The good news is that many acquaintances, friends, and their own people are still alive.

Bad news, after so many years, without the backbone of Lu Ping'an, most people have their own pursuits, and they are not together now, not even on the same continent.

Of course, with the reopening of the gates and the arrival of human reinforcements, they should have come over to meet them when they got the news, but ten years have passed, and it is normal for them to have a reason not to leave.

"Take your time, don't rush, the situation is indeed a little beyond expectations"

At the very least, there is good news, and the Reborn Chamber of Commerce has been operating steadily in this world.

In fact, if someone mentions the Chamber of Commerce, if no other pronouns are added, it means the Reborn Chamber of Commerce.

What did they do?

It is the work that is done when the road is safe.

Traveling from city to city is divided, bringing benefits as well as hope and peace, and if the other side does not want peace, they will take the initiative to give them peace.

The Chamber of Commerce is a neutral force that spends most of its time doing its old job, but it is also called the Ark of Salvation because they do a lot of thankless things a lot of the time.

"Pirates are always a big problem, especially Lava Clan pirates who have lost their base."

These guys are not bad, they are determined to fight and have no moral constraints, and they are happy to raise their butcher knives against "non-congenial" creatures.

Therefore, when they need supplies or even just for revenge, they can easily slaughter the city, but for many reasons, such small groups of rout stragglers are many and troublesome, but they always cause a lot of damage to the people.

After all, most cities are still city-states, each with its own responsibilities and its own food, and it is indeed quite uncomfortable to face the guns of the regular warships of those lava pirates alone.

And for a while, the Ark of Salvation was specifically chasing these routs, especially after being commissioned by other middle and lower towns.

Similarly, there are all kinds of disaster relief, evacuation of disaster victims, and resistance to the invasion of superior forces, which is obviously thankless.

At the same time, what is even more eye-catching is that all its services are not free.

"Everything has a price, nothing can't be traded" is the motto of their chamber of commerce, and all "service providers" receive their bills after the fact and must repay.

But they will not force people to die like those unscrupulous businessmen, they will provide some channels to "make money", and there is basically no problem in developing honestly according to the pointed route.

They have a professional logistics and production team, especially good at investing in industry, agricultural manufacturing, and mineral mining, and often after a period of polishing and research, they can come up with a cooperation agreement of "long-term investment income for debt", and even help your town to come up with a five-year or ten-year development plan.

It can be said that after such a deal, after a few years, not to mention debts, often small villages will become towns, and towns will have their own development paths.

Of course, in the process, they also follow their own principle of "trading everything", and will take away the equivalent including services, human resources, minerals, long-term leases, etc., but this practice of teaching people to fish is more beneficial, and some people even expect their cities to be affected by disasters and let them come and replan their development.

It is also because of this almost paranoid pursuit of "long-term win-win" that it is even too "charitable" in the eyes of outsiders, which also gives it the reputation of "Holy Boat Chamber of Commerce".

"I knew it."

Lu Ping'an smiled and didn't say anything.

Perhaps with Guan at the helm, the Chamber of Commerce will naturally develop like this, and a complete logistics, industry, and agricultural development system has always been the biggest bargaining chip for the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce.

And in order to make it work, it is natural to need new "urban projects" one after another. This kind of snowball management has long been in the plan, but it has not been implemented for too long, and now it seems that they are executing it very well.

Always adhere to the "equivalent exchange", which can reduce a lot of trouble and the possibility of being kidnapped by morality. If you can help, you can help, and if you can't help, you will directly refuse.

If you don't have the ability to get paid, we can offer you the opportunity to work to pay off your debts.

If there is no profitable industry around you, the logistics team can even try to create an industry.

This is the reconstruction of the city, but in the process, it is also the reconstruction of civilization, only this time, it is inlaid with too many colors that belong to human beings.

"Because of their presence, we long-handed people have a good impression of the human race."

This is a bit exaggerated, there are often good and bad in the group, and adults have to learn to separate individuals and then determine their good and bad, but the existence of the Ark of Redemption has indeed improved the goodwill of the group by a few percentage points as a whole, and it is quite outrageous to have a good impression when they meet.

Lu Ping'an smiled and nodded, and did not say his relationship with the Chamber of Commerce.

"So, the Chamber of Commerce also has its own sphere of influence?"

Well, it's hard to say whether it's a force or not. Because most of them were on the ark, cruising all the way. Where they leave, they often keep their 'store chapters,' but in fact it's basically the long-handed people themselves running it, and they're not that, that."

Halfway through it, Zhao Zhaochuan is the owner, and he doesn't know how to describe it because he doesn't have much vocabulary.

"Military organization? The kind that occupies the territory? ”

"Yes, yes, that's what it means, the other forces are grabbing territory, but they don't seem to be interested at all. They seem to be more interested in saving people and getting rich, but they are not particularly greedy for money."

Although it is very light, Lu Ping'an himself knows the difficulty, to be able to become a neutral faction, either you have no value in being co-opted, or you have the strength to threaten other forces, obviously, the armed forces of the Chamber of Commerce have also grown a lot over the years.

"Xue En is famous, and it seems that the frequency of the security team is quite high."

Every familiar name, as well as what they were doing, made Lu Ping'an breathe a sigh of relief.

At least, he hadn't heard of one's death yet, and most of them hadn't changed their minds.

But Lu Ping'an still has no intention of joining the others

"Let's take a look first."

Looking at the storm that was gradually starting outside, Lu Ping'an decided that he could fish for two days first.

It's not that he really doesn't care after a month of "rest", but that he's waiting.

Wait for foreign reinforcements to arrive, and wait for the war to resume.

Wait for your reinforcements to come in, and their new plans.

Waiting for those mysterious bigwigs, who had previously said that they would prepare a "heavy gift" for the warring parties.

Wait for the situation to become clearer, rather than jumping directly into the center and becoming cannon fodder.

With Lu Ping'an's current ability and identity, as long as he appears, he will quickly spread to all those in the know, and then there is a high chance of being pulled into the center of the vortex, and if you take into account the popularity and strength of the current Chamber of Commerce, it is almost a hundred percent thing.

"Wait, let's see who can't bear it first."

Lu Ping'an knows that many people have prepared their own "plans", they can't afford to wait, and they will put everything into this new "casino" and spend a lot of money.

Therefore, Lu Ping'an wants to see the situation, and he is ready to wait for a month.

Outcome? In just three days, there were people who couldn't wait.

(End of chapter)