Chapter 68: Blackmail
"It's nothing! I just calculated that Heavenly Court owes us a total of 17 billion crystal coins worth of benefits, but I said that there is no need to give money, it can be converted into soldiers to replenish it. It's a pity that the Jade Emperor said that Heavenly Court also has time to train Heavenly Soldiers, so he can't give too much for a while. I think they are more embarrassed, so they only brought out seven or eight million heavenly soldiers, after all, do they have to leave some for others to look after? But then I found out that there were a lot of treasures in Heavenly Court, and then I converted the treasures into money to offset part of the accounts, and finally pulled a lot of equipment back to Isinger. What's wrong? The Jade Emperor is angry? ”
"Nope. I didn't get angry, but the Jade Emperor drove you crazy. Now it's all a beggar's nest. When I first arrived, I thought that Heavenly Court had been robbed, but now it seems that I have encountered bandits! I haven't been so miserable with the Buddha Gate at the beginning, you are even more powerful than the entire Buddha Gate together! ”
"People aren't all for you, you still talk about people!"
"I didn't say you did anything wrong. But how on earth can you figure out that Heavenly Court owes us so much money? ”
"Hee-hee, this is just a little cleverness, if you need it, it's easy for me to count us as owing them."
"Admire, admire. Then you are busy with yours first, and I'll see if I can find a way to negotiate with Heavenly Court again to get some benefits. ”
As soon as Rose heard me say this, she hurriedly reminded me: "You can't ask for treasures anymore, otherwise the Jade Emperor will be angry!" I think it's OK to just get some soldiers or divine beasts or something, otherwise it's okay for Heavenly Court to send immortals to participate in the war. ”
"You're light, forget it, I'll find a way to talk to them myself." After cutting off the contact, I turned back to the Jade Emperor, and I saw that the Jade Emperor was holding a broken teacup with a missing mouth and pretending to be drinking tea there. I deliberately walked near the Jade Emperor and took a long breath. "Oh, incense, it's so fragrant. This superb Qingtian tea is rare in the world! I don't know how the Jade Emperor took such a broken teacup and drank such good tea? Isn't that a waste of things? ”
"Poof......" The Jade Emperor squirted out all the tea in his mouth when I said it. Although he changed the utensils and clothes on his body, but after all, the heavenly court is the heavenly court, and the Jade Emperor wants the fairy to make tea, and the fairy of course habitually sends the tea that the Jade Emperor used to drink, but I don't know that the current situation is like someone who is criing with you while gnawing on a bear's paw over there.
"This is the last bit of the best tea left in the Heavenly Court. We saw that you were here today, so everyone took out the good things to receive you, and after you left, we will never be able to drink such good tea again! "Tai Bai Xing, this guy is really cunning and cunning, Jiang is really old and spicy.
"Oh, that's really giving me face." I deliberately picked up the tea and pretended to drink it, but when I brought it to my mouth and put it down, two lines of tears forced out of my eyes. "No, I can't. Heavenly Court has taken me so well, how can I sit idly by! So be it! Since the economic crisis has broken out in Heavenly Court, I think it would be better for me to help you alleviate it? ”
"You're going to give us money?" When the Jade Emperor heard this, his neck stretched out like a giraffe, and it was estimated that I was too shocked to him. They had the impression that the people in our guild were basically like debt collectors, but I even said that I would give them money. Do you say that the Jade Emperor can not be surprised?
I nodded deliberately very seriously, and then continued. "I'm not the kind of ungrateful person, how can I really watch Heavenly Court in trouble and not help, besides, it's not a big thing I can't do, it's just a matter of money, it's nothing to me."
"Ahh What a tribulation to see the truth! You're really my brother! "The Jade Emperor doesn't care about any image anymore, and he praises me vigorously. Anyway, you don't need money to make sycophants, it's just a matter of saliva.
A wicked smile crossed the corner of my mouth, but none of them saw it, the Jade Emperor. The smile was fleeting, and I quickly changed to a sympathetic expression. "So how much money does the Jade Emperor think I will fund you to solve your urgent needs?"
"This ......?" The Jade Emperor suddenly stepped back, and then waved slightly, and the nearby immortals all took out their lightning-like identities and gathered around the Jade Emperor, and then a group of people muttered in a circle, and finally the Jade Emperor turned around and smiled and stretched out a finger.
I can roughly guess how much he wants by looking at the Jade Emperor's fingers, but I naturally have my own plans. Seeing the one he typed, I immediately shook my head and held out five fingers. At the same time, he said: "How can one billion crystal coins be enough?" I think it will cost five billion anyway, Jade Emperor, don't be too little! No matter how many little brothers I have, I can't get them out, this is the limit of what I can mobilize! ”
"Huh? Billion? "I know why the Jade Emperor is so surprised, because the one he compared is actually 100 million crystal coins, and I increased it fifty times for him when I turned around, so it's strange if he wasn't surprised. But...... Is my money so easy to get?
"Hehe, it's mainly brother, I'm going to fight recently, and I really don't have any spare money! Otherwise, it wouldn't have come out with only five billion. ”
When the Jade Emperor heard my words, he immediately smiled. Rose just knocked out something good from him worth almost 10 billion crystal coins, and I will send back another 5 billion, which can be regarded as filling some of the shortfall. After the Jade Emperor finished laughing, he immediately pretended to say, "But you have also seen this economic situation of Heavenly Court. We probably haven't had any money for a while, you see this ......? ”
The meaning of the Jade Emperor is already obvious, he is just fake politeness, which means that he doesn't want to pay back the money, so I don't want it in the future. The five billion will be given to them. But if I take out such a large piece of meat as 5 billion to hang the fish, how can I return empty-handed?
