Minerva had no doubt about this, after all, it was almost an open secret that the ministers received a second salary from Li Lin, and by sending supplies to the north and undertaking orders for the manufacture of weapons from various countries, the company quickly rose from a humble small trading company to become the world's number one chaebol. There is nothing wrong with saying that they are just thriving on war.

Minerva, who knew the inside story, was a little puzzled to understand why Hammer, who had been able to keep his cool before, was so angry when he mentioned V.E. Company, didn't almost everyone know about those things?

"As long as war exists, war-related industries will not disappear. This truth is not only understood by His Highness, but also by us. Although it is very helpless, it is also common sense in the world. ”

Where there is water, there are fish, where there is air, there is wind, where there is war, there is fighting, there must be someone somewhere who makes and sells weapons, this is the eternal law of cause and effect.

Hammer took a deep breath, and his newly suppressed face became sinister again.

"But, Your Highness. If someone controls a war and sells weapons to both warring parties, and they hide in a safe place and count the money, watching others fight each other with the weapons they make—do you think this kind of thing, this kind of thing, can you forgive it?"

Perhaps the war will not end until the distant future. What can be thrown into the battlefield is a living human being, not a pawn at the mercy of others. This kind of practice of letting others rush to the front and bleed and profit for oneself is unacceptable no matter when and where.

"This kind of thing ......"

"Those guys have been doing it, but it's done very secretly. Never give anyone a grip. But, Your Highness, look—"

Michel, who was on the side, stepped forward and took out two repeaters from under his robe.

The two crossbows, one large and one small, Minerva recognized at a glance that the smaller one was the standard equipment of Charlemagne's army, while the larger one was unmarked and had multiple damages.

"The intact one is the standard repeater that our army purchased from V.E., and the other—"

Hammer pointed to the damaged crossbow and said unpleasantly:

"That's what we captured from the orc cavalry orcs, their standard equipment. Your Highness, please take a look. ”

Hammer nodded, and Michelle nodded knowingly. Take out the Phillips snail batch. Quickly dismantle the two crossbows, remove them from Charlemagne's crossbow, and install them on the orc crossbow, which is only about a minute before and after. The damaged crossbow has a new look. The shaking of the handle, the winding, and the placement of the tenon slider are all smooth and unimpeded. Buckle down the plate machine. The sound of "boom" is heartbreaking.

"This ......"

"Not only crossbows, but carriages, equipment, rations, energy medicines, medical equipment and medicines - on the northern front. Both sides can easily get the parts they want from each other, because they are produced quantitatively using a single specification. ”

“......！！”

Producing components to a single specification and achieving complete generalization - this was a pure unattainable dream for Wilt more than 10 years ago, even if it is a master and apprentice in a workshop, along the same technical line, using the same tools to create a finished product, there will be many differences, and there are very few that can function normally after interchanging parts.

But with the emergence of a certain company, the technological innovation of specification standardization brought about by it has brought great changes to the world, even Minerva, who grew up in the deep palace, is very clear. And Minerva also knew that so far only "they" in the whole world had mastered that technology.

The name of that company is-

"Understood, Your Highness. Before the humans or orcs achieve their goal of unifying the world, V.E has already united the two sides in this regard. Then through the guò arms buy and sell for huge profits. ”

Hammer laughed wryly and mockingly, and Minerva's eyes widened, her lips slightly opened, but she couldn't say anything.

What can be said, what should be said, what is true, what is a lie?

Hammer was the one who had betrayed the country and the royal family and kidnapped and imprisoned her, and Minerva could not have believed what he said based on his words and two crossbows. But her intuition told her that what this man said was very likely to be true.

The nature of businessmen is to pursue profits, and morality is a secondary issue for them, and Li Lin is a successful businessman who has manifested this characteristic to the extreme.

If it was for the huge profits of the arms trade, that person would not hesitate to sell weapons to the warring parties.

As Minerva was in a state of confusion, Hammer continued to speak unhurriedly.

"I've tried to expose it, but no one believes what we, the front-line soldiers, say. No, in fact, the ministers have known it for a long time, but they themselves have been involved in these dirty trades and profited from them. We can't expect them to do anything, even if we can get the front-line fighters to show up in court, and in the absence of conclusive evidence, the legal counsel of V.E can easily refute us. ”

V.E's team of lawyers is one of the most professionally qualified in the world. They have a long history of dealing with judges in court, looking for loopholes in the evidence provided by prosecutors, and finding ways to mislead juries and public opinion. All night long with all kinds of legal loopholes and judicial rules, and at the same time, like their boss, they have no conscience, and can ask the raped woman without blushing, "Who were you pregnant with on the 21st of the frost month, and what were you doing that night?", to integrate the rules, loopholes, and misleading to meet the needs of their boss.

In addition, with the financial support of V.E., lawyers can bribe judges, witnesses, juries, and opposing advocates to achieve victory......

What stands in the way of Hammer's revelation of the truth and his pursuit of justice is an iron triangle of treacherous and cold-blooded merchants of death, insensitive aristocratic bureaucrats, and shameless lawbreakers who are well versed in the rules. It's not easy to break through this combination.

"We've tried everything, but no one listens to us. ”

After a pause, Hammer looked up at the blue sky outside the iron window, and said categorically:

"In order to put an end to these deceptions and corruptions, it is time for someone to step forward, and we must take back the country from the hands of those who ride on the heads of the people and act as arrogant and unrighteous predators, and we will honor the king and renew it. For this reason, he was willing to bear the stigma of betrayal and suffer the humiliation of being a captivity. ”

Minerva slumped in her seat, looking haggard and opening her mouth to speak, but unable to utter a word.

It doesn't make sense.

Hammer's thoughts and hers do not intersect, the other party is a person who has decided to give up a qiē and do not hesitate to be an enemy of the state and the chaebol, as a vested interest in the system, and a "collateral" for the convergence of the plutocracy and the royal family, Minerva said no amount of meaning.

Minerva, who was silent, could not have imagined that the word "Restoration" that Hammer spoke of would be heard more often in the future. And around this word is a series of violent incidents in the army, as well as many cold-blooded assassinations in the style of "lower and higher". (To be continued......)

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