Chapter One Hundred and Eight
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"Isn't it invincible, then?" Yuna looked at Tang Long and asked worriedly, although she had never commanded a battleship, but just thinking of this battleship that was not afraid of fighting appeared in front of her, a chill surged in her heart, so she hoped that Tang Long could find a solution.
Tang Long didn't hear Yuna's question, because he was frowning and muttering, "It's strange, the file battleship relies on thickness and sudden burst of assault power. The thickness is easy to solve, but the engine that can instantly increase the explosive power is not so easy to solve! The last Hive Battleship was only similar in appearance, in addition to installing a driving engine in the battleship, it also installed several more energy transfer engines to ensure the power of a salvo of 10,000 guns, not like only one engine set in the game. Could it be that this is also the case with the battleship this time? Wrong! Installing a few more engines doesn't produce an instantaneous burst of power, so could the mysterious arms manufacturer really develop that kind of engine? ”
Seeing that Tang Long was in a daze, Yuna couldn't help but push Tang Long to ask her question again. Tang Long, who was not paying attention here, said casually: "It's not invincible, it's just that it can exert a huge threat when the battleship is in close combat." ”
When Sally heard this, she immediately asked, "Then what is the solution to this kind of warship?" ”
Tang Long still said casually: "It's very simple, if you don't get close to them, lay mines around them." Then hide in the distance, concentrate your fire, aim at one place, shoot continuously, and shoot it through. If you get close to them, try to lose a few ships and aim at their butts, that is, attack at the engine. As long as they can't move, it's up to you whether to steam or braise them after the war. There are many ways to do this, such as blowing them up with missiles to stun the pilot inside them, or blowing them up on a planet and blocking it with stones. Or blow up the computer probes that fit into the gaps in their files and make them blind. ”
Hearing that there were so many ways to deal with this kind of file battleship, the women all laughed happily. Yuna was also in the mood and smiled: "Is it okay to interfere with them with electromagnetic waves?" ”
"No, their thick hulls can block any electromagnetic waves." After Tang Long shook his head and said this, he suddenly said to Ling Li: "Ling Li, you have to increase your intelligence collection on the Caesar family and see if you can find out who the person who sold these mysterious warships to the Caesar family is." ”
"Yes." Ling Li nodded violently, of course she knew the important surname of this intelligence. It seems that the matter of placing spy satellites is really going to be acted on as soon as possible.
"By the way, Sally, wait for you to take the troops out, and lay mines for me in the nearby star fields close to the planets of Ulan, Winter, and Ode, and leave a commercial passage in each place, and at the same time arrange a few warships for me to patrol these three passages." Tang Long said to Sally.
"Okay, but will this cause disgust among these forces?" Sally asked, a little worried.
"Whether they are disgusted or not, those mines are in our sphere of influence anyway, and it is not their turn to talk nonsense." After Tang Long finished speaking, he didn't wait for Sally to nod, then turned to Yuna and asked, "Yuna, are the three business channels enough?" Not enough for Sally to get a few more. ”
Hearing Tang Long's words, Yuna sighed and said, "My lord, none of the caravans that arrived on time to our planet in the past came, and several caravans left halfway. Now that the goods we are waiting to be shipped away have been piled up in the port, you must know that the daily supplies of our original territory alone require the transportation volume of more than a dozen high-level transport ships, not to mention the current volume of goods on the entire planet. ”
"What's going on? Why didn't those caravans come? Is it that the quality of our goods is too poor or the price is too high? Tang Long asked in surprise.
"I can't guarantee the quality of other places, but the goods in our original territory are of the best quality, and the prices are very favorable," Yuna said. Like fresh frozen beef, a ton is only sold for 10,000 Wulai coins, and a standard live cow is only sold for 10,000 Wulai coins, which is several times lower than the price in other places! ”
"If the quality-to-price ratio of our goods is so good, why don't those caravans trade with us?" Tang Long asked puzzled.
