Chapter 254: Sole/Hayu Shi Niang
Bai Ling said those words in the news media that seemed like he was forcing the emperor to abdicate. If it were a suspicious emperor, he would definitely call him back on the spot, lock him in a small dark room, and teach him a lesson.
But their monarch didn't care.
As the saying goes, trust people when you employ them, and don't employ people you don't trust. If he dared to give her the position of queen, he would bear any consequences - including being usurped and sidelined.
The monarch even said: "If he can sideline me, it means he is capable. I am so happy that he has grown strong enough to take over."
I am not afraid of my successor having ambitions; I am afraid of him not having ambitions.
Rameau could indeed understand the monarch's thoughts. After all, at this age, who wouldn't want his sons and nephews to be able to act decisively and take on the responsibility?
What's more, Bai Ling is really capable. He manages such a large army in an orderly manner. He was the one who brought together the four great generals. Apart from him, no one else had the ability to coordinate and mediate.
To some extent, the monarch was indeed very discerning and had found a treasure.
However, as Ramo looked at the rising fiscal expenditure, his blood pressure also rose.
It was agreed that the investment would be 40 billion...now it’s 4 trillion!
This is not a subsidy of tens of billions, it is a massive bleeding of trillions of dollars.
This kind of investment, which would be a major blow no matter what era it is in, really panicked Ramo, the finance minister. No one knew better than him that the monarch was playing top-level poker this time.
He has staked everything on betting on Bai Ling's victory, sitting at the poker table of history.
Bai Ling had no way out, and neither did the monarch.
Such a huge, one-sided resource allocation involves huge risks like walking on a tightrope, which is really inconsistent with the traditional values of conservative old officials like them.
They feel that they should keep at least half of their assets to leave some options for retreat so that they can make a comeback in the future.
But the monarch said: "There are too many ways to retreat, and I don't want to move forward."
Rameau couldn't help asking, "But aren't you worried about failure?"
"Failure," Yu Chen said lightly, "There are times when we are worried. The empire has long been in a state of despair, and war is inevitable. However, there will always be a day of victory."
Rameau: “You are optimistic about the situation.”
“Not really,” he raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes reflecting the passage of time, and smiled at his old minister. “I just think that there is one thing in the world that does not need to be calculated, and that is the law that new things will inevitably defeat old things.”
Ramo was stunned, his mind buzzing, as if the fog in front of his eyes had instantly dissipated and the chessboard of history was slowly unfolding.
This matter is extremely simple; it is the objective law of the development of things.
"As we all know, there are two kinds of old things in this world. One kind can be absorbed. The other kind is destined to be discarded."
There was some self-mockery in Yu Chen's tone, "In order not to be abandoned, I am trying to be the former."
As an immortal species, ten years is just a blink of an eye. Therefore, he would not feel offended by Bai Ling's "rise".
In order to observe this change closely, he was even willing to stand on the side of new things and become the biggest driving force behind the scenes.
Rameau thought of something: "So you have been prepared for this, but you just haven't found the right person yet?"
"Anyone could come before, but it's different now. It can only be Bai Ling." Yu Chen made a half-true and half-false joke, "If it's not him, I will sink the vault to the bottom of the sea."
The mermaid angrily sank the treasure chest.
Rameau: "..."
His eyes were filled with tears. Our monarch is truly wise, but he is also truly foolish when facing the queen.
Having said that, the tension level of the situation remains grim.
At 6:27 the next morning, the Revolutionary Army's First Fleet launched an attack on New Columbus. On the main ship "Wing Menglong", Bai Ling's cold voice appeared in all standby channels, "303rd Regiment, 406th Regiment, 79th Regiment bomber army, get ready. Head southwest, at an altitude of 10,000 feet in the atmosphere, dive at an angle of 70 degrees to drop bombs. Rotate a batch every 15 times."
After the bomb bay is filled, each aircraft can carry 35 missiles. A standard regiment has 1,000 people, and the three bombing regiments have a total of more than 3,000 people, so 105,000 conventional bombs will be consumed in each round.
Based on the minimum cost of 700,000 air-to-ground particle missiles, the Revolutionary Army will burn... 73.5 billion star coins in one day!
At 8:47 a.m., when the residents of New Columbus had just finished breakfast and were preparing to go to work, a dazzling silver light suddenly flashed across the sky outside the bus.
They leaned out of the car window and looked up, and saw countless blue and purple balls of light rushing down from the sky, like a meteor shower falling from outer space. When it flew to a height of 1,000 meters from the ground, the light ball slammed into the barrier violently. In the blink of an eye, a huge yellow flame burst out, followed by the explosion of countless light balls, forming a large cloud of dense smoke that covered the sky and the sun.
In just a few screams from the passengers on the bus, the sky had already become dark as if covered with dark clouds. The children in the car cried in fear, and the driver was so scared that he slammed on the brakes and almost hit the car in front.
