Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2340: Can't Throw Away 'Two Billion'

Sir, military base!
Lyman and Lawrence sat opposite each other.

Not far away, Smith stood at the window looking at the scenery outside.

Mengsha, the secretary, was cutting fruits and carefully placing wooden sticks on them.

At this moment, there were red wine, cigars and a document in front of the two people!
Lehmann held the cigar, his cheeks puffing as a puff of smoke came out of his mouth.

When I was in the United States, I didn’t realize how wonderful the world outside was.

After all, he was just an ordinary detective.

But after coming here, he realized that the life of the emperor was so colorful!

So, he began to enjoy food, entertainment, respect and worship!

That feeling of being superior made him unable to stop!

Of course, it would be better if we didn’t have these worries!

In comparison, Lawrence seemed very relaxed. Not only was he sipping fine wine, he was also tapping out some kind of rhythm on his chair, a bit like the Beatles' rock and roll.

This damn tune.

Lawrence cursed in his heart. This kind of melody always made him lose his mind inexplicably and forget the work at hand.

Fortunately, my willpower is strong enough.

"Captain Lehman, you should take a good look at this document! And then think carefully about it."

“Really, this is my personal opinion!”

“I hope you can listen to me.”

Lawrence came back to his senses, crossed his legs, and spoke lightly while smoking a cigar.

On the other side, Lehman sat up straight and looked at the other person directly, "Lawrence, I want to hear your opinion!"

Lawrence shrugged. "That's what I just said."

As he spoke, he glanced at the documents on the table.

"Don't come on, every sentence and every word in it is ugly and unreliable."

"If I believed any of the letters above, I would be the stupidest and most brainless fool."

Lehman sneered, disdaining the documents on the table, but his eyes were fixed on Lawrence. "When we accepted the mission, it was to find the truth."

"To find out where the threats are for this country."

“That’s not what they said at the beginning.”

Seeing Lehman say this, Lawrence took a deep breath and then said, "Yes, I understand. I understand."

"But, Inspector Lyman, you know, we are all workers, working for the owner of the house!"

“You need to listen to the owner’s opinion on how to do it, otherwise, they won’t pay you.”

Lehman sneered, "So they just want to deceive themselves?"

"Just think about closing your eyes and not seeing it, and pretending it doesn't exist?"

Lawrence nodded indifferently, "You can think so."

"Of course, they are not brainless, otherwise no one would become the owner of the house, right?"

Lyman took another long drag on his cigar, then sneered, "They just look out the window and never open the door."

“So, you can only see the narrow side.”

Lawrence did not respond to Lehman's words, but just smiled faintly.

Seeing this, Lehman slowed down his expression and asked again, "So, Director Lawrence, can you tell me what their brains are?"

"Very happy to."

Lawrence smiled, and then said to Smith who was watching the scenery on the side, "Mr. Smith, we need you now."

"Oh, and the beautiful Miss Mengsha, could you please bring the fruit over?"

"I need you to sit next to me."

After hearing this, Smith at the window first reached out and wiped his Mediterranean hair, then rubbed his hands together, and instantly his palms were filled with bright oil color.

"Very happy to."

Smith finished speaking and walked over to the two of them and sat down.

Mengsha sat next to Smith and picked up a piece of fruit with a wooden stick and placed it aside.

The golden hair covers the curves of her body, and the short skirt is just the right length, making her mysterious figure full of curiosity.

Add a pair of black hollow stockings and high heels to make the calves look slender and straight.

"Gentlemen!"

Smith spoke reluctantly, bringing their gazes back to the main track.

"Smith, you said we could hear it."

"Okay, sir."

After saying that, ignoring the two people's occasionally shifting gazes, Smith began to describe the current situation.

"Based on the intelligence we are currently investigating."

“In fact, you are facing two kinds of voices!”

Hearing Smith say this, Lehmann retracted his gaze and became serious.

Smith continued, "One is this report. The people who submitted this report did not believe that the other side had weapons that could threaten the Blackbird, so they refused to develop more powerful weapons."

"Because that would cost a lot of money."

"Besides, even research and development takes time!"

After Smith finished speaking, Lawrence swallowed the fruit in his mouth. One hand was checking the material of secretary Mengsha's stockings, and the other hand was tapping the cigar on the table. "Speaking of this, I have a piece of data here. I wonder if you are interested."

Lyman nodded.

Smith said softly, "Do you know how much a Blackbird weighs?"

"Then do you know the cost?"

This time, Lawrence spoke directly without Lyman's instruction, "The Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft weighs thirty tons, but more than twenty tons of it is made of titanium alloy."

"The production materials of this titanium alloy can only be obtained from the Alliance, which results in the cost of building a Blackbird reaching 2 billion. Do you know what this means?"

"It means that this is more expensive than the cost of building an aircraft carrier."

"I say this to make you understand that there are not many countries in the world that can spend 2 billion to build an airplane like we do."

