"There are thirteen core stations in Hanting, which are thirteen stations on the Metro No. 1 Grand Ring Line. They are completely controlled by a council composed of many elites, including the seven merchants, and on the periphery of this ring line, there are some neutral stations, most of them are large in number and rich in resources, but these stations are also more or less controlled by the stationmasters supported by the big merchants, some of them are completely in the arms of the Han court, and some of them maintain independent sovereignty, but most of them are inseparable from the Han court, in political, economic and military aspects, especially in terms of economic and trade exchanges, Each of the neutral stations in the red areas I have circled has signed a very convenient treaty with the Han Court," Natalia lay down at the table, her little eyebrows raised, and she cautiously outlined the stations on the map that were obviously neutral but were actually closely related to the Han Court.

Summer was shocked when she took one look, "This area almost occupies two-fifths of the entire subway station." "You know, the military station and the station under the control of Red Square together only occupy about two-fifths of the extent, and most of the stations on the Red Square side are barren and high-radiation stations, where monsters are dormant and it is difficult for ordinary people to survive. But Hanting is different, after all, they are a ring line station around this super city, the traffic is extremely convenient, the speed of product circulation is far better than that of the military station and Red Square, and the things produced at one end of the subway can easily go to other places through the ring line, and the stations on each ring line can be said to be a rich place, in this case, they actually occupy nearly two-fifths of the stations of the entire subway civilization, which is undoubtedly not shocking.

"Of course," Natalia was born there after all, and she was still extremely proud of her hometown, "The power of the Han Court Alliance is comparable to that of the Red Square and the Military Institute, if it weren't for the fact that the seven merchants each occupied all corners of these thirteen stations and were unwilling to unify with the outside world, they would have been able to unify the entire station a long time ago." ”

Looking at her look like she was about to rise to the sky, Summer coughed, and he said with a slight sourness, "So they can be seen as seven forces?" Two-fifths divided by seven equals two-thirty-fiveths, and it is no wonder that no one considers them a threat, and that His Excellency the Führer of the Military Station and the Secretary of Red Square are recognized as the most influential politicians in the underground station. “

Bolívar emphasized, "If you think so, Mr. Summer, you will suffer sooner or later, because the seven merchants have long been united in years of trade confrontation, and although they have countless differences of interest, they also know that two chopsticks are harder than one." At present, they are divided into three factions, of course, among them, one or two merchants sometimes change their minds and temporarily join other factions, generally at this time, the Han Court Alliance will most likely fall into a chaotic battle, but for so many years, the big merchants will basically not rashly interfere in other people's trade, unless it is huge. "It's all about money, but I don't know if there will be enough value in their interest negotiations to attract other big businessmen to get involved.

As for whether other merchants would interfere with his meeting with the Tyse merchants, Summer actually didn't have a plan in his heart, he only hoped that it would be enough to negotiate with a big businessman, and if he got too involved, he was afraid that he would be in trouble.

Summer was sitting on the tram to Hanting at the moment, and for the sake of caution, he brought with him bodyguard number four, of course, in the form of an attachment to his body, in addition to several accompanying assistants, including Natalia, Boliva and the ten soldiers of the Feishui station that Boliva had summoned. He still remembers how ugly Noman's old face, swollen as a pomegranate, was when he asked for troops to protect him.

It was clear that the stationmaster was not happy to let his veteran escort a slave trader, and of course, the more embarrassed he was, the happier the summer became.

"You said that among these soldiers there will be killers sent by Noo," Summer said, looking at the ten elite old soldiers who were said to be Nono's henchmen, "I think he always looks like he wants to kill me." ”

The soldiers bowed their heads and did not dare to say more,

In this regard, Boliva has nothing superfluous, it is not a matter of a day or two that Wild Man and Summer are not at odds, he is happy to see them conflict with each other at first, so that he can be like a fish in water in it, but now he is completely regarded by Wild Man as an agent of Summer here, although the stationmaster does not say it, there are still a lot of actions against him.

Having made too much money would be annoying, and now Bolivar knew that he had to cut out a lot of the money he had taken out of the young man in front of him and give it to the station to appease the wild man's anger.

And this is the person who has always cherished his money in his life, this is tantamount to cutting off a layer of fat on his chin, why, this is the "chin" he eats, thinking of this, Bolívar felt bloated in his heart, he couldn't help but say a word to Summer, got up and walked to the back compartment, and went to "chat" with his secretary.

