Steel Steam and Flame

When I arrived at the villa base, the sky was just bright.

In the hall, Delya and Waters looked sadly at the information gathered in their hands, and talked in a quiet voice.

Seeing Cassia back, the two of them stood up and said hello, finally showing a little joy.

"The recent rapid expansion of business on the black market has brought about bad troubles. It has already touched the interests of some fixed forces. Many threats have been passed to us in various forms, but fortunately, no positive has occurred yet. Fire clashes, they have their own concerns." Delya waited for Cassia to also sit at the table and directly explained the specific problem.

"It's a good thing and a bad thing." Waters on the side also said, "The good side is that these threats happen from the side that we don't want to see. It proves that our current development is indeed effective and has been better than us. The result is expected to be even better. But the downside is that although we had expected this kind of unavoidable situation before. It can be predicted that the time period will appear in more than half a year. In other words, we have not yet made a decision about this situation. sufficient preparation."

"There are indeed enough people on hand, but in terms of quality, there is no way to compare it with other fixed forces. With the advantage of weapons, we are not afraid of them. But if there really is a firepower conflict, something that is hard to build, They will all go backwards to the initial stage. Blindly do not respond, and what they do afterwards will definitely be more extraordinary. Neither aspect is what we want to see.” Delya has a headache, and she has considered this for a long time.

"I have discussed some plans with Waters. The best one is to shrink our strength first. To put it another way, it is to tailor one's own current business, give up part of the benefits, and show weakness to others. Months, after our own strength is enough, we will get back all our lost parts at once."

Waters showed a worried look at this moment: "It's just that even if we do, we are worried that the opposing forces will not let go. Because the threat has already been revealed, will they really be able to eat this benefit? To give us time to grow, or to say that after we get that part of the benefits, our minds will continue to expand and work directly on us. I can't figure out their thoughts, so now and the deputy head of the team, I have been embarrassed with the final decision. I thought of telling you about this a few days ago, but there is no way to contact you, the leader. We also know that you have more important things on the campus, so I didn’t rush to find you."

"It was a good decision not to come to me." Cassia didn't answer the two difficult questions first, and said something that seemed irrelevant. But only he knows the reason. "I will consider the communication issues in the next section, which has indeed caused a lot of trouble. I will ask my friends to help us build a more secure communication network. You need to inform me of the importance in the future. It’s best not to come to the military school. At present, our relationship, apart from me and you, almost no one knows. The military school is now a dangerous collection, and you will only get even bigger The troubles. And these troubles, we can’t deal with them in time.”

Cassia talk stopped here for a moment. Delya and Waters also showed clear expressions. The trouble Cassia said was probably what he was dealing with now. Both of them knew what kind of people were in the military school. The background forces behind him, none of them can provoke.

"How long can you maintain the current situation?" Cassia asked after reading most of the collected information, "I will find a way, it will take time. I originally brought you some things, but these will take more time to cultivate. A few days. After that, you should be able to make the final decision."

"No more than half a month. We can drag on by reducing the business on the black market." Waters thought for a while and replied, "Now the factory is also undergoing an industrial transformation plan. On the other side, perhaps it will be a more moderate approach. Some of the industries after the transformation are new areas for us. Opening up our own markets in the past will not pose a threat in the initial stage. Whether it is now or for a long time in the future The main part of our business is still in all kinds of weapons. The only thing is not only the quantity and quality. Steam machinery and airships are lacking in technology. Most of the core is in the hands of the empire, and the rest can be used. The part of the technology for production is now simply competing for output and cheapness within the empire."

"This is the rough conclusion that we came to after our recent investigation." Waters did not forget to add his own words, "In the black market, only weapons, energy, and surgery-related things have the attributes of huge profits. And we only touched on weapons. By the point, energy roughly refers to various types of glow tubes, which can not be found. The mining of limestone mine not only requires a large number of top geographers, but also the investment of mining machinery in the early stage is also a bottomless pit. And in post-production, A mature mechanic is indispensable. It is a dead end for us. Needless to say, it may be possible to cooperate with some doctors in the dark world, but that can only get the technical aspect. It is not the core of profiteering. , The raw material for surgery is."

