Ratchet City is a newly built military town in the southern provinces of the empire, and the strategic materials here are very sufficient, Chen Ning was not polite when he left, not only opened the arsenal, but also fully armed his thousands of subordinates, what dragon scale armor, what standard sabers and guns, all equipped.

In the end, he drove an armored car and a personnel carrier, and then he left satisfied, and his arrogant attitude was similar to that of a village tyrant robbing the villagers, and the imperial soldiers in the entire Ratchet City dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

Chen Ning took the Black Legion and marched for several hours to arrive outside Vermilion Bird City.

Because Chen Ning is now an SSS-level heavy wanted criminal in the empire, in order not to embarrass Bai Chongshan, the defender of Vermilion Bird City, Chen Ning did not openly enter Vermilion Bird City with the Black Legion, but chose to enter the exile area outside Vermilion Bird City in a low-key manner.

The Displaced Population Area is a place where the Metropolitan Governor temporarily resettled the displaced people when he retreated to Suzaku Castle.

However, with the failure of the metropolitan governor Xiao Ke to recover the southern provinces, he stepped down directly not long ago, and no one came to clean up the mess in the displaced area. The Empire and Vermilion Bird City are limited in terms of rescue and food relief here, so tens of millions of displaced people in the displaced area have an extremely poor living environment.

The empire is unwilling to spend a lot of energy and financial resources to deal with the mess of the displaced area, and Bai Chongshan, the guard of Vermilion Bird City, naturally does not have this ability, and at first Bai Chongshan also symbolically relieved these displaced people, and later the relief was very small, relying on the spontaneous relief of charitable organizations, so that the displaced people were left to fend for themselves.

The favor of the empire did not fall on the heads of the exiles, and naturally it was not good to manage this place too strictly, so for Bai Chongshan and the upper echelons of the empire, as long as these people did not rebel, then the rest would not matter.

As a result, the displaced area has become a three-regardless area, where people die every day, and a steamed bun may be able to exchange a life.

In this kind of lawless place, Chen Ning and his thousands of subordinates came here, and Bai Chongshan could naturally turn a blind eye.

Although the exiled area has been completely disappointed in the empire, everyone is still very surprised by Chen Ning's appearance, because Chen Ning has always been sympathetic to the people, and in the previous reconquest of the southern provinces, only Chen Ning's army has won many battles, and has also wiped out the demon scorpion tyrant zombie army on the eastern front.

Therefore, in the eyes of the people of the southern provinces, Chen Ning is where the hope lies, the light of the empire.

Of course, everyone knows what happened to Chen Ning some time ago, although many people know that Chen Ning is actually a demigod, but it does not affect everyone's worship of Chen Ning at all, because in the eyes of the people living in dire straits, whether you are a demigod or a dark cultivator or a wealthy family gatekeeper, as long as you have strength, as long as you think about everyone, you can find a way out for everyone, you are a hero.

Chen Ning restrained his soldiers from disturbing the people, and Qin Yingqi posted notices to recruit new soldiers.

Because Chen Ning has become a wanted criminal in the empire, and Chen Ning also intends to completely break with the empire, the name of the Black Legion needs to be changed. After all, the Black Storm Legion is a legion under the Empire, and now that it has broken up, it is natural to change its title.

After discussing with Kan Jing and Qin Yingqi, Chen Ning decided to rename the Black Army "Wings of Freedom" in the future, which also symbolizes that Chen Ning and their forces will fight for freedom in the future.

Previously, the Black Legion had a rule that the size could only be 10,000 people.

Now there is no such constraint, but Chen Ning is not blindly arrogant, indiscriminately recruiting troops, he ordered Qin Yingqi to expand the scale to 30,000, not more, because no matter how much there is, it will not be able to feed this legion. Chen Ning had calculated that the three forces of the Angel of Judgment, the Broken Winged Angel and the Seraphim, each of which had been expanded to 10,000 people, was enough.

The news of the "Wings of Freedom" recruiting new recruits in the displaced areas soon spread the word.

Now the Wings of Liberty sounds like people with lofty ideals who fight for freedom, and at worst they say they are rebels.

If it is recruiting new soldiers in other provinces, it is estimated that few people will join for a reason, after all, not everyone can become a rebel without hesitation. But it's different in the lawless place of the exile area, these people have long been disappointed in the empire, and basically their families are here, joining the Wings of Freedom is a way out, and they are not afraid of being a "rebel", their families will be implicated, in fact, many people here have long lost their loved ones.

Wings of Freedom carried out the recruitment work in an orderly manner, and it took a few days to finally recruit enough recruits, Qin Yingqi and the Bull Demon King, Shen Bijun, Zhang Xinyi, Zhao Jiangfeng, Gu Yutong and other officers all took on the important task of training recruits.

Sugan's injuries are also getting better day by day, in the case of using a large number of angel kisses and other recovery potions and various strengthening potions, her broken bones healed quickly, and it is estimated that she will be able to walk on the ground in another month, and the scars on her face have fallen off, and there are no scars left on her face on the treatment of the potion carefully prepared by Fangzheng, which makes Suga extremely happy.

