Yaskawa said in a tone as smooth as possible: "I can't hide it, judging from the current results, if it ends here, not to mention the profits, even if you just want to make up for the investment in the preliminary planning and preparation, let alone the expenses after this." ”

As he spoke, he took a deep breath and said, "Now that we've come to this point, I don't want to hide it from you anymore, Lord Radkun, what do you think is the purpose of our plan from your point of view?"

"Purpose?" Radkun frowned, unexpectedly revealing a thoughtful expression, "You guys, you guy ”

"That's right," Yaskawa put on a sad look, "It's a shame to say that as a country with no foundation, just trying to prop up the framework of an empire has already stretched our finances, and then encountered a foreign invasion or something, and our country has experienced a near-collapse of the country." ”

"But even so, you're still starting a war with the Koncadas Empire, aren't you? this is not like what a financially strapped country would do. Radkun refuted his words unreservedly.

"Indeed, as you say, no country with any surplus of national strength would do anything to provoke a war, but. ”

On the other hand, doesn't this just show that we are really forced to have no choice, so we will break the kettle and give it a go?

"What do you mean......"

"I'm sorry, but it's not a clever idea, it's just a bit of a twist," Yasukawa said with a smile, "It's just a matter of deflecting domestic conflicts." ”

I see, is this so! Radquin didn't know if he was really surprised or just performing, but he suddenly shouted, and then muttered with a look of sudden realization.

"Yes, and because it was originally an idea to solve an urgent need, it was not expected by us that the course of the war was quickly out of our control, and this reason led directly to the fact that we lost the war, although we won the war. ”

As a result, in this war, not only did we not receive the supplies we urgently needed, but we also lacked the already abundant manpower, and the domestic security and economy became a mess, so that in the end, we could no longer do even the occupation of territory.

It's like losing.

Exactly.

"Not only does it not do any good, but it also seriously damages the national strength, which is how we define this war, and it is a disaster for our country, which is already in a bad situation. ”

Therefore, in order to alleviate this disaster, we have tried to alleviate the current crisis through conventional means such as trade and pioneer development.

Among them, the sale of arms and other goods to your country is actually one of our attempts, and although there are some gains in this, the results are not optimistic.

In short, in order to be able to completely reverse the situation, we finally decided to take advantage of the current food crisis to make up for the empty treasury by monopolizing the food market.

It's just that unlike the last war, this time we really don't have a chance to do it again.

"So, it's a no-brainer to give up or something, so please think again. ”

Saying that, Yaskawa bent down heavily, and said with great please.

"Ahh Radquin scratched his head in annoyance and said.

"Please, really. ”

"Okay, but, I said, the funding or something, is there really no way to raise it a little more?"

“…… I'm afraid this will be very difficult, because if one party's funds are cold, the other lords who cooperate with us will definitely make the same request, in that case...... I'll do my best, though. ”

"Oh, oh, that's it, then please!"

"Yes. Yaskawa raised his body and nodded, then bowed to Radkun and said, "Then, I'll take my leave for now." ”

The matter of the goods, please leave it to you, he added uneasily.

"Okay, I got it. ”

Listening to Radquin's casual agreement, he bowed to him again, and then left Radquin Mansion with the papers he had obtained from the other party, and got into a black car parked outside with two American GIs standing guard.

With a slight tremor of the body, the scene on both sides began to slowly recede.

Looking at the mansion of Radkun, which gradually disappeared from view, Yasukawa Ichiro sighed softly, then took out a mobile phone from his ring, dialed the number that had been prepared on it, and saw him take a deep breath and said:

"Hey, is this Mr. Junzawa? Yes, this is Yasukawa Ichiro, report to the chief, I've left the target's house, everything is as you expected......"

At the same time, in the Radkun Mansion, after confirming many times from his henchmen that the other party had gone away, Radkun, who had been looking like a prodigal, let out a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly jumped down from the recliner under him, and said respectfully to the place where the black-robed man disappeared just now: "My lord, it's okay anymore." ”

"I don't need you to say that, I know that. ”

With a deep baritone, the space in the corner of the originally empty courtyard suddenly distorted.

Behind the distorted space, three men appeared, and the three of them sat around a delicate round table, silently looking at the direction where Yaskawa was just now.

On the table are bundles of expensive parchment paper and black tea that has gone warm.

"My lord, things are as you can see. Radquin said respectfully with his head bowed.

And his words were like a signal, and the servants who had been waiting in the surrounding houses swarmed up as soon as he spoke, neatly cleaned up the courtyard, and carefully replaced the fruits, snacks and black tea on the table with fresh ones.

Therefore, when it comes to enjoyment and making money, no one can compare to the Assas Empire.

"What do you two think," said the black-robed man who had just served as a servant, slowly taking off the hat on his head, and this person was none other than Duke Adolf, who was talking about arms business with Shunzawa Izumino some time ago.

"Are you asking whether it's true or not?" asked the Marquis of Swasia, who was sitting between the two, cautiously.

"True or false, what's the point?" Adolf put down the teacup in his hand and said lightly, "If you want to say it, it should be true or false." ”

And there is no doubt that the part of the other party's words that should be 'false' is the majority.

