Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 276 The Balance of Adel's World

"...In the end, you know him better. I trust your judgment. Don't worry about this matter. I will arrange for Diaz to take someone there to investigate during the day, and I will tell you the result as soon as I have it." Morais said .

"Well, you must be careful and careful, and you can ask Comrade Qi White for more information about other situations." Verac nodded, and did not disturb the chat between Boyne, Morais, and Winston, "Okay, you continue to chat , Rest early, I'll go back first."

   "Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Comrade Winston, goodbye." Qi Huaite and Verak walked out and said goodbye to the three of them.

  Out of the meeting room, feeling exhausted, Verak let out a long breath: "I'll go back to rest first, so why don't you stay in the meeting and wait for them to contact you."

"clear."

   "Night—" Verak still wanted to say good night, but when he looked up and saw that the sky was getting bright, he just waved his hand.

  —

  April 14, morning

  On the square of Leizein

  Yesterday’s blood was not wiped off on purpose, as if it was going to dry there brightly and dazzlingly to warn the public.

  Today, on top of the bloodstains, there were dozens more 'prisoners' who had just paraded through the streets and were about to be publicly executed by the guards before the guillotine.

  The area around the execution area is still surrounded by people.

  But the tens of thousands of onlookers were surprisingly quiet. No matter whether there were relatives or acquaintances on the execution platform, they did not dare to make any noise easily.

  Because in addition to the nearly 100 guards on the execution platform, there are several cavalry teams stationed around the square that may exceed 1,000 people. Once there is a riot among the people, they will immediately go to suppress it.

  The warm weather in mid-April did not dispel the cold murderous atmosphere in the square, and deafening thunder seemed to be brewing in the silence.

"Willie Heyman! Oliver Morin! Bridget..." The captain of the guard read out the thirty-three names on today's execution list, "...Beverly! Dennis Vader! Due to serious disturbance of the law and order, and all refused Refuse to accept teachings! Refuse to reform! I will execute the execution publicly today! To warn everyone!"

  The voice of the captain of the guard resounded through the dead square.

"I didn't do anything! I'm just a watch repairman! Don't kill me! I really don't know anything! Please!" A middle-aged man under the guard's control looked at the cold guillotine in front of him, Smelling the faint smell of blood in the air, I was so scared that my pants became hot and urine flowed out.

  The captain of the guard glanced at the man coldly: "We have convincing evidence! You went out without permission during the curfew period, and you still can't fully explain why you went out! Don't you know what purpose you have?!"

  The watch repairman was trembling and out of breath, with tears and snot running down his nose: "I don't, I just want to go out to buy medicine...don't kill me..."

   "Execution!" After the priest finished his prayer, regardless of whether the prisoner confessed or not, the captain of the guard directly ordered the execution.

  Being at the forefront, the watchmaker who must be the first to be executed felt that the two guards were dragging him to the guillotine, his body froze, his eyes were silent and speechless.

   "I'll come first!"

   Just as the watchmaker knelt down in front of the guillotine, his head had been fixed in place, and the guards could put down the guillotine at any time to separate his body and head, a voice interrupted them.

  All eyes turned to the place where the sound came from, and there was a bound woman standing there, flanked by guards with guns.

  The woman has no fear, her voice is sonorous and powerful.

   "Okay! Someone admitted to disturbing the law and order without me wasting time to present evidence!" The captain of the guard snorted coldly.

   "I didn't disturb the law and order! This is the crime you randomly charged us with!" The woman glared at the captain of the guard and corrected.

   "You didn't disturb the law and order, so why were you arrested here?! Why did you stand up?! Could it be that we will arrest the wrong person?!" The captain of the guard retorted loudly.

  The woman stared directly at the captain of the guard for a few seconds, instead of having a meaningless exchange with him, she turned to the audience who could not see the end of the stage, and most of their faces were filled with fear.

  The watch repairman heard the woman's voice, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and tried to struggle: "Look! She also said that she did not disturb the law and order! We are really innocent! Please let me go!"

   "They didn't want to simply arrest people who disturbed the law and order!" The woman interrupted the watch repairer, "This is just an excuse! It is the most legitimate excuse for them to arrest people and deal with us at will!"