Summer had secretly looked at the young girl of seventeen or eighteen. The young girl just looked at her appearance, Summer almost thought that she was pure and lovely, pure as ever, but unfortunately, Boliva seemed to know Summer's thoughts, he quietly told him that this woman was the finished product of Yuting's training, and it was given to him by the big businessman Tess, of course, Boliva even bluntly said that the girl was the eyeliner of the Tess businessman, and he would secretly report his affairs to the big businessman every two days.

After listening to his warning, Summer's heart jumped, and sure enough, women who can take advantage of their physical characteristics are dangerous, Summer sighed, if a woman can be as beautiful as Wei Ning, and she will hook up with a man like this, it is simply a nuclear bomb hidden between her legs, and she can't hide from it.

"Mr. Summer?"

Summer turned around and found that Natalia was squinting at him, and the pen in her hand had been put down at some point, to be honest, Natalia was more delicate in terms of facial features, but unfortunately she didn't make much of a "pleasing man" move.

The girl from the Jade Court is both pure and charming, blinking slightly, the man who looks at her will feel that she is touching her own old man, this is probably the so-called "woman's charm", from the perspective of summer, her behavior is indeed very harassing, but her appearance is very pure, people really can't stop, no wonder Boliva knows that she is the "little bird" of the Han Court and can't bear to let go.

"Mr. Summer is interested in that girl?"

Summer squeezed out a smile, "Haha, Nata, there aren't many men who won't be interested in the girls at Yuting Station." ”

Natalia was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Summer to be so frank, so she hung her head in a sneer, looking rather lost.

Summer knew this, he looked away, and began to look out the window quietly through the glass, in the area of Hanting, the lights were turned on everywhere, and it looked like he didn't need money, and the same was true for electricity.

The destination of his trip was the core station on the outskirts of Hanting---- Metropolitan Station.

Metropolis Station can be called the largest neutral station under the Hanting Group, it was once built under the center of the above-ground urban circle, providing great transportation convenience for the flow of people. Although its own resources are poor, it is located at the convergence of four rail lines, which can be called the most important place in the vicinity. If anyone really wants to wage war against the Han Court, the Metropolitan Station is undoubtedly the top priority, but no fool dares to do so.

So they found out that this place was more prosperous than they had imagined, at least more prosperous than Grey River Station. Numerous merchants, travelers, and even all sorts of idle rangers and stalkers gather around here, if nothing else, to sell off the "gold" they have.

I heard that this metropolitan station has the largest entertainment facilities in the whole station, including underground swimming pools, movie theaters, casinos, bars, clubs, and all kinds of underground scarce entertainment venues, and it is the most famous cargo transfer station, the population density is the highest in the whole station, as many as 10,000 people, which is the total population of three or four large stations, and they are now all gathered in this metropolitan station, you can imagine how lively it should be, or rather, congestion.

The Grand Merchant of Theis begged to meet him here, but he didn't know what he was going to do. After all, prosperity and gloom always coexist in Metropolitan Station, the underground buildings here are luxurious and tall, and there are countless spies, thieves, beggars and killers hiding here, even if the security force is strong, the merchants are inevitably afraid of accidents, not to mention, there are many people here, when can their meeting appear in the spotlight?

What's more, in the Earth Federation, he has never officially met and talked with the leaders of the school, and here, he is actually very nervous to meet with the Tess Grand Merchant, who occupies more than 100,000 people on the subway. As soon as I got off the train in the summer, I felt like my back was soaking wet, and my palms were greasy and soaked with sweat. I don't know if it's because of the already hot atmosphere here, or because of the uneasiness in my heart.

Hey, although he is the emperor of the Galactic Empire, the glorious past of this empire is even more miraculous by them, but unfortunately all this is just a bubble of the past, and it sounds like a complete lie. The so-called Galactic Empire under his current rule can be said to have nothing but the fortress above. Oh, and the mysterious engineering ship and the scientific research and exploration ship, but unfortunately those two non-military ships are still operating in outer space, and what he really rules is the groveling synths and the dozens of orphans, and the few dilapidated factories in the ruined land, the emperor of orphans and robots, how can it not be ridiculous?

"Mr. Summer, you're sweating, I'll wipe it for you, right?" Natalia stood softly beside him, her voice as soft as cotton. She was wearing very clean today, but the clothes were still the work clothes issued by the Shuguang base, and I think it was also, in addition to her three sets of work clothes, the rest were only two sets of tattered clothes brought by the school, and I heard her sister say that the two sets of ragged clothes were full of lice.