"I don't know what's going on, those merchants don't say anything, they just say they won't trade with us." Yuna shook her head helplessly. And seeing Tang Long's eyes looking at Ling Li, she also shook her head and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, our intelligence department didn't get any information. ”
"If the goods can't be sold, the people will have no income, and we will have no taxes!" Tang Long stood up and muttered as he walked back and forth, and suddenly, Tang Long stopped and asked Yuna, "Can we form a caravan by ourselves?" If we can, we can simply buy the goods of the people and then ship them out and sell them. ”
Yuna said in a slightly embarrassed tone: "Yes, you can, but we don't have a trade route or a sales location, after all, we used to rely on caravans to sell goods." ”
Tang Long said excitedly: "If you don't have it, you can find it yourself and create it yourself!" And we can also collect galaxy intelligence along the way! Hearing this, Ling Li's eyes immediately lit up, and she immediately spoke out in agreement, and the others also nodded in approval of Tang Long's plan.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Tang Long immediately ordered, "Sally, you allocate 100 high-level transport ships and transform them into armed merchant ships!" How long will this take? ”
Sally thought for a moment and said: "The structure of the advanced transport ship is very similar to that of the merchant ship, just add the refrigeration system and dismantle some small arms warehouses, if you put all the people in this area, it will only take two days to complete." ”
Tang Long slapped his palm and said, "Okay! It is also necessary to place spy satellites in a place where no one will be detected on the ship, so that they can be planted by the way when looking for trade routes. Also, find a group of observant, eloquent and drinkable people, there will be a lot of entertainment for business, and at the same time, it is necessary to renovate a cabin that is enough for 60 people, 10 members of the transport ship, and 50 mecha soldiers. Ling Li, you look on the Internet to see if there are any people in this nearby country who need our goods, and find me and send them to the door. Tang Long turned his head to Yuna and said, "Let's see if there is a way to register a trading company in the Wulai Kingdom, with this signboard, it shouldn't be a problem to enter and exit the various spheres of influence of the Chaos Galaxy." ”
"Applying for a company in Wulai is very simple, just fill in the type of trade and the size of the company, and then pay an extra foreigner registration fee than the locals in Wulai, and you can register it immediately." Yuna walked to Ling Li's computer desk as she spoke, and Tang Long and a few others also gathered around with interest.
I saw that after Yuna turned on the computer and entered the universe bank system, she chose the country of Vulai in the country category, then the business services of the country of Woolai, and finally entered the project of the application company.
Yuna didn't ask the person concerned, and directly filled in Tang Long's name in the applicant's name column. Then he pushed Tang Long's head in front of the camera to take a portrait, and entered it into the company's legal person photo column, and then began to fabricate the address name. When it was time to fill in the name of the company, Yuna asked Tang Long, "What is the name of the company?" ”
"The main product of our planet is cattle, let's call it Niu Niu Interstellar Trade Unlimited Company." Tang Long thought for a moment and said.
When everyone was secretly frowning at the name 'Niu Niu', Yuna was already surprised and shouted, "Infinity? The lord, commonly known as the Infinite Company, has to intervene in everything! You might get into a lot of trouble with this kind of company name. ”
"What's the trouble? Anyway, we sell beef for commercial trade, engage in espionage, and if we have the chance, we will also buy arms, of course, the name of the Infinite Trading Company will match us. Is it not allowed for ordinary people to apply for such a company name? Tang Long asked puzzled.
Yuna shook her head silently, and continued to fill in the false information in the registration column below, when it was time to choose the size of the company, Yuna had not asked, and Tang Long, who had been staring, shouted: "Choose the special grade, this name is majestic!" ”
Yuna sighed helplessly, and after clicking the confirmation button, the subtitle of the registration fee of 1 billion Wulai coins appeared on the screen. Tang Long took out his bank card and handed it to Yuna, and asked curiously, "Why do you want so much?" I remember that the registration fee for a large company in the Federation of Wanluo is up to 10 million Ros. ”
Yuna pointed to the text under the screen and said, "Alas, my lord, haven't you read the explanatory text below?" The registration fee for the premium scale is 500 million Wulai coins, which is doubled for foreigners. After speaking, he shook Tang Long's bank card and asked, "Transfer money?" ”
"Humph! Discriminate against foreigners, I despise you Wulai country! Transfer! Tang Long gritted his teeth and poked his head into the lens where he had just taken the shot, preparing for the banking system to conduct a certification scan.
