"That's the way it is." Ivan explained to Johanna, "In order to develop my own territory, I have studied the income sources of demons and human lords in the Gray Plains area. As a result, I found that if these territories only rely on the normal income of the territory, By the end of the year, you will basically only see rows of deficits. Only by relying on plunder on the front line and war subsidies on the rear can you barely keep the capital chain of the territory from collapsing." "There is no need to talk about plunder on the front line. War subsidies can only be obtained by cooperating with the rear to launch some military operations, and conducting reconnaissance and transmitting military intelligence. The amount of subsidies obtained depends on the strength of the force, so these lords are called war lords, because in order to obtain war subsidies , there is almost no time to calm down. However, these so-called war lords are actually puppets controlled by the Demon Castle and the Gate of Glory to a certain extent. Whenever there is an opportunity to obtain additional funds and escape the fate of puppets, they will "I won't let it go." "Obviously, Viscount George, who owns a port city and a mining city, is very wealthy. He is not short of money, so he is the most powerful human lord in this area, so the so-called 'business' he proposed to you ,, dismissive." Ivan Kankan said, "I know that with two cities like this, he is not short of money, but to maintain so many troops, his economic situation should not be too loose. Earn more money. , and it does not violate his position." Joanna frowned and said, "Rather than making more money, I think he cares about how to preserve his existing interests. Maybe he is doubting our identity and suspecting that we are one of his competitors. He set a trap or something like that," Alvin guessed. "If you have an idea, you might as well." Joanna glanced at Alvin and said, "I do have a way. I think we might as well cut off the bottom line and cut off his financial source. , even if Viscount George doubts our origins again, in order to make up for the financial gap, I have to conclude a trade agreement with you." Ivan added his lips and lowered his voice subconsciously, "I have to say that your idea is crazy "Josanna subconsciously raised the teacup in her hand to her lips, and took a sip to cover up the shock in her heart. Putting down the teacup, Johanna sorted out her thoughts, and then said, "Your method is good, but have you ever thought that we are here? The only power we have is ourselves. If you really implement your plan, it is destined to be a contest between individuals and territories, not territories and territories. I feel that our power is simply not comparable to that of the entire Viscount George. Confrontation, let alone destroying its economic source." "No, I think it is very simple. We do not need to directly confront Viscount George's military power, as long as we can raid and blow up the mines that transport manpower and minerals in the mines. Viscount George will no longer be able to obtain any income from Med City for at least three months. Instead, he will have to spend a steady stream of money to re-excavate the mine." Ivan expressed the idea that he had been thinking about for a long time. "I think, with our strength, it may be difficult to attack and defeat the guards in the mines, but it shouldn't be difficult to avoid their eyes and secretly blow up those mines." This is a proposal similar to special operations, from human beings From a certain point of view, this strategy is quite vicious and anti-human. After all, there are hundreds of miners working under the mine at any time and blowing up the mine will undoubtedly push all the innocent miners working underground to a dead end. However, as a demon, Joanna has no worries about this. The only thing she worries about is whether Ivan can sneak in and blow up the mines like he said, even if he can't blow up all the mines. Only blowing up the most critical part of it is enough to severely weaken Viscount George. By then, I am afraid that as Ivan said, as a potential provider of financial resources, her role in Viscount George's eyes will be The status will rise in a straight line. In fact, no one has thought of similar methods, but few people will actually do it. The reason is that it is difficult to do so. The key is to harm others and disadvantage the purpose of war. If you cannot occupy the opponent's As an end to the territory, the only thing that can be done is to plunder and destroy all the mines in one fell swoop, even the roots are gone. Then if we attack them in the future, everyone will still rob them. Of course, the hidden secrets between these border lords It is impossible for Alvin and Johanna to know the rules now. "Very good, I have always felt that your temper was too gentle in the past, but I didn't expect that you have grown to this point unknowingly." Thinking of the beauty, Johanna's eyes showed praise. Looking at Alvin, he then asked hesitantly, "Although this method has a high chance of success, do we really need to do it to this extent? " Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. Joanna, who has always appeared in Aiyi as a successful