Chapter 1737:

(I made a mistake in the previous section. It should be the second young master Li Yin. He was a bit confused. I haven't played for a long time. Please forgive me)
"Hehe, I'm so handsome, but it's okay to attract girls. What do you always look at me for? I'm not interested in men." Li Yin smiled and stared at his 15th. He smiled and said, on the 15th, I couldn't help but feel depressed. I am even more disinterested in men. It is still the ground of the savages. If something happens to your kid, how can I explain to you Laozi? Originally, on the 15th, I thought that Li Yin would go back with the spaceship immediately. Who knew that Li Cong directly told this guy to stay, and he didn’t let Li Er go to the imperial capital immediately, so that they would immediately rush to the two hundred or so of them. In a place, there is another race of the savage race. This race is called the mountain race. Their appearance is similar to the pangolins on the earth. Naturally, Li Er and their mission are not to honestly negotiate with this race. They want to bring Several mountain tribesmen went to the inland, of course, mainly to let these mountain tribes see what the gold mines in the inland were like. It would be okay to use modern technology, but time should be too late, if these mountains If the clansmen are willing to help, it would be best. Just transport them directly. This is by far the lowest cost and fastest thing to do.
"I really didn't expect that the air on this planet RTY is so good. It would be good if you haven't experienced the baptism of the Industrial Revolution. Looking at the earth, if it weren't for the contribution of our energy group, there would be no way to live." Li Yin on horseback said with a smile, surrounded by hundreds of heavily armed soldiers. Without Li Er, they would never slacken their modern weapons. But now Li Yin is following, everything can be Li Er. The safety of Li Cong is the most important thing. Even at the risk of losing some secrets, Li Yin must be protected. This is also Li Cong's request.
"Haha, the second young master, this is the real pure nature. I am also here for the first time. I imagined it before. You don’t know how hard I am to get this place. Looking at it here, it turned out to be very good." On the 15th, he opened his big mouth and said cheerfully. Speaking of this quota here, the few guys in front of them are looking for trouble for themselves. However, our consciousness and ability are not comparable to ordinary people. These people still continue to work hard in their original positions, and they are here. It really feels super value.
"Speaking of which, I really admire my father. When a few of my own people have arrived here, they have achieved what they are today. Although I still don't dare to say that this planet is mine, I don't think the time will be long. Knowing what my father is going to do to catch a few beasts, is it because life in the imperial capital is a bit boring. Catch them back to play?" Li Yin, who just got off the spaceship, didn’t know the purpose of Li Cong calling him here on the 15th. I don't know how many.
On the 15th, he glanced at the entourage who followed. This guy is the one who came here to meet him. He has been lurking around here for a few months, and he knows what the terrain is here. Seeing the two elders looking at him, they were a little nervous. Indeed, for him, no matter how good it is, it is only an object that can be cultivated for the entire group, but Li Yin and the 15th are already the giants of the group, especially Li Yin. As he grows older, this guy looks a lot like Li Cong, and unlike his brother, Li Yin and Li Cong are definitely eighth similar.
"Second Young Master, Master No.15, this is what happened this time..." The guy hurriedly told Li Cong's plan again.
"Hehe, my father is true, too. Actually, I got the army. It can be straight down here. Although the population on this planet is quite large, it is impossible to compete with us." Li Yin smiled Said, in fact, many people have the same thoughts as him, and nodded with approval on the 15th.
"Second Young Master, it’s not too early. Let’s camp here. There are also rivers nearby. If you go further, the savages will be active. Those people will attack when they see humans. It’s safer here.
The entourage said. Except for the Bears and the humans, the other races are very antagonistic to the humans, especially the powerful races. They almost work with the savages. After being caught by them, human beings can't even find the whole body. Although there are no powerful races of savages around, it is better to be careful.
"Well, you are the boss here, you have the final say." Li Yin said without any pretensions. He doesn't know much about the situation here. It is better to be obedient. Li Yin also knows that he puts a lot of pressure on these people in the team. The big one is that Li Cong has only two sons in such a huge empire. Each of them is very important to Li Cong and cannot be lost. This is why everyone is so nervous.
Immediately hundreds of cavalry began to scatter around, only on the 15th and three or four people stood beside Li Yin, no matter what happened, they would not let Li Yin disappear in their sight. This is absolute protection. That's it. Maybe something will happen. The degree of danger here is Grade A.
