Chapter 70. Collusion is good
Zhou Jinru was stunned for a moment, Kaisha obviously only listened to the first half of the sentence, he thought about it, in fact, there was no problem, the big girl in front of him was actually just a little girl in her teens, and it was normal for her attention to deviate.
"Keisha, there's still a lot of work you have to do in the future."
Even if the girl in front of her only has a symbolic meaning for St. Ariar, her presence is still indispensable.
After pulling the rusty belt people out of the quagmire, they have to face a lot of problems, no matter how deep Russell's family background is, there will be a day when it will be exhausted, and they have to find a way to survive that suits them.
Keisha rubbed her eyes and dozed off: "Ah Guang, I think you know a lot more than me, today Uncle Aske asked me to speak in front of the camera, and I tried many times to barely succeed in recording." β
Zhou Jinru thought that the footage that Aske was going to record was nothing more than Keisha speaking in Timos Manor, so that the uneasy Rust Belt people could rest assured.
"Take your time, once raw and twice ripe."
The current Kaisha does not have the conditions to become a leader, so the big and small things are basically handled by Aske, and it was not easy for Russell to be a lone at the beginning.
Keisha tilted her head, and her tone was full of hope: "Ah Guang, if you come and help me, you and Uncle Aske will definitely get along!" He doesn't have to be so tired. β
Zhou Jinru smiled and said: "Have you forgotten that I also have a Rhode Island, Amiya you have also seen, in terms of identity, she is still my top boss." β
"Well, if you come to help me, Amiya will be very sad."
Keisha was a little disappointed, but quickly recovered her emotions: "Then I won't force it, you must protect Amiya." β
Zhou Jinru chuckled: "That's my duty. β
Aske's voice came from the door: "Looks like you're having a good conversation?" β
Zhou Jinru turned around and saw Aske walking in, he had seen him carrying a cane before, but now he had already thrown that thing aside, and he was full of energy when he walked.
"What did you find?"
"I found that you have not had an easy time for so many years."
Asque sighed, "It's not easy, my lord has to dye his hair white every once in a while, because only a dull rusty godfather will not irritate Columbia." β
He looked at Keisha: "Miss, Mr. Ah Guang and I need to discuss the next development prospects......
Keisha asked, "Do you need me to leave?" β
"No, Keisha, you come with us," Zhou Jinru shook his head and turned his gaze to Aske, "Since she is sitting here, she has the right to know what we are talking about. β
Asker whispered, "Isn't it too early?" β
"Uncle Asker, I'm not a kid anymore."
Keisha stood between the two, and Aske closed his eyes: "A-Guang, they all said that you would take the child, and it seems that they are not lying." β
Whether he will take a child or not, Zhou Jinru didn't care, just said: "Being young doesn't mean anything." β
The three of them left the reception room and walked in the brightly lit passageway, and from time to time they could see the staff running back and forth, these people moved quickly, did not slack off, and did their own things seriously.
Aske asked, "What do you think?" β
Zhou Jinru said truthfully: "Mr. Timos left a lot of things. β
"What the master left behind can only help us get through the difficulties in front of us, and there are more troubles to come."
St. Aral is a Rust Belt city, after becoming a mobile city, its own attributes have not changed, not to mention the useless part of the production capacity lost by the land city, in the block that moves with the core city, only a certain proportion of the machinery and equipment are retained, and most of the rest are taken by the agricultural production route, and the first thing they have to do is to survive, and then they can live better.
Zhou Jinru thought about it, if it was changed to another organization, it was really hard to say, but in addition to Rhode Island here, there was also an integration movement, not to mention the latter's reputation, the production capacity created by the snow monster team alone was enough to make people blush, that is to say, they had the ability to help St. Al through the initial difficulties, as for how to solve the problem of improving living standards in the future, it depends on the ability of the independent city-state's own people.
He stopped and looked at Asker: "I would like to ask, who was the one who made the plan for Mr. Timos in the first place?" β
"I don't know, the master didn't say anything, I don't know anything."
