Xing Ling followed closely behind Tang Long, walking quietly by the harbor. This harbor has long been under martial law, and apart from the guards hiding in the dark, there is no one who is an eyesore at all. So at this moment, it seemed that only Tang Long and Xing Ling were left in the world.
Xing Ling was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful sea view, but stared down at the white sand beneath his feet. Tang Long, who was standing beside him, scratched his head while looking around boredly. Neither of them spoke, and there was no other sound except the sound of the waves.
Xingling was in a state of confusion at the moment, as if he was thinking about everything, but he seemed not thinking about anything at all. Not long ago, Tang Long's joy in asking him to go out for a walk also faded away without saying a word. Xing Ling, who has been in contact with many human beings, already knows that he is in a state of disarray at the moment. This situation was caused by Tang Long treating himself with the attitude of being with a stranger. The situation where the two of them chatted before has disappeared, and there is a kind of estrangement between the two sides.
Thinking of this, Xing Ling couldn't help but doubt whether his decision to pursue emotional experience wholeheartedly was right or wrong. If I have been by Tang Long's side all the time, I believe that now I and Tang Long must be chatting and laughing and very affectionate. Isn't it because of this that the younger sister who reproduced from my program is so affectionate with Tang Long
Tang Xing? Why did my sister choose such a name for herself? Maybe she really treats Tang Long as a relative, but why does she always feel that she has an inexplicable feeling when looking at Tang Long? Could it be that my sister has become the same as myself
Xingling looked at Tang Long who was so bored that he picked up a stone and threw it into the sea, and secretly sighed in his heart: "What kind of person are you? Why do we self-awareness born from programs involuntarily want to stay in your By your side? Why do ordinary robots start to have self-awareness after getting along with you?" Xingling recalled what Wenna told herself before, except for the batch of self-aware robots last time, there were no robots in the Silver Eagle Empire. Created new, self-aware robots.
"Uh, Miss Xingling, it's very windy here, shall we go back?" Tang Long asked cautiously. The sea breeze blew up the white sand, sweeping towards Xingling, Tang Long subconsciously blocked the sea breeze for Xingling when he said this.
"En." Xing Ling nodded, her mind was still immersed in the tender emotion caused by Tang Long's inadvertent action just now.
When Tang Long turned around to leave, Xing Ling plucked up his courage and said to Tang Long: "Tang Long, you... can you call me like you used to?"
Tang Long was stunned for a moment, but quickly nodded and said, "Okay,... elder sister." After saying this, Tang Long felt a little awkward, as if he had never called elder sister to anyone other than computer elder sister.
When Xingling heard this, a happy smile immediately appeared on his face, and suddenly he boldly took Tang Long's arm, and said with a cheerful smile, "Let's go."
Tang Long was a little embarrassed and wanted to keep his body away from Xing Ling, but because his arms were tightly held, he couldn't get rid of Xing Ling's fragrant feeling at all. Tang Long, who couldn't break free by force, had no choice but to be taken by Xing Ling who suddenly became cheerful. dragged away.
When he was about to arrive at Xingling's residence, Tang Long suddenly received a report from his subordinates: "Master, Chen Kang asks to see you." Tang Long, who had long been eager to leave Xingling, immediately apologized to Xingling, and then left with his subordinates . Looking at Tang Long's leaving back, Xing Ling could only sigh helplessly, and walked into the residence with his head down. And Wen Na and the others who were waiting for Xingling's return at the door also sighed secretly.
Before Tang Long went to see Chen Kang, he first met Yuna, Tang Xing and others. "Sister, Chen Kang must have come here this time to let me agree with them to control our commerce and military industry!" Tang Long said angrily. At this time, I knew what he wanted to do when I came here, because I didn't do business with him at all. It is impossible for that arms dealer to come here without special matters.
"What's going on?" Yuna, who didn't know anything, asked curiously. Tang Long immediately repeated what Chen Kang had said to him before, and after hearing these words, the sensitive Ling Li immediately asked: "My lord, do you think Chen Kang planned this terrorist attack? He wanted to control our economy and military industry!"
