The debate in the conference room continued, and on the surface it seemed that no one could convince anyone, but what everyone was thinking in their hearts, the others did not know.

At the critical moment, it was Archduke John who stood up to stop the farce and said, "There is some truth in what you two say. ”

No matter how this sentence sounds, it tastes like mud, but everyone here knows that Archduke John must have something to say, so no one stood up to refute it, but quietly waited for Archduke John's next words.

Archduke John lived up to expectations, and quickly continued: "Both of you have good intentions, both for the sake of our land, and you are well aware of this and respect your opinion. ”

After seeing the others nodding, Archduke John continued: "Since everyone's opinions can't be unified for the time being, it's better to put them aside, first count the opinions that can be unified, and tell the people below to do it first, and then the rest of the matter can be discussed slowly." ”

"The Grand Duke has a point." "I agree with the Grand Duke." "Just do as the Grand Duke wants." Everyone present, including Andrew, agreed with Archduke John. Whether out of respect for Archduke John, or genuinely for the sake of the land, or if there are other ideas, it is clear that no one would stand up and challenge the authority of Archduke John at such a time; Besides, what people say does make sense! Why oppose it?

After everyone had finished speaking, Archduke John nodded with satisfaction and said, "Since everyone agrees, let's start voting!" The first vote was Mr. Andrei's initiative to send people to contact the fleet on the open sea and find a way to reach a cooperation intention with others... (glancing at everyone) to start voting, if you disagree, please express your opinion and explain the reasons. ”

There was silence in the room, no one squinting, and no one objected.

Seeing this, Archduke John nodded and said, "The unanimous vote has passed, and the recorder please record." The second vote is now for the transfer of troops and equipment to the coastal zone in the name of a change of guard; Voting will be opened now, and if you disagree, please express your opinion and explain the reasons. ”

Huh~ In the name of changing defenses, mobilize to deal with and equipment to the coastal zone?

Someone's eyes lit up, and at the same time he raised his head to look at Archduke John, and when he saw Archduke John smiling and nodding slightly, he immediately understood Archduke John's true thoughts.

This is obviously to find a more reasonable interface for your own side to mobilize the team and strength! It's not very clever, but it's reasonable!

If the fleet on the open sea really has the sincerity to reach a cooperation, it will naturally not care about the trivial matter of changing guards... Because this has nothing to do with the fleets on the open sea, and it can't get in the way of making a deal with them! Why does the fleet on the open sea stretch out its hand to meander? It doesn't make sense at all.

What's wrong? Do you care about the world or if we shit and fart? Changing the guard is just a normal operation, anywhere, any territory has the operation of changing the guard, even if you are amazing, even if you are powerful to go to the sky, you can't help but let us change the guard! That's a bit of a bully, more bullying than on someone else's neck, even a close ally or partner can't interfere with other people's internal adjustments. Besides, there is no sign of cooperation, why do you manage others to change their defenses, and what position do you have to manage others to change their defenses?

Even if you are unhappy, even if you are unwilling, then there is no reason for you to intervene, there is no way to intervene, unless you directly use force to solve the problem.

The question is, if the time comes to use force to solve the problem... After all the fights, Du Te has become an enemy, Du Te has become an enemy of life and death, who cares about your opinion! At that time, only big fists are the last word, who cares what opinions and ideas you have, love to death or not!

Besides, the team and equipment that were dispatched in the name of changing guards arrived... The teams and equipment stationed there now may not necessarily be transferred away immediately!

No matter what the reason is, it is the cumbersome handover process, the problem of the handover process, or simply give him a temporary inconvenience to leave or something... Anyway, it's just a random interface, and it's just a matter of not leaving anyway. As long as they make up their minds, no matter what the people outside you think or have opinions, there is no legitimate reason to prevent them from letting the original garrison leave here.