   "Wrong!" The captain of the guard retorted, "The duty of our guard is to maintain the safety and stability of the city! On this point, we never need any excuses!"

  The woman ignored the captain of the guard at all. With tears in her eyes, she strode forward: "Everyone knows who is sincere and who is hypocritical! Come!"

   "Execution!" The captain of the guard urged the guards to do it.

   "Crack!"

  The guillotine was put down, and the woman's head rolled down.

  The watch repairman fainted when he saw this scene, and most of the people in the audience covered their eyes.

   "Continue!" The captain of the guard said.

   "I'm coming!" A man mustered up great courage, made a shrill voice, and took a step forward.

   "Execution!"

   "Crack!"

"I come!"

"I come!!"

   "Execution! Execution!!"

   "Crack! Crack!"

  The watchmaker who would have been the first to die was not executed for a long time because other brave people stepped forward one after another.

"I come!"

"I come!!"

   "Execution!! Execution for me!!" Seeing the aspirants who were driven by the woman and willing to be killed before the civilians, the captain of the guard was so angry that he flashed his gun.

   "Crack!"

   "Crack!"

   "Crack!!"

  After the woman, eight more fearless people were executed in public.

   "Is there any more?! Who are you coming! Come again! Do you dare to stand up!" The captain of the guard walked aggressively to a pile of corpses and pointed his gun at the people in the audience.

  The place he pointed out, the people took refuge in all directions.

"Damn them! Damn those who disturb the law and order!" The captain of the guard turned to look at the remaining twenty or so prisoners. Report useful news to us! In addition to rewards! We will also ensure your safety!"

   No one answered his words.

  The captain of the guard turned around and looked at the rest of the people: "OK—"

"boom!"

  There was a clear gunshot from the crowd.

  The back of the head of the captain of the guard who ordered the execution with his back to the people was **** and bloody, and he also fell straight to the ground.

   "People from the Equality Society are here! People from the Equality Society are here!"

   "Notify the cavalry!"

   "Take cover!"

  There was a sudden chaos on the stage, and a hundred guards were scared out of their wits by the gunshot.

  After hearing the gunshots, the cavalry stationed on several sides of the square began to move out. They either showed their swords or raised their guns. Regardless of the people in front of them, they charged in on horseback and moved towards the location where the gunshots came from.

  The instigator of all this, a child who also looked young and looked about the same age as the boy who had just spoken on the stage, finished firing a shot, continued to load the bullet, and moved towards the execution platform.

Just as he loaded the bullet and was about to raise the gun, a big hand struck from one side, knocked off the gun in his hand, then embraced him, and began to walk quickly towards the execution platform and the opposite direction from which the cavalry came. leave.

   The boy was taken aback, at first he thought he was caught by the cavalry, but there were no bullets to greet him, only powerful arms.

  He looked up, and saw that the one who prevented him from going up to the execution platform to save others was a burly man with an expressionless face.

   "Let go of me! I'm going to save my brother!" The boy wanted to be grateful, but when he realized that his brother was still on stage, his face changed, and he struggled to continue saving people.

   "You can't save him." The man made a low voice, his arms were like iron clamps, firmly grasping the boy and leading him away from the square.

"I can!"

"To shut up."

  The square was in chaos, crowded with people, as if caught in a raging ocean wave.

  But the man stood there very steadily, protecting the boy and quickly made a way out.

   "I saw it! A kid just shot it! A boy!"

   "Block all intersections! Don't let anyone out! Don't let anyone out!"

   "The cavalry guards the intersection! Conduct investigations!"

   "Watch out they have weapons! Be sure to search!"

  Before the man took the boy out of the dangerous square, the guards got in touch with the cavalry and began to control the scene, searching for the shooter who had preliminary characteristics.

   "What should I do?" The boy's impulsiveness passed, and he watched the cold and chilling cavalry gradually panic.

  The man did not speak, and pulled him to push through the crowd, moving towards a street guarded by the cavalry.

   "Let me go, I will kill you." The boy didn't want to drag the person who was willing to save him, "I will die with my brother."

   "Don't talk." The man covered the boy with a windbreaker.

  The boy knew that it was useless, at best, the cavalry could not find him temporarily, and they could not get through the blockade at all.

