15. Commercial Infiltration
"The madmen of the Seventh Legion have succeeded, and the undead and dragons are entangled."
High above Hinterland, the leader of the Hammer Knights surveyed the battlefield with a telescope, and after confirming that the undead and the dragons were entangled, the dwarves, humans, and elves began to shrink their defenses.
The Undead Scourge has captured the troll city of Cynsaro, and they have replenished themselves with enough troops, although it is easy for individual undead to fight, but in the face of the vast sea of undead, it is not easy to support the defense line with the military forces close to Hinterland, and the walls on the perimeter of Quel'Dani's hut have been demolished almost halfway in the garrison of the Plateau Legion of Quel'Thalas.
Although the dragons are powerful, these arrogant creatures do not fight to the death for the sake of the living and the undead, so their appearance does not mean that the advantage of the war has shifted to the side of the Empire, but only relieves the pressure on the battlefield.
"Quick! Fix the line of defense! Then let the Hammer brothers of Eagle's Nest Mountain work hard, we need more artillery and tanks! ”
Furstad and his good brother Kudran walked on the line of defense piled with corpses of the undead, some dwarves wore pygmy flamethrowers and walked in the pile of corpses with a look of disgust, burning the bones of those undead, and as for their own dead and wounded warriors, their bodies were properly kept, although they would eventually be sent to Eagle's Nest Mountain for cremation, but the treatment of the two was definitely very different.
"We can borrow the experience of the war on Arathi's side, and in the shortest possible time, we can make a fortified defense line in Hinterland, and since the defensive belt full of artillery can stop the Darkblade Undead, it will definitely be able to stop the Scourge Undead."
Kudran took a cigarette in his mouth and said to Furstad:
"Maybe we can get some artillery from the Empire, although our lads aren't very good at using this thing, but there are a lot of good artillerymen in the Seventh Legion."
"The need for military supplies on the Empire's side is also very tight, besides, defending Hinterland is the mission of the Brute Hammer, we can't always rely on the Empire, we have to figure it out ourselves."
Furstadmo rubbed his chin, and after a moment, he turned to look at his brother:
"Do you remember the goblins who came to us half a month ago to sell weapons? What are they called? What is Hesuo? ”
"Hesso's Military and Future Technology Laboratory! It seems to be the name. ”
Kudran scratched his head and said:
"The goblins also sent a lot of weird weapon samples that we threw in the warehouse."
"Contact them!"
Furstad whispered:
"I know they're burning flat, but it doesn't matter, does it? Let's spend money on arms, those goblins are happy to make money, anyway, if they are found out by Darkblade and they are reselling armaments, it won't be us... Forget it, I'll go to them personally, Kudran, you're in charge of the battlefield, it's probably a one-shot deal, so we'll have to plan well and slaughter those goblins ruthlessly. ”
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"Ahh
The big boss of Hesuo's military and future technology lab suddenly sneezed, which made a mess of the design drawings he was painting, and the designer Hesuo frowned, tore off the design in front of him, as if venting, tore the paper ball into several pieces, and then threw it into the trash can at his feet.
"Shanna! Bring me a cup of coffee! ”
Heiso's shrill voice came from the office, and Shanna, the secretary who was settling accounts outside the office, shrugged her shoulders, closed the ledger, and went to pour her coffee.
And all the assistants in the entire laboratory were shocked, everyone knew that the boss had been very annoying recently, and no one wanted to make Hei Suo angry at this juncture, on the one hand, Hei Suo is currently the leader of goblin engineering in the Black Iron District, and he will make countless money every month, and is regarded as an idol by many goblins who are eager to get rich, but on the other hand, Heisuo's bad temper is also well known.
Just two days ago, an assistant who was found to be reselling confidential research materials in the laboratory was tied to a prototype rocket tower by Hei Suo's own hands, and was blown up into fireworks in the sky with a loud bang that penetrated the sky.
"Commercial espionage..."
