There was a noisy discussion in the conference hall, and being able to sit here, representing the forces behind the meeting, none of the people who participated in the meeting were stupid, although Mikael's words were not much, but the meaning revealed still moved them a little.

"Your Excellency Mikael, can I understand that the current progress of the counterinsurgency is not satisfactory?"

"Yes, Mr. Ibn Nayir." Mikael knew the man who was speaking, the prince of a country in the Middle East, and he was a member of the board of directors because he was an investment on the one hand, and he liked to have fun on the other hand, and in fact, Ibn Nayir himself was a good player, "From a military point of view, the current progress is far below the expectations of the General Staff. ”

"In other words, 40 million gold coins is only the first investment, and will there still be additional war funds needed in the future?" Sun Lao also asked, compared to the expenditure of funds, he is more concerned about the impact of this kind of investment that cannot see the results, after all, similar things are not uncommon in reality, it is obviously a very simple project, but after the first investment is smashed, the other party said that this project is much more difficult than what was said at the beginning, and if you want to complete this project, you must make additional investment, otherwise, even the first investment will be wasted.

Mikael had a smile on his face: "Yes, in fact, according to the initial forecast of the General Staff, the total investment of about 200 million to 250 million gold coins will be required in the entire counterinsurgency operation, and now it seems that if it is recalculated according to the current progress, the total investment should exceed 400 million gold coins." ”

"Four hundred million gold coins!?" Even Prince Nayer, who doesn't take money for money, is dumbfounded by such a huge expense, let alone the other directors.

"Please rest assured that these investments will not affect your dividend income!" Lexington said quietly.

"But on the premise of ensuring that the dividends of the board of directors are not affected, the period required to maintain the cost of the war will be correspondingly extended, in other words, either a large amount of investment in exchange for a short period of time to end this counterinsurgency war, or endure long-term war expenses to ensure that the interests of we, the board members, are not lost!" Boss Sun raised his face and said, "Your Excellency Lexington, is that what you mean?" ”

"If you don't pull back, this cost may be reduced a lot!" The bell scolded the other party viciously, making Sun Lao's face instantly look ugly.

No one expected that all this going around and around would finally come back to this embarrassing question, only Sun Lao understood that in fact, at the beginning of this meeting, the Bright Saintess who was quietly sitting in her seat had already made up her mind to use this excuse to weaken the power of the board of directors.

But what can he do? Could it be that the funds were withdrawn in a fit of anger and everyone was scattered? Regardless of whether this behavior will have any serious impact on the Angel Covenant, which is now a behemoth, once he withdraws the funds, the capital predators who have been waiting next to him for a long time will probably immediately pounce on him and tear the cake he left behind.

Mr. Sun knew that many directors were watching their reactions, and they were waiting to see how he, on behalf of the Chinese government, would fight back against Raphael and others, and decide their own responses based on this. This made him feel a headache, and he had never even encountered this situation when he was a senior government official before, when did it mean that the government itself needed to consider this kind of problem?

Accustomed to using power and status to force others to act on their terms, they can seem at a loss when they themselves are treated the same.

"I think the board needs to have an internal discussion to decide how to deal with these issues!" Just like when he was younger, Sun Lao still chose to hold back for a while, he needed time to think about how to solve all this.

"No problem, but please come up with a final resolution from the board of directors as soon as possible, once the war starts, it will not be possible to stop as we wish, people are dying on the battlefield every day, and the guild also needs to come up with a large amount of gold coins every day to pay for various war expenses." Raphael said generously that she would not hesitate to give the greatest mercy to the losers who survived.

Sun Lao calmed down for a moment, nodded, stood up and left the round table, and the other directors also left the conference hall with him, they next need to carefully study what they heard and saw today, which is related to tens of billions, even hundreds of billions of funds, and also related to themselves, and even the future of the forces behind them.

"Hmph, the look on that old man's face is so funny, like eating something!" After everyone on the board of directors left, the frosty bell immediately smiled, showing his pride like a proud magpie.

Lexington took the notepad that was smashed on the table by the bell, and said casually as he flipped through it: "In the end, it will still be great, those fools still think that this war is a feast of wealth for a lot of money, but they don't know that it is a pit dug for themselves!" ”

"It's just a common problem of capitalists! As long as there are enough benefits, even if they let them sell themselves, they are willing! Tiramisu said with a sneer.

"Alright, let's save some face for them!" Raphael is still that calm and breezy appearance, and the experience of such a long time has made her transform from the little girl who struggled for survival to a charismatic leader, which may be one of the reasons why the bell is willing to follow her, "Soon those legion commanders and heads of the various departments of the territory will arrive, until then, Lexington, tell us what we have really achieved so far!" ”

Lexington smiled and pulled another notepad out of his bosom: "Thanks to those fools, our raids are so much easier with them getting attention!" Up to now, the four legions have recovered a total of one hundred and twenty-two towns, more than seven hundred villages, and thirteen small cities, except for the warehouses where food and daily supplies are stored have not been moved, the other material warehouses have basically been emptied by us, weapons and equipment, various war equipment, raw materials, ores, alchemy potions, etc. are still being counted, but it is certain that these benefits can not only make up for our previous investment, but even have a large surplus, of course, how to dispose of these materials is a problem, There's no way to add value to these things! ”

"Haven't been discovered, have you? Those moths on the board have quite a few eyeliners in a few legions. Tiramisu asked.

