One afternoon a few days later, the mayor of Beauty Town An Bixi, the mayor of Roast Duck Town Bert, and the mercenary captains Hei She and Pang Youcai came to Chen Xing's mansion to celebrate the successful resolution of the matter in Gray Corner City.
"Oh, when I heard the news about Mr. Chen, I felt relieved." "Yes, I haven't slept well for several days." "Without Mr. Chen, we don't know what we would do." " Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Chen.”
These people are all shareholders of Zombie Paradise, and their interests are closely related. When one is prosperous, both are prosperous; when one is lost, both are harmed. Chen Xing returned triumphantly and was naturally showered with compliments.
"Business in Gray Corner City is good now, with a turnover of thousands of gold coins every day."
"I also heard that someone saw the news online and made a special trip there."
"When the funds come back in some time, we will set up a branch in Monitor Lizard City."
"At that time, we will buy a few second-hand aerostats for transportation, convert them into passenger boats, and run special tourist routes."
"Going forward, we will cover the entire Ambergris River, then the Red Earth Continent, the Qing Kingdom, the Yellow Kingdom, and the East and West Continents to make the business bigger and stronger!"
Chen Xing, who was a sales manager in his first life, talked eloquently and drew a pie that excited the four shareholders.
Excited, Mayor Burt came up with an idea.
"Dear shareholders, we are now closely related, we are on the same page, and we are as close as brothers and sisters. Why not form an alliance to strengthen our momentum externally and strengthen our ties internally? What do you think?"
"This is good, I fully support it!" Anbixi immediately expressed his support.
Pang Youcai and Black Snake thought for a few seconds and expressed their support.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Xing was the only one left who did not express his position. He is the boss here, everyone is looking at him, waiting for him to speak.
Chen Xing was a little hesitant. These people were counting on him for help, but they couldn't do much. It can be seen from the incident in Gray Corner City that hiding away when encountering big problems is of no use.
It's okay to say that Black Snake can't be counted on by Anbisi or Bert, unless it's a trivial matter. But he can also understand that Anbixi has a family and Bert is older. As for Pang Youcai, he was just a puppet who dealt with Lacey and could not be counted on.
But then again, there is still some use in a false reputation. If an alliance is formed, he will definitely be elected as the president. To the outside world, he is a predator in the fringe areas who holds three towns.
Furthermore, the two towns of Roast Duck and Beauty have city guards and security teams who eat royal food. There are hundreds of people. It is good to deal with large mutated creatures occasionally, or to scare people out.
"I think it's okay." Chen Xing nodded.
After receiving his approval, the discussion became heated again.
"Then what is this alliance called?"
"I've already thought about this..." Mayor Bert said confidently. It seemed that it was not a temporary idea, but he had thought about it for a long time. "How about each of our three towns takes a word and calls it the Lankao People's Alliance?" ?”
Mayor Anbixi immediately objected, "People from Lankao? Why are you roasting duck in front, can't you call Lan people Kao?"
"How about calling it the Zombie Paradise Alliance?" "It's so uncreative!"
The four of them argued for a while, but couldn't think of a suitable name, and looked at Chen Xing together.
"Master Chen, you are well-informed. Tell me what name you want to name."
Chen Xing thought for a while and said, "How about using Hanged Skeletons. When we come back from outside, we will pass by there. Now it has become an attraction in the park. This is Beihuang again. It is called the Hanged Skeleton Alliance of Beihuang. You see How about it?"
Everyone thought thoughtfully, and indeed they could see the skeleton hanging on the dead tree every time they came back from outside. Over time, as soon as I saw it, I felt like I was home.
"Okay, let's call it this!" Everyone hit it off immediately, and the next step was to choose the president, and the result was naturally Chen Xing.
Pang Youcai drafted the document, Chen Xing served as president, Anbisi and Bert served as vice presidents, Pang Youcai served as secretary-general, and Hei She served as supervisory committee member.
The Hanged Skeleton Alliance was officially established.
Now that the alliance has been established, there must be a sense of ceremony. They discussed holding a small joint military parade between the three towns in a few days to pledge force and alliance to the nearby edge towns.