A few clicks of the computer BB Tang Long's card was missing 1 billion Wulai coins. After seeing the on-screen prompt that a magnetic card was needed to record, Ling Li took out a blank electronic magnetic card and handed it to Yuna without waiting for Yuna to speak. Yuna inserted the electronic magnetic card into the computer, and after clicking the registration button, she pulled out the electronic magnetic card and threw it to Tang Long and said, "This is your business license." ”
Tang Long and the others looked at the card in Tang Long's hand dumbfounded, and then asked in unison, "It's so simple?" ”
Yuna pouted: "It's that simple, otherwise I think it's so difficult." Don't be misled by the knowledge in the books, in order to increase his own taxes, Wu Lai Guo almost only needs to give money to the registered company, and there is no audit at all. ”
"Collecting taxes? How do they collect the money we earn from doing business? Is it deducted from the bank card? Tang Long asked in surprise.
Yuna smiled, "For foreigners, they don't charge taxes. However, they will require you to pay as much as the registration fee each year to compensate for taxes, or else your business license will be revoked. ”
"Hmph, it's so bad! If it weren't for the need to use the name of Wulai Kingdom to enter and exit the Chaos Free Galaxy, I wouldn't need any business license! Tang Long angrily flicked the business license and said.
"Ling Li, the business intelligence will be handed over to you, and it is best to get a galaxy map in the next few days, if we can't get it, we have to go back to the Wanluo Federation to do business." Hearing Tang Long's words, Ling Li nodded with a serious expression.
"Sally, let's go, let's go and rebuild those transports." As he spoke, Tang Long took Sari's hand and ran away quickly.
Yuna was stunned for a moment before she asked Ling Li, "Lord, he doesn't want to personally lead the team to do business, right?" ”
Ling Li nodded and said, "According to his surname, it is very likely that he will do this." ”
"Make no mistake! This planet has just been taken! How does he run when he's gone? No way! I've got to stop him! Yuna angrily said and ran away.
Ling Li shrugged helplessly when she saw the constantly shaking gate, and then began to think, now that the merchants from other places refused to enter Zhongzhou Star and could not buy a galaxy map from them, how could she not notice this in the first place? Alas, it seems that the only way to expect the local merchants to have a map of galaxies with more planets than the central computer has. Thinking of this, Ling Li immediately shouted: "Come on, convene the presidents of the chambers of commerce for me!" ”
"What? Zhongzhou Star is laying mines in the star field close to our side, and placing patrol boats?! The leadership of Ulan, Oude, and Winter received this report at the same time. People on different planets reacted differently to this matter, and Ulan and Oude, two people with ambitions for Zhongzhou Star, both subconsciously wondered if Tang Long had discovered his intentions. With this thought, all of them invariably slowed down their plans for the whole army, preparing to see the situation before making a decision. As for the reaction of the leadership of Winter Star, it was immediately in accordance with the usual habit - to hold a meeting to discuss.