Immediately after the Jade Emperor finished speaking, I said impassionedly: "Jade Emperor, don't say anything. I know your difficulties, and I also know the attitude of the Heavenly Court. In fact, according to my meaning, even if this is a sponsorship of Heavenly Court, there is no need for you to return the land at all. When the Jade Emperor heard this, he immediately wanted to say words of thanks, but I turned around and grabbed ahead of him and continued: "But I know that Heavenly Court will never take advantage of our small nether guilds, Jade Emperor, you are ambitious and noble, so naturally you will not accept alms. ”
Hey. Regardless of your three-seven-twenty-one, I will first characterize your character, either you will let out the old face and don't want it, or you will knock out my teeth and swallow blood. It's not a day or two that Heavenly Court loves face, and the so-called easy nature of the country is difficult to change, so they will definitely not be shameless. Let Heavenly Court remember that there are some advantages that cannot be taken advantage of.
Look at the Jade Emperor's face changed dramatically. I immediately followed proudly and said: "The Jade Emperor is so noble, if I insist on not to, it will be to look down on you, the Jade Emperor, and also look down on the Heavenly Court, so I can't let the reputation of the Heavenly Court be ruined in order to get a reputation for generosity, and I naturally can't be a villain for the high righteousness of the Heavenly Court." "Wowhaha! First hold you up to the sky with a high hat and see how you get off the stage later. "So. I decided to calculate it according to the way of borrowing land, although others will say that I am not generous enough, but in order to protect the integrity of the heavenly court and the face of the Jade Emperor, what can I count if I am wronged? "Hmph, I don't believe that this passage is out of the heavens, and what dare to do to me.
The Jade Emperor obviously told me that he was confused. However, the Tai Bai Xing next to him reacted quickly enough, and since he knew that he could not step down, it was better to figure out the current situation first. "That, may I ask what kind of loan method is the Purple Sun Immortal Friend planning?"
"According to the general principle of borrowing, I will pay the money, and the heavenly court will take the money, and then we will set a time. Pay back slowly according to the schedule. Of course, in order not to let others poke the backbone of Heavenly Court and say that you take advantage of me, this interest naturally cannot be saved. "Tai Bai Xing knew it was going to be bad as soon as he heard the interest, but unfortunately after all, he was old and didn't react as fast as us, so I was preempted by me again." But don't worry, I won't charge you such an exaggerated interest as usury, in fact, this interest is just to preserve the reputation of Heavenly Court, and it is nothing more than a meaning. Actually, I personally don't really care about whether the money is money or not, so you don't need to pay it back. How about simply folding it into a real thing? As soon as the Jade Emperor wanted to interject, I spoke first: "By the way, isn't the Jade Emperor bothering that there are too many people who can't afford to raise them?" I don't think you might as well give it all to me, right? I'll help Heavenly Court raise it, so that Heavenly Court won't have to spend money to raise so many Heavenly Soldiers in a short period of time. ”
"No ......"
"You don't have to be polite with me." I preemptively said: "I still raise a few soldiers, so how to calculate the time and interest for us to determine the small repayment next?" ”
"This ......!"
"Don't use this or that, our Frost Rose Alliance and Heavenly Court are one family, so you don't need to be polite to me. I don't think I need to pay back the money for this method, I think it's good to give me some heavenly soldiers and divine beasts, on the one hand, continue to reduce the burden of Heavenly Court, and on the other hand, I won't let outsiders poke the backbone of Heavenly Court, others seem to take advantage of you, and Heavenly Court definitely has face. Feel relieved. I don't care if others poke me in the back, as long as I save the face of the heavenly court. ”
The Jade Emperor was almost dead by what I said, but he couldn't interject, so he could only muttered in his heart: "If you continue like this, Heavenly Court will become a beggar's nest." ”
Of course, I know what the Jade Emperor is thinking, but I won't give him a chance to speak out at all. "That Jade Emperor! I see that the Heavenly Soldiers are converted into funds to make up for my losses, but in fact, I am helping the Heavenly Court share the crisis. So it doesn't have to be so expensive. I can help you share more! So, how about I think the heavenly soldiers are all discounted to me? ”
"One fold?" As soon as the Jade Emperor shouted, I interrupted him again.
"I know that the Jade Emperor is afraid that I will suffer. But don't worry, I'm totally responsible. It's better to be like this, after a discount, I will give five thousandths of the interest to Heavenly Court as my reward, so that my burden will be slightly smaller, and Heavenly Court will not have to care so much. ”
"Anti-profit? What is Anti-Profit? ”
"That's a long story, you listen to me explain it to you slowly. ……”
I talked to the Jade Emperor for more than two hours in one go, and it was a lot of economic terms anyway. In short, the immortals of the heavenly court were completely stunned by me, and the Jade Emperor really experienced the feeling of being an immortal in the last part of the discussion, because he had been listening to my speech in the clouds and fog, anyway, he didn't understand it.
After I spent a whole afternoon talking to the gods, a bunch of dazed gods signed the following agreement with me.
Regarding the Frost Rose Alliance's funding agreement for Heavenly Court:
1. In line with the principle of reciprocity between Heavenly Court and the Frost Rose allies, the Frost Rose Alliance will pay Heavenly Court a special loan totaling five billion crystal coins. The funds were paid in three installments, except for the first one-time payment of three billion crystal coins, and the last two payments of one billion crystal coins each time.
2. In line with the principle of reducing the burden on Heavenly Court, on the effective date of this Agreement, the Frost Rose Alliance may transfer five million Heavenly Soldiers and three types of Divine Beast cultivation licenses from Heavenly Court at one time.
