Alfonso knew full well why these people were helping him. They had no sincere intention of assisting him; they only wanted to use him to restrain Lu Yang. Both sides were acting solely for profit. Once Lu Yang destroyed Yang, Alfonso would be dragged down with him.
"Fine. Please pay me this week's wages now, and I'll distribute them to my men immediately. Otherwise, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on," Alfonso said.
Sanyou Weimen, Olma, and the others all smiled faintly.
"President Alfonso, give us some time. We can't come up with that much money right away, and we also need to discuss how much each of us will contribute, don't we?" Liu Jie said.
Sanyou Weimen, Olma, and the others nodded together. They had never truly intended to help Alfonso. They only wanted him to keep Lu Yang's 300,000 men tied down. They had deployed more than ten million players in total, and the daily expenses alone were astronomical.
Not to mention whether they could take the territory, even if they did, the current region belonged to the Eight Nation Alliance, which had also paid 200,000 gold coins to ransom back its fortress. Only the territory conquered afterward would be divided among them. As for how it would be divided, whether Steiger and Liu Jie, who were far to the north, would even get a share was still uncertain. They had not settled that issue yet.
Alfonso looked at their expressions and knew it was impossible to make them pay immediately. "Fine, then I'll take out a loan first."
"Great. Now we can discuss how to attack tomorrow," Liu Jie said.
Alfonso hurriedly began discussing matters with Liu Jie and the others, but before long, a player rushed in to report, "Bosses, Lu Yang has arrived