In the parliament hall of the Parliament Building of the Winter Republic, sitting at the head of the parliamentary rostrum is an old man with old age spots on his face, don't look at him inconspicuous, but he is the speaker of the Winter Parliament and the president of the Winter Republic. He first knocked on the table with a small mallet to silence the councillors who were as noisy as the market vendors fighting for a small profit. Then he stared at the somewhat cloudy eyes, glanced at the councilors present before saying, "What do you have any opinions on the matter of Zhongzhou Xingbray?" ”
Before his words fell, a young councillor sitting directly across from him immediately stood up and said, "We should protest to Zhongzhou Xing!" Protest against their act of such an invasion! ”
The young councillor was about to continue, but one of the councillors on the left side of the lobby immediately stood up and shouted, "Oppose! They only laid mines in Zhongzhou Star's sphere of influence, and did not enter our sphere of influence, so we can't interfere in the internal affairs of other forces against Ming Cook's original intention! ”
As soon as the councillor finished speaking, another councillor on the right side of the hall stood up and shouted: "We are not the time to discuss this, because we should discuss the safety of the navigation of the caravan, I propose to protest to Zhongzhou Xing's unidentified cooking, and let them open a trade route to allow caravans to travel with each other!" ”
"Nope! Zhongzhou Star is a reading force! As a Ming Cook country, we can't discuss any issues with the Reading Talents! Another councillor stood up and shouted.
As soon as one of the councillors finished speaking, another councillor stood up and retorted, and then the person who was refuted began to refute again. In a few moments, almost all the parliamentarians stood up and quarreled, so that the otherwise quiet parliament began to stir up again.
For these, the old parliamentarians on the rostrum seem to be accustomed to such things, and they do not stop and ignore them at all, but do their own things. It's not chatting and laughing with the people around you, or drinking tea and reading the newspaper. What's even more outrageous is that many people lean on the back of their chairs and close their eyes to recuperate, and the old man of the speaker is one of such people.
After a few hours, when the councillors were tired and sat down to rest, the speaker opened his eyes, grabbed the gavel and struck it, and said, "In view of the fact that this issue needs to be discussed for a long time, today's parliament is temporarily closed." I hope that all Members will come to the room on time tomorrow to participate in the discussion. After saying that, the deputies stood up and sent off, and left with a vote of the old councillors. And as soon as the old councillors left, the young councillors immediately whistled and left in twos and threes. Where do they go? Just look at the golf bags, tennis rackets, and the beautifully dressed beauties in their cars.
Tang Long, who was wearing a set of neat and expensive suits and holding a large stack of text materials in his hand, looked excitedly at the 100 snow-white transport ships painted with the words 'Niu Niu Interstellar Trade Unlimited Company' in front of him, turned his head to Yuna and asked, "Are they all loaded?" ”
Originally, I wanted to persuade Tang Long not to engage in trade in person, but Yuna, who was defeated by Tang Long for countless reasons, said helplessly: "All of them are loaded, 20 ships of frozen fish 2 million tons, 10 ships of frozen mutton 1 million tons, 20 ships of frozen chickens and ducks 2 million tons, 20 ships of frozen pork 2 million tons, 30 ships of frozen beef 3 million tons, the detailed meat grades and now know that the price list of various places is stored in the computer." ”
Yuna said this, looked at Tang Long with a worried expression and asked, "You really don't need to bring a few battleship escorts?" ”
Tang Long smiled: "Don't be so nervous, didn't those retainers say that although the chaos-free galaxy is chaotic, it is the only galaxy that does not have pirates?" Hehe, even if you encounter pirates, you don't believe they will shoot us as soon as they see us, right? We also have 50 mechs on each ship. As long as the pirates dare to board the ship, these 5,000 elites selected from the million-strong army can definitely make the pirates come and go! Besides, pirates don't necessarily want to rob merchant ships, after all, they also need merchants to buy and sell goods. ”
Yuna looked at Tang Long quietly after hearing this, and said with a concerned expression after a while: "If you encounter pirates, please be sure to protect yourself." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to straighten Tang Long's tie.
Tang Long was stunned, but quickly looked at Yuna and said gratefully, "Thank you, I will." ”
Yuna, who was embarrassed by Tang Long, suddenly remembered something and smiled: "By the way, Ling Li asked you to collect military information on the planet you have been to by the way, while I asked you to collect commercial information. In order to send spy satellites, these transports are specially modified with several satellite launch holes, and each ship has 100 spy satellites. Moreover, the self-defense guns of these transport ships have increased their firepower, which can compete with low-level patrol boats. Also, our warehouse in Zhongzhou Star can only put down a week's output, I hope you can contact customers as soon as possible. If we have been hoarding these edible materials for too long, I believe you know how much damage it will cause. ”
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Tang Long smiled and saluted Yuna, and then said, "Then I'll go." As he spoke, he wanted to walk towards the 100 transports.
