Chapter 136, you don't have a choice
Junk Town is now facing extinction, and that's something that many people know.
Swann was waiting for Henry's 'high insight'.
Of course he could guess that Henry was saying this to pave the way for the Governor to gain full allegiance from Junktown.
He was waiting for Henry to say what the governor was like.
Henry also understood, but he smiled again and said something that made Swandu almost unable to hold back:
"Governor Gu is coming to Junk Town, and he is on his way with his army."
Swann was silent for a moment and asked, "He...... In person? ”
"Yes." Henry had become very calm at the moment, "The Governor must take Junk Town, you ...... It is impossible for us to resist. Even if military action is not mentioned, as long as the governor blocks the trade routes, does not buy raw materials produced by Junk Town, and does not sell food to Junk Town, Junk Town will be self-defeating. ”
"Whew......" Swan let out a long sigh of relief, his face was already very ugly, "That governor, does it have to be like this?" ”
Henry spread his hands: "Is there anything strange about this?" He is the governor of the planet, and it is only natural that he will devote himself to bringing the entire world under his rule. ”
After a pause, he continued: "And, to be honest Mr. Swan, I don't understand why you look so reluctant. ”
"Hmph." Swann said, "If you have a choice, who wants to be a dog?" ”
"Hahahaha!" Henry laughed and said, "That's not right, how can you be a dog to offer loyalty to the governor and to the empire?" ”
After laughing, he retracted his expression and said seriously, "Mr. Swan, I actually had the same stupid idea at the beginning. When the Governor told me that he wanted to take full control of the entire garbage town, my first thought at that time was that I had finally become an agent and reached the top of the garbage town, but I had only enjoyed the power of the agent for half a month, and the garbage town was about to become the governor, so wouldn't I be an agent in vain? ”
"But this stupid thought only lasted ten seconds in my mind before I realized how ridiculous it was."
"Who is the Governor? He was the one who realized that Fuxing City could not do anything, went out and started from scratch, and in two months, he counterattacked Fuxing City and completely controlled the entire city. ”
"He is the one who thwarted the cult conspiracy and saved the city. If you go to Fuxing City now, you will know that the disaster not only did not destroy people's confidence, but it was like being a demolition worker. Now the whole city is being built and restored at a rapid pace, and it is becoming more orderly with the naked eye. ”
"If you can go to the abandoned cave area of Weixing City, there are nearly 100,000 heavy industry workers, who can produce a large number of high-quality alloys every day, one armored car, one heavy artillery, one set of individual equipment after another, and batch after batch from the factory."
"If you can see this, you will be convinced that the governor will finally be able to truly extend his rule to the whole world, as long as he is given a certain amount of time, and when he has integrated enough people, it will not be too much of a problem to deal with the empire's taxes in two years."
"I am now extremely honored that I followed the Governor a long time ago, and when the Governor expands his power to the entire planet in the future, will I be able to use the planet as a stage to show my abilities? Or even an interstellar merchant who travels between universes? Honestly, that's something I didn't dare to think about in the past life. My biggest wish was to be an agent. Now, it seems that my vision is still too short-sighted. ”
"What about you? Mr. Swan, unlike me, you have already stood in the middle of the garbage stage, and over the years, you have spent countless efforts to make more profits, just to stand more firmly on the stage of garbage town. Now, there is an opportunity in front of you, don't you feel tempted at all? ”
After hearing Henry's words, Swann let out a sneer: "Hehe...... You are trying to persuade me with such ridiculous reasons? ”
He was dismissive and didn't even bother to give reasons for rebuttals.
It's so nice to say, but the threshold of the imperial tax is so good, and there won't be five governors dead. Just mastering a revival city, a shell called the Alliance that almost no one has listened to, it is too arrogant to dare to say that it will be able to sweep the world in the future.
Indeed, as Henry said, he has come to an end in his life to be able to sit in the position of the master of Garbage Town, and there is no room for the sharp-eyed to go further.
But so what? In this starving wasteland, isn't it enough to be a master?
Swann felt content.
It's just that the attitude he expressed did not make Henry's attitude retreat. He replied, "It's a shame that you have no interest in the sea of stars. But even right now, you don't have a choice. The Governor has the power to destroy Garbage Town, as I said before, he doesn't want you to continue to be the owner of Garbage Town, that's just a matter of thought. He can destroy you with his backhand, but when it comes to it, only he has the power to save you. ”
"When Junk Town has completely surrendered to the Governor, the army that the Governor is about to bring will not be our enemies, but our protectors. His army will turn their artillery fire on the orcs who attack us, not on Junk Town itself. Your biggest worries and headaches today will be solved. ”
Swann still didn't fully agree with Henry's words: "Just the 800 people outside? Just the seven or eight thousand men that the governor brought on the road? We have a battle that even 100,000 armed adventurers here can't withstand, and they can solve it? ”
Henry smiled again, did not speak again, but pointed to the sky.
Swann understood in seconds, and then he was really silent.
He was still unwilling, but he had to admit that Henry was right in everything he said.
Living, it depends on the governor to live, and no one else can save the garbage town;
Death, the Governor has too many ways to kill them, even if he doesn't do it himself;
In this case, what qualifications does he have to negotiate conditions?
But don't talk about conditions at all?
Everything that has been worked hard in the past 35 years will be handed over?
Henry seemed to see his apprehension, and the voice of the devil's temptation sounded in his ears:
"Even if I don't mention those ideals and futures, I will only say one thing: the Governor suddenly gained control of such a large area from the empty space, and the total population of Garbage Town will exceed 1.3 million when it is under control. But on the other hand, there are not enough talents under the expansion of the Governor's power. A female refugee from the Qinggu area can become the civil affairs chief of Fuxing City; I, a small businessman who used to be an inconspicuous man in Junktown, can now speak to someone like you on behalf of the Governor about the survival of Junktown. If, then, an experienced and capable man like you is willing to help the Governor wholeheartedly, what position will you attain? ”
……
Henry felt that Swann must have been moved by his own words.
