Chapter 144: New Era Mutual Aid Society
"Him?"
Qi Lin was a little surprised, he didn't expect that this intelligence dealer was still a black man, it wasn't that he had any racial prejudice against black people, but the other party's dress made him think of the black uncles who held AK47 high above their heads and didn't aim at a few strafing shots when they were mercenaries in the old days.
"Yes, it's him, John, nicknamed Cheetah, don't look at him as a blackskin, the archbishop of the Mutual Aid Society, not an Englishman."
Lao Xuan said to Qi Lin, and then the two watched John slowly walk to the bar and ask the bartender for a drink.
Then, the black John's eyes fell on the wine bottle in front of Qi Lin, his eyes floated, and he said in slightly lame Chinese: "I didn't expect that someone would really buy such expensive wine." ”
"Hey, John!" At this time, Lao Xuan's head came out from behind Qi Lin and greeted John.
"Oh, it's you, yello-book! This man is your friend? John smiled, revealing a pair of white teeth that contrasted with his dark skin.
"It's Uncle Huang, not Huangshu! …… Yes, this dude is my new friend, and he wants to ask you for some useful information. ”
"Oh? Is it a new customer? That's great! For me, the customer is God, brother, let's find a quiet place. John said with a smile on his face.
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The three of them found a table in the corner, and as soon as John sat down, he said, "Hey, I'm the kind of straight ...... How do you say it in your Chinese dialect...... Yes, straight to the point, don't like people who beat around the bush, friends can buy whatever information you want, from a few moles on the ass of a pretty girl in the City of Steel to a few little lovers in the Mutual Aid Cardinal...... As long as I know that you have money, these two are established, and we will be all OK! ”
"How much do you know about mutual aid societies?" Qi Lin didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.
"Huh? Mutual aid associations, mutual aid associations have a lot of information, I don't know what part you want? John was stunned, obviously he had never seen Qi Lin's question.
"John, this is my friend's first visit to the City of Steel," said the old Xuan, giving John a look.
"Oh, I see, if you want to ask for basic information about the mutual aid association, then it's free, I'll just make a friend with me."
"How are mutual aid societies hierarchical? Also, How many Templars were there? Qi Lin asked, first of all, he wanted to know what kind of status the white-clothed priest he had killed before was, and how strong this Templar Order was.
"Grading? Do you mean ranks? The highest rank is naturally the founder of the Mutual Aid Society, the Archbishop, but now almost everyone has seen the true face of the Archbishop, and it seems that only those elite Templars can see him in the weekly blessing. ”
"Below the archbishop, there are four cardinals, who are also the actual managers of the current mutual aid association, in charge of the four areas of the port area, southeast, northwest and northwest, and each cardinal has three black cardinals as auxiliaries."
"The port area? So which district is this considered in the port area? Qi Lin asked, pointing to the ceiling riveted with steel plates above his head.
"The Holy Ship is not part of the port area, it is managed by the Archbishop and the Knights Templar directly under him." John said.
"Oh, you go on, what about the following cardinals?"
"Below the cardinal are the three levels of priest, deacon, and clergy."
Priests, deacons, clergy? Qi Lin thought about it, isn't this the divine grade of Christianity in the old days? It seems that most of the settings of this mutual aid association are still imitators of the old Christianity.
"The clergy are the basic managers of the Mutual Aid Society, responsible for leading the new members of the Mutual Aid Society, and there are also a few clergy who belong to the Templar Order, those who are called "Knight Chiefs" often lead a team of Templars to carry out various tasks of the Mutual Aid Society, while the deacons are generally responsible for the miscellaneous affairs of commerce and industry in the city, and the number of priests is much smaller than that of priests and deacons, mainly presiding over some small and medium-sized rituals and ceremonies. As for the rest, they are all ordinary members of the mutual aid society, and the mutual aid society is generally called brothers and sisters, while we outsiders generally call them believers. John said quickly, then added, "If you want to join the Mutual Aid Society, I know several well-established priests, many of whom have become deacons and Templars. ”
"No, thank you. I just don't understand the structure of this mutual aid society, and I'm just a little curious. Qi Lin waved his hand.
It seems that the priest he killed before should be a "knight chief".
"Understand, understand, understand." John laughed, "You newcomers are all the same, to be honest, I almost joined the mutual aid society at the beginning, and then I felt that the rules in the mutual aid society were too strict, and it was really not suitable for my kind of ...... Hmm, what do you say about that idiom...... Graceful? Oh no, Wanderer, yes, that's it...... It was really not suitable for a wanderer like me to mingle in it, so I gave up becoming a noble priest and became a free information merchant. ”
"What about the Templar Order, when I was in Thunder City before, I heard that this is just a small organization of more than 100 people, but now I look at it, why does this Templar seem to be all over the city?"
"Ah, Thunder City! My brother is eating in a trading house over there, I don't know if you've seen him? He's about my height and wears an oversized nose ring on his nose."
Qi Lin touched the tip of his nose, in his memory, there were not many foreigners in Thunder City, even fewer blacks, and as for the people he had dealt with, there was none.
"I haven't seen it." Qi Lin shrugged.
"Okay. Let's get down to business...... Where did you just ask? Templars? Oh, the number of people was not much, and the requirements for joining were very strict, but later, after the people of the Mutual Aid Association found a few arsenals in the military port, the number of people swelled all of a sudden, as the official armed force of the Mutual Aid Association, it seems that there are more than 3,000 people now, and there are hundreds of people who sign up every day. ”
"More than three thousand?" Qi Lin was a little surprised, in the wasteland, being able to gather more than a thousand players with weapons and equipment was already a terrifying force, and the number of Templars in this Templar could be more than three thousand?
You must know that these are not the rabble of the original Thunder City Dragon Slayer Battle Castle, the real fanatics, the kind of enthusiasm for the faith, is even more terrifying than the low-level NPC soldiers who will not betray.
Not to mention, this Templar unit is also equipped with a lot of power armor...... It's no wonder that even if those big conglomerates have many high-level evolutionaries now, they don't dare to provoke Steel City easily.
"What are the requirements to join the Templars?"
As soon as Qi Lin was halfway through speaking, the curtain of the Holy Light Bar was lifted, and more than a dozen heavily armed Templars rushed in murderously, guarding all the entrances to the bar.
"Everyone here, all sit in their positions and are not allowed to move, we are looking for a heretic with ID 9527, according to reliable information, this heretic brutally killed a white-clothed priest and fourteen Templars at the outpost posts, as well as a large group of faithful followers of the Lord God, we suspect that this person may have infiltrated the Holy City, if anyone here has ever seen this person, as long as they can provide useful information, whether they are compatriots of the Mutual Aid Society or not, the Mutual Aid Society will reward him with a large amount of money!"
A knight chief dressed in a white Mutual Aid priest's robe, beneath the robe was a monstrous armor made of mutated creature leather, stood in the open space in the middle of the bar and spoke loudly.