"...Mr. Lister, please think about it again! I can assure you that the things you are worried about will definitely not happen in White Elephant City."
Shuguang City, Embassy Street, the embassy of the Xilan Empire.
After personally pouring a cup of black tea for Liszt, Duke Galava looked sincere - even spoke attentively.
However, after listening to his words, Liszt just sighed.
"So how do you guarantee what you're saying now?"
Duke Galava said with bright eyes.
"I swear by the White Elephant God and my family crest and title!"
The corners of Liszt's mouth twitched uncontrollably, but in the end he maintained his superficial politeness and did not laugh out loud.
"With all due respect, this is the most insincere promise."
Duke Galawa was stunned, and his face gradually became a little displeased.
"You...you actually said that this is not sincere enough! Then what is a sincere enough promise?"
Liszt sighed softly and said.
"Let me give you a very simple example. To do business in the alliance, you only need to abide by the law, and the law is something that can be discussed. The workers' association can negotiate, the consumer association can negotiate, and of course we can also..."
Before Liszt finished speaking, Duke Galava's face lit up and he couldn't wait to speak.
"We're not in that much trouble!"
Seeing the pride that came from nowhere on this guy's face, Liszt spread his hands.
"That's the problem."
Not only does this guy have none, but he also regards those "insurance measures" as trouble.
He didn't even realize that the more he showed off his supreme authority there, the more he feared that he might do whatever he wanted.
Some of the "new money" that has become rich in the league recently may not have experienced it, but "old money" like him, who did a lot of business in Boulder City, know very well what it's like to be a dog.
So when the manager invited him to become an individual, he did not hesitate to throw away the black card he had worked so hard to obtain.
Facts have proved that he did not misjudge the person. The manager did indeed do everything he said, and on this basis, he did not do anything extra.
The latter was the most valuable, and he even wanted to write "always follow that gentleman" in the genealogy he had just started compiling.
This guy wanted to use a delicious-looking bone to coax him into being a dog, but he was looking down on him too much, Liszt.
He could see it at the first sight when he saw Duke Galawa. This guy was actually the same as the nobles in the inner city, and even worse than the latter. After all, Master Sid knew how to use the power in his hands.
A bit reserved, such as "not going out to earn chips personally."
But this guy barely has the words "I am God" written on his face. The more he looks down on himself now, the more he will scold him in the future.
Don't even think about taking home a penny from doing business with this kind of guy.
Taking a step back, for an emerging market that is still in its infancy, he is more inclined to invest in a capable person rather than the market itself.
And this guy is obviously not the kind of person worthy of his investment, he just happens to have a huge amount of resources in his hands.
For a guy who doesn't know when he will be finished, he is more inclined to negotiate a short-term deal than a long-term one.
However, regarding Liszt's unmoved attitude, Duke Galava completely misunderstood and thought it was that guy who was causing trouble again.
A hint of anger gradually appeared on his face, and he whispered.
"Did that person really say something to you?"
Liszt was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to see any clues from his expression, but this time he laughed without restraint.
"Mr. Jarawa, I hope you 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 Will go there... let alone profit, I can't even find where that settlement is on the map."
Speaking of which, his only impression of White Elephant City came from a column in a certain issue of "Daily Survivor", which reprinted an anthology called "Red Earth".
We can see from all the signs that it is still a poor place with a manor economy. As we all know, there is no point in selling goods to animals.
As for turning animals into humans, that is the job of managers. You cannot expect a profit-seeking businessman like him to do such a thing.
He is not a shelter resident, and he has no interest in doing charity.
Speaking of which, Golden Gallen Port has been developing well recently, and the local education level has also improved. He has considered opening a branch factory there, such as producing some batteries, turbines, inverters, etc. that are urgently needed in the southern sea. It's just a plan.
There were too many uncertain risks for him to dare to make a decision easily.
There was a hint of disappointment on Duke Galava's face, but he was not discouraged.