The Wings of Freedom did not openly enter Vermilion Bird City in a high-profile manner, but Chen Ning took Sugan, Liu Ruyan, and Fangzheng to enter and exit Vermilion Bird City in a low-key manner.

The guard of Vermilion Bird City is Bai Chongshan, and with Bai Chongshan's acquiescence, Chen Ning has no problem getting in and out at all.

Chen Ning also visited Bai Chongshan, and the two had many conversations, and soon the two reached an agreement, and in the future, Chen Ning's armaments for the Wings of Freedom would be purchased here in Bai Chongshan, and the price given would be higher than the market price.

Bai Chongshan was very satisfied with Chen Ning's knowledge, after all, it was very dangerous for him to shield Chen Ning in private, and he was sure that it would anger the upper echelons of the empire.

But as a feudal official, who doesn't have a little black income, and even when the rebels were rampant before, the southern provinces and other provinces, as well as senior officers, secretly used some of their replaced equipment to trade with the rebels and seek a lot of wealth.

Bai Chongshan is now the defender of Vermilion Bird City, and there has not been a large-scale battle in Vermilion Bird City for a long time, there are hundreds of thousands of defenders here, and many weapons have not really been used, and after a certain period of time, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, these weapons will be replaced and eliminated.

In fact, the quality of standard weapons produced by the military industry is very reliable, and many bounty hunters have a soft spot for those standard weapons that are only a few percent new, thinking that this is a guarantee of quality, and specifically searching for such semi-old standard weapons for combat.

Bai Chongshan sold these obsolete equipment that should have been destroyed to Chen Ning, and the price was higher than the market, so he could get a stable financial route.

And Chen Ning can also get the right to move around Vermilion Bird City, as well as solve the problem of the supply of armaments for the Wings of Freedom, which is a win-win situation for each other.

After Chen Ning negotiated with Bai Chongshan, he went with Liu Ruyan to meet Liu Hong, the head of the Liu family, and Liu Yu, the second master.

Chen Ning proposed to Liu Hong and Liu Yu that in the future, the Wings of Freedom would open up the situation in the southern occupied area, settle down here, and expand the scope of power control little by little, so as to feed the war with war. Moreover, all the loot and materials obtained by the Wings of Freedom were sold to the Liujia Firms at a low price, and the Liujia Firms could sell these booty and materials at a high price to make a profit.

In addition, Chen Ning also promised that in the future, as long as it is an area controlled by the Wings of Freedom, only the caravans of the Liujia Firms can enter and exit this area freely, and only the caravans of the Liujia Firms can do business in the areas controlled by the Wings of Freedom.

Chen Ning made these two promises in exchange for the continued support of the Liu family consortium, because now that the Wings of Freedom has just begun to be established, whether it is military training, equipment purchase, or military salaries, etc., it is very expensive to burn money, and the support of the consortium is very much needed in the early stage.

Chen Ning made a promise to the two brothers, Liu Hong and Liu Yu, but Liu Hong and Liu Yu did not agree on the spot, only let Chen Ning sit in the living room, and they and Liu Ruyan entered the back hall and began internal negotiations.

Chen Ning knew that he was a rebel now, and his identity was different from the past, although there would be huge benefits in cooperating with him in the future, but colluding with the rebels was such a serious matter, even if there were great benefits, the Liu family had to consider it carefully.

He could understand the Liu family, so he patiently sat alone in the living room drinking tea, waiting for the Liu family and a group of people to discuss the final result.

Not long after, Liu Ruyan came out first.

Chen Ning stood up and asked, "How did your father and your uncle discuss it?"

Liu Ruyan hesitated: "This ...... This ......"

Chen Ning was taken aback: "Could it be that your father and uncle want to be safe, even if they want to make huge profits, they don't want to get involved?"

Before Liu Ruyan could answer, Liu Hong, Liu Yu and others had already come out, and Liu Hong replied instead of Liu Ruyan: "It's not that I don't want to get involved, but I think it's too risky if our Liu family wants to cooperate with you." Unless our relationship between the Liu family and you goes further, we can take this risk. ”

Chen Ning was a little stunned: "Mr. Liu, I don't really understand what you mean?"

Liu Hong looked at Chen Ning, then at Liu Ruyan, and said with a smile: "The relationship is further, it is naturally a marriage, Commander Chen, don't worry, we know that you and Miss Kan Jing love each other, so we only ask you to take my niece as a concubine, or a little wife, which can be regarded as a marriage." With this layer of in-law relationship, this danger of killing your head, we are worth taking for you, isn't it?"

Liu Yu added: "Chen Ning, whether our Liu family consortium wants to continue to support you depends on your answer." Don't want to fool us, if you agree, then arrange for the two of you to be Dongfang right away tonight, rest assured, this matter is only known to our Liu family, and it will not be publicized to you. Let's settle the reality of the husband and wife first, the name of the husband and wife, you can wait for you to marry Miss Suga, and then marry my daughter. ”

Liu Ruyan's face was full of shame, and she wanted to open her mouth to speak several times, but she didn't know how to stop her father and uncle.

Chen Ning was also completely dumbfounded: "Is there no other choice?"

Liu Hong snorted coldly: "No, either the cave room, or you leave, let's break up, don't think that our Liu family will support you financially in the future." ”