Chapter 1167: Before the Decisive Battle
In this world, as long as there is money, there is nothing that cannot be done, and if there is, it must be that there is not enough money.
For example, some people will say that no matter how much money is given to him, he will not commit suicide, but he forgets that he does not need "more money" to hire a killer.
Maybe someone will list more things, such as time.
In fact, the rich have naturally gained "more" time in the process of owning money, and the average worker needs to spend at least eight precious hours a day at work.
But the rich never think about spending eight hours doing mechanical, highly repetitive tasks, so can it be assumed that they have eight more free hours a day than the average person?
Of course, this is a cruel and cruel society, and it does need some psychic to make people at least less painful, which is also a manifestation of the mainstream values of society.
Even if we are poorer than others, we are at least equal in some essential senses.
Only then will people feel comfortable spending eight hours a day creating more wealth for the rich, and giving them more opportunities to have an extra eight hours.
Well, if that makes people settle for the status quo, then it's right, though not necessarily true.
In just two weeks, the "myth of wealth" in the Western Continent has caused a sensation in the entire empire's society, especially some individuals who used to belong to marginalized groups in society have also become representatives of successful people due to good luck.
When a middle-aged man saw Ken's familiar face on a TV that he had bought at a discount, his jaw was about to dislocate in surprise.
There is a short interview with Ken on the television, but Ken simply describes his exploration in the jungle, revisiting the unexplored area and discovering a very hidden altar.
The altar was obscured by the turf, and there was no trace of it, and Ken rode past it with a crisp crash as the horseshoe stepped on the edge of the altar, and then he spotted the altar and reported it to the guards at the gathering point.
Those people dismantled the altar and transported it back, and after weighing it, they gave Ken a very fair price of two million four hundred and forty-one imperial star dollars according to the gold content and total weight of the altar.
Ken's emotions became very emotional when he said this, and this was definitely an opportunity for him to change his life, and it can be said that he has become one of the iconic figures of the new gold digger.
When asked if he would choose to leave the Hawk's Beak region and return to the empire to enjoy the pleasures of his wealth, Ken replied in the negative after a brief period of consideration.
Not only will he not return to the empire, but he will continue to stay in the eagle's beak area and use the money in his hands to form an expedition of his own.
So far, only eleven altars have been found in the Eaglebeak area, and only five of them have been discovered by gold prospectors.
Based on the distribution of the altars found so far and the study of indigenous history, many believe that there are at least twenty or more undiscovered altars in the Eagle's Beak area.
If each altar could be sold for about two million, it would be worth forty million or more!
At the same time, in addition to the altars, there are many open-pit gold mines here, this is not an empire, not the jurisdiction of Doolin, and no one can restrain them from mining those gold mines.
Non-ferrous metal groups such as Jindes also set up many recycling stations here early, and the gold diggers were much happier here than in the western part of the empire.
Even fighting back against those cruel and barbaric natives has a certain amount of bonuses to be gained!
This also prompted some gold prospectors to actively and spontaneously search for indigenous groups to make sure that they had not harmed the citizens of the Empire.
Well, that's another thing.
After some typical role models were set, the new gold rush finally broke out in society, and many depressed young people recruited friends and embarked on a new journey with simple bags.
A primitive society untouched and unexplored, full of gold, precious stones, and unknown wealth, has been turned into a factory that prints money.
In the process, although the Colt Empire also submitted a formal diplomatic note to the Imperial Foreign Office through the Ambassador, on the issue of security and peace in the Hawksbill area, no progress was made.
No, it should be said that the Colt Empire firmly maintained the Empire's peacekeeping activities in the Eagle's Beak region of the Western Continent, and through this diplomatic incident, it deepened trade with the Empire, and became one of the new members of the IFTO.
On the one hand, tens of millions of foreign trade orders, on the other hand, there is a turn against the empire, and then the domestic unemployment rate rises, class contradictions are white-hot, and civil strife may eventually break out, and the great pharaoh knows how to choose even if his brain is broken.
