Simon's trip to Ukraine is mainly for further planning for the Uyghur private army system.

Prior to this, Simon had been hesitant whether the source of the Wei family's private army would be recruited from the group of retired soldiers or trained from scratch, and it was during this time that he finally made a decision.

Although it is convenient and fast to recruit retired soldiers, it can save a lot of manpower and material resources, however, these people cannot have the absolute loyalty that Simon needs after all, and they may be mixed up by people with intentions in the recruitment process.

Since it has been decided to create a Westeros system that is independent of each country's political system, as a violent machine to protect this system, the Usterolites must be trained by this system themselves, so that they can obtain physically qualified soldiers while accurately shaping their loyalty and values, and in the end, the Ulisteros private army will become a group of real 'Westerosians', who will not belong to a certain country, will not depend on a certain people, but will only be completely loyal to the Westeros system.

Like Simon's infiltration program in Africa, this is a big project that requires slow work.

However, whether it is ten years or twenty years, as long as a group of real private armies of the Weijia family are created, the interests of the Westeros system and the Westeros family can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

You must know that in modern society, it is difficult for the number of troops to affect the trend of a war.

Modern warfare consumes more of a country's heritage.

With the momentum of the Westeros system, it may only take ten years, and its own strength is enough to compete with most countries on this planet, so the resources that can be used by the private army of the Weijia family relying on this economic system are enough to deter all pretenders.

For example, the three nuclear warheads buried in the Gobi in Western Australia.

Simon's decision to cultivate the Wei family's private army from scratch was affected by this incident, any weapon needs to be operated by someone, if it is a last resort, it is really time to use these weapons of mass destruction, it is impossible for the Westeros family to personally deliver and detonate it.

Obviously, at this stage, the private army of the Wei family has not yet had the loyalty to detonate a nuclear bomb for Simon.

Simon's arrival in Ukraine, where he joined Celia Miller's team from the United States and spent three days in Rivni is only the beginning of a symbolic and decisive process, which will be followed by a team of consultants from both the United States and Ukraine to draft a detailed institutional framework for all aspects of the U.S. and Ukrainian private forces, from training to maintenance and subsequent decommissioning.

Rivni, villa south of the city.

April 27th.

After finishing the day's work and returning to his accommodation, Simon continued to discuss another matter with Lady A and Celia in a living room on the first floor of the villa.

About the solicitation of scientists from the former USSR.

Speaking of which, this matter has already been done again, and the UFMS children's school has Simon's previous recruitment of luxurious teachers.

However, this time and the last time are two different things.

Simon intends to recruit experts in the fields of nuclear energy, aerospace, genetic engineering, etc., and continue to provide these people with funds and platforms to conduct relevant research.

The purpose of the unspeakable is that Simon needs to be justified in the relevant sensitive industries in order to gain access to the most cutting-edge scientific and technological power of this era.

On the surface, of course, there needs to be a valid reason: "If you pay attention, you should find that in the past 100 years of the Big Bang of science and technology, many great inventions that have completely changed the course of human civilization are basically related to war." The end of the US-Soviet struggle for hegemony is a good thing for the world to enter a fairly long period of peace. However, in my opinion, this incident is a catastrophe for the development of technology. Without an urgent standoff, all of the important research that could advance the next stage of human civilization, such as nuclear energy and spaceflight, has slowed down dramatically. If this situation continues, for a long time to come, the best resources of human society will only be used in various fields of people's livelihood, and ordinary people will certainly be able to benefit from it, but from the perspective of the entire human development, this is actually a drunken dream of death without seeking progress. The wealth I have now has reached a point where it is difficult to spend it no matter how much I squander it, and in that case, I have to find a goal. It is my choice to continue to study these important areas that are closely related to the future of human civilization. ”

Girl A listened carefully with bright eyes, and her expression was a blind obedience to what her boss said.

