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The white blood cells no longer sent teams to explore the rainforest, but began to build various defensive steel bunkers.

Obviously, the "New World" in their eyes has already made them extremely afraid, and they no longer act rashly, but first adopt a defensive posture to defend against the invasion of the "New World" aliens.

But at the same time, they are still actively conducting aircraft experiments, looking for ways for flying devices to enter the "New World".

On the side of the United Kingdom, what happened to Arafat, an important member of the Joint Intelligence Agency, made the top leaders of the United Kingdom reach a consensus.

However, competing for dominance against the New World has naturally become the new goal of various factions.

But because the New Continent has temporarily slackened their flags and drums, for a few months, they have lived in peace with each other.

At this time, Lu Ming came to the royal capital - New Newman City again.

The Banshanbao Military Club has become extremely lively these days because of the commander's arrival.

……

Underground secret room, dim lighting.

It's not that Henry II has no conditions to make this place comfortable and bright, but as a king's tradition, holding a secret meeting with the closest ministers seems to be the only way to reveal the secrets of the meeting and the close relationship between the king and the ministers.

Henry II was sitting at the head of the long table, and his expression was not very good.

Participating in this meeting were his eldest son, Archduke Peter of Neumannburg, and his second son, Prince Edward.

It stands to reason that the eldest son Peter has been awarded the new Grand Duke of Newmanburg, which means that he is already the legal heir of the United Kingdom.

But Henry II has always loved his second son Edward very much.

This kind of secret meeting can be seen when Prince Edward is also present.

Edward's name is even taken from the name of the last emperor of the Old Empire, the father of Alice and the eldest prince William V and the second prince Henry II.

Edward is the adopted son of Henry II. He is 16 years old this year. He was a swaddling baby picked up by Henry II from a certain village during the war.

But it is said that Edward is actually the illegitimate son of Henry II. His mother committed suicide in order to make her son enter the royal court without exposing scandals that would affect her son's future.

In this way, even if this scandal is spread, it will be Prince Edward who will get sympathy.

Not to mention, everyone is saying that Edward's mother is actually a member of the powerful thorngrass family.

Edward, it seems, is indeed very close to the Nansen family, the representative of the Thorngrass family's power in the secular world.

His engaged father-in-law is one of the most important members of the Nansen consortium.

The Nansen Consortium is the richest super consortium in the United Kingdom today.

The Imperial Continent, the department in charge of monetary policy independently, is the Imperial Joint Savings Committee, the Nansen Bank of the Nansen Consortium, one of the latest representatives to enter the committee ten years ago.

The Imperial Joint Reserve Committee is composed of independent representatives of the most powerful banks in the Imperial Continent.

The more well-known ones are Imperial Bank, Baoyin Bank and so on.

Even during the Civil War, the structure of the Joint Reserve Board never changed.

Because no matter how stupid people are, they also know that once the neutral nature of the Joint Reserve Committee is destroyed, no one will benefit, and it will only cause the complete collapse of the economic system of the Empire Continent.

The Joint Reserve Board formulates an annual Imperial Coin issuance plan, determining the number of issuances of various denominations.This plan is based on an estimate of the demand for money across the continent of the empire and on the balance of money supply and demand.

It is a bit similar to the euro issuance process that Lu Ming knew in his previous life.

The difference is that in the Imperial Continent, only the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Han, the Kingdom of Eastern Griffin, and the Eastern Economic Zone headed by the East China Sea are the four core distribution areas.

These four core areas are eligible to receive the issued New Imperial Coin in the form of national debt (regional debt).

The confederations in other regions are like some countries with economic collapse in previous generations. They do not have the credit and qualifications to issue currency, but they use foreign currencies with strong credit as their currency.

More or less, these four major areas will suck some blood, but in terms of overall economic development, becoming a circulation area of ​​strong credit currency is more beneficial to ordinary people.

Otherwise, if the rulers who do not understand economics print money as they please, they may seem to have independent sovereignty, but most of the results will be the suffering of the poor in the region.

As for the Federal Reserve Board, although being on the board only represents the strength of the bank, there is no real benefit.

But in any case, it is inevitable that the second prince, Prince Edward, has the support of the Nansen Consortium.

