In addition to the awe of these rulers or representatives from small countries, there is also an unexpected bonus to the "flaunting of power" of the empire, and that is arms sales.

The purchase of advanced weapons of war is not necessarily to deal with war, or to take the initiative to break out war, but to a large extent to frighten the restless neighbors around them.

War is not a simple matter, and it is possible to break out only when demands are not met, and before that it is possible to determine the dividends of war that will be sufficient to compensate for the losses incurred during the war.

The more technologically advanced the civilization, the more careful it is in its attitude towards war, not because it has anything to do with humanitarian concern, but purely because it is a waste of money to fight a war.

Every meter of advance on the front line of the war means that tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of funds are wasted on this meter of land, and some countries cannot afford to fight a modern war until now, just because they are poor.

Modern warfare is different from the ancient cold weapon war, which fought on population and renewable resources in the cold weapon era, while modern warfare fought on money.

In the war of the Empire's invasion of the Federation, only two lines of defense were advanced, and in just two months of war, the Empire divided more than 170 million war appropriations into five times.

200,000 soldiers were invested before and after, and the salaries of these soldiers alone consumed more than 30 million per month, not to mention the ammunition consumed in the process, as well as the maintenance and damage of some war machinery.

Fortunately, in the end, the money was recovered and made a lot of money, if it wasn't for the unprecedented success of the plan to attack Saint Lodu, which successfully robbed the banks of the Federation, maybe even if he won the war, he would eventually face a huge loss.

It's like the Confederacy's vanguard in the Civil War, when the Confederacy was caught in the Otis encirclement, and the Confederation was forced to sit on the edge of the negotiating table.

If the war consumes a huge amount of financial and material resources of the Federation, if it still has to face a huge amount of pensions and other expenses, as well as the cost of forming new legions to fight the battles fought again, even if the Federation survives, it may eventually have to take the initiative to withdraw its troops.

So how can we effectively prevent the sudden outbreak of war?

In terms of strength confrontation, if the military strength of the two countries is maintained in a relatively balanced state, it will be difficult for war to break out, because it cannot be fought, and in the end it can only be resolved through diplomatic means, commonly known as bickering.

These arms sales will not lead to wars in other regions, but they will lead to arms races in other regions, which is actually a good thing for the Empire, at least when the whole world is fighting with Empire-style weapons one day, and anyone who dares to disobey the Empire's ruling, cutting off their supplies is enough to make them anxious.

The afternoon visit left a deep impression on many of the participants, and the strength of the empire is no longer just a superficial statement, but a real truth.

The terrifying war machines that were more than ten meters tall or even higher made these people frightened, even if some people had some other thoughts hidden in their hearts, they were all dispelled at this time.

It was not destined to be a quiet night, with telephone and telegraph channels almost occupied, and sections of radio waves carrying all sorts of information across the distance of space, and then fell silent after a few transits.

The institutions on the Imperial Avenue were also busy all night, some delegations from military industrial enterprises were taking the train to the imperial capital, and the battleship formation outside the imperial naval headquarters was slowly leaving the port and heading to the nearest military port to the imperial capital.

Even Doolin didn't rest very early, because he wasn't used to going to bed early.

"That's why you're dominating the TV?", Kinsale said dissatisfied, eating the fruit and complaining about Dorin's behavior.

Eight o'clock in the evening was supposed to be the time for the TV series, but Doolin took over the TV and tuned in to a political talk show that she saw as no fun.

The host of the show constantly adjusted the atmosphere of the scene to make the smell of gunpowder stronger, and from time to time inserted a sharp question to make the four politicians participating in the show spit on each other and curse at each other.

Tonight's program has a lot to do with what's happening right now, and under the control of the Cabinet, the title of tonight's episode is "Tough or Warm", and the core of it is directly related to the IFTO that is happening.

The four politicians took the position of the hardliners and the warmers, respectively, to discuss the current foreign policy of the Empire.

This kind of topic with clear positions and obvious conflicts brought out the atmosphere of the show as soon as it came up, and the politicians' well-dressed people only lasted less than ten minutes before they began to tear their ties and get up from the sofa, walk up to their opponents and point at their noses and curse stupidly.

