tang Empire in plain sight and conduct various kinds of business under her own name within the Tang Empire.

In fact, her business had been very successful. With Sofia’s clandestine financial support, she had made quite a fortune over the years—this was also the capital of her pride, she had never imagined herself possessing such wealth.

“They have actually been watching you,” Sofia glanced at the proud countess and once again issued a warning, “With a net worth of tens of millions of Gold Coins, even in the past, I would have assigned people to specifically monitor the whereabouts of such a huge sum.”

“Then, my lord, you…” the countess looked at Sofia anxiously.

“No worries! They are watching your money! If they monitored every rich person themselves, then who would dare to do business in this country?” Sofia said with a smile and a wave of her hand, explaining, “However, you can’t move your funds recently.”

The intelligence personnel of the Great Tang Empire monitoring large sums of money was a certainty, no nation would allow unaccounted funds to cause trouble within their borders.

However, such matters also needed moderation, they could not be too strict, because excessive strictness would impact the nation’s financial confidence. The owners of these funds were foxes cautious to the extreme, easily retreating back to their dens and never reemerging.

As the world’s most economically prosperous country, Tang Country naturally could not rigidly manage the flow of funds, so just as Sofia said, no one was monitoring the tycoons themselves.

Unless there was suspicion that a tycoon’s source of funds was unclear, or they had engaged in illegal activities, the Great Tang Empire would not easily target a rich individual for surveillance and control.

The two of them walked down the street, taking in the city’s luxurious aura: any lady of nobility would feel ashamed in front of Chang’an, everything here was elegant and mature, highlighting a cultivated charm.

This was also why Sofia fell in love with this city at first sight: it truly resembled a noble woman beyond description, and Sofia liked such women.

Compared to the coarse rouge and powder, even the street lamps here were works of art. Casual corner shops were filled with enchanting prosperity.

There was even a moment when Sofia thought that opening a flower shop here would be an utterly blissful affair: every day, all she would need to do is trim the flowers and wait for one beautiful woman after another to visit.

She didn’t even need to sample the tender red lips of these women, just watching them sway enticingly among the beautiful flowers was already a feast for the eyes.

Regrettably, the city was indeed too unfriendly to her. Everyone here seemed like a natural enemy, and living in the city, every time she fell asleep, her dreams were of being caught and strangled to death.

Before she realized it, Sofia had reached the base of the television tower, and only then did she recognize how enormous the structure that looked like a needle from afar truly was.

It was incredibly tall, with the huge disc at the top being even more striking at this moment. Under the towering building was a whole complex, with a sign hanging at the entrance bearing “Chang’an Television Station.”

“What do you think, if we undertook a television station… would it be possible?” she turned her head, looked at her lover, and asked very seriously.

Her question was theoretically possible, as the sports channel was in preparation, and the Marquis of Bailu was the one doing it, looking quite promising.

But a television station was not something just anyone could run; it definitely required approval and supervision. Thus, the sudden idea that crossed Sofia’s mind was really just a fleeting thought.

It was unlikely she would let her money-making endeavors be monitored by Great Tang—it would be rather foolish. However, she indeed lacked a legitimate mouthpiece to achieve her goals of infiltration and disruption.

Yet while she couldn’t act within the borders of the Great Tang Empire, she could contemplate other methods in different countries: not all countries valued this newly emerged battlefield as much, nor were all countries as militarily robust on this front as the Great Tang Empire.

Sofia thought transporting Tang Country’s model to other nations was definitely a good way to make a fortune.

Just like Shireck in the past, if she learned the advanced technologies of the Great Tang Group and took them elsewhere—provided they were not used to counter the Great Tang Empire—she could achieve overwhelming market domination with a disruptive strategy, earning immense profits.

So, in the moment of questioning, Sofia already had many schemes in mind, starting to think about how to dominate in the Dahua Empire, Shu Country, or even the Laines Empire.

The countess was stunned by Sofia’s intellect; frankly, if Sofia wasn’t opposing the Great Tang Empire, with her brains, rising to prominence in this world would be all too easy.

“I’ll go to the Dahua Empire tomorrow to acquire a broadcast station… create a special column program, yes… just like that!” Sofia had already begun pondering her plans. She would first experiment in the Dahua Empire or another empire to see if what she had in mind was correct.