3. Taking into account the repayment ability of the Heavenly Court, the repayment method of the special loan will be changed to the repayment method in kind. Heavenly Court will begin to repay the loan thirty natural days after the agreement takes effect, and the repayment method is to send 2.5 million Heavenly Soldiers to the Frost Rose Alliance each time, and the proportion of troops can be chosen by the Frost Rose Alliance. The interval between each repayment is a natural month in the human realm, and if Heavenly Court has the ability, it can repay the share of the next month in advance. The arrears will be settled after a total of 100 months of repayment.
4. The interest on the capital has been included in the monthly repayment range. If Heavenly Court fails to provide the full amount of Heavenly Soldiers on time in a certain month, each Heavenly Soldier will generate an additional interest based on the interest of one crystal coin per month, and the interest can be reduced according to the calculation method of one gold coin per month for each soldier delivered in advance.
5. The additional interest difference generated during the exchange of special subsidy funds will be repaid in full with special items or personnel selected by Heavenly Court, but the selection must be approved by the Frost Rose Alliance before it can take effect.
The above five articles don't look like much, but the content is more ruthless and ruthless, if it weren't for the fact that the Jade Emperor had been completely stunned by me, it is estimated that he would not have signed it, but after all, this thing is a system notarized agreement, even if the heavenly court has no way to regret it.
As soon as I signed the treaty, I put away the agreement with a smile and prepared to sweep up the items and flash the people. It's a pity that the Jade Emperor is too prescient, there is nothing left in the entire Heavenly Court now, and it is really not easy to find valuable things to take the sheep with him, but fortunately, we also brought so many heavenly soldiers back, and this trip was not in vain.
Speaking of which, this agreement is, to put it bluntly, our guild has signed a huge contract with Heavenly Court with five billion crystal coins. The content is that Heavenly Court has to send 2.5 million Heavenly Soldiers to our guild every month, and it will take 100 consecutive months to send them to finish. Calculated in this way, the price of heaven and earth is simply the same as picking it up for nothing, it is really cheap and has nothing to say. Of course, it's impossible for us to let all the five billion out of the frost, and besides, I don't have that much working capital, right? My idea is to sell soldiers. Anyway, our Heavenly Soldiers are very popular in our country and several foreign guilds that are friendly with our guild, as long as I am willing to sell, they will definitely eat as much as I take out. They will get angry if you sell less, and you don't have to worry about not being able to sell at all. I have made a preliminary calculation, as long as 500,000 of the 2.5 million Heavenly Soldiers are sold every month, the remaining 2 million is equivalent to a penny that has not been spent to our guild, but I estimate that the roses may not be left so much, the most likely way is to sell 1.5 million, leaving only 1 million per month, so that our guild will also be better to arrange the tasks of the Heavenly Soldiers, otherwise the NPC troops are too large and it will be a headache! I can't play all-out war with someone else in three days, can I?
When I returned to Isengh with the agreement, I had not had time to take out my things for everyone to see, when I saw a man rush up to me and grab my legs. "Ziri, you must help me!"
"Hey...... Ashford, let go, what are you doing here? ”
"Unless you promise to send troops to help. Otherwise, I will not let go. "Ashford played a scoundrel with me.
"You're a little fucking arrogant, okay! Don't you Teutonic warriors claim to know what it means to be afraid? ”
"I'm not a Teutonic warrior, I'm a leader, I'm a leader. If I can save my guild by being soft, it's nothing for me to lose some face personally. ”
"You're going to get to the point." In any case, Ashford and I are both old people, and I can understand that Ashford's words are indeed the last word, but ...... This guy is disgusting too! "Hey, will you get up first? When did I say I wouldn't help you? ”
"What?" Ashford jumped three feet high and turned his head to glare at the red moon. "Zi Sun said he didn't say it, why did you tell me that your guild didn't want to help us defend the city?"
Red Moon immediately roared back with a look of righteousness and a voice louder than that of Ashford. "I said I didn't plan to help you defend the city, but we planned a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, who told you to run away without listening?"
"Huh? Is that so? "Asford was pretending to be stupid with a very innocent expression.
I patted Ashford on the shoulder and said, "Why do I think you've been looking more and more like a street thug lately?" Where have you gone with the aristocratic temperament of the Ashford family? ”
"You're to blame for that." Ashford retorted: "You have a saying in China that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black. I just got too close to you, so I was blackened by you. ”
"How dare you say I stained you black? Okay, I've decided not to help you. ”
"Don't! I admit defeat, can't I hack myself? But then again, I understand what you are playing to save Zhao, but the problem is that there is nothing wrong with you encircling Wei. I'm going to have to withstand all the pressure, huh? Isn't that interesting? ”
"I said, what are you doing all the way to Isengard! Feelings are here to be good, huh? ”
"Hey, hey. Speaking of which, it's all your fault, otherwise you wouldn't have implicated our Iron Cross. The Japanese have no enmity with us, aren't they all carrying the blame for you? Shouldn't you have some blood? ”
"Then you don't want the benefits of the land this time."
"Why don't we want benefits? Even if there is a benefit, we will take it ourselves, so why not? Anyway, if you don't give me some benefit, I'll rely on you. ”
"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you!" I reluctantly took out the agreement that I had just signed with Heavenly Court, in fact, the land mentioned before was only a general rule, and there were a lot of details in the back, which were written all over a scroll more than ten meters long.
