Tang Long, who stayed in the game cabin for several days and was addicted to his master, finally got tired of playing and came out to rest. Tang Long, who had just raised his head and stretched his waist, immediately noticed many large and small spaceships busy landing and taking off in the sky. He couldn't help muttering strangely: "When did our place become so busy?"
The soldier next to Tang Long probably came out to catch his breath. Hearing Tang Long's words, he couldn't help but look around, and found that he was the only one standing beside Tang Long. supplier."
"Supplier?" Tang Long was even more confused.
"Yes, since the Tang family is not responsible for the supply and distribution of the warships of the lords, the lords have to find the merchants who supply these materials by themselves. Every time there is a war, the command tower of Zhongzhou Star is the busiest time." The soldier hurriedly told Tang Long exactly what he knew.
Just as Tang Long let out a cry, Li Wu, who was accompanied by a few guards, appeared in front of Tang Long: "My lord, the command tower came to ask if you ordered 2 warships and 40 transport ships, if so, please go and receive them quickly. "
Tang Long asked as he walked, "Can't we just drive in?"
"The command tower said that you need to register to allow those spaceships to come in." Li Wu hurriedly replied.
"Oh, it's really troublesome." Tang Long said so, but he still boarded the landing craft. Although he found it troublesome, he also admired those dedicated personnel on the command tower.
Donovan, who had received the report early, and his two sons quietly looked at the three-dimensional image in front of them. The image showed two giant battleships with full-body gun barrels and 40 high-level transport ships that were clearly known to be high-class cargo at a glance.
After a while, Donovan sighed and said, "How much do you think these 2 warships and 40 transport ships cost?"
Tang Hainan quickly calculated in his mind and said first: "That kind of warship costs about 20 to 30 billion, and that kind of transport ship costs at least 1 billion."
"Well, that is to say, these alone cost nearly 100 billion Wulai coins. I don't know if you have thought about why Tang Long, a guy from the Wanluo Federation, has so much net worth? And I asked our Suppliers, they don't have this kind of warship full of guns, so where did Tang Long buy it from?" Speaking of this, Donovan glanced at his two sons with a flat expression.
Tang Haidong saw Tang Hainan who had always had a crush on Tang Long, his face was so ugly that he couldn't speak, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Father, Tang Long's net worth is far more than a hundred billion."
Both Tang Nawen and Tang Hainan turned their gazes to Tang Haidong, and Tang Nawen asked with interest, "Do you know his details?"
Tang Haidong nodded triumphantly and said, "Yes, father. In order to investigate Tang Long's details, I went to the Wanluo Federation. I didn't expect Tang Long to be very famous in the Wanluo Federation. Not only did he force a general of the Wanluo Federation to Independent, and shot and killed hundreds of officers without scruple."
Donovan nodded and said, "I know all this, so I am not surprised that he executed those retainers. A bloodthirsty person like him, once he catches the mistakes of his subordinates, he will definitely not let them go." He glanced at Tang Hainan thoughtfully.
Tang Hainan blushed and bowed his head in silence. The reason was that he pleaded with his father for him after Tang Long executed those retainers, but his father didn't respond at that time, and he didn't even bother to ask. The dragon exercises the power of being the master. Only now did I realize that my father already knew what kind of person Tang Long was.
Tang Haidong was stunned for a moment. It turned out that his father knew everything. Thinking of this, he quickly restrained his complacent expression, and said respectfully: "Tang Long's net worth is probably in the trillions of Wulai coins. The main reason why he can have so much money is He led the army to plunder the wealth of one of the wealthiest gangsters in the Wanluo Federation at that time. At that time, he also turned this planet into a battlefield."
"Leading the army to steal money from gangsters? He is really daring." Tang Hainan muttered in surprise.
Donovan nodded with a smile and said, "Tang Long's source of income has been clarified, so do you know where to buy that kind of warship?"
Tang Haidong didn't wait for his younger brother to open his mouth and said immediately: "You can go to Tang Long's supplier. Since Tang Long can buy it from the merchant, then we should be able to buy it from that merchant too."
Tang Hainan, who kept rolling his eyes, suddenly said: "Father, Tang Long has so much money, if he spends all of it on buying warships, he can buy dozens of them, so that his military strength will greatly exceed ours, and I am afraid it will be a big blow to our family." Not good!"
Tang Haidong first wondered why Tang Hainan was suppressing Tang Long. Didn't he still support Tang Long before? However, he soon realized that Tang Hainan was obsessed with cleanliness and was disgusted by Tang Long's money-hungry and bloodthirsty behavior, so he turned to suppress Tang Long. After analyzing these things, Tang Haidong couldn't help thinking to himself: "Hehe, brother, you are still too young. Only people who are greedy for money and bloodthirsty are easy to control. You don't support Tang Long, but brother, I do!"