   "We will shoot anyone who goes further!" There are too many people gathered, especially in the case of riots, it is a bit difficult for the cavalry to resist their impact.

   "We only track down the shooter! Others don't have to worry! As long as you follow our arrangements, you will be fine!"

   "Don't go any further!"

   "Back back! Go back, everyone!"

  Under the threat of knives and guns, the people failed to break through the blockade of the cavalry and were stranded in the square.

The man also brought the boy to the intersection at this time. The tall man could easily pass over the rows of heads in front of him. He saw the cavalry pointing their guns at the people, so that the people did not dare to act rashly, and a cavalry rushed to the distance , with a high probability of seeking support.

   "I didn't kill anyone, I just came to see, please let me pass!"

   "I didn't kill anyone, I was passing by! I'm innocent!"

   "Please let us go, we didn't do anything!"

  The people in front were still panicking, and pleaded with the cavalry, hoping they would let them pass.

  The captain of the cavalry team turned a deaf ear, and was only responsible for guarding the intersection, waiting for reinforcements to come and search, and find out those who dared to shoot the guards in full view.

  It doesn't matter whether that person is a member of the Equal Society or not, or whether he is an adult or not.

  The most important thing is to find out and deal with it severely, otherwise the government's majesty will disappear, and in the future, individuals can come and put a cold gun.

  The man calmly observed his surroundings, thinking of a way to leave safely.

  At this moment, gunshots erupted suddenly at another intersection, and two cavalry soldiers were shot and fell off their horses. The rest of the soldiers were threatened and began to shoot at suspicious people in the crowd.

  This move caused the situation on that side to get out of control, the people desperately wanted to break through the blockade, and the pressure on the cavalry was enormous.

   "Over there! Hurry up and help!"

   "It must be people from the Equality Society! Capture them alive!"

  The cavalry team guarding the street where the man was located heard the sound and realized that the enemy had been exposed, so they no longer guarded the street here, but shuttled through the crowd and surrounded them there.

   "Let's go! Go!" The blockade ended, and the people rushed out when they saw the right opportunity, running desperately to escape.

  The man turned his head to look at the gun battles that were happening one after another at the other street, hesitated for a while, and finally took the boy out of the square and went all the way back to his home.

   "Why did you save me?!" After arriving at the man's impoverished home, the boy's fear was replaced by the shame of not being able to rescue his brother, "I haven't rescued my brother yet! I can't just watch him die!"

   "You can't save him, and you will only sacrifice in vain." The man was very vigilant. After returning, he stood by the side of the window, observed the outside, and looked at the boy after confirming that there was no danger.

  The boy didn't think so: "The situation was chaotic at the time, and it was obvious that there were others who wanted to save people from the gunshots behind. I could definitely take advantage of the chaos and save my brother!"

  The man went to the table and poured water for the boy: "What's your name?"

   "William." Little William's chest rose and fell violently, and he was quite emotional.

   "How old are you?"

   "Fourteen." Little William stared at the indifferent man, "My brother is fifteen."

  The man handed the poured water to Little William: "Where are your parents? Why are you the only one involved in such a big matter?"

   "They passed away, and my brother and I have been living at my uncle's house." Little William slowly took the water glass.

   "Then why doesn't your uncle show up?"

   "He treats us very badly, thinks we are dragging him down, my brother was caught and he was too late to be happy, how could he risk his life to rescue..."

  The man sat on the dilapidated sofa, looking a little listless: "Is your brother a member of the Equal Society?"

   "He is from the Newman Street study class." Little William said.

"what is that?"

   "Students in Newman Street spontaneously formed a study class to exchange things about equality."

   "Why don't you join the Equality Association?"

   "The Equality Association doesn't admit children under the age of sixteen, and even my brother won't let me go to the study class." Xiao William took a sip of water, and his mood eased.

  The man nodded slightly: "They are all for your own good."

   "But I can't just watch my brother get killed." Little William's eyes were flushed, and he held the water glass tightly with both hands.

   "The Equality Association should be thinking about countermeasures. They will also not just watch their comrades and children like your brother die in vain." The man comforted.

   "You...how do you call it..." Little William wiped away his tears and looked at the man in front of him who looked like a tired lion.

