Lu Ming had no time to pay attention to Lester's decision to help Onnershan appeal. He hurriedly flew back to the East China Sea on the second day after the trial of the case.

Because thunder exploded in the five provinces south of the Yangtze River, in Zhenjiang Province, the southernmost of the five provinces, Chen Jingyuan, the former commander of the Provincial Border Guard Division, launched a military coup and shot the chief envoy to death. He himself declared himself chairman of Zhenjiang Province.

Zhenjiang Province is adjacent to Ayton Prefecture and Xinji Province in the northernmost part of the Eastern Economic Alliance.

Zhenjiang Province lost control, and refugees poured into Ayton Prefecture and Xinji Province in large numbers, many of whom took advantage of the opportunity to commit crimes.

Not to mention, Chen Jingyuan shot the chief envoy to death. A bloody military coup will inevitably establish a bloody regime, which has already posed a security threat to the northern members of the Eastern Economic Alliance.

Moreover, from the perspective of imperial law, Chen Jingyuan has obviously violated many homeland security laws. The Eastern Alliance is still an alliance established based on the maintenance of imperial laws.

The Eastern League Secretariat held urgent consultations.

It was also announced that an interim alliance summit would be held the next day to discuss the situation in Zhenjiang Province and make a formal statement.

Zhenjiang Province is also a very familiar place to Lu Ming.

Lu Ming took a special plane for the first time, and the airport he landed at was the airport in Zhenjiang Province.

At that time, Zhenjiang had the only airport in the five provinces south of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, Lu Ming was still a nominal student of Zhenjiang Normal School, but unfortunately he never went there for the second time. Moreover, because Teacher Oracle died of illness, he completely lost contact with the school.

Because Zhenjiang Province is adjacent to the developed eastern areas, its economy is the best among the five Jiangnan provinces.

After the civil strife in the imperial capital, the former governor fled, and the chief envoy temporarily assumed the role of a senior official, but he did not want to be killed by the coup soldiers now.

Speaking of which, Sanheli Airport in the provincial capital of Zhenjiang, the airport owned by the former governor, was bought by Lu Ming. It was also the first private airport owned by Lu Ming in the East China Sea.

Now the airport seems to have been confiscated by Chen Jingyuan.

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In the conference room on the 93rd floor of the Huaxia Building, a closed-door meeting of nine alliance leaders was in progress.

There was no record-taker at the secret meeting where everyone spoke freely.

The Grand Duke of the East China Sea, Charles IX, fell ill and was attended by the Duke and Duchess Christine on his behalf.

Of course, in this kind of meeting, like Charles IX, Christine also sat in a higher position, but she was more like a clay sculpture and a wooden god, and would not participate in the specific discussions.

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From time to time, Lu Ming secretly glances at Christine, who is sitting high in the clouds. At this moment, she is like a queen in full dress. In addition, the bright crown inlaid with countless gems representing the authority of the duke on the high golden bun makes her even more majestic.

, sacrosanct.

Did he really hold her hand? Moreover, he even kissed her on the lips?

The memory seems a bit fuzzy, like a dream.

Christine seemed to glare at him suddenly.

Lu Ming was startled and quickly turned his eyes away, not daring to take a peek anymore.

In fact, the remaining eight companies apparently had secret discussions yesterday.

The Montenegro Special Administrative Region is obviously still an outsider in the eyes of the eight "founding members" of the alliance.

Of course, there is a leader in it, and he has a close relationship with Lu Ming, but that is a personal relationship. In terms of the overall will, there will still be a difference between the founding countries and the later members of a newly formed alliance.

Lu Ming came back from school yesterday and was also busy until late at night. He also talked to Christine on the phone.

At today's meeting, Li Yuande, a senior official of Xinji Province, first proposed that troops should be sent to quell the rebellion.

Most coalition leaders agreed.

After further discussion, the atmosphere gradually formed to ask Montenegro to send troops, and everyone agreed with this.

The members of the Eastern Alliance are all economically developed areas, and they despise armaments. Originally it was the East China Sea, and there were no more than a thousand professional soldiers, mainly militiamen like the National Guard.

Nowadays, in each member region, the militia has been converted into a standing army, and there are not many troops that can be maintained.

And economically developed areas are naturally afraid of war, especially in areas outside the region. If they want to send troops to fight with people, the leaders agree, but the parliament may not pass it. Even if it passes, it may take several months of quarreling. Daylily

It's all cold.

But fortunately, there is still the dictatorship of the Montenegro Special Administrative Region. Isn't this the greatest use value of it?

Lu Ming didn't say much. Listening to the discussion of the other eight families, the direction gradually changed to Black Mountain sending troops alone to quell the rebellion.

"General Lu, what do you think?" Donghai Chief Municipal Councilor, Prime Minister and Consul Shatton Nicholasson looked at Lu Ming with a smile.

Lu Ming frowned and thought, and everyone looked at him.

