Chapter 594: Chapter 368: Monk King – How Many Masters Does He Have? (6K)_2

The actions of the Jieke Group undoubtedly irritated India, considering that Jieke Group snatched away many friends that India had made in Southeast Asia., and left India unable to operate smoothly.

Feeling annoyed, India stepped forward, undaunted by Jieke Group. They considered themselves to have the second strongest military power in the world, with only the Beautiful Country stronger than them, followed by themselves, then Russia, Great Britain, Hua Country, Germany, and Japan.

As the world’s second most powerful military nation, India was not afraid of the Jieke Group, even though they shared a large border with the western territory of Jieke Group.

Now, with the Jieke Group ignoring them and completely overlooking them, India was quite offended, feeling that Jieke Group did not respect them. India was also upset that Jieke Group had not withdrawn from the Manchester Treaty.

The signing of the Thousand Island Strategic Alliance made this land, which had only recently ceased its wars, surge with dark tides and enigmatic winds once again.

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Manchester!

Su Jie had not returned to Chan Country but stayed in Manchester instead because he planned to personally witness a special execution ceremony.

During this wait, Su Jie got the news about the Beautiful Country forming the “Thousand Island Strategic Alliance” a step ahead.

“Thousand Island Strategic Alliance? They are really sparing no effort in causing trouble for us.”

Su Jie listened to Liu Yingying’s report with little surprise on his face.

This was in line with Su Jie’s consistent perception of the Beautiful Country; they were either causing trouble or on the way to cause trouble.

As a constant adversary, the Beautiful Country would definitely not let Jieke Group develop peacefully.

“With the experience of Siam, these Island Countries still daring to join the Thousand Island Strategic Alliance mainly rely on their naval strength. Among them, Jawa Country is the most active. They just signed a warship-for-base agreement with the Beautiful Country. The Beautiful Country and its European Union members will provide Jawa Country with 15 ships, including destroyers and frigates of different types, and Jawa Country will give the Beautiful Country some military bases for use for 99 years. Other Southeast Asian countries are also actively participating, purchasing newly built and second-hand warships.”

Liu Yingying shared her opinion since the countries in the Thousand Island Alliance were basically island nations separated by vast seas.

Jieke Group’s navy was a weak spot, and the Spider Mecha could not possibly swim across the vast ocean to attack them, could they?

With the sea as a barrier, that was their confidence to join the Thousand Island Strategic Alliance.

Jawa Country, which had the strongest economic power among them, even opted to give up islands to the Beautiful Country in exchange for second-hand destroyers to improve their combat capabilities quickly.

“Let’s ignore them for now. By the time their naval construction is up, our navy’s new equipment will also be nearly ready,” Su Jie advised.

Su Jie shook his head. Now was not the time for Jieke Group to wage large-scale wars, especially since naval strength was indeed Jieke Group’s Achilles’ heel.

Su Jie was waiting for the arrival of new naval equipment; once these were operational, it wouldn’t be too late to deal with these erratic nations.

“Due to the impact of the Thousand Island Strategic Alliance, many factories operated by Western countries in Siam and An Nan have ceased operations and shut down, encompassing a varied range of electronics, clothing, and shoe manufacturing, including investments from major corporations like Apple and Samsung. Thousands of factories have halted, causing massive unemployment. These transferred factories have moved to other Southeast Asian countries for development.”

Liu Yingying brought up another matter; Southeast Asia had long been a region where Western countries relocated their low-end manufacturing industries.

New factories had been built, serving as contracting manufacturers for Europe and America. Siam and An Nan exported trillions of US Dollars worth of goods every year, with a significant portion supported by these low-cost labor-intensive factories.

Now, with the declaration of the “Thousand Island Strategic Alliance”, these capitals had shifted, as other Southeast Asian countries also had abundant cheap labor available. These shifted factories could still operate smoothly.

One could say, the Beautiful Country’s strategy sabotaged the economic backbone of these few countries all at once.

Although the Jieke Group did not rule over Siam and An Nan, they need not care about the survival of these countries.

However, the economic downturn in these countries and the massive surge in unemployment could easily be instigated by the Beautiful Country to shift the blame to Jieke Group, intensifying local hostility towards Jieke Group, and disrupting Jieke Group’s internal market cycles, draining Jieke Group’s resources.

“That just works out, we at Jieke Group can come in and occupy the empty markets, hiring those unemployed workers to breed insects and pigs,” Su Jie said without hesitation; a normal country would find such a situation troublesome, but Su Jie did not care at all.

This would utilize the excess labor to serve Jieke Group, help in breeding insects and pigs, thus tying the local economies tightly with Jieke Group, making it much harder for these countries to break free from Jieke Group’s control, achieving multiple benefits in one fell swoop.

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With Jieke Group’s ability to attract money, combined with these countries’ inherent economic vitality and self-sufficiency in food, which was not only enough for their consumption but also for substantial export, these countries wouldn’t be able to cause trouble as long as Jieke Group was involved.

“I think so too, let’s make the arrangements then.”

“Hold on, come with me to watch a show first.”

After discussing for a while and ensuring everything was well arranged, Su Jie and Liu Yingying drove to a heavily crowded place.

Today was the execution day of the former King of Siam, Pupeng. Jieke Group had condemned Pupeng for numerous offenses, and today he was to be executed.