“?????? Mr. Liszt, please think again! I can assure you that the things you are worried about will not happen in White Elephant City. ”

Dawning City, Embassy Street, the embassy of the Xilan Empire.

Pouring a cup of black tea for Liszt himself, the Duke of Galava spoke with sincerity - even courtesy.

However, after listening to his words, Liszt only sighed lightly. "So how do you guarantee what you're saying now?"

Duke Galava said with a blazing gaze.

"I can swear to the god of the white elephant and my family crest and title!"

The corners of Liszt's mouth twitched, but in the end he maintained his apparent politeness and did not laugh out loud.

"With all due respect, this is the most insincere promise."

The Duke of Galava was stunned, and his face gradually became a little displeased.

"You?????? You actually say that this is not sincere enough! What is a good enough promise? Liszt said with a soft sigh.

"I'll give you a very simple example, it's enough to do business in the alliance just by obeying the law, and the law is something that can be discussed. Workers' associations can talk, consumer associations can talk, and of course we can ??? ...”

Before Liszt's words were finished, the Duke of Galava's face was happy, and he couldn't wait to say. "We don't have that much trouble!"

Seeing the smugness on this guy's face from nowhere, Liszt spread his hands. "Herein lies the problem."

Not only does this guy not, but he also sees those "insurance measures" as trouble.

He didn't even realize that the more he flaunted his supremacy there, the more jealous he was of what he might do.

Some of the "new money" that the alliance has recently gotten rich may not have experienced, but his "old money" who has done a lot of business during his time in Boulder City knows all too well what it's like to be a dog.

So when the manager invited him to be a person, he didn't hesitate to throw away the black card that he had worked so hard to get.

As it turned out, he was not wrong, and the manager did do everything he said and did not do anything superfluous on that basis.

The latter was the most precious, and he even wished to write "always follow that lord" in his family tree that he had just begun compiling.

This guy wants to coax him to be a dog with a good-looking bone, and he is underestimating him Liszt. He saw at the first glance of Duke Galava that this guy and the nobles in the inner city were actually all the way, even worse than the latter, after all, Lord Sid was a little reserved about how to use the power in his hands, such as "don't go out in person to earn chips".

But this guy almost didn't write the phrase "Lao Tzu is the sky" on his face, how low his eyebrows are to himself now, and how much he will kick his nose and face in the future.

Doing business with this kind of guy, don't even think about taking a penny home.

Taking 10,000 steps back, for an emerging market that is still in its infancy, he is also more inclined to invest in one? Capable people and not the market itself.

And this guy is obviously not the kind of person worth his investment, but he just happens to have a huge amount of resources in his hands.

For this kind of guy who doesn't know when it's going to be over, he prefers to negotiate a short-term deal rather than a long-term deal.

However, for Liszt's unmoved attitude, the Duke of Galava was completely wrong, and thought that the guy was getting in the way again.

A trace of resentment gradually appeared on his face, and he whispered.

"Sure enough, that person said something to you?"

Liszt was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to see a hint from his expression, but this time he couldn't hold back his laughter.

"Mr. Galava, I want you to understand that our manager doesn't really care about how we run our business, he is much busier than you think. If doing business in White Elephant City is profitable, we will naturally go there?????? Not to mention profits, I couldn't even find the exact location of that settlement on the map. ”

Speaking of which, his only impression of White Elephant City came from a column in a certain issue of the Survivor Daily, which reprinted a collection of essays called "Red Soil".

There are all kinds of signs that it is still a poor place dominated by the manor economy. And as we all know, it doesn't make sense to sell goods to livestock.

As for turning cattle into people, that is the job of a man like a manager, and a mercenary merchant like him cannot be expected to do such a thing.

He wasn't a Vault dweller, and he had no interest in charity.

Speaking of which, the port has been developing well recently, and the local education level has also improved, so he is considering opening a branch there, such as producing some batteries, turbines, inverters, etc., which are urgently needed in the southern seas, but this is just a plan.