Cassia remembered the spider-type mining machine assembly he saw under Gerun Oasis, and shook his head first.

He and Delya also laughed helplessly at this time. The main raw materials for surgery come from dragons, and there are many hormones needed for preparation, etc. The source of these things is mostly in the limit region. Even Cassia has only heard of these two. The dragon can be considered half of the face. But wanting to get them at the source is tantamount to a joke.

The breeding of dragons is definitely impossible, and the same result will be the same for a long time in the future. That can be one of the core of the empire. Most of the things about dragons that circulate in the black market now come from the forces of the Quartet and the emperor. As for the raw materials for extracting hormone components, the extreme area does not seem to be a place where you can simply enter and exit at will.

Even if you get these, each of the precision machinery extracted and produced is at an unimaginable price.

Cassia smacked her mouth, there was no smell inside.

"Have you ever thought of doing positive business?" Cassia asked suddenly, the dark world is only a part of the empire. Compared with the huge population base of the empire, the number of people involved is not much. It is the formal business in the empire that feeds most ordinary people.

Delya had an inexplicable smile, and Waters didn't know how to answer. I knew that this was just an idea that Cassia put forward for a while, like inspiration, but they still couldn't search for a suitable sentence in their head to answer.

"Probably not. Most of the ways in the empire that can make huge profits in a short time are in dozens of thick legal documents. The reason why the dark world continues to attract people is precisely because it is not affected by these laws and rules. Supervision. Leader, you know this very well.” Delya thought for a while, and said tentatively, “We have the funds to do a positive business, but there are too many hard conditions. Even if we want to use a positive weapon Trading business, we can’t pass the first point. We need to submit information to the Imperial Management Agency to apply for the corresponding qualifications, just like the Knights. But there are more terms and restrictions. To clear the process and relationships, we still have to go around. To unclean means."

"The exception is the Weber Arms Company. The Empire’s highest authority has their people in the Imperial Assembly. They personally participated in the formulation of the most basic laws of the empire. This is something that no one can compare. And, We are better able to adapt to the environment of the dark world and survive."

Cassia knew that he was only talking about the sentence just now, and would not get any results. Finally, it returned to how to deal with the trouble of black market business. Cassia also considered asking Ye Jielin and others for help after going back to school this time. It's just that Delrin's threat needs to be carefully watched. It is not a wise choice to get out of the military school at this time. It was not long before Ye Jielin's team left Manoma, and the Ato Ring had only intelligence help. In the end, Selmer didn't have to think about anything except himself.

If you want to spend money to hire powerful mercenaries, you can see results in a short time. Nearly half a year, Delya also had enough funds.

"All converted ~www.readwn.com~ is about six billion sacred coins."

"So much!" Cassia himself was surprised.

"It's everything, most of the source of funds, or the factory itself taken over by Weber." Delya said quite discouraged. "The actual money available now is only billions, and it will be more. Less. Many customers have not settled the money for the goods and have been owed. There is a lot of this money, but it is basically not included in our actual income. Because once they die, they are destined to be unable to recover. This has happened several times. There is no way to solve the problem, and we are also involved in an endless loop."

"Because if they are getting more weapons and can survive in the near future, not only can we receive the money owed, but the return will be huge enough. This has to make us often do something between the two The choice is whether to continue to transport weapons in the past, or not to take back the arrears and close them in time.” There was a flickering light on Waters’s face, “It is the nature of the dubo. The business on weapons, except for new customers, is somewhat long-term. The transactions between the people who are going to and from them are all in this model. One-off transactions are things that many people hope to encounter."

Cassia didn't understand the words of Delya and Waters more and more. In the black market business, he had never understood the detailed rules in depth except for a simple equivalent exchange.