Xiao Ke and his entourage dismissed the drivers of the Double Eagle Trading Company and asked them to leave on their own with dry food and water. Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test Then, he and the Iron Warriors drove the rescued civilians back to Anping Town along the road.

As everyone knows, when they returned, there were several pairs of eyes waiting for them with night vision binoculars, these were the sentinels of the "Guns and Roses" organization, secretly watching Xiao Ke and their every move.

Xiao Ke and his entourage, when it was close to dawn, had already returned to Anping Town, and Qin Bing, the commander of the thousand men who had been anxiously waiting all night, finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xiao Ke and his party come back. He personally brought a group of fighters to greet him, including Liu Feifei, who had not slept all night.

Liu Feifei was pleasantly surprised when she saw Xiao Ke's team and brought back a large piece of black crystal, but she was also surprised to see that Xiao Ke also brought back a large number of civilians, and these civilians were dirty, like beggars. This made her wonder very much, where did Xiao Ke get so many people back?

Qin Bing noticed that Xiao Ke had brought a lot fewer soldiers, and she frowned and asked in a low voice, "Great Commander, are you in trouble?" “

Xiao Ke nodded: "The goods of the Double Eagle Business Alliance are not valuable things, but the population, we have just finished the team of the Double Eagle Business Alliance, but I didn't expect a zombie army to come." The leader is still the ninth-level zombie blade wolf rider, if it weren't for the help of the masters in the third brother's family, it is estimated that we will be wiped out tonight. “

Qin Bing was frightened for a while when he heard this, and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay with the other two commanders?" “

Xiao Ke smiled: "Good luck, it's all fine." “

Xiao Ke instructed the soldiers who came back from the mission last night to go back to the camp to rest first, and instructed Qin Bing to lead the soldiers to gather these rescued civilians on the training ground of the Steel Wheel camp.

Soon, approaching two civilians, all gathered on the training ground of the camp.

After Xiao Ke instructed his subordinates to give these guys simple food and water, and then asked where these guys came from?

Soon figured it out, almost all of them were from Vermilion Bird City, and they were deceived by a few bosses who recruited workers, and then they were sold as livestock, Xiao Ke glanced at Ling Feng, Ye Yun, and Qin Bing, and they basically realized that the Double Eagle Business Alliance was really trading with zombies, exchanging the population for a specialty in the zombie territory, black crystal.

Ling Feng said a little angrily: "After the apocalyptic era came, zombies have always been our natural enemies, and we humans have been struggling to survive on the verge of extinction, but I didn't think that in this context, there are still human beings who dare to cooperate with zombies and betray their kind, which is really unreasonable." Qiao Zhennan is still the commander of the Immortal Bird Warband, and this crime alone is enough for him to go around without eating, and we must report him to Your Majesty. “

Xiao Ke nodded, turned his head to look at Ye Yun and Qin Bing: "Third brother, Qin Bing, what do you two think?" “

Qin Bing shook her head, indicating that she had no say in this kind of matter.

And Ye Yun said: "Judging from the current situation, the Double Eagle Business Alliance must be trafficking in human beings and trading with zombies. However, although the Qiao family is behind the Double Eagle Business Alliance, if the matter is big, Qiao Zhennan is estimated to be able to clear up the relationship with the Double Eagle Business Alliance soon, relying on tonight's matter, it is estimated that it will be difficult to bring down Qiao Zhennan. Besides, since the Double Eagle Business Alliance is doing this kind of thing, then the other merchant houses, caravans, and business alliances here may not be doing this kind of business, if the Great Commander pokes you out of this matter, everyone will think that you have smashed their jobs, and you may become the target of public criticism at that time. “

Ling Feng: "Third brother, what do you mean by this, could it be that the Qiao family has done such a thing that hurts the heavens and reason, and the people and gods are angry, do we still have to pretend to turn a blind eye?" “