Dozens of people immediately took out the contents of their backpacks and started to make a fire. It is actually very dangerous to make a fire in this place. But thinking that Li Yin doesn’t have the habit of eating cold things, so let’s take a risk. It’s not that serious. Yes, if you move faster, nothing will happen.
"Don’t light a fire, it’s very dangerous in this place, hehe, don’t think of me as a person different from you, I also have formal military training, maybe your physique is not as good as mine, what you can do I can do it all.
Li Yin looked at the people who were about to start a fire and said, in fact, what he said was very correct. The genetic medicines used by these people are all diluted a lot, but Li Yin used the most It's pure stuff, so his physique is definitely much stronger than these people. This is something that doesn't need to be doubted at all.
The other people were not mothers-in-law’s people. Hearing what Li Yin said, they immediately put down the things in their hands. Instead, they directly gave Li Yin a compressed biscuit, which is similar to the food on earth. In fact, these compressed biscuit For those who have stayed here for a long time, it is still very good. No one on earth to eat does not mean that no one eats it here. This food tastes very good, at least for now.
"Roar..." A roar also made Li Yin feel where he was. This is not on the grasslands of Africa. Even if you encounter a group of lions on the grasslands of Africa, you will not be afraid of them. But here is the territory of the savages. People of any race may be better than lions. To be powerful, all the soldiers gathered around Li Yin immediately after a roar. The natural feeling made them all know that they were in danger, and they really didn't want to come. Soon everyone put their food in their hands on the track indiscriminately, and then found a reasonable place to hide. At this time, if they could not provoke the beasts that came over, they would not provoke them. If there were no Li Yin, they would really have to do a fight.
"Asshole, our luck is really bad. It turned out to be a group of Leopards. There are still a lot of them. There are about three or four hundred. I have never heard that Leopards will appear here." said the steward, in the grassland. The three most annoying people are the three races. Their hatred with humans seems to be unregulated. As long as they see humans, they will rush up frantically, as if they cannot show their hatred with humans without this attitude.
"Second Young Master, we can't hide, their sense of smell is very good, you have to give orders." The steward glanced at these Leopard Clan people, now there are hundreds of meters away. These leopards are walking slowly, and now if you attack them sneakily, you should have a good record. When they approach, it is not a joke. These leopards are definitely faster than horses. Yes, their fierce gods and these people are also somewhat heard.
"Hehe, let's take a look at our special weapons now. Mount and run." Li Yin smiled and said, newcomers from the earth immediately mounted their horses, but the local soldiers stationed on the planet RTY were dumbfounded. Why is this two young master different from the legend? Isn't the legendary second young master the leader of the trump card army? Why is he so scared now. Not to mention that there are still hot weapons, even if only the serial crossbow solves them, it is very casual.
Although these people have some questions in their minds, they did not hesitate one by one. They are all the best soldiers, and they all know that if they hesitate at this time, they are likely to be harmed and lose their little ones. Life doesn’t matter, but you must not take the life of your teammates. This is what the instructor told them. Now everyone remembers it clearly. What they don’t understand is where the confidence of the two young masters came from. What?
After the horse was mounted, all kinds of voices spread. Those Leopard people didn’t expect that there would be hundreds of humans in a mountain nest not far away. These Leopard people immediately seemed to have seen the New World. All of them rushed up directly as if they were beaten up with blood. Their speed is absolutely very fast. When the horse ran out less than 30 meters at most, they had already bitten tightly. It’s absolutely impossible for the horses to run away from the distance. Even this Leopard tribe is dumbfounded. Aren’t these human beings all very clever? How come I met a fool today? Hiding in the ground, maybe people like myself might have a low sense of smell, they might get in the way, and run out like this, but there is no hope at all.
Most of the Leopard soldiers are very confident in their speed. They think no one can surpass them when it comes to speed on this grassland. Recently, due to the massive human aggression, their food has become less. Otherwise, they won’t leave their original place of residence. They come to find something to eat from a place as far away as the runway. It is said that there is a master around here, and they can bully others once by relying on the leopard clan, and if they come back next time It is probably not so lucky, but the appearance of these hundreds of human beings makes them directly happy and don’t know what to say. I hope these humans will come, and they will come. These people are really very good. Yes, the food was delivered to the door. If you don’t eat it, I’m sorry. Everyone is afraid that their food will run away. They all rushed up. Li Yin smiled and nodded. It was a group of brainless people. Stuff.