Things are done as they are said to be done. After setting a specific time and place, first post an announcement in the town, then gather people to rehearse, decorate the venue, etc.
After the announcement was posted, many people in the town gathered to watch.
"To celebrate the establishment of the Hanged Skeleton Alliance in the Northern Wasteland, a joint military parade will be held between Orchid Town, Roast Duck Town, and Beauty Town..." The elder wearing reading glasses squinted his eyes and read word by word.
"Wow, there's free lunch on site!" a refugee girl shouted.
"I must have seen it wrong. There is actually a military parade in such a quiet place." A passing businessman was surprised and rubbed his eyes repeatedly, thinking he was dazzled. He travels to various edge towns all year round, and is always extremely poor. This is the first time he has encountered such a strange thing.
"You don't know this. Our mayor is not an ordinary person, but he is very powerful. Since he took over here, the projects have been one after another, and the investment has not stopped..." A middle-aged town citizen said proudly, "First the water station, Then came the tree shepherd’s planting field, handicraft workshop, corpse processing factory, and now the zombie paradise and five-star hotel, all of which are huge investments!”
"Yes, since Mr. Chen came to the town, our lives have become better and better." Another middle-aged town citizen said.
"Isn't that right? Even our business has become very popular~" a wandering warbler said with a smile.
"The environment in Orchid Town is really good now, and the houses are cheap. I plan to retire here." A middle-aged uncle carrying a shotgun and dressed as a mercenary said.
"You must support Mr. Chen's activities. When I get back, I will tell my son and daughter-in-law to put everything aside and go watch the military parade!" an elderly refugee announced, immediately attracting approval from others.
In a blink of an eye, the day of the military parade arrived.
The atmosphere was extremely lively, and loudspeakers were playing loud heavy metal music - the v16 heavy metal tank was on the road. The clear female voice lingers in the wilderness, making people's blood boil.
The viewing platform is set on a low hill. A long table is made of wooden boards, covered with white cloth, and an awning is set up with thin bamboo poles.
The dirt slope below is regarded as the auditorium. Residents and refugees are separated to the left and right, sitting on the ground. The flat wasteland in front is basically the parade ground.
Small but complete. Although it is not as grand and prosperous as the Kingdom's military parade, it is still decent.
"Cigarettes, beer, goat's milk tea, peanuts and melon seeds bubble gum..." "Popcorn, who wants popcorn!" "The donuts and cookies just made this morning are only a copper plate each!" "Marshmallows, sell cotton. Sugar…”
Vendors selling snacks walked back and forth among the lively and crowded crowd, shouting loudly, adding a festive atmosphere to the scene.
"The military parade begins!"
With Chen Xing's announcement, the music switched to the "March of Flowers and Swords", the kingdom song of the Ambergris United Kingdom.
The flower is a Malan flower, representing the Malan royal family, and the sword is a two-handed sword, representing the folk custom of advocating force.
The music is simple and melodious, as if bathing in the long river of history, witnessing the rise and fall of thousand-year empires and the replacement of dynasties. Fighting on the battlefield, the end of the hero, and the late beauty, everything is in the melody.
As the music played, a group of casually dressed mercenaries walked into the venue.
The first one to enter was the Black Snake Brigade. They were both men and women, barely lining up, and some were even chatting. The formation was sparse. Compared with the army, they looked more like a group of workers going to the canteen to eat after get off work.
When it comes to mercenaries, you can't ask for too much, especially a mercenary group that has been in the corpse transport business for more than ten years. They are all soldiers. If they weren't frightened by the black snake's torture methods, they probably wouldn't even come.
Since the corpse processing factory was built in Orchid Town, the Black Snake Brigade has rarely done business as a corpse transport team, and has switched to escorting zombies.
park visitors.
The second person to enter the scene was the city defenders and security team from Roast Duck Town, a total of more than two hundred people. Compared with the Black Snake Brigade, the military appearance and appearance are quite acceptable, but the clothes are a bit old.
