Section 6: The Plains of Quelsa (Part I

Although he was also grateful to Jacques for coming to make up for his lessons, Townsend had actually premeditated the matter of benefiting the club: since he wanted to do the business of precious metals, he had to think about the details such as quotas first.

If this problem is not handled well, the Thorn Rose will not be able to keep these good things. This is not an exaggeration, not to mention anything else, the three major forces will definitely kill Mén at the first time. Others would take turns, even queues, and rob Townsend in various ways.

From the standpoint that Townsend is a Miracle Master, there is no reason for the product to flow elsewhere, so most of it has to be sold to the Anomalous Master Guild, Townsend belongs to the West Coast Chapter, so he must sell a part of it to the West Coast Branch, and Uncle Hughes also has to have a share...... Only by connecting everyone's interests can these thighs be truly stable.

Townsend finally got rid of the pestering branch president, and finally had a chance to deal with his own affairs. The first person to meet is Vahu.

However, this guy seems to have been suffocated in Yintao City, and as soon as he got home, he carried the wolf tooth bāng to the martial arts training ground to vent.

When Townsend walked into the martial arts training ground, he found that in the midst of the onlookers and applause of a group of bare-bottomed children, Wahu was shirtless, and the bāng zi in his hands was dancing vigorously.

"Enough venting, right?" When Vahu finished playing this mad demon bāng method, Townsend hooked his fingers called him over: "Tell me." ”

"There is some unrest in Yintao City. Vahu put away the wolf's tooth, half-squatted on the steps, and took a máo towel to wipe his sweat: "Marcia said that the strife of the Trident family is getting more and more intense. Although the people above have not yet torn their faces, the people under them have already begun to clash. During the day, people draw knives and slash at the streets, and assassinations occur at night. ”

"It's fine if it's in a tent area or out of town. Townsend commented.

"The conflict has spread to the inner city. Vahu shook his head and said, "Wolf's thing went well, we let him join the Thorn Rose, and then put it out after he was trained." It seems that he has gained some skills, but he didn't expect to come back with a wound on the third day - guess what? He was ambushed by more than thirty people in the inner city, thanks to his fast running!"

"It's too unscrupulous. Townsend was stunned: "Didn't arouse suspicion?"

"No, we also let him stay in a hostel and arranged for a special man to protect him. By the way, Marcia's special promotion has been passed!" Vahu said excitedly, "We now have two junior ability masters!

"What's the pleasure of? It's just a small family. ”

"But Marcia is very good at taking apprentices, do you know how many apprentices she has now, a full thirty!" Vahu held out his hand to Bibi: "Only ten of them are the ones to lead, and the others have found her on their own intermittently." Marcia screened a few rounds the way you taught, and eliminated the problematic ones, and that's all that remained. So she had six intermediate apprentices and twenty-four junior apprentices under her. ”

"In this way, we have really become a force. Townsend nodded: "I have to add you as a senior apprentice." ”

"Of course. Vahu was not modest: "If it had been argued, Marcia could have left, but she said it would have been more useful for her to stay in the branch." She was now training a few of the better apprentices, because they were not restricted from moving, and as soon as they were up to the battlefield they were sent to us - we had bought three small boats to do without us knowing. ”

"By the way," Vahu said Townsend had forgotten, "how did these ships arrive?"

"Originally, we couldn't buy a boat, so we had to rent it, and Marcia ran to the branch president for help, but there were only small boats in the branch's shipyard, and they were the ones that ran fast. Vahu said: "The three ocean-going transports were specially assigned to us by Prince Pfister, and no one else knows about them. ”

"How is it possible to keep such a large ship secret? I'm afraid that as soon as you leave the port, everyone who should know will know. Townsend shook his head: "This trick is called confusion, and Pfister uses it well." ”

Townsend was completely giving face to Wahu, so he didn't say the words "Disaster leads to the east". Three ocean-going convoys, Prince Fischett gave them at his fingertips? Is this so simple? This is war, and there is no room for a trace of warmth.

"We'll talk about other things later," Townsend patted Vahu's arm, "Hurry up and get ready, we're going to a meeting tomorrow." ”

"Meeting?" asked Vahu, "what meeting?"

"Pre-war fraternity of the right flank of the coalition forces. Townsend smiled and said, "I heard that there is still a beautiful NV." ”

"Understood!" Vahu nodded heavily, the expression on his face becoming extremely serious.

The official name of the right-flank pre-war fraternity that Townsend is referring to should be: "Strategic Liaison Meeting". The purpose is to bring together the commanders of the leading forces of the various forces, so that the tasks and directives can be uniformly distributed from above, and the scope of responsibility of each unit can be clarified...... Speaking of which, this seems to be a very legitimate and reasonable arrangement, and everyone must pay attention to it.