   "My name is Sharif Adel." Adel introduced himself.

  Little William vaguely felt that the name sounded familiar: "Mr. Adair, why did you save me..."

   "I don't know." Adel said.

   "Are you a member of the Equal Society?"

"no."

   "Then who are you?"

   "You don't need to know this."

   Little William wiped his tears again, put the water glass back on the table gently, and then bowed to Adel: "Thank you, if it weren't for you, I would have died just now."

   "Where are you going?" Adel stopped Little William who thanked him and turned to leave.

   "Go back to my uncle's house and find a way to continue saving my brother."

   "I said you can't save him, he might even be dead." Adel frowned.

  Little William clenched his fists: "Then I will avenge him."

   "To whom?" Adel asked.

"government."

   "...Didn't you say that your uncle treated you very badly? Besides, some people in the square just now may have seen you shoot and reported to the government. It may be dangerous for you to go back now." Adel reminded.

  Little William suddenly felt a little confused, not knowing where to go: "Then I won't go back."

   "If you don't go back, where will you go?"

"do not know."

   "Stay here for now."

  Little William turned around and looked in disbelief, Adel's expression finally fluctuated slightly, as if this decision was very difficult for him: "But I..."

   "If I can contact the Equality Association in the future, I will let them settle you down," Adel said.

  —

noon

  In the conference room of Laizein, North District Factory, and Equality Association Headquarters

"The conflict in the square caused at least 40 civilian casualties..." Charles, the Minister of Intelligence of the Equality Council, brought the latest information detected by his subordinates to report to Boyne and Morais, "Francois also estimated that when arranging the execution It has been specially emphasized, so the reason for the execution is to disturb the law and order, and it has nothing to do with us on the surface. In this way, they will have a lot of room for mediation, and it is relatively easier to deal with the pressure of public opinion , appease the boiling public opinion."

   "We must act quickly, and we can no longer let innocent people bear all this." Morais can't wait.

  The arrested innocent people and the comrades of the Equality Association are constantly sacrificing, and some people can't resist the temptation of rewards to expose the information they know, so that the comrades of the Equality Association are arrested.

   If this continues, the consequences will be unpredictable.

After sleeping for five or six hours, Boyin, who had basically regained his energy, looked at Diaz, who came to the meeting together: "How is the preparation of the manpower everywhere? When can we start the harassment war, so that the government can focus on it?" Back to us?"

   "It will be ready tomorrow at the latest." Diaz reported.

   "Then set the time for tomorrow night, and we will take action tomorrow night." Boyin set the time.

   "When the time comes, I will personally come and mobilize, and you will be the one here." Morais was gearing up, and couldn't help but now fight against the government's guards and cavalry who only attack civilians.

Boin did not refuse Morais's request. Harassment warfare is one of their next major directions. With Morais in charge, he will be much more at ease: "It will be left to you at that time. Be careful and remind everyone Don't love to fight, we have to take advantage of our disintegration and disappearance."

   "Don't worry, I will definitely make our people suffer a lot while ensuring their safety!" Morais gritted his teeth.

   "Diaz, there is another thing you need to do." Boyne looked at Diaz.

"You say."

Boyne told Diaz about Adel's affairs: "Adel is very cautious, and it may be the bait thrown by Francois. The monitoring and investigation matters are for you to cooperate with Charles and implement them as soon as possible. Come up with a result."

  Diaz and Charles said in unison: "Understood."

"In addition to this matter, investigations in other areas still need to be done. It is imperative to win this victory." Boyne urged Charles's intelligence department to make breakthroughs in intelligence as soon as possible, helping the Equality Association find the government's weaknesses and disintegrate them. next plan.

   "Don't worry, the intelligence department has been operating at full capacity, and I believe it will be rewarded soon." Charles knew that he had a heavy responsibility, and patted his chest on Boyne and Morais to make a promise.

   "Okay, let's all go, the meeting is over."

   Diaz and Charles got up and left.

"Time is on our side, and it's not on our side." Morais smoked a cigarette and kept puffing smoke. "If we ignore the people, we can bear it and let the government do nothing. But it's impossible, we Must act."

