"That kid has a really big life, and he didn't die if he hit it like this. Ed bit the chicken leg and drank the fruit wine, his attitude in life was completely different from Alex's, it was like going to two extremes.

Alex behaved like an aristocracy, and he preferred to eat chicken tin foil with a knife and fork rather than grab it with his hands like Ed. Maybe it's because Ed has been deeply influenced by the army over the years as a soldier, and he pays more attention to practicality and efficiency, so he looks a little "rough", not at all like a child from a big aristocracy, although he is.

"Are we going to do it again?", Alex wiped his lips with a napkin, he didn't like the bone-in drumsticks, which made him a little awkward in using his knife and fork, "If we do it again, someone will soon suspect us." ”

"That's right, so wait a while before we do it, let's sell those things first, I've been very short of money lately. ”

The Army's redeployment cycle is almost approaching, and two years before each general election, the Army will begin to carry out large-scale redeployments, in order to prevent the various military regions of the Army from spending too much time in one place and establishing a mountaineering doctrine. At the same time, it is also to prepare for the next election, if the old party can get the key vote to become the new ruling party, then they will begin to adjust the framework of the entire empire, of which the army is the most critical place.

After the rotation and transfer, everyone is facing relatively strange people, and if you want to transfer some people, it will not cause any backlash, and you can smoothly pass the transition period.

Before that, Ed must come up with enough money to manage his resources and connections in the army, strive to become a brigadier general, and preside over a small army base, so that in the process of the next change, he will have the opportunity to become a major general of the empire, and from then on to climb to the top of his life.

It takes money, a lot of money. The problem of corruption in the military is much more serious than people think, but many times for the sake of social stability and security, the top of the empire does not disclose these problems. The Navy is only one aspect, and the Army is actually facing some problems that the Navy had in the past. At present, the top level of the empire is strictly supervising the army, and at the same time, it has adopted certain gentle measures to firmly grasp the army.

Alex understands Ed's thoughts, and he also knows that this is a critical period for Ed, so naturally he will not disagree.

The two then discussed, and sent the two hundred or so works to the Federation for auction, which was almost one or two million, and Ed would take a little more and Alex a little less. When Ed becomes a brigadier general, or even a major general in the future, he will have enough time and means to get back what he has put in, and then support a wave of Alex, maybe Alex can be the mayor or governor of the capital.

They didn't take Kevin seriously, he was just a lawyer, even if he was famous, what if he was famous? One of the two brothers was a young officer in the army, and the other was a leader in an important department of the state government, and it would be even more difficult to bring them down.

In the days that followed, everything was quiet, and when Durin returned not long after leaving Ordo, he pushed open the door of the ward with a bouquet of flowers, and immediately saw the little nurse suddenly leave Kevin, and ran out with a blushing face.

"Sorry to disturb your pastime. Durin placed the flowers at the head of Kevin's hospital bed and found a random place to sit down. He looked at the ward, it was very luxurious, there was only one bed in the entire ward, and Kevin was sleeping. There is also a living room on the side, as well as separate toilets and dressing rooms – these two are separate.

In the past, only nobles and officials could live in such wards, and even now if they do not have a prominent status and social status, the hospital will not even mention it. Thanks to Vivian, Kevin is not too famous in Ordo, and no matter how good a lawyer is, he is a lawyer, unlike Vivian, who is from an aristocratic background and is also a famous social activist and feminist fighter, her face is much better than Kevin's.

Kevin had a helpless expression, he was having fun with the little nurse, he didn't expect Durin to come over at this time. Although he had a very unhappy expression on his face, his eyes were full of smiles, "If I let you out, will you go out?"

Durin looked at him and thought, "I'll beat you!"

"And you're still asking me that question?", Kevin laughed as he sat up and stretched out his hands from afar, "Welcome, my friend!"

"What a horse!", Durin walked over with some disgust, hugged him casually and let go of his hands, he stood by the window and lit a cigarette, not paying the slightest attention to the no-smoking sign hanging on the wall. As long as you escape the pursuit of death, what's wrong with smoking a cigarette, "How are you going to get revenge?"

