Establishing a country is incredibly difficult. Even a world-famous tycoon like Musk can’t just create one, primarily because he lacks territory.
But online, Lu Feng also found some very interesting information. There was actually a country in the world with only four people.
It was a principality, established on an unmanned sea fortress discovered by a fisherman who then founded it.
Its residents consisted of only a king, a queen, a princess, and a prince.
Such a tiny country had even experienced a coup.
Dalat Town wasn’t particularly large, but when you included the surrounding lawless zones and the nearby mountain forests, the total area was truly massive.
To put it in perspective, the entire country of Cambodia was just over 180,000 square kilometers, roughly the size of a small province in his home country.
The total area of Dalat Town and its surroundings, however, already exceeded 50,000 square kilometers.
Therefore, Dalat Town’s territory was no smaller than that of a small nation.
Lu Feng took another serious look at the relevant information and found that all of this had to be done in compliance with something called the Montevideo Convention.
And as it happened, the lawless zone of Dalat Town perfectly met the convention’s criteria. There were no issues at all.
The only thing missing was internal management.
And people.
Dalat Town didn’t have many people at the moment. Most were former members of the Kudar Clan’s armed forces, with the original residents of Dalat Town only making up a fraction.
Moreover, the local customs of these residents were far from simple. Every household was armed, perhaps even more so than in the US.
This was not enough to build a complete country.
He would probably have to think about policies to attract immigrants.
Beyond that, to be truly recognized by the world and even appear on a world map, there was still a great deal to be done.
Then there was the matter of a military force for defense, but that wasn’t a problem.
In any case, there were still a lot of rules and regulations. Without meeting them, it would all just be a self-indulgent fantasy.
It would be like those who declare the founding of a nation but aren’t recognized as sovereign, making money by selling unrecognized citizenships, passports, souvenirs, and titles.
Many people might buy them for fun, but no one would take it seriously. They would just see it as watching a buffoon putting on a show.
Lu Feng was the type of person who either didn’t do something at all or did it to the best of his ability.
He pondered for a long time, looking up a great deal of information online. Although many people on the internet didn’t know what they were talking about, some netizens were able to offer a lot of useful advice.
Moreover, many netizens pointed to a common element: law.
For the establishment of a true state, the most important thing was law. Only law could guarantee the stable operation of the state, supplemented by military force to ensure that stability.
So, Dalat Town was currently lacking a legal system.
The laws of a state weren’t something you could just come up with off the top of your head. A comprehensive code had to be carefully drafted, and that clearly wasn’t a task for the people currently in Dalat Town.
Hire talent from other countries?
That wasn’t reliable either.
Everyone has their own selfish motives, and to a large extent, they would be biased toward their own country’s ideologies.
That wasn’t what he needed.
Lu Feng, however, thought of the talented people in the game. Surely there were people who understood law?
With that, a thought sent him back into the game, and he appeared inside the East Suburb Fortress.
The East Suburb Fortress had essentially returned to normal operations. Patrol squads frequently went out on patrols, no different from before.
The only difference was that the master of this place had changed.
Lu Feng summoned Lin Jiao and instructed, "Help me find a few people who are talented in law. I have a use for them."
"Yes, Boss!" Lin Jiao nodded, then added, "Boss, I also have something to report to you. It’s about the newly discovered piece of land that can be farmed. I took some people to see it, and the area is quite large!"
"We reported it to the Li Family, but should we report the specifics? Or, since we’ll be planting soon, how much of the harvest situation should we report?"
Hearing this, Lu Feng understood what she meant. If the area was actually 10 units, they could report 8, and the rest could be pocketed.
If the harvest was 10 units, they could report only 7, and the rest could be kept.
This was why Chen Feng had been so scheming.
The profits were too great.
If he did this, he could probably make Qingfeng Base self-sufficient, and he wouldn’t have to constantly transport food from the real world.
However, he wanted to gain complete control of this place, and he felt that such a method was too crude.
Besides, by the time the crops on the new land were mature, it was still unknown if he would even need to care about the Li Family. There was no need to think so much about it.
He was, however, very curious about the soil acidity problem.
"Lin Jiao, is there any way to increase the yield of these crops?" Lu Feng asked after a moment’s thought. "After the apocalypse, the soil became unsuitable for farming. The fact that it’s possible here in the East Suburb must be for a reason, right? Haven’t the people from the City East Alliance researched it?"
Lin Jiao immediately replied, "Of course they have. Otherwise, everyone wouldn’t know that the soil contains extra acidic substances."