He comforted himself in his heart, at least Liszt did not explicitly reject him, maybe the chips on the table were not enough, and he had to work hard...
In the second half of the greetings, the two of them made a tacit agreement not to talk about business matters anymore, but simply drank tea and chatted to connect with each other.
Although he knew what the Duke had in mind, Liszt did not object to communicating with him, which would also help him understand the situation in Borneo.
After the meeting, Duke Gallava politely walked him to the door of the embassy. He did not turn back to the embassy until his car disappeared around the corner.
On the other side, sitting in the back seat of a private car, Liszt had completely put aside the matter of Duke Gallava, casually picked up the latest issue of "Daily Survivor" that his secretary had bought for him in advance and flipped through it. .
The headline was a story about Coral City.
This pearl located in the southern sea has been the hottest topic in Auroville City recently. Many people have booked special tickets to Friesport for this reason, planning to take a submarine there to have a look.
Although most people only regard it as a resort or tourist destination, Lister knows what the real value of that place is.
The construction of Coral City used a large amount of materials and engineering techniques recovered from the Tianting. The settlement on the seabed will become the bridgehead for the Alliance to develop the space heritage of the Era of Prosperity.
The alliance's scientific expedition teams and biological research institutes 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 Alliance society needs, his career will undoubtedly be able to rise to a new level.
Just as Liszt was thinking this, he suddenly noticed a piece of news that was not very eye-catching at the bottom of the third page of the newspaper.
"...the Yue people's resistance army entered Mengmao City and announced their occupation of Mengmao Prefecture. At the same time, the spokesperson of the new authorities in Mengmao Prefecture called the editorial office of Jingallang Port's "Survivor Daily" and published a newspaper claiming that Mengmao Prefecture
It will be the first abolition state in Borneo. The leader of the resistance army, Rasi, said that he would abide by the joint program advocated by the federation and called on people of insight from all over the country to unite to fight against the tyranny of the empire."
Mengmazhou?
What is that place?
Liszt was stunned for a moment, then went to find his tablet, opened the world map and took a look, and finally found this land in the upper right corner of the "Zoo Province".
The Tasang River, which is much shorter than the Yongliu River, flows into the Borneo Sea from Mengmao Prefecture, and on the other side of the Zhuobar Mountains is Silver Moon Bay, the pearl of Luoxia Province.
"This location is quite good," Liszt chuckled and shook his head slightly, "It's a pity that it is occupied by a group of natives."
It would be great if Baiyue Company could go further.
With this thought in his mind, he turned the newspaper to the next page, only to see that the next page was still the Mengmazhou news copied from the "Survivor Daily (Jinggallan Port)".
According to what the resistance army said in the telegram, the Imperial Army blew up the embankments of the Tasang River, causing severe damage to Mengmao Prefecture and displacing a large number of survivors.
The leader of the Resistance Army, Lacy, said that the Resistance Army will not give up on the survivors in Mengma Prefecture. They will do their best to provide disaster relief. At the same time, they also hope that insightful people from all walks of life in Jingallang Port can help them carry out reconstruction work and help the Resistance Army resettle some of the displaced people.
of survivors.
At the same time, Duke Bamut, the former governor of Mengma Prefecture, underwent a public trial at the dock area square in Mengma City and admitted all charges in court. It was his personal idea to blow up the river embankment, causing the displacement of millions of survivors.
Affected by the boiling public dissatisfaction, on the day the trial ended, the Resistance Army's temporary military court approved the execution of Duke Bamut. In addition, eight Resistance Army soldiers who had committed robbery and six Resistance Army soldiers who had committed rape were executed.
Roger, secretary-general of the Golden Gallen Port Association, said in an interview that he believed this reflected Lacy's determination to improve military discipline.
There is still debate within the Golden Gallen Port Federation about whether Lacy is a qualified leader, but most federation leaders are optimistic.
It is understood that Lacy was born a slave, and when he captured Camp Lowell, his soldiers raped civilian girls and executed them by firing squad.
