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Chapter 780 People's joys and sorrows are not connected

"...Mr. Liszt, please think again! I can assure you that the things you are worried about will never happen in White Elephant City."

Dawn City, Embassy Street, the embassy of the Xilan Empire.

Poured a cup of black tea for Liszt himself, Duke Galava looked sincere - even spoke attentively.

However, after listening to his words, Liszt just sighed softly.

"So how do you warrant what you say now?"

Duke Galava said with bright eyes.

"I can swear to the god of the white elephant, and to my crest and title!"

The corner of Liszt's mouth couldn't help twitching, but in the end he maintained his superficial politeness and didn't laugh out loud.

"With all due respect, this is the most insincere promise."

Duke Galava 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.

"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 talk, the consumer association can talk, and of course we can..."

Before Liszt finished his words, Duke Galava's face was filled with joy, and he couldn't wait to speak.

"We're not that troublesome!"

Seeing the complacency on this guy's face, Liszt spread his hands.

"That's the problem."

This guy not only didn't, but also regarded those "safety measures" as trouble.

He didn't even realize that the more he flaunted his supremacy there, the more he feared that he might do whatever he wanted.

Some of the "new money" that the league has recently become rich may not have experienced, but his "old money" who had done a lot of business in Boulder City knows very well what it feels like to be a dog.

So when the manager invited him to be an individual, he threw away the black card he had worked so hard to get without hesitation.

Facts have proved that he did not misunderstand the person. The manager did everything he said, and did not do anything superfluous on this basis.

The latter is the most precious, and he even wished to write "follow that lord forever" in the genealogy he just started compiling.

This guy wanted to coax him into becoming a dog with a bone that looked delicious, and he underestimated Liszt too much.

He could tell from the very first moment he saw the Duke of Galava that this guy was actually the same as the nobles in the inner city, even worse than the latter. After all, Master Sid had some knowledge on how to use the power in his hands. A little reserved, such as "not going to the game to earn chips."

But this guy has almost written the words "I am the sky" on his face. How much he is pleasing to his eyes now, will push his nose more in the future.

Do business with this kind of guy, don't even think about taking a penny home.

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 hold a huge amount of resources in his hands.

For this kind of guy who doesn't know when he will be finished, he is more inclined to talk about a short-term deal than a long-term one.

However, for Liszt's unmoved attitude, Duke Galava would have completely misunderstood it, thinking that that guy was making trouble again.

A trace of resentment gradually appeared on his face, and he whispered.

"Did that person really say something to you?"

Liszt froze for a moment, and it took a while to see a clue from his expression, but this time he laughed uncontrollably.

"Mr. Galawa, I hope you understand that our manager doesn't care much about how we run our business. He is much busier than you can imagine. If it is profitable to do business in White Elephant City, we will naturally Will go there... let alone profit, I can't even find where the settlement is on the map."

Speaking of which, his only impression of White Elephant City came from a column in a certain issue of "Survivor Daily", which reprinted an anthology called "Red Soil".

It can be seen from all signs that it is still a poor place where the manor economy is the mainstay.And as everyone knows, it doesn't make sense to sell commodities to livestock.

As for turning animals into people, that is the job of managers and such people, and a profit-seeking businessman like him cannot be expected to do this kind of thing.

He is not a shelter resident, and he is not interested in doing charity.

Speaking of which, the development of Jin Gallon Port has been good recently, and the local education level has also improved. He has considered opening a branch factory there, such as producing batteries, turbines, and inverters that are urgently needed in the southern sea area. It's just a plan.

There are too many uncertain risks for him to dare to make a decision easily.

A look of disappointment appeared 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 it was just that the chips on the table were not enough, and he had to grind it out...

In the second half of the pleasantries, the two of them tacitly did not talk about business matters, but simply drank tea and chatted to connect with each other.

Although he knew what the duke was thinking, Liszt did not reject contacting him, which would also help him understand the situation in Borneo.

After the meeting, Duke Galava politely sent him all the way to the gate of the embassy. He didn't turn back to the embassy until his car disappeared at the corner of the street.

On the other side, sitting in the back seat of the private car, Liszt had completely put aside the affairs of Duke Galava, picked up the latest issue of "Daily Survivor" that his secretary had bought for him in advance, and flipped through it. .

The headlines were about Coral City.

