Chapter 486
As soon as he returned to the Masonic Secret Realm from Forley Manor, Mike couldn't help it. He walked quickly to the conference room and asked Zhou Hong urgently:
"Can you be sure?"
"Of course, I had already set a heart anchor in Draco Malfoy's mind, and now he is completely our spy." Zhou Hong was also extremely excited at this time. He rubbed his hands and smiled, "According to the situation he received feedback, Voldemort has now confirmed the role of the disappearing cabinet and is summoning people to prepare to attack Hogwarts!"
"Where is the time? When will they start an attack?"
"On December 25th, at 8 p.m. on Christmas Day, this time is exactly when the Hogwarts Christmas dinner is at its peak."
Mike nodded and said:
"We still have time to let Franklin do it. We are going to start transferring the disappearing cabinet."
"clear!"
“Is there any problem elsewhere?”
Mike just asked casually. In his opinion, his arrangement was already perfect, and it was almost impossible for anyone to have problems.
But Zhou Hong looked embarrassed when he heard this and said something strange:
"Well, there is no big problem to go to other places, it's just the Muggle Prime Minister..."
Zhou Hong's voice suddenly weakened in the middle of his speech and eventually disappeared.
When Mike heard this, his eyes sterned, turned his head and frowned:
"What? He is unwilling to send troops?"
"This is not... just..." Zhou Hong couldn't say anything in that strange expression, so he pointed to the conference room not far away and said, "Anyway, I can't explain this matter clearly. Why don't you talk to him yourself, the double-sided mirror has been prepared for you."
When Mike heard this, he stopped asking questions, but walked into the conference room quickly.
There were not many people in the conference room at this time, only Benjamin and Penelo were there, and a huge full-length mirror was erected on the conference table, facing Mike's first seat.
As soon as Mike walked into the conference room, he felt something was wrong, because Benjamin and Penelo explained seriously, as if they had encountered some very serious problems.
"boss!"
"Mike!"
Seeing Mike appear, Benjamin and Penelo both stood up, the latter looked guilty, and she was the only one who had a problem with everyone's tasks, which made her very uneasy.
She was about to come over to explain, but Mike shook her head, touched her cheek to show comfort, and then sat in front of the double-sided mirror.
The wand in Mike's hand moved slightly, and the image on the mirror in front of him appeared layer by layer, and finally reflected the appearance of the Muggle Prime Minister.
It was afternoon, and Prime Minister Muggle seemed to be enjoying afternoon tea. The changes in the double-sided mirror scared him and almost sprayed the tea in his mouth on the desk.
"Cough cough cough!" Prime Minister Muggle coughed violently, and wiped his mouth until his breathing was smoother. He looked at Mike in the picture with a smile, "Mr. Tangley, we have met again. It's really like a day when we don't see each other..."
"Okay, there's no need to say more nonsense!" Mike interrupted his gloomy face, "I need your military support now, will you give it?"
Mike's attitude was very bad. Penelo's aggrieved look made him feel very distressed. Although he did not show it, he was already full of anger towards Prime Minister Muggle at this time.
But the Muggle Prime Minister on the opposite side didn't care. He continued to maintain that perfect smile, shook his head and said:
"Mr. Tangli is such a cheerful person, but you don't need to be so anxious. First of all, we can certainly provide military support. After all, this is something that has been written into the contract long ago, but I really can't meet the scale of weapons and the number of soldiers you need!
You should know that you are strong and don’t care about the sanctions of the International Wizards Federation, but I’m different. I am just an ordinary person. If the wizards find out about this, I’ll be done if they send a few people over here! Maybe they will put me in the wizard prison called Avakaban. I heard from other wizards, there…”
"Enough!" Mike rubbed his eyebrows and shouted impatiently, "How many people can you produce?"
