Jonathan and Tong Yao walked out of the office building side by side.

It was getting late, the road was lit with incandescent lights, and the automatic patrol sensor elements and cameras were meticulously scanning back and forth on the barbed wire fence of the concrete fence.

There has been a noticeable increase in the number of armed men on the road.

The Carterit headquarters is militarized, there is also a curfew, and after dark, people's movements are confined to the building. The Catlett headquarters has a population of more than 12,000 people, but most of them are for the privileged class, and their status is not even as good as that of livestock. This includes coolies who work in two shifts day and night in factories and civilian and service-oriented workers with slightly higher relative status.

There are fewer than 300 people who can truly appreciate the "happy" life of the Catlets, and they are the people in power who make up the entire class of the privileged and noble class of the Carterits.

Departmental managers, board members, and officers of all ranks in the military are the core of Carterit.

Fortunately, Tong Yao has also been honored to be one of them from this moment on.

On the way, Jonathan promised to pull one of the most elite troops under his command under the name of Tong Yao. In this era, in addition to your personal force, the armed forces in your hands also largely affect the way others deal with you.

There is a bit of confusion between the officer system and the army system in Catlet, which is inseparable from the characteristics of the current era.

Cartlett theoretically has 800 professional soldiers, all of whom are real soldiers trained in the Carterit system and are responsible for keeping Carterit safe. They are all paid, and they are not low, and they are an important part of the Carterit's armed forces. In addition, there is a secret army of about 200 people, these people are not necessarily as strong as professional soldiers in terms of combat effectiveness, and they mainly face not the most vicious thugs, but the restless elements who are in power or in charge of the army within the organization. It can be seen as a special service.

In addition, in the wider area outside, there are a number of local armed forces that have been raised or formed by Catlet, which are composed of local mobs, vagrants and mercenaries who are responsible for maintaining general law and order in the areas surrounding the Carterits, such as factories, plantations and resource extraction sites. The salaries of this force do not come out of the Carterit's pockets, but are paid by the local Datuk or manager who is in charge of the area. But in wartime, this force, which numbered more than 3,000 men, also needed to be directly deployed by Cartlet.

Within the headquarters, the conventional armed forces are also far greater than the numbers on the books, and many of the armed forces are actually not provided by Carterit, but by some of the officers below who are paid out of their own pockets. For example, Major Hornason has a regimental establishment, but there are only 90 professional soldiers in his hands, and the remaining 500 people are the armed forces that he supports with his own salary, and most of this part is composed of some strong enough homeless people who have been recruited and captured in previous anti-bandit battles, as well as mercenaries hired for money and some homeless children and teenagers who have been recruited.

It's a strange time, there are soldiers everywhere, as long as you have food and money, you can form a team at will. And most of the time, having troops in hand is equivalent to having a steady stream of wealth trees in disguise.

War plunder and resource occupation are the best and fastest shortcuts for officers to make a fortune, but of course, not for long. More people will choose to take a piece of land and develop an industrial source to supply themselves with blood. Therefore, it is rare to see some high-ranking officers at the Carterit headquarters, and most of them are working in the colonies outside or opening up frontiers.

Of the officers in service, there were twelve majors, five lieutenant colonels, and three colonels, but twenty-two generals. In a sense, the major in charge of the army actually has more say than those civilian generals, which is also a common strange appearance in this era.

Jonathan took Tong Yao's hand, "Don't go back yet, let's go, I'll take you somewhere." ”

Jonathan couldn't help but say and dragged Tong Yao to a narrow aisle in the living area. This neighborhood is different from the clean and tidy apartment area, full of vomit, discarded household garbage and construction waste.

The surrounding buildings are mottled and old, exuding a unique old smell of the era. Wild cats and skinny dogs barked at the end of the alley, and every now and then a drunken man sat sloppy in the street.

These drunks are all fairly dressed, after all, most of them can move freely in the hierarchical and even curfew life circle like Cartlet, and most of them have a considerable status and a considerable income.

From the energy distribution structure, it can be seen that this sloppy and dirty place may not be as bad as imagined.

The thick heating pipes go straight to the roof, and the wires and network cables arranged in an orderly manner are laid out on the wire columns, which is reasonable and concise from the layout point of view.

If it were the old era, most of such a layout would not be able to say anything, and it would be at a passable level. But this is the new era, and if it were left outside, these wires containing precious metal elements such as copper would have been cut and stolen long ago. The fact that it can exist means that there is at least a basic system here.

Jonathan knocked on the big iron door, which was mosaic, and there was a peeking box on the iron door, and inside was a little ghost, looking out in a ghost's mind.

"Find.... Who! Before he could say a word, a pistol was on his head.

The imp opened the door tremblingly, and stood aside, with a flattering face, Jonathan stepped forward, reversed the handle of the gun, and the butt of the wrought iron fell heavily on the imp's forehead, and the blood flowed profusely.

The little ghost screamed, trembling and covering his head, and suddenly knelt on the ground and kept begging for mercy and apologies.

"The next time you see me, remember the action neatly, Uncle Ben doesn't like to wait, especially not like to be asked to wait by you pigs. Phew—" Jonathan kicked the imp on the ground over, and the heavy cooked cowhide boots crushed the boy's body, and occasionally heard the sound of bones breaking.

All the while, Jonathan didn't even lift his eyelids.

In the eyes of such high-ranking officers, these lowly breeds don't even have the meaning of being called people, even if they are killed, they will be killed, and the boss behind the scenes will only bow his head and come to make amends.

Tong Yao's eyebrows jumped, but he didn't say anything. Such scenes, in this era, happen every minute and every second, it is really normal, and even, at a very young age, she was one of them; Only now she is different, she appears as a ruler.

