If they discover the headquarters of the Thunder Gate, they will rush up like hungry wolves and give the Thunder Gate a thunderous blow. Li Cong's people have been waiting for a long time. As long as they dare to be exposed, it will definitely give them a chance

There is no return. So these people are holding back. Even if the people of the three empires bully themselves, what can they do? Apart from sleeping, they have no other choice but to let the Eastern Empire fight alone.

If they can survive this period, they will have the final say in the future, and the initiative will return to their hands. But will the Cao Family Trading Company let them survive this period? That is absolutely impossible. You guys support me.

The past means that our end is coming.

You are always a very good master in strategic control. Not to mention the talented people under him, even he himself will never let such a thing happen. The fleet has been automatically added to five. Wu Zhijian is right.

They attack the major ports along the Eastern Empire day and night. As long as they hear that something important needs to be unloaded or shipped out at the port, their fleet will appear like ghosts and bombard the entire port.

The people of the empire have dispatched a large number of manpower, including magicians, but unfortunately they still failed to capture these fleets. This is because the speed of the fleets is surprisingly fast, and they all start attacking within a dozen kilometers of the sea.

They carried out an attack, which was definitely not a short distance. Even if the flying magician found them, they would be of no use. These fleets would escape even faster. The magicians could not stay for a long time at sea. If they were on land, they would not be able to stay long.

It's easy to catch them.

In the past, people from the Eastern Empire were very proud to tell people from the other three empires that they were the overlords of the sea. But now these people just appear from the sea, but they can't do anything to them. Aren't you the overlords of the sea?

Didn’t you say that as long as there are enemies at sea, you can catch them? Why don’t you say anything now? How powerful are you? What did you tell us in normal times? Now you are letting people attack us secretly.

It was a complete mess. After knowing the news, the top leaders of the three empires wanted to have a banquet to celebrate. They all wanted to know what was going on? Even the Southern Empire suffered a loss from Li Cong a while ago. They also wanted to know.

Is this because the pirates have now moved to the Eastern Empire? After careful calculation, they have not encountered these so-called pirates on the southern coast of the Southern Empire for a long time. It seems that the Eastern Empire is the one that has the biggest headache.

At this time, I gave a big sigh of relief. As long as it doesn't come to me, everything will be fine.

There is another difficulty in the Eastern Empire. The young people in the country refuse to join the army. In the past, joining the army could keep one's family from going hungry. Now joining the army will really lead to death. Don't talk about defending the place.

Everyone is not a fool. For the same county, nearly three thousand people have been pulled out this month. However, these three thousand people have not even received a letter. What happened to them? They are dead.

According to some sources in the Eastern Empire, the monthly consumption on the frontline battlefields is as high as tens of millions of people. This kind of army consumption is affordable for the huge Eastern Empire, but so many people died.

The entire war situation has not changed at all. The people cannot accept this. If so many people die, they can win, which is worth it. Unfortunately, there is no hope of victory now. The Cao Family Trading Company's army is like a nail.

They were just staring there so they couldn't move forward.

The ruling and opposition parties in the Eastern Empire were no longer monolithic. At the beginning, they all supported the fierce attack to open the passage, but it was different now. He did not see that the Linghu family had already begun to decline at this time. It seemed that the royal family was against them.

It’s not that you take too much seriously, many enemies of the Linghu family have begun to accuse them, including the Jia family that you made friends with when you led the empire. The senior leaders of the Jia family are not fools, and they also know how to take advantage of this opportunity.

, if this opportunity is really lost, the Linghu family will soon recover. At that time, for them, those who drink three to four times will definitely not have a good life. They will kill you while you are sick.

This sentence is no joke. Everyone understands that at this time, they are all trying their best to make trouble for the Linghu family, hoping that she will not be able to take revenge in the future.

The boy Linghu was put back by Li Cong a long time ago. After this guy returned, he started to gather his own forces. Different from the forces of the Linghu family, they were completely subordinate to his own strength and had nothing to do with the royal family.

This boy did not disappoint you. After returning, more than one-tenth of the power of the Linghu family was actually under this small man. You must know that the Linghu family is a very large family. Even with the other three empires,

The royal family is not far behind in comparison. He can gather a few tenths of the strength. This boy is definitely not an ordinary person. Of course, Li Cong gave him a lot of help and brought back thousands of five people.