"The government has pinched our weakness." After hearing that several comrades had been sacrificed in the square, and clashes broke out between the people and the cavalry, Boyin's expression remained grim. "I hope we don't avoid it, abandon it, but Arm it into our hardest armor and forge it into our sharpest blade. After all we are them and they are us."

   "It will, it just takes time."

   "Time..." Boyne muttered to himself.

  —

  Verak's room.

   There was a knock on the door, and Verak, who was catching up on his sleep, woke up without taking time to eat lunch, put on his clothes and opened the door.

   "Are you resting?" Diaz asked standing in front of the door.

   "Hmm." Verac scratched his messy hair, "Boin and Morais have told you about it?"

  Diaz nodded: "Well, I will take a team to the East District to monitor and investigate Adel later."

  Villac invited Diaz in: "He is very difficult to deal with, so I went to Boyne and Morais for help, and they arranged for you."

"Don't worry, Charles will arrange people from the intelligence department to assist me." Diaz put the two meals that he brought on the way on the table, "Guess you are resting, so I ordered two meals by the way. One of them It belongs to Mr. Keating, but I won't bother him, you can send it over later."

   "Okay." Verak stretched his body, "Have you met Comrade Qi White? It should be more convenient to take him with you."

   "I've seen it, and I have understood everything that needs to be understood. He is waiting outside with my people now, and we will go together later."

  Verak lowered his arms: "You should also be wanted now, right? Go out and be careful, Adel is not that important, you have to ensure your own safety first."

  Diaz smiled slightly: "It's still the familiar set of instructions."

   "You just need to understand what I mean." Verac patted Diaz.

   "I understand, don't worry." Diaz didn't stay long, "Then I'll go first, and I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."

   "Hmm." Verac watched Diaz leave, washed up and went next door to find Keating with a still hot meal.

  Keating didn't sleep much, and went to bed earlier than Veraker, so he had already woken up for half an hour, and was planning to go out to get some food for Veraker.

   "Diaz has gone." Verac and Keating sat at the table and ate.

   "It shouldn't be a problem for him to go, let alone with the assistance of the intelligence department." Keating is also very optimistic about Diaz.

"Well, this matter should come to light soon." Verak said, "I'm thinking about what we will do next. At present, we are not included in the arrangements because we have just returned and have not handed over the work. But you also You know, I'm a restless person, and now that the equality meeting is difficult, I have to do something."

  Keating would think about this first when he guessed that Verac came back: "Then what do you think?"

"Not yet, but the two aspects we were going to promote in the previous meeting did not fundamentally solve the problem. I think I have to start from this point, find the key to breaking the situation, and really turn the situation around." Verak had a little preliminary idea.

   "Well, it's very suitable for you." Verac wanted to delve into the biggest problem of the Equality Association when he came up, which actually fits his style. Keating would be surprised if he said that he intends to help with trivial matters, "I'm looking forward to your coming up with some unexpected ideas to help the Society of Equality get through this crisis."

  —

noon

  Government buildings, conference halls

  Became the recent international focus, President Francis, who has almost taken power under his own hands, held a regular meeting with his cronies, ministers of finance, foreign affairs, and defense.

Francois, who was originally full of white hair, dyed his hair black on purpose, and looked radiant, as if he had become the emperor of Bresci: "I heard that during the execution in the square today, you clashed with the people and caused disastrous Small casualties?"

   "Yes." Wearing a neat military uniform, General Pissel, who led the army into Leizein half a month ago and took over the city's defense, said.

"The execution belongs to the execution, and it is better not to cause too many casualties. Although I have made up my mind to sacrifice the short-term public support to get rid of the Equality Association, but I can't directly lose the hearts of the people. You know, I suppressed it. Those people in the parliament are now eyeing a tiger and preparing to counterattack at any time, and it is best not to leave a loophole for them in terms of public opinion." Francois was a little dissatisfied with General Pissel's tough measures, but he still reminded him as softly as possible.

"Your Excellency, I think it is very necessary to do this." General Pissel turned his head slightly to look at Francois, "Why did equality grow stronger in the past? It was because we blindly considered other factors and failed to strike decisively in time. Today's public executions, even the people can snipe at will and conflict with us. If they are not severely suppressed, they will only expand their ambitions infinitely."