Zhou Jinru didn't plan to stop there, pointed to his nose and asked, "Is it me?" β
"How old was Mr. Ah Guang ten years ago?"
"I don't know."
No lying, no mood swings, Aske is calm and controls his emotions well.
"Just kidding."
Zhou Jinru continued to walk forward, but he had another idea in his heart.
Someone prepared everything in advance, and all the plans were moving along the route designed by the other party, with occasional deviations, but they were quickly wiped out by the tide of the times.
That is, one day in the last decade, something happened that became a fracture point in the world of Terra......
Zhou Jinru had to wonder if that person was himself, because he had already seen another self, and the core city under his feet was another Rhode Island.
"So what the hell am I, I even calculated myself, why did I make this out, is it just to kill a member of the Deep Sea Council?"
Just as he was thinking differently, Aske suddenly asked, "Is Rhode Island going to Victoria next?" β
It's no secret that Amiya had informed Santa Aral of the news during the previous meeting, and the ship docked in the San MartΓn Berd area had already begun to prepare for sailing, which meant that as soon as the mobile city was out of the scope of the natural disaster, they would set sail out of Colombia.
"So, have you figured out how to deal with those big nobles?"
Zhou Jinru frowned slightly: "Our purpose is only to retrieve the frigate, and we don't plan to stay in Victoria for long, Rhode Island is tantamount to meddling in Victoria's affairs, in fact, we basically have no business partners in Victoria." β
Victoria has its own medical research institute, and like Rhine Life in Columbia, Rhode Island doesn't have any idea of getting involved.
If it weren't for Kelsey's original advocacy of reducing Rhode Island's daily consumption and depositing the frigate in Victoria's Port Royal, Rhode Island would not have moved half a step towards Victoria.
Zhou Jinru has read the minutes of the meeting more than a year ago, and Kelsey's actions are very confusing, and she seems to have foreseen the decline of Rhode Island, and even prepared for it in advance.
Is this the all-knowing and all-powerful Kelsey?
A few minutes later, they were standing in the dormitory area of the Core City, which had been temporarily converted into a visitor's residence, which they said were visitors, but they were nothing more than house arrest.
"Ah Guang, the person you meet is inside, I guess your energy is limited, you can only see one person at a time, so take your time."
Zhou Jinru couldn't help but glance at Asker more, and the other party seemed to have guessed his true plan, so he didn't say more.
He pushed open the door in front of him and walked in, and was greeted by a very simple dormitory dress, a wooden table with a chair next to the hanger, and a third of the room occupied by a wooden bed against the right wall, next to which sat a man holding a thick book.
When the man saw someone coming in, he glanced up, and his expression changed slightly: "What does Your Excellency want to do?" β
"It's not a very important thing, I just ask two questions, and I'll leave."
The men were nervous, because the tall and thin young man in front of them was the commander who had captured them!
Zhou Jinru pulled over the chair, sat opposite Pilot Victoria with a big grin, and raised a finger: "The first question is very simple, has there been any major geological disasters in Victoria within a year?" β
That's the question?
The pilot was stunned for two seconds, thinking that he was going to ask for some military secrets or some confidential information, but he didn't expect that all the other party wanted to know was geological disasters.
But there have been no geological disasters since last year, and he has no way to answer, so he has to shake his head and say that he doesn't know.
Zhou Jinru rubbed his eyebrows, and his first question on the surface was declared to be a blow, the other party did not lie, or did not even have the conditions to lie, because every steam mecha pilot is Victoria's precious wealth, most of the time living in the barracks, rarely going out, and therefore not knowing much about less important natural disasters.
"Second question, who are you loyal to when you take the oath?"
The question was even simpler, not even a question, and the pilot immediately replied: "Our allegiance is His Majesty the King of Aslan!" β
"Okay, no problem now, goodbye."
Zhou Jinru turned to leave, without the slightest intention of turning back, and seeing his back disappear behind the door, Victoria's pilot secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Then Zhou Jinru came to the second room, concocted the same method, and finally stood in front of Aske, saying that he could leave.
