In the Battle of Red Eagle Valley initiated by the United Matrix more than five years ago, armed helicopters appeared on the battlefield for the first time, shocking the entire Western Region.
Moreover, with the civil strife in the empire, the embargo policy on weapons of mass destruction in the Western Regions has also been loosened.
King Baoyue even bought an armed helicopter. After all, he was wealthy and ordinary city-states could not afford to buy it.
However, the helicopter was not used in the war. King Baoyue's eldest son encountered bad weather when it crashed while riding it, and his eldest son was killed.
King Baoyue was so sad that he even issued a decree not to allow any aircraft to appear in the southern city-state.
Of course, in fact, no one in the southern city-state could afford an aircraft except him, so this law was unnecessary.
But today, a helicopter landed in the square in front of the temple in Baoyue City. King Baoyue even brought his luxuriously dressed retinues to play welcome music to greet him, causing a sensation in the whole city.
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The splendid temple, the huge statue of the god is made of pure gold, the tableware and tables are also made of pure gold, the yellow color is dazzling, and the dishes are extremely luxurious.
King Baoyue and his beloved concubine hosted a banquet for Lu Ming. They said it was a secret conversation between the three of them, but there were dozens of male and female slaves waiting around.
To King Baoyue, these slaves were certainly not human beings and had no chance of leaking secrets.
Lu Ming only tasted the dishes in front of him. King Baoyue said with a smile: "Village wine and wild vegetables made Representative Li laugh!"
He was a fat white man like a mountain of flesh, with a ball of flesh slumped there, making it difficult to move. I wonder if An Lushan was just like him back then.
In fact, even though Mrs. Sanjin must have softened the vocabulary a lot when translating, Lu Ming could see the arrogance in King Baoyue's eyes. He obviously felt that he didn't understand what these dishes were and how precious they were, so he was helpless. Everything is simple and easy to taste.
It's like roasting the tongue tip of an extremely rare bird on a plate. This kind of bird is inherently small, and its tongue tip is even smaller. A full plate would have hundreds of tongues.
Including the translator Mrs. Sanjin, each of the four people had a plate on the table in front of them. That would be thousands of birds. This is an endangered bird in the Western Regions. It is similar to a parrot and can learn human speech, so in The nobles of the Western Regions all believed that eating the tongue of this bird could prolong life. However, nowadays, this kind of bird is rarely seen in the Western Regions. This simple roasted bird's tongue would require many people to hunt the birds.
Lu Ming smiled at King Baoyue and said: "Your Excellency, these are not important. But if you are really ambitious, not only to restore the glory of your ancestors, but also not to be dominated by the city-states in the north. Now you should live frugally and keep the treasury full. If so, use it more on weapons and equipment!"
King Baoyue's expression changed slightly. Naturally, he rarely heard Lu Ming's harsh words.
Concubine Baoyue on the side looks very young, with a childish look on her face. She is clearly only thirteen or fourteen years old, but she is able to become the master of Queen Baoyue's harem. Obviously, it is not just because of her pretty appearance, lithe figure, and black gemstone. He looked at Lu Ming with deep eyes as if he were interested, then chuckled and said: "What Representative Li said is true, but my lord, the king, is rich in the world, and has a lot of gold in his car, but he has no way to buy the heavy guns and cannons from the East. I asked Representative Li to help with this."
Lu Ming nodded: "That's no problem, but for war, weapons are important, and the people who use weapons are the key. As far as I know, when His Excellency King Baoyue fought with the northern city-state at the beginning of this year, except for Moro The rest of the 'soldiers' are vulnerable, so the 'Shlenis' are taking the opportunity to rebel one after another?"
Moro is a professional soldier in the southern city-state, similar to military households for generations, but with a very high status.
'Shreni' are soldiers temporarily recruited from civilians and slaves.
After listening to Mrs. Sanjin's interpretation, King Baoyue slammed the table and muttered a few words in a stern tone.
Mrs. Sanjin beside Lu Ming hesitated, but did not translate. It seemed that King Baoyue was angry and scolding Lu Ming.
Lu Ming smiled: "I think we are not yet mature enough for in-depth communication, so I'll take my leave now!" After saying that, he stood up, turned around and walked out.
Mrs. Sanjin hurriedly translated and hurriedly followed.
Lu Ming'er heard a commotion of dishes behind him, and he knew that King Baoyue was so angry that he overturned the table.
The golden plate and golden bowl made no sound of breaking.
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In the evening, King Baoyue's younger brother Bao Riluo came to the Samurai Palace.
