"what happened?" Tang long, who returned to Datang, immediately asked Ling Li to see that Una and Xing Zero had all come, and they would know it was a big deal. Because of this, Tang long forgot to tell Xing Zero about the Star Zero Guard.

"my lord, the emperor of the Tiele Empire in the meniscus region is the leader of the alliance, and 35 forces in the three regions, namely, Yuanyue, Qinghai and Manzhang, formed an anti-Tang alliance." Ling Li said while playing out the collected data on the screen.

"Anti-Tang Alliance? Er, this anti-Tang refers to our Datang, right? " Tang long asked in surprise. Seeing everyone nodding heavily, he scratched his head and muttered, "what are they doing against us?" We didn't offend them. "

Ling Li sighed and said, "it's not that we have offended them, but that they are afraid of us. Who told us to have a fortress that can jump in space, and we have not been in contact with any forces." Coupled with our usual aggressiveness, it would be strange not to regard us as enemies. "

Tang long nodded while looking at the information on the screen. Suddenly he jumped up and said, "more than 50,000 ships?" How can there be so many warships in 35 power alliances? " Other people who saw this also showed a look of shock. Fifty thousand warships were five times the strength of Datang.

Ling Li nodded and said, "Yes, it was impossible for them to have so many warships, but the increase in fighting between various forces in the past year or two has also increased their strength, so now they have a total of more than 50,000 warships." And intelligence shows that these 35 forces are wantonly buying and manufacturing warships, and when they are ready, this number will probably double. "

"if you double it, won't you have 100000 warships? Is it a failure of our foreign policy to use so many warships against us? " Tang long shook his head with a wry smile.

"Yes, since we established our forces, we have either increased our economy or strengthened our armaments, and we have not conducted diplomacy at all. It can be said that we don't have a friend in the chaos-free galaxy. " Ling Li sighed. Hearing this, everyone remembered that there was no Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the government department, and that there was no friendly country in Datang, and everyone sighed helplessly.

Tang long nodded and said, "Una, set up a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and you will be the foreign minister for the time being until you find a suitable candidate." Una nodded, although she is the Minister of Finance, but also equivalent to the Prime Minister, there is no establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also has its own responsibility. And others also agreed with the appointment. After all, when it comes to dealing with outsiders, it is more appropriate for Una to be the eldest sister.

"when will the warships we buy arrive? We have to step up training! " Said Jess.

"there are still two weeks to go." Una replied. Hearing this, everyone prayed in their hearts that the anti-Tang alliance would not attack at this time.

"my lord, do we also need to expand our army?" Sally asked worriedly. Generals are worried when they hear that the enemy has nearly 10 times their own strength.

"No, even if we buy 100000 warships, we still don't have enough manpower to control them. If all recruits are used, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and it will not be as effective as it is now. " Li Wu, who is in charge of personnel, reminds us to pass on the personnel information to everyone at the same time.

"are we going to compete with the enemy like this one on ten?" Elsie, with a fiery personality, jumped up and shouted, it seems that the position of Minister of Education has not tempered her character.

"it is impossible to expand the army. The formation of these 16 brigades is our limit." Watching the information handed over by Li Dance, Tang long shook his head and said.

"what are we going to do? With only 16 brigades, how can we compete with the 100000 troops? And now half of the warships have not arrived, and although the personnel of each brigade take turns to rely on the existing warships for training, their proficiency cannot keep up. " Sally frowned.

"Yes, the most important thing is that there are not enough veterans. If there are hundreds of millions of veterans, all we have to do is buy warships." Elsie sighed, and there was another sigh when they heard this.

When Xing Zero saw that everyone was sad, he couldn't help saying, "er, well, if we don't have enough hands, can we use robots?"

Everyone's eyes lit up immediately, and Una frowned and said, "but even with robots, it is impossible for us to build so many robots in such a short time."

Ling Li immediately said excitedly, "Don't worry, all the battles in the Silver Eagle Empire are now done by robots. We can buy from them." Now everyone began to talk happily about how many robots to buy and how many warships to buy. Elsie said excitedly: "with the robot army, we will be invincible!" Moreover, these robots do not need maintenance at all, do not have to pay wages, do not need medical insurance, and do not have to retire, which is much more beneficial. "

"No! We can't treat robots as tools! " Tang long stood up abruptly and roared. Hearing this, everyone was stupefied for a moment, and then all fell silent. Only Elsie muttered, "if you don't treat a robot as a tool, then what do you think of it?" Besides, aren't your guards all robots now? Have you ever paid them? " The originally dignified Tang long bowed his head wordlessly when he heard Elsie's words. Star Zero knew that Tang long could not bear it, but it was an existential crisis. Although he wanted to comfort Tang long, he did not know how to open his mouth, so he had to go to Tang long and press Tang long's shoulder.