"If you wipe me, I'm afraid I'll get even hotter," Summer gently grabbed her slender wrist and shook her head slightly, "Natalia, you were invited by me....... It's a good friend who can make good friends," although I paid some money in the process, Summer still looked at the girl with great sincerity, "It's not a messy maid, you're not like her." Natalia turned her head and saw that the innocent girl was taking care of Bolivar in every possible way, like a maid indeed. Natalia lowered her eyelids and nodded slightly.

Bolivar was also sweating profusely, but Summer dared to swear by Natalia that this guy was purely due to the heat, and his chubby body seemed to be very heat-sensitive, so he was a little weak from the heat of the Metropolitan Station after only a few steps, like a fat manatee wriggling in the scorching sun.

They took a few steps forward, each took out the pass prepared by the Tyse merchant, and the guards did not dare to stop it when they saw the symbolic sign, they respectfully handed over the pass and watched them enter the Metropolitan Station.

Feeling their humility, Summer wiped the sweat from his head and sighed softly, "No wonder no one suspects that behind the Metropolitan Station is the merchant of the Han Court. ”

"Of course," Bolívar explained, "the top leaders of the Metropolitan Station are the three elected spokesmen of the Parliament, but unfortunately the spokespersons of the previous parliaments are inseparable from the Hanting, and the voters always like to vote for the rich, who can have the Hanting rich?" Even if sometimes they vote for an elector who has no money, they will eventually find out that it is someone from Hanting. ”

That's really sad, Summer shrugged, and it wasn't bad to say, after all, they had three people to choose from, and my Dawn base, those orphans could only vote for me, and they didn't even have the power to vote. Sometimes, Summer wondered if even a half-person like herself could be called a wise and wise emperor by a synth, and if more than half of the people in the galaxy could be called wise and wise, if they were lucky enough to be emperor.

Metropolitan Station is much larger than Feishui Station, and in the summer with Bolivar you find your own tram in Metropolita. They took the tram for a long time and then got out of the train again.

As soon as he opened the car door, a stream of air that was far hotter and humid than just now came to his nose, accompanied by a thick smell of sweat and smoke, which made the fine sweat on his forehead rise even more. They had to be careful to navigate the crowds that surged through the underground streets like a gray river, and Summer found that it was far more prosperous than he had imagined, and when he heard that it was not only the largest neutral station in Hanting, but also the largest station in Hanting, Summer felt that this sentence should be believable, because there were many more beggars here than in other places.

He saw a crippled and deformed little girl kneeling on the ground dragging a broken hand, she lay motionless on the ground, praying for the kindness of passers-by, but the natives of the metropolis were accustomed to such tricks, and most of them would be indifferent, and only pure fools and many outsiders with evil intentions could be deceived. Many gentlemen were happy to show off their generosity in front of their female companions, and there were also noble ladies who were happy to make a good impression of a virtuous and benevolent lady to their suitors, and to his surprise, Natalia stopped when she passed by the girl with messy hair and crippled arms, and she hesitated for a long time before stepping forward.

Watching Natalia carefully lay down the five bullets on her body in front of the little girl, a small ripple occurred in Summer's heart. Which one Natalia is, he doesn't know, she may really be a simple girl, she may be just a bad bitch with fake benevolence, she may be just an ordinary girl with a little heart. I don't want to believe Bolivar's words, so I take her, but believe her, will it be the biggest mistake I can make?

"Mr. Summer, what's wrong?" Natalia noticed the heavy look of summer.

"It's okay, let's go."

Natalia nodded cautiously.

They arrived at a lavish brick-walled inn, and chose three quiet and expensive rest rooms, which, to tell the truth, were bigger than the slightly smaller bar at the Fat Water Station, and the soundproofing panels were surprisingly thick, and he watched the fat manatee Bolívar and the little secretary who was small enough to be his daughter flirt with each other into the same room, and for a moment he was a little unhappy, and he turned around and lay down on the big clean bed, and slumped in it, Allowing the soft cushion to swallow half of his body was the most comfortable hotel under the Tyse Merchant, he thought to himself. Soon, a thick tiredness swept over his consciousness, and he gently closed his eyes. After a while, Summer heard a knock at the door.......

It turned out that Mr. Boliva invited him to a meal with Natalia, oh, and that secretary.