Chapter 576: Can I still retain my conscience?
Chapter 576: Can I still retain my conscience?
Very few people agreed with Cleveland's tough performance this time.
Going back on your words is not welcomed anywhere.
Moreover, everyone knows that your attitude has become firm because the new palace has built solid underground fortifications and is no longer afraid of missiles.
But who can afford to repair this thing?
Everyone can see how powerful Daxia is. Their astronauts have gone to space. We feel that we are getting further and further away from them and can hardly catch up. But you are not focused on developing the economy and technology, but are trying to provoke Marshal Shao.
As your son won't die in the war and the missiles won't hit you, you're trying to trick others into fighting with Marshal Shao's soldiers, right?
Cleveland was sneered at and cursed by people from all walks of life.
But Cleveland is different, so I did it, and I had the power to do it.
The common people cursed and complained, without any temper at all, and turned around and started to flee from the big cities and factories.
Factory owners who were heavily loaned out had their factories shut down and were filled with grief, and went to the rooftops in despair.
The family property was taken away by creditors and auctioned off, and the shares of the factory magically fell into the hands of the vampires.
Didn't Cleveland know that everyone was scolding him? As a smart man, he knew it very well.
Let him curse all you want, it won’t stop the number in his account from increasing by zeros. Of course a vampire has to feed his loyal dog.
As for the factories on the East Coast that have been in so much trouble and constantly being harvested by vampires, the Federation has been severely damaged and its industrial capacity has been declining. What does this have to do with vampires?
They themselves said that they have no motherland and only care about money.
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In Qiao Garden, a bamboo house, Shao Quanzhong was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, with a lawsuit on his mind.
After much risk, we finally achieved manned space flight.
The people of the federation were all convinced, and their general wish was to stop fighting, work and make money, and not to expand blindly and engage in militarism. The effect was very good.
But at the critical moment, Cleveland dunked again, and I, I really couldn't do anything about him.
If we go to war, the losses will be too great, the gains will not outweigh the losses, and it will break our precedent of not launching a war of aggression. What can we do?
He was just about to go to Zhang Zhidong for advice when he heard "Ring, ring, ring!"
"Your Majesty, the person on your phone calls calls himself Gustav."
Yali has little experience and doesn't know who this guy who claims to be His Majesty's old friend is.
Damn, as the big boss behind Cleveland, you instigated him to go against me, and you still have the nerve to call me?
Gustav's elegant voice came from the other side, "Your Excellency, it's been a long time since we last contacted each other. You are now the most accomplished member of our club."
"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't waste time. I'm busy."
Gustav on the other side burst into laughter. "I think Your Excellency must have some misunderstandings about my brother and me. In fact, we have not changed. As long as it is mutually beneficial, we can continue to trade."
Shao Quanzhong rolled his eyes, thinking that this guy was trying to sell him the rope to hang vampires again. He wondered how much he would ask this time.
"Do you want to conquer the Federation without bloodshed, station troops there, and realize your ambition to dominate the world? We can help you."
Shao Quanzhong had to admit that he was attracted by the big pie drawn by the other party. However, he must not let the other party know that he was attracted, so as to avoid the other party taking the opportunity to raise prices.
"Ahem, I am only committed to world peace, stopping Cleveland's improper ideas of military expansion, and maintaining normal order."
"Hahaha, you have matured, Your Excellency." Gustav said cheerfully, "I like dealing with mature people. I don't like the way you always resort to violence."
"We can make Cleveland surrender, but this requires your cooperation. You need to demonstrate your absolute military power over the Federation once again."
"For example, I heard that you still have at least 2 Vs in your arsenal. You can pick a large city like you did with Heidelberg and demonstrate the effect of a cluster attack of of these weapons."
"After the attack, the system for the city's antennas to receive long-range power transmissions must no longer exist. I suggest you conduct another magnetic storm test at the same time to completely wipe out the city."
"If there were millions of casualties, it would be natural for Cleveland to capitulate."
"By the way, please inform me in advance which city you plan to attack, so that I don't happen to be in that city. At the same time, I will also sell my property in that city in advance, and I can give you half of the reduced losses."
Hiss, these two brothers are really the same as before, they are willing to encourage themselves to become demons and kill a million innocent civilians.
Shao Quanzhong hesitated.
If the effects are the same, winning the battle by sacrificing a million of your own soldiers or destroying a city of the enemy, which one would you choose?
"Wait for me to think about it."
The other party sighed, "Your Excellency, I am so disappointed with you. Your current behavior does not seem like a ruthless warlord from the outlaws at all."
"You provide the force, and we cooperate. You gain power and supreme glory, and we take money. This is the basis of our cooperation. I hope you can make a decision quickly to avoid a war between the two sides, which will cause great suffering to the people. I am waiting for your good news."
The call in which Yali was the online translator ended. Yali covered her mouth with her hand and said, "Your Majesty, is your friend such a cruel person? He is not kidding you."
Shao Quanzhong smiled helplessly, "How many people died in the Franco-Prussian War? How many people died in the First European War? Of course they don't care about a million innocent souls. They worship Lucifer."
Shao Quanzhong continued to walk back and forth with his hands behind his back, unable to make a decision.
Needless to say, Cleveland's tough stance this time once again caused the population of major cities on the East Coast to flee, and then its "old friends" took the opportunity to once again purchase a large number of companies at the lowest cost.
But they don’t really want to run a business. They just hold on to the assets and wait for the prices to go up, and then carry out the so-called “stripping off of bad assets and selling them.” This is called asset investment.
They should have gotten the goods now, but if Cleveland wants to turn around again, they need a good reason. Should they cooperate with them? After all, this is truly mutually beneficial.
Of course, the only ones who benefit mutually are himself and the vampire community members, which will once again cause the death of millions of innocent people.
After provoking two European wars, they could still say that they had inherent contradictions and that even if they did not intervene, the war would have broken out anyway, and even more people would have died.
But this time, the battle between the two giants does not necessarily require a life-and-death fight on the battlefield.
Because of his friendship with Grant, Emery, and Johnson, he has always respected the Union and felt that it was a great country with which he could serve as an ally and jointly rule the world.
But their biggest mistake was to allow these vampires to stay there and wreak havoc. What has this good country become now?
If I want to be a hero and defeat my opponent fairly, at least one million young men of Daxia will die.
I want to be a demon, sacrifice one million innocent souls, and the opponent will surrender, saving the lives of my own soldiers. In theory, there is no need to choose, of course I want to be a demon.
But this would bring upon himself a bad reputation, the same bad reputation as Waldersee, or he would feel guilty in the future.
But, sitting in my position, can I allow something like conscience to exist?
Should we make another deal with this devil Gustav?
"Report to the Marshal, Tan Yaoxun wants to see you."
(End of this chapter)