A familiar figure came over with a dinner plate and sat down next to the seat next to the spitting bones, it was Qian Jiang, and after he sat down, he also started eating by himself.

"Old Qian, how's it going?" Tu Guhun just finished eating the food on the plate, he sat down on the seat and raised his arms contentedly, gently stretched his whole body muscles and bones, licked the meat stains on the corners of his mouth with the tip of his tongue, and asked, "How many people are in the gang now?"

"Three, three hundred and fifty-eight people. Qian Jiang's mouth was stuffed with food, and he replied in a low voice.

"So many?" said Tu Guhun in surprise, "There were only more than eighty people yesterday." ”

"Well, if you add those who haven't had time to register, there should be more than five hundred," Qianjiang said, "In other counties and counties in Jingzhou Province, especially in the surrounding counties of Jiangxia County, many villagers have applied to join. ”

"That's good!" Tu Gu looked happy, "Who are we going to fight tonight?"

"The two boxers of the 'Keelung Gang' are both at the red stick level, and there is also one boxer each from the 'Hongmen' and 'Dongting Gang'. Qian Jiang's sharp gaze swept back and forth in all directions, and replied.

"'Hongmen'?" Tu Gu asked with a half-squinted eye, "the third largest one in the underworld?"

"Well, the person who is talking is called Wei Jin," Qian Jiang replied, "I guess that the fighter was specially sent by the 'Hongmen' to find out the truth." ”

"Four fighters, four fierce battles, are you sure Zhen Zhen can withstand it alone?" asked Tu Guhun.

"So I found two more fighters from the gang, and with me, four, it should be enough. Qian Jiang replied.

"Which two?" asked Tu Guhun .

"A retired soldier and a policeman, they are all practitioners, and they have a bit of fists and kicks. Qian Jiang swallowed a mouthful of food and replied.

"Where's the resume?" asked Tu Guhu.

"The retired soldier's name is Xie Xin, he is a native of Jiangxia, he previously served in a special combat brigade of the Jingzhou Army, and he has made a lot of military achievements, his wife gave him a green hat, and he killed his wife and concubine together, with the rank of sergeant; Qian Jiang stopped eating and replied.

"Do these two have any other bad deeds?" Tu Guhun asked, remembering for no reason that on the night he killed the thief, at the Xicheng Police Station in Jiangxia County, the unknown policeman who helped him escape from the police station to seek revenge in Jiang Bancheng.

"After checking, except for murder, these two people have no other bad deeds. Qian Jiang took a sip of juice and replied, "It's not a traitor. ”

"Yes, these two are not bad," Tuguhun praised, "If I can pass tonight, I will go back and find a few more fighters in the gang." ”

"Understood!"

There the two whispered about gang matters, and the Circle Guard gradually got ready for a new round of competition.

The next day, Tuguhun did not wait for Master Zuo as promised, and heard that she was summoned to a meeting by Prince Hao Lian, so Tuguhun stayed in the club for a day to deal with the "Jiangxia Gang" and boxing related matters.

Early in the morning of the third day, Tuguhun came to the storage room of the extreme test site as usual, very unexpectedly, Hao Lian Bobo, Hao Lian Xiaofeng, and Zuo Shishi were all there, an operating table was moved to the middle of the storage room, the countertop was emptied and covered with a tablecloth, on which there was a large pot of hot coffee and a few snacks to eat, the three of them sat or snuggled next to the operating table, drinking hot coffee while greeting, and there was an empty seat next to the operating table, which was obviously reserved for him.

"Your Highness, Fifth Princess, Dr. Zuo, good morning," Tuguhun greeted him from afar with a smile, "It's so grand, it won't be waiting for me, right?"

"Hmm!" Hao Lian Bobo held the coffee in his hand, leaned against the operating table, his eyes were a little hollow, and when he saw Tu Gu Hun greeting, he responded casually with some interest, Hao Lian Xiaofeng waved his hand with a calm face in response, and Zuo Shishi nodded to the vacant seat next to him and sat down.