Everyone nodded when they heard this, and surrounded Tang Long vaguely, preparing to stop him when Tang Long went looking for Chen Kang angrily. However, everyone found that Tang Long was not angry at all. Instead, he rubbed his chin and muttered: "If it was Chen Kang, why did he do this? If he really wants to control our business and military industry to make a fortune, he shouldn't give such a generous amount." After all, there are many forces with better conditions than ours and rich supplies!" Speaking of this, Tang Long suddenly raised his head and asked: "Ling Li, what do you think of the arrested thunderstorm mercenaries? Do the members of the regiment have the ability to attack our factories and personnel?"
Everyone was very surprised when they heard this. Didn't the thunderstorm mercenary group already attack us? Why are they now asking if they have the ability to attack
After thinking for a while, Ling Li immediately said: "My lord, seeing how they resisted the army, my subordinates think that they are completely incapable of attacking our factories and personnel. I just got the latest report from the surveyors, and they said that they will complete these attacks. Raiders must have the same capabilities as our special forces!"
Tang Long clapped his hands violently and ordered to Ling Li: "Now go and interrogate those arrested members of the Thunderstorm Mercenary Group, and ask them if they attacked our factories and personnel."
"Yes!" Ling Li stepped back immediately.
Tang Xing asked Tang Long curiously: "Do you suspect that there are another group of real assassins hidden on our planet?"
Tang Long nodded: "Yes, you also watched the scene of our army fighting with the thunderstorm mercenary group, and I also commanded several mercenary groups to fight. It can be said that the performance of the thunderstorm mercenary group is not outstanding. They can only be regarded as a mediocre mercenary regiment. Although the guards of our factories and research institutes are a bit weak, it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to destroy the targets they protect without them noticing. It is even more impossible for the thunderstorm mercenary group to attack successfully!"
"Why did you suddenly think of this?" Tang Xing looked at Tang Long suspiciously. If Tang Long was able to make these analyzes when he was arresting the thunderstorm mercenary group, he didn't think it was strange. The strange thing was that Tang Long accompanied Xing Zero came up with these things when he came back from a walk, did Xing Ling remind him
Tang Long shook his head with a wry smile: "When I was walking with Ms. Xingling, neither of us had a word to say, and we just thought about the thunderstorm mercenary group in my mind. Because I was very surprised why the mercenary group that had completed the task Instead of hiding immediately, they wandered around to let us find them. Until just now, I didn’t realize that they wandered around because they hadn’t completed their mission and were looking around for the situation.”
"Oh." Tang Xing smiled, but she didn't know why she was smiling. And the little black cat in her arms covered its mouth and snickered again, but this time its eyes were focused on Tang Xing.
Soon, Ling Li rushed back and shouted: "My lord! They said they didn't have time to do it yet, and we discovered it while surveying the terrain, so they resisted!"
"Continue to blockade the port, and the armed personnel dispatched again, targeting everyone this time! The assassin probably has our local identity certificate!" Tang Long ordered.
Seeing that Yuna and the others ran away in a hurry, Tang Xing asked Tang Long: "How to solve that Chen Kang? We have no evidence that he did it."
Tang Long smiled: "I'm going to treat him well... Hehe, anyway, he is the guest who came right after we were attacked." Then he left the room.
Looking at Tang Long's back, Tang Xing said with a leisurely smile, "I've made progress."
The little black cat in Tang Xing's arms asked curiously: "What's the progress?"
"Hehe, didn't you see it just now? When you said that the attack might be caused by Chen Kang, did everyone just surround Tang Long?" Tang Xing held the little black cat to his face After rubbing forward for a while, he smiled.
"I see, didn't they come around and wait for orders?" The little black cat said while pressing Tang Xing's face with its paws, trying to distance its cat head from Tang Xing's face as hard as possible.
Tang Xing shook his head: "No, they are going to stop the furious Tang Long."
"An angry Tang Long? Hearing you say that, it seems that Tang Long gets angry easily." The little black cat said with its cute eyes.
