After chatting with the three of them, Chen Xing returned to the room, turned on the LCD screen on the table, connected the black watch, and called up the book menu, hoping to relax and read for a while.
But after opening it, I couldn't concentrate at all. Looking at the densely packed text on it, it was like a tadpole swimming around. His thoughts were a little confused and he couldn't draw a clear line.
"The Luo family is the weakest of the seven families in Gray Corner City. They don't even have a decent guard..."
Ye Yang Bailiu's words flashed through his mind, and he suddenly thought that he still knew too little about aristocratic families from all over the world to be able to analyze them.
You must know that aristocratic families are the smallest unit that constitutes the upper class in this world. They are usually two to three hundred years old, or more. The roots are deep and the leaves are luxuriant, occupying one place. Although there are occasional replacements, the process is very slow. Their every move often affects the rise, fall and future of a region.
He was a low-level mercenary in his previous life, so he naturally wouldn't pay attention to these things, but things are different now, and he can no longer be ignorant. So he turned it off, pulled up the map of the United Kingdom of Ambergris River, and began to study it.
From the map, a large river branches out into several tributaries from northwest to southeast. This river is the "Amber River", which originates from the Dragon Tooth Mountains and goes to the sea in the west of the Red Earth Continent.
To the north of the middle reaches of the Ambergris River and to the west of the Chiyan Mountains is the Red Dragon Principality where he is currently located.
The national power of the Red Dragon Principality is considered to be in the middle and upper reaches of the United Kingdom. Although it does not have much fertile land, it has a large territory and occupies most of the northern wilderness.
There are four cities in the principality, namely the royal capital "Monster City", the commercial city "Crow City", the mining city "Dashanling", and the wilderness city "Grey Horn City". Orchid Town is an edge town under the jurisdiction of Gray Horn City.
The Luo family is one of the seven major families in Gray Horn City. In terms of number, there are many more aristocratic families in Gray Corner City than the four major families in Crow City and the three major families in Dashanling. In other words, competition between aristocratic families will be much more intense, and resources will be relatively scarce.
So, what is the position of the Luo family among the aristocratic families in Gray Corner City?
It can be seen from Ye Yang Qingyan's attitude towards Luo Shaoqing that their status is not high. And after Ye Yang Bailiu reminded him, he remembered that he did not see the accompanying elders of the Luo family that day. And Luo Shaoqing's personal strength doesn't seem to be that good either. As long as you don't take into account the other party's background, there is really nothing to fear. This is a world of strong men, and fists are everything. This is why Luo Shaoqing cannot be strong when facing him.
Maybe his physical data is not as good as the opponent, but he has a trio that can instantly suppress the opponent. For example, he had the upper hand against Ye Yang Qingyan last time. In battles, especially those involving firearms, victory or defeat is often a matter of a split second.
Thinking of this, he remembered that when Ye Yang Qingyan first arrived, he seemed to be closer to Roy who used the "Ice Shield Technique". Roy is the eldest son of the Moore family in Crow City. He is a bit taller than Luo Shaoqing in terms of appearance and temperament.
It turns out that this little green tea has already found a home. No wonder it is eager to draw a clear line with the past. Since this is the case, he can also make trouble and draw Luo Shaoqing's hatred to Roy. After all, he is the real owner and he is incidental.
In addition, Zhang Meng's eagerness to achieve results also has a good side, which is that he is willing to communicate and does not act so forcefully.
After some thought, he decided to deal with it proactively and could not wait for things to come to him. First figure out what Zhang Meng is thinking, and then communicate with Mo Anshan to try to minimize the loss.
The next day, he sent someone to invite Zhang Meng to the water station as a guest. As he expected, Zhang Meng did not delay and came happily. Chen Xing also specially asked Ye Yang Bailiu for advice, and asked the cook to make some dishes that fit the eating habits of the children of the aristocratic family. They drank and chatted in the restaurant of the water station.
"Team Chen is running this place well." Zhang Meng said with a smile.
"It's okay." Chen Xing nodded, and then sighed, "But to be honest, this place has just been built, many facilities are not complete, and the villagers have just moved here, so the sense of belonging is not very strong." He said this The subtext of the words is: "The people here are unstable. The conditions you set are too bad. Problems will occur at any time."
"Well..." Zhang Meng nodded thoughtfully, then picked up the wine glass and said to him, "I can understand Captain Chen's difficulties, but..." He paused and then said, "I'll give you a Come on, the clan only gave me 200 people and 12 mechas this time. I need 500 laborers, and the money can be calculated according to the market price, but it can only be settled after the exploration is completed."
