He was eating dried meat like he was swallowing dates. Liu Laocai suddenly coughed. Luo Yi hurriedly handed over the kettle. Liu Laocai drank heavily and said thank you to Luo Yi with runny nose and tears.

Dried meat, compressed biscuits and a green military kettle were all carried by Luo Yi. They were originally standard equipment for those mercenaries.

However, according to the safety advice provided to the economic and trade group by the military adviser of the Joint Matrix, it is hoped that each member can carry some dried meat and a kettle filled with water. If he encounters danger, he can hold on for a few more days to wait for rescue.

But most members of the economic and trade delegation turned a deaf ear and dismissed the equipment provided by the Joint Matrix.

Of course, whether you need it or not, the bill for the joint matrix has already been issued, and the prices for these equipment and supplies are also very high.

Luo Yiwai, on the other hand, was very obedient and took the safety consultant's advice to heart.

"Slow down..." Lu Ming watched Liu Laocai stuffing these hard dried meats that he usually disliked into his mouth. He was inexplicably funny. Now he doesn't want to become an immortal? This experience is also good for you, brother.

Not necessarily a bad thing.

Finally, Mr. Liu let out a long sigh and looked at Lu Ming with a sad face, "These days, it's all stinky and rotten dog food..."

Lu Ming nodded: "Tell me, what's going on? However, you may have to stay here for a few days. There is no bail system here, but don't worry, I will send someone to stay here. Anyone who wants to see you must

I will be there and he will arrange your meals for you."

Liu Laocai immediately nodded pitifully, "Okay, okay, Qian Xing, you must rescue me! I'm going to behead my head here..."

Lu Ming nodded: "Let's talk about the people from Fila Oil first? You haven't found anyone to help you in the past few days? Weren't you invited by them?"

Although Rabbi Phila of Phila Petroleum once made a large political donation to himself, his second brother should be in charge of the oil field development planning in the Bat City area, so he only contacted Phila through official channels.

I contacted La Petroleum's office here, but the other party was not very enthusiastic, so I simply stopped contacting them. I also vaguely felt that something was wrong here.

Next to him, Luo Yi took out a booklet and started recording.

When mentioning Fila Oil, Liu Laocai immediately gritted his teeth and said, "These bastards are the ones who tricked me!"

"Now that I think about it, they have never had good intentions. Ha Shan's husband is the tour guide they found for me, and they also found a bitch to seduce me. That bitch also has a husband..."

"Ha, Ha Shan, right? Didn't Ha Shan seduce you?" Lu Ming was slightly startled. You didn't want to be seduced by others, but you finally called Ha Shan on your own initiative?

"Ha Shan..." Liu Laocai sighed softly, "Ha Shan is fine..."

"Anyway, something happened, and the people from Fila Petroleum disappeared. But the day before yesterday, they came and said that if I transferred 90% of the property rights to them, they would not only guarantee my safety, but also

Help me get out of this lawsuit, and they will also help me resolve the land rights dispute with Bailu City... They also said that if they give me 10%, that will be an astronomical figure. It is expected that there will be two or three a year.

Millions of dollars in income, and it will last for decades or even hundreds of years, and the income will only get higher and higher every year in the future."

"Fuck them! Even if I die, I won't do it!" Liu Laocai gritted his teeth.

Lu Ming nodded. If the net profit is 20 to 30 million per year, then this oil field is really a treasure. Fila Petroleum's current oil fields, including the largest oil field, should not be of this scale. Liu Laocai has really found a treasure.

One year's profit is enough to build the Empire State Building. Of course, if you include the money to buy the land in a location like the Empire State Building, it will be two years' profit.

It’s no wonder that some of the decision-makers at Fila Petroleum started to use their brains. It was really too tempting, especially when they thought that this guy was picked up for free and he had it all to himself? Who wouldn’t be jealous? I’m afraid that the oil field really belongs to Liu Laocai.

If so, the largest individual shareholder of Fila Petroleum may not have as high a net income as Liu Laocai from now on. Isn’t this annoying?

But then again, isn't it just luck that made the Fila family get rich? The first oil field was also a coincidence, which allowed it to develop from the lowest level of a small aristocratic family over several decades to now controlling a super company with a market value of over one billion.

Moreover, it is still expanding rapidly.

Today is an unpredictable era, and outstanding adventurers still have great opportunities to write new legendary stories.

The next feast for adventurers will have to wait until the Internet age.

Only when social forms change drastically will trendsetters who seize the pulse of the new era be born.

After thinking about it, Lu Ming said: "So, Has Shan's husband blackmailed you, I'm afraid he did it without telling his financial boss. Otherwise, you will really die here in a daze. If you want to say that, you have to thank him."

"I thank his grandma!" Liu Laocai glared, "If I want to get out alive, I'll kill him!"

Lu Ming nodded: "Tell me about Ha Shan, be more detailed, what is going on between you and her..."

Liu Laocai was startled, looked at Lu Ming's expression, and said cautiously: "She, she is quite pitiful, can you..."

Lu Ming rolled his eyes, "Speak quickly, I know exactly what to do! Can't you see who is licking whom?"

Liu Laocai didn't dare to say anything anymore. He blinked his eyes aggrievedly and began to tell.

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"Brother, are you looking for someone?" Nicole asked curiously as she walked beside Lu Ming.