"Don't worry, it's the pro-guard team that handles and transports these materials, led by Silbei and Yang Xiaolong, all of whom have undergone strict scrutiny, and so far, no one has been found to have any contact with the outside world." Mikael replied that the Guards are a special force composed of some elite players after special selection, and these Guards members must also move to the specified park with their families in reality in addition to better treatment, in other words, the Guards have become their profession, and once they are found to have defected, what awaits them is likely to lose all their status and wealth so far, and even their lives may be lost.

"These materials are directly transported to Venerburion, and when the mapping of the map is completed, we will begin to hire players on a large scale to participate in the counterinsurgency, and then these materials will not have to worry about the way out, and some special materials can also be used to enrich the territory, the development time of Venerburion is still too short, and so far more than half of the functional buildings cannot be activated, although the town core has been strengthened several times, it is still far from matching the capital of a province." Raphael said that since deciding to use this counterinsurgency as an opportunity to deal with the board, her biggest reliance is on the territory of Venaperyon, as long as she has this place, it is not impossible to build an angelic covenant from scratch.

"Will Prince Andre be suspicious? Duke Miseta won't sit idly by and watch us dig into the corners of the Arnas Empire so recklessly, right? "Bell is more worried about the Empire's reaction than Tiramisu's worries.

Mikael said with a smile: "There will be a little bit of it, but there is not enough evidence, and the prince is not good at doing anything, after all, after the rebels ravaged these provinces, the low-level aristocratic officials who were originally loyal to the royal family have long been wiped out, and they have been replaced by rebels, and the various records of various towns and villages have long been chaotic, even if they want to sort it out, it will not be completed in a short time, besides, even if they find something, we can also put the blame on the rebels." ”

"Well, you're the head of the military!" The bell shrugged.

"In addition to materials, in fact, the biggest harvest is all kinds of craftsman talents!" Mikael continued, "Originally, I was going to take some of the artisans from the towns we had recovered in the name of the rebels, but I didn't expect those fools to do it themselves, which just gave me an excellent excuse, those fools only knew how to loot those goods, and the rest of the craftsmen naturally became the spoils of war in our hands, and all the responsibility was borne by those fools. In fact, if I hadn't indulged behind my back, how could this have happened more than two hundred times, and ten or twenty times would have been enough to send me to court-martial! ”

Lexington flipped through the notepad in his hand: "As of today, the total number of craftsmen received by Venabrion is four thousand and seventy-nine, most of them are blacksmiths, carpenters and tailors, only a few are alchemists and herbalists that we urgently need, most of them are only intermediate occupations, less than ten percent of advanced occupations, and less than five are expert occupations. ”

"It's good to have it, these manpower has greatly reduced the pressure on the territory, and if we want to cultivate it ourselves, I don't know how much time and how much it will cost!" Tiramisu said with a blushing face, the increase in the number of artisans is far more important for a territory than the harvest of some gold coins, the latter is just a one-shot deal, and the former is a fundamental increase in wealth, "We can't compare with that Death Knight's Naxxramas, that undead city has almost one craftsman for every four civilians, and the professional level is not low, it makes people crazy with jealousy!" I really don't know how that guy was raised! ”

"O God-given land! There must be some territorial characteristics! Lexington echoed, "Just like our Venenabrion, because of the influence of demons here, the high-grade minerals affected by the fire element are easier to mine, and there is also a lot of bonus to the success rate of forging, so it is easier for blacksmiths to advance here, isn't this also our advantage!" ”

Raphael is not jealous of Naxxramas, that is Yu Bin's territory, which is naturally equivalent to her things, of course, the covenant of angels can also be regarded as Yu Bin's things in a sense!

"But President, what is the purpose of you suddenly making such a big move?" Bell has always been very sharp, and others may think that Raphael's recent moves are just to better develop the territory and suppress the board of directors by the way, but Bell feels that there seems to be some other intentions hidden in it, otherwise Raphael would not have suppressed the board of directors so strongly.

"War is about to begin!" Raphael said thoughtlessly.

"Didn't the war start a long time ago?" Mikael asked, assuming that Raphael was talking about the war that took place in the Arnas Empire.

Raphael shook his head and said with a melancholy face: "Compared to the upcoming war, the rebellion here in the Arnas Empire can only be regarded as a small fight!" ”

Everyone's faces finally became serious.

"President, did you receive any news?"

"A few days ago, the Black Stone Mountain of the Burning Plains suddenly erupted, and the magma completely swallowed up hundreds of kilometers of land around, and someone found Ragnaros, the Lord of the Fire Demons, there, for the heart of the Fire Elemental Lord, not only the orcs and dwarves fought there, but even the legendary heroes appeared in the Burning Plains, and now the situation there is on the verge of breaking out."

"In the Jerimanca Desert, the shamans of the Ring of the Earth helped the demons kill the sandworm lord, the elves saw the dawn of victory, and once again gathered a large army to march towards the city of yellow sand, the lord of the yellow sand who was recuperating activated the long-arranged magic array, and used a sandstorm to make the elves suffer heavy losses, the elf queen has gone to the rescue with elite troops, and the final battle to seal the lord of the yellow sand is about to start, and the demons will not sit idly by and watch the elves dominate this war!"

"The migrating demon clan was raided by the undead, Jialan City was captured, two legendary heroes were killed, in order to rescue the demon clan, the Almeria Empire invested three elite legions, and the army of the demon lord Montreal fought on the Moxi Peninsula, in order to ensure that the transportation channel of the demon clan at sea was not attacked, the Almeria Empire has two fleets with heavy losses, and an elite legion has almost been removed!"

"In addition to these, the Silver Pine Forest, the Land of Bones, Mosso Black City, it can be said that the entire Entagri Continent is full of war!"

Raphael stood up, looked at everyone, and said bitterly: "The camp war that is about to sweep the entire continent is about to begin!" ”