In a dark room, a group of hidden people sat at the edge of the conference table, teasing in a relatively relaxed tone about major events that could affect the entire empire and even the entire world.
This was also the first time Du Lin truly saw the true face of a country and a world.
"Recently, the Colt Empire has increased its penetration into the Eagle's Mouth region. They secretly sent an additional army into the Eagle's Mouth region. Now some of the gold mines that have been discovered are being eroded by them, which has already hurt The empire’s interests in the Eagle Beak region.”
"I think it would be difficult to make the Great Pharaoh realize that his behavior had crossed the line in terms of diplomacy. It is more likely that he did it deliberately in order to strengthen control of the Eagle Beak region and reduce the empire's influence in that area. "
The issue in the Eagle Beak region is related to the general policies of two countries, one is the Shining Star Empire and the other is the Colt Empire.
At present, the empire is exporting some unstable social factors to the Eagle's Mouth region by exporting gold diggers and creating a gold rush, in order to maximize the creation of a stable and peaceful society for the rapid development of the financial economy.
At the same time, the export of these unstable social factors will deepen the empire's control over the Eagle's Beak region. Coupled with the military base being built, both military strategy and influence will increase unprecedentedly.
If the behavior of the Colt Empire is left alone, their people will soon have an absolute advantage in the Eagle Beak region. Their military status and the support of the country behind them make them more dominant and more powerful than those ragtag gold diggers. Competitiveness.
Once the gold diggers are expelled and the gold rush cools down, some unstable factors will flow back. At the same time, when the hegemony of the Colt Empire reaches further areas in the Eagle Beak region, it will have an impact on the empire's military bases and maritime strategic plans. threaten.
The most important thing to do now is to increase support for the Eagle Beak region, whether it is manpower or force, export more militants, give them better armed equipment, and give them militarized training so that they can Face off against the elite regiments of the Colt Empire in the dense forest.
Even if you can't defeat those people, you still have to make them feel the pain.
Once Colt's military personnel suffer losses, the Great Pharaoh will definitely change his policy in order to ensure that his status in the country is not threatened.
But these things cannot be done by the government, and the government cannot talk about it through official news channels. It cannot even be heard about.
This must be a purely spontaneous act among the people. The empire has no idea what happened. It is just people's own thoughts and everything has nothing to do with the empire.
So this matter needs to be discussed in this room, and in the end it will be implemented by others, or a solution will be discussed.
Not long after Kubal's question was raised, a familiar voice rang out in about two or three minutes. Dulin was a little surprised, but it soon became natural.
It was the voice of the eldest prince, who was sitting at the top.
"We cannot compromise with the Colt Empire on the issue of the Eagle Beak region. Dulin's strategic layout is very consistent with the empire's international strategic plan. This matter cannot be compromised..." The eldest prince said very decisively, without any ambiguity in his answer. "I heard that several military-industrial groups in the empire have recently developed many new weapons, and now there happens to be such a weapons experiment area for them to use."
Another person then talked about his opinion. This person's voice was very strange. Dulin had never heard of it before, "I will contact them. Bondica attaches great importance to the research and development of aircraft. They hope that the military can equip some Tracer I No., this can be used as a condition for negotiation with them.”
Tracer 1 is definitely an epoch-making product in terms of construction and creativity. No one has ever considered making war three-dimensional. For so many years, war has always been two-dimensional.
But the emergence of Tracer 1 means that plane warfare will never look back, and the way war will be fought in the future will undergo huge changes.
Bondica's internal research team has proposed the concept of three-body coordinated operations of sea, land and air, but these things are still a bit too advanced, and they are ahead of the curve in two places.
First, when people are curious about new things, they will also have some resistance. This is just like many people in society resisting trends without any reason.
They say something is bad when something is popular, and they can always find some specious shortcomings in it, amplify it and criticize it crazily.
In terms of military matters, when issues rise to the national or even international level, we need to be more cautious. Neither the current army nor the navy necessarily like the "Space Force" or "Air Force" that may be added in the future. This represents a reduction in military expenditures. and the formation of new “hostile forces.”
Moreover, something without "precedent" cannot easily and smoothly enter the military purchase list. It is difficult for the Ministry of National Defense to pay for something that is still in concept.
On the other hand, although Tracer 1 is an epoch-making product, there are still big problems in its design. It is more like a conceptual product, used to break through the boundaries of people's thinking and open new windows for people.
The ultra-short cruising radius and low payload meant that Tracer 1 could only be a mere commodity. The Ministry of National Defense and the Cabinet had discussed this several times, and finally decided to place a prudent order for Bondica. —Five!
Yes, the Imperial Ministry of Defense is only willing to purchase five. The purpose of this is to allow those on the staff to deduce whether the air force is as important as the Bondika Military-Industrial Group said, and whether it has enough potential to develop into an army on its own.
More than one billion dollars have been invested for five consecutive years, and more than 5,000 people have participated in the design and construction. As a result, the empire has purchased five of this epoch-making product.
No matter how much it sells for, this means that if Bondica cannot open up the Tracer 1 market, more than one billion in R&D funds will be wasted.
This is something that the board of directors cannot accept. They have formed a lobbying team to continuously lobby with the Ministry of Defense and the Cabinet, hoping to sell at least 500 to 1,500 Tracer 1s to the Imperial Military in advance.
However, the effect of lobbying so far has been minimal. If the Imperial Finance Minister does not nod, this additional military expenditure will not be transferred to the Ministry of Defense's account, and it is impossible to transfer several accounts and then enter Bondika's account.
