Mr. Link had chosen to cooperate very wisely, and he had heard a lot from the words of this Major Eric, that the lives of his family, his friends, were in the hands of the Imperial military. Betraying the country may be a very cruel choice, but for these little people, they cannot be required to have too high national feelings, after all, people can only see hope when they are alive.

He is not a noble, great person, he is just an ordinary person, he has a loving family, and he also cares about his own life, and if he had a choice, he would not have taken this step.

Having found plenty of reasons and arguments for his next actions, Mr. Link nodded decisively, much to Eric's satisfaction. He immediately sent a team of soldiers to go deep into the primeval forest with Mr. Link, this group of people will leave plenty of marks on the way, and when they reach the outskirts of St. Lodu, they will notify the Imperial military by telegram, and then the large army will follow the marks they left behind, cross the primeval forest, reach the outskirts of St. Rodu, surprise the city, and sack the richest city in the Federation.

In war, all despicable and shameful means can be forgiven and allowed, because at this moment, the greatest and noble goal is to end the war as soon as possible and welcome peace as a victor.

At this time, the people in Saint Lodu had not yet realized that the empire had a new battle plan, and planned to directly attack the heart city of Saint Lodu, the heart of the Federation, across the third and fourth city chains, and the society was still in a relatively stable stage.

In the eyes of some big people, next to the garbage bin on the edge of the city street, a guy in a scruffy and sloppy dress woke up from a hangover in the corner, he got up and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, scratched his ass and frowned and staggered to the side of the street, he kept muttering that he wanted to find a bastard named Mike for revenge. Randomly snatched a car from the side of the road and sped away, the police car in the distance was late, and everything didn't seem to have changed much from before, except for the rapid deterioration of law and order.

Retracting his gaze from the little man on the side of the street, the old man took off his eyeballs and put them in a silk handkerchief, dropped two drops of the jade-made eyeball with a drop of liquid specially designed for cleaning, closed the handkerchief, and wiped it slowly. The atmosphere in the room was very gloomy, and this time the top ten consortia were really a little unbearable. First of all, they suffered more terrible losses than ordinary people in the financial tsunami, and then they were forced to let their children go to war, and spontaneously donated a large amount of money to the federal government in response to Mr. Sail's call that "with great power comes great responsibility".

In the following days, a large number of workers and factories were temporarily requisitioned to make all kinds of necessary military products for the war effort, and they did not even have the power to say no in the face of a series of means and combinations from the federal government.

To say no means to lose responsibility, to lose one's position, to lose the image that has been built up for decades, and to swallow all the pain with gritted teeth and blood.

Mr. Sail's strategy has worked, they have all been weakened to the limit, and now there is only money left, and there is nothing left to stand up to the federal government and the founding family. And this war does not know when it will end, and if it lasts longer, it is quite possible that they will all be dragged to death. The longer the war, the more things are needed, and some huge individuals in the society will be fully fermented into nutrients to ensure social stability in the course of the war.

"They're crazy, I mean Sail, and those guys. The old man lowered his head and stared at the shining prosthetic eye in his hand with another dim eye, the expression on his face did not fluctuate too much, but his heart had already set off a shocking wave. He had a suspicion, a terrible guess, maybe this war was also a means of the group of people in Sail. He is older than everyone here, has experienced more than anyone here, participated in at least three so-called reactionary movements, protested and even used his actions to force the founding family to abandon the system of the Speaker's life.

But these failed, and the last time he even gouged out one of his eyeballs with a dinner spoon and put it on the plate, and then gritted his teeth and admitted to the Jianguo family before he fell unconscious that he was a person with eyes and no beads, and he did not see the contribution of the Jianguo family to the Federation, but only saw more tempting power, so he made the wrong choice. He paid for his actions with an eyeball in exchange for a chance to survive. But this time, he wasn't sure if he would be able to survive by gouging out another eyeball.

In order to completely solve the struggle between the old and new consortia, the Sai O people have gone crazy, and they actually lured the empire to start a war without authorization, trying to disintegrate the power of the new generation of conglomerates in this way. What's even more ridiculous is that they actually succeeded, and the empire did not hesitate to start a war so that they are now all cornered.