"What's wrong with you?" Tu Guhun asked as he sat down as he sat down, and he also noticed that what was different from the past was a pair of "snail shells", a pair of "pangolins", and a pair of gray-black humanoid armor that he had never seen before, and three pairs of armor stood side by side not far from them.

"What is this for?" Tu Guhun pointed to the three armors, "You want to open an exhibition of armors?"

"It's a morning meeting, not an exhibition. "Hao Lian Xiaofeng didn't have a good airway.

"Spit bones," Hao Lianbo was obviously not in the mood to continue the gag, and he said solemnly, "If you were asked to summarize your impression of 'pangolin' in one sentence, what would you say?"

"This ...... I'll have to think about it. Tu Gu replied, reached out and took the cup of hot coffee that Master Zuo had poured for him, and glanced at the three pairs of humanoid armor by the way.

"Why, can't you answer?" Hao Lianbo seemed to be in a displeased mood.

"No, I just feel like the question you're asking is too abrupt and confusing for me," he replied with a sip of coffee, "so I'll have to sort out my thoughts and organize my language." ”

"Then you want to know how my fifth sister feels about the 'snail shell'?" Hao Lianbo then asked.

"W-What does it feel?" asked Tu Guhun as he reached out and picked up a piece of mung bean cake and threw it into his mouth.

"Chicken ribs!" Hao Lian Xiaofeng said.

"What?" said he thought he had misheard.

"I said, I feel that the 'snail shell' is like chicken ribs," Hao Lian Xiaofeng said in an accentuated tone, "It's tasteless to eat, and it's a pity to abandon it." ”

"Ahem, ahem...... Why do you say that?" Hearing Hao Lian Xiaofeng say this, he almost choked himself to death by spitting out hot coffee, feeling very surprised, "What happened? Could it be that you also think that 'pangolin' is a 'chicken rib'?"

"So I have to ask you," Hao Lian Xiaofeng replied, "Is it possible that even you think that 'pangolins' are like 'chicken ribs'?"

"No! absolutely not!" Tuguhun said solemnly, putting his coffee cup back on the stage, "On the contrary, I think the 'Pangolin' is a very good weapon, a real weapon of destruction, and I'm glad that I can wear it and test it, and if I can have it and kill enemies with it in the future, I feel honored!"

"Truth?" asked Master Zuo.

"Absolutely sincere!" said Tu Guhu, patting his chest.

"Alas!" Hao Lian Bobo stroked his forehead and sighed heavily, "You said well, but it's a pity, this 'Smart Armor' project may have to be suspended!"

"What?" asked, "Why?"

"No money, no funds!" Zuo Shishi took over.

"This ...... Didn't the Privy Council just allocate the funds?"

"Take it back again!" Hao Lian Xiaofeng said coldly.

"Why do you want to take it back?" asked Tu Guhun continued.

"The underworld has just purchased two new production lines, and our royal family has limited funds, so the money has to be spent on the blade, so ......" Hao Lianbo spread his hands helplessly.

"What production line do you have to buy? Do you have to occupy the R&D funds of intelligent armor to buy it?" Tu Guhun asked.

"Two humanoid mecha production lines," Hao Lianbo continued, "each production line costs nearly two and five billion gold coins, and the two production lines add up to nearly five billion. ”

"......" spit out his bones and was speechless.

"However, this smart armor can't be considered a dismount, after all, we have invested so much money and manpower before, and this project has gone through three generations since the grandfather's generation, and there are still feelings," Hao Lianbo said slowly, as if to comfort everyone, "It's just that you can't get on the high-end version of the smart armor like 'Pangolin' or 'Snail Shell', but only the low-end version." ”

As he spoke, Hao Lianbo pointed to the humanoid armor that he had never seen before.

"That's?!" Tu Gu looked at Hao Lianbo, and his interest was suddenly aroused again.

"The fifth generation of the Kyushu Legion standard intelligent armor is also called 'Terracotta Army' 5.0. Hao Lian Xiaofeng interjected.

"Oh......" Tu Gu suddenly realized, and immediately got up and stepped forward to take a closer look, "I haven't seen it before." ”

When I looked closer, I found that the "Terracotta Warriors" 5.0 was actually similar to the bulletproof suit worn by the heavy jailer, but the color was different, and the workmanship and texture were more sincere and delicate.