Except for Henry II and the two princes, the rest of the participants were all ministers whom Henry II considered important.

Admiral Augustus, Special Military Adviser to the Privy Council.

A member of the Privy Council, Admiral Denitz, the First Controlling Chief.

Member of the Privy Council, Commander of the Southern Military District and Governor of the Gede District, General Bute.

Duke Siedler, Lord Chancellor of the Privy Council.

Lord Woods, Senior Counsel in Council and former Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench.

Lord Goult, former Speaker of the House of Commons, Privy Council Adviser to the Commonwealth of Nations.

Lord Morris, member of the Privy Council and Speaker of the House of Lords.

Anderson, member of the Privy Council, member of the cabinet, and Minister of Special Affairs for the Northern Territory.

Lieutenant General Candice, Secret Intelligence Adviser to the Privy Council.

There are nine people in total.

In fact, the members of the Privy Council are extremely large, such as the Prime Minister and all cabinet ministers; the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords and Commons; all the justices of the Court of Queen's Bench, the Commanders of the Joint Conference of Commanders, etc., are all legal members of the Privy Council.

However, these people did not actually attend the meetings of the Privy Council, and only attended important ceremonies such as royal weddings and succession as members of the Privy Council.

For Henry II's true confidants, he is a permanent minister in the Privy Council.

As far as the cronies among the cronies are concerned, these are the nine.

However, most of them have no real power.

For example, former Speaker Lord Gurt.

Generally speaking, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives was once the leader of an extremely powerful ruling party, and even if he stepped down, he would still have considerable influence in the political circle.

But Lord Gurt was the Speaker during the war, and after the war, real democratic elections came, and his party soon suffered a disastrous defeat.

The only serving cabinet member is Anderson, Minister of Northern Affairs.

For the Han Kingdom in the Northern Territory, the United Kingdom specially set up a Minister of Affairs in the cabinet to deal with all matters in the Northern Territory.

Because Andy has more than ten years of experience and qualifications in dealing with all aspects of the Northern Territory.

As a result, Henry II appointed him and he was able to stay in office during the two changes of prime ministers in the cabinet.

And the convening of the secret meeting today is mainly an amazing news brought by Andison from the Northern Territory.

It was a secret letter written by His Majesty Lu Ming, King of the Han Kingdom, to Henry II, which Andison brought back from Xinjing.

Although he was a close friend of Henry II, none of the people present had seen the original document. The documents in front of him were the main points of the secret letter.

There are not many words, and the message on a thin page is amazing.

The Han Kingdom of the Northern Territory unexpectedly discovered a secret passage to the New World from the northeastern sea. Moreover, after capturing people from the New World for research, they deciphered its language, which was connected with an ancient language of the people on the northeastern frontier of the Northern Territory Kingdom.

The letter gave a brief introduction to the situation in the New World.

Giant corporate culture, eradication of heretics, etc.

His Majesty Lu Ming finally proposed to launch an attack on the New World through the Northern Passage, but the United Kingdom and the continental federations would need to bear corresponding obligations.

To put it bluntly, it is human resources and material resources.

"We assume that the information in this letter is true and correct. Everyone talks about how we should respond to this letter?" Henry II glanced across the faces of the ministers.

Lu Ming nodded inwardly. Henry II was very shrewd. If this premise was not used, it would take a long time to debate whether the news in the letter was true or not.

This kind of time-wasting debate is completely unnecessary. Regardless of whether it is true or not, the best solution is to come up with the best solution.

Candice glanced at Lu Ming, wondering what her mysterious friend's true intention was in writing this letter.

"The information in this letter is true..." Lu Ming was the first to speak.

Everyone was startled, and Qi Qi looked at him.

Lu Ming continued: "Actually, two months ago, I discovered a passage to the New World."

Everyone was startled.

Lu Ming took out a map, and there was a red line in the southern Xinjiang rainforest.

Lu Ming continued: "This red line can be seen as the barrier that originally separated the New Continent and the Imperial Continent. The two continents are actually connected by a very narrow part, about tens of kilometers in the north-south direction. But now, the continents are connected. Some of the barriers have disappeared, and the dark forts and steel fortresses built by the armed forces of the New World have actually completely guarded these tens of kilometers."