"We don't have much of a chance left, either leave the Federation immediately and find a small country to regain our power, or surrender completely, live here in a muddy way, and be a person who will never see the light. The old man stuffed the wiped gem eyes back into the empty eye sockets, this action everyone has seen many times, but still can't adapt well, whether he digs it out or stuffs it in.

The young consortium leader's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth, "If you leave now, is it too late?"

The eyes of some others fell on him, and he subconsciously turned to look at the street outside the floor-to-ceiling window, "There is no point in continuing to fight, they have crossed the line, but we have no means to restrain it." Even if we can survive the danger safely this time, what about the next time? What about the next time? Without the power of checks and balances, we will always be one step behind them, one step behind forever!", this tragic defeat has made these new generation of consortium leaders realize their own arrogance, and they must bear the main responsibility for the step by step that has led to the founding of the country over the years.

If they hadn't pressed so hard, there might not have been such a catastrophic defeat as now, and these people from the Jianguo family would not necessarily have flipped the table.

That's right, flipping the table and using the centralized system of war to directly crush their power will not do the country any good except a lot of permanent damage, but they did it anyway because they were forced to breathe.

The old man looked around at the people with different expressions on their faces, laughed twice, and said, "Actually, we have another way, not only to survive this crisis, but also to make these arrogant people pay a heavy price. ”

Jiudao's gaze immediately focused on him, and he behaved very relaxedly, "We can cooperate with the Imperial side......"

Some people have no choice but to commit treason in order to protect the personal safety of themselves and their families, but there are also some people who choose to actively commit treason in order to obtain more benefits.

The old man's dim eyes rolled a little, and he smiled very "dangerously", he touched his chin, and said softly, "If we help the imperial army to disintegrate this country, you say, will we get some very considerable benefits?", he had such an idea not on a whim, but because he had planned it for a long time, he had prepared for a long time, and he also deliberately gave an example, " When the Ogdins overthrew the Guert dynasty, some of the Gualts made a significant contribution to the demise of the dynasty, and these people are now in high positions, including the chief councillor like Heideler, and some others have their own businesses. ”

"The Ogding people like to set examples for others to set up and we can be one of them, and we can even be involved in the management of the Federation to some extent. Gentlemen, the conquest of a great power is not enough by force, it takes many other things, and it just so happens that we can fill this shortcoming, and maybe we can also become the founding family. ”

The words of the old man are very demagogic, or he is pointing directly at the hearts of people, who, like him, have spent their best years and lost many precious things before they stand here, on the top of the clouds. Let them give up everything here, and they may not be willing.

Since I can't go to the mountain, let the mountain come to me!

Anyway, as long as you are on the top of the clouds, it doesn't matter if you step on that mountain!

There was silence in the room for a long time, and someone asked, "What happens if it fails?", which is actually a nonsense, and he already knows the answer even before he asks the question.

Therefore, some philosophers always use a variety of rich words to describe the contradictions of human beings, knowing the result, but hoping that someone will be able to deceive themselves and give them an answer that must be false.

The old man snorted softly, "Failure, disgrace, and then standing in the spotlight of being judged, accepting the spurning and cursing of the people, and finally going to death." ”

"Whatever you choose, gentlemen, I will try it. I have nothing left to lose, and I don't want to run away again, even if I fail in the end, at least I tried, but fate didn't choose me!"

Soon these people discussed the results, seven people chose to leave the Federation, they now have a very strong capital compared to ordinary people, ordinary enterprises, even if they change countries, they can easily get back up. They are very familiar with the operation of capital and some small means, and it is only a matter of time before they return to the top, and leaving here will not become an indelible shame in their life history.

In addition to the old man, there are two people who choose to stay and try it, they are too unwilling, and the things that have worked hard for half a lifetime will be gone, and they will not get peace in this life if they don't try. As the old man said, horizontal and vertical is just a death, what if it succeeds?