François felt a little headache, but he felt that Pissel's words made sense. Now is not the time to be indecisive. Since he decided to uproot the Equality Society, he must grit his teeth and bear some things: "Well, But in the end, there still needs to be a degree, and I believe you can measure this degree very well."

   Pierce nodded.

Francois looked around at the group of people who would be the most critical to help him ascend to the throne: "But we have implemented such a policy for a while, and it seems that it still failed to play a decisive role in the disintegration of the Equality Association. Now time The longer it takes, the more troublesome it will be, we can't keep arresting and killing like this, maybe we have to consider some new ways to stimulate the equality society."

   "And the parliament will not leave us so much time. I am even worried that they will collude with the Equality Council and attack your status." Chancellor Hoffman reminded.

   "I'm also worried about this. I believe they can do anything for the benefit, especially now that the armed forces of the Equality Society have begun to take shape, and they still have the most fearful hearts of the people." François said.

   "If you need, I can take people to eradicate them. Equality will be in the dark, but they are not there." Pissel advised Francois with his usual war thinking.

Francois quickly waved his hand, stopping Pissel's crazy thoughts: "I can't move. There are many supporters behind them, and their backgrounds are complicated. In addition, the current enemy of the Equality Association is now, and the people's emotions are high, driving them into a hurry. The situation is likely to get out of control. The best way is for us to show a huge and unstoppable advantage, so that they will give up fighting us and can only reach new cooperation with us to maintain the stability of the government.”

   "Your Excellency, I have an idea." Maguire, the head of the Guard Corps, who was very inconspicuous in this meeting, said.

   "Tell me about it."

   "Since we are worried that those people in the parliament and other forces will have nowhere to go and cooperate with the Equality Association, and we cannot directly intervene, why can't we use the same method to deal with the Equality Association and the people to alienate them?" Maguire said.

  Francois' eyes lit up: "Continue talking."

   "We can definitely send some people to pretend to be the Equality Association, pretending to be the counterattack of the Equality Association, and assassinate members of the parliament and other nobles. This will make them lose the possibility of cooperation, and push them to come closer to us and compromise with us."

   "Hmph." Pissel snorted coldly, dismissing Maguire's dirty tricks that couldn't be put on the table.

  However, Francois doesn't care whether the method is open and aboveboard. For him, as long as it can solve the crisis, he can do whatever he wants: "That's a good idea!"

   "Indeed, it not only allows us to solve our concerns, but also surprises us." The Chancellor of the Exchequer also quite agrees.

   "You can try to do it, and I will leave this matter to you, Maguire." Francois was in a better mood.

   Maguire responded in accordance with the joy in his heart and his longing for his future career: "Don't worry."

   "Your Excellency, there is some news from Welland, and we are now waiting for your intention." Seeing that the problem was resolved, the foreign minister began to mention his own affairs.

   "Is it still something they want to do to Bash?"

"Yes."

Francois turned his chair and faced the large world map standing beside the conference table. Looking at the vast land on the east side of the continent, he sighed: "A country that occupies one-third of the world's land, and one-fifth of it A country with a population of one, anyone who looks at it will be terrified."

"Bash's geographical advantage is very good, and the strategic depth is almost no country that can be compared. In addition, a large population can be converted into unlimited war potential. It is indeed necessary to kill their rise in the cradle as soon as possible." Pissel stood in the military position After analyzing the angle, I agree with Welland's idea of ​​sending troops.

   After all, Wellland and Bresey are only across the sea from the Bash Empire, and none of them will sit back and watch a superpower grow and threaten their own status.

"However, Welland and Bash had conflicts for a long time because of the Nile colonization issue, but we have a relatively friendly relationship with them. Is it necessary to accompany Wellland to fight against them when they are not directly threatening us? It’s our best choice to stand aside and watch them fight to the death.” Francois not only thinks that Bash is a trouble, but the world’s most powerful country, Wellland, which is closer to them, is even more of a threat.

"But we didn't make a move, and the attitudes of Castella and Dunman behind us were unclear. Willand definitely didn't dare to make a big attack, leaving a weak back. And it's difficult for them not to make a big attack. Winning Bash, after all, Bash has such a large strategic depth that he can deal with Welland." Pissel advocated that Blessie should also join the army, "so if we don't move, it is tantamount to letting Bash rise. When the time comes There is a powerful country in the north and west that needs to be expanded, and our situation will not be optimistic."