Yuna grabbed Tang Long and kissed Tang Long's forehead and said, "Good luck!" ”
Regarding this etiquette that only exists among relatives and friends of the Wanluo Federation, Tang Long is not uncomfortable. After smiling at Yuna, he ran to the nearest transport. Yuna, on the other hand, stood erect in place, stupidly watching Tang Long's figure enter the transport ship.
Tang Long, who boarded the transport ship, saw a group of guards wearing black suits kneeling to the side to greet him, and couldn't help laughing: "Get up, don't bow and bow outside like that, after all, we are businessmen now." ”
"It's the lord." The sturdy guard stood up and said respectfully.
"No, don't call me my lord, call me boss, otherwise how can you look like a businessman?" Tang Long, who was talking, suddenly found a familiar face from the guard, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Huh? Liu Dong, why are you here? Aren't you going to be the commander of the fighting corps? ”
The honest Liu Dong touched his head embarrassedly and said, "The subordinates knew that the lord was going outside, so he asked Lord Sally to come and follow the lord." ”
Tang Long smiled: "Hehe, with a martial arts master like you, I'm not afraid of encountering pirates." Ah, you have to change your name to call me the boss, don't call me the lord, otherwise someone who is interested will doubt our identity when they hear it. ”
Although Liu Dong looked honest, it didn't mean that his head was not bright, as soon as Tang Long finished speaking, he immediately changed his words and said, "Yes, boss." ”
"Okay, everyone, let's go." Tang Long said as he walked towards the control room, and as soon as he entered the control room, he smelled a somewhat familiar fragrance, and before he could find out where the fragrance came from, he was held by a delicate body. And he heard a sweet voice ringing in his ears: "Lord, I will also go with you." ”
Tang Long fixed his eyes and saw that it was indeed the Li Liwen who had been entangled with her all day, and at this moment she also took off her military uniform and changed into a white shirt and a black suspender skirt. For this girl who is 3 years younger than himself, Tang Long always has a feeling of a younger sister, so Tang Long patted Li Liwen's head and smiled: "Of course it's good to have you go out with me to earn money, Yuna, do they know that you are here?" ”
Li Liwen nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, Liwen left a message for them." ”
"Well, that's fine. By the way, don't call me lord, call me brother. Tang Long said with a smile.
Li Liwen's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she muttered a few words: "Brother...... Brother ......" and then excitedly hugged Tang Long's arm, looked at Tang Long with a look of longing on his face and shouted, "You want to be my brother?" ”
"What? Don't want to be my sister? Tang Long smiled at Li Liwen and ordered the pilot to set sail.
"Yes, yes!" Li Liwen nodded eagerly and said.
"Listen to that call, brother." Tang Long, who was already sitting in the command chair, smiled at Li Liwen, who was kneeling on the ground and grabbing his arm.
"Brother...... Brother. Li Liwen shouted very shyly, and immediately lowered her head with a flushed face as soon as she finished shouting.
Tang Long, who didn't want Li Liwen to be too embarrassed, touched Li Liwen's head with a smile and said, "Oh, it's really good, wait for my brother to buy candy for you to eat." ”
Hearing Tang Long's words, Li Liwen got up and stomped her feet with a flushed face, and then shook Tang Long's arm and said, "Brother is a villain, and he still treats Liwen as a child, Liwen is 17 years old." ”
"Haha, 17 years old, not yet an adult, it's normal for my brother to buy candy for you." Tang Long smiled heartily.
"Hmph, bad brother, Liwen ignores you." Li Liwen shook off her hand and wrinkled her nose at Tang Long.