Celia Miller was more rational in the end, even if she was touched by Simon's words, she still said: "But, boss, you must know that these areas are quite sensitive. ”

Simon said: "Of course I understand, and besides, I didn't say that I want to go out of the state level to secretly study these things like terrorists, these will be on the surface." I'm going to start a space exploration company, well, let's call it SpaceX, what do you think?"

Saying this, Simon didn't wait for the two women to answer, and continued: "The research direction of this company will be launch vehicles, space shuttles, controlled nuclear fusion and space reactors and other projects related to space exploration, of course, there must be a goal, to colonize Mars, well, at least twenty years, manned landing on Mars." I know that these projects are very money-burning, but not to mention all the corporate stocks I hold, but at the moment, the net profit generated by the entire Westeros system has reached the level of 10 billion US dollars per year, and I believe that in more than 10 years, this number will be added by another zero, reaching 100 billion, which I will not spend in any case, and it is completely fine to invest tens of billions of dollars a year to focus on these research. ”

Celia couldn't help but make a slight swallowing movement after hearing Simon's words.

Having worked in the Department of Defense, she is very aware of the US budget in some sensitive areas during the US-Soviet hegemony struggle.

Speaking of space, NASA's annual budget in recent years is only 10 billion US dollars, however, as a government department, NASA's budget actually has to take into account too many aspects, space observation, maintenance of existing space stations, operating expenses of a large number of subsidiaries across North America, etc., etc., which are really used for technical research, not to mention half, not even one-third.

Of course, the technical resources available to NASA come from many sources.

However, if Simon were to do this, he would have access to a variety of resources, and on top of that, his own boss would be able to invest 10 times as much research funding as NASA every year, and it's hard to imagine how far the program would go if it was actually rolled out.

Simon glanced at Celia's reaction, and probably understood that his excuse was convincing.

Unlike China, where Simon once lived, in the West, areas such as nuclear energy and aerospace, which are relatively sensitive, are certainly subject to some regulation, but as long as you have enough capital, it is not difficult to participate. In fact, many companies in sensitive sectors in the West are theoretically privately owned by the public, and very few are state-owned.

Just like Musk's SpaceX in memory, the development of this company is basically a matter of funding, and few U.S. Congress or other departments have jumped out and pointed fingers and said that you can't play this, balabala.

Simon is now painting a picture of a pie for all mankind, and in fact, he certainly wouldn't do it with all his might.

It is planned to set up a SpaceX in advance, and Simon's main goal is still a rocket.

At the critical moment, the rocket is modified, and it is not a big problem to use it as a missile. It's just that for this purpose, except for a few people around him who can be absolutely trusted, Simon will definitely not easily disclose it to the public.

Compared to immigrating to Mars, Simon is really interested in projects such as genetic engineering.

As a sane modern person, even if he has stood at the top of the human pyramid, Simon is still very sensible and will not pursue ethereal immortality like the ancient emperors. However, Simon also imagines that with the development of modern technology and continuous investment in research, it will be no problem for people to easily live for decades in the future.

Simon remembers a point.

A very important reason restricting the development of human science and technology is that human life expectancy is relatively short. Many people often spend one-third of their lives learning and growing, and only about one-third of the time they devote to work in the future, and the last one-third of their lives often achieve nothing in aging.

Think about it, if Einstein could live to be 100 years old, instead of dying at 76, how many possibilities would it bring to human science and technology for a great scientist. What if all the scientists who could advance humanity's scientific and technological progress could have a few more decades?

Celia will also stay in Ukraine for a few more days.

Simon didn't convince his subordinates, he just announced his decision, just like this time to draw up a new operation plan for the Weijia private army, Simon asked Celia to set up a special talent headhunting team during this time in Ukraine to find suitable experts in related fields in Russia.

As we chatted, there was a soft knock on the open door of the living room.

Ekaterina Noskova was holding a tray with a pot of steaming coffee on it, and when she saw the three of them looking at her together, she lowered her neck and said, "Simon, and, two ladies, I think your coffee is going to be changed." ”

The matter has been said more or less, Simon plans to be here today, smiled and waved his hand at the girl, and Ekaterina suddenly relaxed and walked into the room.