She said she was going shopping with Nicole, but in fact, there were no shops at all in the entire town.

The chieftains, even the little chieftains, had to go to the big city hundreds of miles away to buy things.

As for Bate City, the only small market is used by poor people to exchange basic living needs.

Lu Ming and his party were walking in this small market.

They are all kinds of dilapidated straw shed stalls, selling straw sandals, eggs and duck eggs, oil and salt, coarse cloth, and some religious trinkets, etc. In addition, there is a blacksmith shop, which is actually a place for sharpening kitchen knives and repairing agricultural tools.

class.

Most of them also bartered, using grain as currency.

The serfs did not have any means of production, that is, they would never die of hunger. If there was a surplus of food in a good harvest year, they would exchange it for some daily necessities.

Last year was a good year, so this small market, which only opened every half month, was quite lively.

Although there are many people shopping, there are few actual transactions.

I watched a peasant woman sell a basket of eggs, exchange for some cloth, and some kind of shell hairpin for her daughter, making the ragged little girl dance happily.

Nicole is very curious about everything, so walking around this shabby market is really fun.

However, seeing Lu Ming always looking towards a gathering area of ​​mud houses leading to the market, Nicole curiously asked Lu Ming if he was looking for someone?

Lu Ming smiled slightly: "No."

In the Tuwu gathering area, the tour guide Tugou and his wife Ha Shan that Liu Laocai mentioned lived there. It was considered a free civilian area, and the living conditions were better than those of most serfs.

Now that it has been determined that Fila Petroleum is involved in this case, some of the original ideas cannot be used.

If you take the initiative to find Hashan, you may be used by Fila Oil to make a fuss.

If you meet her accidentally in this market, you might be able to chat with her for a few words, as long as it doesn't involve the case and doesn't violate any rules, that's fine.

Liu Laocai said that Tugou and Hashan did not get married according to local customs, but they had lived together for more than ten years. According to the laws of the East China Sea, it was considered a de facto marriage.

Long Xiang was with Lu Ming and Nicole. He was very confident now. He felt that this was Miss Nicole, the most popular superstar in the empire. However, since Mayor Lu didn't want to pierce this layer of window paper,

, I can only endure the excitement in my heart and dare not say anything more.

However, now Miss Nicole is walking on the right side of Mayor Lu, and her position is a few steps behind Mayor Lu on the left, but it seems that she can still smell the faint fragrance of Miss Nicole, which is so intoxicating.

Long Xiang didn't dare to look at Miss Nicole. Even though Miss Nicole was wearing sunglasses and a big hat, her stunning beauty and unique temperament could not be concealed. Ordinary people were not confident enough to look at her.

, not to mention, after it was confirmed that it was her, this legendary and beautiful superstar seemed to have an extra layer of aura around her, making people dare not look up.

Walking behind, Long Xiang only dared to secretly glance at the pair of extremely beautiful black and white canvas shoes that carried the slender and straight legs of this super bright star. He watched the shoes fall together on the loess, drawing arcs and steps.

The footprints left are also so beautiful and so fascinating.

Suddenly, Long Xiang's breathing became short of breath, and he had the urge to rush up and kiss the footprints left by those beautiful canvas shoes.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the rear, as if someone was driving away the crowd.

Long Xiang looked back and was slightly startled.

But what he saw hurriedly over, surrounded by a group of guards, was the head of the Hawkeye Luo family - Baiqi Councilor Hawkeye Luo, an old man in his fifties, a combination of the famous old fox and an eagle, cruel, tough and cunning.

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Families in Bate City do not have surnames. After the new head of each family succeeds to the throne, he will take the family name.

At this time, Hawkeye Luo and the others had been stopped by two burly men with loaded guns.

There was a language barrier between the two parties. The eagle-eyed Luo was explaining something with a smile, but the two sturdy men just shook their heads, not understanding.

Long Xiang hesitated, but saw Luo Yi approaching Lu Ming, as if Mayor Lu wanted her to communicate with him.

Long Xiang gritted his teeth, walked over quickly, and said with a smile: "Uncle Hawkeye Luo, why are you here?"

Among the four white flag families, the Luo family is the richest financially, while the Luo family is the most powerful in terms of military power. The one who likes to buy second-hand guns and cannons from the black market in Gravel City the most is the Luo family.

Normally, even his father was extremely wary of Hawkeye Luo, and he even took a detour when he saw him.

I don't know why he came to this shabby market, but from his explanation, it seemed that he wanted to meet Mayor Lu.

This is not a good sign.

Long Xiang was thinking about how to make Mayor Lu misunderstand him, but he saw Mayor Lu's translator coming over.

In desperation, I had no choice but to go alone. Since I could no longer interfere with the communication between Huang and Huang, I could only go along with the flow and do favors.

But Patriarch Hawkeye Luo came to this small market in person. If he really wanted to see Mayor Lu, that would be a bit bad.

The Eagle Eye Luo family has always been better informed than other families.

Maybe Mayor Lu is more important than he thinks?

However, his father never showed up. He was originally supposed to pick up Mayor Lu and his entourage to go to the city, but his father had already prepared a banquet at home.

But by mistake, Mayor Lu has been busy with his own affairs, so he can only say that it is evening.
To be continued...