Ye Yun smiled and said, "Of course not." I just think it's best not to publicize this matter until you understand what it means. But you can write this matter into a report and report it to Your Majesty, after all, we are all protégés of the Son of Heaven and are qualified to speak to Your Majesty. As for His Majesty and the Imperial Family, what to do with it, then it's not something we can control, right? “

Ling Feng nodded: "That's right, in the end, it still depends on the meaning of Your Majesty and the imperial family, otherwise we want to severely punish the Qiao family, but we don't have the power or the ability." “

Xiao Ke opened his mouth and said: "Okay, wait a minute, I will write a report, and let people quickly send it to the Qilin Palace in Zhongzhou, let His Majesty read it in person, and let him decide." “

After Xiao Ke finished speaking, he looked at the rescued civilians at the scene, paused and said: "As for them, from the moment they came out of Vermilion Bird City, their identity nameplates have been confiscated by the people of the Double Eagle Trading Company, and now they have no identity plates. has become a black household, and he can't enter Suzaku City. And they are also the certification of this incident, before the results of His Majesty come down, let them stay in the Wheel of Steel as miscellaneous auxiliaries for the time being, the food and salary are the same as the miscellaneous auxiliaries, and after half a year, they can apply to leave here. “

"Yes!"

Soon, the nearly 2,000 people at the scene all knew about the decision Xiao Ke made to them.

They should have been sold as cattle to zombies, but they were rescued by the Steel Wheel War Group last night, and they were grateful to Xiao Ke in their hearts, and they also knew that now that they were black households, they were also witnesses to this matter, and they would definitely not be able to go home so easily. Therefore, everyone can accept Xiao Ke's arrangement.

Besides, listening to Xiao Ke's meaning, you can get food and salary if you stay here, and you can apply to leave after half a year, just like a part-time job, which is already a very good result for them who were reborn after the catastrophe, and they all readily agreed, and they also thanked Xiao Ke for his kindness.

Xiao Ke's report was soon sent to the Imperial Palace of Qilin City in Zhongzhou and to the desktop of His Majesty Jiangning's imperial study.

When Jiang Ning came in with Gonggong Li and a few guards with knives, he suddenly frowned slightly: "Why is it so cold in the study, and the fireplace is not heated?" “

Hearing this, Gonggong Li's forehead instantly sweated, and he lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, you said a few days ago that the palace can save money and save money, don't be extravagant and wasteful, and also said that the fireplace doesn't need to be warm, and a lot of firewood and charcoal are wasted, so I let the palace people not heat the fireplace today." “

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then remembered that a few days ago, the teacher Zhang Kuchan and several other pavilion elders each handed him a report, either counting him for his extravagance and waste, or asking him to allocate funds from the internal treasury under various excuses.

The inner treasury is the emperor's private treasury. Public money is the public treasury of the empire.

The Empire's taxes and other revenues were flushed into the public money, which was managed by the Cabinet.

The internal money is the emperor's private money, basically the use of the queen, the imperial concubine, the palace maid and the eunuch and others in the palace are all from His Majesty's internal money, and under special circumstances, the emperor also took out his own money to give public money for emergency.

But thinking like Jiang Ning, he was extravagant and wasteful by the cabinet elders, and he also asked for funds from the internal funds to be used by the cabinet, which is very rare.

This angered Jiang Ning, not to mention that Jiang Ning, His Majesty, has no money at all, so there are all kinds of treasures that cannot be moved by the royal family, is it possible to become a dignified Your Majesty, and sell the treasures in the treasure house to survive?

Jiang Ning felt that he was poor enough, but the old men in the cabinet even counted him for his waste and asked him to allocate funds from the inside, which made him angry, and that day he was angry, so he told Gonggong Li that everything in the palace was saved.

At this moment, it was cold in the study, so Jiang Ning sighed and said to Gonggong Li: "You don't have to blame yourself, blame the old men in the cabinet for bullying me too much." “

The Lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the Lord is humiliated by the death of the ministers.

Gonggong Li and a few imperial guards, hearing Jiang Ning's words, wanted to kneel down and blame themselves.

