Chapter 282: Laying the Foundation
The pale blue airship swept across the sky, rushing straight into the distant sky like a migrating bird, as this new guided airship built by Ryan Fort, all his data did not exist in the Ryan Forte company, and even some middle and senior executives in the group did not know the existence of this hand airship, with the technical support provided by Dr. Caral, the secret airship obtained by the cooperation of Ryan Fort's craftsmen, both materials and manpower were personally deployed by the president Irina Ryanfort, and erase its existence from the company documents. Just as the top management of the group concealed that the chairman provided weapons and airships for the noble army without authorization, Irina, as the president, was naturally able to create such a monster without concealing from the lower levels.
The high-speed cruiser Gardney, with a total length of 80 sub-moments and a speed of 3300 sel-moments per hour, seems to be specially designed by Dr. Caral in order to compete with Liber and the Empire's El Seyu and Karejas, not only to strengthen the design of the armor, but also to take into account the weapon enhancement aspect, although in terms of speed after all, because of the load, it cannot surpass the El Saiyu, but only the twelve cannons and a cluster can steadily suppress the Elseyu type high-speed cruiser, Except for the Merkava, which was equipped with the Stigmata cannon device in the Church, only those two battleships could match it. In order to strengthen his armor and engine injection device, a large amount of rare metals and time were consumed, so that it took five years to complete the construction before the start of the civil war, with its huge investment and disproportionate rate of return, the airship could not be mass-produced, and because Dr. Carral mastered this core technology and could not even replicate it without his guidance, coupled with the agreement proposed by Ike, the company had to hide the fact that this airship existed, but no matter how many its shortcomings were, At present, this heavy airship is definitely the king of this sky, and with its combination of speed and force, it is not afraid even if the "White Wing" appears in person, not to mention other military airships.
"So the airship cost at least hundreds of millions of miles?" Lixia, who was also on the airship, asked in surprise as she listened to Effina's explanation beside her.
"769,540,000 mila to be exact, because most of the money went through my hands, I still remember it quite clearly." Alfina replied with a grin, as young as she seemed to be completely unaware of the weight of this number, it was hard to imagine that such a large amount of income could be used on a cruiser, and it was even more difficult to imagine that the person in charge was actually a little girl who looked to be less than twenty years old. As if to see the astonishment and bewilderment in Lixia's eyes, Afina explained with a wink. "The money is not paid all at once, but on a case-by-case basis, so it looks scary in terms of the total amount, but it is much smaller over the course of five years."
"That's 700 million." Lixia smiled bitterly, "To be honest, it's unbelievable, as an assassin, I'm still a little familiar with the rich people of the Republic, but whether it's a powerful magnate or a wealthy businessman, there is almost no such huge expense, and Afina you don't seem to be an adult yet, right?" ”
"Ahem, let me introduce myself, my name is Efina, 17 years old, a graduate of the Tolz Military Academy with a double major in intelligence and business, one of the heads of the Erebonia Empire, just like my major, espionage and business operations can be my specialty, please advise me more~Miss Silver~ Or should I call it Silver Dance?"
"Just call me Lisia." Lixia shook her head helplessly, "I haven't heard much from Ike compared to these, but since you have such a huge cash flow, you... Who are they? ”
Looking at Lixia's inquiring gaze, Afina hesitated for a moment and nodded, then shook her head again, and pondered for a long time before answering, "This question should have been told to you by Ike, as the guarantor and guide for you to board the ship, he should be very clear about this kind of thing, after all, most of the basic members and framework of this organization are built by him, if he hadn't told you... Miss Lixia, you didn't explicitly join, did you? ”
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"Did you guess it?" Efina breathed a long sigh of relief, and her serious expression relaxed a lot at this time, "Since you are not so so, please forgive me for not being able to tell you about the details of the interior, but about some basic things, since it was brought by Ike and Ling, I can still tell you." There is no name for this organization, but it is better to say that 'Nameless' is the name of this organization, which was originally an organization established by Ike and some members of the original iron machine team and reinforced hunters, although Ike swore that this organization was to change the world, but it is estimated that they did not think about it at all at the beginning of its establishment. ”
"Changing the world ... Is it? ”
"Yes, when it was first established, they were all strange guys, hunters who participated in the Hundred Days War, saw a lot of dark side iron fleets, and found that according to the plan at that time, people who couldn't see the world change at all, so they came up with the idea of establishing this organization, not like the drastic changes of the association, and not like those bureaucrats who are drunk and only want to maintain their own rule, and really change the organization of the world, at least that's what Ike told me at the beginning." Effina replied. "Later, as the organization expanded, the manpower became more and more abundant, and the demand became more and more tight, and we opened up money everywhere for money, whether it was commercial trade or assassinating bureaucrats for property, and the Iron Fleet as an association had an inexplicable relationship with the Empire for a long time, and it was easy to find some rich and damned officials. Later, for the needs of industry and technology, we found Chase Workshop, the Epstein Foundation, and Ryan Fort, and finally found Dr. Carall from some clues to establish the organization's industrial needs and stable investors. And in order to maintain this achievement, they went to find a lot of like-minded guys, and in the end it became such a strange organization.
"Sounds a bit like a fairy tale...
"Yes, I thought the same way at the beginning, I always felt that everyone was a group of dreamers, and the guy who crawled out of hell actually had this kind of wish like a second child." Alfina complained as if she had found a confidant.
"But now it looks like you're fully integrated into the collective, Efina, right?"
"Uh... Lixia's words to the bottom of her heart made Effina hesitate for a while, and then shook her head with a wry smile, "You're right, now it looks like I've become a member of that group of stupid people, although I still have doubts about this goal until now, but I haven't forgotten that the world has changed little by little, at least in the empire, there are tens of thousands of people who live on our business, many raw material supply places originally didn't even have simple roads and elementary schools, and many people have stepped out of the area where they live for the first time to see the world because of us." Whether it's building roads or building trade routes to feed those people, the world is changing little by little, especially after the Empire's Civil War. ”
"Are you involved in the civil war?" Lixia asked in surprise.
"As long as you are in the Empire, you will inevitably be affected by this civil war, although on the surface we are not powerless to reconcile, but the war about money and intelligence has started from the beginning." Aifina stretched out her index finger and smiled mysteriously, "Otherwise, why do you think the Central Army can still stand even though it is at a disadvantage after losing its prime minister?" War is never just a matter of force, logistics and transportation, weapons supply and morale intelligence are all part of victory, and in this regard, there are too many factors that can be operated. ”