The real part of it should be what the other party wants to do to take advantage of the famine that the entire continent will face at the moment.

As for the fake, the rest should be fake.

In particular, the one who 'wants to take advantage of this opportunity to make a big profit and turn the treasury into a profit' is even more ridiculous.

Monopolizing grain, making new currencies in large quantities, and even using us as a shield for the outside world in order to cover up people's eyes.

They make so many extra preparations, but the purpose is just to make a profit, so they are clearly treating people as fools!

"What! In that case, aren't we deceived?!"

"Deceived? Needless to say, it's so ugly. Adolf did not reprimand Radquin for his surprise, but a satisfied smile appeared on his face at the surprise of the other man's gesture.

Or it would be better to describe it with a smug smile.

Because what he enjoys is this feeling of everyone being drunk and sobering up.

"Being deceived can only be established when one's own interests are damaged by lies, and when personal interests are not involved, the so-called lies and truths are just two stories about the same story but with different versions. ”

If we look at it this way, for now, even if they tell us a few lies, it will not have any effect on us, how can it be considered deception?

"But my lord, after all, we exist as their agents on the surface, although they promise that they will be responsible for all problems, but if something really goes wrong, all the losses will be directly borne by us, and if the other party intends to make a fuss about this, I am afraid that the losses we will face at that time will ......."

Or, if that's what we're trying to do from the start?

After listening to Svasya's hypothesis, Radkun, who was originally standing respectfully on the side, suddenly changed his face and said anxiously: "My lord, but if this is really the case, then we must do something! Otherwise, it will be too late until something really happens!"

If the first surprise was an accident that catered to the other party, then this performance can be said to be an undisguised expression of true feelings.

Among other things, the amount of various investments he has made in this project in his own name alone is enough to make him tremble at any turn of events related to this plan.

But now there is news that his allies, as partners in the plan, are plotting against him, trying to make all his investments go to naught.

How could he calm down at this time.

"What's the panic," compared to the two nervous, Adolf still looked at ease, "I said, have you forgotten what our purpose is?"

Whatever a person does, it must contain some righteous or ulterior purpose.

There is absolutely no doubt about this.

Since the other party has its own purpose for this matter, then we naturally have our own purpose for this matter.

And if they talk too much about this purpose, they can naturally talk about it for a few days and nights, but if you simply summarize it in two words, it is, make money!

"We want to make money, we want to use this opportunity in front of us to make a lot of money!"

What is the purpose of the other party?

Making a lot of money? Blackmailing other countries? Controlling grain?

But none of that matters! The important thing is that whatever they do, we take advantage of it and make a fortune!

Because of our fathers, we were all merchants.

"How's the food I asked you to buy?"

"Your Excellency, everything is going well. Svaxa said.

In their account books, every time they buy grain for each other, they will not only deliberately add some miscellaneous expenses to it, but also deliberately overstate the price of grain purchase.

Trying to use his status as a middleman to earn additional benefits by means of deductions and kickbacks.

In reality, however, not only do they make normal profits as middlemen, but they also buy a lot of food for themselves at a discount lower than the normal price.

As for the reason why they buy food, it is to increase their leverage as gamblers in the future gambling game.

"The other side is very smart, not only sold us a large number of arms that we are not equipped with, but also provided us with military guidance for free, indeed, on the surface, this is a good thing to improve the combat effectiveness of our army, but what about the truth?"

The truth is, they are trying to kick us out of the gamble from the beginning.

"Not only armaments, but also housing, furniture, transportation, luxury goods, food and clothing, they are constantly selling us all kinds of goods, providing us with all kinds of services just to keep squeezing the money in our hands. ”

Of course, if that's all there is to it, it's not a big deal.

After all, except for armaments, all other things are just some daily necessities to satisfy personal enjoyment, but if it is said that people who constantly waste money just to satisfy personal enjoyment and vanity, and even do things that make the family and business decay, will never become the nobles of the Assas Empire.

Because he didn't have to wait for outsiders to do it, he had already been eaten by his colleagues and had nothing left.

Compared to other countries, the Assas Empire, known for its freedom and equality, was the only one that was particularly harsh.

Therefore, those who can survive among this group of people are by no means idle.

"But how much money will they consume us?" Svasya said, "although the liquidity in our hands has decreased, we are really still there, and it is only a matter of time before we raise money or something." ”

The reason why the Assas Empire was able to control the economic trend of the entire continent was not only because they had the funds that could destroy any country in the world by relying on numbers alone, but more importantly, they had a cornucopia and chamber of commerce that could continuously create wealth for them and involve all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation.

If gold coins are the blood of this country, then there are many close-knit chambers of commerce. It is the torso of the country's forced outfit.

If you compare this country to a person, of course, your life will be in danger if your blood is drained, but as long as you have a breath left, you can slowly recuperate, and over time, this body will recreate new blood.

And this is also an important capital for Adolf to dare to fight with China in this gamble.

But.

"In this regard, the other party has already started to do it, but they don't want to cut it off, but want to take it away!"