Some members of the alliance once criticized his approach as too rude, but since then he has obviously learned from the criticism, such as setting up courts and disaster relief offices, etc. This is one of the reasons why the top leaders of the federation are optimistic about him.
According to the editor of this newspaper, in the past two hundred years, there have been countless civil wars in Borneo Province. After breaking through settlements, it is a customary activity to indulge soldiers in looting, just like the looters in the River Valley, Jinchuan, and Prancing Horse provinces imitated mutant cannibalism. , and it is extremely rare to prohibit soldiers from burning, killing and looting after breaking through a settlement...
"This guy has something."
After reading the report to the end, an expression of interest suddenly appeared on Liszt's face. He read the news from beginning to end again. The more he read, the more he felt that this guy was not simple.
There are many crude imitations of his behavior, and some rough improvements have been added, but aside from these crude methods, this person is much better than the one he just saw.
Moreover, as a member of the Yue tribe, this guy conquered a state in the empire. It can be said that he stabbed the lungs of the empire. Heaven will definitely not let him go.
In order to maintain the balance with the Legion, the Alliance will probably not interfere in the situation in Borneo Province, and the possibility of directly sending troops is extremely slim.
And if this Lacy wants to gain a foothold under the eyes of the empire, he has to cling tightly to the alliance's thighs.
"Han Long, the opportunity to make a fortune has come."
Looking at the happy boss, Han Long, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion.
"Boss, didn't you say that Borneo has no investment value?"
Liszt shook the newspaper in his hand and said with a faint smile.
"It means you didn't understand what I told you. It's people, not markets, that are worth investing in in emerging markets, because the people who play the leading role in such places are usually people. Of course, a fool is not worth investing in, but a strong man is still worth investing in." of."
After a pause, he continued.
"Let's do this. You can go there with Qian in a few days."
Qian Duo and Qian Lai were his subordinates and had followed him a long time ago. He thought it was time to let them go out for some exercise.
Han Long hesitated slightly after hearing this.
"But...what about your safety?"
Liszt laughed.
"What security issues can there be in Dawn City? It's time to change your thinking. This place is no longer an 'emerging market'."
…
Different from the civil war in the southern seas, the Yue Clan Resistance Army's entry into Mengmao City was far less spectacular and sensational than the South China Sea Alliance's entry into the North Island, and it did not affect the nerves of anyone in the wasteland, even though the latter was not even half the area of the former. .
Dawn City TV Station made a small report on this incident. After Benoit, the legion’s ambassador to the alliance, saw what happened in Mengma City, his first reaction was not to call his allies, but to pick up the map and take a look at it.
When he found out that the ghost place was on the east coast of Borneo, several states away from Saipan Port on the west coast, and far outside the sphere of influence of the military civilian group, he immediately put the matter aside and didn't bother to care about it.
The Tuofeng Kingdom next to Mengma Prefecture was a little nervous, mainly because it was worried about a large number of refugees pouring into the kingdom.
The royal court of the Camelback Kingdom is an enlightened theocratic monarch, but no matter how enlightened it is, it is still a theocratic monarch.
They can tolerate the Silver Moon Church's new interpretation of the original doctrine, they can also tolerate some pagan merchants bringing treasures they like, and they can even tolerate the Alliance sending troops to station in Silver Moon Bay... After all, they asked for it themselves, but
They would never tolerate pagans coming to the Sand Sea Spirit's territory to beg for food.
On this point of view, the merchant nobles of Silver Moon Bay are surprisingly consistent with the royal family. After all, if those beggars enter the territory of the Hump Kingdom, Silver Moon Bay will be their first stop.
Several local chambers of commerce immediately took action and took the initiative to contact the leader of the resistance army, Lacy, and expressed their gratitude to him for protecting the church and were willing to provide him with an interest-free loan of 10 million silver coins in the name of disaster relief.