Aske wondered, "Ah Guang, your two questions have nothing to do with each other, what can you ask?" β
Zhou Jinru shook his head, didn't say anything, and left the core city of natural selection, on the way back to the Rhode Island camp, he thought a lot.
These two questions are indeed unrelated, as they point to different purposes, the former asking about Victoria's natural disasters and the latter about Victoria's rulers.
The two pilots of the former said that they did not know, indicating that there was indeed no natural disaster that shocked the whole country in Victoria, and the abnormal situation of the active volcano mentioned by Provence is likely to be just a farce, and the disappearance of the lamb should have another hidden story.
Latter......
Now it is still Aslan, that is, Vina's race, who still sits in Victoria's dominance, but she has been in exile and has refused to return, indicating that the situation is not as rosy as imagined.
Both pilots have firmly pledged their allegiance to Aslan, which fully shows that Aslan's position has not wavered, so the problem arises, the forgiver who came to St. Aral with them is a real Sakaz and has command over the pilots of the steam mech......
Zhou Jinru's eyes were gloomy, and he gently wrote a person's name in the palm of his hand: Tracys.
"It's really not a good choice to go to Victoria now, the Sakaz who can command the army, and still be loyal to Aslan's army, these two are put together, it can only mean that he and Aslan are tied together, or Aslan has to be tied to him, after all, Vena is still by my side, and the words of Aslan's guardian must not be ignored."
"So...... Again, the problem is mine. β
Zhou Jinru sighed and forced himself not to think about why everyone had a very tacit understanding for more than a year, which is no longer called a turning point, but a fracture point.
Just as he was returning to the camp, he suddenly heard another round of artillery in the direction of the Rhode Island camp, and hurriedly asked, "How many rounds of shelling is this?" β
"In the third round, while the Doctor was still in the Core City of Natural Selection, there were two shellings."
The dense raindrops hit the car window, making his vision extremely blurred, Zhou Jinru had no choice but to roll down the window, and a strong wind carried the rain in, drenching him with water.
"The speed of block movement is slowing down, indicating that the degree of erosion of the chassis is too high, and there is no solution to the integrated movement?!"
In fact, Zhou Jinru had already mistakenly blamed the integration movement, and their little experience was accumulated when they attacked Checheng at the beginning, and it was unknown how much of it could be used, let alone prepare a plan.
"Let's do it anyway."
Zhou Jinru grabbed the terminal and said loudly: "Amiya, I have already left the core city, everyone will follow the second set of plans, and transfer some people to the block junction, ready to cooperate with the people of St. Aral to get back the chassis!" β
"Doctor, we can't get people out right now, and there are many places on the surface of the block where the source stone crystals are pierced, which greatly slows down the movement, and Rhode Island is trying to solve these problems."
"I'll think of a way!"
Amiya's words fell on Zhou Jinru's ears, which made him have an even more headache, and after hesitating, he still dialed the second number, a number he had not contacted before.
A weak voice came from the other side:
"You, hello, you are ......"
"It's me."
"Ah, ah, it's Bo, no, Ah Guang, what's the matter?"
Zhou Jinru continued: "Are you by Yelena's side? β
"I ...... Ah, Miss Yelena?! β
The weak voice let out an exclamation, apparently the communication equipment was taken away, and at the same time, a cold voice came from the opposite side: "It's you, what do you want to do?" β
"Can you tell me if Faust is sure to get the chassis back?"
"It's none of your business."
Zhou Jinru was not discouraged: "I don't know what agreement you have with St. Al Alral, but please think about it carefully, this mobile city has lost all its blocks, even if it can escape the coverage of natural disasters, lose blocks, lose materials, lose population, and lose its hematopoietic ability, it will be eaten up and wiped out by countries that are eyeing it in an instant, right?" β
The cold voice on the other side was silent for two seconds, and Zhou Jinru could vaguely hear her murmuring: "How can you say the same thing as that dragon girl, are you colluding?" β