"No country will spend more money to build a better aircraft like we do."

"Because that is not in the master's interest."

As Lawrence finished speaking, he put down his hand that was exploring the material of the stockings. The stretched stockings fell down due to their elasticity and hit the thighs, causing the fair skin to tremble.

Lawrence didn't care, just looked at Lehman, "So, they never thought that those guys who just cut off their braids for a few decades could catch up with the great United States."

"They don't think they have the technology or the financial resources to do it!"

Lawrence finished speaking. He thought Lehman would be shocked by the news, but he didn't expect Lehman to just shrug like him, then cross his legs and say disdainfully, "So?"

"Two billion, just gone like that?"

"Or, an aircraft carrier is missing?"

"What does that have to do with me? Even if I lose a few billion, what does it have to do with me or you?"

"That money isn't ours, is it?"

“My mission tells me what I want, which is to find out the answers to things.”

"As for the rest, that's something the congressmen should consider. Maybe one day when I sit in that position, I will consider these things."

After listening to what Lehman said, Lawrence suddenly laughed and then studied the stockings carefully again.

"Mr. Smith, please continue."

Smith nodded, then turned to Lyman and said, "Sir, contrary to this document, there are some people who support your plan."

"As for the reason, besides the one you mentioned, I wanted to find out the other party's secrets and fulfill my patriotic responsibilities."

"Also, for money."

"Use the enemy's threats to request more funds to research higher and faster weapons."

After Smith finished speaking, Lehman fell silent again.

This is the United States, and everything revolves around Mr. Washington.

Whether they support it or oppose it, their ultimate goal is to make more money.

As for the United States, Washington came into being first.

In this respect, their values ​​are indeed correct.

"So, Inspector Lyman, what do you think?"

"Or which side do you want to join?"

Lawrence spoke calmly, waiting for Lehman to make a decision.

After a long time, Lehman stood up from his chair, walked to the window and looked at the sunlight outside.

"You know, we sent two batches of Blackbirds into the interior for reconnaissance."

"We found a lot of useful information, including the distribution of their heavy industries, their water conservancy construction, their military camps, and so on."

"All this shows that their development speed is beyond our imagination."

"And our investigation suggests they are trying to hide something, and that's probably the truth."

Lehmann said this with such certainty that the three people present seemed to be thinking about something.

"Right now, except for the northwest, we are unable to conduct effective exploration due to distance issues, but this is already a major improvement for us."

"And not long ago, according to the intelligence we provided, our allies launched an attack and blew up their radar research site."

"There will be more attacks to follow to disrupt the other side's manufacturing industry."

"This method can slow down the development of the other party's manufacturing industry."

"Unless the other party sends out their secret weapon."

At this point, Lehman turned and walked to Lawrence, looking down at the two of them. "Now that things have come to this, I have no reason to give up."

Lawrence smiled and stood up, “Then I can understand that you chose the latter?”

"Yes, I will find out their secret. After all, these two billion cannot be lost in confusion."

Lawrence smiled and extended his right hand. "Then, Mr. Lehman, I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

It is obvious that the owner of the room behind Lawrence wants to find out the truth and develop new weapons.

Obviously, these people are not on the same page as the owner of the black bird.

"Happy cooperation!"

Lehman stretched out his right hand and the two men shook it tightly.

Mengsha stood up at this time, took two high-heeled glasses and handed them to the two of them.

"Cheers to our cooperation."

Lawrence suggested with a smile, but Lehman shook his head, "No, no, it's for our continued cooperation. Cheers."

Ding

The wine glasses clinked and they both drank them.

Putting down his glass, Lehman took a deep breath and said, "So, Director Lawrence, can we start our third wave of investigation?"

"You know, there was more than a month between them."

Lawrence extended his hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Of course, I have no objection to this."

"Oh, I think gentlemen who have the United States at heart will not refuse."

Lehman laughed and prepared to leave.

Then Smith said, "Well, Mr. Lyman, you'd better report to the base commander in advance."

Lyman turned around and saw Smith looking very sorry, then explained, "You know, the care, maintenance, inspection, etc. of the Blackbird takes a lot of time."

"Even if it's only been one day since the last inspection, we still have to follow the process."

"So, I think you may have to wait for half a month."

Hearing this, Lemon's face turned ugly.

"Damn it, these damn bastards, they are wasting time like this."

"Captain Lehman, don't worry. This is all for the sake of the 'two billion'."

Lawrence walked up to him, put his arm around his shoulders, and spoke happily.

Lyman rolled his eyes. “Two damn billion.”

"Ha ha!!!"

"Come on, I'll take you to a very 'comfortable' place. I think you'll fall in love with it during the time you wait."

"Really? Damn it, how do you know everything?"

The two men left arm in arm, and Smith quickly followed.

Behind her, Mengsha put away the documents on the table, and a solemn look flashed across her face.