All of us here were old foxes, and they quickly understood the meaning of Archduke John's words, and naturally they knew the advantages of doing so, and of course they would not object to it, and they could not oppose it. Even Andre thinks this statement is very good and powerful, not to mention other people, they are also the helpers and vested interests here, and they are even more unlikely to oppose it!

The second proposal was quickly adopted, and Archduke John said quietly: "Then comes the third proposal, should we lay mines in the coastal waters?" The pros and cons are very clear, so I won't go into details. However, I would like to remind you that the number of mines laid is the key, and a small number will not play a big role, and it is difficult to hide from people's eyes and ears if there are too many mines, too many manpower are used, and the scene is too large. There is an old saying in the East that it is not a raptor but a river, people can come here with a large fleet, whether he is a human or a robot, after all, he is a ruthless character who has experienced deceit and life and death on other continents, and wants to use this small means to deal with others... That must be overthinking. ”

"Huh." Archduke John chuckled twice and then said: "When people are old, there are a lot of words, everyone should bear more~ I won't say much about it below, everyone votes directly." If you have different opinions, please bring them up, and at the same time, you can express your own opinions. ”

Although Archduke John did not express his intentions, everyone already understood Archduke John's position and attitude from the meaning of his words, and did he need to explain it directly? There's no need for it!

Among all the people present, Andre was the most dissatisfied, he pretended to be nothing on the surface, but in his heart he was secretly slandering: "Why don't you say much below, do you say less?" ”

To tell the truth, although Andre has made money, made a lot of money, and made a lot of money on this land, he and everyone here are not all the way, nor are they of the same heart. Especially when he almost tore his face with these people before, he had clearly seen the faces of these people, and guessed the purpose of these people... Everything is still based on interests, looking at money, making money, what feelings, what morality, to hell with it! In this case, he is even more afraid to put his bets on these people.

In case after the current matter is resolved, these people suddenly turn their faces and find their own trouble, then it will be completely cool... All of Andre's family background, all the hidden arrangements are on other people's territory, under the noses of others, if people really want to trouble him, no matter how great his ability is, he must open his hole cards and expose all the details to ensure his safety. In that case, he will be in great trouble, and the whole world will probably have to jump out against him.

Therefore, Andrei is actually very conflicted in his heart. He didn't want the people here to be wiped out, and he didn't want the people here to get through this difficult time safely... The best result is to find a way to make the people here and the fleet on the outer sea start from a small conflict, and then fight in a fight that is not light or serious, so that the strength here will suffer some losses, so that they will solve the current trouble and do not dare to act rashly, let alone do it to themselves.

Of course, we must not allow the fleet on the open sea to take too much advantage, let alone allow the fleet on the open sea to occupy the land here and take root here... No matter which side the fleet on the open sea belongs to, they cannot be allowed to stay here. Because, because Andrei doesn't belong to any side!

But it is extremely difficult to do this, it is like dancing on the tip of a knife, walking a tightrope in the air, and if you don't pay attention to it, you have to overturn and get yourself in. Especially when everyone is against it, he will not dare to act rashly, let alone show his heart.

Those who had previously strongly opposed the laying of mines in the Inland Sea would not have wasted this opportunity, and immediately stood up against this proposal and expressed their views... In fact, it's just a cliché, and the short explanation puts the previous statement on the side. However, because of the 'support' of Archduke John this time, no one directly jumped out against his opinion.

Regardless of whether this man's statement is correct or not, it is clear to everyone present that as long as this man cannot be convinced, this proposal will not pass, and Archduke John will not be able to let this proposal pass. In that case, then why bother to jump out and make people dislike.

The meeting is basically no longer able to go on here, and it can and must first arrange the first two proposals that have been passed, so that the people below can quickly complete these two tasks... Really, really, time is running out, and they don't want to wait, they don't dare to wait, and they can't wait.

In fact, Chen is really not as evil as they imagined, let alone as domineering and unreasonable as they imagined. And Chen himself has no intention of this land that they regard as a treasure... Because Chen doesn't look down on these people at all, let alone these people!