Thinking of this, Tang Haidong immediately said: "Brother, you haven't thought about it clearly. Is it Tang Long who is rich, or our family is rich? Tang Long is not only responsible for the expenditure of the territory, but also maintains the military equipment, plus the taxes of his territory. It’s just that little, it’s not enough to make ends meet, and the money is a little bit less. And we have the tax revenue of the territory directly under it and 50% of the tax revenue of other territories. It can be said that the source of income is endless, and the monthly tax alone can buy several ships. The most important thing is, do you think it is so easy for civilians to become soldiers? How easy is it to train soldiers to become warships? Even if Tang Long, who has only tens of thousands of soldiers, bought dozens of warships, He also has no one to drive it, and the immobile battleship is not a pile of scrap iron, are you too worried?"
"You..." This time it was Tang Hainan's turn to be speechless. Tang Haidong smiled triumphantly, and turned away from looking at him.
"Okay, now let's go to Tang Long's place, hoping to buy this kind of warship in front of Caesar's house." Donovan stood up and patted the shoulders of his two sons and said.
"Yes, father." Tang Haidong and Tang Hainan hurriedly said with a bow.
The coast of Tang Long's territory was surrounded by countless people at this moment, and the soldiers who got the order earlier than the people had already built a human wall between the crowd and the sea. As for the speedboats of the maritime patrol team, they patrolled back and forth on the sea surface with waves.
There is no other reason why this area is so lively, all because Tang Long forcibly landed 3 warships including the Meteorite and the 40 transport ships on the sea near the territory in order to show off, and arranged them neatly for People watch. Of course, it is also to let those selected battleship soldiers get on board and get familiar with the battleship.
From time to time, the people cheered because they saw their relatives among the soldiers queuing up to board the battleship. And although the soldiers who were in charge of the human wall were silent, they could tell from their fiery eyes how much they envied those brothers who became battleship soldiers.
"Wow, this is the lord's battleship? It's so magnificent, I want to be the lord's soldier too." A child who was at the front, poked his head through the cracks in the soldiers' wall, and stared at the warships moored on the sea. said his father.
The child's father patted his son's head and said with a smile: "Okay, but it's best to become the lord's retainer, so that you can honor your ancestors." After speaking, he also looked at those magnificent warships with great interest.
"Look! My brother is also on the battleship!" A little girl happily pointed to a soldier in the distance and shouted. Her cry made everyone around her shoot jealous and envious eyes on her.
"I didn't expect the lord to have three such warships. I heard that each warship has 3,000 cannons. Doesn't the lord have 9,000 cannons? That's more than all the other lords' warships combined." An old man turned to him. The old guy next to him sighed.
The old man's old man continued in an expert tone: "What is this? Didn't you see the spaceship behind the battleship? It's called a transport ship. Do you understand a transport ship? It's a spaceship used to supply supplies. The transport ships of the entire planet plus It doesn't look as much as the Lord's. With these transport ships, the Lord's warships can stay in space for a long time, and they can replenish ammunition at any time during the war. There is no need to worry about running out of ammunition, and they can fight for a long time. "
Standing in the command cabin of Meteor, Chen Kang and Tang Long quietly watched the bustling crowd outside the window. It took a while for Chen Kang to smile at Tang Long and said, "Your people are quite curious, and no one from other places will come to see this excitement."
Tang Long handed Chen Kang a glass of wine, while he grabbed a carton of milk and sucked it up. Chen Kang knew from the information that Tang Long didn't like alcohol, but milk and fruit juice, so he didn't make any fuss.
Tang Long took a sip of milk and sighed: "It's no wonder they are curious. Most of these people have never been out in space to see it in their lives. I believe this is the first time they have seen a battleship at such a close distance."
Chen Kangpin took a sip of his wine and said with a smile: "It's not surprising. Although entering space is as simple as going out to a restaurant for us, it is very difficult for many people. Because many people can't even eat. Eat enough, let alone go out to a restaurant to eat."
Sensing Chen Kang's strange tone, Tang Long couldn't help but glanced at Chen Kang and asked, "Huh? Your tone seems to be very touching. What do you think of?"
Chen Kang shook his head and smiled wryly: "I didn't expect anything, is there still wine?" He raised the empty wine glass to Tang Long.
Tang Long nodded, and handed Chen Kang a bottle of fine wine from his commander's room, which was also sent by Chen Kang.
After taking it, Chen Kang poured himself a cup, tasted it carefully, and then continued, "I'm just wondering why civilization has progressed so far and supplies are so plentiful, and there's no need to worry about energy crises and economic crises in this era. But there will still be distinctions between the rich and the poor, high and low, there will be power struggles, and countless wars will break out?"
After thinking for a while, Tang Long smiled and said, "I think this should be attributed to the inherent ambition of human beings to stand on top of their own kind."
"Huh? The ambitious nature of standing on top of the same kind?" Chen Kang asked puzzled.
Tang Long smiled and said: "Hehe, that's right, it is because of the ambition to live better than others and surpass others that human beings desperately increase their wealth and use various means to improve their status. At the same time In order to show how different we are, we created a hierarchical system. That is, because of the ambition to control and command the same kind, there will be countries, and wars will happen because of the existence of countries. However, Isn’t this great? If human beings have no ambition at all, and everyone sleeps after eating, we humans will lose their aggressiveness, and sooner or later we will be replaced by other creatures that are desperately evolving.”