Seeing this, Celia and the two daughters took the initiative to get up and leave.

Catherine refilled Simon's cup with coffee, and when she saw the other two girls leaving, she was signaled again, and walked over with her coffee cup in her hand, handed it to Simon, and snuggled up to the man obediently.

Simon held the coffee in one hand and put the other hand around the girl's slender waist, felt a faint good smell, and asked with a smile: "It's very fragrant, what is this?"

"Lavender. ”

"Hmm. Simon answered, and said, "How have you been cautious these days, have you done something wrong?"

Ekaterina hurriedly shook her head and denied: "No." Then he paused, and his tone was obviously apprehensive: "Simon, I didn't mean to quarrel with Lyudmila, I, well, I'll apologize to her next time I go to class." ”

Simon didn't expect it to be this.

Lyudmila Besonoskova, Ive's sister.

The last time Simon came to Ukraine, he happened to meet this little goblin, and casually arranged for her to take classes with the three daughters of Catherine, the girl's figure is very good, and she plans to lose it as a model next year.

It's just a small thing.

However, the three girls of Catherine obviously rejected Lyudmila, probably thinking that this was a lover that Simon had a fancy for, and it was difficult for women to get along with each other, regardless of age, when they competed for favor, so conflicts were inevitable.

The woman next to Simon is actually always watched, and she regularly reports on some things.

On the plane to Ukraine, Simon casually glanced at the recent movements of the three girls, and found that the three girls often quarreled with Lyudmila, if it wasn't for someone watching, sometimes they even had to fight, for Simon, it was actually just kittens scratching each other, of course he didn't mind, after coming to Rivni, he casually joked with Ekaterina about it.

I didn't expect to be remembered by the girl.

Just smiling, Simon raised his arm around the girl's slender body, grabbed a delicate little chin and pinched it, and said, "It's okay to quarrel, as long as you don't scratch your face, I don't care about fighting." Of course, if you get beaten, don't cry at me. ”

Ekaterina was caught by the man with a small chin, and couldn't help but shrink her head, mmmmm

It's just that I still haven't completely put my mind at ease.

In fact, the caution of the past few days is not all Simon talked about her quarrel with Lyudmila.

Instead, the man hasn't touched the three of them in the past few days.

He didn't even let them sleep with him.

This gave the three Catherine daughters a strong sense of crisis, and they knew the bleak situation of the girls who were kicked out of the villa in the south of the city.

If the man next to them suddenly loses interest in the three of them, it's hard to say whether they, or even the family behind them, will suddenly be like the other three who were driven away at the beginning of the year.

I have enjoyed such a princess-like life, even if I know that many people around me gossip about them, but the envy is obvious, how many men in this world can give their girls a whole plane of gifts. Also, after learning about Eve, the other female guards in the villa saw the men around them, and they were obviously much more active in the last few days.

Ekaterina couldn't help but wonder if the man didn't have time to pay attention to them these days, so he was focusing on the few female guards in the villa who were also not bad-looking.

The current villa, part-time can be called a daughter country, counting the three of them, a total of 11 women live here. All women can be said to be demanding from the men around them.

In addition, Ekaterina has another problem recently.

When her father learned that Simon was coming, he called her several times in a row, asking her to ask Simon for something.

I really don't want to help.

Knowing that her father had a good reputation in front of outsiders, Catherine worked hard to raise loans for the fertilizer factory and to help some of Rivni's farms resume production.

However, the relationship between father and daughter has always been cold.

Because Maxim Noskov is a typical machismo, with a kind of contempt for women, believing that women should honestly stay at home 24 hours a day and be housewives, for mothers and girls in the family, over the years, the only good thing for her father is probably that he will not use domestic violence, of course, the scolding he has received since childhood is unknown.

Especially at the beginning, she was selected to be the maid in this villa, at first she was not very willing, she was only 14 years old last year, how could she be willing to be a maid.

Or did Maxim himself make the decision.