As soon as he heard about this good thing, Lacy immediately agreed and even designated a "parish" outside Mengma City for the gang of magicians.
In addition to complying with the laws of the authorities, there is no need to pay any taxes in the parish. Residents of Silver Moon Bay can do whatever they want there in their own way.
It was originally a wasteland, and it would be idle just to leave it there. It would be better to leave it to the group of Silver Moon Bay believers who are keen on colonization to develop it.
Anyway, the residents of Silver Moon Bay and the residents of Borneo Province have lived together for so long, and the locals are not very repulsive to those cat slaves who can do business.
After they have developed it, he will consider whether to take it back or continue to rent it to them at a higher price. At least in his opinion, these are negotiable.
Just when the Lashi authorities in Mengma Prefecture took advantage of the disaster in Mengma Prefecture to expand their troops, took advantage of the floods to ask for money, and aggressively implemented the "New Deal", the empire suddenly realized that its four million square meters
There's a big chunk missing on the kilometer map.
In the Tiandu Palace, Wu Tuo quickly summoned his ministers and confidants, and discussed behind closed doors in the meeting hall.
All the officials scratched their heads anxiously and argued, but no one could come up with an idea.
Finally unable to stand it any longer, Prince Dilip took a step forward and asked tentatively.
"How about ordering the local armies of Ma and Liangzhou to divide to the west and gather in the direction of Mengmao Prefecture in the south? The Yue people's resistance army has not stabilized its foundation in Mengmao Prefecture. In addition, the local area has been severely affected. I am afraid that our troops will come forward.
, they themselves fell apart.”
Nihak was shocked when he heard this. Without waiting for Wu Tuo to speak, he quickly stepped forward and remonstrated.
"Your Majesty! You must not! The Tiger Army and the Black Panther Army have become a big problem! It is easy to assemble the troops of Niaozhou and Mazhou, but it is difficult to disperse them!"
When he heard Prince Dilip's suggestion, Wu Tuo was still thinking about nodding, but when he heard Nihak's voice, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat and secretly thought it was dangerous.
Seeing the change in the expression on Wu Tuo's face, Nihak couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He thought to himself that he had shouted faster, but if he had shouted slower, there would have been no room for maneuver.
After a pause, he ignored Prince Dilip's displeasure and lowered his head and continued.
"Your Majesty, Mengmao State is a small matter. We must not mess up our position. If the thirteen states of Borneo Province follow the example of Huzhou and Baozhou to support their own troops, I am afraid there will be smoke everywhere on both sides of the Yongliu River. I am afraid that Borneo Province will be The chaos of a hundred years ago will be recreated!"
"Then what do you think we should do?" Prince Dilip looked at him displeased and continued, "Should we just leave Mengmao State alone?"
"It must be taken care of!" Nihak raised his head and stared at Wu Tuo with bright eyes and said, "But in this situation, the Central Army can only take action! We need a victory to let the local area see our strength."
After a pause, he said again.
"Let Alaya go up!"
There was an uproar in the hall, and all the officials had expressions of astonishment on their faces, looking at this guy who had been imprisoned by the alliance.
Ask Alaya to step in?
Isn’t that the same mistake as King Gallen Port all over again?!
Hearing these words, even Wu Tuo, who was sitting in a high position, frowned.
Before any of the nobles and officials could protest, Prince Dilip stood up first and glared at Duke Nihak, who was opposing him.
"That guy is just a defeated general of the alliance, how can he be Lacy's opponent!"
Duke Nihak said solemnly.
"It is precisely because he has fought against people from the Alliance that he knows how to deal with the Alliance!"
Prince Dilip just wanted to argue, "Then he has lost before, so why not let him go?", but he soon thought that this was tantamount to getting himself involved, so he blushed and changed his words, and changed his angle to find fault. road.
"But if the Gray Wolf Army is moved away from the Golden Gallen Port border, wouldn't it mean that the Tiger Army and Black Panther Army would control the entire border!"