Tang long turned his head and looked at Xing Z. his eyes, which had been a little dull, suddenly got up. He stood up and smiled and said, "what are you beautiful sisters thinking?" I said we can't treat robots as tools, but we can treat them as soldiers. We file all the robots that belong to us. They can be promoted if they have done meritorious service, and they will be sentenced if they have committed a crime. They will usually have holidays, monthly salaries, and housing, and we will repair them if their bodies are damaged. Anyway, all the treatment of robots is the same as that of us human soldiers, isn't it? "

Hearing Tang long's strange words, everyone froze, but soon Sally was the first to laugh and said, "Yes, since robots fight for us, then they should enjoy the treatment of soldiers."

And Jess nodded and said, "as long as we treat them like soldiers, then we don't have to worry about anything."

Ling Li smiled and said, "Lord, this is a good idea. I heard that the soldiers of the Silver Eagle Empire are hostile to robots. According to the Lord's method, I believe our soldiers will not complain about robots. After all, robots fight with them." I propose that the ratio of robots to human soldiers should be one to one, so that they can cultivate feelings on the battlefield. "

Tang long nodded fiercely: "Yes, in this way they have forged a deep friendship. I think I was saved by a robot when I was in training camp." Then he told the story of himself in the robot battlefield, and heard Tang long's story, including that Elsie, who did not approve of Tang long's method, looked at Tang long with a loving look. As for Fengbing and Fengshuang, they looked at Tang long with an air full of warmth.

However, Elsie immediately soberly said: "you know, a private's monthly salary is 500vu lai, and the salary has tripled since the last military reform, that is to say, a private needs the government to pay 1500 vu lai a month. If the ratio of robots to soldiers is one to one, how can we pay this huge salary?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Una again. Una smiled and said, "although this money is stored in the robot's military card, do you think the robot will take the money out to buy things?" So the money is actually the same as no expenditure. Although because of credibility issues, and in order not to be said that we are 'saying one thing, doing another, even robots are deceiving.' So we can't deduct the money no matter what. But we can borrow and invest at any time. I believe the robots will not protest against us lending them money to help. " As soon as Una finished saying this, everyone showed your ruthless expression.

"so, my lord, how many warships and robots do we need to buy?" Asked Sally.

"you ask Una how much money you can set aside and how much you can buy, but be careful not to damage the development of the national economy. If you buy a warship, go to Chen Kang and buy a thousand high-end transport ships with 10,000 full of materials as a giveaway. Who are you looking for if you don't look for him? " Tang long said with a smile. Una smiled and nodded, of course, she will not let the people's livelihood economy have a crisis, the current economy is not easy to start, how can it fall.

"my lord, I would like to remind you that ten thousand high-end transport ships full of supplies are more expensive than a thousand enhanced X warships." Ling Li said.

"of course I know, but is it so cheap to send it out? If they are willing to give it to us, they dare to ask for it, and all they have to do is to be on guard against other problems in secret. " Tang long winked at Ling Li. Ling Li knew her master knew it and nodded with a smile.

"well, it's settled. Step up security at the border, move all the battleships to the Tianhe region, and the army training will be held there." Tang long said of looking at Xing Zero and said, "Sister Xing Zero, the network problems between the planets and the matter of numbering robots into military and political computers in the near future will trouble you."

Nodding, she sensed that Tang long seemed to be leaving, and could not help asking, "you, where are you going?"

"I'll go to Sister Tang Xing's planet factory to see how many beluga ships I can get back. Thank you for your hard work. Buy some gifts for your sisters next time. " Tang long ran out with Fengbing and Fengshuang. Hearing the words behind Tang long, all the girls are secretly looking forward to the gift from Tang long while smiling.

At a factory in the Silver Eagle Empire, several Imperial officers are directing a team of robots onto a transport ship. An officer with a cigarette in his mouth said to the officer who was whipping the robot with an electric whip, "I said, brother, what are you smoking these robots for?" They don't feel pain. Come on, have a cigarette. " With that, he threw a cigarette over.

The officer dropped the electric whip, lit his cigarette and came over with a smile and said, "although they will not feel pain, when they are whipped with the electric whip, they will unconsciously groan. I have heard that this is caused by a short circuit in the power supply."