"Isn't this 'Terracotta' 5.0 just a jailer's bulletproof suit?" asked Tugu Huqi.

"Almost," Zuo Shishi took over, "The heavily armed jailers in the underworld are basically the 'Terracotta Warriors' version 4.0, the Tongwancheng Forbidden Army has been replaced with version 5.0, and the 300,000 soldiers of the Kyushu Legion have all been upgraded to version 5.0 before the end of last year. ”

"That means that we will also build 'Terracotta Warriors' 5.0 in the Netherworld, and not 'pangolins' or 'snail shells'?" Tu Guhun asked, turning back and walking.

"Eight or nine is not far from ten," Hao Lianbo said weakly, "It has to be built according to the configuration of the 'Terracotta Army' 5.0, or the configuration is a little higher, but it will not be too high......" Hao Lianbo suddenly said in an aggravated tone: "This is what my father and the old men of the Privy Council agreed on!"

"Why do you want to produce a low-profile version instead of a high-spec version?" Tuguhun asked, "Isn't the high-spec version better able to protect the lives of soldiers and destroy the enemy faster?"

"Of course, we also want to equip the high-end version, but we don't have the money......," Hao Lianbo said, "A set of 50 million gold coins for 'Pangolin', and a set of 10 million gold coins for 'Snail Shell', let's not mention the maintenance cost of these two armors in the later stage, let's just assume that we only recruit 200,000 soldiers, and each soldier is equipped with 'Pangolin' or 'Snail Shell', do you calculate that account, isn't it astronomical?"

Tu Guhun silently calculated in his heart, and sure enough, it was an expenditure of ten trillion gold coins, and his heart sank slightly, and asked: "What about the 'Terracotta Army' 5.0?

"About 150,000 gold coins," Zuo Shishi continued, "Equip 200,000 people, that is, 30 billion gold coins, even if we upgrade a little and control the cost within 300,000 sets, it is only 100 billion levels, which is two orders of magnitude worse than 10 trillion!"

"This battle is really a 'gold-swallowing beast'!" Tu Guhun sighed in his heart.

"Your Highness, the cost gap between this 'terracotta warrior' and 'pangolin' and 'snail shell' is so big, what is the difference?"

"Whether it is hardware, software, power system, supporting weapons, etc., it is not a grade," Hao Lianbo said, "To summarize in one sentence, 'pangolin' and 'snail shell' both belong to the category of neuronal battle armor, while 'terracotta warriors' are just ordinary intelligent battle armor, so the cost difference is huge, and the difference between cloud and mud!"

"Is it true that you have decided to terminate it?" Tu Guhun nodded, and then asked, "There is no room for manoeuvre?"

"It's not that it will be terminated, but the research and development of 'pangolins' and 'snail shells' will definitely be shelved. Hao Lianbo said.

"Then I roughly understand," Tuguhun nodded, "but there's still something that's not clear." ”

"What's the matter?" the other three looked at Tu Guhun together.

"Why are the Regents and the Privy Council so optimistic about the humanoid mecha and not the intelligent armor?" Tuguhun asked with a frown, "Have you argued before making these decisions?"

"There was no comprehensive research and demonstration, and there was not so much time, and the Privy Council only invited a few technical experts to analyze and compare the cost-effectiveness of 'pangolins', 'snail shells' and humanoid mechas on paper, and then came to the conclusion that it was temporarily shelved. Zuo Shishi replied.

"Technical expert?" Tu Guhun turned his head sideways and asked Zuo Shishi, "Are you there?"

"I'm here," Master Zuo nodded, "If I'm not there, I guess this project won't be 'suspended' or 'shelved', but 'abolished' or 'terminated'." ”

"It was decided at the meeting yesterday?" Tu Guhun asked Master Zuo again.

"Hmm!"

"Just based on paper data, we have to suspend the research and development of a cutting-edge weapon, and all the previous investment has been wasted, this is just child's play!" said Tu Gu with a bitter face, "Do those officials in the Privy Council know the purpose of our research and development of 'pangolins'?"