Of course, Chen still attaches great importance to the food, living materials and some precious resources they have now, which is also for the sake of the Sandwich Islands, and wants the people on the Sandwich Islands to work for him and work hard for him, and he has to find ways to make the family have enough to eat! From ancient times to the present, when you can't even eat enough, who is willing to work hard for you.

Of course, there are other reasons for this... The most important thing is that Chen doesn't know much about the situation on Uncle Sam's territory, even if some of the people in the digital team lurk on Uncle Sam's side to be an undercover agent for him, he doesn't know much about the situation on [Xiao Mo]'s side, and he doesn't know if [Xiao Mo] can provide him with enough logistical support----- the key problem is that even if [Xiao Mo] can provide him with logistics resources, he doesn't dare to trust [Xiao Mo] too much now.

In this case, it is imperative to find yourself a logistical supply line and a back road for yourself. Otherwise, his Chen someone's time is so precious, he can't waste his time here to negotiate with these people; It is even more impossible to waste time to park the fleet on the open sea and wait for their news.

When these people sent the news and sent a team to the open sea to negotiate with someone Chen, Chen was still in the captain's room.

Of course, there is no need for someone Chen to come out in person for such a trivial matter as negotiating with someone else... This is not because the identities of the two sides are not equal, and it is not because Chen looks down on these people. It's really, really Chen is lazy, and he himself is not good at this kind of thing!

The so-called art industry has specialization, Chen is really not very good at dealing with people, no matter what it is, he is not good at it, and he himself has this self-knowledge. What's more, he Chen has nothing else in his hands, that is, he has money, property, and resources, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is poor and only has money left. If nothing else, the wealth that Chen had gotten from the Sandwich Islands and from the robot triumvirate was enough for him to squander.

Not to mention that it is used to buy food and daily necessities, even if it is used to buy more things, more restricted-level things, there is no problem at all... The premise is that he is willing to buy it.

It's not like there is a saying that a problem that money can solve is not a problem. This is the case for Chen now, he has money in his hands anyway, and he doesn't want to waste energy, time, and strength on useless fights anyway. This is definitely not because Chen is afraid, but because it is not worth it, at least in Chen's opinion, it is definitely not worth it to waste time and resources and fight with the people here. With this time, he might as well study how to collect the resources in the sea, how to gain a foothold on the moon and collect more resources.

The sea and the sea of ownerless resources on the moon are gone, why should he fight for resources and people here? He is not idle and has nothing to do, he Chen has a lot of more, many, many more important things to do, how can he waste time here.

Not to mention anything else, even helping [Xiao Mo] on Uncle Sam's turf is much more meaningful and important in Chen's eyes than fighting with the people here... Although Chen does not trust [Xiao Mo], [Xiao Mo] is an intelligent life after all, an intelligent life that is quite friendly to human beings, and an intelligent life that may be co-opted. This alone is enough for someone Chen to work hard to toss this matter.

As for trading with the people here to buy food, daily necessities, fuel, etc., this kind of trivial matter can naturally be handed over to the clones under his command to solve... Although all the people under him have no business and negotiation brains and experience, and in fact they are not much better than him going out in person, but he Chen someone is rich, and he Chen someone doesn't care about this!

casually sent a staff officer from the logistics department to connect with the locals, and Chen didn't care about the rest of the things, as for whether the thing was done well or badly, and to what extent the thing would be done in the end... Then leave it to fate, even if this staff officer is in a pit again, he will definitely not eat inside and out, let alone join forces with the people here to fool him and someone. For Chen, that's enough, he has this confidence.

The next development was completely unexpected by the locals, although the head of the logistics staff said that he had a cold face and was not easy to speak, but he did not put forward any unreasonable conditions, let alone any excessive demands.

What the hell is this, what the hell is this? Something is wrong, something is very wrong, there is a conspiracy, there is definitely a conspiracy. Otherwise, negotiations with this fleet would never have been and should not have gone so smoothly.

has always had the idea of 'there are always people who want to harm me', these people naturally don't want to believe that things are going so smoothly, this is especially not in line with their logic!