Li Yin glanced at the radar, and there were no other creatures in the surrounding area. Let these unseen beasts see the power of the new weapons. Li Yin slammed his horse, and there was no such horse. Called like other horses, but ran forward quickly. The horses of other people also seem to have taken hormones. These horses? These horses were brought down from the spaceship by the Second Young Master. Are these horses a new breed on earth? Otherwise, why would it run so fast? All of them have questions in their minds, constantly looking at the Leopards behind them. In the past, they all felt that the running speed of this charter was too fast, but today they don’t feel that way. They all feel this. The speed of the Leopard tribe is not fast. It can't be regarded as fast at all, they can easily pull these people behind.
"Haha. Brothers, the hunting time has begun." Li Yin said with a smile, and then turned around on horseback, making everyone shocked. How could this be done? You have to know that Li Yin could ride horses before, but his riding skills are certainly not so superb. This kind of gameplay is amazing, but soon these people knew that Li Yin was actually very capable, and Li Yin took out himself Of two pistols. I fixed myself on the horse back with a rope, and started aiming at the beasts in the distance and fired. Others have also learned something. Their marksmanship are very accurate, but this horse is too evil. It has been running for ten. It's been a few minutes, if it hadn't been so uniform before. And knowing where to run, this ability is not ordinary.
Under modern weapons, the so-called teeth and claws of these savages were of no use at all. These people quickly realized that the humans in front of them did not seem to be so easy to provoke. It turned out that hundreds of people went up for a round. Half of it was lost, and they had never seen such a powerful human. There are a few people who have seen humans on the battlefield, but it seems that the humans on the battlefield are not as powerful as the people in front of them. They have begun to flee. They don’t eat humans, and all of them feel that they have escaped. The ability should be okay, but unfortunately this thing seems to be wrong again, and it is them who are wrong. The humans directly turned their horses to catch up with them. At this moment, they understood why these people took them with them for so long. At that time, they all ran out of strength, and now they want to continue fighting. , Keep running away? That's impossible. When these beasts are dying, they are thinking about how the abilities of those horses are so powerful, don't they know that they are tired? Of course, they will never know the ending, because those horses are not horses at all. They are all robot horses.
"Haha, the second young master, it's so happy, brothers can see it, this must be the reason for these horses, right? If our own horses can't run so fast, and I feel this endurance It's also very tough, tell us about it." A guy said with a smile. He really likes the horse now. There is such a good thing. It's not tiring no matter how far you run, just like a car. Is it?
"Haha, you can see it, too, this thing is too obvious. The horse below us is actually just a layer of horse skin, and it’s all metal inside, so even if something attacking hits the horse, It doesn’t work for us. This thing is the latest product of our Ministry of Science and Technology. If my father wants to implement the strategy of internal differentiation on this planet, these things will come into play. The price of this horse is not low. Yes, but we have convenient conditions. We use the gold here to sell these things on the earth to make these things, and then rely on these things to earn more gold here. This is definitely a good deal for us. Here Isn’t a horse worth thousands of gold coins? A gold coin is about 50 grams. One thousand gold coins is 50,000 grams, which is equivalent to 50 kilograms. One thousand gold coins can be exchanged for 20 million yuan on the earth. , This thing can’t be so expensive even if the production cost is expensive. It’s now in the scientific research stage, so the cost is higher, which is more than 100,000 yuan per horse. If it is mass produced in the future, this thing should be 50,000 yuan. Around RMB, the current one is just a look, there is no weapon and deformation function installed at all. It is estimated that if these things are installed, the price will still have to rise. Those of you on the front line have the most say. Go back and write a report. Your opinion is the most important thing for the scientists in the rear." Li Yin said with a smile, there is no such thing as a young master. These people knew the group before. The scientific research ability is very strong, but no one thought that there would be a robot horse. This one is a little bit awesome.