Duke Nihak said sadly.
"What's the difference between letting them stay there now and transferring them away? All the officers trained by the legion have been corrupted by those guys who cheated on us! It's better to take this opportunity to transfer the remaining people who are still loyal to us to the north. , at least suppress the Mazhou and Bird Islands that are about to move!"
The wolves are the most loyal warriors in the empire, and the Gray Wolf Army as the Central Army is the only army of a different surname that is absolutely loyal to Tiandu.
As for the local army, they have successfully proved their unreliability through actions.
Unless the empire is free to deal with the two warlords, the Tiger Army and the Black Panther Army, using any local forces now will only add fuel to the fire!
After hearing Nihak's words, Wu Tuo also fell into deep thought.
Although he is an outsider in foreign wars, he still has some knowledge in the internal affairs of the empire.
"...Just do what Duke Nihak said and transfer the Gray Wolf Army to Mengmao State to suppress the bandits. Also, Dilip, go to the state capitals of Mazhou and Niaozhou and tell the local nobles not to panic.
, I am only responsible for the supply of the Gray Wolf Army."
Although Prince Dilip was unwilling to do so, His Majesty's order had already been issued and he could only nod his head to accept it.
"As commanded."
Seeing that His Majesty did not arrange his own tasks, Duke Nihak couldn't help but speak.
"Your Majesty, I can also share your worries!"
He has been idle for quite some time since returning from Golden Gallen Port.
As a duke with only a title and no fiefdom, if he continues to be so idle, I'm afraid there will be no place for him in the palace.
Seeing Nihak's anxious look, Wu Tuo was not in a hurry and just spoke slowly.
"You have a more important mission. I want you to take a boat trip to the southern seas and complete the loan matter I mentioned before."
Nihak was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that His Majesty would suddenly talk about the southern sea here, and his head couldn't help but turn around for a while.
Especially since such a serious thing happened recently, he originally thought that His Majesty had forgotten about it, but he didn't expect that he was still thinking about it.
"But Your Majesty...the traitor is currently present. Is it appropriate for us to do this now?"
Wu Tuo said nonchalantly.
"The source of the bandit trouble is the Tasang River, which is far away from the Yongliu River. Besides, a group of grass bandits are just a skin itch and are nothing to worry about. The top priority is to improve the economy."
Mengmao Prefecture is not a state where the Yue people make up the majority, not to mention that all the Yue people in the entire Borneo Province have been purged by him, and those who are still alive are still living on farms or slave camps. Although he is anxious, he has a deep heart.
Li didn't think that a resistance army led by slaves could cause any big disturbance.
Moreover, recently he has experienced some of the benefits of being rich.
Especially after he saw the photos of the Ideal Hotel taken by the guy from Garavan, he felt even more jealous.
Although his palace is floating in the air, it is still much shorter than the height of the Ideal Hotel. It is no wonder that the people of Wilante do not take his palace seriously.
When the empire gets rich in the future, he will also ask people from Ideal City to come here and build him a palace where he can touch the clouds.
But the rice has to be eaten bite by bite, and the corners have to be dug bit by bit.
He can take advantage of the fact that the "War in Paradise" in Haiya Province has not yet ended, and start from the southern sea area that the alliance cannot take care of for the time being.
That's the safest place.
The Alliance is not a legion. The administrator at least said that he wanted to end some kind of wasteland. It is impossible to send soldiers here just because he does some "small business" there, right?
When the Empire becomes the largest creditor in the southern seas, then the South China Sea Alliance will be 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 filled with a proud smile, and all the officials also showed expressions of sudden realization, and they all praised His Majesty's wisdom.
Only the Chancellor of Finance's smile was a bit intriguing, or it contained a hint of unspeakable grievance.
Although the province of Borneo is vast, it also has a lot of mouths to feed.
He thought that it would be a good idea to lend Xilan coins to Nanhai District to solve the problem of slow sales of cement, but this borrowing method was a bit too imitative.
