Earth Invasion

Chapter 130 Funding Problems
Cherry Alpenlo Felke's private spaceship Dewdrop is flying in space like a swordfish swimming in the deep sea. The plasma engine array emits blue and white light, just like the tail of a comet.Since she was detained by the SCO traffic police last time, she has developed the habit of taking the polar orbit as much as possible instead of going to the ecliptic orbit to join in the fun.

Her private spaceship is a luxurious type customized by the SCO. One of the most important features is that it uses an all-round cockpit that is basically not used on civilian aircraft.Because the pursuit of civilian ships is comfort, semi-surrounding and then adding retro portholes, and then holographic projection technology to feed back the space scenery is a consistent approach.In this way, it is easier for designers to design all kinds of flashy decorations in the cabin.

The performance of the all-round cockpit is much higher than that of the semi-enclosed one, but when the universe is unreservedly displayed in front of human beings, people will feel a kind of deep loneliness and fear.

Cherry likes this kind of all-day cockpit very much. On the navy blue sky, the dots of light are like diamonds.The ancient burning star shone fiercely on the sapphire-like planet.It feels like the whole universe is hugging you.

It would be even better if that sapphire was his home star.

Cherry had never piloted a ship by herself in space on Assyria.I have never had such a wonderful feeling, because every time she returns to Assyria, she has to appear in front of the people of Blackfield in full costume, just like a doll that is gorgeously dressed, but inside is a piece of rotten wood.

The spacecraft is flying forward according to the established trajectory, and she is planning to go to L5 to see a "godmother".Although she doesn't have a good impression of the earthlings, it's another matter if these earthlings can help her a lot.

As a secret rebel, she is aware of the danger she is in and the importance to Assyria, and these godfathers and godmothers are her very necessary cover.Moreover, I have to pretend to be ignorant of the world and even corrupt in life, plus a fresh and rash look.She has always packaged herself according to the lives of those celebrities on earth, because only in this way, she is the least likely to be suspected.

Just as she was thinking about how to please the godmother this time, there was a buzzing sound from her personal terminal connected to the spaceship.

She quickly picked up the terminal, and in the mail option, it was impressively displayed that there was a mail from Assyria.

She opened the email and browsed through it.This is an ordinary letter from home.Written in the lingua franca of Assyria, it introduced to her what had happened in Assyria during this period of time, and what she could be happy about, such as whether the pair of alpacas she left in Assyria gave birth to another cub or something.

A very common letter, this kind of letter would be received by Cherry every once in a while.Over time, the agents who secretly intercepted her messages for censorship no longer took the occasional letter from home seriously.

But it's clearly not just a letter from home.The communication from Assyria to here must be transferred through the transfer station of the wormhole. In this case, it is too easy to carry out information monitoring.In order to be able to transmit information secretly, Cherry pondered and arranged a very complicated or completely manual method of confidential transmission during the time when she returned to Assyria every year.

She looked at the terminal in her hand, wrote down the transfer time on it, and then calculated in her mind the Assyrian calendar time when this message was sent in Assyria.Then she took out a piece of white paper, copied the letter neatly in Assyrian characters on the paper, and then cut some small holes in another piece of white paper according to the hidden numbers in the Assyrian calendar, A piece of paper is covered.The words exposed from the hole are the real content of this letter.

After reading these words carefully, Miss Cherry's complexion became more and more gloomy, and in the end, it was almost so gloomy that she could drip water.

There are not many words, but the content makes her very uncomfortable.

[The civil strife in the duchy of Kilcoin, the second son completely fell to the people of the earth, put the eldest son and the duchess under house arrest, and is preparing to go to war with the third son]
Could it be that after his father became a capitulator, another duke would bow his knees to the earthlings and beg for mercy?
Miss Cherry resisted the urge to tear the paper into pieces and continued to read.

[A weapon dealer has been found, but the currency is insufficient, please support]
After seeing this news, a rare smile appeared on Cherry's face. This was the only good news she heard after the fall of Alslon XI.

Since there are weapon dealers who are willing to sell them advanced weapons, there is no need to find ways to sell them from the earth to Assyria.After all, this kind of interstellar small share of arms freight is quite high, and electromagnetic weapons and the like are also difficult to obtain.Now that there are earth merchants who are willing to sell the noose, it would be great.Except for the first time, currency and other things are more troublesome, but there is no risk.

The Assyrians use gold as currency, but the earthlings do not accept gold. They have to exchange the goods in their hands for some earthlings’ paper as currency. Only in this way can they buy the things produced by the earthlings.But in this kind of transaction, the prices of all the goods they could produce were lowered by the people on earth, and they were exploited again invisibly.

There are simply too many tricks used by the people on earth to exploit people.

Unsurprisingly, in the Selaronte region of Assyria, Li Chiqi and An happened to be talking to Duke Layvons about currency.

"Purchase Selaronte's specialty products at market prices?" Duke Lavons frowned, chewing carefully on the news brought by Li Chiqi.

In the contract for the introduction of Assyrian labor services, the purchase of Assyrian characteristic products at market prices is one of the incidental clauses.Li Chiqi specially took it out to talk about this matter with the Duke of Layvons today.

Mr. Duke does not understand the currency policy or financial leverage of people on earth, but after years of observation and collection, he can sensitively realize that the additional terms of this agreement signed by Her Royal Highness without knowing why, is a very important thing.

The essence of banknotes is a kind of credit, and people on earth only have to use banknotes to pay for their goods when they are sold.But if you want to get the currency of the people on the earth, you must trade with the people on the earth. The people on the earth who hold the pricing power in the transaction are actually exchanging some light white paper for the goods of the Assyrians.You never know how much your goods are worth on earth and how much you can exchange them for.