"It's not that he gets angry easily. In the past, Tang Long was very impulsive. Like when we suspected Chen Kang just now, in the past, Tang Long had already rushed to Chen Kang and pointed at his nose to ask if there was such a thing. "Tang Xing rubbed his face against the little black cat's head again.
The little black cat suddenly understood and said: "Oh, that's how it is. No wonder you say that he has improved. He has been able to control his impulse." At this moment, it forgot to avoid Tang Xing's harassment.
Tang Xing narrowed his eyes and said: "Well, seeing Tang Long now, no one would believe that he was a guy who would fight tens of thousands of people one-on-one on impulse."
The little black cat said with bright eyes: "One-on-one with tens of thousands of people? Tell me quickly!"
"Okay, take a bath with my sister, I will tell you about my sister." Tang Xing said and walked out the door.
The little black cat immediately shouted: "Don't! I'm afraid of water! Let me go! Help! Kidnapped!" Of course, no one would pay attention to a kitten's cry.
"Hi, Mr. Chen, long time no see. Thank you for the last batch of warships." Tang Long extended his hand to Chen Kang who had been waiting in the reception room for a long time with a smile on his face.
"Hehe, that's nothing but a trifle. Mr. Tang is getting more and more powerful now, and he has expanded his territory by several planets after not seeing him for a while, which is really admirable." Chen Kang said while holding Tang Long's hand enthusiastically. . At the same time, he looked at Feng Bing and Feng Shuang who were standing behind Tang Long. Apart from praising the beauty in his heart, he also secretly blamed Tang Long for bringing two female guards to follow.
After the two parties sat down, Tang Long didn't introduce his two guards. He took a sip of orange juice and said directly, "I don't know if Mr. Chen can do anything for me this time?"
Seeing Tang Long's appearance, Chen Kang pretended that the two guards didn't exist, took a sip of fragrant tea and said with a smile: "Oh, this time I got a tip that a mercenary group called Thunderstorm is going to attack Mr. Tang. So I came here specially to remind Mr. Tang."
"Oh, Mr. Chen's news came a step too late." Tang Long shook his head sadly.
"Ah? They have already attacked you? Is the loss serious?" Chen Kang suddenly stood up and asked in surprise.
"The talents in factories and various industries are gone. By the way, since Mr. Chen knows that the thunderstorm mercenary group is going to attack me, do you know who hired them?" Tang Long stared at Chen Kang closely and asked. road.
Although Chen Kang was very uncomfortable being looked at by Tang Long's eyes, he still sat down with a regretful expression and said, "Unfortunately, there is no way to know. One of my subordinates heard the news by chance." Speaking of this Chen Kang changed the topic: "Although Mr. Tang's factories and talents in various industries have been lost, the industries in various places should be able to recover soon, right?"
"Recovery? Hoho, all the talents have been killed, how can it be so easy to recover. If you really want to recover, you have to wait for new talents to be cultivated." Tang Long shook his head helplessly.
"Cultivating new talents? This is not something that can be solved in a day or two. Recently, the Wuchao galaxy is surging, and war may break out at any time. Doesn't Mr. Tang have any countermeasures to solve this problem?" Chen Kang asked cautiously.
"Countermeasures? What else can I do now? The only way is to recruit some talents from the Wanluo Federation to come to the emergency. Their side is more chaotic than mine, so they should be able to attract some talents." Tang Long said casually.
Chen Kang was stunned. He never thought that Tang Long would immediately go to the Wanluo Federation to recruit talents. However, he thought that Tang Long, who was in the chaotic galaxy, was unlikely to recruit many talents from the Wanluo Federation. He retreated and said: "That's it, then I'm relieved, I'm still worried for you, and I'm afraid your great cause will be blocked. Then..." Chen Kang stood up and prepared to leave.
"Hey, Mr. Chen, why don't you go now? Isn't this a stranger? It will take me ten and a half months to play here." Tang Long hurriedly stopped Chen Kang and said.