Black Rope stared closely at the pile of documents placed on his work, that was the result of Shanna's internal inventory in the past 2 days, he had read it several times, the force dug up behind the goblin who resold the confidential information of the laboratory was not Heisuo's old rival, the Owosback Science and Technology Laboratory that opposed Black Rope in various fields.
Rather, it is an imperial intelligence officer from southern Xinjiang.
This made Hesuo feel a hint of mockery and incredulity.
"Shanna, what's the use of those humans stealing our research?"
While drinking bitter coffee, Hei Suo complained to his secretary: "With their IQ, I'm afraid they can't even read my drawing notes, it's really unlucky... Soon, perhaps, the governor of the Black Iron District will come to talk to me. ”
The goblin engineer said with a sad face:
"Maybe you'll have to pay a fine, oh my God! What an annoying word. ”
"Think about the good, boss."
Shanna was accustomed to Hesuo's self-talk, and she always knew exactly what to do to make Hesuo happy, and the coquettishly dressed goblin secretary walked up behind Hesuo, rubbed Hesuo's shoulders with her own hands, and said in a whispered voice:
"Doesn't the fact that the humans came to steal our research, not the research of the gnomes, prove that in the eyes of the humans, goblin engineering is better than gnome engineering?"
"Hmm... Sounds like nothing wrong with that. ”
The smell of perfume on Shanna's body made Heisuo's mind a little disconnected, but he had to admit that Shanna's words might have a point.
"And boss, although our share in the field of civil machinery lags behind those gnomes, in the field of weapon design and production, Hesuo Technology accounts for 37% of the entire market! We won big and last month's net profit was 1.4 million gold coins, which is just a month... Think about it, boss, if you continue like this, within 10 years, you will be the 7th Trade Prince of the Goblins! ”
"This is an explosion of profits, Shanna, the change of clothes of the Dark Blade Legion is about to be completed, and our income is not destined to be so high in the off-season, but I heard that after a period of time in the Difia Federal District, you may have to buy some marine equipment, this is still the news you inquired, Shanna, you are really my good assistant, I was thinking, maybe... I should reward the good people. ”
Hesuo turned around, and touched Shanna's chin lightly, and with a hint of a lustful smile, he whispered:
"Maybe it's time to go to Garkison for a vacation, it's just you and me..."
"I'd love to, but only if we settle the matter first."
Shanna quietly turned the topic of Hei Suo to the other side, she didn't refuse to develop some relationship with a future business superstar outside of friendship, but the problem is that Shanna knows very well that to capture a man's heart, you can't let him get your person easily in advance.
"Oh, yes, bad luck, that damn spy!"
Hei Suo gritted his teeth, and suddenly he didn't even have the interest of **, in the Black Iron District, where the current business rules have been perfected, a big businessman like Hei Suo knows very well that once anything is connected with the empire in the north, it is not a simple report that can be solved.
"Click"
Hei Suo was thinking about how to deal with it, the door of the office was pushed open, and a black iron dwarf in a red robe walked into Hei Suo's office arrogantly under the escort of two junior knights, he snorted officially, and handed a letter of inquiry to Hei Suo without saying a word, just looking at the beginning, the sweat on the forehead of the goblin merchant flowed down suddenly.
"The Darkblade Legion is stationed in the Judge Advocate General's Office of the Black Iron Commercial Federal District..."
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"Mr. Hesso, there is evidence that you and your lab have recently had some not-so-good connections with the Northern Human Empire."
Myra and the two cold-faced high-ranking death knights sat opposite Hesuo, looking condescendingly at the newly-dressed goblin merchants, Myra was present as the governor, and the two serious death knights beside him were the gendarmerie enforcers of the military law enforcement department of the military justice department.
Don't think that there is no such thing as military law inside the undead, in a legion like the Dark Blade that does not prohibit personal emotions, many times, out of the obsession of the undead, some high-ranking knights will do something that disobeys the order.