This pearl located in the southern waters has been the hottest topic in Dawn City recently. Many people have booked a special trip to Chip Harbor for this purpose, planning to take a submarine there to have a look.

Although most people only regard it as a resort or a tourist destination, Liszt knows what the real value of that place is.

The construction of Coral City used a lot of materials and engineering technologies 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 team and biological research institute have already taken action, and some powerful private enterprises are also following up.

If something can be excavated from it and developed into something that the league society needs, his career will undoubtedly be able to rise to a new level.

Just when Liszt was thinking this way, he suddenly noticed a piece of unremarkable news at the bottom of the third page of the newspaper.

"...The Moon Clan resistance army entered Mammoth City and announced the occupation of Mammoth State. At the same time, the spokesperson of the new authority of Mammoth State called the editorial office of "Survivor Daily" in King Gallon Port, and published a newspaper claiming that Mammoth State will be the birthplace of Borneo. In the province’s first abolition of slavery, the leader of the Resistance Army, Lacy, stated that he would abide by the joint program advocated by the Federation, and called on people of insight from all over the world to unite to fight against the tyranny of the empire.”

Mammoth State?
where is that?
Liszt froze for a moment, then went to look for his tablet, opened the world map and took a look, and finally found this piece of land in the upper right corner of "Zoo Province".

A Tasang River, which is much shorter than the Yongliu River, flows into the Borneo Sea from the Mammoth State, and on the other side of the Zhabal Mountains is Silver Moon Bay, the pearl of Luoxia Province.

"This position is quite good." Liszt smiled and shook his head slightly, "It's a pity that a group of natives occupy it."

It would be great if Baiyue could go one step further.

Thinking so in his heart, he turned the newspaper to the next page, but saw that the next page was still Mammoth State news from the Survivor Daily (Golden Gallon Port).

According to the telegram of the Resistance Army, the Mammoth State was severely affected by the destruction of the embankment of the Tasan River by the Imperial Army, and a large number of survivors were displaced.

Lassi, the leader of the Resistance Army, said that the Resistance Army will not abandon the survivors in Mammoth State, and they will do their best to rescue the disaster. At the same time, they also hope that people of insight from all walks of life in King Gallen Port can help them carry out reconstruction work and help the Resistance Army resettle some displaced people. survivor.

At the same time, the former governor of Mammoth State, Duke Bammut, has been put on public trial in Mammoth City Docklands Square, and admitted all the charges in court. The bombing of the embankment was his personal idea, causing the displacement of millions of survivors.

Affected by public grievances, on the day the trial ended, the Provisional Military Court of the Resistance Army approved the execution of Duke Bamut by shooting.In addition, 8 resistance soldiers who committed robbery and 6 rapes were executed.

Luo Jie, secretary-general of the King Gallon Port Federation, said in an interview that he believed this reflected Lassi's determination to clean up military discipline.

There is still debate within the Port Kampala Federation as to whether Lassi is a qualified leader, but most of the federation's top executives are optimistic.

It is understood that Lacy was born as a slave before, and when the Lowell camp was captured, his soldiers also raped the civilian women and executed those involved by shooting.

Some members of the league once criticized his approach as being too rude, and since then he has obviously learned from the criticism, such as setting up courts and disaster relief offices, etc., and this is one of the reasons why federation executives are optimistic about it.

According to the editors of this newspaper, in the past 200 years, there have been numerous civil wars in the province of Borneo. It is a customary activity to condone soldiers to plunder after breaking through settlements, just like the predators in Hegu, Jinchuan, and Yuema provinces imitated mutants and cannibalism. It is extremely rare to prohibit soldiers from burning, killing and looting after breaking through settlements...

"There's something about this guy."

After reading the report to the end, a look of interest suddenly appeared on Liszt's face, and he read the news from beginning to end again, and the more he read it, the more he felt that this guy was not simple.

There were many poor imitations of his behavior, and some rough improvements were added, but aside from these poor methods, this man was much better than the one he had just met.

And this guy, as a member of the Moon Clan, took down a state of the empire, which can be said to have poked the lungs of the empire, Tiandu will definitely not let him go.

In order to maintain a balance with the legion, the alliance will probably not interfere with the situation in Borneo Province, and the possibility of sending troops directly is extremely slim.

And if this Lacy wanted to gain a firm foothold under the eyes of the empire, he had to cling tightly to the alliance's thigh.

"Han Long, the opportunity to make a fortune has come."