"Ah, no need. I have recently received commissions from several forces. Our company is busy helping them develop their economy and military industry. If it wasn't for delivering news to you, I really don't have time to leave." Chen Kang hurriedly tactfully reject.
"Hey, it doesn't take much work to stay for a day or two. Besides, I'm catching terrorists. The spaceport can only enter but not exit. You can't leave if you want. Come on, let's talk about the few people who entrusted you Power matters." Tang Long enthusiastically let Chen Kang sit back on the sofa.
When he just heard the words 'I can't leave even if I want to', Chen Kang broke out in a cold sweat, but after hearing Tang Long's question about those forces, he couldn't help but feel relieved. It seemed that Tang Long had already been tempted.
"Well, it's not easy for us to tell outsiders. This is a breach of contract." Chen Kang pretended to be embarrassed.
"Hey, what are you afraid of? Am I still talking about it? We are good friends, come on, let's talk about it after drinking some tea." Tang Long poured a cup of tea for Chen Kang with a smile.
Seeing Tang Long's impatience, Chen Kang didn't feel embarrassed anymore, and after drinking tea, he began to say: "In this case, let me tell you, we have received entrustment from three forces, and these three forces are also free from chaos. The forces in the galaxy are the Dark Empire, the Mingfeng Family, and the Potter Republic."
"Yeah? Three different political systems have come to you? Where are they located? Oh, wait, I'll get the galaxy map." Tang Long ran out of the reception room before Chen Kang could speak. , which made Chen Kang stunned for a long time before shaking his head helplessly.
After a while, Tang Long asked Chen Kang to point out where these three forces were on the galaxy map, and listened to Chen Kang's introduction: "The Dark Empire is here. They have 5 administrative stars and about 1,500 battleships. The Feng Family has 7 administrative stars and about 1,300 battleships here. The Potter Republic has 6 administrative stars and about 1,000 battleships here." After Chen Kang finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that Tang Long was staring at the galaxy map, and There were bursts of coldness in his eyes, and his heart couldn't help jumping, and he immediately reminded: "Mr. Tang, you are not planning on them, are you? Thousands of forces are separated between you."
"Hehe, how could I possibly have their ideas? After all, as you said, there are thousands of forces between me and them. I'm afraid I was stopped by the isolation system in various places before I went to them." Tang Long smiled all over his face. Said.
Chen Kang glanced at Tang Long meaningfully, and said in a nonchalant tone: "It doesn't matter if you block the system, as long as you have accurate jump point information, you can still reach them. Of course, the premise is that you have A warship that can jump so far at one time. But even occupying these places is useless, unless there is a territory near them, otherwise it is equivalent to an enclave and will be swallowed up by others at any time."
Chen Kang paused when he said this, and continued after taking a sip of tea: "What I want to tell you is that with our help, their military production is dozens of times stronger than before, and they can produce every day if necessary. Twenty to fifty high-level warships, it won't be long before their military strength is not the number you know now."
"The production of twenty to fifty high-level warships per day? How could they have such a powerful production capacity? You must know that the original Wanluo Federation, a country with thousands of administrative stars, has a maximum of two hundred ships per day. Production capacity, they only have a few administrative stars!" Tang Long shouted in surprise.
"Hehe, their arsenal is only responsible for assembling and debugging. The main body and main parts of the battleship were provided by us early in the morning, so the output of fifty ships per day is not very amazing." Chen Kang laughed.
Tang Long immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, the production volume of the original assembly." Tang Long suddenly asked curiously after speaking: "What kind of funds do they rely on to operate? It is no small matter to support so many warships."
"Their economy is mainly based on the processing of supplied materials and commercial trade. These are all developed with our help. Moreover, we cover all their logistics and other issues. With our help, they don't care about funds at all. For the issue of materials, you can concentrate on expanding your own power." Chen Kang said with a smile on his face.
"Oh, it's so good?" Tang Long asked suspiciously.
