I stepped into the black coffin, and the people gathered outside Henry's mansion recognized me and let out a cry of surprise.

This is not to blame them, except for the elders, the people in the black coffin do not know about crying.

I just felt noisy, so I dived into the shadows.

The elders were waiting for me in the House of Elders, and I stepped into the vacancy of the round table to greet everyone, and they greeted me as well.

Michael said: "Longi, we're sorry for the fact that we're crying. ”

Maxwell: "If we had known in advance, we would have sent reinforcements, but who would have thought that Helsing would be so strong?" ”

Tifeng: "I'll spare you... Most of the debts of Crying still need to be negotiated with you. ”

Legon: "You won't fall down like this, or you won't be the Longinus I know." ”

Mai Zong just nodded at me, as if to comfort me, and as if to send me away.

I said, "I need the help of the Rangers." ”

"The rangers supporting the Sword and Shield Society have returned, and I will send another force to it, a total of five hundred," Legang said. They will act as guards, and they can also do labor .... At your disposal. ”

I thanked him, it was sincere, I needed manpower so much.

"It's a pity that the black coffin is also expanding, otherwise we could have provided more food," Tiphon said. ”

I replied, "No, I can solve the problem of food, after all, there are many fewer mouths to eat, and do you know, I used to make a wish to Cain every day, and this is what I hoped for, and it was really fulfilled." I smiled, but realized that this was not the time to joke, and none of them laughed.

They can't understand my optimism, and neither do I.

Michael had a laser pointer in his hand, pointed to a holographic map in the center of the round table, and said, "We have built four satellite cities south and east of the black coffin with batteries, all of them are not large, and each satellite city has about a hundred people settled, and they are currently some soldiers and experts, Sosa!" ”

Sosa, my godson, walked into the round table, he was still sixteen years old, but he was much more mature, he had long hair, a neat ponytail, an unusually beautiful pale face, and purple eyes, he was very calm and gave people the feeling of confidence.

He said, "Father and the elders. "His gaze did not linger on me for long, and he paid no special attention to me compared to the others, and he had already shed the dependence on me in his youth, ah, the ignorant and confused feelings, the innocent and simple youth, the little eyes that were approaching step by step, the smooth skin that could be blown away, the seductive and dangerous body.....

What am I thinking? I should be bitter and vengeful now, and all thoughts are lost! Alas, how depraved does the web of madness have to be for me to be willing?

"Sosa is in charge of the expansion of the Black Coffin Satellite City, and he will tell you more about it," Michael said. ”

"Every battery will provide enough energy, we will build roads to get there, we will build planting areas and heavy factories, we will provide water and underground water roads more easily through electricity, we will easily mine iron ore, we will have textile mills and metallurgical factories," Sousa said. ”

He showed a device, a train similar to the Sword and Shield Society, and he said: "This is a tram that can provide fast transportation within each satellite city, of course, because it uses a storage battery, so it can only move within the city, and as for the intercity, we still need more moose to transport ....."

He also showed us the walls of the satellite city, and the defenses on the walls - searchlights, batteries, machine guns, etc.

Sosa's speech was very organized, showing strong logical thinking and eloquence, but what was the use of these?

I asked, "If Longley Helsing had come, he would have easily destroyed these satellite towns." ”

Sosa looked at me and said, "Godfather, what do you mean...."

I sighed, "What's the point of all this?" Those who are busy coming and going are blown away by the wind like sand. ”

"I'm sympathetic to the crying, but we can't choke on food," Souza said. He switched to the holographic map, pointed to one of the satellite cities, and said, "Safety, health, food, with these, people will be enthusiastic, we will expand rapidly, and in less than twenty years, we will become as strong as the Sword and Shield Society, if not stronger." ”

Tiphon looked at me and said, "For these plans, we need to mine more Ember Crystals. ”

I said, "All the miners are dead, and half of my dinner robots are building satellite cities here, unless you let the Black Coffin people move to Weeping, I don't have the manpower to mine." ”

But the cruel truth is that most of the citizens of the Black Coffin are reluctant to move outside the Black Coffin, and in their hearts, crying is not far from the wilderness, and it is probably very close to hell.

