This Game Is Too Realistic

"...Mr. Gust, please think about it again! I can guarantee you that the things you are worried about will never happen in Bailiao City."

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

After personally pouring a cup of black tea for Dorst, Duke Galava looked sincere - even spoke attentively.

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

"So how do you guarantee what you're saying now?"

Duke Galava said with bright eyes.

"I swear by the God of Baixia and my family crest and title!"

The corners of Gust's mouth twitched uncontrollably, but in the end he maintained his superficial politeness and did not laugh out loud.

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

Duke Galawa 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?"

Dorst said with a slight sigh.

"Let me give you a simple example. When doing 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 negotiate, the consumer association can negotiate, and of course we can also..."

Before Donster finished speaking, Duke Galava's face lit up and he couldn't wait to speak.

"We're not in that much trouble!"

Seeing the pride that came from nowhere on this guy's face, Dorst spread his hands.

"That's the problem."

Not only does this guy have none, but he also regards those "insurance measures" as trouble.

He didn't even realize it. The more he showed off his supreme authority there, the more he feared that he might do whatever he wanted.

Some of the "new money" in the league who have become rich recently may not have experienced it. "Old money" like him, who did a lot of business in Boulder City, know very well what it is like to be a dog.

So when the manager invited him to become an individual, he did not hesitate to throw away the black card that he had worked so hard to obtain.

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

The latter was the most commendable. He even wanted to write "always follow that gentleman" in the genealogy he had just started to compile.

This guy wanted to use a fragrant-looking bone to coax him into being a dog, but he was looking down on him too much.

He could see it at the first sight when he met Duke Galawa. This guy was actually the same as the nobles in the inner city, even worse than the latter. After all, Master Sid knew a little bit about how to use the power in his hands. The child is reserved, such as "not going out personally to earn chips."

This guy just barely has the words "I am God" written on his face. If you look down upon yourself now, you will be more disrespectful to him in the future.

If you do business with this kind of guy, you won't get a penny back 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 have a huge amount of resources in his hands.

For a guy like this who doesn't know when he will be finished, he prefers to negotiate a short-term deal rather than a long-term one.

However, Duke Galava completely misunderstood the unmoved attitude of Donst, thinking that that guy was causing trouble again.

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

"Did that person really say something to you?"

Dorst was stunned for a moment, and it took a while before he could see any clues from his expression, but this time he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Mr. Jarawa, I hope you understand that our manager does not care how we run our business. He is much busier than you think. If doing business in Bailiao City is profitable, we Of course I 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 Bailiaocheng came from a column in a certain issue of "Daily Survivor", which reprinted an article titled "Red Earth".

It can be seen from all the signs that it is still a poor place with a manor economy. And as we all know, there is no point in selling goods to animals.

As for turning animals into humans, that is the job of managers, and a mercenary businessman like him cannot be expected to do such a thing.

He is not a shelter resident, and he has no interest in doing charity.

Speaking of which, Golden Gallen Port has been developing well recently, and the local education level has also improved. He has considered opening a branch factory there, such as producing batteries, turbines, inverters, etc. that are urgently needed in the southern seas. It's just a plan.

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

There was a hint of disappointment on Duke Galava's face, but he was not discouraged.

He comforted himself in his heart. At least Dorst didn't explicitly reject him. Maybe the chips on the table were just not enough, and he still had to grind it out...

In the second half of the greetings, the two of them tacitly agreed not to talk about business matters anymore, but simply drank tea, chatted, and bonded.

Although he knew what the Duke was harboring, he did not object to establishing a relationship with him, which would also help him understand the situation in Borneo.

After the meeting, Duke Jarava politely sent him all the way to the entrance of the embassy. After his car disappeared around the corner, he turned back to the embassy.

On the other side, sitting in the back seat of a private car, Donst had completely put aside the matter of Duke Galawa, and casually picked up the latest issue of "Daily Survivor" that his secretary had bought for him in advance. Turned over.

The headline was a story about Coral City.

This pearl located in the southern sea has been the hottest topic in Auroville City recently. Many people have specially booked tickets to Fries Port for this reason, planning to take a submarine there to have a look.