When Chen Kang heard Tang Long's long-awaited words, he immediately said: "Of course it's so good. If you didn't refuse last time, you don't have to worry about these issues now, and you can concentrate on capturing other planets." Now, seeing the thoughtful expression on Tang Long's face, Chen Kang couldn't help but work harder: "If you are willing to cooperate with us now, you don't have to worry about the shortage of talents, we will send a large number of talents to serve Your service, the last agreement still counts."
After pondering for a while, Tang Long finally spoke under Chen Kang's longing eyes: "It's not impossible to let you be in charge of the business and military industry of the planet under my command, but you must first solve my doubts."
Finally waiting for the answer, Chen Kang suppressed his excitement: "If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."
Tang Long crossed his legs and said slowly: "You also know that my sphere of influence implements the dictatorship of the family system, which means that 90% of the various materials and major companies in my sphere of influence belong to me personally. And after your company controls these materials and enterprises, it only pays me taxes, which is equivalent to taking my things and giving me back some of the profits it earns. There are also those military factories, all of which belong to my private factories, you guys Selling me ammunition after taking control of the arms factory makes me an ass."
After Chen Kang heard this, he stayed there for a while, and then he asked in surprise: "You mean that the military factories in your power are all yours? And you own 90% of all kinds of materials? This is impossible! Don’t your retainers have a share? Don’t your people own those materials? Also, even if Zhongzhou Star and the original administrative star of the Kaiser family are occupied by 90% of the materials of your family, but For the two planets of Ode and Winter, it is impossible to say that all the supplies belong to you!"
Tang Long glanced at Chen Kang and said with a sneer: "Please, you don't even know these things and dare to say that you are in charge of my business and military industry? Don't you know that under the family system, all the materials belong to the family members? It's a bit poisonous. , Even these people belong to the family, how can the people have the right to possess these resources? As for those retainers, hmph! Before I seized the Zhongzhou Star, I took away the material control rights of my direct retainers. Not to mention after controlling Zhongzhou Star. As for other planets, after occupation, all land, mines, and materials belong to the public, that is, they are completely owned by me. The remaining 10% is allocated by me to increase the enthusiasm of merchants Yes, otherwise they can only work and get paid. If you don’t solve these problems, it is impossible for me to let you be responsible for the commercial and military industries in my power.”
Chen Kang was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Tang Long, the patriarch under the family system, to be even more emperor than the current emperor, just like the ancient emperor, everything in the world belongs to him alone! Such a situation where one person completely owns all the materials of the entire country will not happen even in the Dark Night Empire, where the imperial power is the most concentrated. If the Dark Night Emperor digs mineral deposits, he still needs to pay the treasury.
I always thought that Tang Long's territory would be the same as other family system forces, and there were a few big ministers or big financial groups controlling most of the supplies. I really didn't expect Tang Long to deprive his retainers of their control over the supplies. Isn't he afraid of their retainers rebelling? Alas, what a mistake, I thought it was the same as other places, so I forgot to check it out. Just like Tang Long said, those enterprises, factories, and materials all belong to Tang Long, and taking them over by himself is equivalent to robbing Tang Long of his wealth. No wonder Tang Long cursed people without saying a word last time. What should I do now
After thinking for a while, Chen Kang said immediately: "Then what do you think? Our company establishes enterprises and factories within your influence, and these enterprises and factories are heavily taxed for you, and I will help you manage those enterprises and factories of yours. The guaranteed profit is the same as the enterprise factory established by our company. The profit of your enterprise factory belongs to you completely, as long as you pay the salaries to those talents who work in your enterprise factory. At the same time, the company also guarantees the cooperation with the enterprises in your territory Other businessmen compete fairly and will never bully them. As for the development and use of mineral deposits and other materials in various places, our company needs priority, which will pay you a high development fee. And the arms produced by the military factory are only charged Your cost and technician fees, and the rest are free. As for logistics materials and the like, they will also be given to you at the cost price plus freight."
Tang Long nodded: "In this case, it's okay, but what about the talents in various industries that I need?"