Level 5 warriors. Thousands of level 5 warriors are already very powerful for ordinary families, but for the Linghu family, this is nothing at all. Coupled with the 50 billion taels of silver given to him by Li Cong, this

It’s nothing. In the eyes of the big family, this money is just a drop in the bucket, but this kid used these things to create the current situation.

If someone said that this kid has no talent, Li Cong would definitely not believe it. It is impossible for a person without ability to take down less than 10% of the country. This kid just took it down. Even Wu Zuoxi admitted that he seemed to be

He had misjudged this boy. He had to say that Li Cong had a very ruthless vision and was very accurate in judging people. This boy wanted to send some news about the Eastern Empire front line to Li Cong. Otherwise, Li Cong would

How can the defense line against him last for a year? In this year, you have lost tens of millions of troops yourself, and the Eastern Empire has lost ten times as much as they have. You have never lost too much.

people, but the money lost was a lot. Li Cong invested nearly 70 billion taels of silver in the entire war. Of course he would not pay this money himself. The other three empires also had troubles.

Each person in the empire must spend 20 billion in silver, otherwise Li Cong will withdraw his troops. The threat at this time is quite effective.

Countries all say that their country's finances are very difficult. They not only gave half of it to Li Cong, but also gave the other half to Li Cong for loans. What Li Cong wants most now is their own loans, and he is afraid that you won't give them to me.

When I ask you to give me a loan, one thing is that the interest can be afforded, and another thing is that you need a mortgage. The government must not keep its words. If you do not keep its words, the people of the entire country will not believe it. In the future, you

Your credibility has been reduced to the lowest. At this time, if you release some evidence, no one may believe you. Of course, the three empires are not fools. They have also sent some officials to the front line. What do they want to see about all the money?

How was it spent? When these officials arrived at the front line, they were immediately trapped by the delicious food, fish and meat. There were also some beauties from this department, exotic beauties. Of course, Li Tong asked him to say whatever he wanted.

Having said that, the court received news that the front line really spent so much money.

Officials from the imperial court came one after another, but the results were the same when they came back. They couldn't all be bribed by Li Cong. The three empires didn't believe this result, but there was nothing they could do except

Apart from continuing to send people over to take a look, I really can't think of any other way. What is going on with these people? They were really bribed by Li Cong. No matter what kind of person you are, as long as you are a person, you will

Having its own weaknesses, Li Cong's intelligence agency set up an organization specifically to target these so-called imperial ministers, but we can find whatever you like and want. In the face of these things, you

You will definitely fall into depravity and listen to the words of the Cao Family Trading Company. You will forget all about your mission here. After spending a very pleasant month here, you can then return to your way back. How about going back?

Say you all understand it yourself.

If you talk nonsense after you go back, there will be corresponding sanctions here. For example, how much money did you get here? How many women you slept with are all recorded, and these may be in the capital when you go back.

If the news spreads, how will you behave? Even if you tell the court about this news, the court will give you a great credit, but how will you get along after these scandals are spread? You still want to be an official and be a normal person

It was impossible for the common people to do anything. Under such pressure, these people became Li Cong's vassals. After they returned, they told the court the same thing. The front line was really short of money, and some soldiers were even hungry.

Yes, and after these people returned, they all said that the situation on the front line was very bad and that they were about to be breached. Without further support, the situation might take a turn for the worse.

Their report directly stated that the three empires were in panic. If the Cao Family Trading Company's army could not withstand the Eastern Empire's army, then the people from the Thunder and Lightning Sect would quickly return to the Eastern Empire. The Thunder and Lightning Sect had accumulated huge manpower, material and financial resources.

If they are allowed to return to the East Empire, the power of the East Empire will undoubtedly become stronger. When the three empires join forces, they will only be able to give them a tie. This is absolutely impossible. The East Empire has great strength and it will never be defeated.

Even if he is satisfied with the current situation, he will not be satisfied with ruling a quarter of the continent. He will at least demand to rule more than half. So where should the other quarter come from? It should come from the three empires.

