The battle in Menda City, Lanfeng Prefecture on the northern front has finally come to an end, and this outcome may not be bad for both sides.

For the Empire, all strategic objectives have been achieved, and even overfulfilled.

Although Xiu died, he not only attracted the federal forces that pinned down the entire northern front, but even destroyed almost all the supplies of the northern front of the federation.

In fact, in the Empire's plan, destroying supplies is not a task that must be completed, but it is just a reasonable explanation for this lone army to go deep and a goal that is enough for the Federation to rescue.

For the Federation, this lone army has finally been eliminated, and there is no threat to the Federation on the northern front of the Empire, on the contrary, with the further passage of time, the power of the Federation will recover faster than the Empire, and the attack and defense will inevitably be mutually reciprocated.

That's the difference between the bases, and for the more powerful federations, being undefeated is victory.

Star City, Thousand Junction Garden.

Today, Anthony, the head of the Locke family, rarely comes to Qianjieyuan to drink tea, so naturally Qiutu Qianjie personally receives it.

In a luxurious attic in the middle of the Thousand Junction Garden, the two heads of the family are drinking tea on the huge terrace on the top floor while overlooking the scenery of the entire Thousand Junction Garden and the entire Star City in the distance.

Of course, the view of the meteor river next to it is also excellent. This afternoon, the winter sun in Star City is warm, and the meteor river reflects the sun, and the river surface is sparkling, which is indeed like a river full of starlight.

"Brother Qiutu, you garden, I really came to praise it once, it is really the ultimate in the classical beauty of architecture." Anthony took a sip of tea and sighed heartily.

Qiu Tu smiled: "If you like it, brother, just move here and live for a while." ”

Anthony smiled heartily: "Why bother you, the price of food has risen a lot recently." ”

Qiu Tu's eyebrows moved, of course he knew what Anthony meant, and said with a smile: "No matter how it rises, I still have this bit of food, brother." But now that the war on the northern front is settled, maybe food prices will fall a little. ”

Anthony shook his head slightly: "It's not good yet, you have to look at the middle line, the middle line is only afraid that there will be a big battle soon." ”

Then Anthony also turned his head to look at Qiutu and said: "Of course, the northern front is finally a good thing, the crazy people of the empire, the northern front is no longer able to resist." ”

Qiu Tu nodded and smiled: "Yes, although it is true that this war is burned to the Federation, and it is true that the warehouse in Menda City is burned, but the war on the northern front is finally settled, and in another three or two months, the empire will taste the counterattack of the Federation." Hum! ”

Anthony bowed: "That's natural, so our Federation, as long as we don't mess up and don't make big mistakes, no matter how fierce the empire is, victory will belong to the Federation sooner or later." ”

Hearing this, Qiu Tu suddenly put down the teacup, turned sideways and said: "Brother, recently, my family Binghe has investigated some cases in the Joint Security Bureau, and found that our federation may not be so stable and united." ”

Anthony frowned, "Oh? What's the situation? ”

Qiutu beckoned and called Binghe, who was standing on the other side of the terrace, "Come, Binghe, tell Uncle Anthony about your investigation." ”

Binghe bowed, and then said to Anthony: "Uncle, I have recently found several cases, all of which are related to manufacturing giants, including Adam Heavy Industries and almost all the manufacturing groups in the Federation. Basically, it is all corruption, and there is a lot of money and materials that are not clear, and only the tip of the iceberg has been dug so far. But judging from the reflection, both the time and the scale may be more than we think. ”

Anthony pursed his lips and frowned, thought for a while before picking up the teacup and taking a sip and said, "Originally, this kind of thing has lingered in all dynasties and dynasties, and it has been killed endlessly. Not to mention the period of the Great War, it will be even more intensified. It's just that these hamsters, we can ignore a little bit, and if we eat too much, we must kill them! ”

Binghe nodded: "What's tricky is that the other party is very cunning, I'm very worried now, the first is a big group committing crimes, and the second is the farthest time, which can be traced back to twenty-seven years ago, if it's true, how many losses and wealth losses have been lost over the years, it's a little scary." ”

Anthony looked up suddenly: "So long?" Then you and Director Hei Suo should hurry up on this matter! ”

Binghe obeyed: "It will definitely be, Director Hei Suo is also extremely concerned about this matter, and basically the recent work will focus on this." ”

Anthony nodded: "That's good, you should kill, don't be soft, what's the matter, we old ones will support you!" ”

Binghe hurriedly responded.