The temple, the royal palace, and the noble manor in the center of the city can actually be regarded as an integrated grotto complex, covering an area of tens of thousands of acres. In Lu Ming's previous life, they were extremely majestic and magnificent monuments that reflected high architectural standards.
The Samurai Palace where Lu Ming lives is part of the temple.
Lu Ming and his personal entourage were arranged to live here, which was the most solemn courtesy, at least when they first arrived in Baoyue City.
Baoyue City is located in the southern part of the Western Region. It is extremely hot in summer. Lu Ming feels that this may be the equatorial zone, and the surrounding mountains and deserts prevent the high temperature from dissipating.
It is now the end of October, already the late autumn season, but the city is still like a steamer.
Therefore, the cold grotto building with extremely thick stone walls is like a paradise here, completely isolated from the sultry heat outside, making it cool and comfortable.
Moreover, inside the grotto, not only is it spacious and elegant, but the furniture is also very modern.
The temple grotto where Lu Ming lives is divided into more than a dozen spaces. Generally speaking, it can be regarded as three floors. You can enter the high-rise cave through huge stone steps, but the layout is of course completely different from the three floors of modern buildings.
Entering the main hall, you can see with the naked eye the huge stone steps leading to the majestic statue of the god, and the entrance to the cave with three levels.
The function of the main hall is basically to receive guests, hold banquets, etc.
The huge five-story stone statue in the Samurai Temple is called Samurai Dharma King. It is a very important god in the mythology system of the southern city-state. He presides over the purgatory on earth. He has a ferocious face and a golden helmet. Colorful curtains.
The nobles of the southern city-states are not taboo against the gods. Instead, they believe that they are qualified to live with the gods. In this way, the gods will protect their families.
The most formal seat in the Samsara Hall is the huge stone toe of Samsara King, and Lu Ming is currently sitting on it.
Bao Riluo was sitting on a stone bench behind a low table a few steps away, which was the end of the silk ribbon on Samsara Karmapa's body.
Bao Riluo was in his early forties, and he was at the opposite end of the spectrum from his brother. He was slender and beautiful, with deep black eyes full of wisdom.
"Dear representative, my lord, the king, is willing to pay thirty-six holes of gold to purchase military supplies, but it must be the latest weapons. Can the representative do it?" Bao Riluo smiled.
Lu Ming felt helpless. King Baoyue lost his temper because he wanted to show himself how big his family and business were.
However, with such a response, the provoking method he used when they first met had an effect.
According to the unit of gold measurement in the southern city-state, one hole of gold is probably nearly half a ton, and thirty-six holes is equivalent to eighteen tons.
Gold is calculated based on the imperial standard of three taels of gold bars. One standard gold bar costs about 1,000 yuan, and one ton of gold costs about 6 million imperial coins.
Eighteen tons, worth more than 100 million imperial coins.
Bao Riluo lowered his voice, "On behalf of your lord, my little girl told me what I said on behalf of your lord in front of the king. Therefore, you don't need to take the king's joke too seriously. I understand. Although the empire's ban on sales has been It exists in name only, but the outside world is still somewhat scrupulous about transporting weapons to our Western Region, and they don’t want to be caught. Weapons worth hundreds of millions of dollars are difficult for the representative, but since the representative has been recognized by the king, please work hard and do as much as possible. Purchase sophisticated weapons for our department!”
Lu Ming nodded. In fact, coming here seems to be a proxy war.
Prepare to arm the southern city-states and contain the central city-state group supported by the punk trade.
I came with a budget of 200 million yuan, of which 100 million yuan was for the punk trade.
Of course, this 200 million yuan is the entire recent budget of the Special Work Department in the Western Region, and not all of it will be provided to the southern city-states for free.
But looking at it now, it seems that not only is there no need for free support, but there is an unexpected surprise that can enrich the principality's gold reserves.
The Baoyue King family has ruled the southern part of the Western Region for thousands of years, and seems to have accumulated a lot of hard currency such as gold.
King Baoyue opened his mouth and asked for thirty-six holes of gold. He was afraid that his family's gold reserves would be worth a hundred holes.
After thinking about it randomly, Lu Ming said with a smile: "For thirty-six holes of gold, I think two Destroyers can be used, but if they are used in combat, they need to take off from the airport on the Thoroston side to support the operation, and then refuel there. The class is also convenient, but you can’t participate often. You can bomb the opponent at critical moments. It’s best to fight at night so that the opponent doesn’t know where our attack planes come from. Otherwise, there will be some trouble. Of course, sooner or later, we can’t hide it from others, so we will do our best. It may delay the time for the other party to discover the truth."
