Shadow Empire - Chapter 956: Jed's Advisors and Military Industrial Group

Then the army is the greatest confidence of a country's ruler.

Under normal circumstances, it might take some time to gather an army of 200,000 people, and not everyone is willing to join the army.

Moreover, the current situation is rather special. Joining the army means participating in combat, which means there is a possibility of injury or even death.

But just like the sentence above, the current situation is special and famine is still raging.

Especially in some more chaotic areas, they simply gave up this year's spring plowing, which also means that in the autumn harvest four months later, most places will face a situation of no harvest.

The famine will continue.

Of course, there is good news. The good news is that Diego intends to fight a fierce battle with these anti-government armed forces, which means that at least hundreds of thousands of people will die in the ensuing war.

If we lose this group of people with the greatest demand for food, the famine situation will be significantly alleviated.

They were equipped with equipment obtained from the Republic of Jede, and planned to start clearing out the forces around the Zhuolan area from south to north, and then further expand the "Orthodox Area".

The area governed by the real government is referred to as the orthodox area.

Perhaps influenced by the federal-controlled area, Diego plans to give his own territory a name.

Although his naming ability was not very good, everyone chose to accept it because... at least it was just a name and not something else excessive.

"…The anti-government armed forces led by Pedro, Ross and others are the cause of national unrest and the source of all disasters."

When he said this, he subconsciously glanced at Lance, who was standing on the edge of the balcony and was the first to attend the "Declaration of War Observation Ceremony", as well as the Federal Ambassador to Lapa and some other diplomats beside him.

Everyone knew what this look meant, because the person who actually caused the turmoil was in this city, right next to him, less than twenty meters away from him.

But it was this twenty-meter distance that made him, the nominal highest ruler of this country, helpless. This has to be said to be a tragedy, the tragedy of the weak.

At the same time, this is actually a warning and a deterrent to those ministers.

"I believe that with the joint efforts of all of you and me, we will be able to resolve everything perfectly, whether it is the turbulent domestic situation or famine..."

He started talking about his future political policies, but Lance and the others were distracted.

"He has a lot of soldiers under his command recently and has become a little arrogant." The federal ambassador to Lapa was somewhat dissatisfied with Diego's previous look.

According to what he was thinking, he now hoped that some anti-government armed forces would rush in and shoot him in the head a few times.

Lance chuckled twice, tucked his chin in slightly, and turned his head to look elsewhere, so as not to expose his lip shape to Diego and the people around him.

"You don't have to be so angry. He actually got himself into a big trouble."

This sentence made the eyes of people around Lance focus on him. The ambassador asked with some confusion, "What stupid thing did he do again?"

As the highest official sent by the International Economic Cooperation Agency, Albert is somewhat sensitive to economics, markets, and capital.

He immediately realized, "You mean, the domestic military-industrial complex?"

Lance nodded slightly. "Gray Industries and Magre Industries will both be sending people here, as will other military companies. They will also send specialists here soon."

When people heard about these military-industrial groups and learned some of the inside information, they couldn't help but gasp.

Just like an ordinary company, some shareholders hold more shares and some shareholders hold less shares.

At present, people may think that some financial consortiums, or consortiums that hold a monopoly position in a certain industry, such as the "Ten Oil Brothers" and the "Steel Big Three", are the largest shareholders in this country.

But in fact, there is a group of people who are catching up with these old major shareholders at an extremely fast speed, and that is the military-industrial group.

This war has actually only been going on for two years, but it is during these two years that domestic military-industrial enterprises have begun to develop wildly.

The Federation had previously done a statistic that found that the annual expenditure for a federal soldier from start to finish was approximately more than four hundred dollars.

If you get involved in a battle and the battle is fierce and the intensity is high, then the money will continue to expand.

The cost of equipment for individual soldiers alone is approximately 2 billion federal soles a year. Of course, the specific scale and accuracy of this number is still debatable, but there will not be much difference.

With so much money, how many terrifying interest groups and industrial groups can be spawned?Just like this time when the front line said that the semi-automatic rifles were not easy to use, Gray Industries began to quickly iterate and manufacture and started to replace them with fully automatic rifles.

Magre Industries also began to iterate frantically and promoted more projects to be added to military procurement.

In the words of some organizations, over the past two years, the federal government has spent approximately six billion dollars on various military purchases. The influence and destructive power of this money in the federation are astonishing!Moreover, the military industry itself is a group that has access to the top federal dignitaries. Although there is still fierce competition among them, barriers are also being formed.

These capital groups that people usually don’t notice are expanding wildly and uncontrollably, and have become a super monster in places that people can’t see!

They came to Lapa, obviously because they had their eyes on the market here.

But this is also the result that Lance and the others want.

If the country is not in chaos, how can the redemption of the Federation be demonstrated?How can the Federation be like a ray of light that shines into the hearts of the Lapa people who are living in hell?When they looked at Diego again, there was some pity in their eyes. There was no doubt that the government forces would soon face well-equipped anti-government forces, who might even have received military training.

In order to make their weapons sell well, they will definitely send some officers to train these anti-government armed forces so that they can fight the government forces more persistently and on a larger scale.

Diego waved his fists and shouted "Long live Lapa" as he roared about the future and his desire for power. The entire square in front of the presidential palace was filled with thunderous cheers.

The others also left.

Next up is a... social event.