However, it is worth mentioning that after this incident, some armed forces of the Colt Empire also entered the Hawk's Beak area, and their purpose was no different from that of the gold diggers, with gold, precious stones, and slaves being their targets.
In the official statement of the Colt Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there was no recognition that these people were Colts, and their identities were vague, and it was said that even the personal guard of the archpharaoh was missing a rank.
Leaving aside the disturbing international situation, the temperature in the Eaglebeak area finally dropped slightly in late September, from 39 degrees to about 33 degrees, finally allowing some people to dare to step out of their houses and enjoy the natural scenery.
Ophelia, who had returned from the Colt Empire, was interested in Doolin's current work, and sometimes helped Doolin with his ideas.
On one occasion Durin curiously asked Ophelia if he was disgusted with his current working life, because what he was doing now might be condemned in some way by some moral person, and that war was never benevolent, no matter what its starting point was, and Durin knew it well.
To Durin's surprise, Ophelia's answer wasn't what he had imagined, and she didn't think anything was too much about what was happening in the Hawkbeak area.
This is actually closely related to the traditional elite education of the aristocracy, in which they will make each offspring have a certain aggression and aggression.
Spreading the glory of the family and spreading the prestige of the family is something that almost every nobleman has carved into his bones, even Ophelia, who is like an angel, is not exempt from vulgarity.
Since childhood, the elders in the family, including her parents and elders, will constantly repeat the glory that the family has achieved in history.
These glories are often associated with war and conquest.
On a certain day, a certain year, a certain family, or a certain area.
When those elders tell these stories, they will never describe it as a fairy tale full of childlike fun, and its authenticity and cruelty will never be tampered with or whitewashed.
What the truth is, how it is when they relay it, glory irrigated with blood is definitely not just a slogan!
It is the iron law of the nobles to obtain glory, and feats without blood will never be glory!
At the end of September, Ophelia left the Eagle's Beak Continent under the protection of the navy, and she still has to go to school, and the good news is that if nothing else, she will be able to graduate next year.
After nearly three months of war, the day of the first local decisive battle has finally arrived.
In the process of absconding, Kazhazan contacted all the tribes in the north of the Eagle's Beak area, and was shocked to gather 20,000 indigenous warriors, some of whom were already equipped with more "advanced" semi-automatic rifles.
In fact, since the introduction of the Gold Diggers to develop the Hawkbeak region, Doolin has considered the possibility that some modern weapons will flow out.
After all, faced with the temptation of those indigenous real money and large gems, there will always be some gold diggers who will take the risk of selling some weapons to the natives.
Even if every gold digger is a staunch patriot, it is impossible for the Colt Empire to do nothing, they may not be able to suppress the spread of imperial power in the eagle's beak region and the western continent on the surface, but it is certainly no problem to make a small move in secret.
Therefore, some of these weapons are obsolete or obsolete standard weapons from the Colt Empire, which also makes the Colt Empire's finances a little relaxed.
The reason why these natives dared to concentrate their forces to fight the Luluhado was that in the two battles last month, the Imperial Army and the Luluhado's guards fled directly because they were outnumbered by the other side.
It also gave them the illusion that although the enemy's weapons were very advanced and terrifying, they could kill these outsiders with human lives.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with what they thought, after the opening of the gathering point, the number of troops available in Durin's hands was less than five hundred, and the number of troops kept low was also to avoid the Colt Empire being too sensitive.
Coupled with the guards of Luluhado, 20,000 men fighting 1,000 men, and they also had some advanced weapons at their disposal, the outcome of this battle was definitely in their plan.
With this decision, all the tribes in the northern part of the Eagle's Beak region united and prepared to annihilate and expel the Luluhado and the Imperial army.
It's just that they don't know that it is not the most basic infantry and the automatic rifles in their hands that really shine in modern warfare, but war machines of different shapes!
After this local decisive battle, it was almost time for Durin to go back.
The next thing can be completed in three or five days, ten days and half a month, and an orderly and chaotic area full of dangers is the most in the interests of the empire.
Neither unity nor outright disorderly chaos met the requirements of this part of the empire.
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