Kevin's Adam's apple slid a little, he beckoned to Dulin, and subconsciously looked at the door of the ward, "Quick, bring me one too." Everything is good here, only a little bit bad, I don't smoke here, God is above, do you know how anxious I am?"

Durin took out a cigarette case and put it on the windowsill, he pointed to the no-smoking sign on the wall, "Smoking is not allowed here, and you and the little nurse seemed to be very happy just now, not at all like you want to smoke." ”

In the end, Durin gave him one, the cigarette seemed to work better than any medicine, and after two puffs, Kevin's whole body relaxed, and he pointed to his ribs, "Two of them have been cut off here, because they can't be replaced." Then he pointed to his legs, "The doctor told me I was going to be a cripple, can you imagine?

"You ask me how I want to get revenge, of course, to destroy their families, not only them, but also their wives and children, the flames of anger and hatred are poured into my body like lava, if I can't kill them, don't let their families live in a miserable world, do you think I'll be willing?", Kevin's face was a little hideous, a little distorted. He raised the back of his hand and rubbed his nose a few times, "You have to help me, I can't do it alone." ”

Durin shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, "That's what I'm here for, I'll arrange for someone to take care of the two of them, and you'll take care of the rest." ”

"Yes, but before that happens, we're going to push them into despair, and then kill them bit by bit!"

......

Under the watchful eye of the court's bailiffs, the artworks belonging to Ed and Alex were removed from the Governor's Palace's collection room, packed and placed in crash-proof boxes, and delivered to the docks by the Onyx River. A group of soldiers in civilian clothes was already waiting at the docks, loading them onto a cargo ship and setting off with them to Kunya, the largest auction house in the Federation.

Ed had already made contact with the people over there, and the artworks would be auctioned off as the main auction in the fall auction in two weeks' time, and although there were still two weeks to go, the Federation was already making a splash. There are many treasures among these works of art, as well as a few stone carvings from the Origin Era, and there are some fluctuations in the financial system of the entire Federation, and a large number of capitalists are pulling out funds to buy back a few pieces of their favorite collection at the autumn auctions.

Although the appreciation of investment in art is slow, and it often takes more than ten years or even longer to find a huge profit point, there is one thing that is best about these things, that is, there is no risk. It is safer than a low-risk investment for workers such as farms, and farms may encounter extreme weather that produces poor or no harvests, but the value of artworks will only appreciate, but the appreciation will be fast or slow.

The money would be transferred back to the Imperial Bank after the taxes were paid on the federal side, and the federal taxes were lower than those on the imperial side, which is one of the reasons why they chose to auction these works of art in the Commonwealth.

Ed and the captain of the soldiers who led the team gave them a few words before watching them leave, and then they just had to wait for the Imperial Bank to call them and inform them that the money was in place.

The cargo ship entered the Thudorn River along the main stream of the Onyx River, and then entered the Eastern Empire Sea from the eastern estuary, and according to their calculations, it would arrive at the Federation in about ten days, and then it would take two days to inspect and verify, and then it would be auctioned directly.

Sailing on the surface of the sea is very boring, because the absence of a reference can make many people who enter the ocean for the first time think that their ship is not moving, or completely disoriented. The soldiers are getting listless, and such a boring trip is better than receiving rigorous training in the base. Some of them were playing small games, some were exercising, and the lieutenant in charge of the escort did not reprimand them, he himself was reading a book and relaxing.

Seeing that it was already the hottest part of the day, the crew, including the soldiers, began to leave the cabin and go to the deck for some activity. Suddenly, the observer frantically rang the bell, and he noticed that two large ships were rapidly approaching them, and even more troublesome was that he saw the black flags flying on those large ships, which were pirate ships!

The lieutenant hurriedly snatched a telescope from the hands of the soldiers beside him, his face was a little strange, and while asking the soldiers to prepare to fight back, he asked the captain to stop the ship, "I think maybe this is a misunderstanding, I can negotiate with them and resolve this misunderstanding peacefully." ”

He recognized that those ships were all naval training ships, and although the army and navy had been completely separated and were no longer a system, there was still a connection between the two sides. The lieutenant had heard a lot of gossip, including the old news that the Navy was playing a pirate.

It's just that he didn't expect to be bumped into by them this time.