The Muggle Prime Minister raised a hand and instructed Mike to wait, then he turned out a piece of white paper, coughed twice and said:
"A ten-person team, all of which are composed of the most elite members of the Royal Navy Special Boats and Boats, and are equipped with the most advanced thermal sensing night vision device, L119a1 rifle..."
Prime Minister Muggle Beep Baba reported a lot of high-end special terms, which made Mike stunned.
But he was not a fool either. He finally understood it after hearing it.
After talking about the other party, he was only willing to send out ten special scouts, and he was not willing to give anything else.
Mike was really angry now, but he did not get angry, but calmed down instead, looking at the Muggle Prime Minister coldly and said:
"I want a ground force of about 70 people, including at least about 40 armored forces, plus 4 savage helicopters and five Tiansha fighters."
"This is impossible!" Prime Minister Muggle shook his head like a rattle, "I absolutely can't do this! Such a large-scale armed force mobilization will definitely be discovered by the International Federation of Magic. Wait until then..."
"Are you so afraid of the International Federation of Magic, but you are not afraid of me at all?"
Before Prime Minister Muggle could finish his words, Mike's faint voice came into his ears.
His face froze, and he looked at Mike's equally cold expression through the cold mirror, and his body suddenly shivered.
Mike's words without any emotional fluctuations made him confirm one thing, that is, Mike is serious, and a person who dares to ignore international confidentiality laws to send potions and magical items to Muggles really dares to assassinate the prime minister of a country.
The Muggle Prime Minister swallowed, and said in a weak tone:
"Those are all people of the Daying Empire, and they are pillars of the country carefully cultivated by taxpayers with massive amounts of taxes."
Mike rubbed the blackthorn wood wand in his hand and said impatiently:
"so what?"
"You have to add more money!"
Half an hour later, the picture on the double-sided mirror finally disappeared. After intense bargaining, Mike finally rented the command power of the troops he needed for a total of 10 days at the cost of 5 bottles of real-life sperm, 5 bottles of compound decoction, 1 small bottle of Fuling agent, 100 bottles of powerful therapeutic agents and 10 sets of invisibility jackets.
In addition, Mike only obtains the right of loan. If these people and machinery are damaged or destroyed in the battle, Mike will have to provide additional compensation. Of course, the specific price has been negotiated. The pension for each soldier of Jin Jialong is about 100 Gallons, 10,000 Gallons of Tiansha fighter jets, 5,000 Gallons of Savage helicopters, 5,000 Gallons of armored vehicles, etc.
At first glance, Mike seemed to be at a disadvantage. After all, the various potions required by the other party were difficult to deal with. If the battle was not smooth, Mike would still need to compensate a large amount of supplies. Even the Los Santo Group would have difficulty in getting these things.
But in fact, Mike felt that he was making a fortune!
You should know that the unit price of the Savage Helicopter is an astonishing £4.5 million! As for the Tiansha fighter, it is even more exaggerated, the cost of each one is more than £17 million!
To be honest, Prime Minister Muggle has very little to ask for such a precious war machine. As long as he has these things, Mike even dares to meet Voldemort!
On the other hand, the Muggle Prime Minister did not feel that he was at a disadvantage. After all, these things are old things left over from decades ago. The baby sold his gods and no one felt sorry for them. The current Muggle Prime Minister who had never experienced that war era did not look down on these things at all. What he cared about was those precious magic potions and magical magic props!
In his eyes, this is the future!
So in general, this is a deal that both parties feel that they have made money, and everyone is happy!
Penelo and Benjamin, who had been watching by the side, were completely confused at this moment. They never expected that the Prime Minister of a country could bargain with Mike like an old lady who went to the Porterbell Road Market (a famous large flea market in London) to buy! This simply subverted their perception of the Prime Minister!
Mike, who had captured their expressions, sighed helplessly.
Now he had basically figured out why Penelo and Benjamin couldn't handle such a trivial matter that seemed easy to him.
