After a long time of fuss, the valuable aristocratic monocle in the hands of old man Zhou was mortgaged by Li Yinguang.
I opened my mouth several times to ask for it back, but in the end I couldn't bring myself to do it.
He smiled dryly and said: "Boss Zhou, look, three of the four Z3-type smelting furnaces on board the Castle have been scrapped, and the remaining one is on the verge of being scrapped. The deck is severely damaged, the weapon system is missing, and the fuel warehouse is empty of ammunition.
, do you think there is any way to bring the dead back to life?"
"Yes, I have!"
Zhou Shanren squinted his eyes, smiled and nodded.
Li Yinguang's eyes lit up: "What can we do?"
"Sell!"
These two simple words made Li Yinguang roll his eyes. No matter how broken the armored city was, it was still an armored city, a symbol of status and rights.
"...How much can it be worth?"
Zhou Shanren raised his hand with a smile and gestured with five fingers towards Li Yinguang.
"Can you sell five hundred thousand silver cattle?" Li Yinguang was a little surprised.
Zhou Shan said happily: "What are you thinking about? The smelting furnace is scrapped, the weapon system is missing, and the deck has been smashed by others. Let alone 500,000 silver oxen. Go to the town and ask if anyone can buy 50,000 silver oxen."
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Li Yinguang laughed dryly and said shamelessly: "Do you mean you are willing to spend 50,000 silver oxen to buy the Castle?"
Zhou Shanren said with a sneer: "I don't have anything wrong with my brain. Buying this rag like you for 50,000 silver oxen is of no use. I'll give you 5,000 silver oxen at most!"
"Five thousand silver oxen?"
"If you don't sell it, I'll be defeated!"
"Profiteer, a black-hearted shop is indeed a black-hearted shop!"
Li Yinguang cursed and turned around and walked out of the store.
Zhou Shanren squinted his eyes without getting angry. He put on his noble monocle, smiled at Li Yinguang's back and said, "I'll ask someone to dismantle the smelting furnace later!"
Li Yinguang wanted to retaliate harshly to the old man and say he wouldn't sell it, but he endured it in the end.
After leaving the slum, we wandered around two other places in Manbach Town before taking the people back to the dock, the Castle.
There is no place to stay in the town of Manbach, so I can only live in the Castle. Then again, the castle may not be safe in the town.
"How's Alma?"
Li Yinguang asked the housekeeper Goda. In addition to the semi-mechanical modified dog at his feet, there were also Saipan and maintenance engineer Buhe in the room.
Bucher is an old man in his fifties with a weathered face. His entire spine is made of machinery and 70% of his body's bones have been replaced with metal. He carries a small hydraulic chassis and scattered maintenance tools on his back all the time.
He was a slave that old Dick picked up from the wilderness. He had a stutter, was usually taciturn, and didn't communicate much with others.
During the escape last night, he was the only one among the three maintenance technicians who survived.
"The condition has stabilized. Her left leg has been amputated, but she has found someone to order a mechanical leg for her." The housekeeper Goda said respectfully.
These days, eight out of ten people have been transformed and installed with mechanical prostheses or other mechanical products, which is a very common thing.
There are only a few people who have not been mechanically transformed.
"Well, try to do a good job and don't care too much about money!" Li Yinguang nodded.
He raised his head and looked at Saipan and asked: "How are your people? How many of them chose to leave? Have the resettlement allowances been paid?"
As the leader of the combatants on the Castle, Saipan should be regarded as the second-in-command in the eyes of outsiders, but when Old Dick was alive, he only regarded him as a dog and did not take him too seriously.
After all, as long as you have money, you can always hire those 'mechanical thugs' who don't take your life seriously. They are crazy, brutal, cheap and easy to use.
Saipan said in a deep voice: "Including me, there are six more people."
"Don't you want to leave the Castle?" Li Yinguang looked at him and asked.
Saipan shook his head: "I have thought about it, but where can we go after leaving the Castle? I didn't like you very much before, but now I think you are pretty good!"
There are not many Ironclad City Lords like Li Yinguang who are willing to sacrifice their own interests, pay pensions to their subordinates, and promise to change to a salary system in the future.
Li Yinguang nodded: "Then stay!"
Before he was sure that the Iron Armored City of the Castle was really going to be sold, Li Yinguang also needed manpower. Even if they all left, he might have to hire another batch of people to come back.
He said in a deep voice: "Since you have chosen to stay, we will be a family from now on. The Castle is mine and yours. I am not Old Dick, and I am not as stingy as he is. I will give you no less."
.But there are no rules without rules. From now on, when you stay in the armored city of the Castle, you must abide by my rules!"
Seeing that no one said anything, Li Yinguang continued: "In the future, the division of labor in the Castle will be clear. The combat personnel will still be managed by Captain Saipan, the ordinary personnel will be managed by the steward Goda, and the technical personnel such as maintenance and dismantling will be managed by Buhe, you.
Come take care of it!”
Buhe was startled, raised his head from looking at his feet, looked at Li Yinguang with a strange look in his eyes, and then nodded slightly, expressing that he had no objection.
Li Yinguang thought of something and said: "When Alma gets better, all the maids on the Castle will be under her management."
The butler Goda showed joy on his face: "Thank you, Master!"
Li Yinguang shook his head: "Stop calling me master, you are no longer slaves, you will all call me 'boss' from now on!"
"Yes, Master!"
Like a simple and honest man, the housekeeper Goda bowed and nodded, but did not change his words.
Li Yinguang did not correct him, but looked at Buhe and asked: "According to your experience, how long will it take to repair the damaged deck of the Castle?"
Buhe frowned and said, "No material!"
It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Without steel and other materials, there is no way to repair it, and the damaged area is too large.
Li Yinguang looked at him: "Cut the thick parts of the 'Castle' deck, and then use the cut steel to repair the damaged deck. You can make the deck thinner, but from the outside, it must make people feel that we have made the 'Citadel'
The Fort has been repaired, can it be done?"
What kind of goods?
Buhe's eyes flickered and he quickly understood Li Yinguang's thoughts. He nodded and said, "Okay, okay, but I don't have combat effectiveness."
Li Yinguang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "We are all in this field, what more fighting power do we need? Blunting is enough. At least stay in Manbach Town and don't let others look down on us and let us be bullied."
He did not want the Castle to leave the town of Manbach in the short term, but there was a different feeling to the outside world when there was a damaged armored city parked on the pier and when a intact armored ship was docked.
"First repair the damaged deck. At least it looks intact from the outside. I'll leave it to you, Buhe. If you need anything, let Captain Saipan and Butler Golda help!" Li Yinguang ordered.
Bucher nodded in a muffled voice. If he could just cover the Castle with thin steel sheets from the outside to look like it, he could handle it.