"Is five hundred people too many?" Chen Xing asked.
What is the concept of five hundred people?
His entire water station only has more than 3,000 people, of whom less than 400 are young adults, and the rest are elderly people, women and children. As for the two gathering places in Orchid Town, after learning about the arrival of the Aristocratic Family, most of them have been moved away, and the rest cannot be run away.
"Not all of them are young adults..." Zhang Meng hinted.
How could Chen Xing not understand? It means that the cannon fodder responsible for exploration can be women, children, or the elderly. Although he felt disgusted, he did not show it and said without any emotion, "The wages can be settled later, but if an accident occurs and there are casualties, and the pension cannot be paid in time, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction and even riots."
"It's okay, I still have two hundred soldiers." Zhang Meng said disapprovingly, "If Captain Chen finds it inconvenient, Zhang can do it at any time."
His meaning was very clear. If Chen Xing was concerned about his face, he could use force to force the refugees to obey.
"Would this be..." Chen Xing hesitated for a moment and then said it, "It's too inhumane."
"Really?" Zhang Meng slowly put down his glass, looked at Chen Xing, and said seriously, "Captain Chen, I must remind you that refugees do not have human rights."
"Strictly speaking, they are just the indigenous people in the marginal areas, not the 'dishonest ones'." Chen Xing said.
"Is there any difference?" Zhang Meng's tone became meaningful, "I feel that a group of rats in the wasteland should not be an obstacle between us." As he said that, he picked up the wine glass again and drank it all in one gulp. Once this is done, you will be my brother Zhang Meng. If I become the head of the family in the future, your benefits will naturally be indispensable."
Chen Xing didn't speak, just lowered his head and thought deeply. Zhang Meng then said, "I dare not say anything else. It is not difficult to arrange for a major of the Gray Horn City defenders."
"Haha..." At this time, Chen Xing raised his head and smiled.
Zhang Meng thought he agreed and smiled, but the next second, the smile froze on his face.
"Master Zhang, what do you think..." Chen Xing picked up the wine glass and asked, "What is my strength?"
"This..." Zhang Meng seemed a little hesitant. He finally remembered that Chen Xing knocked Yang Zhiyong away with one punch and took on the Yang family's unique fire dragon wave with his bare hands. His strength was unpredictable. Not to mention elite level, even guard level is possible.
It is a mystery to have such strength, but to be the captain of a small town in a fringe town. The two girls from the Baishi family are still wooing each other, how could they be tempted by this benefit.
But before he could clear his mind, the other party dropped a second bombshell.
"Also, what do you think..." Chen Xing said with a smile, "What is the strength of my men?"
"Ah..." Zhang Meng couldn't help being startled, his pupils gradually dilated. He remembered again that that day, one of Chen Xing's men, a man wearing steel body armor, also punched Yang Zhiyong away.
After all, Second Young Master Yang is also the most outstanding junior of the Yang family. His strength far exceeds the elite level, almost reaching the quasi-guardian level, but he has suffered losses repeatedly. The second lieutenant in front of him became increasingly mysterious.
"Brother Chen..." Zhang Meng subconsciously changed his title and asked with a bit of humility, "Zhang Meng doesn't understand. With the strength of my brother, why do you have to live here?"
Chen Xing showed a mysterious smile and did not answer in a hurry. After a while, Zhang Meng became a little anxious, and then he pretended to be serious and said, "I am not a local..." He deliberately lengthened his voice, "To be precise, I am not from this continent."
"Then you are..." Zhang Meng asked doubtfully.
"I'm from the Eastern Continent. My clan asked me to come here to practice and learn the customs and customs of your Red Earth Continent." When Chen Xing was checking information just now, he discovered that although there is no family surnamed Chen in the Red Earth Continent, there is in the Eastern Continent!
Anyway, the mountains are long and the road is far away, and across the vast ocean, no one will know even if we pretend.
"Oh my God..." Zhang Meng suddenly realized, and then he said with his fists clasped, "It turns out to be Mr. Chen, disrespectful and disrespectful!"
"No, no, no..." Chen Xing declined quickly, "I only told you as your brother. This matter..." He lowered his head and leaned over slowly.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Meng hurriedly came over and looked like he was listening carefully.
Chen Xing looked around and lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk about it everywhere. The clan asked me to keep a low profile. After all..." At this point, he stopped, with a tacit understanding.
"I understand, I understand..." Zhang Meng nodded repeatedly, like a chicken pecking at rice.
