"What? Ran away? ”

When Murong Xun heard that the remaining two fleets had run away, the whole person immediately collapsed to the ground.

Both fleets were sent by other military alliances to aid the Silver Star Alliance, and when they heard that Li Xingqi had defeated three fleets in one go, their confidence immediately collapsed.

Murong Xun couldn't directly control the two fleets, and they didn't say anything to Murong Xun when they fled, until the intelligence department couldn't contact the fleet, and they found out that they had run away.

At this time, the good situation carefully constructed by Murong Xun collapsed in just a few days, and the current Antelope Galaxy was already in a state of no soldiers.

Murong Xun's officials packed up their things and ran away, and several colonies that participated in the Silver Star Alliance also rushed to issue notices, announcing their withdrawal from the Silver Star Alliance and expressing their allegiance to Li Xingqi.

Murong Xun, who learned all this, was already in despair, if it weren't for his cronies who had been with him, maybe he might have chosen to commit suicide.

Everyone knows that even if Murong Xun is willing to surrender now, Li Xingqi will definitely not let him go, and the choice left for him is either to flee or commit suicide.

After the hard persuasion of his cronies, Murong Xun finally chose to flee, taking his family, cronies and money, and quietly left this place while Yangshouxing was in chaos.

A few days later, Li Xingqi's fleet arrived at Yangshou Star, and the Antelope Galaxy and the Silver Star Alliance became Li Xingqi's trophies.

After this battle, Li Xingqi's prestige was reconfirmed, and his generals no longer doubted whether his decision was correct. However, Li Xingqi must also fulfill his promise and send out his fleets one after another according to the previous plan, heading towards one goal after another.

As Li Xingqi's fleet went around, the military alliances against him also took action, everyone was afraid of Li Xingqi before, and the formation of military alliances was mainly for defense.

However, since Murong Xun defeated Li Xingqi's fleet, many people have realized that Li Xingqi is not invincible, he actually makes mistakes, as long as everyone joins forces, they may not be able to defeat him.

As a result, with the secret support of military enterprises, banks and other forces, the Xinghan Empire set off a new round of war boom, and wherever Li Xingqi's fleet hit, it would become a battlefield where large armies gathered.

Although Li Xingqi destroyed the Silver Star Alliance in a storm, the war after that did not go well, and more and more colonies began to join forces against Li Xingqi's invasion, and the difficulty of the war also increased.

The war did not go smoothly, forcing Li Xingqi to strengthen cooperation with military enterprises, so military enterprises and banks became Li Xingqi's guests again.

To fight a war, there will naturally be huge consumption, especially in terms of weapons, and the purchase of weapons requires huge funds, and in the end the real winners are only those military enterprises and bankers.

Looking at the latest financial statements, Li Xingqi himself was taken aback, the huge bank debt and the funding gap made this invincible person on the battlefield break out in a cold sweat.

"Damn! That's too much, isn't it? Li Xingqi scolded angrily.

The official in charge of finance stood in front of Li Xingqi and said patiently: "My lord, our expenses have been really huge recently, and because the war is not going well, we ......."

Needless to say, Li Xingqi can also understand that because the war is not going well, the speed of plundering wealth has obviously slowed down, so there will naturally be financial problems.

"Is there anything you can do to ease our financial problems for the time being?" Li Xingqi asked.

The finance official said: "Of course, the direct way is financing, but the most important thing is to think of ways to reduce expenses, especially the purchase of weapons and warships, the current price is really a bit ridiculously high." ”

Li Xingqi smiled bitterly: "It's up to us to decide this, now there are wars everywhere, all kinds of weapons are in short supply, and naturally the price is also rising." ”

The financial officer also knew Li Xingqi's difficulties, so he made a suggestion: "My lord, if the purchase of weapons is unavoidable, I suggest that I try to purchase those weapons that will help more to win the war, and some conventional weapons do not seem to be very necessary......

This suggestion was put forward from the perspective of a financial officer, which meant that Li Xingqi should spend less money and do more, and try to purchase as few weapons as possible that would not be of much help to the war.

It was the first time for Li Xingqi to hear such a suggestion, and he couldn't help but feel very fresh, so he asked curiously: "Can you tell me in detail, which weapons should be purchased?" Which ones can not be purchased? ”

The finance officer didn't know this, so he had to say, "I'm sorry, my lord, I don't know much about weapons, but I think we can spend money on weapons that are powerful and can directly affect the outcome of the war, so that we don't need to buy them in large quantities, and we can help our army win the war as soon as possible." ”

Li Xingqi listened to the other party's words, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, from some angles, the words of the financial officer are reasonable, if he can have some powerful weapons that are enough to determine the outcome of the war, such as things like Houyi cannons, maybe the war can be won more easily.