"Haha, if all our cavalry use such horses in the future. It will not be difficult to sweep the entire continent. Look at these savages as good examples for our enemies." The soldiers will be very happy after knowing the news. On the battlefield, even a small change, as long as it is beneficial to his own people, it will definitely bring a lot of benefits to him, just like this robot horse. A cavalry may use this horse, and there is no need to carry several horses on the way. It's just that it's still in a stage of verification, and it's not yet time to want large-scale equipment.
"Okay, you only need to know these things. In the future, you will be indispensable. At this time, we will rush to the mountain clan and take people to the imperial capital quickly." This side achieved such a small victory. Naturally, there is no need to stay here for long, and the use of thermal weapons here is not a good thing. So Li Yin still quickly asked people to clean up, there are still many serious things to do.
What happened to Li Yin here is nothing to Li Cong. How should Li Yin introduce him to the two women in the mansion when he comes, but Li Cong is not much sad anymore. Anyway, he is not on earth. One by one, his son will definitely be the same as himself in the future. Now the eldest son Li Er already has two women. It’s just that we haven’t held a wedding for this kid yet. As for women, both sons are men should understand. Li Cong managed to solve the problem of a first-rate master in the Imperial Capital. He still didn’t hide it. People over there still knew Up.
That night, I was at the home of Zhu Youze, the official secretary. The people over there sent their own representatives to a meeting. Li Cong also sent someone to ask what was going on, but it was clear that the security standards were relatively good, and Li Cong’s people didn’t get any news at all. The people of this temporary gold mining alliance are now divided into two factions, and one feels that Li Congge should be brought in, so that it will be safer. But the other part is Li Cong's mortal enemies. They absolutely don't want Li Congji to come in. They think that if Li Cong comes in for such things, their own profits will definitely be reduced a lot.
In the end, the two sides discussed for a while. In the end, conservatives took the top spot. Many people decided to quickly mine the gold mine. They completed the division of shares. The queen mother occupies one-third and the queen occupies four points. One, the two of them add up to more than half, and some other forces also occupy a large proportion. Among them, there are even forces that have never appeared before, just like the organization that revealed the news to Li Cong. , They accounted for one-fifth, which was larger than the share occupied by Zhu Youze, the official book of the Ministry of Rites.
Although it is a huge gold mine in front of me, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a cornucopia, but now it is unrealistic to get money from this side. You must invest money first. How many of them are such a huge gold mine The news can be blocked if combined, but the initial investment ratio is definitely not a small amount. From the perspective of Li Cong, the final gold that can be mined from this huge gold mine must be at least tens of billions of gold coins. More, or even more, so the initial investment will never be less than one-tenth or even more of the value of the gold mine. The losses of these companies have not been very small for a while, so I want to make up It is not easy to get enough of this money. The queen mother has to put out at least 300 million gold coins. I wonder if this old woman has this money?
Soon Li Cong knew that he was wrong. The Queen Mother easily took out 300 million gold coins. As Li Cong's person, Li Cong gave Longwu 50 million gold coins and asked him to take 20 million gold coins to buy shares. This news is coming. The boy Long Wu even hacked Li Cong 10 million gold coins and spent 40 million gold coins. However, compared with the news of this boy Dai Lai, the loss of this little money is still possible. The family agreed to prepare to start mining in the next year. Li Cong still had two months left. Two months is enough to do a lot of things. If Li Cong uses conventional mining, there is definitely no way for two months. Everything here has been transported, but according to Li Cong’s method, there is absolutely no problem. Li Cong will use the method of combining the mountain people with modern machinery to transport all the mined ore to Mars through the transmission array. Or on the earth, there is a special ore sorting field over there, for the modern machines over there, it is simply too easy to get the gold out of the stone, and it doesn't require much effort at all.
"Master, news from the Southern Empire is here." Few people can enter Li Cong's study when Li Cong is thinking about problems. Lao Yang is one of them.
"What did you say?" Li Cong said with his eyes closed. News from the Southern Empire came once every three days. The previous news came that the Prince of the Southern Empire had already arrived in the Imperial Capital of the Southern Empire with an army. There should be a result, either to become the emperor of the southern empire, or to become a prisoner, even his own life is gone. It is estimated that it is impossible to write to myself, now it seems that having a letter means...
