The meeting with Qiao Tianyu was still arranged in Gao Mo's office.

On the issue of protecting the short, Gao Mo did not lie. The Dark Hunter Guild is indeed an absolute protector for every member. Gao Mo even asked Su Hao if he needed to accompany him? This eliminated Su Hao's vigilance in a great way, and he also faced Qiao Tianyu with a more peaceful attitude.

This guy is an out-and-out fat guy. Although the clothes on his body are good and the workmanship is beautiful, he can't get rid of the bulging belly and thick fat. Qiao Tianyu chose a particularly spacious sofa, and as soon as he did it, the sofa immediately sank, and even the armrests on both sides were slightly closer to the middle because of the excessive weight, becoming a little tilted.

"Hello, I know your name. I'm not hostile, really. ”

There was no response to this opening statement, Su Hao's gaze was still cold, his expression did not change, and the whole person was like a hard rock shrouded in ice.

Qiao Tianyu rubbed his hands vigorously, with a wry smile on his face: "It seems that it is difficult for us to understand and trust each other. ”

Su Hao nodded slowly, hoarse and heavy, "That's true." ”

Qiao Tianyu frowned and looked at Su Hao for a few seconds, and a smile quickly appeared on his face again: "Since this is the case, then let's talk about this qiē as a business in a different way, how about it?" ”

Su Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked incomprehensibly, "Business?" ”

"This incident was the fault of the Black Wolves from the beginning. As a basis for reconciliation, I will bury all the dead by tomorrow. Well! I'm referring to the guys in the Silver Arrow bar, and the businessman named Liu Qiang. Don't get me wrong, it's not just a matter of wrapping up the body in a rag, I'm talking about a ceremonial burial. I've ordered enough coffins, and you should know how much this kind of thing sells in Redstone. This approach may seem stupid to outsiders and is not necessary at all. I just want your forgiveness, though, those things were not done by me and have nothing to do with me. ”

The abuse in Su Hao's eyes gradually became calmer.

Gao Mo once explained the internal situation of the Black Wolf Gang, and also explained to him the subordination between Qiao Tianyu and Herman. Indeed, as a latecomer, Qiao Tianyu just wiped the ass of Herman's madman. The sins that have been committed will not be completely gone because of Herman's suicide, and Qiao Tianyu himself feels very helpless, but he has to do it.

"I will also give adequate compensation to the families of the deceased."

Qiao Tianyu's tone was very serious: "No matter where they are, they will get a sufficient compensation." It's up to you to decide. You also have to know the moderation of it. For example, a person's compensation of 100,000 gold coins is of course impossible. Regardless of whether the Black Wolf Gang can come up with so much money for the time being, as far as the families of the deceased are concerned, if they don't get a penny because of this, this will definitely be the result you don't want to see. ”

Su Hao frowned again. He instinctively felt that this Qiao Tianyu was not an easy guy to deal with. Although there was no verbal threat, the meaning of the words was clear: the sky-high price was actually stupid. To put it another way, of course, 100 gold coins are more worth than nothing.

But in any case, this at least shows that the other side sincerely wants to negotiate peace, not just pay lip service.

Qiao Tianyu kept paying attention to the change in Su Hao's expression, and said with a smile: "If you go to the window now and look at the square outside, you will find that I have shown the greatest sincerity." ”

Su Hao walked over as he said. Through the glass, he saw three men kneeling in the square of the Dark Hunters' Guild, stripped naked, with their hands tied behind their backs, with miserable expressions. Five or six armed men with loaded guns stood by, pointing guns at the back of their heads.

Su Hao knew all three people. In DeWitt's cellular memory, the faces of these people appeared more than once. They were all involved in the robbery and killing of the "Silver Arrow" bar and Liu Qiang's shop. One of them was Su Hao, who first arrived in the third stage of the world and personally shot one of the murderers of the "worker bees".

They were all on Su Hao's hunting list. It's just that there is such a thing as killing, if it weren't for Gao Mo's sudden invitation, I'm afraid Su Hao would have pierced these people's heads alive.

"You're at your disposal."

Qiao Tianyu got up from the sofa and walked to Su Hao's side, his smiling eyes with the cunning aura unique to businessmen: "If you feel that these compensation is not enough to eliminate the anger in your heart, you can also put forward your request." Whatever you want, it's negotiable. ”

Su Hao turned around and asked flatly, "You have a grudge against Herman?" ”

Qiao Tianyu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Things are not what you imagined. Actually, I'm cousins with him, and I'm not interested in a ghost place like Redstone City, and the Black Wolves aren't the gangsters you think they are. If Herman hadn't messed things up this time, I wouldn't have been assigned to take care of the specifics. You shouldn't blame me for Herman's idiot's mistakes. You know? I'm really innocent. ”

Anyone who is obese will always give people a sense of generosity and honesty. Qiao Tianyu is no exception. He had a smile on his face all the time, and coupled with Gao Mo's previous persuasion, it was very much more than enough to offset Su Hao's hostility. However, there is still the necessary vigilance, and Su Hao is not stupid enough to completely trust the other party.