From a geographical point of view, the distance between the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire is the farthest. However, it is not ruled out that the Western Empire will suffer huge losses. Although there will be no territorial losses, there will be huge losses in compensation and other aspects.

Loss.

The top leaders of the three empires immediately gathered together again. They were all discussing the situation on the front line and whether they should continue to supplement Li Cong. The number of troops in county-level cities now exceeds one billion. Among these one billion people,

There are about 50 to 60 million people on the front line, and the rest are all stationed in the three empires. The current basic policy of the Cao Family Trading Company is that if you expand my army by 100 million people, I will dispatch 10 million troops.

If you go to the front line, if this ratio is not reached, I will not send troops there, and I will retreat a certain distance every day to make you feel a sense of crisis. This is like playing with fire. If you don't play well, you will

He will set himself on fire. Li Tong himself is a master tactician. He will never let such a thing happen. So far, they have played very well. At least the three major empires and the Eastern Empire are about to be defeated by him.

played.

In the long run, the three empires must still support Li Cong at this time, but what do they have in their hands? The three empires have experienced a long period of peace, and they have squandered all the wealth they should have accumulated.

If they want to form an army, they must have money. If they mobilize local armies, the local defense will become very insufficient. You must know that the society in this era is not completely peaceful. It is absolutely impossible to mobilize some of the emperor's pro-army troops.

These troops are the guarantee for defending the empire. Who knows if sending all your troops to the front line will catch fire in your rear? Especially the Southern Empire. What they are most worried about now is the return of those pirates. There are hundreds of millions of people along the coast of the Southern Empire.

The army, those are waiting for the pirates.

The only way is to continue to let the Cao Family Trading Company recruit troops. After they install the army training equipment and a series of other things, Li will not care about it from now on. He wants to leave all these things to the three empires to complete. I

What I want is a finished army, not these ordinary people. When I couldn't raise it before, I had to go out on my own. At that time, you said I was powerful and powerful. But now it's better. I won't recruit anymore.

What? I want you to train with me and deliver it to me personally. The three empires are in trouble at this time. Why didn't you think about having a good relationship with Li Cong before? Now let him ride on your own.

I deserve the pain on my neck. When I had a good opportunity, I didn't take advantage of it. Now that I don't have a good opportunity, I can only wait for someone to kill me.

Of course, borrowing is also absolutely indispensable. Li Cong has made a new war plan. In the next year, the entire line will require about 2000 billion silver. The three empires were frightened to carry this amount. They would never know how to do it.

I believe that the front line needs so much money. Even if all the officials tell them that the front line needs so much money, they will not believe it. How do you fight on the front line every day? Are you throwing silver around to fight?

Otherwise, how could this number come out? Even if the three empires cut back on all expenditures and do not eat or drink, they still have to spend nearly half of their financial resources to supply the front line. This is no longer a small-scale battle, this is already a battle.

It was a battle for the entire empire, but there were only a few hundred million people on both sides of the front line. How could they spend so much money? Soon, the three empires understood what was going on. Li Cong was asking for a lot of money and needed them to come here.

Pay back the money.

Taking into account their financial situation, the three empires could only agree to provide Li Cong with military expenditures of 811 billion silver. Li Cong was very satisfied with this figure. After all, the real expenditure on the front line was not that much at all, so he had to spend one-tenth of it.

It's enough to come here. This has to take into account some modern weapons obtained from the earth. For example, the hand grenade is very cheap on the earth. After arriving here, you said it cost as much as 520 taels of silver each.

People from the three major empires have also seen that this thing is indeed very powerful. If it is really accurate, such a thing can kill a tank in the Eastern Empire. You must know that the tank costs hundreds of thousands of taels.

Silver, calculated this way, there is still a gap of tens of thousands of times. It is possible for a large number of people to know this thing. If Li Cong proposed to make chariots, they would feel distressed. Those chariots are of no use.

With so much money, it would be better to make this grenade. Some people in the three empires still feel that Li Cong has saved them a lot of money at this time. Such a thing is probably what they can think of.

With this number, even among the three major empires, it is definitely not a small amount. No one in the finances of the three major empires is willing to save this money. They have no choice but to continue borrowing money from the Cao Family Commercial Bank. At this time, their
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