"The company has a special headhunting department, which will find the excellent talents you need. Of course, the company needs to charge a certain fee." After Chen Kang finished speaking, he secretly smiled. There are a lot of talents in the organization. The leadership of the industry, you Tanglong's economy and military industry are completely in the hands of the organization.
Tang Long nodded in satisfaction, stretched out his hand and said, "Okay, later you can discuss the contract with my Finance Minister Yuna. Do you need to ask the company?"
Chen Kang immediately held Tang Long's hand and said happily: "No, I am the sole agent of the company, I just agree. When Minister Yuna is ready, please notify me immediately."
"Okay, then you take a rest here, I will let Yuna come to you to draft a contract." Tang Long said a few words to Chen Kang politely and left. Only Chen Kang was left in the living room, walking back and forth with joy and anxiety.
Yuna, who was ordered to discuss the draft contract with Chen Kang, after making the draft contract with Chen Kang, ignored Chen Kang's request to sign immediately, and hurriedly took the draft contract to look for Tang Long.
After reading the draft appointment, Tang Long nodded with a grin and said, "Chen Kang actually missed the planet Earth, hehe, maybe he looked down on this primitive planet. Well, it's ok." Tang Long handed the draft appointment back to Yuna.
Yuna did not accept the draft contract, but said anxiously: "My lord, have you read it carefully? How could there be such a good condition! Judging from these contracts, Chen Kang is trading at a loss! factories, but our corporate factories are all under his management, and he also has the priority to develop various materials. And those talents, who knows if these talents belong to him, after they occupy all walks of life, our economy, military industry, The logistics are tantamount to being completely controlled by him!"
"What can the arsenal within our sphere of influence produce?" Tang Long didn't explain much, but asked suddenly.
Yuna immediately said: "In the past, the battleship could be repaired, and at most it could produce some energy, individual weapons and the like, but now it can't produce anything after being attacked."
"Hehe, that's why I handed over the military industry to Chen Kang, an arms dealer." Tang Long didn't wait for Yuna to speak, and immediately continued: "Don't worry, our armaments will not be controlled by him , Mrs. Tang Xing owns a planet full of military industries, which is a military factory that can manufacture white whale warships."
Yuna's eyes lit up immediately: "You mean Miss Tang Xing's white whale warships are all made by Miss Tang Xing's factory?"
Tang Long nodded: "Yes, so it's not a big problem to hand over our current military factory to Chen Kang."
Yuna is still relentless: "Even so, our economy and talents are still controlled by him. You must know that the lifeline of the economy is more important than the lifeline of military equipment!"
Tang Long said with a sinister smile, "Hehe, you just need to add the word 'now' after the word 'Tang Long' in 'Tang Long's sphere of influence' at the beginning of the contract. As for talents, we can cultivate them secretly."
"All the planets within Tang Long's sphere of influence..." Yuna was taken aback after reading, but she quickly woke up and said, "My lord means to only hand over the economy of the six existing planets in the Zhongzhou star field to Chen." Anti-management? He will not be qualified for the planets he occupies in the future? It is impossible for Chen Kang to agree to this."
Tang Long said indifferently: "If he disagrees with us, we can change it back. It's no big deal, as long as he doesn't know how many planets we have."
"I don't know how many planets we have? Is this possible?" Yuna asked puzzled.
Tang Long laughed and said, "How is that impossible? As long as we go to a distant place and secretly occupy a few planets, without making a fuss, who knows how many planets we actually own."
"Uh... a distant planet?" Yuna was stunned.
Tang Long waved his hands in front of Yuna and shouted: "Okay, back to the soul, I will sign the draft contract soon, and I need Chen Kang's people to come to the rescue."
"Oh." Yuna replied blankly and walked out of the door, but when she reached the door, she suddenly turned around and asked, "My lord, you are so guarded against Chen Kang, are you sure that he is the mastermind behind the attack?"
Tang Long sighed and answered the question: "No way, Ling Li still has no news about those real assassins, which means that these assassins are more powerful than our special forces, and it is impossible for anyone to master such a powerful power."
Yuna stood at the door and thought for a while, then nodded thoughtfully, opened the door and went out.