But if you want the Finance Minister to nod, you have to get Kubal to nod. If the Prime Minister doesn’t sign and approve, the matter will basically go nowhere.
Kubal thought for a while and said, "I will consider this matter carefully. We are not the only company like Bondika."
Even if this matter ends here, to a large extent Kubal will agree to Bondika's request and include Tracer 1 in the military purchase list, but how much will be purchased is another question.
After two or three minutes of silence, another strange voice came to mind in the room, "Sivis hopes to get more support from us. In addition to firearms and ammunition, there is also medicine and financial assistance. He also wants Five bullet processing lines and some engineers.”
Du Lin didn't understand what this guy said at all, but the current situation was special. Although he didn't understand, he would listen carefully, and he would ask Kubal afterward.
He didn't expect that he wouldn't say anything. Kubal took out a piece of paper and a pen, wrote something on the table and handed it to him.
This is why Dulin finally understood why he did not turn off the lights completely, but left a lamp to illuminate the entire table - so that people could write when necessary, or even lobby and bribe on the spot.
After quickly reading a few lines of words on the paper, Dulin immediately understood that Sivis was the leader of the largest anti-government armed force in the Federation.
When he had just formed the rebel forces, the empire's intelligence agency contacted him and gave him great support, mainly in the form of firearms, ammunition and food assistance.
Sivis is not the only anti-government force in the Federation, but he is the most successful. Some other anti-government organizations either have no news or have been completely surrounded and suppressed. Only Sivis's army survived and crossed the border. Come and grow stronger.
Sivis, who was originally very obedient, became a little less obedient after gaining his current status and power. He could not fully obey the empire's instructions, so the empire cut off aid to Sivis more than a month ago.
Without the empire, the most solid and reliable backing, Sivis's rebel organization soon suffered serious losses. They lacked supplies and were driven around by the government forces. This made Sivis realize that he wanted to ensure It’s still early for me to become independent.
Before he overthrows the founding family, he must continue to receive assistance from the empire, unless he can occupy more territory and then restore economic construction.
So this time he sent a commissioner to talk about the aid, and he was willing to apologize for the last quarrel. He also cut off his little finger to show his remorse and sincerity.
Kubal directly denied Sivis's request, "I can give him guns and ammunition, medicine, money, and food, but the bullet assembly line can't be used, and neither can engineers."
"He has a history of violating our agreements. Once we help him establish a rear base with an industrial base, our importance to him will decrease. If you want a dog to bite, you can't feed it. "
The eldest prince nodded in agreement, "My opinion is the same. Sivis is too ambitious. His bowing this time is just the result of the deteriorating situation. Once he is given a chance to ease the current situation, he is very capable." may continue to disagree with us.”
"I think we can completely remove him and replace him with someone more obedient, or even one of our own. This will make it easier for us to control the current situation in the Federation."
Another shadow said, "But have you considered that no matter what means we use to get rid of Sivis, his current power will be dispersed all of a sudden. It will take more time to put these people back together. This does not mean Not necessarily the best choice.”
The eldest prince said indifferently, "I will reserve my opinion. I think obedience is the most important thing. We don't need a neighbor who is good at war and full of ambitions who grew up in war and blood. I prefer to live there ourselves." "
Du Lin suddenly turned sideways and looked at the shadow behind the Pope's crown. He just vaguely heard the word "devil". The voice was too familiar. It must be Kandy, a talkative man.
In fact, what he said at the beginning was not wrong. This is a hotbed of conspiracy and a lair of the devil. But from another perspective, these people are the ones who truly think for the interests of this country.
The discussion about Sivis came to an end quickly, and everyone unanimously agreed. They were willing to believe in him again and give him a chance. At the same time, they would also deepen their penetration and bribery of the people around him, and establish a "group headed by Sivis". "Idol Group", Sivis is no longer the only "idol".
In this case, when Sivis no longer needs to exist in this world, the cost of directly removing him will not be so serious.
So everyone is actually very kind. After all, they gave him a chance, right
What followed were similar things, international disputes, diplomatic directions, and some domestic social issues. Time seemed to go very fast, and it was already past seven o'clock in the evening in the blink of an eye.
When the last topic was over, those people stood up one after another, moved their limbs, and then left through the doorway behind them.
Dulin and Kubal left together. Just when he was about to "disappear", Kandy rushed over and said, "Let's meet up later. Come to the cathedral, or should I go find you?"
Du Lin hesitated, "I'll go find you, Cathedral, right?"
The shadow in the darkness kept nodding, nodding while walking backwards, "Be sure to remember, I'm waiting for you!"
After returning to Kubal and following the original route, Kubal asked a question out of curiosity, "You and Kandy seem to have a good relationship. How did you meet?"
If nothing else happens, Kandy will take over as pope within a year or two at most. It’s not that Kubal looks down on Dulin for a person of this status and status. With his past status and status, he doesn’t even have a chance to contact him.
The grass can see the sky every day, but it can never embrace the sky, nor can it be embraced by the sky.
Du Lin smiled and said nothing. Maintaining a proper sense of mystery was only good for him, not bad.
He did not answer. This was not enough to displease Kubal. This was purely an unimportant question. What was important was that Dulin and Kandy had a good relationship. This was enough. This meant that they could confirm that they had three votes. .
Winning one more vote at certain critical moments can create an effective situation, which is important for Kubal, Maggs and Doolin.
(End of chapter)