"However, I have been thinking that these unknown barriers cannot be just a problem in the connecting part of the continent, so I have been sending people to explore along the red line." Lu Ming's hand slowly moved along the red line, and finally, at The southern red line connecting the continents was designated. "Sure enough, the barrier was not only broken in the part connecting the continents. From here, a very narrow passage also appeared. We originally thought that the east side of the rain forest was still a rain forest, but it was not. Yes, it turns out that, except for the narrow area where the two continents are connected, further south, the east side of our rainforest is actually a beach, with about a hundred kilometers of bay in the middle. On the other side of the bay is the fishing port of the New World, my The subordinates secretly sneaked into the New World one after another, and also obtained some information that the Northern Territory seemed not to find out or was unwilling to share with us. I also went to the fishing port for a few days..."

After a pause, he looked at Henry II, "I just came back from the New World yesterday, and I came here to report my discovery to you."

"Oh, tell me, what did you find?" Henry II's eyes flashed with excitement.

Lu Ming took out a booklet from his file bag, stood up, walked over to it himself, and placed it in front of Henry II.

Henry II couldn't wait to look through it.

In it, Lu Ming generally described the form of civilization in the New World, including the terrifying custom that the elderly over 60 years old would be purged.

After Henry II read it once, he read it again.

After more than half an hour, he nodded slightly, thought for a while, and motioned to send the pamphlet to Augustus first, asking everyone to circulate it.

Lu Ming continued: "As far as I know, although most people in the New World have been educated since they were young, they basically have no individuality and reflect the collective will everywhere, but they are not completely invulnerable, and there are still secret resistance organizations. Yes, so, as far as I can see, we can hold the initiative to fight against the New World in our hands, instead of handing it over to the Northern Kingdom easily."

Everyone listened to what he said with different expressions.

Lu Ming considered it and said: "Although the resistance organizations in the New World are very weak, and it is basically impossible for an organization with more than a hundred people to exist, because as the number of people increases, there will be more loopholes and it is easier to detect, but if we take the people over 60 years old in the New World, The truth that all the old people will be killed is revealed. I think that the New World will soon be in chaos, the resistance will quickly increase in strength, and we can take the opportunity to support the resistance. In short, use the minimum cost to bring down the New World, at least , can undermine its development and stability, and the longer the chaos in the New World lasts, the better it is for us."

"If the Northern Territory wants to go to war with the New World, let them go, but we don't have to provide any support to them. I think it is the best policy not to fight against the enemy and create enemies of the enemy. We will control them later. The Northern Territory's People should agree with me."

After a pause, Lu Ming said: "I have photos and videos to prove the lies about the nursing home, which can completely cause a big disturbance in the New World."

Henry II pondered and said nothing.

The Minister of Northern Territory Affairs, Andison, coughed, "Admiral Bit, I am definitely not against you, but His Majesty Lu Ming, you can't miss this, right? He insists on going to war, there must be a reason..."

The conference room fell into silence. Every time he thought about the king and his step-by-step journey over the past 20 years, it felt like a big stone was weighing on his chest.

You can hate him, you can regard him as the most terrible enemy, but if you underestimate his wisdom, you will definitely die without a place to die.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "If a war begins in the Northern Territory, it is indeed the only way for them to take the initiative against the New Continent, because it is difficult for them to detect the internal intelligence of the New Continent, and it is even less possible for them to infiltrate too many people to support the resistance." There was a pause. , "In the information that His Majesty reported to us, it highlighted that the New World language is closely related to the ancient language of the aboriginal people in the northeastern region of the Northern Kingdom, but it downplayed the fact that the people in the New World are more like us, and most of their hair is red. Yes, although there are many Western ethnic groups living in the Northern Kingdom, it is difficult to select a large number of red-haired spies."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Admiral Augustus slammed the table, "Almost got tricked by this guy again! It's too cunning!" Looking at Lu Ming, he nodded, his expression seemed to say "It's you!".

In the conference room, the atmosphere immediately became active, and everyone was excited about being able to take the initiative in the open and secret battle with the Northern Kingdom for the first time.