Tang Long smiled and didn't continue to laugh, but turned on the computer in front of the command chair and called up the business information that Ling Li had entered into it to check it. And Li Liwen saw Tang Long start working, she didn't say anything anymore, and sat on the ground obediently leaning on the side of Tang Long's command chair, looking up at Tang Long's concentrated expression. At this moment, her face was full of happiness, although she was only 17 years old, but her naturally delicate and beautiful appearance, coupled with the elegant temperament she cultivated, combined with her flushed expression, made the guards around Tang Long stunned, and some guys with poor concentration had secretly swallowed their saliva.
Liu Dong, who served as the commander of the mecha corps of the 100 transport ships this time, was the first to wake up, and when he saw Li Liwen sitting on the metal floor, he couldn't help but immediately run back to the guard bedroom. At first, the guards didn't know what the regiment commander was going to do, and when they saw him come back with a pillow, they secretly scolded themselves for being stupid, why didn't they grasp such a good opportunity to stammer?
Liu Dong came to Li Liwen's side and whispered, "Miss, you sit here." ”
Li Liwen looked at the pillow, and immediately smiled and whispered, "Thank you." ”
Liu Dong hurriedly shook his hand and said, "You're welcome, this is what subordinates should do." After saying that, he hurriedly retreated, for this newly recognized sister of the lord, he didn't dare to let his eyes look at it and be rude.
Li Liwen sat on the pillow, leaned back on Tang Long's chair, and quietly watched Tang Long. She didn't know that her identity had become different from before in a moment just now, but even if she knew, this innocent girl wouldn't care how her status changed. Because all she cares about is the fact that her idol has become her brother and her relatives.
Tang Long, who had made a decision in his heart after reading the computer data, found that the transport ship had rushed out of the atmosphere, and he ordered the navigator: "Jump to the Pluto starfish in the direction of SK34Li3." Tang Long secretly praised the president of the local chamber of commerce who provided this accurate spatial location in his heart, if it wasn't for him to provide the information of this Pluto Star, he was afraid that he would really have to go back to the Wanluo Federation to do business. I don't know what other local merchants are doing, except for the president, the farthest place that other local merchants have gone is actually the Oude Empire, what kind of money can be made from such a close distance!
"Yes!" The navigator immediately entered this direction into the computer and transmitted it to all the transports.
"Lord...... Oh, no. …… Brother, which force is Pluto from? Why go there? Li Liwen, who was not used to calling Tang Long's brother, asked curiously.
Tang Long touched Li Liwen's hair and replied, "That is the capital star called the Stygian Sea Federation in the central area of the Chaos Free Galaxy, and according to intelligence, the Stygian Federation has 15 administrative stars. As for why they went there, it was because the intelligence showed that the price of meat over there had risen, and our meat products would definitely be able to sell at a good price. Tang Long said this and muttered to himself: "President, President, I hope your information from a few months ago is still useful, otherwise we will run in vain." ”
Li Liwen thought that 1 administrative star on her side had to be killed and alive to fully occupy it, but people had 15 administrative stars, so she couldn't help but immediately ask: "15 administrative stars?" Is it the most powerful force in the Chaos Free Galaxy? ”
Tang Long shook his head and said, "I don't know, but among the information we have collected, it is indeed the most powerful, but the information we have collected is very incomplete, and we have only collected the general situation of several forces." Who knows if there are forces with hundreds of administrative stars? ”
Tang Long saw that Li Liwen tilted his head and didn't know what he was thinking after hearing his words, and couldn't help laughing: "It's about to jump in space, why don't you go back and sit down?" ”
Li Liwen shook her head and smiled: "It's okay, the people inside this kind of high-level transport ship won't feel it when they jump." ”
Tang Long smiled and didn't say anything, just stretched out an arm and hugged Li Liwen sideways, as the space jump began. Yuna and the others saw the 100 snow-white transport ships in the starry sky disappear in a flash from the screen of the Zhongzhou Star Monitoring Room, and they were all secretly praying that the gods would bless Tang Long for his safe return.
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