Ashuford took the scroll and looked at it line by row for a long time. In the end, he shouted: "Your country's Earth and Heaven Court is too easy to deceive, right?" Is this thing obviously a unilateral treaty! You see, this number is almost the same as forced buying, you guys are too dark, right? ”
"You don't have to worry about that, anyway, you know that we have a steady supply of 2.5 million heavenly soldiers per month. I mean dig up some of it and sell it to you, of course, the price can't be so cheap, I still want the profit. After all, this price is scraped back by me with my old face, and our local favors offset part of the funds in it, and you must admit this invisible expense. ”
Asford usually pretends to be stupid with me, but he is not ambiguous at the critical moment, and as soon as he heard my words, he immediately nodded and said, "That's it." I will give you one billion crystal coins at one time, and I will give you 50 million crystal coins every month in the future, and you will give me 800,000 heavenly soldiers today, and 500,000 heavenly soldiers every month in the future. I can't afford more. ”
I thought for a moment, then nodded, "Theoretically, I agree to your request, but I have to add a subsidiary agreement, that is, you can't take out these heavenly soldiers, and you must not use them to do anything unfavorable to our guild." ”
"Deal."
After signing the agreement, Ah Xiufu immediately handed me a copy of the text and said, "This is your offensive coordination manual that Hongyue just showed me, I think there are some things that need to be changed, you can take a look." ”
I took the messy manual drawn by Ashuford and flipped through it, but there were too many things on it to read for a while, so I had no choice but to call the god of war to help. The speed of the god of war flipping through the book is definitely not much slower than counting the money at the money counter, and after turning it over again, Ah Xiuford was startled.
"Your friend's reading speed is too exaggerated, isn't he?"
I leaned into Ashford's ear and whispered, "How do you feel?" ”
"How?"
"What do you think of the efficiency of my men?"
Ashford nodded. "Absolutely top-notch."
"Would you like to buy one?"
"Buy? …… One? Ashford's expression instantly became exaggerated. Could it be that he ......? ”
I quickly pressed his mouth. The Buddha said. Unspeakable...... Don't say ....... ”
"Oh, I see. Can you really sell this thing? There's no such thing in the country's import and export restrictions, right? ”
"Hey, how are you the prince of the German industrial group? You don't understand this? Let's put it this way. You say that the Americans restrict the export of high-tech products to China, but why don't they restrict the export of flying saucers to China? ”
Ashuford was not stupid either, and immediately exclaimed: "The Chinese government doesn't know that this thing has been successfully developed?" ”
I smiled and nodded, in fact, I was muttering in my heart: "The Chinese government really doesn't know the success of the research of the god of war, but even if it does, it dares to sell it, because the god of war is only a large-scale management computer, and the half-biological and semi-electronic computer is not replicable, and selling it will not cause the spread of technology." There is no need to ban exports at all. Of course, if I put it another way, Asford's attitude towards us is much better, after all, he thinks that this is what I secretly decided to sell to him without the Chinese government, how can he not give me some emotional points? ”
"By the way, how much do you want?" I asked Ashuford. "This is not a home computer. It's a hassle to produce! ”
Asford suddenly asked with some embarrassment: "That...... Sell technology? ”
I nodded: "The price is right enough to sell." The question is ......! ”
"Well, don't talk about it. I don't think I can afford it either. How much does a finished unit cost? ”
"It depends on what you're going to do. This thing is called the battlefield information management center, which is actually a fully automatic unmanned management platform, but it must be optimized according to different needs. The national internal affairs service system is 30 billion yuan each, and the integrated battlefield management system can be purchased for 8 billion yuan. 100 million local battlefield guidance is OK. "And you guys?" Asford asked me, pointing to the god of war.
"He is the original model, and the function is probably similar to the national internal affairs service system, but because it has not been optimized, the actual computing effect is between the performance of the comprehensive battlefield management type and the local battlefield guidance type."
"What can he do?"
"You can command soldiers, and...... Accurate to the individual soldier. ”
Asford looked at the military god again in surprise and asked, "Individual guidance?" ”
I nodded, "It doesn't matter if he's a junior officer or something." Moreover, he can accurately calculate everything and roughly extrapolate the battlefield situation after a certain period of time according to the battlefield environment and react in advance. We have used him to guess the behavior pattern of the head of the enemy before, and the result is that the hit rate is as high as more than 70 percent. ”
"Damn, isn't that the same as turning the other commander's commander into his own spies?"
"Theoretically, it's pretty much the same."
Ah Xiuford frowned and said: "This thing is not a land thing in the game, you use it to estimate that it is to test the performance, I can't afford to play it, but our country definitely uses it, and when I go back, ask my old man." I'll tell you about the general situation, but I guess I'll definitely buy a few lands, and it's stupid not to buy such a good thing
"It's okay, I didn't plan to do this thing anyway, I just said it casually, for the sake of everyone's relationship, I can sell you if you want, it doesn't matter if you don't want it."
"What do you say about the battlefield?" Although Ashford said to me, his eyes had already turned to the god of war, after all, the manual he revised was read by the god of war, and I didn't even finish reading it.
The god of war immediately said after receiving my gaze: "The revision is generally feasible. It's just that there are some areas that still need to be improved, such as the question of dispersing troops that you mentioned, we think it is a complete failure. As has already been made clear in our manual, the purpose of gathering forces is to focus on defending key cities, and then you can capture a large number of enemy cities, and then you will find that you simply do not have enough manpower to manage so many cities and you will have to abandon some small cities. Since it is inevitable to give up in the future, isn't it a waste of troops to waste troops to defend now? If you lose a large city just for that little force, I don't think you want to see that happen, do you? ”
"Is there anything you can do about it?" I asked casually.
