Tang Lun's uncertainty made Liu Yi dare not easily decide on a marriage with Tang Jie, although Tang Jie had hinted many times that he hoped that Liu Yi could make a decision earlier.

Liu Yi was very worried that once he and the Tang family became a family, he would have to be tied to Tang Lun, in case Tang Lun's purpose was contrary to his own, there might be a lot of trouble in the future.

After hesitating for many days, Liu Yi has not been able to make a decision, and Li Xingqi can't wait. Now Li Xingqi is proud, and plans to take advantage of his momentum to pocket more colonies in one go, and this colonial security alliance is very important to Li Xingqi.

From his own heart, Liu Yi was reluctant to join this alliance, because everyone knew very well that being a vice president under a strong person like Li Xingqi was actually Li Xingqi's vassal.

Liu Yida didn't want to become Li Xingqi's vassal from the bottom of his heart, on the one hand, his self-esteem was at work, and on the other hand, because of his own future, once he became Li Xingqi's vassal, his future future could basically see the end.

After thinking about it for many days, Liu Yi was still ready to refuse to join this alliance, although he would definitely face huge pressure in a short period of time, and he was even likely to be sanctioned by Li Xingqi, but these Liu Yi were already mentally prepared.

In the past, Yaqiu had come through so difficulties, but in fact, the situation is much better now, even if he encounters some difficulties, Liu Yi has the confidence to persevere.

What's more, now that we are in troubled times, today's strength may not be able to last in the future, and rejecting Li Xingqi's proposal may not be really a bad thing.

Liu Yi talked about her thoughts to a few cronies, and Ye Na's attitude was to support Liu Yi unconditionally, after all, she was the one who followed Liu Yi all the way, so she would naturally follow Liu Yi without hesitation.

Shangguan Qi and Ke Rin's attitude was similar to Ye Na's, and they all expressed their support no matter how Liu Yi decided.

Tang Jie is more worried, if he explicitly rejects Li Xingqi, I am afraid that Yaqiu's life will not be easy in the future, now Yaqiu is surrounded by Li Xingqi's territory, if Li Xingqi wants to isolate Yaqiu, I am afraid that the economy will be greatly hit.

After listening to everyone's thoughts, Liu Yi has basically determined his thoughts, and he plans to find a suitable opportunity to give Li Xingqi a clear answer that he does not want to join this alliance.

However, the development of things is often unexpected, and just when Liu Yi was about to reject Li Xingqi, an unexpected thing completely changed Liu Yi's mind.

At noon that day, Liu Yi and the political committee discussed whether to join the colonial security alliance again, and the meeting was still disputed between the two factions, and in the end no clear conclusion was reached.

Liu Yi's head was about to explode because of the noise of everyone, and as soon as the meeting was over, he hurriedly walked out of the venue and hurriedly walked to the nearby mining hotel.

According to the itinerary, Liu Yi was going to have lunch with a group of weapons buyers at the hotel to discuss the purchase of Yaqiu's weapons.

Now Yaqiu has become an important military industrial town, in addition to Jieyi and Star Alliance, there are more than a dozen large and small weapons production enterprises.

In order to make the weapons produced by Yaqiu sell well throughout the empire, Liu Yi contacted many purchasing groups and invited them to come to negotiate, and the meeting today is just one of them.

When they arrived at the best banquet hall in the hotel, the other party was already sitting and waiting, and Liu Yi immediately made the banquet hall warm as soon as he arrived.

In accordance with the rules of reception, Liu Yi first shook hands with everyone in the business group one by one, and after the two sides exchanged greetings, they each sat down in their seats one by one.

There is nothing new about the banquet, it is nothing more than the common one, whether it is Liu Yi or those in the business group, everyone is just following the process.

The real focus is actually the coffee time after the banquet, when everyone can talk freely, and the real negotiation and communication takes place at this time.

After the whole set of banquet processes was completed, it was finally coffee time after the meal, and everyone present, including Liu Yi, was secretly relieved.

Coffee time is much more relaxed, and the crowd at the banquet can communicate freely without having to get stuck in the red tape.

Liu Yi held the coffee cup and slowly tasted it while communicating with the others, because of Liu Yi's identity, no matter who he talked to, many people would soon gather around him.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that you want to purchase a lot of things this time, can you tell us more about it?" Liu Yi asked a middle-aged man named Zhang Feng in the business group.

Zhang Feng is one of the main representatives of the business group, and his words are very weighty, and Liu Yi hopes to know more about the situation from this mouth.

Zhang Feng saw Liu Yi asking him, so he replied with a smile: "Your Excellency Governor, we hope to purchase mecha this time, as well as many related supporting products, in addition to various equipment used by marine soldiers, there are quite a lot of types and quantities......"

From Zhang Feng's mouth, he learned that the varieties and quantities they wanted to purchase this time were quite considerable, and it was a big business, which could bring a lot of benefits to Yaqiu.