"These acidic substances make the soil unfarmable. It’s only in the East Suburban Area that the acidic substances are weaker, allowing for some farming. But it still contains acid, so the yield isn’t high."
"Neutralizing these acidic substances with ordinary alkaline soil doesn’t work. Later, the City East Alliance organized people to research and develop a special neutralizing substance to treat this acidic soil, which increased the yield somewhat. It also made more of the land here in the East Suburb farmable."
"Unfortunately, the area of Celestial Sea City is limited. Even after the City East Alliance scoured every place that had the materials, they could only get so far. After that, they couldn’t find any more materials."
"Did they not think of going to other cities?" Lu Feng asked.
Lin Jiao sighed. "Boss, besides zombies, there are many even more threatening Mutant Beasts in the city. In the wild, there are even more Mutant Beasts."
"Going out into the wild, making a long journey to other cities, is even more dangerous. Back then, because there was a Beast King in this East Suburb, the Flame Emperor of the City East Alliance personally led a team to kill it."
"It also seems that because a Beast King died here, other Mutant Beasts don’t dare to approach this area."
Lu Feng nodded upon hearing this.
If that was the case, they really were trapped in this city.
And there was another point.
Celestial Sea City had survivors, but wouldn’t other cities have them too?
So, it wouldn’t be Celestial Sea City’s turn to go to other cities and scavenge for resources.
Lu Feng’s thoughts, however, turned to the real world.
’The game world might not have those materials, but the real world should have plenty, right?’
Thinking of this, he instructed Lin Jiao, "Get me the list of materials needed for that neutralizing substance."
As long as he could produce enough of the neutralizing agent in the real world, it would be no problem at all to neutralize large areas of soil in the East Suburban Area.
For example, if the original yield was 2, and he made it 4, he would only have to hand over 2 to the City East Alliance. The rest would be his.
This meant his private grain supply would be comparable to that of the entire City East Alliance.
When the Hexagonal Beast’s berserk zombie tide crisis erupted, all of this would be his. With this food advantage, he could madly absorb survivors and become one of the most powerful warlords in Celestial Sea City.
"Yes, Boss!" Hearing the command, Lin Jiao nodded and went to carry out the task.
Before long, Lin Jiao brought back several people. They were all talents skilled in law before the apocalypse.
"Boss!"
"Boss!"
When these people saw Lu Feng, they all greeted him respectfully.
Lu Feng nodded, then said to them, "I have a task for you now. Help me write a legal code. The situation is for an armed faction. It’s very chaotic, there aren’t enough residents, but it needs to maintain absolute stability. It also needs to be attractive to people from other places, to draw them in..."
Hearing this, Lin Jiao’s eyes lit up.
’Is the Boss drafting laws for Qingfeng Base?’
After all, the boss’s description perfectly matched Qingfeng Base. They were an armed faction, it was chaotic, and they didn’t have enough residents.
Now that they had the East Suburb Fortress, with a little maneuvering, they could get a lot of food. So, the boss was planning to expand and recruit people.
Moreover, many bases, apart from the City East Alliance, would never think of drafting their own laws.
The fact that the boss was thinking about this now clearly showed he had a grand vision.
This was great. It would allow Qingfeng Base to go much further.
After delegating the task, Lu Feng logged out of the game. It wouldn’t be too late to come back and get the laws once they were written.
「That afternoon.」
Lu Feng reappeared in the main hall of the Kudar Clan’s headquarters.
Feisen, Fire Silica, Bulin, and the others hadn’t left. After all, who would dare to leave at a time like this?
So, they had been discussing things the whole time.
It wasn’t until Lu Feng walked in that they all subconsciously looked at him, their gazes filled with even greater respect.
"How did the discussion go?" Lu Feng asked as he sat down.
Bulin was the first to speak. "Mr. Lu, we’ve discussed it thoroughly. We all feel that given Dalat Town’s current situation, it is time to establish a state."
At this, Feisen and Fire Silica both nodded in unison.
They both knew the situation was unchangeable, so their only option was to support this man. At least then, when the country was truly founded, they wouldn’t be cast aside.
Black Snake and Hadona were even more eager. They were President Lu’s people. If President Lu was establishing a country here, they could probably become officials, right?
Only Chen Bo and the men he had brought with him looked completely bewildered.
’Is President Lu really going to establish a state?’
’If I call the guys back home and tell them this, they probably won’t believe it, right?’
Seeing the consensus, Lu Feng nodded and said, "In that case, let’s announce its founding!"