Anthony's face finally looked better, and then asked kindly: "Brother Qiutu, is your little princess better?" ”

Qiu Tu looked at a warm pavilion at the bottom of the mountain, sighed and nodded, "It's finally a lot better, and now I'm more or less willing to go out occasionally." ”

A three-story building on the edge of Star City, with red bricks and black tiles, looks very old.

Although the street is remote, it is still very clean, although the people who live here are not so wealthy, but it is not too poor, and the neighbors often help each other, and life is more humane.

There are two women chatting on the street, two workers working on the water pipes downstairs, after all, this complex work is not yet fully handled by robots, and a few local children are playing at the end of the street.

This place is more like what Star City looked like thirty years ago, a thin black man squatting on the ground next to the small building thought to himself.

The old man squatted for a while, got up and soothed his numb legs a few times, and then pushed the cart that he was selling breakfast.

This kind of sales model can only wander in the most marginal area of Star City.

Waiting until noon, the old man's pastry was sold for less than a third.

Among them, there was a woman who came down from the small building, and bought a lot, saying that it was rare to see the downstairs selling breakfast, and she bought it to try it.

Finally, when it was time for lunch, a small car drove into the street.

The old man meowed, this car was fully manually driven, which was not particularly common in Star City.

The car is a little ordinary, even cheap, similar to the car that most of the workers in Star City buy.

The person who got out of the car was also an ordinary worker-like person, wearing silver overalls with big blue letters on it: Nebula Heavy Machinery.

In addition to Adam Heavy Industries, Nebula Heavy Machinery is the largest in the Federation, and in terms of heavy power, Nebula Heavy Machinery seems to be slightly superior.

The worker parked the cart downstairs, glanced at the thin old man he had never seen before, and then looked at it for a while before going straight upstairs.

This old man really looks too dirty and too weak.

As soon as the workers went upstairs, the two repairmen who were repairing the water pipes immediately looked at the old man, and the old man nodded imperceptibly.

The two plumber repairmen immediately hurried upstairs.

As soon as the plumber moved, two aunts who were doing homely work on the street also walked quickly towards the small building, one in front and one in the back.

As soon as the aunt moved, a car at the end of the street came sideways and stopped in the middle of the road, blocking the sight of the children and others at the end of the street.

As soon as the two plumber repairmen knocked on the door, the Nebula Heavy Machinery worker immediately rolled down from the window on the third floor, and was just about to jump back, when he found that the aunt downstairs took out a gun and smiled at him.

Quickly turned back to the room, when the door slammed open, and two repairmen entered the room with guns.

The workers of Nebula Heavy Machinery were in a hurry and had to jump out of the front door.

As soon as he landed, he was pressed to the ground by another "aunt" waiting under the front door window.

At this time, the old man who sold breakfast next to him walked slowly: "We have been waiting for you for a long time, let's go up and talk." ”

Only then did the workers of Nebula Heavy Machinery know that the people on the whole street are waiting for them.

He wanted to resist, but he didn't expect that the aunt who had detained him was so powerful that there was no room for resistance at all.

When I entered the worker's room, there was a frightened woman in the room, it was the worker's wife, who had just bought breakfast.

At this time, two "aunts", two plumber repairmen, and a total of four FSB agents entered the room, one looked at the woman, one detained the Nebula Heavy Machinery workers, and the other two began to close the windows and close the curtains and began to search the room.

"Don't be surprised, the people in this building have been asked out for all sorts of things today. We were the only ones in the whole building. The old man stated flatly.

The heavy machinery worker smiled bitterly, knowing that today was already an inevitable result: "I'm curious, why are you eyeing me?" I've been careful. ”

The old man said: "We have arrested some people, and according to the clues, we have locked on two hundred and seventy-one suspected targets in your branch, and each of them has been followed for a month before slowly locking you down." ”

The worker shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You guys are really painstaking." Admire, admire, admire. ”

The old man shook his head and said seriously: "Compared to it, I think you are only painstaking, if you are not mistaken, you have been in this position for twenty-one years, so many accounts are leveled by you, in the past twenty-one years, you have at least passed and leveled more than 1,800 tons of materials, I am curious, when did you join them, I think you may have to talk to me well." ”

The worker glanced at the old man, and his eyes became a little calm: "Your Excellency, is it the uncrowned king?" ”

The old man nodded: "Yes, I am Heisuo." ”