The god of war quickly said: "Although Ashuford's opinion is not feasible, he has given us a proposal for creation, and you two also know that I lack the idea of creation. But I am much more comprehensive and meticulous than you are in sorting out the ideas that have come to me. Ashford's idea, though unattachable, opened up an idea, that is, why should we give away these small cities for nothing? Can we sell it altogether! ”
"Sell? That's right! I didn't think of that! Ashford and I both cried. The Japanese and the French attacked the Iron Cross in order to attract the forces of our guilds, and it was better for us to defend the small cities than to sell them all before the battle began. Anyway, the goal of the Japanese is to attract us, and they certainly don't want to add to their burden by involving unrelated guilds. So the city that sells is absolutely safe. Although we will lose these small cities for this. But after all, the money is in hand, and it is not a loss in terms of the total amount of funds alone. Besides, as the god of war said, we can't manage so many guilds after the war anyway, so instead of selling them at that time, it's better to streamline them now and sell all the cities that can't be managed or are not necessary.
Once this idea was settled, things were much easier for us to do after that, because there were no worries. The god of war quickly wrote a new manual after overhauling Ashuford's plan, and we reviewed it and thought it was very good. So I decided to do it according to this thing.
After Ashuford left with the collaboration manual, I called Rose back, the Iron Cross sold the city, we also have to sell, the bank will pay attention to the elite policy, so the personnel are too small, usually rely on the NPC army to support the scene, but in this kind of large-scale battle, we must have a time when we can't take care of it, it is better to deal with some cities with bad locations or little value first.
After listening to my opinion, Rose immediately began to move, contacting the heads of various guilds and holding a city auction. Maybe I'm too incompetent. It wasn't until today that I learned that the total number of cities in our guild had exceeded double digits, and I don't know when these cities were built.
Seeing my surprised look, Hongyue explained to me: "Actually, it's not that you are incompetent, the main thing is that the division of labor in our guild area is too fine, and each leader brings a group of people to fight outside, except for the soldiers they bring. No one else knows what they're doing. It's like the U.S. Front of the Frost Rose Alliance, which has already occupied six cities in the United States, but we don't even know it. As for my side in Japan, not to mention, sometimes there are two or three cities in a day, although most of these cities are sold immediately, but after all, some particularly good locations are still retained, if you didn't say today that you want to sell some cities to streamline the scale of the guild, we don't know that there are so many cities in our guild. ”
At the time I was talking to the Red Moon, Rose had already made appointments with people from both domestic and foreign guilds. After all, we still have the name of the world's first guild, and the weight of the invitation letter is still very heavy, and those international guilds still have to give us some face. When they heard that we were going to sell the city, of course those people had to come to the scene, first, to sell us face, and secondly, they also knew that our guild would leave behind good cities, and now they will definitely get a lot of benefits by buying them.
Of course, there are two sides to everything. While we were bustling with the guilds of various countries, Onihand Nobunaga was meeting with a large group of people from the Anti-Frost Alliance.
The Shadow Dancer was the first to speak: "Do you think the Frost Rose Alliance is targeting us by selling the city at this time?" ”
Nobunaga shook his head: "Now it seems that our plan has not been leaked, so it should not be, but such a coincidence is really ......!" ”
The president of a Korean guild suddenly said, "Frost is sold to so many cities in one go. The rest of their forces will definitely be concentrated in the remaining few cities, which will make it more difficult for us to raid. ”
A very scantily clad Korean MM also said: "I've calculated, the cities sold are more than half of the cities that Frost now occupies, which means that the defense forces of other cities except Issinger will be doubled, so if we continue to win, our chances of winning will be halved, do you think we need to continue to implement the plan?" ”
"There is no turning back from the bow, the plan has been launched, we have used so much manpower and material resources, once we give up, these things are equivalent to throwing them all away, we can't give up." The Shadow Dancer will become more resolute than anyone else.
"But what if it ......!"
Ghost Nobunaga smashed the table in front of him with a thud. "No in case. We will definitely win in the end. ”
"This is a multi-party joint meeting, not your guild internal affairs meeting, please pay attention to your tone." It was a Frenchman who spoke, and although he looked young, the glint in his eyes showed that he was a sharp-minded man.
"Shanks, what do you mean by that?" Nobunaga was visibly not very happy.
Shanks sneered. "Joint action is based on interests. If we determine that this battlefield interest no longer exists. Withdrawal is also a matter of course. But so far, I still think it's worth doing, so I'm sitting here. But you'd better pay attention to your attitude. Although you are the commander-in-chief of this temporary alliance, we are not your subordinates, and it is only for the sake of profit that we are temporarily deployed. I've heard that in Japan and South Korea, your boss can beat and insult your subordinates at will, but I'm French, and we advocate freedom, so it's better not to bring that set of things to us, and besides, I'm not your subordinate. ”
"I think it's better for us to put those messy habits aside. Otherwise, before we can fight with the Frost Rose Alliance, we will start a civil war within ourselves. ”
"So what do you think we're going to do next?" Shanks asked.
The Korean MM said: "It is indeed our bad luck to sell the city at this time, but on the other hand, why not our luck that they did not discover our secret?" ”
"That makes sense, but we can't go back to what we planned, can we? With our original strength, I don't think we will be able to attract enough Frost Rose Allies, and if this strategic objective is not achieved, you will have to give up on the rest of the day. ”
"But we don't have any extra troops to use for you!" Said a guy sitting next to Onite Nobunaga with his whole body covered in a cloak.
"If you don't have soldiers, you have to find a way to get them. The Frost Rose Alliance was not the only one that sold the city this time, the Iron Cross also sold almost a third of the smaller cities. I always felt that something wasn't right. After the downsizing, the number of their cities will decrease, and the number of troops will be relatively concentrated, so that we will not be able to threaten the security of Iron Cross at all. The damn Iron Cross was built exactly after Isengard, the walls were terrifyingly high, and I didn't want to fill that bottomless moat with our guild soldiers. ”
"Shanks, calm down first. After all, the city is dead, and anyone can climb it if there is no one. ”
"But the problem now is that their walls are full of people, do you really want us to fight and lose both?" Shanks's words were already clearly angry.