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"Destroyer? Attack aircraft?" Bao Riluo obviously didn't understand, but he was very excited and curious.
Mrs. Sanjin directly transliterated these two words, but Bao Riluozi wouldn't understand the free translation.
Lu Ming smiled and said: "I'll tell you later. Let me think about it first. Well, as for the rest, we will purchase conventional weapons. My think tanks have analyzed and studied the weapons supplied by the punk trade to the central city-state group. We can choose targeted weapons. However, I still say that the most important thing in war is people. Moreover, it will take time to train your Moro army to use new weapons and equipment proficiently, so you still have a Choose, if you provide the necessary funds, I can help you contact mercenaries. If the central city-state notices something is wrong and there is any change in the near future, mercenaries can be used to temporarily stop it."
"Mercenary?" Bao Riluo's eyes lit up.
"It's called the joint matrix." Lu Ming smiled.
In fact, of course the real United Matrix no longer exists. The United Matrix that was originally stationed in the Western Regions has been integrated into the regular army of the Principality.
The joint matrix that still exists in the Western Regions today belongs to the second generation. The successors are all local soldiers trained by veterans. They are all local soldiers. Only the senior officers are from Zhongzhou. They are the first line of defense to safeguard the interests of the Oil City. If encounter If they find an enemy they can't deal with, the Petroleum Corps in Oil City can immediately assemble into a powerful armed force.
Over there, after listening to Lu Ming's words, Bao Riluo's eyes brightened, "Sir, can you tell me what the combat effectiveness of the joint matrix you mentioned is like?"
Lu Ming smiled and said: "They..."
Lu Ming and Bao Riluo chatted for more than four hours until late at night.
When Bao Riluo left, his face was full of smiles.
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In the bathroom cave on the second floor, Lu Ming was lying comfortably in the stone bath. The steam was steaming. I don’t know how many slaves burned a fire outside to heat the hot water and poured it into the bath. It also flowed out from the side drain. It was somewhat similar to artificial There are hot springs, but the artificial hot springs in this temple are all supported by huge manpower.
There was a soft sound of footsteps, and Lu Ming opened his eyes, only to see Mrs. Sanjin and Papaya standing by the bath. Both of them were wearing thin snow-white nightgowns. Papaya lowered his head, not daring to look at Lu Ming, and his white hands were tense. twisted together.
Mrs. Sanjin's beautiful eyes were very peaceful, as if it was a normal thing, and she whispered: "Master has been running around non-stop since he came to the Western Region. I think he is very tired. Today, he really has time to wash away his fatigue. Nu and Papa Ya are the masters. To clean the dirt and remove the fatigue?”
In fact, for the two of them, Mrs. Sanjin has always been a saint serving God, but it is natural.
Lu Ming smiled and said: "There's no need to take a bath. You can take a bath together. It's hard work for me. Not to mention saving time, it also saves the poor people outside having to keep lighting fires and fetching water." As he spoke, he picked up the stone platform. The snow-white bath towel covered her lower body in the water.
Nowadays, it seems that these things don't matter to them. They are also girls who can't be driven away by themselves. In fact, it's not that they have to be men and women, but they are like their own property, an object, and there is nothing to be too concerned about. Much to avoid.
Mrs. Sanjin's beautiful eyes flashed with joy, but Papaya was nervous and at a loss. She followed Mrs. Sanjin's example and confessed first, then carefully entered the water, and then walked to Lu Ming's side, saying that she didn't need to help the master clean the dirt. , but still sat very close to the owner.
Lu Mingzao leaned against the soft water pillow and closed his eyes. After a while, he asked: "Sanjin, what do you think of Bao Riluo?"
"He is very smart. If the master intends to support him to replace King Baoyue, I think it is inappropriate." Mrs. Sanjin said softly from the side.
Lu Ming nodded and asked, "In Bate City, there is no custom of nieces marrying uncles."
Mrs. Sanjin said: "Yes, this is a land of southern barbarians, and it has many stereotypes and customs."
That Concubine Baoyue turned out to be Bao Riluo's daughter. Bao Riluo and King Bao Yue were brothers, that is, they had the same father and mother.
Therefore, Concubine Baoyue was King Baoyue's biological niece, but she became King Baoyue's favorite concubine and the local princess.
Nanman? Lu Ming laughed dumbly. It turned out that there was also a chain of contempt between city-states.