The driver opened the door, turned around and yelled at the passengers, "Get out of the car! You should go to the bunker!"
An office worker cursed: "Damn it, no parking, I'm going to be late for work!"
Others were more indignant: "How dare Bai Ling, that bitch, actually lay hands on us."
"Shameless freak!"
"Back then, Bai Ke should have had an abortion. Giving birth to a placenta would be better than giving birth to such a beast."
A man wearing glasses came out to maintain order: "Don't panic, go down one by one and don't trample on them. Remember what the bishop said, you must believe in the technology of our Earth. The enemy's bombing is just a paper tiger and there is no way it can penetrate our barrier!"
Everyone calmed down and began to help each other harmoniously, "Yes! You are right!" "Yes, yes, don't panic, come on, I will help you."
Before running into cover, they looked up at the barrier again. Because of the dense, dumpling-like bombardment, it occasionally sank slightly to form a small vortex, as if the umbrella cloth was repeatedly dented and bounced by hail in a rainstorm.
The driver ran over, paused, and looked up at the sky with lingering fear, "Is this thing going to break?"
The man with glasses smiled and said, "Even if it is really broken, we have reinforcements. The festival will be held as scheduled. Nothing will affect us."
"But this Commander Xiaobai," the man raised his lips and looked at the sky darkened by the smoke from the explosion, "bullying unarmed civilians is not justice. Next, I'm afraid he will be responsible for his impulsiveness."
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The revolutionary army's attack this time was almost all-out and unprecedentedly large. It is hard not to pay attention to this matter wherever there is internet in the entire galaxy.
In the ruins of the capital planet, engineers were repairing cables and the Internet. They connected the power box and shouted to the command center, "Is the Internet available?"
Sava took out the terminal and watched the signal in the upper right corner change from "x" to three bars. It was a bit weak, but still usable. He made an OK gesture, "Okay! Thank you for your hard work."
The communication speed is very slow, so watching videos is impossible. It’s good enough to be able to read text news. Sava is located in the southeast corner of the artificial continent. Most of the areas here are civilian areas and were severely affected by the disaster.
While browsing, he tried to find some distress information on the Internet, organize it, and lead his men to rescue. But as my finger slid, suddenly a hot post with the tag [hot] popped up in front of me.
[The latest StarCraft world military expenditure rankings - I didn't expect that the one who spent the most was him? 】
[Third place]: Federation, military expenditure: 525.7 billion star coins, annual growth rate of 4%
[Second place]: Imperial National Army, military expenditure: 870.6 billion star coins, annual growth rate 10%
[First Place]: Imperial Revolutionary Army, Expenditure: 4 trillion, Annual Growth Rate: 10,000%
Comments below:
[This military expenditure is extremely high. I am a military novice and I don’t understand. What did the revolutionary army do to spend so much money? ]
[Go back upstairs, buy weapons and equipment, and build defense lookouts for each planet. Unlike the Imperial Army and the Federation, they started from scratch, so they definitely spent a lot more than the previous two.]
[What nonsense! Do you know what 4 trillion means? You're embarrassing yourself by not learning elementary school math well! According to the purchase quotation of the old empire, the cost of a fourth-generation military mecha is generally 3 million yuan per unit, and the cost of an ordinary civilian-grade mecha is 800,000 yuan. A frigate costs you 3 billion, a mothership 20 billion, and the three fleets of the Revolutionary Army are not yet fully equipped. Even if all the patrol ships and frigates are included, the total cost of the three fleets is no more than 1.2 trillion. Let me ask you, where did the remaining 2.8 trillion go? (rolls eyes)]
[It’s hard to hold back. Maybe it was embezzled, for example, a commander’s thermos cup was purchased for 200,000 yuan or something like that]
[The Imperials love to create gods. Now is the time for Bai Ling to reveal his true form.]
[I'd like to take this opportunity to say that I've actually always disliked him, but since everyone was praising him unanimously, I didn't dare to say anything. Now that the military embezzlement incident has been exposed, I feel like the person I hate has finally been discovered by everyone (laughing and crying)]
[I have a say in this. As an omega, his appearance is not good, and he is unlucky for his husband, father and mother. However, there is a way to resolve the problem. If you give birth to two children peacefully at home, they will definitely be safe throughout their lives. But if you insist on going against the will of heaven, you may end up dragging down the entire team.]
[I feel like what the above person said is so accurate! Would you like to have your palm read? ]
[Take it, PM me]
They share their opinions here, which inevitably attracts some supporters of the revolutionary army. The supporters were so angry that they started to criticize wildly:
What kind of monsters are there in this building? ! ]
[Commander Black and White, please tell me how much money you made so that I can make some too? ]
[Angry, upset, if you don’t like Commander Bai, please get out of the empire, okay? ]
…
The comments at the beginning of the post were all washed away and soon disappeared. Just when the matter was about to be settled, a new account suddenly threw a screenshot of the news into the post.