Ghost Nobunaga suddenly said: "Otherwise, we, the guilds in charge of the main attack, will give you another 100 million, and then you go and buy some NPC legions, I think it should be enough to deal with, right?" ”
"100 million?" Shanks asked angrily, "Do you know what the strength base of the Iron Cross Army is?" 100 million is only enough to fill the city walls, and it is simply not enough to really threaten the city. ”
The Red Lotus Phoenix, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "Your task is to feint. No one has ever asked you to actually take the Iron Cross down, as long as it's enough to threaten them. ”
"But as soon as my forces are deployed, they can see if the city is defended, if I don't make the appearance that I really want to take down the Iron Cross, they won't be afraid at all, and if they don't ask for help from the Frost Rose Alliance, you will be the unlucky ones in the end."
"So be it!" Ghost Nobunaga said helplessly: "I'll ask them to help you make up another 100 million, and then I will personally subsidize you with 100 million, and we really can't do anything more!" ”
Shanks also nodded: "Then I'll try to scare them with these soldiers!" But I'll say okay first, don't blame me if you can't adjust the frost when the time comes. ”
A Korean guild president who had been nesting in a corner suddenly interjected in a low voice: "Generally speaking, there is no reason for the Frost Rose Alliance to suddenly sell the city, right?" Should they be preparing to attack, or should they be able to streamline the guild in advance? ”
If the people of our guild heard his words, they would definitely praise this guy for being smart enough, but unfortunately, Ghost Nobunaga and they didn't pay attention to what the president of this small guild said, and he was not a big guild local. Speaking in such an alliance also depends on strength, not that if you have a brain, others must listen to you, at least the Japanese and Koreans are convinced that only those with big fists are suitable to be the boss.
On the premise of ignoring the most important sentence in this meeting, the subsequent meeting naturally failed to discuss anything substantial, which was nothing more than that the guilds made money to increase the troops, and the rest was basically implemented according to the original plan.
Basically, at the same time as this meeting, our auction was a complete success, and the city that we will sell is a model project in terms of strategic location and internal construction, so the price is also very high. However, while everyone in the guild was cheering, Rose and I tacitly discovered a phenomenon that we had been waiting for for a long time, that is, the funds of these international guilds were obviously getting richer and richer.
"Zero" was originally designed to create a cross-country economy, and at the same time that the social chain is severed, it will cause abnormal false prosperity in social conditions, and now we see that these guilds are all generous. Obviously, the economic chain of various countries has already appeared very strict, and the next step is estimated to be a complete collapse. However, judging from the current situation, we seem to have underestimated the speed at which "Zero" absorbed funds, and if this crazy development continues, it is not possible to predict that the big collapse will come sooner. That's not a good thing for us.
Rose quietly leaned over to me and whispered, "Did you find it?" It seems like our plans are going too fast! ”
"What then? Can this still hit the brakes? ”
"There's a way to slow down the growth of this false prosperity."
"You mean to drive some people out?"
Rose nodded. Apparently with me. "If you get some people out of the game, then they will only survive in the real world. Their existence will make the social chain be repaired for a short time, so that we can slow down the pace of our development. But this degree must be mastered well, if the blow is too strong, it will become a soft landing to help those countries, if the blow is too small, it may not be enough to limit the excessive development of "Zero"! ”
"Who told you to exaggerate the capital absorption model of "Zero" in the first place. Now "Zero" itself is about to develop into a financial monster! A few days ago, when I inquired about the status of Nuwa's group's accounts, I learned that "Zero" was actually involved in 70,000 trillion yuan of intangible assets, and as a result, the company now has too much liquidity, which makes those investment departments not know how to operate. Last month's return on profits was less than one-third of what it used to be, so I was really shooting myself in the foot! ”
Rose comforted me: "After all, we are attacking the world's economic system, and Longyuan is also a large international group. It's normal to hit yourself. ”
"I'm not worried about money, at least until now, Longyuan still has a return on assets of more than eight percent, which is quite a bit of a good thing in international companies. What I'm really worried about is that if I throw all this money into my own hands, it will be troublesome to make an internal economic ring! ”
Rose also frowned and said, "This is a problem, but unfortunately I can't use this money to buy supplies from other countries." Now that the economic systems of various countries are on the verge of collapse, other countries are not without economic experts, and they all know that the situation is critical. It's just that they can't turn things around. However, if we use this money to buy their products, their economic industrial chain will completely collapse, and if we continue in this way, not only will we not be able to slow down the pace of development, but we will also lead to a full-scale economic crisis in advance. ”
Rose's reasoning is actually very easy to understand, like a worker sitting on the side of the road waiting for work. He had no money to eat as long as he didn't work, but now he hadn't eaten for a long time, and he continued to sit and wait until he was nothing, and as soon as someone hired him, he would faint from hunger as soon as he stood up. This is the case with the current economic systems of various countries. "Zero" siphoned out money, consumer groups, and labor, and the three-pronged approach quickly broke the economic chain, and the economy is like a river, if money does not flow in it. Even if everyone in the link holds money and goods, the economic system will still collapse.
Everyone else is celebrating the sale of the unused city and making a lot of money, but Rose and I can only lean together and frown, but the two of us can't let others know. Although the people here are all guild leaders, what the two of us are really doing is really something that no one can say except for Ziyue and the God of War.