At this point, it's time for the Judge Advocate General's Office to come into play... However, Tyrion set up this department in the first place, just to wake up the high-ranking knights, not to be too immersed in the past feelings, in essence, although the Ministry of Justice sounds terrible, but in fact, it also serves as the task of correcting the knightly mind and the awakening of the thinking of the junior soldiers, that is, this is a teaching department, but it is definitely enough to deceive the layman.
In the face of Myra's gentle inquiry, Hesso thought about answering while wiping his sweat with his handkerchief, and after a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"I didn't investigate for a while, and let the spies of the Northern Empire infiltrate my laboratory, this is my management mistake, I have done an internal inventory, yes, I am willing to accept the punishment."
"Spies? There are also Imperial spies in your lab? ”
Myra glanced at the dull-faced Hesuo with some surprise, and then knocked on the table thoughtfully, and in Heisuo's desperate gaze, he coughed lightly:
"No, no, no, we'll talk about commercial espionage later."
The Governor stared at Hesuke, and after a moment, the Blood Lord took a document from the hands of the Darkblade Gendarmes and threw it in front of Hesuo, who leaned back in his chair and spoke:
"Hinterland, the Hammer Dwarf of Eagle's Nest Mountain, a few days ago, a salesman in your lab ventured across the battlefield to negotiate a deal with Lord Vorstad, but it is said that it didn't work out, unfortunately..."
"This..."
Hei Suo flipped through the papers, and the sweat of the bean slid down his dark green skin again, and he quibbled while staring at the words:
"This is just a second-rate arms salesman's mistake, Mr. Governor, my company and I have always been loyal to the Dark Blade, we are part of the free business system and protectors, believe me, I will not make such a stupid decision... I'll fire that daredevil! ”
"Nope! Mr. Hesso, don't be nervous! ”
Myra shook her finger, he lowered his voice, and said to Hesso:
"I'm sure you've heard about the Scourge of the Undead in the north. And I will say that the Scourge and the Dark Blade are not friends... We're also happy to see the forces of the Scourge held back on the battlefield of Hinterland, you know what I mean? ”
Heisuo's eyes narrowed, this goblin merchant is very talented in exploiting loopholes, in fact, all goblin merchants are very good at exploiting loopholes, after thinking for a few seconds, Heisuo nodded and said tentatively:
"Well, of course, I'll tell my diligent salesman to talk to the Hammer Dwarf again... Plus, my weapons will never be on the battlefield against the Darkblade, I swear! ”
Myra nodded in satisfaction, it was so pleasant to talk to a smart man, he shook his hand and took out another document, and handed a pen to Hessot:
"I believe you, Mr. Hesuo, your invention has been of great benefit to the Dark Blade in the past few years, and we are willing to sign a contract with you for this, in the Black Iron Zone, we use the contract to speak, you and your laboratory will monopolize the arms business of the Black Iron Zone on the Imperial side for the next 3 years, but remember, once a cannonball or bullet made by your laboratory falls on our position, this agreement will be declared null and void!"
"And during the period when the agreement is in effect, you need to pay 10% of the profits to the Black Iron District Chamber of Commerce for every business you make, do you accept it?"
In the face of Myra's question, Hei Suo nodded almost without hesitation, and the goblin's eyes even sparked gold coins, and he impatiently signed his name on the document, and then flipped the gem ring on his finger, put it to his mouth and sighed, and printed it on the document fiercely, and a vivid logo of Hei Suo's company was printed on his signature.
Uh, that's his personal seal.
"Of course, I'm willing to accept it! It would be nice if the tax rate could be lower. ”
Hei Suo touched his finger with some regret.
Myra, disgusted by the goblin's insatiable appetite, shook her head, put the papers away, and turned and walked out of the office, before leaving, he decided to teach the greedy goblin a lesson, so he winked at Hesuo:
"Very well, then, you and these two gentlemen of the gendarme, let's talk about that commercial espionage... I won't bother. ”