Looking at the boss with a happy face, Han Long, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, was slightly stunned and asked in confusion.

"Boss, didn't you say that Borneo Province has no investment value?"

Shaking the newspaper in his hand, Liszt said with a faint smile.

"It means you didn't understand what I said to you. Emerging markets are worth investing in people rather than markets, because people generally play a leading role in such places. Of course a fool is not worth investing in, but a strong man is still worth investing in. of."

After a pause, he continued.

"Well, you can go with Qian Duo in a few days."

Qian Duo and Qian Lai were his subordinates, they had followed him a long time ago, and he thought it was time to let them go out to exercise.

Han Long hesitated slightly upon hearing this.

"But... what about your safety?"

Liszt laughed.

"What safety issues can there be in Dawn City? You should change your thinking, this is no longer an 'emerging market'."

……

Different from the civil war in the southern sea area, the Moon Clan resistance army's entry into Mammoth City was far less spectacular and sensational than the South Sea Alliance's entry into the North Island, and it did not affect anyone's nerves in the wasteland, even though the latter's area was not even half 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 Mammoth City, his first reaction was not to call his allies, but to take a look at the map first.

When he found out that the ghost place was on the east coast of Borneo Province, several states away from Xifan Port on the west coast, and far outside the sphere of influence of the legion civil servants, he immediately put this matter aside and didn't bother to care about it.

The Hump Kingdom, which is next to the Mammoth State, was a little nervous, mainly because it was worried that a large number of refugees would flood into the kingdom.

The royal court of the Hump Kingdom is an enlightened theocracy, but no matter how enlightened it is, it is still a theocracy.

They can tolerate the Silver Moon Church's new understanding of the fundamental doctrine, they can also tolerate some pagan merchants bringing their favorite treasures, and they can even tolerate the Alliance sending troops to station in Silver Moon Bay... After all, they asked for it themselves, but No matter what, they couldn't tolerate the heretics coming to the Sand Sea Spirit's territory to beg for food.

On this point, the merchant aristocrats in 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.

A number of local chambers of commerce took action immediately and contacted Lacy, the leader of the resistance army, expressing their gratitude to him for protecting the church, and willing to provide him with an interest-free loan of 1000 million silver coins in the name of disaster relief.

As soon as he heard about the good news, Lassi readily agreed, and even set aside a "parish" for those magic sticks outside Mammoth City.

In the parish, there is no need to pay any taxes other than the need to abide by the laws of the authorities, and the residents of Silver Moon Bay can use their own methods to toss about there as they please.

It was originally a wasteland, and it would be idle if it was left there, it might as well be left to the group of Yinyuewan believers who are keen on colonization to develop.

Anyway, the residents of Yinyue Bay and the residents of Borneo Province have been mixed 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 ponder whether to take it back or continue renting it to them at a price.At least in his opinion, these are things that can be discussed.

Just when the Lassi authorities took advantage of the disaster in Mammoth State to expand their army, took advantage of the floods to ask for money, and implemented the "New Deal" aggressively, the empire suddenly realized that on its 400 million square kilometers map A big piece was missing.

In the palace of Tiandu, Wu Tuo quickly summoned his ministers and confidants to discuss behind closed doors in the meeting hall.

A group of officials scratched their heads anxiously and quarreled, but none of them could come up with an idea.

Finally unable to bear it any longer, Prince Dilip stepped forward and asked tentatively.

"Should we order the local armies of Niao and Ma states to gather in the direction of Mammoth state in the west and south? The Moon Clan's resistance army is not stable in Mammoth state. In addition, the disasters in the local area are severely affected. I am afraid that if our army presses up, they will It just fell apart."

Nihak was startled when he heard the words, before Wu Tuo could open his mouth, he stepped forward to remonstrate.

"Your Majesty! Absolutely 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 very difficult to dismiss them!"

Hearing Prince Dilip's suggestion, Wu Tuo thought about nodding, but when he heard Nihak's voice, he broke out in a cold sweat and secretly said that it was dangerous.

Seeing the change in the expression on Wu Tuo's face, Nihak couldn't help but squeeze his hands into a cold sweat, thinking to himself that he screamed fast, and if he slowed down a bit, there would be no room for maneuver.

After a pause, he ignored Prince Dilip's displeasure, lowered his head and continued.