There are too many uncertain risks for him to make a decision lightly.

There was a look of disappointment on Duke Galava's face, but he wasn't discouraged.

He comforted himself in his heart, at least Liszt didn't explicitly reject him, maybe it was just that the chips on the table were not enough, and he had to grind it again?? ...

In the second half of the greetings, the two tacitly agreed that they did not talk about business matters anymore, but simply chatted over tea and contacted their feelings.

Although he knew what was going on in the duke's belly, Liszt did not reject contacting him, which also helped him to understand the situation in Borneo.

At the end of the meeting, the Duke of Galava graciously escorted him all the way to the door of the embassy, and only then turned around and returned to the embassy when his car disappeared around the corner.

On the other side, sitting in the back seat of the private car, Liszt had completely put down the affairs of the Duke of Galava, and casually picked up the latest issue of the Daily Survivor that his secretary had bought for him in advance.

The headline is a report on Coral City.

This pearl in the southern sea has been the hottest topic in Dawning City lately, and many people have booked a special ticket to the port of French fries, intending to take a submarine to see it there.

While most people think of it as a resort or a tourist destination, Liszt knew what the real value of the place was.

The construction of Coral City used a large amount of materials science and engineering technology recovered from the Heavenly Court, and the settlement at the bottom of the sea will become a bridgehead for the space heritage of the Age of Prosperity of the Alliance.

The scientific research group and the biological research institute of the alliance have already taken action, and some powerful private enterprises are also following suit.

If he can dig out something from it and develop it into something that the Union society needs, his career will undoubtedly be able to rise to a new level.

Just as Liszt was thinking this, he suddenly noticed a not-so-remarkable piece of news at the bottom of the third page of the newspaper.

“?????? The Lunarian Resistance enters Mammoth City and declares the occupation of Mammoth State. At the same time, a spokesman for the new Mammoth State called the editorial office of the Daily Survivor in Port Kinggallen, which announced that Mammoth would be the first abolitionist state in Borneo, and that the leader of the Resistance Army, Rassi, would abide by the joint program advocated by the Federation, and called on people of insight from all over the country to unite against imperial tyranny. ”

Mammoth State? What is that place?

Liszt was stunned, then went to find his tablet, opened the world map and took a look, and finally found the land in the upper right corner of the "Zoo Province".

The Tasang River, much shorter than the Yongliu River, flows into the Borneo Sea from Mammoth State, while on the other side of the Chobar Mountains is Silvermoon Bay, the pearl of the Luoxia Province.

"That's a pretty good place," Liszt smiled and shook his head slightly, "It's a pity to let a group of natives occupy it." ”

It would be nice if Baiyue Company could go further.

With this in mind, he flipped the page to the next page, only to see that the next page was still the Mammoth State News from the Daily Survivor.

According to the Resistance in a telegram, the Mammoth State was severely damaged by Imperial forces blowing up the embankment of the Tasan River, and a large number of survivors were displaced.

Resistance leader Lassi said that the Resistance will not give up on the survivors of Mammoth State, and will do everything in their power to provide relief, and also hopes that people from all walks of life in Golden Gallen Harbor can help them with reconstruction efforts and help the Resistance relocate some of the displaced survivors.

Meanwhile, the former governor of Mammoth State, Duke Bamut, has gone to trial in Mammoth City Wharf District Square, pleading guilty to all charges and the displacement of millions of survivors by blowing up the riverbank.

Affected by the boiling public discontent, on the day of the trial, the Provisional Military Court of the Resistance approved the execution of Duke Bamut. Eight Resistance soldiers were also executed for robbery and six for rapidity.

In an interview, Roger, secretary general of the Golden Gallen Port Federation, said that he believed that this reflected Lassi's determination to rectify military discipline.

There is debate within the Golden Gallen Harbor Federation about whether Lassi is a qualified leader, although most of the Federation's top brass are optimistic.