"There it is! I think of one! Li Xingqi said suddenly.

"What kind of weapon?" The finance officer asked.

"It was captured by us from Murong Xun, its name is Broken Ship Arrow, it is a weapon similar to the Houyi cannon, but it is not so powerful, but it is smaller in size, and it is more flexible according to the erection." Li Xingqi explained: "However, this is a defensive weapon, and it cannot be used to attack at the moment. ”

"Really? How much does it cost? The finance officer asked.

Li Xingqi smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet, I have to send someone to investigate, you go first, I will look for you if necessary." ”

"Yes, sir." After speaking, the financial officer left Li Xingqi's office.

Subsequently, Li Xingqi called his armament minister and the people of the Armaments Committee and asked them about the situation of the broken ship.

Li Xingqi asked the people of the Armaments Committee to ask Xinghai Industry about the price of purchasing the shipbreaker and whether this weapon could be used on warships or other vehicles.

At the same time, Li Xingqi also asked his R&D department to see if he could imitate the broken ship, and if he could, there was no need to spend a lot of money to procure it.

A few days later, someone from the Armaments Committee told Li Xingqi that Xinghai Industries' offer was high and that it was not yet possible to use the weapon on warships.

The R&D department also replied that if you want to imitate the Broken Ship Arrow, it may take a lot of time to study, after all, this is a new weapon.

Li Xingqi was a little disappointed, according to the current situation, it seemed that he could only purchase from Xinghai Industry, but the price proposed by the other party was very high, and Li Xingqi felt a little painful. What's more, now this weapon can only be used for defense, and it cannot be installed on ships, which is a bit of a chicken rib.

Just when Li Xingqi was about to give up this weapon, a person took the initiative to come to him and proposed a new method.

This person is Tang Lun, who has always felt useless since he became a member of the Military Council. Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to climb on Liu Yi's head, but he didn't expect that in the end, Liu Yi's position was higher, and he was restricted by Liu Yi everywhere.

This time, Tang Lun came to Li Xingqi, in order to behave well in front of Li Xingqi, maybe Li Xingqi would look at him differently.

"What is Mr. Tang looking for me?" After Li Xingqi asked Tang Lun to sit down, he asked bluntly.

Tang Lun smiled and said, "I heard that the adults are worried about the matter of breaking the ship, and I just thought of a solution, so I came to report to the adults immediately." ”

"Really? What did Mr. Tang think of? Li Xingqi asked with some curiosity.

"That's right, I've heard that it's a pity that this weapon is difficult to imitate at the moment, and it can't be used on warships. I think it's better to give this task to Starlink Manufacturing, after all, Starlink has a lot of experience in this area, and if it can succeed, it will definitely make the cost of this weapon drop significantly in the future. Tang Lun Mao then recommended himself.

Li Xingqi was a little interested, so he said: "If Mr. Tang is really interested, it can be handed over to Starlink, but at present, I can't give financial and technical support, you have no opinion, right?" ”

Tang Lun rolled his eyes after hearing this, it is said that this kind of business is really a loss, and he has to spend his own money on research and development, even if the research and development is successful, he will be able to sell it to Li Xingqi at a very low price in the future, which is really not worth it from a business point of view.

However, Tang Lun's purpose this time is to improve his image in front of Li Xingqi, whether he makes money or not is secondary, if he can really succeed, he can also make money back from other customers.

"No problem!" Tang Lun nodded vigorously and said, "Please leave this matter to Starlink, I will definitely urge the R&D personnel to come up with results as soon as possible." ”

Li Xingqi was naturally very happy when he saw Tang Lun agree, and said, "Very good, I'll leave this matter to you!" Hope it will happen soon! ”

Soon after the meeting, Li Xingqi sent someone to hand over the captured prototype of the ship-breaking arrow and various technical materials to Tang Lun, asking him to start research and development work as soon as possible.

Tang Lun handed over all these to the R&D department of Starlink, ordering them to come up with results as soon as possible, and if they could succeed, each researcher would be given a heavy reward.

For Li Xingqi, although he handed over the matter to Tang Lun, he couldn't pin his hopes on this weapon, and the battle that should be fought had to continue.

However, at this time, the economy of the entire Union was deteriorating further, and Li Xingqi had to come up with a solution that would completely solve the financial crisis, otherwise it would be difficult for the war to continue.