"Hey, what are you two talking about there?" The red moon suddenly popped out from behind me and Rose.
"It's nothing, I'm talking about the auction." I quickly diverted the topic and said, "By the way, how much disposable funds do we have left after the tax on the auction proceeds?" ”
"More than 700 million points."
After listening to this, I turned around and asked Rose, "How much liquidity is left in our guild?" ”
"There are less than 10 million left, what are you going to do? We've been buying too much land lately, even though the price of the unit is to death cheap. But in this breath, we are about to buy twenty or thirty million earth heavenly soldiers, how can we have spare money? ”
"I'm wondering if Steel City needs to go to the European Temple of Light to get some touches."
"What are you doing there? Isn't the Temple of Light in charge now? Hongyue asked curiously.
"Hehe, it's because they're no longer good that they have to fight, I want to see if it's possible to come out of the backbone of the European Temple of Light."
"Still knocking? Do you know what our guild saw in the South Heavenly Gate when we later sent people to Heavenly Court to contact the follow-up matters? ”
"What do you see?" I asked Red Moon curiously.
Hongyue smiled and said, "A brand." ”
"Brand?"
"Well, there is a big sign erected outside the Nantianmen now, with a big ventilation water and heavenly path written on it. Our people summed it up, and it can be roughly summarized as Heavenly Court has recently met with men with purple characters in their names. If there is such a person entering the South Heaven Gate, it will affect the fortune of the Heavenly Court and the person himself, so it is better for all men with purple characters in their names not to enter the South Heaven Gate. ”
"Damn. They just hung up a sign saying that the purple sun and dogs were not allowed to enter! ”
Rose couldn't help but smile when she heard this, and said, "I guess Heavenly Court must have wanted to write like this, but for fear that you would get angry, I wrote it a little tactfully." ”
"Damn. I won't get angry when I write like this? I'm going to knock them on something next time, but I'll have to figure out a way to get in first. ”
"You'd better honestly go to the European Temple of Light and look for that backbone!"
"Understand, you guys are busy first, and I'll go." As I spoke, I turned the teleportation ring on my hand and went directly into Isinger's transnational teleportation array, and then teleported to the location of the New Temple of Light in France through the Guò teleportation array to Tianyu City.
Due to my personal interference, there are now two completely independent systems of temples of light in France, one of which is based on Marilyn. Xiyuda, the original temple of light headed by the authentic goddess of light. But usually we call this the Old Temple of Light. The other is the Temple of Light formed by the original candidate goddess of Flindil, and we usually call this the new Temple of Light to distinguish the old temple system from Marilyn. However, no matter which of their forces of light, the temple buildings they are now using are all newly built, because the original Bright Divine Mountain has been flattened by Uncle Ben's Isinger Mobile Fortress.
Although there are temples of light on both sides, after all, the supporters are different. So the forces are not very certain. Marilyn, the original goddess, seems to be more favored by players, but the elders of the European Temple of Light before the split were basically not very supportive of her, so her power is mainly concentrated among players, and she looks like a guild leader more than a goddess. Although Flindil's side was originally an alternate goddess, but because of the strong support of our guild, the power development is relatively large now, and its own NPC power system is relatively complete. Strictly speaking, the main system of Zero is still dominated by the temple force of Flindil. Because a lot of business can only be done at her temple, Marilyn's side usually only issues some tasks or something. However, considering that the system business cannot be changed casually, the task can be arranged at will, but it is more worthy of players to talk about it on Marilyn's side. After all, if you are a bright-based nurse who reaches the promotion level, Filindil's side will have to help you go through the procedures even if she doesn't like you, while Marilyn's side can not send you tasks as long as she doesn't like you, or give you garbage tasks that you can't complete or complete without a reward.
Although the forces on both sides have their own merits, after all, they can't think in one place and work hard in one place, so their external restraining ability is obviously not as strong as the unified Dark Temple. Personally, though, I think this is more beneficial to our guild, and besides, it seems that this split situation is also caused by me. Continuing to maintain relations with both of them now is also to make better use of their power. Although it is a little sinister, it is better not to be too merciful to a terrorist-level organization like the Temple of Light.
What? You say the Temple of Light isn't a terrorist? If you look through the information, you can find that the Americans once said: "Fundamentalists are terrorists." Although this is a bit of a cover-up, it is generally accepted by countries around the world, which means that it is widely accepted that fundamentalists are indeed terrorists. As for what a fundamentalist is, this is easy to understand. It doesn't matter what religion, polity or culture you profes, but if you think you must forcibly spread your religion, polity or culture to the people of the world, you are a fundamentalist.
The Temple of Light believes that the earth is the power of light, and they have been brazenly shouting, "Whatever is not light." All are evil and must be purified. "Listen, it's not fundamentalism, what else is it? What's more, people not only shouted, but also formed the Knights of Light. And in three days, he launched a campaign against the Dark Temple. This is definitely the act of act-oriented terrorists. You say that if such an organization leaves them idle. They don't plan to "purify" this and "save" that? Anyway, it seems to me that the purified is iron death. The saved land is not necessarily much better. Anyway, people call killing people also called salvation.
While thinking that I had arrived at the new Temple of Light where Flindil was. Anyway, we are still relatively close at the moment, and as for Marilyn, we are basically in a semi-hostile state.
As soon as I reached the gate of the temple, I heard a commotion, and two swords against my chest blocked my way. "Evil creatures of darkness, who dare to invade the sacred land of light, I command you to kneel before the temple immediately and accept our purification."