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

The construction of Coral City used a large number of materials and engineering techniques 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 suit.

If he can dig something out of it and develop it into something that the Alliance society needs, his career will undoubtedly reach a new level.

Just as Dorst was thinking this, he suddenly noticed a piece of news at the bottom of the third page of the newspaper that was not eye-catching.

"...the Yue people's resistance army entered Mammoth City and announced the occupation of Mammoth State. At the same time, the spokesperson of the new authorities in Mammoth State called the editorial office of the "Survivor Daily" in Golden Gallen Harbor and published a newspaper announcing that Mammoth State would be the birthplace of Borneo. The first abolitionist state in the province, Resistance Army leader Lacy stated that he would abide by the joint program advocated by the Federation and called on people of insight from all over the country to unite to fight against the imperial atrocities. "

Mammoth State?

What is that place?

Dorst was stunned for a moment and then went to find his own board, opened the world map and took a look at it, and finally found this piece of land in the upper corner of the "Zoo Province".

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

"This location is quite good," Gust chuckled and shook his head slightly, "It's a pity that it is occupied by a group of natives."

It would be great if Baiyue could go further.

With this thought in his mind, he turned to the next page of the newspaper, only to see that the next page was still the Mammoth State news from the "Daily Survivor (Golden Gallon Harbor)".

According to what the resistance army said in the telegram, the imperial army blew up the Tasan River embankment, causing severe damage to Mammoth State and displacing a large number of survivors.

The leader of the Resistance Army, Lacy, said that the Resistance Army will not give up on the survivors in Mammoth State. They will do their best to provide disaster relief. At the same time, they also hope that insightful people from all walks of life in the Golden Gallen Port can help them carry out reconstruction work and help the Resistance Army resettle some of the displaced survivors. By.

At the same time, Duke Bamut, the former governor of Mammoth State, was put on trial in the dock area square of Mammoth City, and admitted in court to a charge of blowing up the river embankment for his personal will, causing the displacement of millions of survivors.

Affected by the boiling public discontent, on the day the trial ended, the Resistance Army's temporary military court approved the execution of Duke Bamut. Also executed were eight resistance soldiers who committed robbery and six resistance soldiers who committed rape.

Roger, secretary-general of the Golden Gallen Port Federation, said in an interview that he believed this reflected Lacy's determination to improve military discipline.

There is still debate within the Golden Gallen Port Federation about whether Lacy is a qualified leader, but most federation leaders are optimistic.

It is understood that Lacy was born as a slave, and when he captured Camp Lowell, his soldiers raped civilian girls and executed them by firing squad.

Some members of the alliance criticized his approach as being too rude, but he has since clearly learned from the criticism, such as setting up courts and disaster relief offices, etc. This is one of the reasons why the federation's top officials are optimistic about him.

According to the editor of this newspaper, in the past two hundred years, there have been countless civil wars in Borneo Province. After conquering settlements, it is a customary activity to condone soldiers to loot, just like the looters in the River Valley, Jinchuan, and Prancing Horse provinces imitated mutant cannibalism. , and it is extremely rare to prohibit soldiers from burning, killing and looting after breaking through a settlement...

"This guy has something."

After reading the report to the end, an expression of interest suddenly appeared on Dorster's face. He read the news from beginning to end again. The more he read, the more he felt that this guy was not simple.

There are many crude imitations of his behavior, and some rough improvements have been added. Putting aside these crude methods, this person is much better than the one he just saw.

Moreover, as a member of the Yue tribe, this guy conquered a state in the empire, which can be said to have stabbed the lungs of the empire. Heaven will definitely not let him go.

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

And if this Lacy wants to gain a foothold under the eyes of the empire, he has to cling tightly to the thigh of the alliance.

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

Looking at the happy boss, Han Long, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion.

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

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

"It means you didn't understand what I told you. It's people, not markets, that are worth investing in in emerging markets, because people are usually the leaders in such places. Of course, a fool is not worth investing in, but a strong man is worth investing in." It’s an investment.”

After a pause, he continued.

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

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

Han Long hesitated slightly when he heard this.

"But...what about your safety?"

