At noon, the team stopped for rest and lunch.

The hundred-foot-wide river is crystal clear, and there are red trout and silver salmon scurrying about the aquatic plants.

The grass by the river is flat and full of fine wildflowers. A few oak trees are like large umbrellas and pestles on the grass, making for an excellent picnic spot.

Dozens of carriages left the road, and a row stopped on the grass, and the guards of the Vetu family busily set up a bonfire, and after drawing water from the river, they set up a bonfire on it.

Before leaving, Lia ordered a sumptuous meal to be prepared.

White bread, butter, sausages, bacon, and even oily canned sea fish, as well as sweet canned fruit.

The guards spread large pieces of oilcloth on the grass, set up movable wooden tables, and piled all kinds of delicacies on the long tables.

Joe stood by the river and looked around for a while, then took off his coat and threw it to Billy, slapping his belly with both hands, and walked over to a big tree more than a hundred feet away.

Seeing Joe's movements, Billy wisely stopped, and did not follow Joe's side in the same way.

Under the tree, Qiao heartily released the pressure in his bladder, and then lowered his voice and complained.

"Laprahi, Lan Hibiscus and Lan Kikyo have so many strange skills, what about me? What about me? What about me? ”

Laplahi's shrill voice sounded, and with an extremely obvious schadenfreude emotion, he laughed loudly: "Skill? Dear Master Joe Rong Wittu, have you learned any skills in your short life over the past eighteen years? ”

"Is it the General History of the Continent that you failed, or the History of the Delenn Empire, or the Elementary Mathematics, Basic Geometry, Basic Chemistry, and Fundamental Physics...... Gosh, from initiation education, to primary education, to secondary education at the Faculty of Law in Port Tulum, which you just graduated......"

"You keep saying 'in the name of the law,' but you fail the Imperial Civil Code; Your Imperial Penal Code, fail; Your Code of Nobility, fail...... You failed all three major codes...... Not to mention, the elective courses of the Imperial Tax Law, the Imperial Customs Law, the Imperial Epidemic Prevention Law...... Wait......"

"Did you pass any of the courses?"

"Of course, you drink a lot, eat a lot, and have a strong way of fighting...... I'll be happy to mark you with the following skill attributes: Sake Bag (100%), Rice Bag (100%), Scoundrel (100%), Gangster (100%)...... Do you accept it? ”

Joe was silent for a moment, then he shook his body vigorously and slowly buttoned his pants.

"I don't think it's necessary for the time being...... Well, it's still the same old problem, my IQ ......" Joe muttered and complained, "Longinus has a 53 IQ, and I ......"

Joe thought of an extremely terrible possibility, and his scalp tingled for a while, and his hair almost stood on end.

"Damn, can I say that my IQ is lower than that stupid Longinus?"

After a long time, Laprahi's voice sounded faintly: "Before you wake up, it is...... But after you wake up, you are definitely smarter than Longinus, there is no doubt about it. ”

"Of course, IQ is not important to Crimson."

"There is such a thing as IQ, you have such a little bit, just enough for it...... Ho ho ho, you're crimson, why do you want such a high IQ? ”

With a heavy heart, Joe walked back to the picnic camp with his hands behind his back step by step.

Billy and a group of chubby cops were eating and drinking merrily, and the guards of the Vetto family were scattered in all directions, eating delicious food and drinking hot tea, and they were equally happy.

Tooth, Strons, and a few family elders sat at the picnic table, slowly enjoying their meal.

Lan Mu Jian and Lan Ki Tong sat on a stone dozens of feet away, and the two sat back to back, and the food in their hands was a simple bread with bacon slices.

Billy and the cops didn't bother with them. The two brothers are newcomers, but the police rank is so high, and the attitude is cold, looking at everyone is like looking at the air, so this group of veteran police officers will not get together to be bored.

The guards of the Ritu family abide by the bottom line, they are the guards of the Ritu family, and each of them has some crimes that are not trivial or serious. Active and police set closely? Unless their skull is broken.

So the two brothers sat on the stone and quietly nibbled on bread, and the scene was quite lonely.

Joe looked at the two brothers, only to feel that the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

The Fifth Order of the Imperial Army's Secret Combat Rank, with physical strength alone, one is nearly two million pounds, and the other is nearly four million pounds...... Such a strong and terrifying guy like a monster, you guys who don't know life and death, are so cold?

Coughing, Joe walked over to the picnic table, grabbed a bunch of sausages, a smoked goose, a few fried chicken legs, and had one of the guards carry a small basket with a few bunches of fresh grapes and a few canned fruits, and followed him to the brothers.

"Hibiscus, Kikyo, I'll call you that in the future." Qiao handed the meat in his hand to the two brothers, and laughed loudly: "You're welcome, everyone will be their own people in the future, don't be so polite." ”

"I also learned some idioms from the Eastern Continent with a few ocean-going sailors from the Eastern Continent...... For example, 'share the blessings and share the difficulties'? In the future, everyone will be good brothers, hahaha, 'share blessings and difficulties'! ”

When he said, 'Share the blessings and share the difficulties', Joe changed to the lingua franca of Donglu, which was a bit stumbling, but the pronunciation was still relatively accurate.

