In the dark room, a group of hidden people sat on the edge of the conference table, teasing in a relatively relaxed tone about the great things that could affect the entire empire and even the whole world.

This is also the first time that Durin has truly seen the true face of a country and a world.

"Recently, the Colt Empire has increased its penetration in the Hawk's Beak area, and they have secretly sent an additional legion of troops into the Hawk's Beak area, and now some of the proven gold mines are being eroded by them, which has hurt the Empire's interests in the Hawk's Beak area. ”

"I think it's very difficult to make the Grand Pharaoh realize in diplomacy that he is acting over the line, and it is more likely that he did it on purpose in order to strengthen his control over the Eaglebeak region in order to reduce the Empire's influence in that region. ”

The problem of the Eagle's Beak region is related to the general direction and policy of two countries, one is the Bright Star Empire and the other is the Colt Empire.

At present, the empire exports some unstable social factors to the Eagle's Beak area by exporting gold diggers and creating a gold rush, so as to create a stable and peaceful society to the greatest extent and let the financial economy develop at a high speed.

At the same time, the export of this part of the unstable social factors will deepen the Empire's control over the Eagle's Beak region, and with the military bases being built, both military strategy and influence will increase unprecedentedly.

If left unchecked, their men will soon have an absolute advantage in the Hawk's Beak region, and their military status and the support of the country behind them will make them more dominant and competitive than the rabble gold diggers.

Once the gold diggers were expelled, the gold rush cooled down, some of the destabilizing factors returned, and the Colt Empire's hegemony extended further into the Eagle's Beak region, threatening the Empire's military bases and maritime strategic plans.

The most important thing to do now is to increase support for the Hawkbeak region, whether it is manpower or force, export more militants, give them better armed equipment, and give them militarized training so that they can face the elite legions of the Colt Empire head-on in the dense forest.

Even if you can't overcome those people, let them feel the pain.

Once the Colt military suffered losses, the Grand Pharaoh would definitely change his policy in order to ensure that his position in the country was not threatened.

But these things cannot be done by the government, and the government cannot talk about it through the official news channels, and it cannot even be heard of.

This must be purely spontaneous among the people, the empire does not know what is happening at all, it is just the thoughts of the people themselves, everything has nothing to do with the empire.

So this matter needs to be brought to this room, and in the end it will be carried out by someone else, or a solution will be discussed.

Not long after Kubal's question was raised, about two or three minutes, a familiar voice rang out, and Durin was a little surprised, but it quickly became natural.

It was the voice of the great prince, and he sat at the top.

"The issue of the Eagle's Beak region cannot be compromised with the Colt Empire, Dulin's strategic layout is very in line with the Empire's international strategic plan, and this matter cannot be compromised......", the eldest prince said very decisively, without the slightest ambiguous answer, "I heard that several military industrial groups in the empire have recently developed a lot of new weapons, and now there is such a weapon experimental area for them to use." ”

The other person then talked about his opinion, this person's voice was very unfamiliar, Du Lin had not heard it, "I will contact them, Bondika attaches great importance to the development of flying machines, and they hope that the military can equip some of the Sky Hunter One, which can be used as a condition for negotiations with them." ”

Sky Hunter 1 is definitely an epoch-making product in terms of construction and creativity, no one has ever considered making war three-dimensional, and war has always been flat for so many years.

However, the emergence of Sky Hunter-1 means that plane warfare will be a thing of the past, and the way of warfare in the future will change dramatically.

The research team within Bondika has put forward the concept of coordinated operations of the sea, land and air forces, but these things are still a little too advanced, ahead of two places.

First, while people are curious about new things, they will also have some resistance, just like there are many people in society who have no reason to resist the trend.

Whatever is popular, they say that it is bad, and they are always able to find some specious shortcomings in it, and amplify it and attack it wildly.

On the military front, this kind of issue that has risen to the national and even international level requires more caution, because neither the current army nor navy necessarily likes the "space army" or "air force" that may be added in the future, and this represents the reduction of military spending and the formation of new "hostile forces."

Moreover, it is impossible for something without a "precedent" to enter the list of arms purchases so easily and smoothly, and it is very difficult for the Ministry of Defense to pay for such things that are still in the concept.

On the other hand, although Sky Hunter No. 1 is an epoch-making product, there are still big problems in design, it is more like a conceptual product, used to break through the boundaries of people's thinking, and open new windows for people.

The ultra-short cruising radius and low load make the Sky Hunter 1 only a model after all, and the Ministry of Defense and the Cabinet have already discussed this several times, and finally decided to place a cautious order for Bondika - five!

Yes, the Imperial Ministry of Defense was only willing to buy five, and the purpose of doing so was for the sake of the people in the General Staff to figure out whether the Air Force was as important as the Bondika Military-Industrial Group said it was, and whether it had enough potential to develop into an army on its own.

After investing more than a billion dollars for five consecutive years, more than 5,000 people participated in the design and construction, and as a result, this epoch-making product empire bought five planes.

No matter how much it sells, it means that if Bondika can't open the market of Liekong No. 1, more than a billion R&D funds will be wasted.

This is something that the Board of Directors cannot accept, and they have formed a lobbying team to lobby with the Ministry of Defense and the Cabinet in the hope of selling at least 500 to 1,500 Sky Hunter One to the Imperial Military in advance.