The reason even made Catherine a little resentful of her father, because the salary offered here was very high, and this money could allow the family to continue to support her brother through college. The Noskov family has a total of four children, one boy and three girls, and his father has always regarded their eldest brother as the successor of the family, so he attaches great importance to the education of his brother.

As for the three sisters, they just need to be literate.

Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the family was relatively well-off, and the three sisters lived well and were able to go to school. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of the country's economy, the three sisters all dropped out of school, and because of their father's insistence, the family had to find ways to support their eldest brother, who was a graduate student at Kyiv University.

This time, it was the agricultural loan that my father had raised at the beginning of the year that went wrong.

About the procurement of a batch of agricultural machinery.

An order was placed.

As a result, the director of the agricultural machinery factory ran away with the money and his family, and it is said that he was smuggled to Germany, a full 260 billion hryvnia, because the ordered tractors did not arrive in time, and it also affected the recent spring ploughing.

Actually, for this matter, Catherine was a little gloating about her father.

Hopefully something bad will happen to him.

I don't want to care.

Catherine is actually very smart, knowing that she has no say in a man's side, and Simon hasn't let them go to her bed in the last few days, and the girl doesn't want the man to think that she is a nuisance.

In case, be kicked out of this villa.

From a princess back to Cinderella.

Catherine felt that she would rather die.

Simon gently stroked the well-behaved kitten in his arms, drank a cup of coffee slowly, and while combing through the events of the last few days, he finally patted the girl on the waist and said, "If there is nothing else, go to sleep, I will also rest." ”

Catherine paused, plucked up the courage to take the initiative to rub on the man, and said: "Simon, can I sleep in your room tonight, well, and Natalia and the two of them." ”

Simon recently happened to be abstinent again.

In order to avoid misfire, simply sleep alone at night.

Of course, the little girl's jerky teasing would not make him change his will, but he smiled and shook his head, picked the girl's small chin again, and said, "Not tonight, go to sleep." Besides, if you're tired of staying in Rivni, you three can go wherever you want, as long as you don't go behind my back to find the little boys. ”

Catherine held Simon's wrist with her two small hands and said expectantly: "Then, Simon, will you leave tomorrow and take us with you?"

"I've got something to do," Simon shook his head, and said, "But, then, you go to London, and I'll be over in a few days, and I'll take you to see a movie, a horror movie." ”

"Well," finally got a positive response from the man, Ekaterina nodded quickly, but she didn't want to leave yet, and continued to rely on, "Simon, I recently learned a dance, can you do it?"

Simon wasn't too sleepy, and the goblin pestered people, so he agreed: "Okay." ”

Catherine immediately got up: "I'm going to prepare music, I want music." He looked around again and grabbed Simon's hand: "Not here, we have to go upstairs, our practice room." ”

Simon got up with a smile and followed him upstairs.

The other two girls also appeared together, it turned out to be a dance of three girls together, not a ballet in order for the girls to keep their bodies in shape, but a local Ukrainian style dance, very lively, the girls did not wear national costumes, but small white T-shirts and red and black plaid skirts, sexy and playful, youthful and invincible.

Before the jump, he also prepared vodka for Simon, looking like he was going to get drunk.

In the end, of course, I didn't get drunk.

Moreover, Simon actually knows about Maxim Noskov's side. The girls quarreled in private Simon knew that Maxim Noskov had been cheated out of a large sum of money, and Simon could not have known about it.

260 billion hryvnia, about more than 800,000 US dollars, according to the currency exchange rate of Ukraine, which continues to depreciate.

That's a lot of money, indeed.

Simon has instructed the Westeros family's intelligence team to find the director of the agricultural machinery factory who absconded with the money and his family, and if they find it, they will let the underground forces that have been spreading to Eastern Europe for most of the past six months get people back, or directly kill them.

Even though the money came from the Netherlands, Noskov counted it as his own. The Westeros system is not so easy to take advantage of.

Since you dare to do it, you must have the consciousness of bearing the consequences.

However, such a trifle was not told again to Maxim Noskov himself.