"Lord Hallowen,."

General Smyras pleaded in his usual gentle tone.

Although the teenager in front of him entered the upper social circle of EU by his recommendation, it is becoming more and more incomprehensible now.

When he was in London, he seemed to be just doing good, but he unknowingly amassed a lot of money, and the biggest business was to move all the people in the 11th district of the country for EU, and then faded out of people's sight. But what is certain is that he provided considerable support to the resistance forces in Eastern Europe.

Now that the Bunitanian Empire has retreated to Siberia, the EU is in such a situation again, and a large area of Eastern Europe has actually become a kingdom of the first country. The government system may not be in place yet, but as an investor, the teenager who made the biggest investment in nearly half a century is already certain to be rewarded handsomely.

Such a demon could not appear out of thin air, but Smeras did not have the time or mood to track it down.

General Smeras was now depressed and irritable.

The coup d'état was aimed at expelling the stale bureaucracy, correcting irresponsibility and money worship in the hearts of the people, and stabilizing and restoring the country's seriously deteriorating economy.

This kind of remark may not be left to him, a civilian general, but bureaucracy, irresponsibility, and money worship can all be forcibly changed by force, as long as there is an effective supervision mechanism and a clear reward and punishment mechanism. For the military, these means are handy.

But when it comes to the economic aspect......

Smeras's face was a little more depressed.

Restoring economic stability is the most important part, thanks to the progress of science and technology and the relaxed living environment of the EU, idealists have become rare animals, and the people will not oppose the military government for the sake of deprived democratic freedoms, and the spread of irresponsible ism in the EU for decades has long since brought self-interest to its peak.

Just look at the performance of the regular army who are greedy for life and afraid of death, this is still facing the invasion of the Bunitanian Empire and fighting to defend the motherland! As for the logistical and technical side of the soldier, more people even see it as an easy and stable job for the civil service.

This is true even of the military, not to mention ordinary people. As long as they can maintain basic livelihood guarantees, ordinary citizens will never have the courage to pour into the streets and shout such slogans as long live freedom and democracy and overthrow the dictatorship and centralized rule. However, once the economy deteriorates, the junta will face a mob dozens of times its size after being faced with the choice of starvation or being shot.

The limits of the junta are laid bare at this moment.

The professionalization of the military has a history of more than 100 years, and as a violent organ of the state, the state only needs to make them know how to use force. Some soldiers can fight, some can play politics, and some can make money from procurement kickbacks and so on. But the economy, that has never been the concern of the military, except perhaps the officers of the logistics department can understand the concept of money.

Of course, there was also the option of accumulating wealth quickly through foreign plunder, and the Bunitanian Empire was an example of this. But looking around, Smyras couldn't find a target.

But in the long run, in addition to pulling hatred for yourself,.

The most classic case is in another world, the famous Battle of Waterloo.

The Rothschilds used intelligence operations to sell all public bonds on the London Stock Exchange, inducing the public to believe in the illusion of British defeat, leading to a panic sell-off of British public bonds. With the depreciation rate of British public debt as high as 95%, a crazy bottom buying was carried out.

After the real news of Napoleon's defeat came, the Rothschilds made a profit of 230 million pounds, equivalent to $50 billion today, or about 800 million taels in silver. You must know that Napoleon swept the whole of Europe, and the wealth obtained from the painstaking plunder, plus the national taxes, was only more than 770 million francs a year, which was converted into about 100 million taels of silver. (Britain's fiscal revenue in 1815 was 71 million pounds, equivalent to 140 million taels of silver, while the Qing Dynasty's fiscal revenue was only more than 40 million taels of silver.) ）

The country's finances have been lost to individual families, and history has shown the world time and time again that the use of wisdom is far more important than violence.

"I am sympathetic to the current situation of the government, but I believe that the government will be able to overcome such a small difficulty. As for the Eastern European side, I will convey your intentions in full. ”

Kamiyu knew what Smyras really wanted to do.

Helping to revive the EU economy? Not to mention that this conflicts with Kamiyu's fundamental purpose, how bad the current situation of the EU is is definitely not something that can be described by the small difficulties he said.

Many companies and banks have now vaguely conveyed that they want to settle in the currency of the Bunitanian Empire, or the equivalent of hard currency, and of course the currency of the Chinese Federation.