The shouts of the Light Guardian Knight immediately attracted the attention of the nearby players who were waiting to go up to their friends to handle their private business. Due to the light power, there are mostly support and healing spells. So most of the nurses in the player's team are from here. Considering that the nurses are particularly in need of protection, even the transfer of jobs must be accompanied by the leveling team. However, the membership of the leveling team is more mixed, and many people like me with evil attributes will definitely be unlucky to enter the temple, so everyone has developed a habit later, as long as it is not a light profession, they are generally under the stairs in front of the temple. When this group of bored people found out that I had been stopped, they immediately gathered around me to see the excitement and kill the time.
I didn't even pay attention to the Knight of Light in front of me. I've seen NPCs guarding the door like this before, and I've always whispered and begged for help, but what can I do? At that time, our level was only three or four hundred, what else could we do in the face of the ** hundred-level NPC guards? Besides, at that time, Frost was just an inconspicuous guild among many collaborators compared to these large NPC forces, and if I didn't compromise a little bit, would I want others to take the initiative to confront me? However, things are different now. I'm already more than a thousand levels, and the combat power of NPCs itself can't compare to players of the same level. What's more, it is a person who is one or two hundred levels higher. Also, the current Frost is no longer the small guild that had no development potential at the beginning, and now we are also a super guild that will tremble when we stomp our feet, and an abandoned organization like the European Temple of Light is not qualified to show off its might in front of us.
Seeing that I didn't stop at all, the two knights immediately became angry. One of them raised his sword and slashed, and I caught the sword he stretched out with only two fingers, and with a flick of it, the sword snapped in response, and the knight staggered back a few steps before he could stand firm.
The two in front of him were just guards on the periphery of the temple. It's not even an elite, the level has just reached level 800, but I already have 1,122 levels, which is more than 300 levels higher than this guy, and of course my strength is not on the same level. Quite at the beginning, when I was only level four or five hundred, those level 800 NPCs could also play with me like they did just now.
After snapping the knight's sword, I glared at the other knight who was stupid to the side. "You two are new to the land?"
"Huh?" The knight was stunned by my question, and his momentum was immediately suppressed by me. Wang Bazhiqi is indeed a kind of thing, but it is not a breath that is randomly emitted from the body, but refers to a kind of mental suppression of others, and this very domineering temperament usually requires subtle coordination of eyes, tone and movements. If I had to find a category for it, I think Wang Bazhiqi should actually be regarded as an entry-level hypnotism. The knight in front of him is now in the absolute lock of our king's eight qi, and the whole person is in a cold sweat, feeling like a rabbit being targeted by a jackal. I saw that the effect was almost there, so I walked up with my hands behind my back and kicked the guy quickly but lightly. "Hey, what about you?"
I...... Eh...... He and I were both new knights from last month. Previously we were ordinary infantry of the Legion of Light. ”
"Legion of Light's infantry? What kind of army are you? Is it the Fourth Legion? "I was about to open my mouth to speak as soon as I finished asking. But I got ahead of him and said as if to myself, "No way, when we passed through that section of the canyon, it seemed that the Fourth Army had been blown up by us, and there were only a few carts left." So you're from the 2nd or 6th or 7th Legion? The knight was about to answer me and said, "It's impossible, those three troops seemed to have been dumplings made by our botanical mages in the forest at that time, and in the end, a few people didn't run back." I know, you must be from the First Legion, when they fell last, and before Lao Tzu could order the ambush troops to attack you, you suddenly ran back inexplicably. ”
Actually, at that time, our guild didn't send anyone to ambush the last army at all, and I know very well why the Legion of Light suddenly turned around, and the reason why I say this is purely to increase the shock.
Sure enough, as soon as they heard this, the two knights came down. "That...... Are you a member of the Frost Rose Alliance? ”
Don't talk about me this time, the people behind can't help it. A big man shouted, "Are you stupid? Each guild has its own logo, and the frost symbol is like a blood rose, so see if he wears it. ”
Those who watched the excitement were behind me, and the badge was only on the front, so they didn't know. But the two knights saw at a glance the three-dimensional badge that glittered on my chest. The knight who had been beaten before couldn't speak. "You, you, you're the Frost Grower?"
"President?" One of the players behind immediately shouted: "I said why does this guy's back look so familiar!" It turned out to be Purple Sun, and I had seen him go to war before. ”
Another player immediately said, "I heard that Frost's boss, Purple Sun, has broken through level 1,000. ”
"What! It's more than 1,100, and I have a friend who is a reserve member of Frost, and that guy often brags to me that their boss is more than 1,100 levels, and dealing with players like us is like pinching ants. ”
"No wonder he was able to break the sword of the guardian knight just now, it turned out to be more than three hundred levels higher. I'm level 830 now, and if you find me a level 500 monster, I can play like this. ”
The commotion at the door did not last long before a priest who looked like a senior member suddenly ran out of the main hall in a panic. "Why didn't you report it when President Purple Sun came!" As soon as the priest came to us, he called up the two knights, apparently to show me. I guess these guys know I'm being shut out and are afraid I'll get angry. The current Temple of Light has completely lost the capital of pride, otherwise they wouldn't care about my feelings.
"Are you ......?"
"I am the high priest of the goddess, the high priests, they are all inside ready to welcome you, and I have come out to show you the way."
"Oh, then lead the way, I'm looking for Filindil for something."
"Eh......" The pastor looked at my face and hesitated for a long time before whispering, "That...... Within the confines of the Temple of Light, can you reluctantly call Her Highness the Goddess of Light a goddess for the time being? It's not impossible for you to call the goddess by her name, but it's just that it's ...... here! ”
I held up a hand to stop him from continuing. "Okay, it's nothing to give Filindil any face, you lead the way." Hmph, you can't be too polite to people in this kind of place.