It is understood that Lassi was a slave before, and when he captured the Lowell camp, he also executed those involved for his soldiers forcibly robbing people's daughters.

Some members of the coalition have criticized the approach as rude, but he has clearly learned from the criticism, such as the establishment of a tribunal and a disaster relief office, which is one of the reasons for the optimism expressed by the federation's top management.

According to the editors of this newspaper, in the past 200 years, there have been numerous civil wars in Borneo Province, large and small, and it is a common practice to condone soldiers to loot after breaking through the settlements, just as the marauders in the river valleys, Jinchuan, and Prancing Horse provinces follow the example of mutants and cannibalism, and it is extremely rare to prohibit soldiers from burning and looting after breaking through the settlements??????

"There's something about this guy."

After reading the report at the end, Liszt's face suddenly appeared with a hint of interest, and he read the news from beginning to end, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this guy was not simple.

There were a lot of clumsy imitations of his behavior, with some crude improvements, but these clumsy methods aside, this man was much better than the one he had just met.

And this guy, as a member of the Moon Clan, defeated a state in the empire, which can be said to have poked the lungs of the empire, and Tiandu will definitely not let him go.

In order to maintain the balance with the legions, the alliance will probably not interfere in the situation in Borneo, and the possibility of sending troops directly is very small.

And if this Lassi wants to gain a foothold under the nose of the Empire, he has to clung to the thigh of the Alliance. "Han Long, the opportunity to make a fortune has come."

Looking at the boss with a happy face, Han Long, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was slightly stunned and asked puzzled. "Boss, didn't you say that Borneo has no value for investment?"

Shaking the newspaper in his hand, Liszt said with a faint smile.

"It means that you don't understand what I told you, that it's people and not markets that are worth investing in emerging markets, because it's people who are generally the ones who play the leading role in these places. Of course, a fool is not worth investing in, but a strongman is still worth investing. ”

After a pause, he continued.

"Well, in a few days, you can go with Qian for one more trip.

Qian Duo and Qian Lai were his subordinates, and they had followed him a long time ago, and he pondered that it was time to let people out for exercise.

Han Long hesitated slightly when he heard this.

"But?????? What about your safety? ”

Liszt laughed.

"What security can there be in Dawning City? It's time for you to change your mind, it's not an 'emerging market' anymore. ”

Unlike the Civil War in the Southern Seas, the Moon Resistance's entry into Mammoth City was far less spectacular and sensational than the South Sea Alliance's entry into the North Island, and it didn't pull anyone's nerve in the wasteland, even if the latter wasn't even half the size of the former.

Twilight Television reported on the incident at small length, and the Legion's ambassador to the Alliance, Bennott, after seeing what was happening in Mammoth, his first reaction was not to talk to his allies on the phone, but to pick up the map and take a look.

When he found out that the ghost was on the east coast of Borneo, several states away from the port of Saifan on the west coast, far outside the sphere of influence of the Legion's civilian clique, he immediately put the matter aside and did not bother to care.

The Hump Kingdom, which is next to Mammoth State, was nervous, mainly because it was worried that a large number of displaced people would pour into the kingdom, and the royal court of the Hump Kingdom was an enlightened theocratic monarch, but no matter how enlightened it was, it was also a theocratic monarch after all.

They can tolerate the Silvermoon Church's new fundamentalist interpretation, some pagan merchants bringing their favorite treasures, and even the Alliance's presence in Silvermoon Bay?????? After all, they had begged for it themselves, but they couldn't tolerate the infidels coming to the territory of the Spirit of the Sand Sea to ask for food.

From this point of view, the merchants and nobles of Silvermoon Bay are surprisingly consistent with the royal family, after all, if those beggers enter the territory of the Hump Kingdom, Silvermoon Bay is their first stop.