This is a very bad sign, when people are reluctant to accept a currency in circulation, that is, when people's trust in the government that issued it falls to freezing point.

Outside the door.........

"Colonel Malukar, the general is in the middle of the reception, please wait."

The secretary spoke in a very formulaic tone to the excessively young colonel.

"I see."

Layla silently found a place to sit down, trying to calm down as much as she could, the unpleasantness of this morning was still affecting her mood.

How can we get out of this situation?

This is the first time Rena has thought about this question for herself, in the past, the EU Republic was in full swing, and Malukar's family was rich, even if she had a chance to become a general? Soldiers are just pawns in the hands of politicians, and with no way out, she subconsciously chose to avoid facing this problem.

But what happened this morning made her suddenly realize that this was different.

This is a military junta, and although Layla herself doesn't have much hope that this government will last, is this really the time when the military will put aside the chaebols and politicians and take power on their own, and the Malukar family is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Just then, the door was opened.

Layla followed the prestige, and the person who walked out of the door suddenly turned out to be the same person who was in the same car with Lieutenant Colonel Hamel this morning. While marveling at the other party's youth, Layla began to struggle with the question of where she had seen the other party.

"Lord Halloween, are you not thinking about that proposal again?"

General Smeras suddenly stopped Kamiyu, who was about to walk out.

"I understand your thoughts, general, but in the face of the current situation, in addition to reducing the state's fiscal expenditure, if there is no large-scale capital investment to bail out the market, there is only a way to reduce the debt." Kamiyu politely refused.

"Debt relief...," General Smeras immediately looked embarrassed.

The so-called debt relief is to let the bank reduce the amount of money lent out, although this can allow more enterprises to survive, but the loss is the interests of the bank, and it is very likely that another batch of banks will be destroyed. It looks like it's all a rhythm of death....

"Generals can also print and issue military stamps....."

Well, the issuance of military tickets is even more of a naked robbery, and it is almost like telling others directly, I just want to play a white slip.

"Hehe.... Sorry, I'm kidding. Seeing General Smeras' stiff expression and the cold sweat on his head, Kamiyu immediately changed his words.

"Lord Hallowin's jokes aren't good for the heart at all."

"After all, he's just a layman." When he turned around again, Kamiyu whispered to himself in disdain.

The Bunitanian Empire does not recognize the legitimacy of the military junta, the Chinese Federation does not recognize the legitimacy of the military government, and the secession of the EU countries naturally cannot recognize the legitimacy of the military government. The door to trade and diplomatic aid is blocked, and if there is no consciousness to break everything and rebuild it, it will only be left to death. At this point, Lelouch's enlightenment was very much appreciated by Camillo.

If you want to be recognized by 10 people, you just need to be like everyone else. If you want to be admired by millions of people, you have to be different. If we want all mankind to remember, we must fight against the whole world.

Although Lelouch failed once, he has not completely collapsed, and still has the potential to become a brave man who climbs to the top. And Smeras .... After all, he is just a layman.

As she walked out of the door, Kamiyu noticed Layla, who had gotten up and waited outside the door, so she nodded and smiled politely at the girl.

"Please wait....."

Just as Camillo walked past Layla, he was stopped again.

"Excuse me, where have we met?"

Seeing that the other party turned out to be this problem, Kamiyu not only showed a funny expression.

And seeing Kamiyu's smile, Layla also realized that she was too Meng Lang on this occasion.

"Yes, at the cocktail party in Paris, the then Marukar ... Lieutenant Colonel Malukar borrowed five minutes from General Smeras with a glass of wine. Realizing that addressing Miss Layla was a disdain for Layla in this place, Kamiyu immediately opened her mouth to address her by military rank.

It's just that he deliberately hid the first hurried meeting, and if he really wanted to say it, it would give people a sense of disgust for deliberately entangled in trivial things.

"Ahh I'm so sorry at the time. Remembering what she had done, Layla suddenly looked embarrassed.

"It's okay, there's a freshness to Colonel Malukar's way of introducing himself, and it's very impressive." Camillo made a small joke to ease the atmosphere.

"Didn't the Colonel have something to do with Smeras? Please...."

Layla, who was about to say something, had to give up this plan for the time being after hearing Kamiyu's reminder.

"Layla, there's a mission...."

As soon as Layla entered the office, she heard General Smeras's solemn voice.

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I feel like I'm really bursting my liver these days, and I really want to sleep.....