"After several years of development, the population of my empire has finally reached seven or eight billion, but because of such a sudden disaster, we have lost nearly half of our population!" Lao Jiu looked at Shi Lei in front of him and said with a distressed face.

"10 million troops were killed, 360,000 players were killed, and the average level of the players was above 80. The food, grass and military salaries that my Empire has reserved for several years are all consumed, not to mention, and I still have to collect donations from players and civilians. ”

"Nine hundred and eighty-one cities, there are only nine main cities where Jiuding is located, and the fertile land and wasteland that have been reclaimed in the past three years have now all become swamps, because of the serious pollution of seawater, the current draft of the empire has become a problem. Hehe...... All right! That's great! ”

Lao Jiu said that at the end, he laughed very sadly. Whether it is an individual or a country, only when it comes to this moment of life and death can it see through people's hearts the most. Seeing so much misery in the Easy Empire, the only thing that made Lao Jiu feel relieved was that those players who joined the Easy Empire did not have any betrayal from one person or any organization from beginning to end.

"Order all personnel at the rank of general and above, as well as the leaders of the players' various guilds, to rush to the Imperial City tonight, and the council at eight o'clock tomorrow morning." It took a long time for Lao Jiu to stop laughing, and then said with a determined light in his eyes.

"Yes!" Shi Lei responded, and then dragged his tired body back.

"Whew...... For...... ......In the imperial study of the palace, there was already Lao Jiuyi left at this time, and he sat in front of the bookcase, his fingers rhythmically tapping the bookcase, and gradually fell into contemplation.

"Report, the Ghost King and General Wang have arrived!"

I don't know how long it took, Lao Jiu was finally awakened by the sound of the guards' order, he frowned for a moment, and then said to the door, "Let the two of you in!" ”

"Squeak......" When the two pushed the door in, Lao Jiu found that the two were not very embarrassed, but there was still deep exhaustion between the eyebrows of the two. Retracting his gaze, Lao Jiu leaned back and said lightly, "Tell me about the situation of your two armies, General Wang will talk first!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Dazhui immediately saluted and said, "There are basically no casualties in the Wolf Warrior Legion, only a few soldiers are slightly injured. After three months of hard fighting, the strength of all the warriors of the Wolf Warrior Legion has been greatly improved, and the average level has almost reached level eighty. ”

"However, there are still nearly 50,000 fighters who have failed to break through level eighty, of which more than 30,000 are stuck at level seventy-nine, and the rest are above level seventy-seven, but I firmly believe that this year, the level of these people can break through level eighty!"

"That's the best news I've heard tonight." Lao Jiu gently rubbed his temples, then looked at the Ghost King and said, "What is the current situation of the Undead Legion?" ”

"Back to the Great Emperor, the overall improvement of the Undead Legion is not much, and the average level has just passed level eighty-eight." The Ghost King saluted and said with some shame, "Although the number of Sea Demon Beasts is strong, the average level is not very high, so the improvement of the Undead Legion is limited. ”

"Whew...... I can understand what you said, and I will find a way to raise your level to ninety as soon as possible. Lao Jiu let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Let your two legions have a good rest, maybe there will be guests visiting tomorrow, so you can go down first!" ”

"Yes!" The two saluted, then withdrew. After the two left, Lao Jiu began to look through the large amount of information sent by Shi Lei, because he had to find out everything that had happened in the empire in the past three months before tomorrow's meeting.

The next day, when the sun rose, a large number of people gathered outside the gates of the palace. With a scale of tens of thousands of people, this is also the second time that such a grand meeting has been held since the founding of the Xiaoyao Empire.

Now these people can be said to be the real high-level people of the Easy Empire, they should be bright and beautiful, but now one by one, they are all with endless exhaustion and tiredness, and their spirit is simply too bad.

Even if they follow them all the way, these people don't have the spirit of bragging, but compared to NPCs, players seem to be much better. But even so, most of them still have helplessness and wry smiles on their faces.

After waiting for everyone to enter the venue, the originally deserted City Hall finally gained a little more popularity. And in the entire hall, Lao Jiu had already sent someone to arrange the position, and all the people only needed to sit down according to the designated position.

At the top of the synagogue is the position of Lao Jiu and the women. On the left side of the bottom, all NPC generals are on the left, and on the right side are all players. The front row on both sides is the main person.