"what's so funny about it? it's fun to beat those slaves." Asked the officer.

"slaves are more expensive than these robots, and it's not that aristocrats can't afford it at all. It is said that there is a factory specializing in the manufacture of a robot that can be beaten and screamed for sale. It is said that it is very popular with the public. I tried it once, and I'm telling you, it's like a real person, and it's nice to think of it. " The officer groaned happily.

"Hmm? Is there such a thing? When I get rich, I'll buy one to play with. By the way, where are these newly repaired battle droids going? At the front? " Asked the officer.

"where is it sent to the front? it was bought by a businessman. It is said that there is going to be a robot battle contest."

"Oh, in that case, why not the newly produced robots, but specially repair the bodies of these dilapidated robots?"

"Hey, who knows, anyway, the businessman's requirement is that the robot must have participated in the battle, saying that such a robot is different from the robot that has just been made, and the fight is more like a real battle."

"different? What's the difference? Isn't it all made of steel? "

"Yes, but that's what the businessman wants, and there's nothing you can do about it. Now most of the fighting robots at the front have been replaced with new ones. Selling those fighting robots to that businessman after maintenance will save us a lot of maintenance money. "

"Oh, I believe that those generals of the military headquarters must be selling at higher prices, and there are also benefits for you who carry out orders."

"Hey, it's obvious. If not, who would have worked so hard to collect and scrape these dilapidated robots all over the world?"

The officer said admiringly, "now the battle has become like this. Apart from the fact that you can make some extra money, we people can only get some dead wages, and we have to worry about accidentally offending our superiors and being forced to retire and go out to have a drink."

The officer threw away his cigarette butt and sighed, "Alas, although you will not die as a soldier now, you have also lost your former blood and passion." Speaking of which, when he found that all the robots had entered the ship, he patted the officer on the shoulder and shook his head and said, "well, it's good that the money can make do with it. Many soldiers who have been persuaded to retreat live without having meals. OK, I'm leaving."

TY0912 stood quietly among his companions, quietly looking around. Judging from the structure of this huge cargo hold, this is an advanced transport ship, and there are not many in the Silver Eagle Empire. This high-end transport ship is carrying 9899 robots like itself. TY0912 did not find brothers who could communicate with him among so many partners, or had, but dared not show it, just like himself, for fear that humans would discover that they had intelligence and be destroyed.

TY0912 recalled a battle not long ago in which an intelligent partner saved the human commander of his battleship, but the commander ordered his robots to throw the companion into the melting furnace. From that moment on, he never found an intelligent robot again, and he was more careful to hide his intelligence.

TY0912 thought quietly that he and a large number of friends were suddenly transferred from the front to the rear, when he was still in fear of being discovered. But I soon learned from the officer that the robots he had built for the purpose of fighting had been sold to a businessman who wanted them to fight and perform with each other to make money. Thinking of this, TY0912 felt a sense of sadness. For some reason, he had a feeling of being betrayed, and he was also sad that he was about to become a tool to make money.

But TY0912 knew that he could not resist, nor could he resist, which was the fate of robots, the fate of being used as a tool. It did not want to resist, also did not want to escape, just quietly waiting for the helpless fate to come.

After three days and 12 hours, 34 minutes and 7 seconds, the high-level transport ship landed from the time it entered the high-level transport ship and took off. In more than three days, TY0912 found four of the 9899 robots with the same intelligence as himself, because intelligent robots emit a faint electric wave when they think. Humans can't detect it, but robots like themselves can know right away. TY0912 can be sure that the four intelligent robots also found themselves, but they did not contact them, and they did not contact themselves.

The door of the transport ship slowly opened, and the bright light became brighter and brighter as the door expanded. TY0912 did not move because there were no orders, because none of the robots around him moved their bodies.

"run one by one in order." A man's voice sounded through the loudspeaker in the cabin, probably the pilot of this high-end transport ship. With the command, the robot in the front row began to run out of the hatch, and soon TY0912 followed.

Out of the hatch, TY0912 immediately realized that it was a huge cosmic port, but except for a few soldiers in blue uniforms, they were the only robots. When TY0912 saw the soldiers in the military uniform of an unknown country, he could not help but be stunned. It could confirm that these human beings were trained soldiers, and that the cosmic port was very huge and the facilities were perfect. According to the knowledge he received, it was impossible for businessmen to have such soldiers and such a cosmic port. So you were bought by the army of some country? Think of this, TY0912 can not help but have a sense of joy, he really does not want to become a useless tool ah.