A number of local chambers of commerce immediately took action and took the initiative to contact Lassy, the leader of the Resistance Army, and expressed their gratitude to him for protecting the church, and offered him an interest-free aid loan of 10 million silver coins in the name of disaster relief.

As soon as she heard about this good thing, Lassi immediately agreed, and even marked a "parish" for the gang of gods outside Mammoth City.

In the diocese, there is no need to pay any taxes, except for the laws of the authorities, and the residents of Silvermoon Bay can do as they pit around.

It was also a wasteland, and it was idle to be idle there, so it was better to throw it to the group of Silvermoon Bay cultists who were keen on colonization to develop.

Anyway, the residents of Silvermoon Bay have been living with the residents of Borneo Province for so long, and the locals are not very repulsive to those cat slaves who can do business.

When they have developed it, he will ponder whether to take it back or continue to lease it to them at a price. At least in his opinion, these are all negotiable.

Just when the Lassie authorities took advantage of the disaster in Mammoth State to expand their army, and at the same time took advantage of the flood to ask for money everywhere, and at the same time vigorously implemented the "New Deal", the empire suddenly reacted to the fact that a large piece of its 4 million square kilometers map was missing.

In the Tiandu court, Wu Dao quickly gathered his ministers and confidants and discussed them behind closed doors in the council hall.

The officials scratched their ears and cheeks in a hurry, and quarreled with each other, but none of them could come up with an idea. Finally unable to stand it anymore, Prince Dilip stepped forward and asked tentatively.

"Do you want to order the local armies of Bird and Ma Prefecture to assemble in the direction of Mammoth Prefecture in the west and south? The Moon Resistance Army is not firmly established in Mammoth State, and the local area is severely damaged, but I am afraid that as soon as our army presses down, they themselves will collapse.

Nihak was shocked when he heard this, and without waiting for the witch to speak, he hurriedly stepped forward and admonished.

"Your Majesty! Never! The Tigers and the Black Panthers have become a big problem! It's easy to assemble the troops of Bird State and Ma Chau, but it's even harder to dismiss them! ”

Originally, when he heard Prince Dilip's suggestion, Wu Tuo was still thinking about nodding, but when he heard Nehak's voice, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and secretly said that it was dangerous.

Seeing the change in the expression on the witch's face, Nehak couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat in his hand, secretly saying that thanks to the speed of his screaming, there was no room for maneuver if he was a little slower.

After a pause, he ignored Prince Dilip's displeased look and lowered his head to continue.

"Your Majesty, Mammoth State is a trivial matter, and we must not mess with ourselves. If the thirteen states of Borneo Province are allowed to follow the example of Huzhou and Leopard Prefecture to support their own troops, I am afraid that the two banks of the Yongliu River will be full of wolf smoke, and the Borneo Province is afraid that the chaos of a hundred years ago will be repeated! ”

"So what do you say you should do?" Prince Dilip looked at him with displeasure and continued, "Shall we leave Mammoth State alone? ”

"It has to be managed!" Nihak raised his head, stared at Wu Tuo with blazing eyes, and said, "But in this situation, only the Central Army can take action!" We need a win and let the local community see our strength. ”

After a pause, he added. "Let Alayan get on!"

There was an uproar in the main hall, and the faces of the officials had stunned expressions, looking at this guy who had been locked up stupidly by the alliance.

Alayan, please?

Isn't that another repeat of the mistake of the Port of Kinggallen?!

Hearing this, even the witch who was sitting on the high seat frowned.

Without waiting for the nobles and officials to protest, Prince Dilip stood up first, glared at Duke Nehak, who was in opposition to him, and said.

"That guy is just a defeated subordinate of the Alliance, how can he be Lassy's opponent!" Duke Nehak said in a deep voice.

"It was because he had fought with the people of the alliance that he knew how to deal with the alliance!"

Prince Dilip just wanted to raise the bar, "Then I have also lost, why don't you let yourself be in the zone", but soon thought that this was tantamount to putting himself in, so he blushed again and changed his words, and found fault from a different angle.