"The Empire of Freedom has suddenly undergone a great change, thanks to all of you for not giving up on protecting the Empire, here I say thank you to all of you for the Nine Heavens!" Lao Jiu looked at the people below and said in a deep voice, "But don't worry, whether it's what you lose or what the Easy Empire loses, I will personally get it back!" ”

"Let's not talk about the superfluous, let's officially enter the conference topic next! Ma Jun, you first talk about the affairs of the Xiaoyao Empire's army, as far as the details of the last three months are concerned, everything is reported truthfully, and I need all people to have the right to know. ”

"In the face of the survival of the empire, my free empire has invested a total of more than 24 million troops!" Hearing Lao Jiu's roll call, Ma Jun first stood up and saluted, and then said with some heaviness, "But in the past three months of the imperial defense war, our side has lost more than 12 million soldiers!" ”

"This is the worst loss we have since the founding of the Easy Empire. This includes 80 million regular troops, more than 2 million reserve troops, and more than 2 million logistics troops. In addition to this, there are almost a million seriously injured and disabled fighters! ”

"However, it is worth mentioning that the average strength of our surviving soldiers has been greatly improved, and the army establishment above level 70 has exceeded 8 million, while the rest are all above level 60."

"However, the cruelty of the beast tide has almost cut off our new generation, so in the next few years, our army may not be replenished as it should be. This is the current situation in the Imperial Army. ”

"You sit down first!" Lao Jiu gestured to Ma Jun and said, "All the soldiers who died in battle, the empire will build a monument for them to record everything they have done for the empire." The Empire will not let them die in vain, and as for the compensation for these martyrs, the Empire will come up with a plan later. ”

"And those seriously wounded soldiers, the empire will not let them chill either. Long Fei, next you report on the situation of the major trade unions, since they live up to my free empire, then my Lao Jiu can't fail them. ”

"Yes, Emperor!" Long Fei stood up and saluted, and then said, "According to my statistics overnight, the losses of the major trade unions in the empire this time are really heavy!" Among them, more than 300,000 people died, accounting for almost half of all trade unions! ”

"However, this is only the major guilds, and the casualties of scattered players are more than half, making the strength of the Imperial players almost plummet. In particular, the Xiaoyao Chamber of Commerce, in order to keep the Xiaoyao Empire, donated almost all of its belongings, with a total value of more than 13 billion gold coins! ”

"Wan Zhongliang, I'm really curious, what did you think in the first place?" Hearing this, Lao Jiu couldn't help but look at Wan Zhongliang, the chief on the right. When he saw the information collected by Shi Lei, he still didn't believe it, and he didn't believe that there would be such a stupid person.

However, after several confirmations, the Carefree Chamber of Commerce really donated all its property, which shocked almost all the players at the beginning. And on the forum, countless trolls also scolded Wan Zhongliang all over his body.

"Huh...... Are there eggs under the nest? If the Xiaoyao Empire is gone, then everything in the Xiaoyao Chamber of Commerce is not trying to make wedding clothes for others? Wang Zhongliang looked at Lao Jiu opposite, and could only smile helplessly.

"We're all emigrants, and everything is in the game. How many empires are staring at our piece of fat, if there is no free empire as a backer, our fate can be imagined, so the brothers can only gamble! ”

"Wan Zhongliang, I really thought you were rich!" Lao Jiu admired Wan Zhongliang's frankness, so he said in front of all the high-level officials, "Everything you have done to the empire, the empire will remember, as for what you have lost, please rest assured, the empire will definitely double it back to you!" ”

"I, Lao Jiu, promise here, as long as he makes a significant contribution to the Empire, the Empire will definitely make him indebted! I will now announce that Ma Zhongliang will be named the Marquis of Xiaoyao, and the fief will be Qinling City, Australia, and the tariffs of the Xiaoyao Empire will be halved, and the annual tax revenue will be reduced to eighty! ”

"In addition, the Empire can create ten pieces of super space equipment for your Empire for free. I think you know the form of the empire now, so that's all the empire can do for you at the moment. ”

"Emperor Xie!" Hearing Lao Jiu say so much in one breath, Wan Zhongliang finally felt that he had made the right bet! You must know that what Lao Jiu is currently promised, although it seems that the direct benefits are a city, but the merchant will always think long-term.

And with Lao Jiu's promises, as long as the Empire does not fall, then he can earn back all his losses in three years at most. And they all know very well in their hearts that Lao Jiu has now reached the full level, so the future of the Easy Empire may be even stronger than they expected, and the benefits they will get in the future will be almost infinitely magnified.

Therefore, Wan Zhongliang at this time, his gratitude to Lao Jiu can be regarded as from the bottom of his heart. If it were someone else, in the face of such a big profit temptation, it was likely that they would unload the mill and kill the donkey, especially since the empire was still in a bleak situation.

"This is what the Empire owes you!" Lao Jiu said very seriously, "I want to tell you clearly, my Lao Jiu can go to pit others and other empires, but I will never pit my own people, especially those who are willing to give everything for my Lao Jiu!" ”