Although he did not give himself any clear answer in the end, and even when he wanted to communicate directly with the Governor, he was prevaricated by him on the grounds that he needed to report to the Governor, but Henry still felt that Swann would eventually kneel unconditionally in front of the Governor when he arrived in Junktown.
Because he didn't have a choice.
Moreover, it is indeed not good for him to replace the governor and promise Swann any specific conditions. He didn't think that the Governor would promise anything, at most let Swann use his performance to win what he wanted.
This also reminded him of the fact that he wanted to ask the Governor for the exclusive agency of alloy plastic steel, but in the end he was beaten and trembled, and he knew what kind of character the Governor was.
When he was a little poor and white, Governor Gu was already a pure superior mentality, let alone now.
Furthermore, he also believed that even if the Governor did not agree to anything, this Mr. Swann would eventually prostrate honestly in front of the Governor.
Henry took up his lodging in the room that Mr. Swan had prepared for him, waiting for Swann to give him an accurate answer before the deadline came, or for the arrival of the Governor.
On the third day, a servant came and invited him to Mr. Swan.
Despite the prediction, Henry still couldn't hide the joy on his face.
He was completely sure that Swann should have surrendered.
Following the servant, he met Mr. Swan in the office.
"You figured it out......"
Before Henry could finish speaking, Swann interrupted first:
"Yes, and I'll get all the other agents to say yes, and if there are any, I'll make it impossible for them not to say yes as soon as possible."
Henry was stunned.
A 180-degree turn in attitude.
But why are you in a hurry than me?
He keenly felt that something was wrong.
"When will the Doge's army arrive?"
"Two ......days at the earliest, five days at the latest"
"Can it be faster?"
"Wait a minute, what's wrong, you have to tell me first." Henry's heart was already very uneasy, "Those green-skinned orcs? ”
“…… Alas, yes. ”
There's nothing to hide about it. If the military situation is not smooth, it can easily lead to strategic miscalculation.
Later, Swann gave Henry a brief account of the current situation.
In the past, there was no management of the garbage town, and it was originally a town formed by adventurers picking up garbage, but later there were more adventurers, and there were many various industries based on the garbage picked up by adventurers, and gradually formed a town.
But later, since the town has taken shape and the entire industrial chain has become more perfect, a little more refined management is essential.
The agents roughly divided the pre-war megacity ruins, known as the Tower Ruins, into four levels: Valueless Safe Zone, Valuable Safe Zone, High Value Danger Zone, and Unknown Zone.
As the name suggests, the Worthless Safe Zone is a place where the number of mutated monsters inside has been low after many years of exploration, but it has also become almost unproductive due to years of looting. The only output here is the hot limestone produced after the waste energy storm has been blown.
Valuable safe area refers to a place that has been swept many times, the number of monsters is not large, and the danger is not great, but it has only become relatively safe in the past year or two, and the looting time is not long, and there are still a lot of outputs. This is the area where the most metal scrap is produced, and you can occasionally see some valuable pre-war items.
High-value danger areas are places where there are many monsters, but there are also large gains; Unknown areas are places where few people have set foot or come out alive after entering.
These four types of areas, in terms of distance from garbage towns, are gradually farther away.
And in the battle against the orcs, the relevant defense zones are also divided in this way. Or to put it simply, in recent years, when the green-skinned orcs began to operate in the ruins of the tower, and even more and more, and even gradually became the main enemy of adventurers, the division of the four types of areas is largely related to the frequency of the orcs' activities.
And a month ago, when the green-skinned orcs began to emerge in a big way, high-risk areas basically did not dare to go, and only the big adventure group gathered many people could go; And after this month of greenskin disaster, a sizable area of low risk has become high risk. And the adventurers are gradually unable to scavenge easily, but must form corresponding groups and formations to fight against those green-skinned orcs.
It almost evolved into a war rather than a battle between a small group of adventurers and entrenched or roaming monsters.
It is precisely because of this that the adventurers will reach the point where they are about to be unable to resist and unwilling to resist.
We're here to take risks and make money, not to fight.
And now the latest news is that in the eighteenth district, which is the place where a very important adventurer formed a formation and built fortifications to engage the invading greenskins orcs on a large scale, it has collapsed.
Originally, there were nearly 20,000 adventurers gathered there, fighting against more than 3,000 orcs, and it had been fighting for a week, and the pressure was very high.
And just this morning, three adventuring groups, without greeting anyone, directly withdrew from their positions, a total of six thousand people left directly.
As a result, in a regular assault on the defensive line launched by the orcs, after losing nearly a third of the manpower, the defensive position collapsed on all fronts, and the rest of the adventurers could only retreat or even flee.
In the morning, the greenskins had protruded three districts and would be blocked in the fifth district. And this is already a traditional valueless security zone.
Even, Swandu had already sent his most precious group of adventurers, the 'Iron Blades of the Clock', to the front line. They are well-armed and well-trained, and they are a rare elite. It was their appearance that blocked the mouth.
However, the casualties were significant.
The most critical thing is that from the gap that was washed out, there were constantly green-skinned monsters emerging from the depths of the ruins, and they were under a lot of pressure.
If the fifth district is broken again, the defense line of the other parallel areas will definitely not be able to stretch out, and I am afraid that the garbage town will really let those green skins come to the city.
That's why Swann was in such a hurry.
"!"
Henry didn't hold back, and burst into a foul mouth.
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74k/150k
Tomorrow make six thousand!
(End of chapter)