"Master. It's done. Now the emperor of the Southern Empire has announced that he has entered a state of sick leave. All things are supervised by the prince. The Southern Empire has suffered heavy losses this time. According to General Wu Hai's report, the Southern Empire is in turmoil. Five princes died, one-third of the princes were banned, and two died, the loss of the duke and marquis was even greater. Now they control the area of ​​the imperial capital, and our army has We have taken over nearly 30 counties and cities in the Southern Empire, and we have already sent people to take over the remaining counties and cities." Old Yang said cheerfully. The master always said that life is a business. This is the first time the master has seen such a deal. In the past, it was only double the profit, but the prince who helped the enemy became the emperor. This return is simply astonishing and terrifying. It belongs to dozens of counties and cities, including more than 100 million people.
"Haha, yes, I used to think that this kid Wu Hai was not a material for conspiracy and trickery. Now it seems. This kid is also capable. By the way, how about the Zhang Huazhao he recommended? For a while, I think that kid jumped up and down in the imperial capital. Have you made any achievements?" Although the Prince League has Longwu as his internal response, he is not as unprepared as before, but this world The alliance still needs to be formed quickly, and only they can ostensibly confront the people of the prince alliance. Only they have this qualification.
"Master Zhang family, I also asked someone to observe for a while. Master Zhang has withdrawn more than one million gold coins from me. The past few days have been spent in various entertainment venues, although I have not yet assembled a complete one. The alliance, but on many occasions, this guy has already jumped up the contradiction between the prince and the princes. He can be said to be a natural... um... according to the king's words, it is a stick of shit." Lao Yang Thinking of a word that Li Cong said with a smile, he said with a smile, Li Cong is also happy, this old Yang really knows words, don't we need a stick.
"Recently, you can help me watch things about this kid more. When necessary, all our resources can be used by this kid, but this kid is really a good spender. In just a few days, 1 million gold coins Spend it for me. It really doesn’t hurt to spend other people’s money.
Li Cong said with a smile. In fact, Li Cong doesn’t care much about 1 million gold coins. Now Li Cong has a few super profitable deals here. So, even the empire’s finances are not as good as Li Cong’s, and the dozens of counties and cities that the Southern Empire took over are all rich and oily. In the future, more than tens of billions of taxes will definitely not be a problem.
"Lord, there is a huge auction in Yitiandang tonight. It is the last one at the end of this year. Would you like to go and see it?" Lao Yang said when he left, speaking of the year-end auction of Yitiandang. But the entire empire is the most powerful. Almost all the upper-class people in the empire are going to go, because by the end of the year, many things can be picked up cheaply. Yitian has accumulated many good things during the year. It should be time for the end of the year. It is useless for pawnshops to ask for these things. They must quickly dispose of these things, and then it can work well. Li is now also a shareholder of Yitiandang, and of course he is eligible to participate. The auction is now. Ordinary nobles cannot enter unless they pay a deposit of ten million gold coins. Of course, some poor princes can also enter, but if you don’t enter, you won’t have any money. .
"Hehe, it's the end of the year so soon, well, I will go about this matter, you ask the two princesses to clean up and go together." Li Cong thought for a while and said.
The two girls had nothing to do in the mansion, and they were all very happy to hear that Yitiandang's auction was held. I ate a lot earlier this afternoon. At 8 o’clock in the evening, Yitiandang’s auction officially started. The two girls took Li Cong and went out at 7 o’clock. It is estimated that they have heard that something good is going to be auctioned. Appeared at the meeting, it was prepared.
"What's wrong, why are you two so excited? Is there something good to show up tonight?" Li Cong said strangely. Speaking of her, these two women are also very strong against babies, and there are so many good babies in the family. You shouldn't be happy to be like this.
"Hehe, she has been thinking about it for a long time, and she told me this morning that she didn't know if you would go. If you don't go, she will think of a way to ask you to go." Lu Xinlan smiled on the side. Said, it seems that this thing should be something the little princess likes, otherwise it wouldn't say that.
"Oh? What's so good, I'll see if you say it. If it's really good, I'll buy it for you." Li Cong said with a smile.
"Hehe. Naturally it is a good thing. Husband, you don’t know about our women’s things. There will be two things I want to buy this time. One is a 10,000-year-old Polygonum multiflorum plant. My mother has worked hard for me these years. There are too many. The other day I saw that my mother had gray hair, so I wanted to buy it for my mother." Li Cong was really ashamed of hearing the little princess's return. Is your mother working a lot? Marrying you to me is the most correct decision he has made in his life. How much light has been taken up over the course of a while, otherwise, a concubine without a prince can be treated so well? Sometimes the queen can't keep up.