"Your Majesty, the Mammoth State is a trivial matter. We must not lose our footing. If the thirteen states of Borneo Province follow the example of Tiger State and Leopard State and embrace their own self-respect, there may be smoke on both sides of the Yongliu River. Reproduce the chaos of 100 years ago!"

"Then what do you think we should do?" Prince Dilip looked at him displeased, and continued, "Should we leave Mammoth State alone?"

"It must be taken care of!" Nihak raised his head and stared at Wu Tuo with piercing eyes and said, "But in this situation, the Central Army can only take action! We need a victory to let the local government see our strength."

After a pause, he said again.

"Let Arayan come on!"

There was an uproar in the hall, and the faces of all the officials looked at this guy who was locked up by the alliance.

Ask Arayan to come out?

Isn't that repeating the mistakes of King Gallen Port? !
Hearing these words, even Wu Tuo, who was sitting in a high position, frowned.

Without waiting for the nobles and officials to protest, Prince Dilip stood up first, and said while glaring at Duke Nihak who was against him.

"That guy is just a defeated player of the alliance, how could he be Lacy's opponent!"

Duke Nihak said in a deep voice.

"It is precisely because he has fought against the people of the alliance that he knows how to deal with the alliance!"

Prince Dilip just wanted to raise the bar, "Then I have lost before, why didn't I let myself go", but soon realized that this was tantamount to putting myself in, so he blushed and changed his words, picking at the problem from a different angle road.

"But if the Gray Wolf Army is moved up from the border of King Gallon Port, wouldn't the Tiger Army and the Black Panther Army control the entire border!"

Duke Nihak grieved.

"What's the difference between letting them stay there and transferring them away? All the officers trained by the Legion have been corrupted by those scrambling guys! Why don't we take this opportunity to transfer the remaining people who are still loyal to us to the north , at least suppress Mazhou and Niaozhou who are about to move!"

The werewolves are the most loyal warriors in the empire, and the gray wolf army as the central army is the only army with a different surname that is absolutely loyal to Tiandu.

As for the local army, they have successfully proved their unreliability with their actions.

Unless the empire is free to clean up the two warlords, the Tiger Army and the Black Panther Army, using any local forces now will add fuel to the fire!
After hearing Nihak's words, Wu Tuo also fell into deep thought.

Although he is a layman in foreign wars, he still has some insight in internal affairs of the empire.

"...Just do what Duke Nihak said, and send the Gray Wolf Army to Mammoth State to suppress the bandits. Also, Dilip, go to the state capitals of Ma State and Bird State, and tell the local nobles not to panic, Just be responsible for the supply of the Gray Wolf Army."

Although Prince Dilip was unwilling, His Majesty's order had already come down, so he could only nod his head.

"As ordered."

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 had been idle for quite some time since he returned from King Gallon Port.

As a duke with an empty title and no fief, if he continues to be idle like this, I'm afraid there will be no place for him in the court.

Seeing Nihak's eager look, Wu Tuo was not in a hurry, but said slowly.

"You have more important tasks. I want you to take a boat trip to the southern waters and settle the loan matter I mentioned earlier."

Nihak was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect His Majesty to suddenly talk about the southern sea here, and he couldn't help turning his head for a while.

Especially with such a serious incident happening recently, he thought His Majesty had already forgotten about it, but he didn't expect that he was still thinking about it.

"But Your Majesty... Is it appropriate for us to do this now when the rebels are at present?"

Wu Tuo said indifferently.

"It's the Tasang River that is causing banditry, and it's far away from the Yongliu River. Besides, a group of grass bandits are just skin itch, so it's nothing to worry about. The most urgent thing is to get rid of the economy."

Mammoth State is not a state where the Moon tribe is the majority, not to mention that the Moon tribe in the entire Borneo Province has been cleaned by him, and those who are still alive are living in farms or slave camps. Although he is anxious, he is anxious. I don't think a resistance army pulled up by slaves can cause any big waves.

Moreover, recently he has more or less realized some of the benefits of being rich.

Especially when he saw the photo of the Ideal Hotel taken by that guy Galava, he became even more jealous.

Although his palace is floating, it is still too short compared to the height of the Ideal Hotel. It is no wonder that the people of Weilante do not take his palace seriously.

When the empire has money in the future, he will also let people from Ideal City come here to build him a palace where he can touch the clouds.

But the food has to be eaten bite by bite, and the corners of the walls have to be dug bit by bit.

