There are seven discovered landmasses in the world, three of which are in the east and four in the west. And the Shining Star Empire and the Federation are in the northernmost of the four continents, and there are many people, many countries, and many ...... on the other three continents War.

Just as the envoys from the East who once came to this continent looked down on the environment where wars broke out like wild beasts, the people on this so-called northern continent also looked down on the people on the other three continents, they were more barbaric and more backward, and there had never been a unified civilization so far, even in the past.

A series of reasons such as the gap in science and technology, the gap in culture, and the gap in social structure have made the Northern Continent occupy a very important position in the Western world, among which the Shining Star Empire and the Federation are the best. There are three more countries further south of the Federation, and the Eastern Continent can be accessed through a narrow "corridor". The wars between these countries have basically never stopped, which is also the reason why they lag behind in all aspects, and there is not enough time to develop science and technology and civilization, and naturally in many places it is not as good as the northern continent, which has unified the continental civilization several times.

Of course, although there are now five more countries on this landmass.

The reason why merchants suddenly wanted to buy islands that they had not even bothered to look at had something to do with a naval battle last month. On the other side of the strait, a war broke out between the two countries because of the "invasion of the other party" into their own territory, and many people fought in this war, and after fighting for more than half a month, the two sides became angry and began to discuss who won and who lost, and who was justified and who was not.

In the process, they discovered that Western countries do not have a clear division of maritime territory, so no one knows who the two patrol ships violated other people's territory before they were counterattacked, in short, this matter has been each other.

Until some time ago, those countries believed that they should join the territorial sea in addition to having a well-defined territory, and initiated the relevant content, inviting the principal heads of state or foreign representatives to participate in the discussion and study, and they intend to sign international laws and conventions on the territorial sea in the federal state of Komoy on the second day of the next month, that is, on February 2.

After this incident broke out, the merchants knew before the people of the Imperial Foreign Office, and they even got some finalized conventions, one of which was roughly the number of kilometers of sea extending from the national territory as the territorial sea of the state. If there are islands on this surface of the sea, then the islands will continue to extend outward with the new "land base".

There was a slight surprise here, because there were more islands on the western continent, and wars broke out again between several countries over these islands.

The first thought that the merchants had when they learned the news was that the islands were valuable, because the islands represented the "territory on the sea", and the empire would also pay attention to these islands, no matter what the islands were dealt with in the end, in short, the business that could make money was a good business, and the better business was not necessarily money, but something more valuable than money.

So they made a time difference and wanted to buy a little island to keep in their hands. It is not clear whether they want to run their own business, or whether they will use the islands as bargaining chips to negotiate other benefits with the Empire, because they must have the islands in the first place.

Neither Horston nor During knew about this, after the imperial family of the empire was exalted, the whole country had very little contact with the outside world, coupled with the economic depression and the Great Recession brought about by the war, the focus of the cabinet was not at all on those foreign countries and foreigners who might not deal with each other for more than a few years, and their focus was entirely on a series of social issues to revive the empire and revitalize the economy.

There are very few people in the country who know about these things, but they have miscalculated the purpose of Durin's purchase of the islands, and if he just wants to make a fortune, he may sell the islands to these people.

But he not only knows the word territorial waters, but also knows what kind of convenience a completely private territory can bring to him, and even said something very extreme. If Durin ends up not being able to make it through the Empire, the Federation may go to war against him. Those islands close to the coastline of the empire are the reason, after mastering these islands, the federation's encirclement and trapping of the empire on the sea surface will be unprecedentedly improved, restricting the development of the empire on the sea, which is equivalent to holding an extra knife in one's own hand.

So no matter what, Doolin will not sell the islands, no matter what price the other party offers.

When he returned to the manor in the evening, José was already waiting for him in the manor, he had come to deliver a message, and Nasha wanted to see him tomorrow.

After Durin left the Illian side, the estate was vacant, and José bought the house himself, on the second side. He got a lot of money from the gold robbery, and although his net worth was certainly not as thick as that of Du Buddha, he always had four or five hundred thousand. It's just that he thinks that compared with the houses of 200,000 yuan in the first district, it is obvious that the houses of 70,000 or 80,000 yuan in the second district are more economical.