"But if the Gray Wolf Army is transferred from the border of Golden Gallen Harbor, won't the Tigers and the Black Panther Army control the entire border line!"

Duke Nehac was heartbroken.

"What's the difference between keeping them there now and transferring them away? The officers that the Legion has trained for us have all been corrupted by those guys who eat inside and out! It is better to take this opportunity to transfer the remaining people who are still loyal to us to the north, and at least suppress Ma Chau and Bird Chau, which are about to move! ”

The wolf people are the most loyal warriors in the empire, and the gray wolf army, as the central army, is the only army with a different surname that is absolutely loyal to the heavenly capital.

As for the local army, they have already successfully proven their unreliability with their actions.

Unless the Empire frees up its hands to get rid of the two warlords, the Tigers and the Black Panthers, it will be adding fuel to the fire to use any local forces now!

After hearing Nihak's words, the witch also fell into deep thought.

Although he was an amateur in foreign wars, he had some insight into the internal affairs of the empire.

“?????? Just do as Duke Nehag said, and transfer the Gray Wolf Army to Mammoth State to suppress bandits. Also, Dilip, you go to the state capitals of Horse and Bird States, and tell the local nobles not to panic, just take care of the supply of the gray wolf army. ”

Although Prince Dilip was unwilling, His Majesty's order had already come down, and he could only nod his head and accept the order.

"Yes."

Seeing that His Majesty had not arranged his own tasks, Duke Nehak couldn't help but speak. "Your Majesty, I can also share your worries!"

He's been idle for quite some time since he's returned from Port Goldgallen.

As a duke with an empty title and no fief, if he continues to be so idle, he is afraid that there will be no place for him in this court.

Seeing Nehak's eagerness, the witch was not in a hurry, but said slowly.

"You have a more important task, I want you to take a boat to the southern seas, and finish the loan I mentioned earlier.

Nehak was stunned, he didn't expect His Majesty to suddenly talk about the southern seas here, and his head couldn't help but turn for a while.

Especially when such a serious thing happened recently, he thought that His Majesty had forgotten about that matter, but he didn't expect that he was still thinking about it.

"But Your Majesty?????? Traitor, is it appropriate for us to do this now? The witch said nonchalantly.

"The bandits are suffering from the Tasang River, far away from the Yongliu River, and besides, a group of grass robbers are just an itch of flesh and skin, so there is no need to worry, and the top priority is to get rid of that economy."

Mammoth State is not a state where the Moon Tribes are the majority, not to mention that the entire territory of Borneo Province has been purged by him, and there are still those who are alive on farms or slave camps.

Moreover, he has recently experienced some of the benefits of being rich.

Especially when he saw the photos of the ideal hotel taken by the guy in Galava, his heart was even more jealous.

Although his palace is floating, it is still too short compared to the height of the Ideal Hotel, and it is no wonder that the people of Willant are not impressed with his palace.

When the empire has money in the future, he will also let the people of Ideal City come here to build him a palace where he can feel the clouds. But you have to eat the food one bite at a time, and you have to dig the corners of the wall little by little.

He can take advantage of the fact that the "Battle of Heaven" in Haiya Province is not yet over, and start from the southern seas that the alliance can't take care of for the time being.

It's the safest place to be.

The Alliance isn't a legion, and the manager has said he's going to end the wasteland, so there's no way he's going to send a soldier over because he's doing some "petty business" there, right?

When the empire becomes the largest creditor in the southern seas, then the South China Sea Alliance is his witch's dog, even if the alliance wants to regret it, it will be too late.

After telling the plan in his heart, Wu Tuo's face was full of smug smiles, and the officials also showed expressions of sudden realization, and praised His Majesty's wisdom one after another.

Only the Chancellor's smile was a little intriguing, or rather a hint of grievance that could not be spoken. Although the province of Borneo is vast, there are many mouths to feed.