What if someone defaults on the bill?
Can the empire send its fleet over and knock on the door to collect debts, or is there a large investment from the South China Sea Alliance within its territory that can pay off the debts?
How to deal with this bad debt by then will probably be a big trouble again.
It's okay that people are willing to take care of it, so marking the coral there with a string of zeros to pay off the debt is a good idea for both parties.
If you are not willing to deal with it, I guess you can only ask the creditor to be more "open-minded"...
At the same time that the empire was taking action to suppress the Yue tribe rebels, Li Minghui, the interim president of the South China Sea Alliance, was worrying about labor shortages.
It is now the end of October.
The reconstruction work on the northern islands has been going on for almost a month, but it has not been progressing smoothly due to lack of manpower.
Baiyue's construction team is mainly responsible for the North Island Naval Base and Ocean Current Power Station, but these two places need to be rebuilt.
It is precisely because of this that the South China Sea Alliance encountered a very embarrassing problem.
Although their technical reserves are astonishing and they have no shortage of highly educated talents, they are seriously short of capable workers.
Even if automation can solve part of the problem, it will have to wait until the advanced productivity of the ocean current power stations and islands is completely restored.
To put it bluntly, distant water cannot quench the near thirst. What they need now is not doctors and engineers, but a huge number of dustmen and bricklayers.
They don't even need these people to be literate, they just need to be able to understand Renlianyu.
Recently, Friesport has opened an immigration channel from Golden Gallen Port to the Baiyue Strait, and he is wondering whether the South China Sea Alliance should also attract some immigrants.
However, there are many problems in this.
The representative meeting of the South China Sea Alliance is far more exclusive than the representative meeting of the alliance. Distrust of outsiders is also part of the nature of the island residents.
The ring-shaped islands, including those closest to the Alliance, have always opposed the immigration of foreign people, and they don't care at all about the immigration of local survivors.
If he forcibly passes the law to relax the immigration threshold at this time, although it will help the South China Sea Alliance's post-war recovery in the long run, he will definitely stand against the survivors of the South China Sea Alliance, and he will definitely stand against the Representative Council.
the opposite of.
Why bother?
He counted on his fingers and realized that his term as interim president only lasted a few months. He was just waiting to see when the "War in Heaven" would be over.
Having just won a beautiful victory, Li Minghui now just wants to ensure that he does not make mistakes during the remaining term of office, and finally returns the power in his hands as a hero, completes the last and most glorious page of the heroic epic, and then works with peace of mind.
His naval commander until he reached the age of retirement.
From now on, when there is a war, I will go to war. When there is no war, I will feed the seagulls and fry the fish. When I have free time, I will go to the bar of Chip Port to have a drink and brag.
His life has been wonderful enough.
As for Charas's grandson, he will never hear drunkards boasting about his "accomplishments" in his whole life. If that guy were still alive now, he would be crazy with jealousy.
Li Minghui thought about it and finally figured it out. It seemed that there was really no need for him to spend the last few moments of his term looking sad.
However, just when he finally figured everything out and was about to throw away the report in his hand and leave all the thorny problems at hand to future generations, there was a knock on the door of the office.
After picking up the tea cup and taking a sip of black tea, Li Minghui sat up straight, cleared his throat and said.
"Please come in."
The door opened.
It was his political secretary who came in.
"Mr. President, someone is looking for you."
Li Minghui had a very concerned look on his face and crossed his fingers on the table.
"Who is looking for me? What's the matter?"
Looking at Mr. President who was working diligently on various matters in the southern seas, the secretary said respectfully.
"It's a representative of the Mengma City authorities. He said he can solve your urgent needs..."
Mengma City?
Li Minghui was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously reached for the map of Baiyue Province to see when the alliance would write a new recipe at his door.
However, the secretary standing in front of the desk coughed awkwardly and reminded him in a low voice.
"It's another one..."
This chapter has been completed!