In the eyes of Penelo and Benjamin, Prime Minister Muggle is a very noble position and a leader worthy of their respect. This is also a common shortcoming of the vast majority of Muggle origins. This may seem a bit incredible to others. After all, Prime Minister Muggle in Yingguo has always been used to scold, and ordinary people are not friendly to them.
But Penelo, the wizards from Muggle origin, were sent to Hogwarts, a fully enclosed school at the age of eleven. After that, they could only stay in Muggle society for a few months every year. Therefore, their understanding of Muggle society has always been in childhood. They still respect things like the Prime Minister in children.
It is precisely because of their respect that they are at a disadvantage in their negotiations with the Muggle Prime Minister, because they instinctively believe that the other party is a person with a higher status than theirs, so they dare not take tough measures.
This gives professional politicians like Muggle Prime Minister a chance. Playing with power and negotiations is their old job!
"Okay, there's no need to be so frowning. It's just a small matter." Mike waved his hand and said, "Next time I meet that half-bald old man and directly threaten death. Don't be too fucked with him. You are not his opponents when it comes to talking."
"knew."
Penelo and Benjamin responded in a low voice, still feeling a little disappointed on their faces.
But time was urgent, and Mike had no time to calm their emotions. After a few brief explanations, Mike took Zhou Hong and other personnel to the Avery Secret Realm directly.
The Avery Secret Realm is now very different from when Mike first came.
In the original Avery Secret Land, a few magic lamps were arranged near the Avery factory. All areas were pitch black and were in a wilderness for 24 hours a day. Usually, no creatures were willing to go except for the worker ants to cut down mushrooms.
However, many areas in the Avery Secret territory are now planted with the luminous mushroom called "Night Firefly" of the queen's nest. The light emitted by these mushrooms is light green, and the light is not strong, but it can basically meet the visible needs of human beings under the compensation of quantity.
According to Benjamin, he originally planned to arrange magic lamps on a large scale. After all, the Los Santo Group regularly sends adventure teams to undeveloped areas in the secret territory to explore resources, but this plan attracted strong opposition from the queen.
The reason is that the light emitted by the magic lamp is too dazzling and will burn the ants' already severely degenerated eyes.
So, at the suggestion of the queen of the ant, the original magic lamp was replaced with "night fireflies". Benjamin was happy to see it. After all, the cost of growing this kind of luminous mushroom is scary.
At the same time, the exploration teams sent out regularly are not just a waste of time. In addition to the magic liquid and magic cloth in the Avery Secret Realm, there is a gem named "Black Ant Stone". After testing, this gem is of great use in practicing gold. Now the profits have even gradually caught up with magic cloth and magic cloth.
Of course, at the cost, Benjamin invested in building a new ore treatment factory in the Avery Secret Land, and dealt with the raw ore collected by the ants every day.
After Mike arrived at the Avery Secret Land, he first visited the mushroom factory and ore treatment factory, and then went to the queen's nest to discuss the upcoming battle with the other party.
Unlike the huge changes on the ground, the queen's nest has not changed much, everything is the same as when Mike came before.
The queen continued to stay in the cave directly below the mushroom factory, and the surroundings were still covered with luminous mushrooms, and the spots were very beautiful.
But the hole at the top of the cave that was once used for feeding has been abandoned. Nowadays, the food of the queen is completely transported by the worker ants, and the food has improved a lot. This is one of the benefits that Mike originally promised to the queen.
However, the change in the improvement of food did not appear in the Queen Ant. Her body was still as weak as Mike when she first came. Not only did she not become obese, but she also became thinner.
But this is nothing strange. Most of the nutrients in the queen's body are used to cultivate a new generation of ants, so of course she can't get fat.
Corresponding to her thinning, the number of ants in the Avery Secret territory has almost doubled during this period, so to some extent, Mike's business of increasing the Ant Queen's food has made a lot of money.
Looking up at the majestic queen in front of him, Mike said with a smile:
"Hello, Lilith."
Chapter completed!