Lance and the others were all invited to attend, and they more or less felt that Diego might have something to say.

This social event was more like a buffet or a cocktail party, and it took place inside the Presidential Palace.

"I happen to have a friend who knows a lot about wine." He turned and looked at a man next to him in a white dress.

The guy nodded slightly and raised his glass to greet everyone.

"Fernandez is my good friend, an old friend. You may not know him very well, but it doesn't matter." "Because we will get along with each other often in the future."

"He will be invited to serve as the general counsel in the President's office..."

The federal ambassador must be more familiar with Lapa's top leaders than Lance. Lance still can't recognize who their ministers are.

But the federal ambassador shook his head and said, "I have never seen or heard of such a person."

His face was full of confusion. The top leadership of the Lapa government was actually very simple. Together with the Lavila family, there were five clans and some extended people.

He had indeed never heard of this person.

Now the top leaders of Lapa are clearly divided into three factions. One part stands on Diego's side. Seeing that Diego easily gathered so many military forces and had the support of the Republic of Czechoslovakia behind him, these people continue to maintain an attitude of aligning with him.

Some people cannot see clearly the direction of the future. Sometimes Diego is strong, sometimes the Federation is strong, but this is not the Federation’s homeland after all. They are not sure whether the Federation can definitely make it to the end, so they maintain a neutral attitude of not offending anyone.

There are also some people, such as Minister Rabble of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has received instructions from Senator Cleveland on the federal side. He is a typical capitulationist.

This may not sound nice, so let’s change the name to “positive and progressive thinkers”.

There are not many of these people at present and they have yet to be developed.

The person who asked Diego this question was a senior government official who was sitting on the fence.

After Diego and the guy exchanged a glance, Diego said, "Fernandez is from the Republic of Czech Republic and was once a professor at the University of Czech Republic."

In fact, there are some identities that he did not reveal, for example, Fernandez was once an aide to the President of the Czech Republic.

Although others felt that it was a little unusual, they did not take it too seriously.

They thought that Diego might have realized that his brain was not enough, so he found an aide.

Some also feel that this may be part of a deal between Diego and the Republic of Zede.

Soon the social event was over, Diego mainly let people know about Fernandez and what he is doing now.

"Who is that young man?"

"I don't think I've heard you mention this before, and this person wasn't mentioned in the materials you gave us."

At the social event just now, he seemed to be dealing with people, but in fact his attention was all focused on the small federal group.

He discovered a very interesting phenomenon. Whether it was Chief Albert of the International Economic Cooperation Agency or the Federal Ambassador to Lapa, they all seemed to be centered around that young man.

What kind of abilities does he have?

Or does he have some special identity?

They did not discover this character in the intelligence they obtained from Lapa in the early stage.

Diego's eyes also stayed on the cars that were moving away. "Lance, Lance White, a federal gang leader. At least that's what I heard."

Fernandez frowned. "There is no information about this person in the information you provided. We cannot simply judge whether he is an important person or not."

Diego pursed his lips, "Just a megaphone."

The reason for this perhaps somewhat willful judgment was the incident in which Lance scolded him.

He didn't think a gang leader had the courage to threaten the president of a country face to face. The only reason he had the courage to do so was probably that someone behind him was instructing him to do so, such as those in Congress.

Everyone will be disappointed in him, including himself.

Now Lance is like a "taboo" to Diego. Mentioning this person will make him angry and even lose his temper.

Fernandez looked at Diego with some confusion. He felt that Diego's emotional fluctuations in this character were a bit too big and a bit outrageous.

How could a minor character make Diego show obvious impatience and annoyance?However, he did not continue to ask. He had some understanding and research on Diego and knew that this man had a bad temper. If he insisted on being stubborn, he might not be able to control himself.

Compared to Lance, Diego cares more about how to recover those out-of-control areas as soon as possible.

While the two "big guys" were discussing Lance, Lance was also talking about Fernandez. "The appearance of such a character next to Diego shows that the Republic of Czech is trying to find some other ways to help Lapa fight against us."

"Now it's not just a problem between us and the Lapa government and these ruling groups, but also a problem between us and the Czech Republic."

"I will report this matter to Congress separately. Also, please see if you can collect some information about this person. We need to know more details."

As the first leader of the Asian Alliance, the federal government must have deployed an embassy and some diplomatic intelligence gathering personnel in the Czech Republic, and there are mutual connections between these people.

"As soon as possible."

In fact, many officers from the Republic of Jede came to Lapa during this period. The Federation knew about this, and Lance also knew about this, but they had no way to refuse.

If these officers don't wear uniforms, who would know if they are soldiers?Now the Federation can only control the Republic of Jede and other regions to prevent them from sending large numbers of troops to Lapa.

Packed in moisture-proof weapon and equipment boxes, you can tell at a glance that they are weapons.

But what if they come in boxes of other things?

Or just mix it with food or something, who can find out?With these weapons and officers, it is no wonder that he wants to fight a fierce battle with the anti-government armed forces.

On the third day after Diego declared war on the anti-government armed forces, Lance came to the dock to greet several important guys from the Federation.

Lance's business worth hundreds of millions a year was enough to get Congress to give him the green light. Now that the military-industrial complex has billions of dollars in business a year, Congress will be more easily convinced.

However, Congress also has a requirement, which is not to disrupt the plan to disintegrate the Asian Union.

This is the bottom line!

(End of this chapter)