"Natural gemstones, valuable wood, handicrafts, and old...antiques?" The Duke of Layvons listened to what Li Chi said on the translator, and the translation of the last word was somewhat inaccurate. He chewed for a long time , I want to understand that this earthling is talking about those rare and exquisite handicrafts or sacrificial utensils made by the ancestors a long time ago.

"Yes, I think these are the only goods that you can come up with that can be cashed out quickly. Although after the labor dispatch is fully launched, you will get a remittance, but I have to tell you with regret that the laborers I'm afraid it will take two and a half years before they can really get the labor income, after all, during this period, they need to carry out systematic training." Li Chiqi explained to the Duke in detail.One of his main missions this time is to complete the labor dispatch mission developed by Jupiter.The selection of personnel, advance remuneration, and additional terms and other issues must be negotiated and resolved by him and the local Assyrians.

To his great relief, the Duke of Layvons recommended by An was not that kind of die-hard conservative.Although he insisted on the independence of the Assyrians and persisted in fighting against the Earthlings, he was able to accept new things and treat the Earthlings differently.This is a rare thing.This makes his task easy and pleasant.

"Then can you give me an example? I think, I need to have a perceptual understanding of the resources in our hands." The Duke of Lavons did not rashly agree, but asked this first.

"Okay, let's use wood as an example."

"Wood?" Duke Layvons was a little surprised. Isn't wood such a thing all over the mountains and plains, and he hasn't heard of people on earth buying this kind of thing, and the price is very cheap.Can this thing be used as a resource?
Li Chiqi saw the duke's doubts, and he smiled: "Mr. Duke, maybe you are very strange, but what I can tell you is that on earth, except in the botanical museum, a naturally growing tree It's all gone..."

"What?" Mr. Duke and An were both taken aback. Looking at their expressions, Aurora and David were a little embarrassed.

"It's really unbelievable... We always think that things like trees are endless. You can consume all the trees..."

We're really sorry for being so disruptive.Li Chiqi complained silently in his heart.

"Then what about the price?" The Duke couldn't help but look forward to it. He still understood the principle that rare things are more expensive.

Li Chiqi knocked on the large writing desk of the Duke of Layvons: "The PA we usually use weighs 400 kilograms, and the weight of the weapon is 450 kilograms. According to the current natural wood At the market price, you only need to pay the same weight as that PA for the table wood, and you can exchange it for one.”

Seeing the golden light in Mr. Duke's eyes, Li Chiqi quickly added: "Of course, this is based on the tight supply of wood. If you sell it openly, you may have to drop it to 4500 kilograms before you can replace it." the point."

Will the price drop by 10 times... Duke Layvons thought silently, even if this is the case, this is probably not a small fortune.

This wealth may not be enough to make the people on Earth retreat, but at least it should be able to keep a piece of land where the Assyrians thrive.If possible, introduce the advanced technology of the people on Earth so that the Assyrians can also develop.

Mr. Duke is very pragmatic, he has no extravagant hope of driving away the earthlings.Although he has never heard of an interstellar civilization, he also knows that with the power of the Assyrians, unless a miracle occurs, it is impossible to drive away the earthlings.

With this wealth, if he can successfully obtain the weapons of the people on earth, then he may affect the civil war in the duchy of Kircoin and expand the territory of the independent Assyrians.

And in the Duchy of Kilcoyne that His Excellency the Duke mentioned, in the lord's mansion in Vili Veneto, the capital of the territory, two uninvited guests are visiting here.

Vejas Kraema, and Joffrey, Lord of Westminster.

These two earthlings were sitting in the magnificent hall of the Duke's castle.The second son of the Duke of Kilcoyne was fidgeting and staying opposite the two of them.Because he never thought that the earthlings would come to visit him, he didn't prepare the drinks for the earthlings at all. In order not to poison these distinguished guests, he just offered some tobacco.

In fact, visiting is not counted. He originally planned to introduce the earthlings into the war between himself and his younger brother, but he didn't expect these earthlings to come so quickly.

War is a lucrative business.When the opponent is a backward nation like the Assyrians, the gangsters under Wejas are a force that cannot be underestimated, not to mention Joffrey, who can be regarded as a consortium-level force on Earth.Helping William Kilcoyne kill his brother is not a complicated matter.

Moreover, I can get what I want in this war.

Needless to say, Joffrey wanted the mines in the Duchy of Kilcoyne.The Blackfield area with the best foundation has almost been divided up by those big consortiums. He wanted to reach out but was powerless.Not to mention the Khadra region, which is directly under NATO, and the resources needed by various space industries are produced there. It is the state-level trust that controls it, and it is not something you can rely on.

Then, it is also a good idea to be able to take the lead in this kind of place.

And Vejas Kerema is even better.As long as there have been wars, there have been prisoners of war, there have been displaced persons, there have been persons who have been sold as goods.These people, both male and female, are excellent cargo.

Moreover, Wang Nan had another thought.

NATO is going to carry out large-scale development here.This kind of development and use of slave labor is not feasible, and free people or freely hired labor will be a more important resource.In other words, slaves are no longer popular on the Assyrian planet.

However, in this case, another place is facing a shortage of slaves.

That is the asteroid belt known as the Assyrian hell.In that place, there is no law, and there is no light.The Assyrians who were plundered there, after more than a year of intensive labor, lost the ability to work due to a series of diseases such as calcium loss, muscle atrophy, dislocation of viscera, and swelling, and then died slowly.He didn't even have a place to bury him, so he was thrown into space alive.

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