Coster laughed.

"What security issues can there be in Dawn City? It's time to change your thinking. This place is no longer an 'emerging market'."

…

Different from the civil war in the southern sea, the Moon Clan Resistance Army's entry into Mammoth City was far less spectacular and sensational than the South China Sea Alliance's entry into the North Island, and it did not affect anyone's nerves in the wasteland, even though the latter was not even half the size 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 pick up the map and take a look.

When he discovered that the ghost place was on the east coast of Borneo, several states away from Saipan Port on the west coast, and far outside the sphere of influence of the Legion's official regiment, he immediately put the matter aside and didn't bother to care about it. .

The Camelback Kingdom next to Mammoth State was a little nervous, as they were worried about a large number of refugees pouring into the kingdom.

The royal court of the Camelback Kingdom is an enlightened and theocratic king. No matter how enlightened you are, you will still be a theocratic king.

They can tolerate the Silver Moon Church's new interpretation of the doctrine, they can also tolerate some pagan merchants bringing treasures they like, and they can even tolerate the Alliance sending troops to station in Silver Moon Bay... after all, they asked for it themselves. , they couldn't tolerate heathens coming to the Sand Sea Spirit's territory to beg for food.

On this point of view, the merchant nobles of Silver Moon Bay are surprisingly consistent with the royal family. After all, if those beggars enter the territory of the Humpback Kingdom, Silver Moon Bay will be their first stop.

Several local chambers of commerce immediately took action and contacted the leader of the resistance army, Lacy, and expressed their gratitude to him for protecting the church and were willing to provide him with an interest-free loan of 10 million silver coins in the name of disaster relief.

As soon as he heard about this good thing, Lacy immediately agreed and even designated a "parish" for the gang of magicians outside Mammoth City.

In addition to complying with the laws of the authorities, there is no need to pay any taxes in the parish. The residents of Silver Moon Bay can do whatever they want there in their own way.

It was originally a wasteland, and it would be idle to leave it there. It would be better to leave it to the group of Silver Moon Bay believers who are keen on colonization to develop.

Anyway, the residents of Silver Moon Bay and the residents of Borneo Province have lived together 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 consider whether to take it back or continue to rent it to them at a higher price. At least in his opinion, these are all negotiable.

Just when the Lacy authorities in Mammoth State took advantage of the disaster in Mammoth State to expand their troops, took advantage of the floods to ask for money, and aggressively pushed forward the "government", the empire finally realized that it had four million. A large chunk of the square kilometer map is missing.

In the Tiandu Palace, Wu Tuo quickly summoned his ministers and confidants, and discussed behind closed doors in the meeting hall.

All the officials scratched their heads and scratched their heads anxiously, arguing, but no one could come up with an idea.

Finally unable to stand it any longer, Prince Dilip took a step forward and asked tentatively.

"Are we going to blame the Niiao and Mazhou local armies for gathering in the west and south of Mammoth Prefecture? The Yue people's resistance army has not yet stabilized its foundation in Mammoth Prefecture. In addition, the local area has been severely affected. I am afraid that our army will suppress it. Up there, they fall apart on their own.”

Nihak was shocked when he heard this. Without waiting for Wu Tuo to speak, he quickly stepped forward and remonstrated.

"Your Majesty! You must not! The Tiger Army and the Black Panther Army are already in serious trouble! It is easy to assemble the troops of Niaozhou and Mazhou, but it is difficult to disperse them!"

Originally listening to Prince Dilip's suggestion, Wu Tuo was still thinking about nodding, but when he heard Nihak's voice, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat and secretly thought it was dangerous.

Seeing the change in the expression on Wu Tuo's face, Nihak couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He thought to himself that he had shouted faster, but if he had screamed a little slower, there would be no room for maneuver.

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

"Your Majesty, Mammoth State is a small matter. We must not mess up our position. If the thirteen states of Borneo Province follow the example of Tiger State and Leopard State and support their own troops, I am afraid there will be smoke everywhere on both sides of the Yongliu River. I am afraid that Borneo Province will be Recreate the chaos of a hundred years ago!”

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

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

After a pause, he said again.

