Shepard's words were a shot in the arm for the lost patrons, who were no longer pessimistic about Afghanistan's prospects, but correspondingly, their ambition and enthusiasm had waned considerably.

However, on the contrary, the Saudis have increased their financial investment, because according to Shepard, it is far better to give charcoal in the snow than icing on the cake, and now that most of the resistance forces in Afghanistan have lost a lot of manpower and weapons, it is easier to get the support of the other side by giving them financial support at this time.

After all, Saudi Arabia has been the boss of the country for a long time, and it is also because it is easier to gain the favor and support of other countries.

And these funds are also in proportion, part of them went into Shepard's pocket, part of them went into the pocket of the American *** fire dealer, and the remaining part went into the pocket of the Saudi side as a kickback.

As for the Afghans, they got piles and piles of scrap munitions, and don't think about the money or anything, the place also spends money.

It is worth mentioning that Saudi Arabia does not know if it was influenced by Shepard's little butterfly, and decided to replace the old weapons in the hands of the infantry with the C26B calf rifle produced by Knight Ordnance, a subsidiary of Shadow Company.

The C26B has been extended to a number of styles after several iterations, including compact carbines, etc., the C26B is compact, and the shape has changed slightly from the original, which is somewhat similar to the F2000 developed by the Belgians, and Saudi Arabia did purchase the F2000 rifle later, which can be regarded as a certain degree of divergence.

After years of expansion, Knight Ordnance's business is not only limited to firearms accessories and ammunition, because of the merger with General Motors and AAI, Knight Ordnance has begun to expand for larger guys, including but not limited to army vehicles, tactical missiles, naval ship facilities, aerospace intelligent drones, etc., after all, Shepard has a father who is a naval commander, and it makes no sense for officials and businessmen not to collude.

In addition to the purchase of light weapons and missiles, the Saudi side also purchased a batch of pioneer drones from the Shadow Company, which is also the hottest best-selling commodity of Knight Ordnance, in addition to the three countries in North America, Western European countries have also purchased a lot.

And privately, there was also a batch of bulk drone parts that were sent to the hands of Shepard to the eastern powers, and in exchange, he got a larger number of weapons and ammunition in stock, including a full 200,000 wooden-handled grenades.

Although the style of this wooden-handled grenade is old, it is not inferior in power, and the charge is even more powerful than a conventional grenade, and it is much farther to throw than a grenade.

The Afghan guerrillas liked it because given the terrain of their operations, oval grenades were easy to roll down hills when thrown in the mountains, but wooden-handled grenades were less serious.

And most importantly, the Afghan has a large number of satchels adapted to the grenades with wooden handles, which do not need to be used in vain.

In short, in 85, Shepard was also very busy as usual, business cooperation, dispatch contracts, security and defense, many of which he had to run personally, after all, those were government orders, but there were also some business orders that did not need him to run, such as business orders from mining companies and gem companies.

Even these Living Shadow Companies will act as subcontractors, because there will always be a lot of places to sell their conscience and turn their reputations into bad names.

Therefore, the Shadow Company will also have a fairly fair commission, which can almost be said to be an extremely conscientious intermediary center, just like the team matching mechanism in the game, scattered mercenaries want to make money, and the intermediary center only needs a fifty dollar handling fee and a hundred dollars referral fee, and it can find you a job, and by the way, there is also a team.

Moreover, attached to the intermediary center, the mercenaries do not have to worry about the remuneration being ignored by the employer, because the shadow company will also take a 5% cut, so if the employer does not pay the money, then there will be staff to negotiate with the other party.

However, due to the fact that the intermediary center has always been based on the principle of giving money first and then distributing work, there have been no cases of armed wage bargaining.

In such a prosperous operation, Shepard cannot be said to be making money every day, but it is still easy to harvest some small goals a year, and his French holiday estate, Pacific islands, Caribbean plantations

You don't need to craft anything, you can get started.

And with his pockets already full, on a dark and windy night, a luxurious motorcade appeared at Shepard's accommodation outside Riyadh.

"This manor is a bit shabby, why don't we change it?"

Seeing the person sitting opposite him pointing at his decoration taste, Shepard did not have the slightest dissatisfaction at this moment, because this guy is also a big official in Saudi Arabia, and the current Saudi king is his brother.

"There's no need for an exchange, that's a bit of an arrogance! I've already lived here with feelings!"

Shepard politely declined the other party's kindness.

"In that case, then I'll ask my butler to redecorate you!"

Prince Sultan's arrival was a bit unexpected by Shepard, because the latter's status is special, that is, a member of the royal family and the government, if you want to see him, just send someone to pick him up, and now take the initiative to come to the door, then there will definitely be a big event!

And this is indeed the case, and after some politeness, Prince Sultan immediately made his intentions known.

The Saudi government is trying to strengthen its own defense forces, reforming the army is one thing, but the same guy in his hands also needs to be tougher, because of the Israeli threat, so Saudi Arabia hopes to lobby the United States, including political and business circles, through Shepard, to push the US government to sell short-range ballistic missiles to Saudi Arabia.

"I know it's hard, but when it's done, we'll be grateful!"

Prince Sultan feels that now Saudi Arabia and the United States are allies on the same front, and the two sides are cooperating so closely on the Afghan issue, so this small request will definitely be satisfied!

But Shepard poured cold water on the other party.

"Your Royal Highness, this kind of thing is impossible, no matter how much money you spend, you can't achieve it, the United States will never allow the emergence of weapons in the Middle East that can threaten Israel, let alone the Jewish class that is deeply ingrained in the United States, so I really can't help the Saudi government's request!"

"Money is not an issue!"

"The problem is not money, Your Royal Highness, we are friends, I will say it bluntly, the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia cannot be compared with the relationship between the United States and Israel, so this is impossible!"

"Then there's no other way?"

"It's not for nothing!"