After all, they are troops that receive royal rations, and military pay is issued by the Kingdom Council, so there will be no arrears or deductions. I don’t know if the Northern Alliance will continue to bear the responsibilities after the death of the old king and the division of the north and the south.
Following the team were armored vehicles and mechas. Among them, a humanoid mecha with a giant sword stuck on its back was particularly conspicuous. It looked like a knight in armor, standing on a truck. Although it looks old, it's wiped clean.
Chen Xing knew about this kind of mecha, the heavy fighting mecha "Great Knight" produced in the Western Continent. I heard from Mayor Anbixi that Mayor Bert used to be a mecha pilot, so this is probably his vehicle. Although I no longer use it, I still keep it with me as a souvenir.
Next came the troops from Beauty Town, also with more than two hundred people. The mechas were the standard equipment of Edge Town - sand camels and shoulder-resistant cannons. The only bright spot is that there is a team of all-female soldiers, about twenty people. They all look decent, not particularly beautiful, but they all have pretty good figures.
"How are my Beauty Town Guards?" An Bixi winked at Chen Xing, very proud.
Next came the water station militia, which was mainly composed of young adults from the three refugee tribes brought back by Chen Xing. It would also absorb some refugees with good performance. It was led by Wu Jinjian, who is currently mainly responsible for the security of the zombie paradise.
Although they are militiamen, their formation is no worse than the regular army in Edge Town, and their weapons are mostly single-shot rifles and pistols. It seems that Wu Jinjian put a lot of effort into it.
Behind the militia were the city guards and security teams of Orchid Town. In order to show a serious and responsible work attitude in front of Chen Xing, the captain Lu Jinhe did not sit on the viewing stand like the captains of other towns, but led the team himself and walked at the front of the team.
Behind them are Li Kuan, Mo Anshan, Slender Monkey Ah San and other old people from Shade Sinclair's era, including the security team. Poona's brother Powater is also there. Ever since Poona was instigated by Aqiaomu and joined the Black Prison Tribunal, Poiter has come to express his loyalty again and again, saying that his sister would never betray the boss. She must have had no choice but to come back in the future.
In any case, Powater did not sneak away to join his sister in Ice Blue City, so Chen Xing believed him and did not touch his position.
The last to enter was the master group. There were about two to three hundred people in a square formation, neat steps, brand-new military uniforms, and full of energy. Their appearance and appearance could almost catch up with the regular army of the Kingdom.
Originally, these were criminals who had returned from the Black Death Continent, and their compositions were worse than those of the Black Snake Brigade. But the master group has been too idle in the past two years, and there is basically nothing to do. Lao Ji said that if these criminals were idle, something would happen, so Big Cat trained them every day. I am as tired as a dog every day, so I naturally have no energy to mess around.
As a result, after two years, there were not many battles, but the military appearance and appearance were improved.
The mechas and vehicles following the team made Anbisi and Bert look envious.
At the forefront were two tall white mechas. The arms cover the shield, with two gun barrels extending out, two gun barrels on the shoulders, and two small tracking missile launch nests.
This is the heavy-duty comprehensive mecha "Valkyrie" produced by Sanxiang Heavy Industries. It is a very high-end product that Chen Xing asked for from Ye Yang Bailiu.
Behind them are two wing-shaped mechas, the "Fengtianque", which are also high-end products from Three Phase Heavy Industries. Also for infantry light mechas, a dozen Sand Camels can be purchased for the price of one Burning Sky Bird.
Behind the Fentianque is a monster multifunctional tactical off-road vehicle with thick wheels and a tough appearance. It is a mid-range product of Hongtu Heavy Industry. Its performance and durability are several steps ahead of ordinary dune vehicles.
The Master Regiment is Chen Xing's direct army. In terms of configuration, it can already catch up with the principality's front-line troops.
After the review, the next stage is the song and dance performance. Everyone present is given a lunch box to watch while eating.
During the dinner, a guard walked over quickly and whispered a few words beside Lao K. Old K came to Chen Xing and whispered, "A woman who calls herself Miyamoto Momo wants to see the Lord."