"How to solve the military expenditure?" Lu Ming sighed, "As you know, Montenegro is very poor, lacks fiscal revenue, and the deficit is not small to begin with."

"That's easy to say!" Nicholasson laughed happily.

Governor Michelson of Ayton State sighed and said: "Actually, it is obvious that the empire is going to enter troubled times. We all know it. Therefore, in the future, the alliance will rely on the Montenegrin Army in many places. I think, let’s not talk about this peace.

Our alliance should have a special military expenditure every year to pay to Montenegro for the rebellion’s military expenditure. After all, what’s the use of more money? Does anyone’s life matter?”

The main production and R&D base of Sanmai Flight Company is in Ayton State.

This proposal was obviously not discussed by the heads of the eight alliance members last night.

The atmosphere in the venue immediately became tense, with some alliance member leaders showing displeasure on their faces.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "It's okay. Our Montenegrin Army is just thugs. We are also the guardians of our wealthy neighbors. We should also give some rewards. Thank you for the rewards!" As he spoke, they all clasped their fists.

On the high platform, Christine had a look of helplessness on her face, and she felt that this guy was starting to mess up again.

"General Lu, how can you say that?!" Nicholasson laughed, "Our alliance members are of the same body and have equal status, but we only have different strengths in our division of labor and cooperation."

Other leaders also agreed.

"As Governor Michelson said, we can all discuss it, but it is definitely not what you meant, General Lu, because it is also the obligation of each of our alliance members to help Montenegro develop its economy!"

Nicholasson's words caused another wave of echoes.

After Lu Ming said this, it was obvious that no one objected to the annual payment of military expenses and quickly appeased the members who felt that their status was unequal.

Of course, the exact amount to be paid is another matter to be discussed, it is just symbolic.

Some leader members lowered their heads and thought.

Lu Ming added: "Actually, military expenditures and the like are all minor issues. The big issue is, for example, if we successfully quelled the rebellion, how will we deal with this mess in Zhenjiang Province?"

"Help them establish a democratically elected government!" Newton Governor Leander said without hesitation.

The other leaders agreed one after another.

Lu Ming was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay."

After discussing for a while, Lu Ming stood up and said, "Military expenses and the like are all minor issues. We can send representatives to discuss them slowly, and the secretariat will also review them. But you must hurry up. I will go back to Montenegro now. I will be in Zhenjiang a moment later."

The people will suffer a moment longer, and there may be a few more dead souls. From the people's point of view, war is very cruel." He sighed softly.

All the leaders were stunned. They thought it would take a few days to discuss, but the leaders mainly talked about their intentions.

Then the amount of special military expenditures will be discussed in detail by representatives of all parties.

For all kinds of bargaining, it would be good if the results can be reached in ten and a half months.

Only when everything is settled will Montenegro send troops to quell the rebellion.

But I didn’t expect that General Lu, in the Jianghu language of Zhongzhou people, is a bachelor. He does things first and gets paid later?

Some leaders felt guilty and felt that they were acting like a villain, so they gave some symbolic annual allocations and the like.

Of course, the Western governors naturally don’t understand the Jianghu of Zhongzhou. People in the Jianghu of Zhongzhou work first and get paid later. They are ruthless people who cannot be offended. It is because they know that they cannot get enough money that they can do things for you first.

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When Lu Ming left, there was even a round of applause.

Lu Ming walked by the high platform and caught a glimpse of Christine glaring at him from the corner of his eye. Naturally, he felt that he was in a mess and had deceived others again.

I really want to wave to her and say, "Let's go!"

But in the end he didn't dare. He kept his military posture and strode out of the conference room.

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In the evening, Lu Ming arrived at Montenegro.

Nowadays, it is still very dangerous for airplanes to fly in bad weather and at night, but the route from the East China Sea to Montenegro and Longgang, the royal pilots around Lu Ming are all familiar with the road and are very familiar with every plant and tree.

In addition, the weather was very good, so Lu Ming took off from Donghai in the evening and arrived at Longgang at around ten o'clock in the evening.

Subsequently, Lu Ming held a high-level meeting in the general's white building conference room.

Those attending the meeting were all the highest-level military and political leaders in Montenegro.

The military has Zhao Jingxun, director of the general office and director of the political training of the corps, Lu Xiangqian, chief of the staff and director of the operational training department, Cheng Wei, first deputy chief of the staff, Liu Jingzong, chief of the equipment department, Li Tieheng, chief of the logistics department, and Lu Gao, chief of the military intelligence department

1. Yu Luan, Director-General of the Homeland Security Commission (General Administration of Secrecy).

There are only three political figures: Wei Baoyi, chairman of the Finance Committee of Montenegro, Gu Hansheng, chief of the Police Department of Montenegro, and Pan Mila, chairman of the Mining Committee of Montenegro and mayor of Montenegro.

In order to maintain confidentiality, only these three people outside the military participated in the meeting.

The main reason is that the special appropriation requires Wei Baoyi to advance it.
To be continued...