It's just that so far the effect of lobbying has been minimal, and if the Imperial Finance Minister does not nod, this additional military expenditure will not be transferred to the account of the Ministry of Defense, and it will be impossible to transfer a few accounts to Bondika's account.

But if you want the finance minister to nod, then you have to get Kubal to nod, and the prime minister doesn't sign the reply, and this matter is basically no fun.

Kubal thought about it for a moment and said, "I'll think about this carefully, we don't just have a company like Bondika. ”

Even if this is the end of the matter, to a large extent, Kubal will agree to Bondika's request to include Sky Hunter 1 in the arms procurement list, but how much to buy is another question.

After two or three minutes of silence, an unfamiliar voice came to mind in the room, "Sives hopes to get more support from us, in addition to guns and ammunition, there are also medical and financial assistance, and he also wants five bullet processing lines and some engineers." ”

Dulin didn't understand what this guy was saying, but the situation was special now, although he didn't understand it, he would listen carefully, and he would ask Kubal afterwards.

He didn't think he would say anything, and Kubal took out a piece of paper and a pen, wrote something on the table, and handed it to him.

That's why Doolin finally understood why he didn't turn off the lights completely, and left a lamp to illuminate the entire table—so that people could write when necessary, and even lobby and buy on the spot.

After a quick glance at the few lines on the paper, Durin immediately understood that Sivis was the leader of the largest rebel force in the Federation.

When he first formed the rebels, he was contacted by the intelligence services of the empire and gave him great support, mainly in the form of firearms, ammunition and food.

Sivis is not the only rebel in the Federation, but he is the most successful, and some of the other rebels have either lost news or have been completely encircled, and only Sives's army has survived and is getting stronger and stronger.

The originally very obedient Sives became a little less obedient after having his current status and power, and he could not fully obey the orders of the Empire, so the Empire cut off its assistance to Sivis more than a month ago.

Losing the Empire's most reliable backing, Cives' rebels quickly suffered serious losses, starved of supplies and driven around by government forces, which made Sives realize that he wanted to ensure his independence too early.

Until he overthrows the founding family, he must always be aided by the empire, unless he can occupy more territory and then restore the economy.

So this time he sent the commissioner over to talk about the aid, and was willing to apologize for the last quarrel, and he also cut off his little finger to show his remorse and sincerity.

Kubal directly rejected Civis's request, "You can give him guns and ammunition, medicine, money, and food, but the bullet assembly line can't do it, and neither can the engineer." ”

"He has a precedent of violating our agreement, and once we help him build a rear base with an industrial base, our importance to him will decrease. If you want a dog to bite, you can't feed it. ”

The eldest prince nodded yes, "My opinion is the same, this person is too ambitious, this time his bow is only the result of the deteriorating situation, once he is given the opportunity to ease the current situation, it is very likely that he will continue to disagree with our opinions." ”

"I think it's okay to get rid of him and replace him with someone more obedient, or even our own, which will make it easier for us to control the current situation in the Federation. ”

Another shadow said, "But have you thought about it, no matter what means we use to get rid of Sives, his current power will be scattered all at once, and it will take more time to put these people back together, which is not necessarily the best option." ”

The eldest prince said indifferently, "I will reserve my opinion, I think obedience is the most important thing, we don't need a neighbor who is good at war, and is full of ambition who has grown up in war and blood, I prefer people who live there with our own." ”

Durin suddenly turned sideways to look at the shadow behind the Pope's crown, he had just heard the word "devil" out of nowhere, the voice was too familiar, it must be Kandy's chatterbox.

In fact, what he said at the beginning was not wrong, this is the hotbed of conspiracy, the devil's lair, but from another point of view, these people are the ones who really think for the interests of this country.

The discussion about Sivis ended quickly, and everyone agreed that they were willing to believe in him again, give him a chance, and at the same time deepen the infiltration and bribery of the characters around him, and establish an "idol group" headed by Sives, and Sivis is no longer the only "idol".

In this way, when Sivis no longer needs to exist in this world, the price of directly taking him away will not be so serious.

So everyone is actually very kind, after all, they gave him a chance, didn't they?

What followed were some similar things, international disputes, diplomatic directions, and domestic social issues, and time seemed to have become very fast, and it was already past seven o'clock in the evening in the blink of an eye.

When the last session was over, the men stood up, moved their limbs, and left through the doorway behind them.

Durin and Kubal left together, and just as he was about to "disappear", Kandy rushed over, "We'll meet later, come to the cathedral, or I'll go find you?"

Durin hesitated, "I'll go find you, Cathedral, right?"

The shadow in the darkness kept nodding, nodding and retreating, "Don't forget, I'm waiting for you!"

Returning to Kubal and returning the same way, Kubal asked a question curiously, "You and Kandy seem to have a good relationship, how did you meet?"

If nothing else, Kandy will take over the post of Pope in a year or two at most, and people of this status and status are not Kubal who looks down on Durin, with his past status and status, he does not even have the opportunity to come into contact.

The grass can see the sky every day, but it can never hug the sky or be embraced by the sky.

Durin smiled and didn't say, maintaining a proper sense of mystery is only good for himself, and there is no harm.

He didn't answer, it wasn't enough to upset Kubal, it was purely an unimportant question, the important thing was that Durin and Kandy had a good relationship, which was enough, which meant that they could be sure that they had three votes.

One more vote at some crucial moment can make it work, which is important for Kubal, Maggs and Doolin.

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