Ti Feng said to Le Gang: "Then, add another hundred soldiers, and go to the station of Wai to carry out mining tasks until there are enough laborers in the village." ”

Michael asked, "Longi, regarding manpower, what are you going to do... How to fix it? ”

I said, "You'll have to advocate for me, just say that people who move to Weeping now can get a freehold home for freehold and three years of tax relief." "When I say that, I regret it, I think of the high welfare trap that Carla said, how do you say that? It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

Michael smiled wryly, "Even if I did, they wouldn't be impressed." I don't want to force these citizens. ”

Maxwell: "The news spreads quickly, Longie, I'm afraid they've all heard of the tragedy that happened to Cry." Speaking of this, he sighed: "These ignorant fools are all rumoring that they will be haunted, do they have the courage to take this risk?" Humans are human beings after all. But he immediately added, "I'm not targeting you, Longie, but other ordinary ones...."

In a sense, the fools are right, and those who have been cut off from time by Dagon will forever float above the weeping, flowing like light.

I replied, "Then, I will follow the example of the Sword and Shield Society, take people from those shelters, and force them to work for the cry." ”

Maxwell laughed and whistled, and Michael frowned, "Sounds like slavery." ”

"The Sword and Shield Society is slavery."

"You know what I'm saying," said Michael, "I think that humans and bloods should be equal and mutually beneficial to some extent, and that humans should not enslave each other. ”

I exclaimed, "So what do you want me to do?" Offering the captured people like bodhisattvas? No, crying is no longer a paradise! I'm going to have to make them work hard to survive! This is what the world should be! ”

Michael sighed, "You're going to be seen as a tyrant by people. ”

I said, "Then let them think like this, it's better than letting the cry fall apart in a few years, and in ten or twenty years, if it develops well, they will gradually change their opinion of me." ”

Unlike Michael, everything I have is desperately obtained, although the whole process is basically open, but who made my ancestors wide? Now, my future citizens and believers will follow my example, or I will banish them to the wasteland to eat the dirt.

"There is no point in arguing about this, the basis of the cry and the black coffin are completely different, and here we can test the equality theory of the archons, but in the cry the tolerance rate is much lower," Legang said. ”

I stood up and said, "I'm going to see Salot." ”

Michael nodded: "I'll go with you, Sosa, and you'll be with us too." ”

Sosa just said blandly, "Okay, father, godfather." ”

We walked to the top floor, and Sosa followed us quietly.

Michael said: "I was worried that you would be hit too hard, but now I am much more relieved." ”

I said, "I climbed up from the bottom of the valley, but now I'm only halfway up the mountain, and I'm still alive, it's not a big deal." ”

Michael said, "That's good...."

I interrupted him and added, "Do you think I'm that fragile, cowardly, sentimental, sluggish Luther?" Do you think this mere frustration can make me sink into endless frustration? Do you think a tough guy like me will bleed other fluids than blood? No, you read me wrong, my old friend! I've completely pulled myself together and now, I can't wait to get back on my feet. ”

Michael laughed, "It's really...."

I exclaimed, "I'm still strong, I'm still rich, I'm still have enviable intelligence, I'm still rock-solid, so don't sympathize with me, Michael, I don't need to!" ”

In front of Sosa, I have to be indestructible, I have to maintain my tall image, Sosa may have grown, but he still sees me as an idol in this life, and I can't live up to his expectations.

At this point, I realized that I was spitting all over the place, which made me feel rude, and I took a handkerchief out of my pocket to wipe my mouth, only to find Michael and Sosa staring at me intently.

I could see that the handkerchief was a pair of silk trousers with suspicious dirt on them.

This is!!!! I picked it up from the balcony floor of some shameless schoolgirl at the Ranger Academy. I just happened to pass by there, and I was very dissatisfied with her lack of hygiene, and I took it easy.... I wanted to throw it away, but I forgot about it on the way, after all, nobles forget things.

As for why I went to the Ranger Academy women's dormitory? This is my recent bitterness, so I have to decompress or something.... Isn't that kind of news all the time? Rich people go to the supermarket to steal just to relieve the bad mood.

No, I'm just going to check to see if they're breaking the school rules, because with a negative example like Leila Walker, I'm very concerned about the quality and discipline of the students.

I had to allow myself to do something serious and distract myself so that I wouldn't get lost in confusion.

By the way, it's the crazy web.

The overuse of saints has corrupted my soul.

That's the best excuse.

I casually tucked my pants back into my pockets.

None of them mentioned it.

After all, I'm rumored to be the one who made the back of the Anno Empire's prince Bartiques, so it's no surprise that I'll do anything.

By chance, I looked at Sousa beside me, and he made eye contact with me and immediately avoided it, he thought I was an anomaly, that I was some kind of pervert. I looked at Michael again, and he smiled politely at me, three meters away from me.

Human prejudice is a mountain, and no matter what happens, it can't change the opinion of others.

It makes me sad and hurts.