Su Hao looked at Qiao Tianyu, his eyes full of suspicion: "Your purpose should be those gray liquid (putrid hormones), right?" ”

The smile on Qiao Tianyu's face became more and more profound: "Look! That's what I call heart-to-heart connection. We are indeed business partners, you can guess what I think, and I don't want to hide anything from you, yes, I need them. You're a dark hunter and you know how difficult it can be to collect that much ash. It took two years for the Black Wolves to collect a sufficient amount of dark creature brain fluid. The amount of ash that comes out is even rarer, and although I don't like the foul-smelling filthy liquid at all, it's a very important biologics raw material. I don't have to hide anything, business is business, no matter what means you use to get those gray liquids, in short, they are now in your hands, and they are your goods. ”

These words were said very sincerely, and Qiao Tianyu's expression could not see the element of hypocrisy. To be honest, Su Hao didn't have much ill feeling towards Qiao Tianyu. He had never had contact with this fat man, but the other party's speech and demeanor had a natural affinity. Since Herman's suicide, the element of revenge has been diluted a lot. Although Su Hao had already subconsciously regarded the Black Wolf Gang as a mortal enemy whose hatred could not be resolved, Qiao Tianyu's various behaviors and the enemies who were tied up in the square outside made Su Hao's thoughts take a strange and subtle turn.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Hao asked, "What do you mean, do you want to buy those ash liquids back?" ”

"There's no way you're going to find a second business partner other than me who is interested in it."

Qiao Tianyu's words are pun intended. He laughed "hahahaha": "Don't worry! I'll make a price that won't hurt you. ”

Su Hao said very seriously: "How much? I'd like to hear the exact numbers. ”

Qiao Tianyu raised his short and stubby left hand and stretched out five fat fingers. With his right hand, he put his outstretched thumb and index finger back into place, and at the same time put away his cynical expression, became calm and solemn, and said, "Three thousand imperial gold coins." ”

Su Hao was silent, waiting for the other party's next step.

"It's a fair price."

Qiao Tianyu's mouth foamed: "We are all very aware of the price of ash liquid in the Imperial Biological Market. It's no exaggeration to say that the market value of the ash you looted is more than 20,000 gold coins. But you have to understand that the market price is not the same as the real selling price. You are a dark hunter, and most importantly, you do not have legal imperial citizenship. This means that you will not be able to walk into the trading market and complete the transaction at the highest price. Otherwise, the Imperial Police will appear in front of you as quickly as possible, asking you to answer a bunch of garbled questions and ask you to provide proof of the owner of the ash liquid. Eventually, they will arrest you and confiscate your qiē...... Believe me, this is definitely not a made-up story. ”

Su Hao smiled and leaned against the side of the bed in a comfortable position: "Please continue, this reason alone is not enough." ”

"These gray liquids originally belonged to the Black Wolf Gang, and in order to acquire them and complete the initial refining process, we spent about five thousand gold coins."

Speaking of this, Qiao Tianyu's expression became a little solemn: "You are lucky that you didn't destroy those ashes." Otherwise, it would not be possible for you and me to sit here and talk, but someone else would take over. The power of the Qiao family is even greater than you think. The price of 3,000 gold coins is very fair, and I am helping you, not trying to make you cheaper. ”

Su Hao fell silent again. It can be seen that Qiao Tianyu still has some words unfinished. Although the previous reasons were sufficient, Su Hao did have the idea of ending the matter, but he still wanted to listen to Qiao Tianyu's later words.

"In addition to this, I will also give you very favorable conditions."

Qiao Tianyu's gaze became very appreciative, and his tone was slow and affirmative: "I want to hire you and make you my person." ”

……

Winter is coming.

This season in the third stage world is very cold, and the time is longer than that of Earth and the Red Dragon Planet. The ground was covered in a thick layer of snow, and there was occasional starving creature activity, almost lifeless. Mountains and ruins are a constant theme as far as the eye can see. There is a high-radiation zone that no one can approach, and there are all kinds of monsters that are incomprehensible to the human mind. But even the ruins are buried with all kinds of precious treasures. It depends on how you understand it and how you do it.

After driving for more than a week, the maglev finally came to a cold and dead mountainous area. Strictly speaking, this hedron-powered vehicle is not slow. Despite the complex terrain along the way, it still maintains a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour. What made Su Hao sigh was that except for a few indispensable additions on the way, he didn't see any human settlements. This is yet another testament to the vastness and emptiness of the Third World. It is only here that the term "off the beaten track" truly lives up to its name.

After leaving the mountainous area and walking along the old road for dozens of kilometers, the terrain has become impressively open, and a small town has appeared in the field of vision.

Strictly speaking, this is no longer a real human settlement, but more like a small fortress with special reinforcements.