The Minister of Foreign Affairs also said: "And if you want to restore the imperial system and proclaim yourself emperor, you can take this as a request for cooperation, so that Wellland will recognize your status and the brand-new Brexi Empire at that time. With the support of the world's most powerful country, Your road ahead will be much easier."

   "Going to war can also divert our internal conflicts. It is a great opportunity to win over the hearts of the people. You are currently lacking support from both inside and outside." The Minister of Finance also agreed to cooperate with the army.

Francois studied the map: "But because of this, it's a bit of a loss to cooperate with Welland. They can not only kick a country that wants to climb up to maintain their hegemony status, but also completely control Nero to continue to improve. Our own national strength. In this regard, it is also very unfavorable to us."

  Francois' concerns are not unreasonable.

  In the face of the current cruel international situation, if you cannot expand yourself, then it is best to maintain balance.

   Helping others to grow will only get you into trouble.

General Pissel understood what Francois meant, and after some thought, he got up and came to the map, pointing to the Shennai Empire that existed like an isolated island next to the Bash Empire and the Nile Empire: "As far as I know, Shennai Empire It is as weak as Nero, and even worse than Nero because of the lack of resources, but they have sent missions to learn from our advanced experience many times, which shows that they also have a heart to become a powerful country."

   "That's for sure. Which country doesn't want to be strong?" Francois said.

"But their geographical location is very bad." Pissel pointed, "If you go north, you will encounter the giant Bash, and if you go east, you will encounter us and Wellland. Then leave it to Shennai. , there is only one choice."

   "Nile?" François had an epiphany.

"That's right." Pissel stood up a little, allowing everyone to take a full look at the map and understand the pattern of the eastern part of the continent, "Bash is rising rapidly, and Welland has conflicts of interest with them in Nile. We remain neutral and will Let Bash develop unscrupulously. Support Wellland to defeat Bash to swallow the big cake of Nile, and let Wellland secure the position of the number one power and always overwhelm us. These two choices are for us However, it is impossible for us to choose to support Bash, which is also of no benefit to us. So what is left for us is to secretly prevent them from swallowing Nile while supporting Welland."

Speaking of this, Francois has fully understood what Pissel means: "So what you mean is that we'd better support Wellland to profit from it on the surface, and secretly support the development of Shennai to Nero to maintain the current balance. .”

   "That's right." After finishing the explanation, Pissel returned to his seat and sat down.

   "This is indeed the best way to serve our interests." The Chancellor of the Exchequer applauded.

  François looked at the map, and his smile gradually grew: "In this way, all the problems will be solved. I really didn't expect that a small Shennae could become the key to determining the balance of great powers."

   "That's all their value." Pissel said coldly.

"Nile used to be the center of world culture thousands of years ago, with the largest city and the most exquisite civilization, but now only a piece of resources and cheap labor are valued by big countries. It's really sad..." The Minister of Finance saw Nile With Shennai being divided up and played by big powers, the mood is complicated.

   "This is the doomed fate of a weak country." Francois felt nothing. "So we must become the greatest country in the world no matter what. Only we play with others, and no one else plays with us."

   "Under your leadership, I believe we can become the most powerful empire!" Maguire flattered Francois.

  Francois didn't feel disgusted, and smiled complacently: "We can cooperate with Welland."

   "Understood." The Foreign Minister responded.

   "You can also contact Shenna secretly, and provide them with some support one after another."

"clear."

There are solutions to all the problems we are currently facing. Francois breathed a sigh of relief and was in a happy mood: "It will take a few months to prepare for the dispatch of troops, and this time is enough for us to solve the troubles of the Equality Association." .”

   "The destruction of the Equality Society, the maintenance of international balance with Wellland's troops, and the establishment of the Bresci Empire... everything is close at hand." The Minister of Finance said.

  Francois smiled, his eyes deep: "This is a gamble, and no part of it can go wrong. The closer you are to the goal, the more secure you must go."

   "You will become the emperor of Bresci." Pissel supported.

   "I also believe that I will... Okay, the meeting is over."

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