In fact, it stands to reason that this should be an entertaining political talk show, but it is still assigned to a serious current affairs channel, and it is also very popular with the audience.

Confrontation is everywhere, from gender confrontation, to class confrontation, to wealth and poverty, and people are happy to plunge into the wave of confrontation, even TV programs.

Viewers often write to the program team and greet all the people in the program team in a fragrant tone, saying that the friendship and care between their families is because of the broadcast of this program, and the huge social effect also makes this program go from ten o'clock in the evening to eight o'clock in the evening.

Dulin pretended not to hear Kinsel's complaints, but instead persuaded him, "If you can get into it, maybe you will find that this is much better than the TV series." ”

Kinsale shrugged his shoulders, bored and could only follow Durin to watch, looked at her and asked curiously, "What will you do in the end?"

Doolin didn't answer, just asked her to continue watching the show, in fact, before that, the cabinet and the TV group had commissioned five research agencies to conduct more than half a million questionnaires.

Of the surveys, 69 percent said the empire should take a tough stance on foreign affairs, while only 27 percent said it should show more respect to the international community, while others said it didn't matter.

So this show will eventually be arranged according to the results of the poll, in fact, there is no reference such as ratings, and in the end, politicians who stand in a warm position will be speechless to refute.

Limited toughness and limited warmth are the most appropriate ways.

After the show, Durin gave the choice back to Kinsale, he rubbed his neck and prepared to wash and sleep, there was a full day meeting tomorrow.

Just as he was leaving the couch to head upstairs, a sound came from the TV that stopped him in his tracks.

"According to the reporter, Vada and Magellan, the women who became popular throughout the empire after only one film...... stayed in a hotel last night and didn't come out together until the morning, as Vida said before, they are in a relationship."

Durin walked back to the couch and sat down, continuing to watch some of the blurry images captured by reporters on the TV screen, and despite Vida's sunglasses and cap, those who knew her well could still recognize her at a glance.

He turned to look at Kinsale, "Maybe we should talk about this ......"

"What are you talking about?", Kinsale eats the cut fruit in the fruit bowl, in order to maintain her figure, she will only eat fruit at night when she is not socializing, "You mean Vader is in love? ”

"Until she's twenty, none of this will work, I remember I said!"

Facing Durin's domineering tone, Kinsale was very unhappy, "You are just her brother, not her father, Mr. Kersma is!"

"But outside of Alfalfa Town, everything has to go the way I say!", Durin's tone became more and more forceful, "That's why I blame you for bringing her into this circle, you may have your own way of dealing with it all, but she's still a little girl, she's not prepared, and she's not yet an adult." ”

"You're becoming more and more like Mr. Kersma, Durin, and even the tone of your voice is exactly the same......", Kinsale put the fruit plate back on the table and stood up, "I don't think this is the time to discuss this, you should be concerned about national affairs, not such small things. ”

Durin laughed twice, "If we don't discuss this issue clearly, you may regret it by this time tomorrow morning." (9 a.m., when the newspaper is printed)

Kinsale was stunned for a moment, and then she understood what Durin meant, and she sat down again, grabbing her hair and exclaiming, "Are you crazy......? Are you going to hurt someone?"

"A small thing, if Mr. Kerma suddenly appears in front of me and wants to beat me, I don't think it's a trivial matter!", Durin's voice gradually increased, "Mr. Kerma is old, I don't want some people to make him run across half the empire to me and ask me why I am like this because of some people's stupid decisions, maybe you have been in that circle for a long time and think it's a normal thing, but in my opinion, it's not normal." ”

"It's a shame that a disgusting third-rate actor takes advantage of a little girl in order to become popular, Kinsale!"

Kinsale was already crying and laughing at this time, but at the same time there was a trace of irritability, "You can't decide other people's lives." ”

"I make decisions about the lives and futures of millions of people!"

"If you're always like that, we won't be able to communicate, Doolin, maybe in the eyes of others you are the governor, a very great presence in the Empire, but in my case, you are just my family. You shouldn't be so ducai to decide other people's lives, it's not fair to Vida. ”

Durin didn't care about this, "Before she is independent, the first thing she has to learn is to be obedient, otherwise I will cut off all her resources and send her back to Alfalfa Town, I heard that the blacksmith's son likes her very much?"

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