Lan Mu Hibiscus and Lan Kikyo raised their heads, looked at Qiao deeply, stretched out their hands, and took the food he handed over.

"Share the blessings and share the difficulties...... His Excellency Joe's pronunciation is very accurate. Lan Kikyo smiled, "Our ancestors made their home in Medland, we grew up in Metland, and we haven't heard Donglu dialect for many years since they left. In the future, please take care of Your Excellency Qiao! ”

Tooth and Si Gengs put down the food in their hands, and looked at this side from a distance, they looked at Lan Mu Hibiscus and Lan Bellflower, and then at Joe, and Tooth laughed a few times, while Si Gengs lowered his head, picked up a banana, and handed it to the little monkey who was squatting on his shoulder with a smile.

'Since they left'?

Qiao looked at the two brothers with a little pity, the emotions of the Donglu people are more restrained, this is a more euphemistic statement that his brothers are orphans, right?

Of course, Joe won't debunk the topic.

Joe grinned, snapped his fingers, and hooked his finger toward Billy.

"Billy, Billy, you bastard, a hundred police officers, you have twenty of your men to assist you, and those eighty are transferred, divided into two teams, and obey the orders of the two deputy commissioners!"

Tilting his head and thinking for a while, Joe said loudly: "Billy, in the future, you will be in charge of the logistics and discipline work in the bureau, and Director Hibiscus and Director Kikyo will be in charge of the external affairs of the bureau, including investigation and combat...... Hahaha, this is to make the best use of people's duties and materials! ”

Couldn't help it, Joe said another idiom from Donglu.

Lan Mu Jin and Lan Kikyo ate their lunch without saying a word, and coldly watched Billy and a group of chubby police officers busy with each other.

None of these fat guys are willing to follow the two brothers to go out on duty, investigate cases, and even fight, how tiring is this? Where is the squatting in the bureau to manage logistics and fish for oil and water to be happy?

"If it's on the Rule front, these guys won't live more than a quarter of an hour." Lan Kikyo shook his head slightly.

"Wrong, the grease on their bodies is too thick, and ordinary soldiers can't kill them with three or five knives...... It is still possible to live for a quarter of an hour. "Lan Mujian's words are quite mean.

Joe turned and whistled to the picnic table, hungry and in need of food.

He heard the words of the two brothers very clearly.

Of course he knew what kind of virtues these chubby cops were, but Joe didn't expect much fighting power from these guys. These guys are real local snakes, they are well-informed and well-connected, and the police and the military are not the same thing after all, are they?

Suddenly, Joe stopped, and he turned around and looked at the brothers with a smile on his face.

"You were forced to retire, but what about your subordinates?"

The two brothers looked at Qiao, and Lan Bellflower said in a deep voice: "There are ten brothers who left the army with us. ”

Joe laughed out loud, clapping vigorously and laughing, "Are they from Tulum?" Ah, whether they are or not, are they willing to be glorious policemen who uphold the justice of the laws of the empire and defend the good citizens? ”

"If they want to, recruit them, rest assured, I will not treat my brothers badly." Joe pointed hard at the orchid hibiscus and the orchid bellflower.

Lan Mu Hibiscus chewed on the smoked goose, and Lan Ki stood up and saluted Qiao: "As you wish, Lord Director!" ”

After eating and drinking enough and resting for a while, Joe even took a nap on the tarpaulin.

It was nearly one o'clock in the afternoon when the brigade continued on its way.

Walking along the gravel road all the way to the west, walking through patches of olive and vineyards, and traveling for more than two hours, you can see a piece of white walls and red tiles more than a mile away.

This is Loew Ridge, the smuggling hotspot around Port Tulum, a lawless chaos zone, a criminal den of filth.

In the administrative establishment of the city of Tulun Port, the registered population is only 2,000 people, and it is only a small town.

However, according to the secret investigation two years ago, the permanent population of Loew Gang has reached more than 30,000, and the total number of non-resident and floating population is nearly 150,000.

With a population of nearly 200,000, placed in the other provinces of the empire, it was already a medium-sized city that could not be ignored.

But Loewgang has been a 'blank' 'town' for so many years.

Apart from a fire brigade set up with money raised by the town's residents, there is no official body in Loew Heights.

There is no town hall, no police station, no tax office, no quarantine station...... Here, it is a gray area that is completely self-explanatory according to the unspoken rules of the underground.

The brigade descended the hill along the wide avenue and gradually approached Loewhill.

At the entrance of the town, under a few large trees, a team of more than 100 heavily armed men was already waiting there.

In the distance, a middle-aged man was already laughing and greeted him.

"Ya, Si Gengs, haha, where is the young master? What about the young master? I haven't seen the young master in a while! ”