Candice looked at Lu Ming helplessly. Only she understood what was going on in the meeting room.

However, she couldn't figure out what her friend's intentions were.

Everyone discussed excitedly for a while, and they all agreed to follow Lu Ming's plan.

In this way, not only can the army be firmly united with His Majesty the King by fighting against the New World.

It can even dominate the joint military operations of the entire imperial continent in the next few years.

But in the end, Dönitz, who had been silent, sighed and said: "What if the Northern Territory does not recognize our leadership and must go to war with the New World? I think they would rather pay a lot of casualties to win the war than agree with everyone. Some of the conditions just discussed..."

It was as if a basin of cold water had been poured on it, and there was no sound in the conference room.

Lu Ming nodded slightly, "So, we should adopt a cooperative approach. In fact, we also need the support of the Northern Kingdom. The secret passage we discovered in the Southern Territory, our special people and a small number of personnel can sneak through, but It would be difficult for a large number of military personnel, including supplies, to escape the inspections of the New World Sentinels. Therefore, we may have to rely on the channels of the Northern Kingdom. If they are willing to cooperate with us and help us transport personnel and supplies, we can truly Take the next step." After a pause, "Of course, the premise is that we need to send a small number of personnel in advance to uncover the truth about the nursing homes in the New World, find promising resistance organizations, and support them to establish secret transportation channels for supplies. Only then can we We need the cooperation of the Northern Territory to help us transport materials into the New World."

At this moment, Candice nodded silently, probably finally understanding what her friend was going to do.

It is indeed necessary to unite the Kingdom and the Northern Territory to cooperate against the New World.

But basically, the Northern Territory only helps to transport personnel and materials, and the real consumption of materials, sacrifices, etc., all require the contribution of the United Kingdom.

However, in order to support the resistance forces within the New World, it seems that the United Kingdom has more convenient conditions.

……

In the secret room, Henry II only left Lu Ming alone, and even the two princes left.

"Communicate with Dumas, I hope you will participate." Henry II said lightly.

Lu Ming nodded slightly: "Your Majesty, it is my duty."

"We can start talking with Beiyu now. I'll write a letter and ask Anderson to take it over. I suggest that Beiyu start teaching the New World language to our first batch of intelligence personnel now."

Lu Ming nodded. In some aspects, Henry II was indeed much better than the eldest prince, and this was indeed the most important thing.

Moreover, even because the terms have been negotiated with the Northern Territory, it can be used to force the constitutionalists. For the well-being of all the people in the empire, they must put down their different political opinions and fully support the fight against the huge threat of a completely different civilization.

The constitutionalists have always relied on votes to fight against the royal family. If they do not cooperate in this matter and it is spread, then the current cabinet will have nothing but collapse.

Henry II looked at Lu Ming again, "I heard that you are also a member of the Awakened?"

Lu Ming smiled wryly: "I'd rather be an ordinary person."

Henry II nodded understandingly, and looked at Lu Ming with trust and warmth in his eyes, "I will appoint you as the commander-in-chief of this military operation that requires the support of the whole empire, Your Excellency, please take care of everything! "

Lu Ming is helpless, every time the highest ranking person starts talking to you like this, it means that he has already started to fear you in his heart, but he cannot leave you for the time being.

However, some powerful figures have never reached the pinnacle of power, so they misunderstand it as a kind of courtesy and value, and some even take pride in being favored, and they are not far from death.

Such examples abound in the history of dynastic changes in his previous life thousands of years ago.

I was thinking wildly in my heart, but I was too lazy to perform, let alone stood up and said something insincere, and nodded lightly: "Your Majesty, I will do my duty."

In fact, the military power he has now is not a threat to the huge military power of the United Kingdom.

But the problem is that Henry II fought hard with the constitutionalists and messed around, and it turned out that he seemed to be his only hope.

Next, in order to better control the military power, Henry II will use this opportunity to give himself more authority in the army. If he betrays him in the future, the consequences will be disastrous.

However, it seems that nowadays, he doesn't have many choices.

As for my indifferent attitude, it may not be a bad thing, and it may not be good to pretend to be grateful.

Everything depends on what Henry II thinks.