If the logistics staff sent by someone Chen were a little ruthless, a little blacker, and a little blacker, and bargained fiercely and to the death, these would be acceptable... Because when they were sent out, they had already given instructions and given them a certain bottom line for trading.

If they had made great efforts to give full play to their ingenuity and wisdom before they successfully completed the task and ensured their own interests, then they would have been very happy. But what the hell is this situation in now? Things are not what they imagined! Basically, it can be said that it is not good or not.

The point is, the current situation, no one believes them when they go back! Except for the people who were present and involved, everyone in the family would not believe it and would not dare to believe it! How can they explain this when they go back?

Is it necessary, is it necessary to report according to the bottom line explained above, and then sell it to this fleet according to the negotiated increase, so as to gain some benefits for yourself?

This, this, this doesn't seem impossible... This special place is 'not not impossible', this special thing is done, and what can be done can no longer be done. With the increase in the bottom line of the sale negotiation explained by the family, the price difference here is too big, too big, too big, and these big people don't dare to think about it, and they don't even dare to try it.

The question is, what if something happens? That's going to be a head-off. Who is not afraid of death before he dares to do such a big thing after a long life?

If the next transaction goes well, it will be enough to send this fleet away with a hammer deal, but if something goes wrong in the middle, even if it's just a little insignificant... Whether it was exposing the details of this transaction, or causing a big mess and letting the fleet open fire directly, it was especially necessary to burn everyone involved in this matter to the ground.

Especially since there are a lot of people who know about it... No, no, no, it's not a little too much, it's a lot of Tete. With so many people involved, how could it be possible for so many people to keep this secret? Add to that the fact that it is already difficult to unite so many people and involve so many people?

Let's not talk about whether these people will make a small report after they go back, just such a big profit is not easy to distribute! There's a little bit of imbalance, a little bit of a difference... Then we're going to have to make a big mess.

But to watch such a large fortune slip out of their hands, some people can't get over this hurdle in their hearts and can't convince themselves!

It is said that people die for money, and birds die for food. This sentence cannot be said to be absolutely accurate, there are always some people who regard money as dung, but such people definitely do not include these guys present.

If you think about it, you don't need to get everyone involved!

It is enough to bring in a few people of sufficient status and status to be able to preach here. As for the others, it is entirely possible to hide from them the truth about this.

Of course, there's one of the biggest problems here, and there's no way to end it yet; That is to find a way to buy off the main manager of the fleet, so that the main manager can help him hide from the world.

In fact, as long as you can buy off the main manager of the fleet, let this person issue a receipt for yourself... That's right, it's a receipt, not an invoice.

This is especially on the vast sea, they don't even know the details of this fleet, so they issue a ghost invoice, and let people go to invoice them!

Besides, even if you give them an invoice and give them a real invoice, they won't have any use!

All you need is a receipt, a simple, undemanding, scribbled receipt that can be passed, how simple is that? If it weren't for the fact that the principals on the fleet's side nodded yes and covered for them to get through, they could even forge a receipt by themselves and even carve a seal by themselves.

The problem is that it is not a simple matter to buy off the principal of the fleet, and when you meet for the first time, you don't even know who the special person is, what your temperament is, and how big your appetite is, how can you buy it? ?

However, there is still some room for manoeuvre. These people do not believe that there are cats in this world that do not eat fish, nor do they believe that there are people in this world who are not greedy for money. What's more, there is no loss for this fleet, no matter how they operate, no matter how much money they hack in it, it has nothing to do with this fleet, and it will not cause any losses to the fleet, what reason does the specific person in charge have not to be bought?

Someone took the lead one by one to find a few people who could talk, or who absolutely couldn't get around, and chatted alone... These people can be said to smell like each other, hit it off, and soon formed an alliance of interests, and began to raise eyebrows.