As they lined up to pass the human soldiers, TY0912 found them carving a pattern for the robot with a laser engraver. Seeing this, TY0912 was sure that he had been bought by the army.

After being engraved, TY0912 quickly scanned the pattern printed on his arms, with a blue dragon at the bottom and a row of numbers on the surface: AX013456. This is your new number, TY0912 sighs. Soon it followed the team out of the spaceport into one of hundreds of personnel carriers and came to a military base.

Standing in the broad, dense and quiet playground, TY0912 felt a little strange because a human second lieutenant was lecturing tens of thousands of robots.

"from now on, you are a member of Datang and a member of Datang's army. Remember your new number. Unless you join the Guard, this is the only number in your military career. As soldiers, our only rule is obedience! Obey the orders of his Royal Highness Tang long, the supreme commander of the Tang Dynasty! Obey the commander's orders! Obey the orders of the officer! "

Listen to this second lieutenant, TY0912, oh, should now be called AX013456, he has no special feeling, in the Silver Eagle Empire, he was entered orders are also obedient to the orders of a prince, obey the orders of the officer. The previous command will be changed to another prince when he is captured, while the latter command will not be changed. Now I need to obey the orders of Tang long, which is no different from obeying the orders of some prince. But when the second lieutenant said the following words, AX013456 froze.

"since you are recruits, your ranks are all private. As long as your meritorious deeds are high enough, the rank of marshal is not a dream!" When the second lieutenant said this, he did not realize the impact of his words on the robot. although he did not understand why he said these words to the robot that they could not understand, an order was an order. Even if the following words were of no use to the robot, he would also say: "Private pay is 1500 Vulai dollars, vacation is two days a month, holidays are exempted during the war, and holidays accumulate to peacetime." Enjoy health care retirement benefits. "

AX013456 looked foolishly at a blue military uniform and a military card with his own information, and it took a while for him to wake up and look around. This is an eight-person suite, with four robots, including themselves, sitting blankly on the edge of the bed. It seems that what the second lieutenant said and what he got is really amazing, not to mention intelligent robots like himself, even those ordinary robots have their computers crashed for these things.

Salary, clothing, housing, holidays, identification, these are things that these robots do not need, and it is unimaginable, why is the army of this country so kind to robots? I feel as if they regard their robots as human beings.

While AX013456 was still in a daze with his companions, four humans with the same rank of private came in, and they were obviously stupefied at the sight of their robots. They shrugged each other, and finally a young man was pushed in front of them. The young man swallowed his saliva and said, "I say, brothers, why don't you change your clothes and make the bed quickly?" You'll be out of luck when the officer checks. " After seeing that three other humans began to make their own quilts, he couldn't help shouting: "you bastards, pushing me out to talk, unexpectedly began to make the quilt without me, is it killing me?" With that, he began to make his bed.

AX013456 was stupefied for a moment, and the computer calculated it, and thought it would be better to do what the young man said. So it changed into the Datang military uniform and began to make the quilt at the same time. And the three ordinary robots also began to change clothes and quilts.

"Oh, shit! The robot is just amazing, it's faster than us to finish finishing, and it's perfect! " A young man shouted in surprise as he looked at the quilt AX013456 had arranged.

"what robots? didn't the officer say not to call them robots? They will fight with us, that is, our comrades-in-arms, so we will call them by their names! " A more sophisticated soldier gave the soldier a good blow on the head.

"Oh, I don't know their names." Cried the soldier, covering his head.

"you won't ask!" After glancing at the soldier, the veteran soldier held out his hand to AX013456 and said, "Hello, this is Chen Bing."

AX013456 was stupefied for a moment, carefully reached out his hand and gently shook it, and said in an electronic voice, "Hello, I'm AX013456." While Chen Bing shook hands with AX013456, several other soldiers also shook hands with other robots.

"AX013456? Here is the number. " Chen Bing looked a little unnatural at first, but he quickly returned to normal and continued to ask, "Oh, it's hard to pronounce the name. Let's just call you A6. By the way, where are you from?"

"the Silver Eagle Empire." AX013456 answered, watching several other people and found that they were already talking to the robots.

"Wow, the Silver Eagle Empire, I've heard of it, is a very powerful country, but there's a civil war going on, isn't it? Have you ever fought? Why don't you tell me about it? " Chen Bing asked curiously.

AX013456 nodded and began to talk about his fighting experience. It also doesn't understand why it started talking to Chen Bing, perhaps because these people did not discriminate against themselves as a robot.

Sally asked the officer next to her, "how are the barracks?"