Jiang Ning waved his hand and motioned for them not to do that. He sat down on the imperial chair, looked at the report on the table, and said lightly, "Who handed in the submission?" “

Gonggong Li hurriedly said: "It was sent from Xiao Ke, the leader of the Wheel of Steel, from the land of lawlessness, and the humble position has not yet been seen. “

Jiang Ning: "Look, after reading it, tell me, what did Xiao Ke say?" “

"Yes!"

Gonggong Li picked up the report, and then read it carefully and quickly, and after reading it, his face was a little strange.

Jiang Ning saw that Gonggong Li's expression was different, and said with a wry smile: "I, the protégé of the Son of Heaven, shouldn't I have gone to a place of extreme suffering like the Land of Lawlessness, complained about the difficulties, and asked me for money and support, alas! “

Gonggong Li shook his head: "No! “

Jiang Ning heard this: "Oh. Then I am here, Xiao Ke is not worried about money, so what did he say to me? “

Gonggong Li said with a happy face: "Xiao Ke intercepted a batch of goods from the Double Eagle Business Alliance, and found that the goods were more than 2,000 civilian population, and the Double Eagle Business Alliance was trading with zombies, exchanging people for black crystal, and now the population has been saved by Xiao Ke." Ask Your Majesty what to do with this time? “

Jiang Ning was pleasantly surprised: "Hey, I thought it would be a problem for Jiang Ning to gain a foothold over there, but I didn't expect him to not only have a problem, but also find out some clues about traitors?" “

Gonggong Li nodded: "Yes, Xiao Ke of this pair of eagle business alliances said that behind it is the Qiao family." “

Jiang Ning: "The Qiao family in Qilin City, Zhongzhou, the immortal bird leads the Qiao Zhen South family?" “

Gonggong Li lowered his voice: "Yes! “

Jiang Ning snorted coldly: "Hehe." If I'm not mistaken, Qiao Zhennan's teacher is my teacher, Zhang Kuchan Zhang Ge Lao, tsk, Zhang Ge Lao teaches me to be a man all day long, but I didn't expect the other students he taught to be really not good. “

Gonggong Li asked: "How to deal with it at this time, do you want to bypass the cabinet and take Qiao Zhennan?" “

"No!" Jiang Ning shook his head: "Now it's just that a Qiao Zhennan has just been found, and the Double Eagle Business Alliance has been found, so I can't guarantee that Qiao Zhennan can get rid of it at any time, now is not the time to do it, Qiao Zhennan may be just the tip of the iceberg." You wrote back to Xiao Ke and asked him not to make a statement, continue to investigate, and deal with it together when the time comes. “

Father-in-law Li: "Yes! “

Gonggong Li looked at Xiao Ke's report in his hand, and then said, "There is one more thing. “

Jiang Ning: "Xiao Ke has anything else to say, do you want a reward, yes, you should be rewarded for your achievements, tell me first." What support, money, or weapons and equipment, or food, does he want? “

Gonggong Li said with a smile: "No, Xiao Ke didn't ask for a reward for his merits, but he said that this operation also seized a batch of black crystals from the zombies, estimated to be worth two or three hundred thousand gold coins." He asked if he would transport this batch of black crystals back to Qilin City and hand them over to the inner treasury to deal with? “

"Huh?" Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but laugh happily: "Xiao Ke, this guy, is really loyal, last time he formed the Wheel of Steel, I didn't have any money to allocate to him, presumably he guessed that my internal money was empty, this time I just got some money, and I want to fill it into my internal money, I, I'm relieved!" “

Gonggong Li said with a smile: "Yes, those old guys in the cabinet are obviously rich in public money, but they find all kinds of excuses to ask Your Majesty for money, but this Xiao Ke is the only one who is loyal!" “

Jiang Ning was in a particularly happy mood: "Haha, I can't let honest people suffer, this batch of black crystals, let Xiao Ke stay and deal with it himself, his priority now is to gain a firm foothold in the land of lawlessness, I am still waiting for him to grow into a towering tree and become the Optimus Pillar of the Empire!" “

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