He can take advantage of the fact that the "Battle of Heaven" in Haiya Province is not yet over, and start from the southern sea area that the alliance can't take care of for the time being.

It's the safest place.

The alliance is not a legion. The manager said that he wanted to end the wasteland anyway. It is impossible to send soldiers here just because he is doing some "small business" there, right?
When the empire became the biggest creditor in the southern sea area, then the South China Sea Alliance would be his dog, and even if the alliance wanted to regret it, it would be too late.

After telling the plan in his heart, Wu Tuo's face was full of smug smiles, and all the officials showed suddenly realized expressions, and praised His Majesty's wisdom one after another.

Only the chancellor's smile was a little thought-provoking, or with a trace of unspeakable grievance.

Although the Borneo Province has a vast territory, it also has a lot of mouths to feed.

He thought that lending Xilan coins to the southern waters was indeed a good idea to solve the unsalable cement, but this method of borrowing was a bit of a slap in the face.

What if someone reneges on the debt?

Can the empire send its fleet to knock on the door to ask for debts, or can the South China Sea Alliance have a large investment in the territory to pay off the debt?
How to deal with this bad debt at that time may be another big trouble.

It's okay if people are willing to deal with it, and marking the coral there with a string of zeros to pay off the debt can be regarded as a face-saving for both parties.

If you are not willing to deal with it, the creditor can only be more "open-minded"...

At the same time when the empire took action to suppress the rebels of the Moon Clan, 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 of the northern islands has been going on for almost a month, but it has not been going smoothly due to insufficient manpower.

The construction team of Baiyue Company 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 has encountered a very embarrassing problem.

Although their technical reserves are appalling, and there is no shortage of highly educated talents, they are seriously short of capable labor.

Even if automation can solve part of the problem, it will have to wait until the advanced productivity of the ocean current power station and the islands is fully restored.

To put it bluntly, the long-distance water cannot quench the near-thirst. What they need now is not doctors and engineers, but a large number of dustmen and brick movers.

They don't even need these people to be literate, they just need to be able to understand Renlian language.

Recently, Potato Port opened an immigration channel from Jin Gallon Port to Baiyue Strait. He was wondering whether the South China Sea Alliance should also attract some immigrants.

However, there are also many problems.

The representative meeting of the South China Sea Alliance is far more xenophobic than the representative meeting of the alliance, and distrust of outsiders is also one of the instincts of the island residents.

Including the most pro-Alliance ring island, they have always opposed the immigration of foreign populations, and they don't care about the emigration of native survivors at all.

If he forcibly passes the bill relaxing 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 on the opposite side with the survivors of the South China Sea Alliance and will definitely stand on the side of the representative meeting opposite.

Why bother?
He counted with his fingers that his interim president's term was only a few months away, and he was waiting for when this "battle in heaven" would be over.

Having just fought a beautiful victory, Li Minghui now just wants to ensure that he will not make mistakes in the remaining term of office, and finally hand over the power in his hands as a hero, completing the last and most glorious page of the heroic epic, and then An Anxin will be He was the commander of the navy until he reached retirement age.

In the future, when there is a war, I will go there, when there is no war, I will feed the seagull fried fish, and when I am free, I will go to the bar in Chip Harbor to have a drink and brag.

His life has been wonderful enough.

As for the grandson of Charas, don't ever want to hear alcoholics brag about his "merit" for the rest of his life. If the guy is still alive now, he will be mad with jealousy.

Li Minghui thought about it left and right, and finally figured it out. It seemed that he really didn't need to frown in the last few minutes of his term of office.

However, just when he finally figured everything out and was about to throw the report aside and leave all the difficult problems in front of him to future generations, there was a knock on the door of the office.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of black tea, Li Minghui sat up straight and cleared his throat.

"Please come in."

The door was pushed open.

It was his political secretary who entered.

"Mr. President, someone is looking for you."

Li Minghui showed 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 the Mr. President who is working hard for the affairs of the southern waters, the secretary said respectfully.

"It's a representative of the Mammoth City authority. He said that he can solve your urgent needs..."

Mammoth City?
Li Minghui was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously reached out to get the map of Baiyue Province, wanting to see when the alliance wrote a new recipe at his door.

However, the secretary standing at the desk coughed in embarrassment when he saw this, and reminded him in a low voice.

"It's another..."

(End of this chapter)