With such a large purchase volume like this, it was the first time for Liu Yi to encounter it, and he immediately became interested, hoping to try his best to facilitate this transaction.

The two chatted very harmoniously and were very sincere to each other, especially the number of orders proposed by Zhang Feng far exceeded Liu Yi's expectations, which made Liu Yi surprised.

Liu Yi wanted to know why the other party would place such a large order at one time, knowing that the funds required for such a large order were very considerable.

"Mr. Zhang, let me take the liberty of asking, can you really withstand the pressure of funds when you purchase so many weapons at one time?" Liu Yi asked.

Zhang Feng smiled bitterly: "It is impossible to say that there is no pressure, after all, this is a big order." However, we were also helpless, we were worried that the price would rise sharply in the near future, so we had to stock up on a batch of goods in case the price rose too much. ”

Liu Yi asked curiously, "Mr. Zhang, where did you start here?" I didn't say there was going to be a big price increase, but where did you hear that? ”

Zhang Feng was also surprised, spread his hands and said, "Didn't the Governor hear about it?" ”

"Heard of what? What's wrong? Liu Yi asked with a surprised expression.

Zhang Feng saw that Liu Yi didn't look like he was joking, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, just let me not say it." ”

Seeing Zhang Feng's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Liu Yi knew that he must have something to say, so he lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Zhang, let's talk about it, I'm very interested in this matter." ”

Zhang Feng saw that Liu Yi really wanted to know, and wanted to excuse himself, but after thinking about it, he still had to ask Liu Yi, so he had to say: "Since the Governor must ask, please don't tell anyone else, I told the Lord about this." ”

"Of course, I like to be a gossip guy?" Liu Yi said.

Zhang Feng nodded and said: "Okay, here's the thing, I also heard it from other people, some people say that after Lord Li Xingqi's colonial security alliance is established, the ex-factory price of all weapons will be set by the armaments committee of the security alliance." ”

"But it doesn't say that the price will increase." Liu Yi said.

"Isn't that obvious?" Zhang Feng pouted and said: "If the price of weapons is all set by the Armaments Committee of the Alliance, it will definitely rise sharply!" We're all business people, and we can't understand what that means? ”

Zhang Feng's tone was full of dissatisfaction with the security alliance, and if things really turned out to be as rumored, there was no doubt that the price increase would be inevitable.

Liu Yi said with a smile: "Even if the price is set by the Armaments Commission, it is only in the alliance, and we Yaqiu didn't say that the price must be raised." ”

"Lord Governor, you Aqiu are also colonies in the Alliance, how can you not raise the price? You don't have to comfort me, we all know these things......"

Zhang Feng's words made Liu Yi a little uncomfortable, which was clearly a tacit acquiescence that Yaqiu had joined the alliance, and it seemed that most people thought that Yaqiu was Li Xingqi's vassal.

Liu Yi really wanted to tell Zhang Feng that he didn't plan to join this alliance, but these things can't be made public casually, at least not at this stage.

So Liu Yi asked, "May I ask Mr. Zhang, where did you hear this news?" Now all kinds of rumors are flying all over the sky, and if there is no such thing, you will lose money financially. ”

Zhang Feng is also a straightforward person, and replied without thinking about it: "This is definitely not a rumor, I heard it from Mr. Tang Lun made by Starlink." The Governor must be familiar with Mr. Don Lun, he will be a member of this Armaments Committee at once, and what comes out of his mouth can be fake? ”

"What?" Liu Yi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "This Mr. Tang Lun you are talking about, is it Tang Lun of the Star Alliance?" ”

Zhang Feng looked at Liu Yi with strange eyes, and then said, "Of course, doesn't Lord Governor know Mr. Tang Lun?" ”

"I know, of course I know, but I'm just afraid of recognizing the wrong person." Liu Yi said with a dry laugh.

The news revealed by Zhang Feng surprised Liu Yi, but he didn't expect Tang Lun to catch up with Li Xingqi at some point, and he also mixed into the security alliance and became a member of the Armaments Commission with great power.

After the banquet, Liu Yi immediately returned to his official residence, and then called Ye Na and told her the rumors he heard at the banquet today.

Ye Na was also surprised when she heard this, and said very worriedly: "If things are really like what Zhang Feng said, I am very worried that Yaqiu's arms trade will be greatly suppressed in the future, so that buyers can only buy from the alliance at a high price." But if Tang Lun holds a key post in the Armaments Commission, perhaps there is still room for maneuver. ”

Liu Yi shook his head and said: "I have the opposite opinion of you, if it is someone else, I am not worried, but if Tang Lun becomes a member of this armament committee, I believe that he is very likely to do so." ”

Ye Na asked puzzled, "Why?" Starlink is also in Yaqiu, if Tang Lun does this, isn't he afraid of messing up his family's business? ”