This screenshot is very clever, it is captured in two parts, one above the other. Originally, the contents of these two articles were unrelated, but when put together, they became ironic and intriguing.
The above content is: [Bai Ling launched a fierce attack. It is estimated that the bombing will cost a staggering 70 billion star coins! ]
The next one is: [The capital planet was severely hit by the earthquake. The Cyber Cult announced that it would donate 1 billion supplies to help the suffering. (Come on) We will get through it! ]
One is a warlike and spends money recklessly, while the other is a person who collects money everywhere to help people in need. The difference is obvious.
Some areas of the capital planet have just been connected to the Internet, and when some disaster victims saw this post, they felt dizzy and their hands were shaking with anger. He was finally rescued by an engineering team. Just as he took a bite of bread and sausage, he saw Bai Ling spending 70 billion worth of ammunition without any cost.
It’s not that we can’t fight a war, nor that we can’t spend money, but don’t you, Bai Ling, always say that the revolution is for the people? Everyone is suffering here now, and you don't even offer any sympathy, don't make any material donations, and don't even show any verbal concern. Aren't you a little too cold?
They couldn't help feeling a chill in their hearts, thinking that they had been betrayed again. Even the hot soup that had just been stuffed into their hands couldn't warm their hearts.
They would rather spend so much money to attack an insignificant planet than to jump over directly to save their families. Bai Ling, we really misjudged you...
It's not even as good as that cyber society.
Thinking of this, the man in the blanket suddenly raised his head, grabbed the guy who was distributing bread and asked, "Are you from the sect? Thank you."
The logistics guy was confused, "What sect?"
"Ah? Really? Then where are you from?"
The young man hesitated when he remembered the instructions above. Suddenly he saw the box in his arms, slapped his forehead and said, "Oh! We, we are employees of the Capital Star Branch of the United Canned Food Company. The self-heating kelp soup in your hand is our company's product."
The disaster victim expressed his gratitude, then changed his mind and asked curiously: "Why would a food company come to rescue us?"
The logistics guy didn't want to say more, and laughed, "I don't know, it's an order from above."
Then he ran away holding the box.
The victims still felt something was wrong, so while the terminal still had two bars of power left, they posted a question on StarNet, "Family members, we were just rescued by employees of the United Canning Company. What is the connection between this company and the Empire, and why are they so proactive in disaster relief?" ]
After a while, the people downstairs responded actively:
[You don’t even know this? The Cyber Cult called for donations in the Federation today. It must be Niu Ma, the young president of United Cans, who responded to the cult's call and went to rescue you, little fool. ]
[The Cyber Cult has a wide network of contacts, strong appeal, and very efficient actions. They should be on the front line in this disaster relief effort]
The victims felt relieved and replied: [So that’s how it is, they are really kind]
Downstairs said: [Yes, they don’t seek anything at all, they are just kind-hearted and want to make the world a better and more peaceful place]
After listening to the words of some passers-by and netizens, the disaster victim felt warm in his heart and came up with an idea - when things settle down, he will also join the sect and give back to society.
Coincidentally, as if to confirm what netizens said, on that day in the Federation, the United Canning Company really announced that it would donate money and canned goods to the Capital Star.
There was great joy on the Star Internet, with people praising young CEO Niu Ma for his internationalist spirit and being a good person.
[It’s great. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen people from all over the world helping each other.]
[I feel that there is more truth, goodness and beauty, and the corpse is warm]
However, the next piece of news made them explode -
United Can Company: "Our 200 million donation has been transferred."
Also attached are screenshots.
However, when everyone checked, they found that the corporate account actually belonged to the revolutionary army? ! ...It's over, it's over. I must have transferred it to the wrong account. I should have transferred it to Cyber Society but I entered the wrong account?
Everyone was so anxious that they started to go crazy @United Canning Company:
[Is the finance lady absent-minded? She transferred to the wrong place! ]
[Contact the bank quickly, it is still possible to withdraw the money now, oh my, I am so anxious]
Some people even went to Niu Ma's account and kindly reminded him.
The secretary who managed the account came over and asked the young president curiously, "Mr. Niu Ma, why did so many people come to say today that your donation was wrong?"
Niu Ma looked at the financial information and was confused. "That's right, I donated it to Commander Bai."
Secretary: "But what do you think of the situation?"
Niu Ma was still preparing the manuscript announcing his candidacy for the presidency. He didn't read it carefully at this moment. After thinking for a while, he realized, "Oh, maybe I didn't donate enough, so the imperial people came to protest against me?"
"Okay then," Niu Ma waved his hand with great pride, "Give them another 400 million to show them. Don't let them underestimate my friendship with Commander Bai!"
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