businessman, obviously knows this very well, ""That's what I said, and you can just listen to it." Ivan didn't urge him. He believed that with Joanna's character, he would eventually make the decision he wanted. "Then it's up to you, you really Is it possible to blow up all the mines? "Josanna thought for a while and said fiercely, "I definitely can't blow up all the mines. The most I can do is blow up two or three mines without the guards noticing, so I need mine guards. Inspect inspection data, distribution maps of mines and underground tunnels, and strive to paralyze the entire mine with one blow." Ivan shrugged and stated his request. "This request is not too much." Johanna nodded thoughtfully. "In this way, I will try to find out if Demon God Castle has deployed lurkers near Med City to see if I can get relevant information about the mine from them." "Lurker?" No need to go to them, I have a good idea here. You return Shar to me, and I can use its eyes to observe the terrain of the mine." Ivan suggested, "This method is indeed good but you usually don't care about me. Are you indifferent to your affairs? How come you suddenly become so active? "Josanna seemed to suddenly become suspicious. She narrowed her eyes and asked in a confused manner, "Because destroying the mine is also a task. If you complete it, I can also get the relevant task rewards." Ivan's face was not red and he was out of breath. He took out the parchment that recorded a large number of tasks from his arms, waved it in front of Joanna and said, "You really dare to say such a thing, but since this is the case, then I will leave all this matter to you." Johanna looked at the parchment in Ivan's hand suspiciously and snorted dissatisfiedly, but in the end she still did not ask Ivan to point out the so-called task of destroying the mine to her. Ivan left the city and avoided the patrolling troops on the city wall. With his eyes, he quietly came to the edge of the mine, casually placed an invisibility barrier around him, and then took out a little bit from his arms. Yes, originally Ivan meant to bring Shar, who had a spiritual connection with him, for investigation. But after Shar and Diandian spent half a month in the sweet love life, their belly had already bulged, and gradually transformed into the image of the queen ant in Alvin's impression. How could a pot-bellied queen do such detective work, so she felt sorry for her wife. Diandian jumped out on his own initiative and took up the task of investigation. Although he had no spiritual connection with Aiwen, with the help of spiritual energy, Diandian, who had entered the fourth level, also had the ability to project the mine he saw in Aiwen's mind. Field image: With a flutter of wings, Dot, half the size of a palm, sneaked into the mine silently. The human soldiers patrolling back and forth could not detect its infiltration at all. Ivan stayed in place to observe for a while, and saw Dot and Dot for sure. He didn't cause any trouble. He just sat down on the spot with peace of mind, took out a book and started reading. After about half an hour, the little black shadow flew back from the direction of the mine and landed accurately on Ai. Wen waved the two tentacles on his shoulders and forehead, and scenes of images were immediately projected into Alvin's mind. Alvin closed his eyes and tried hard to remember. When the little projection was over, he immediately took out the pen and paper and drew according to his memories. A three-dimensional map of the mine tunnels was produced. However, the map drawn on this drawing was not complete. It only covered a small area of ????the mine, accounting for only about one-thirtieth of the entire mine surface. , the remaining places still need Diandian to continue to work hard to observe. Diandian also seemed to understand the weight of the burden on its shoulders. After Aiwen drew all the geographical conditions it saw on the paper, he immediately fluttered his wings and flew to the mine. As he flew and shook his head, he seemed to be lamenting the misfortune of being a husband with a pregnant wife. The entire map of the surface part of the mine took Alvin nearly a day. In fact, the map that really involved the important parts of the mine took a lot of time. In about eight hours, it was almost completed. Most of the remaining time was spent correcting the errors on the map. After all, this is a mine. The pits inside are as dense as ant nests. If you don't pay attention, the map will be drawn. An error occurred Next, Alvin spent another half a day marking all the important mines and ancillary passages on the map one by one. After finally getting the topographic map of the mine, Alvin, who was already covered in stinky sweat, hurriedly went to After rushing back to the gate of Meide City, queuing up boredly, Aiwen suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the market. There seemed to be some discordant sounds coming from there. It felt like there was something wrong. The urban management was driving away the street vendors. But this had nothing to do with Alvin. He just looked curiously in the direction of the market. He felt that the scale of the incident was not big, so he had no intention of paying further attention.