He also happened to have something to say to Doolin about moonshine.

Now the distillery is shipping more than before, but the recent profit is less than before, and Dourin has not said anything about this, and José feels that he is responsible for the reduction in income. Although he didn't know what had gone wrong, he didn't do the job that Durin had given him well, which meant that he was derelict in his duties, and he was responsible for it.

This is the problem of cultural and intellectual education limitations, and Durin has been asking them to learn, but not everyone can learn. Including Harvey, except for the regular militarized training on Wednesdays and weekends to ensure physical fitness, Dulin hired several teachers for them to teach them the rest of the time. However, the effect is very "extinguishing", and these bastards forget about it after learning it here.

After solving Jose's confusion, Durin rested, the smell of sailing at sea was not very pleasant, he was not seasick, but he couldn't stand the bumps that would give people a particularly difficult feeling, and he needed to take a good rest.

At noon the next day, following the message José had given him, he went to a restaurant next to the Empire Star Media Company, and when it was almost lunchtime, Nasha appeared.

At this time, Nasha was much thinner than the last time she saw her in the imperial capital, but her temperament was more mature. All of her loved ones left her overnight, so to speak, and she not only had to maintain the George family brand, but also find a way to re-polish it. Her tasks are heavy, and there is nothing she can do to relieve stress, so she can only forget some of her worries by constantly working.

"I'm sorry, I'm late!", Nasha put her handbag on the wall of the table, she took off her coat and sat down, "When I was in the imperial capital, I wanted to eat fish, but when I arrived in Ilian, I wanted to eat steak, are people so conflicted?"

Durin shrugged his shoulders, "That means you haven't done enough!", looking at Nasha with a confused face, Durin smiled and said, "Because you're still in the mood to think about the questions that philosophers need to think about, I don't think you have exhausted yourself yet." ”

After the two of them ordered some food and waited for the waiter to leave, Nasha sighed, "The comprehensive involvement in the management of the company made me find that this is a very troublesome thing, there are always some inexplicable contradictions between various departments, even if I solve these things, there will still be new contradictions, just like someone is against me and doesn't want me to be easy." Can you ask a question, how do you manage your property?"

This is also something that Nasha is very curious about, she is two years older than Doolin, and she thinks that she has much more knowledge and learning than Dorin, but she looks at it the other way. Now Durin has much more estate than she does, but she is much more tired than Doolin, she believes that there are geniuses in this world, so she wants to ask how she can manage all her industries so easily.

The two of them sit here and look like friends, but they can't be friends, and it always feels weird.

Doolin didn't mind sharing his thoughts, he leaned back in his chair, in a relaxed position, "You have to make sure that you have enough prestige to make everyone submit to you and feel fearful that they will not dare to do anything against your will, only then will they obey the rules you have made, and actively offend your majesty without the influence of external forces that can compete with you." ”

Nasha listened very carefully, she said thoughtfully, "You mean to use high-pressure tactics to make people feel nervous?So is there a more reasonable way to compete so that they can understand the results of failure? I understand, enhancing internal competitiveness and expanding the probability of internal elimination will make people feel a sense of crisis, only then will they work seriously!", Nasha's eyes were a little complicated, "You always make people feel sudden, Durin." Look, I need to ask you, I believe you didn't ask anyone, and after I got to know you, I realized that there are really people in this world who were kissed by God before they were born!"

Durin shook his finger, "...... you are wrong", looking at Nasha's stunned expression he found it amused, "First, I believe in kings and gods, I don't believe in God, if that old guy wants to kiss my forehead, the gods will definitely cut off his head first." ”

"The second point is that I am not as great as you say, and I am not as complex in the management of the industry as you think, although I did do it to the extent you think. ”

"You must be curious how I did it, it's actually quite ......", Durin couldn't help but laugh, "I told them, whoever doesn't follow the rules, I'll kill whoever!"

"So they're all obedient!"