"Let Alaya go up!"

There was an uproar in the hall, and all the officials had expressions of astonishment on their faces, looking at this guy who had been imprisoned by the alliance.

Please ask Alaya to take action?

Isn't that the same mistake as King Gallen Port? !

Hearing these words, even Wu Tuo, who was sitting in a high position, frowned.

Before the nobles and officials could protest, Prince Dilip stood up first and glared at Duke Nihak, who was against him.

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

Duke Nihak said solemnly.

"It is because he has fought against people from the Alliance that he knows how to deal with the Alliance!"

Prince Dilip just wanted to argue, "Then he has lost before, so why not let him go?", but he quickly thought that this was tantamount to getting himself involved, so he blushed and changed his words, changing his angle. Mao Biao said.

"But if the Gray Wolf Army is transferred away from the Golden Gallen Port border, wouldn't it mean that the Tiger Army and Black Panther Army would control the entire border!"

Duke Nihak said sadly.

"What's the difference between letting them stay there and transferring them away now? All the officers trained by the legion have been corrupted by those guys who cheated on us! It's better to 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 wolves are the most loyal warriors in the empire, and the Gray Wolf Army as the Central Army is the only army of a different surname that is absolutely loyal to Tiandu.

As for the local army, they have repeatedly proved their unreliability through actions.

Unless the empire is free to deal with the two warlords, the Tiger Army and the Black Panther Army, using any local forces now will only add fuel to the fire!

After hearing what Nihak said, Wu Tuo also fell into deep thought.

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

"...Just do what Duke Nihak said and transfer the Gray Wolf Army to Mammoth State to suppress the bandits. Also, Dilip, go to the state capitals of Mazhou 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 to do so, he could only nod his head to accept His Majesty's orders.

"As commanded."

Seeing that His Majesty did not arrange his own tasks, Duke Nihak couldn't help but speak.

"Your Majesty, I can also worry about you!"

Since returning from Golden Gallen Port, he has been idle for a long time.

As a duke with no title and no fiefdom, if he continues to be so idle, I'm afraid there will be no place for him in the palace.

Seeing Nihak's anxious look, Wu Tuo was not in a hurry and just spoke slowly.

"You have a more important mission. I want you to take a boat trip to the southern seas and complete the loan matter I mentioned before."

Nihak was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect His Majesty to suddenly mention the matter in the southern sea here, and his head couldn't help but turn around for a while.

Especially since such a serious thing happened recently, he originally thought that His Majesty had forgotten about it, but he didn't expect that he was still thinking about it.

"But Your Majesty...the traitor is currently present. Is it appropriate for us to do this now?"

Wu Tuo said nonchalantly.

"The source of the bandit trouble is the Tasang River, which is far away from the Yongliu River. Besides, a group of grass bandits are just skinny, so there is nothing to worry about. The top priority is to improve the economy."

Mammoth State is not a state where Yue tribesmen make up the majority, not to mention that all the Yue tribesmen in Borneo Province have been purged by him, and those who are still alive are still living on farms or in slave camps. Although he is very anxious, but From the bottom of my heart, I didn't think that a resistance army pulled up by slaves could cause any big disturbance.

Moreover, recently he has experienced some of the benefits of being rich.

Especially when he saw the photos of the Ideal Hotel taken by the guy from Garavan, he became even more jealous.

Although his palace is floating, it is still much shorter than the height of the Ideal Hotel. It is no wonder that the people of Wilante do not think of his palace.

When the empire gets rich in the future, he will also ask people from Ideal City to come here and build him a palace where he can touch [clouds].

But the rice has to be eaten bite by bite, and the corners have to be dug bit by bit.

He can take advantage of the fact that the "Battle of Paradise" in Haiyateng Province has not yet ended, and start from the southern sea area that the alliance cannot take care of for the time being.

That's the safest place.

The Alliance is not a legion. The manager has at least said that he wants to end some kind of wasteland. It's impossible to send soldiers here just to do some "small business" there, right?

When the Empire becomes the largest creditor in the southern seas, then the South China Sea Alliance will be his shaman's dog. Even if the alliance wants to regret it, it will be too late.

