The usually silent night sky was broken by howls, scolds, curses and unbridled laughter. From time to time, screams and the sound of hot weapons firing were heard.
The slums were originally a dirty, messy place with a mixture of good and bad, but now they are like a hell on earth.
In fact, the towns outside are not much better than the town of Manbach.
Strong men, women and half-grown children were all targets of plunder. The door of the Lord's Mansion in Manbach Town was tightly closed. The security department, escorts and the town's dignitaries were guarding their own territory, like bastards shrinking into a turtle shell.
Having lost the arrogance and domineering attitude of the past, I don’t even dare to express my dignity, let alone manage it.
Obviously, this kind of plundering is in a state of acquiescence. Slums, ordinary residential areas, as long as they are not important commercial districts, core areas, as well as shops, storefronts, and business premises, are all places open to the "Dewei".
Slums, inside the Black Heart Grocery Store.
Zhou Shanren's face was dull, his eyes were narrowed, he was neither surprised nor angry, and he seemed to be used to the scenes outside.
"It's not good to stay in your shabby armored ship at night, why come out and cause trouble?"
Li Yinguang said with a sullen face: "Is there no one to control the situation outside?"
"hehe!"
Old man Zhou sneered and asked: "How to control it? There are tens of thousands of people in Manbach Town. They are nothing in front of a super armored city like the 'Diwei'. They will make people unhappy and massacre the city with just one sentence!"
The word "massacre" is solemn and bloody, as if the cold wind can blow through the skin and into the bones.
"Is there no one to restrain them?"
Li Yinguang gritted his teeth and whispered.
Old man Zhou had a smile on his face, but his eyes were unusually cold: "Restraint? Boy, it seems you don't know much about this world and the Iron Armored City Lords. Greed and selfishness are the essence of human beings. The symbols in the bloodline genes can't be helped.
By clearing them away, at most people with conscience will prevent them from spreading and multiplying.
The law of this world is that the weak prey on the strong. 'Sympathy' is not a good thing. It can sometimes pull you into the abyss and make you fall into the ground.
As an armored city lord, even if you only have a dilapidated small armored city, you should know that only by constantly plundering more resources and strengthening yourself is the foundation for a life. Everything else is bullshit. If you are not strong, others will
It will devour you without mercy and will not give you any chance to breathe."
Li Yinguang frowned and asked after a long time: "I want to save those children who work for the newspaper in the slums!"
"How to save?" Zhou Shanren asked.
The mouse's eyes were full of disdain and said: "Do you really think of yourself as a person?"
Li Yinguang suddenly laughed and shook his head: "Don't I know that you have great powers and want to ask you for a favor?"
"You are really honorable to me. There is no need to praise me like this. You are not a person, and I am not a person either. In front of others, let alone us, Lord Manbach is nothing." Old Man Zhou mocked.
road.
Li Yinguang thought for a moment and said with a smile: "How about spending some money to smoothen the relationship?"
When Old Man Zhou heard this, he didn't rush to say anything. He was silent for a while and said: "The 'Diwei' passed through the town of Manbach for supplies. It had already greeted the Lord of Manbach in advance, which was considered to be enough face.
The wealthy and powerful people in Manbach Town, as well as merchants and powerful groups, Diwei did not touch.
The people in the slums do not belong to the residents of Manbach Town. Those ordinary civilians are also targets that can be discarded. Use these people in exchange for peace in Manbach Town, as well as to make good friends with the "Dewei" and build a relationship.
In the eyes of the powerful people in Manbach Town, it is not a bad thing.
As for those who were plundered and kidnapped, living on the "Dewey" may have more hope than living in Manbach Town. As long as you are lucky enough, you will have the opportunity to get ahead anywhere.
Let me tell you this, even if you can find a relationship and redeem at most a few people, the price will not be cheap. My advice to you is, don't meddle in other people's business. People's lives are different, and you can't even control your own destiny.
Why force yourself to do such sympathetic things?"
After a slight pause, he continued: "If you insist on taking care of it, for the sake of money, I can find someone to try it. The two hundred silver oxen exploration fee will not be refunded to you whether it succeeds or not. I guess
Even if you meet someone from the 'Diwei', the price per person will not be less than a hundred silver bull coins, and the quota will not give you too much."
"Try it!"
Li Yinguang nodded and agreed without hesitation. He would do his best and obey fate. Old man Zhou was right. He couldn't care about the world, so who else could he help?
Because it was too chaotic outside, it was better to stay in Old Zhou's "Black Heart Grocery Store" when going back at night. In order to avoid causing trouble, Li Yinguang did not leave.
At dawn, Old Man Zhou's men came back.
"Among the children who were kidnapped last night, you will be given at most three places. To redeem one, you will need 150 silver coins. Do you think?"
Zhou Shanren found Li Yinguang, half-squinted his eyes and said with a smile.
Perhaps in Old Man Zhou's view, this has become a business!
"redemption!"
Li Yinguang gritted his teeth and nodded.
"Haha, you silly boy is really rich!" Old Man Zhou mocked with a smile on his face.
In the morning, the town became quiet. The people from the "Diwei" withdrew, and no one was walking around on the streets of the town. It was a bit scary.
"Master, I heard that all the young women in the pimp inn were bought by people on the "Diwei". Employment notices were posted in the city, and the prices offered were very attractive."
The housekeeper Goda came back and reported to Li Yinguang in a low voice.
The people kidnapped last night can only be used as coolies on the "Diwei". Some of these people will die in the "Diwei" armored city, and some of them may be lucky enough to get ahead and become official members of the "Diwei"
, some will become waste and be abandoned by the Imperial Vessel again.
For example, in the morning, thousands of people were driven out of the armored city of "Diwei". These people all have a common characteristic, that is, they have no use value. They are either old, weak, sick or disabled, or have lost their combat capabilities.
, unable to provide services to Iron Armor City.
Without settling-in expenses, once you get off the Imperial Majesty, you will no longer have anything to do with this behemoth. It will be like garbage being abandoned in this temporary town and left to fend for itself.
Most of these people will not end well. They will become new people in the slums of Manbach Town. In the coming cold winter, they may become frozen corpses.
Supplies, plunders, hires and recruits desperadoes, this is the ultimate purpose of the ‘Dewey’ docking at the town of Manbach.
The next stop, the goal of the super armored city 'Diwei' is... the Holy Dragon Snow Mountain!