He thought that borrowing Xilan coins to the southern seas was indeed a good idea to solve the unsalable cement, but this borrowing method was somewhat based on the gourd.

What if someone defaults?

Will the empire be able to drive the fleet over and knock on the door to ask for debts, or will there be a large investment in the South China Sea Alliance within its borders that can be paid off?

At that time, how to deal with this bad debt is afraid that it will be a big trouble.

People are willing to take care of it, and it's okay to mark a string of corals there with zero debts, which can be regarded as getting by for both sides. If you are not willing to deal with it, you can only be "open-minded" by the creditor?...??

At the same time that the empire was taking action to suppress the rebellion of the Moon Clan, the interim president of the South China Sea Alliance, Lee Ming-hui, was worried about a shortage of labor.

It's the end of October.

The reconstruction of the Northern Islands has been underway for almost a month, but it has not been going well due to lack of manpower.

Baiyue's construction team was mainly responsible for the North Island Naval Base and the Ocean Current Power Station, but it was not only these two places that needed to be rebuilt.

It is precisely for this reason that the South China Sea Alliance has encountered a very embarrassing problem.

While they have an outrageous pool of skills and a lack of highly educated talent, there is a serious shortage of competent workers.

Even if automation can solve some of the problems, it will have to wait until the advanced productivity of the currents and the islands is fully restored.

To put it bluntly, far water can't quench their thirst, and what they need at the moment is not doctors and engineers, but a huge number of gray beaters and brick movers.

They don't even need these people to be literate, they just need to be able to understand the language.

Recently, the port of French fries opened a migration route from the port of Golden Gallen to the Baiyue Strait, and he wondered whether the South China Sea alliance should also attract some immigrants.

However, there are many problems with this.

The delegates of the South China Sea Alliance are far more xenophobic than the delegates of the alliance, and distrust of outsiders is part of the nature of the islanders.

Including the most pro-alliance crater, it has always opposed the influx of foreign populations, and has not cared at all about the emigration of local survivors.

If he forcibly passes a bill to ease the immigration threshold at this time, although it will help the post-war recovery of the South China Sea Alliance in the long run, he will definitely stand on the opposite side of the survivors of the South China Sea Alliance and the Congress.

Why bother?

He counted on his fingers, and his term as interim president was only a few months away, just waiting for when the "battle for heaven" would be over.

Having won a beautiful battle, Lee Ming-hui now only wants to make no mistakes for the rest of his term, finally surrender the authority in his hands as a hero, complete the last and most glorious page of the heroic epic, and then become his naval commander in peace until he reaches the age of retirement.

In the future, when there is a war, I will go to it, when there is no war, I will feed the seagulls and fry the fish, and when I am free, I will go to the bar in the French Fries Harbor to have a little drink and brag on the hour.

He's been wonderful enough in his life.

And Charas's grandson, who never wants to hear drunkards boast about his "exploits" in his life, will surely go crazy with jealousy if he is alive now.

Li Minghui thought left and right, and finally figured it out, it seems that he really doesn't need to be sad in the last little time of his term.

However, just when he finally figured everything out and was about to throw aside the report in his hand and throw all the thorny problems in front of him to future generations, there was a knock at the door of the office.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of black tea, Li Minghui sat up straight and cleared his throat. "Please come in."

The door opened.

It was his political secretary who came in. "Mr. President, you're being looked for."

Li Minghui's face made a very concerned look, and his ten fingers crossed on the table. "Who's looking for me? What's the matter? ”

Looking at Mr. President, who was working diligently for the affairs of the southern seas, the secretary said with a respectful expression. "It's a representative of the Mammoth City authorities, and he says he can solve your urgent needs?????."

Mammoth City?

Li Minghui was stunned, and subconsciously reached out to get the map of Baiyue Province, wanting to see when the alliance had written a new recipe at his doorstep.

However, the secretary standing at the desk coughed awkwardly and reminded in a low voice. "It's another ??????"