But the point is that Townsend and the others can only participate in the second half of the meeting - those who join the meeting in the second half have no chance to coordinate anything, and can only obediently accept what others have decided before.

Don't be unconvinced, that's how those miscellaneous and coolie troops are treated.

That is to say, before we met, the thorn rose has been rowed into the "fish belly". But Townsend thinks this is a good thing, such as + passion If the coalition really wants the Thorn Rose Army to take the lead, he has to find an excuse to resign...... Reputation is like a floating cloud, and profit is hard currency!

Holding a pile of ore, the Jacques branch president left that day without saying hello to Townsend. In fact, Townsend was also so busy that even if he knew, he couldn't send him.

After all, Thorn Rose is a gang, and the leader must go out officially, and he must not be stingy and sloppy in terms of pomp and circumstance.

In fact, a few days ago, Benneid withdrew from the construction of the city, and devoted himself to preparing the supplies needed for Townsend's journey. On the part of the army, there was the second group of cavalry who had just completed their training, as well as a mixture of old and new light infantry, plus guards, reconnaissance teams, and other units, with a total number of nearly 1,000 troops.

Most of the Jing Rui of the Thorn Rose remained in the camp and several dangerous areas around it, and the monkey and the captain, whose prestige had already been established, also remained. On this matter, Townsend and the military department were very unanimous, because no one wanted to fight in front of them, and when they turned their heads, they found that the nest had been destroyed.

In order to meet the emergency and deterrence, Townsend gave the monkey and the captain three red envelopes in public, and unabashedly declared that the envelopes contained all combat plans, not only plans for external enemies, but also plans to suppress internal attacks.

The unnatural faces of many people can be seen as an indication of deterrence or a sign of detachment—but Townsend is concerned with the safety of the group, not on personal allegiance.

No matter how good the eldest brother is, who dares to guarantee that this kind of thing will not happen?

"Who guarantees? I don't even dare to guarantee my position!" According to Townsend's words, "although the troops taken away are not very sharp, as long as they follow me, they can get extra points at the tactical and strategic level." If I am not at home, the best troops must be at home! This is our foundation, and no matter what happens, we must defend it!"

At the internal meeting two days ago, everyone heard Townsend's words, but people interpreted them differently. Especially the people who had followed Miss Wenli to the Thorn Rose had a somewhat unnatural face—had Townsend already included them in the list of embankments?

Miss Wenli listened attentively at the meeting, and did not relate this sentence to herself at all. Neither at the meeting nor after the meeting, she did not respond to the inquiries of her subordinates, but put a lot of effort into cooperating with Townsend, who left behind a large, complex housekeeping management team, and Miss Wenli was responsible for liaison and coordination.

Up, Wen Li's role and self-positioning are already very much in line with the horn of the great butler of the Thorn Rose. Benneid had already given up this business and devoted himself to the development of the caravan.

During this time, because of Miss Wenli, the various housekeeping of Thorn Rose was arranged in an orderly manner, she was like a delicate pulley, no matter what happened through her hands, it would inevitably become simpler and more labor-saving.

Everyone saw this fact, but Townsend did not clarify Miss Wenli's identity and authority, which made Miss Wenli's followers very dissatisfied. But Miss Wenli herself did not show any such emotions, and even if someone chewed her tongue in front of her, she would only be severely reprimanded by her.

No one knows what Wenli and Townsend are thinking, only that they have a good relationship—is it really good?

In the morning light, the mist was thick on the hillside outside the camp where Townsend was stationed.

He looked at the large camp in the vicinity, the construction site of the small town in the distance, and the group of camp tents in between—the accompanying troops had been assembled last night and had been practicing overnight.

In the cold morning breeze, the horses beneath him snorted.

Townsend's gaze wandered, his expression cold and deep, like a reef that would never melt into the water...... The sound of horses' hooves approached behind him, and his face remained unchanged. The people who can go all the way to Townsend's side can actually be counted on one hand, and the people who can come over at this time will actually not be others.

"It's a cold autumn morning. Miss Wenli rode the white horse given by Townsend, stood side by side with Townsend, and looked curiously in the direction of Townsend's attention: "What is Mr. Townsend looking at?"

I didn't care about Townsend's look at all.

"I'm in a puzzling situation. Townsend turned his gaze and smiled at Miss Wenli: "The first appearance in front of the big forces, if we can't suppress them, we will be bad." ”

"Mr. Townsend will succeed. Miss Wen Li said, "I firmly believe that!"

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