"Hundreds of filial piety is the first thing to do. I think the price of ten thousand years of Polygonum multiflorum is not low, but we have money left in addition to money. There is another one, which seems to be your favorite. "Li Cong said with a smile. The other one was naturally requested by the little girl. She seemed embarrassed to speak from the little girl's appearance. Li Cong stopped teasing her and looked up at Lu Xinlan. The relationship between the two of them has always been. Is very good. Lu Xinlan must know.
"Everyone has a heart for beauty. What is so shy about you? She is fond of a real gold hazel. This thing is made from the feathers of the southern empire divine bird. It is said that there are only a dozen in the world. This thing doesn’t feel any weight after being worn on your body, and it’s good for your body.
Lu Xinlan said with a smile. What she hasn’t said yet is someone who wears this thing before the age of twenty. She is very effective. She is past this age, so she doesn't like this thing very much.
Li Cong smashed his mouth, his wife really knows how to look at things. There are only a few things in the world. This girl can also look at. It really costs money. Tonight, these two things are definitely expensive. However, I am also a shareholder of Yitiandang, and I can earn a lot of commissions.
Unlike other guests, Li Cong has his own dedicated passage. Inside the gate of Yitiandang, several shopkeepers have come out to greet Li Cong. From the time when His Royal Highness Princess does not ask about things, it is a matter of Yitian. Li Cong is all concerned. Of course, Li Cong will not take care of some small things. Li Cong is in charge of things in general directions. The shopkeeper now feels that Li Cong is supporting him. When your Highness manages, he should be easy to handle.
In the past, officials naturally wanted to give the princess face, but some nobles don’t necessarily give face so much, especially some princes and other high-ranking nobles. As the most luxurious pawnshop, Yitian must have business with those people. In the past, the princess brand didn’t work well for them, but now it’s different. We all know that Li Cong manages, but they’ve never made trouble here, just like before this year-end. Like the auction, there are only less than 50 posts in total. According to the regulations, there are only four people coming in for each post. There are as many people as the royal palace in this imperial capital. If this one gives it, the other does not. Yes, this happened. In the past, many nobles came to litigate.
This year there must have been such wars, but this year Lao Yang gave them a good idea to unload all the good auction items, make them into exquisite brochures, and then give them to the majors. Everyone in the family sent one copy. There are only fifty private rooms, but in the lobby below, two hundred chairs have been added, one for one thousand gold coins. Naturally, the big families don’t lack this money. They don't want to go to the chairs below, but they can definitely let their family members come here to take pictures for them. After setting the price, it will be the same as if they come in person.
This method immediately allowed Yitiandang to make a profit of 200,000 gold coins by selling the chair. Of course, this little money would not be seen by anyone, but the fighting incidents that bothered them every year were gone. Just for this idea. , The old shopkeepers of Yitiandang thanked Lao Yang for a while.
"Haha~EbookFREE.me~ Several big shopkeepers have been working hard this year. Her Royal Highness is reluctant to manage these things recently. Some of them will be affected, and some rest assured, our shareholders are not I will treat a few people badly. I don’t care what happens to others. Here, you will each have a big red envelope, and you will double your salary next year." Li Cong said with a smile. These old shopkeepers also know that Li Cong is so bold. I am even more happy. Their annual salary is worth tens of thousands of gold coins, and doubling is definitely not a small amount, but Li Cong knows deeply that he needs to feed his horses enough fodder to run fast.
"We thank the prince, the prince's seat is ready, please inside, there are still a few guests who have not arrived, we are here to greet us, we will start on time at eight o'clock." The big treasurer graciously sent Li Congzhi in. The room said, in fact, if Li Cong didn't come out so early, he should have come with a little pressure. This Yitian should start at 8 o'clock. Even if the emperor Lao Tzu does not come, he will definitely not wait for you. How many years has it been? It's the rule.
"Well, you are busy with yours. I'll go in and take a look." Li Cong nodded and went in with his two princesses. Over there, Lao Yang used to hand in a deposit of one million gold coins. In fact, Li I never need to hand it in, but Li never wanted to have anything special about himself. This was for all the palaces to see. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation.)