The officer said respectfully, "although some recruits are afraid to talk to robots because of their appearance, most of the soldiers begin to talk and laugh with these robots under our strict orders." After observation, they have gradually accepted the fact that robots are their comrades-in-arms. "

"well, very well, pay attention to the mentality of soldiers and absolutely not allow discrimination against robots to happen. Once it happens, it will be punished for insulting colleagues. " Sally nodded.

"Yes!" The officer answered loudly, and then looked at Sally, showing an air of what he wanted to say but dared not say it.

"you can say whatever you want." Sally knew at a glance at the officer's manner that he was about to stop.

"Yes, sir, I want to ask, why do you treat robots like this?" The officer asked bravely.

"do you know the wars caused by robot rebellion in history?" Asked Sally.

"Yes." The officer nodded.

"so do you know why robots want to rebel?" Sally continued to ask.

"because robots don't want to be enslaved by humans. Ah, the officer knows why he treats robots like this. " The officer suddenly enlightened and said.

"well, as long as you understand, as long as we treat them in the same way, then even if they have intelligence, they will not hate us human beings. Since there is no way to stop the emergence of robots, then we have to minimize the harm of robots. " Sally said leisurely.

"I understand that the lower officials must treat robots like other soldiers!" Fully aware of the painstaking efforts of the officer, the officer decided to go back and do a good job of his colleagues who were still confused.

On this day, after some painstaking training, AX013456, who was resting in the dormitory, was chased by Chen Bing to ask about the Silver Eagle Empire, and the ordinary robots were also getting along with humans these days, slowly becoming flexible and not as old-fashioned as they used to be. AX013456, who is aware of this, knows that if this continues, these three ordinary robots will evolve into intelligent robots over time.

Ordinary robots answer questions, observe the situation around them, and react differently according to different situations, but the reason why they are still ordinary robots is that they can't think on their own. Thinking about this factor is the biggest difference between intelligent robots and ordinary robots. The factor of emotion is a necessary condition for intelligent robots to evolve into intelligent robots. As for the factor of self-awareness, it is the only condition for an intelligent robot to evolve into a life.

While they were in Hara, a soldier ran in and shouted, "get ready, the Guards are coming down to pick people!" On hearing this, everyone, including the robot, jumped up and quickly arranged their clothes and quilts. As early as a few days ago, AX013456 knew that the Guard was the most eager unit of the whole army and the Supreme Commander of Datang. Although AX013456 did not think that his robots could join such an army, he could not help gushing out the desire to be selected.

Not long after they finished tidying up, the sound of the drill rang out, and all the soldiers in the barracks gathered quickly on the playground on the runway. Then began the drill under the leadership of the company commander. Others may be too busy to notice who is next to them, but AX013456 can spare the energy to watch the whole practice field.

Soon he was surprised because he saw several of his own kind. Those with the rank of second lieutenant were accompanied by the top officer of the base in the parade and drills of the same kind. Although they have a human appearance, they are only covered with active skin. I can recognize at a glance that they are intelligent robots of their own kind, and they are still several times more advanced than themselves. How can there be such an advanced intelligent robot in this country? And a second lieutenant? Confused AX013456 found that they were about to come to their side, hurriedly reined in their consciousness and began to concentrate on the practice.

After the drill, everyone gathered at the drill ground, and then the top officer of the base began to read the names. When he read Chen Bing and AX013456, AX013456 obviously felt the glow of jealousy and envy coming from all around, and Chen Bing walked out of the team excitedly and ran to the front with himself. AX013456 was in a daze as he ran. Was he chosen to be a member of the Guards?

AX013456 didn't know what to do in the face of those intelligent robots that were superior to him. When he saw Chen Bing and other people whose names were pronounced all began to take off their military uniforms, he also took them off. It was not until this moment that he realized that the pattern printed on his arm was not just for robots, but for all people. Chen Bing's number is AX006745.

An advanced intelligent robot took out a small laser engraving machine and began to re-engrave the code for the selected people. AX013456 found that nothing but the number of the new pattern had changed, and now his new code was SS0215689, and Chen Bing's was SS0215688.

Another intelligent robot said aloud after his colleague had finished coding, "from now on, you are members of the Guards. As members of the Guards, in addition to obeying orders, the most important responsibility is to protect our supreme commander-in-chief, your Highness Tang long!"

"swear to protect your Highness Tang long to the death!" SS0215689 shouted after the crowd, and he began to wonder why his Highness Tang long could make the intelligent robot so loyal.