Surrounded by reinforced concrete walls, the thickness and height are daunting. There are a lot of wires inside and outside the walls, and there is a grid hanging from the top, and the occasional blue spark bursts out, indicating that the current intensity is extremely high, and it is definitely not useless. Along the perimeter wall, you can see a number of guard towers of different heights, on which heavy machine guns and combined machine guns are erected, and the sentinels are also powerful, strong and strong.

This is the town of Konoha, located in the northern part of the mainland.

Qiao Tianyu's "employment" is, of course, true.

Within the family, Herman is recognized as a wild breed and an idiot. Of course, this concept comes more from his white skin and blue eyes. In a group of yellow-skinned and black-eyed direct family members, the sudden appearance of this outlier would certainly not make people feel comfortable. As a descendant of his children and grandchildren, Qiao Tianyu can't blame his father for his choice of women. But the secret slander is certain: if you want to play with women, you can play, I also admit it to the golden cat or the milk girl, but can't you take a little responsibility while being excited? There are many ways to deal with those women, either by putting on a condom at the time or by feeding her a few pills after she has refreshed. Or more directly, more simply, cut people's throats when they are comfortable, or throw them out of the window...... Either way, you'll be able to avoid a lot of trouble.

However, things are so helpless, although Qiao Tianyu is extremely reluctant and never admits it, Herman is a cousin with whom he is related.

Out of eating, drinking, and wanting to inherit the family property, Herman did nothing and would not do anything. This combination of slackers and fools is naturally resisted by other family members. However, the stupidity factor was running through Herman's body after all, and he screwed up a Qiē in Redstone City, and completely ruined himself.

As early as more than ten years ago, Qiao Tianyu met Gao Mo. Out of recognition of Gao Mo's personality qualities, Qiao Tianyu also became interested in Su Hao. Of course, this is entirely because of Gao Mo's strong recommendation to Su Hao. In his words: "If you let this excellent young man go for nothing, you will definitely regret it." ”

The Black Wolf Gang is a conceptual vague designation. Red Rock City has such an organization, and Konoha Town is no exception. This is just the name of the gang in the eyes of outsiders, and within the Qiao family, they also have a completely different name: the Armed Guards.

Strictly speaking, Konoha is actually supposed to be a small city. With more than 50,000 inhabitants, it has a well-developed living system. The water, electricity, fuel, etc. are intact, and the defense force even surpasses that of redstone.

It is also located on the border of the Empire, but it is not under the jurisdiction of the Empire. Only the Qiao family was qualified to levy taxes, trade, and set up administrators here.

According to imperial law, towns like Konoha belong to human settlements that are in the "pioneering" period. They are stored on the map of the empire in the form of "supply points", which nominally belong to the empire, but in fact belong to the founders, that is, the major families, wealthy merchants, and powerful nobles. Such an approach is equivalent to expanding the boundaries of the empire in disguise by civil forces without effort. Although these administrative strongholds are unable to collect taxes, the Imperial army is obligated to protect them in the event of an attack from the Dark World.

In general, the tax holiday period can be as long as 99 years. Even after this deadline, the tax rate in the region still fluctuates between 10 and 15 per cent. Troops and officials were not stationed until the Imperial side felt the need to bring the area under administration. However, this is usually only possible if the surrounding area is heavily populated or if the area is strategically located.

In a sense, Konoha Town is the private domain of the Qiao family.

To be precise, this place belongs to Qiao Tianyu personally.

Otherwise, Su Hao, who accepted the employment, would not have been sent here.

When he saw Wang Hu for the first time, Su Hao only felt a little awkward.

It was an extremely tall, steely, middle-aged man with a beard. Even though it was winter and there was no heating equipment in the house, Wang Hu was wearing nothing. The door of his office was open, and the guards leading Su Hao raised their hands and knocked on the door, and there was an immediate roar like a tyrannosaurus rex.

"Come in!"

The leading guard had a very strange smile on his face. He turned sideways and stepped aside, of course Su Hao understood that this meant to let himself in. I just don't know why, I always feel that something is not right.

Pushing open the door and walking into the room, Su Hao's face changed slightly, and then returned to normal.

A very beautiful young man was lying on his desk, and Wang Hu was standing behind him. The young man was very fair-skinned and quite handsome. The two naked men fit so closely, one slammed forward, the other trembled and swayed, and had to hold on to the table with both hands to keep his balance, and his mouth let out a desperate scream.

This scene is indeed very thrilling, but it did not have too strong a visual impact on Su Hao. He has hundreds of years of life experience, he has seen what he should have seen, and he has seen what he shouldn't have seen. Don't say it's a game between two men, even if it's a joke between two hundred men, Su Hao feels accustomed to it.

He put his feet together, raised his hands, and performed a courtesy that could only be regarded as brief, but did not violate the rules, and then took out his ID and said in a bland tone: "Mercenary Su Hao is here to report." ”