After telling the plan in his heart, Wu Tuo's face was filled with a proud smile, and all the officials also showed expressions of enlightenment and praised His Majesty's wisdom.

Only the Chancellor of Finance's smile was a bit intriguing, or rather, there was a hint of unspeakable grievance.

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

He thought that borrowing Xilan coins to Nanhai District was indeed a good idea to solve the problem of slow sales of cement, but this borrowing method was somewhat based on the past.

What if someone defaults on the bill?

Can the empire send its fleet to knock on the door and demand debts, or is there a large investment from the South China Sea Alliance within its territory that can pay off the debts?

[How to deal with this bad debt at that time may be a big trouble again.

They were happy to take care of it (fortunately, marking the coral there with a string of zeros to pay off the debt would make things better for both parties).

If you are not willing to deal with it, you may have to ask the creditor to be more "open-minded"...

At the same time that the empire was moving to suppress the Yue tribe rebels, Li Minghui, the interim president of the South China Sea Alliance, was worried about labor shortages.

It's the end of October now.

The reconstruction work on the northern islands has been going on for almost a month, and the progress has not been smooth due to lack of manpower.

Baiyue's construction team is mainly responsible for the North Island Naval Base and Ocean Current Power Station, but these two places need to be rebuilt.

It was precisely because of this that the South China Sea Alliance encountered a very embarrassing problem.

Although their technical reserves are impressive and they have no shortage of highly educated talents, they are seriously short of capable workers.

Even if automation can solve some of the problems, it will have to wait until the advanced productivity of the Ocean Current Power Station and the islands is completely restored.

To put it bluntly, distant water cannot quench the near thirst. What they need now is not doctors and engineers, but a huge number of dustmen and bricklayers.

They don't even need these people to be literate, they just need to be able to understand People's Lianyu.

Recently, Friesport has opened the immigration channel from Golden Gallen Port (Baiyue Strait), and he is wondering whether the South China Sea Alliance should also attract some immigrants.

However, there are many problems in this.

The representative meeting of the South China Sea Alliance is far more exclusive than the representative meeting of the alliance, and distrust of outsiders is also part of the nature of the island residents.

Including the ring-shaped islands of the closest alliance, everyone is opposed to the immigration of outsiders. As for the relocation of the surviving residents of the mainland, they are not at all concerned.

If he forces the passage of a bill to relax immigration thresholds at this time, although it will help the South China Sea Alliance's post-war recovery in the long run, he will definitely be on the opposite side of the surviving members of the South China Sea Alliance. The antithesis of the Congress.

Why bother?

He counted on his fingers and realized that his term as interim president was only a few months away. He was waiting to see when the "War in Heaven" would be over.

Having just won a beautiful victory, Li Minghui now just wants to ensure that he does not make mistakes during the remaining term of office, and finally returns the power in his hands as a hero, completes the last and most glorious page of the heroic epic, and then lives with peace of mind. His naval officer has completely reached retirement age.

From now on, when there is a war, I will go to war. When there is no war, I will feed the seagulls and fry fish. When I have free time, I will go to the bar of Chip Port to have a drink and brag.

His life has been wonderful enough.

As for the grandson of Charas, he will never listen to drunkards boasting about his "achievements" in his whole life. If that guy is still alive now, he will definitely go crazy with jealousy.

Li Minghui thought about it and finally figured it out. It seemed that there was really no need for him to spend the last few hours of his term gloomy.

And just when he finally figured everything out and was about to put aside the report in his hand and leave all the thorny problems at hand to future generations, there was a knock on the door of the office.

After picking up the tea cup and taking a sip of black tea, Li Minghui sat down, cleared his throat and said.

"Please come in."

The door opened.

It was his political secretary who came in.

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

Li Minghui made 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 Mr. President who was working diligently on all matters in the southern seas, the secretary said respectfully.

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

Mammoth City?

Li Minghui was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously reached for the map of Baiyue Ting Province to see when the alliance would write another recipe on his doorstep.

When the secretary standing in front of the desk saw this, he coughed awkwardly and reminded him in a low voice.

"It's another one..."