Chapter 2084 A person of integrity is not afraid of his own shadow

In everyone's impression, the top combat power of the Merchant Alliance is Liu Yidao and Zhang San.

But even if it is not made public, the combat power of these two people is still beyond the reach of many forces.

However, the business alliance is mainly about business after all, and it is not the kind of people who want to fight with others.

Even if Jiang Tian secretly sent Lu Bu, Huo Qubing, and Li Cunxiao to fight in masks, it was for business and they had to take on these tasks in order to make money.

Otherwise, if Jiang Tian was really ambitious and wanted to compete with these forces, he would have asked Lu Bu and others to take action long ago, and would have revealed his strongest combat power.

By that time, I believe that the ranking of Sky Island World will also change because of Jiang Tian.

By then, there may not be any so-called top ten or top three rankings.

Because compared to him, the real number one, other forces are nothing.

Of course, these are all things for later. Before it was made public, although their strength ranked third, there were many voices questioning them.

However, these questions are often those whose strength cannot be put on the table. Those who have actually dealt with the merchant alliance and know some secret information will not question it.

Because everyone is not a fool, and they will not reveal their trump card so early.

Therefore, even if the strength of Liu Yidao and Zhang San does not qualify the Merchant Alliance to become the top three forces in the Sky Island World, the cards behind them must have this strength.

This is also one of the reasons why those forces at the top did not question it after seeing this ranking.

And it is precisely because these boss-level forces did not question it that others did not dare to be the leader even if they wanted to question it. Over time, everyone accepted this answer.

But for Jiang Tian, ​​he doesn't care at all about the ranking of the Merchant Alliance. As long as it doesn't affect his ability to make money, let alone ranking third, he has no objection even if it ranks third from the bottom.

For him, rankings are all illusory. His true strength is determined not by other people's comments, but by himself.

If you really have two skills, no matter how low your ranking is, no one will dare to mess with you.

Otherwise, if you are a scumbag in combat power, even if you are placed at the top of the rankings, do you think you can keep this position?

I believe that in less than a day, the number one in this cottage will be beaten.

So again, true gold is not afraid of fire.

Putting aside the business alliance, everyone except the World Alliance was convinced by the combat power displayed by the 3333 Empire at that time.

After all, the scale of the empire he created is there. Although many of them are useless, it can also be seen from this point how rich the resources of the 3333 Empire are.

While others are thinking about how to have enough food and clothing, they can squander resources to build this so-called palace.

If the 3333 Empire is trying to make a fool of itself, then it is impossible for them to get so many forces to willingly join them and surrender to them.

So what they do can only mean that they are really rich and have more money than they can use up. So even if they use the money to decorate the palace, it will not affect the development of their power.

The second is their combat effectiveness. Although not many people fought with them at that time, before they really saw the combat information of one force, they often measured the combat effectiveness of a force based on their offensive and defensive facilities and their combat capabilities. The number of personnel, equipment and armor, etc. are used to measure their combat effectiveness.

As mentioned before, other forces generally don't have too many siege weapons such as catapults and ballistae. The few may only have 1-2 for show, and the many may only be 5-6.

Because the prices of catapults and crossbows alone are already high, they are beyond the reach of many forces, not to mention the daily maintenance of these siege weapons.

Because merchant alliances and other platforms all sell defective versions of catapults and crossbows. The purpose is to make the other party suffer damage every time they use it, and then pay them to repair it after it breaks. To achieve the purpose of making money.

Some people may say that instead of being tricked into spending money like this, it is better to spend more money to buy sophisticated versions of catapults and crossbows from the Merchant Alliance. In this way, the maintenance money will be saved. If you really think about it, you may buy it. The price of the fine version is cheaper than the defective version.

Anyone who is not a fool can calculate such accounts, and Jiang Tian, ​​who is a businessman, is naturally not in trouble.

How could his own business be ruined by himself? Even if he sells the high-quality version, it is just to give customers more choices. He will definitely not let those people just want to buy the high-quality version and give up the defective products they made. .

So this so-called sophisticated version is only of better quality, but it will definitely not be the same as the perfect version used by the Merchant Alliance, and it will not be damaged.

Therefore, although the damage degree of the sophisticated version sold by Shangmeng is greatly reduced, it still needs maintenance.

Of course, in addition to these, for the merchant alliance, there are other platforms. The real money is not the siege weapons themselves, but the ammunition (boulders, crossbows) they need to equip each time they use them.

These items are one-time products. Regardless of whether the catapult or ballista you use is defective or a sophisticated version, these ammunition must be equipped.

Otherwise, these things are just decorations and have no effect. At most, they can be used as shields to resist some weak attacks.

However, such things are not rare in the Sky Island World. At least no fool will spend the money of catapults and crossbow carts to buy something similar to a shield.

And this is not the kind of shield that is easy to operate. It is a shield that requires several people to move and use.

It is estimated that in the real battle, you may be killed by the enemy before you raise such a shield for defense.

So these things are bought, and they must be used for attack in the end. It is impossible to use them only as defensive facilities. This is definitely a big loss.

Since they can't be used as shields, they are naturally used for attack. So as long as they are used, the business alliance and other platforms will have a steady stream of money.

Some people may say that catapults and crossbow carts are available, which means that the most difficult problem has been solved.

Since the most difficult problem has been solved, the remaining ammunition problem is not something that can be easily solved.