The two strode into the venue, followed by deafening music.

In the small room, there is a cave, which is a relatively hidden clubhouse. The décor is retro and old, with a strong metallic flavor and postmodern decadence, and the walls are painted with all kinds of bizarre graffiti, no one can understand the meaning of those graffiti, but constantly use the strong color contrast to give people a distorted and crazy sensory impact.

With a barbed collar around his neck, a bassist in a bare chest-barbed metallic leather outfit performed passionately on the drumbeat, his guitar abstract and weird, and two large exhaust slots at the tail, from which a flickering blue flame burst out of the flickering blue, whenever he hit a certain stirring syllable.

He was shackled with metal shackles around his ankles, and everyone in the band behind him was, looking like imprisoned slaves, performing hard, and every now and then their bare skin would come into close contact with the barbs of the metal cloak, and then a wisp of brilliant red.

It seems that they are a little overly emotional, and some are overly hysterical. Prohibit. Medicine.

All kinds of men and women are not in a thread, some swinging wildly to the rhythm, and some are shuttling between the crowds, looking for someone to serve.

It's a bar.

Tong Yao was convinced of his judgment.

Someone stood up on the booth and waved desperately at them, it was Ryco.

Path, the skinny monkey, was also there, bare-backed, and was being entertained by two fair maids, wanting to die.

It was a secluded meeting point for officers. It's different from the mainstream outside, because Carterit still has basic laws, in the tavern outside, you can be hysterical and crazy, but you can't kill people, but, you can here, you can even torture and kill as much as you want, as long as you are happy.

It's an ideal barrier for officers.

A lot of people are out there and need a way to vent their violent atmosphere. Of course, the fees here are not low, but it is a good money for these low-ranking officers who have nowhere to spend a generous monthly allowance, and both sides take what they need.

Bars have always been a way to exchange emotions, indulge desires and convey information.

Of course, the latter is its most important feature.

Tong Yao sat on the sofa with a big grin, picked up a martini on the table and drank it all.

Rayco opened his mouth and shrugged his shoulders, "I originally wanted to change places to entertain you, I'm afraid you're not used to the style here, but it seems that you are becoming more and more familiar with the rules of survival in this era." ”

"At least not bad," Tong Yao leaned back on the sofa, her whole body stretched out, and she lay lazily on it.

"Do you want to call a waiter or something, do you have any requirements? For example, how big do you need to be in size, or are there any needs for staying power or physical features? Jonathan sat down with a big grin and snapped his fingers.

A waiter came over.

"No, order me a cup of Long Island, by the way, get more platter, it's even better if you have meat."

"Isn't it fun? We are likely to go to war tomorrow. Pat leaned over and said.

"You say this as if we're going to die tomorrow." Tong Yao pursed his lips.

Pat was a little dumbfounded.

"Tong Yao, you have changed." Recco interjected abruptly.

Tong Yao frowned without a trace on her face, but she didn't show it excessively, but looked very suitable for the group. Yes, everything was disguised by Tong Yao, she didn't know these three people, but looking at the performance of these three people, it seemed that she was very familiar with Ye Suqin.

She usurped Ye Suqin's life here. It seems that she has been usurping his life all along, and she is becoming more and more handy.

She is a smart girl, so she knows how to disguise herself, even if she knows a few people on the first day, she pretends to know the two very well, fortunately, the diary provided by Ye Suqin is very detailed, as long as the corners of the other party's mouth reveal their names or other characteristics, they will be classified and labeled.

So all this time, she didn't show her stuffing.

When Lei Ke said for no reason that you have changed, Tong Yao subconsciously sighed in his heart.

"You've never come to a place like this with us," Reco muttered, "remember the female nurse in the bootcamp?" Actually, I always feel like a of a virgin, high up, shining brightly, and a thief makes people unhappy, but today you behaved quite seriously, and it seems that this trip with the clock tower has gained a lot, and even your character flaws have improved. ”

"People always change with the times, don't they?" Tong Yao smiled, "Especially between life and death, we have all learned to compromise. ”

"Here you go again, you're looking more and more like a philosopher than a soldier." Rako stuck out his tongue.

"This mission, dangerous and abnormal, we are for Tong Yao's safe return, come, everyone toast together." Jonathan stood up with his glass in his hand.

The crowd responded.

Tong Yao did not refuse, and drank it all, and everyone applauded.

After sitting down and recounting, Hornason sighed with emotion, "This time the clock tower has a big heel." Harris, Dante, and Guise are not behind the illustrious family that stands. I don't know much about the old European aristocracy, they are too far away from us, but I know that they will definitely return a tooth for a tooth and blood for a blood. ”

"The company contributed Gunford, and the Clock Tower's army is stationed there at the moment," Rayco pouted.

"On the side of the couch, let others sleep soundly, indeed, it is uncomfortable to think about." Jonathan used a wine glass instead of a prop to compare with Tong Yao, "This is the headquarters, this is Gangfo, the distance between the two is only five kilometers, and building an artillery position here can easily cover the entire headquarters area." ”

He shrugged his shoulders and expressed helplessness, "Yesterday, the headquarters rented Gangfo to the clock tower at a rent of 200,000 yuan a year, which used to be a sentry station and some abandoned camps. It seems that the scale, it is intended to build permanent fortifications. ”

Tong Yao listened quietly.

"This war, for a while, will not end. Tong Yao is right, this is likely to develop into a proxy war. Jonathan took a sip of whiskey and continued with a wry smile, "Our good days are coming to an end. ”

He casually drew on the table, and his wine-dipped fingers drew a scribbled topographical map.

"I have a plantation in Gurun and a couple of small factories that provide me with about 20,000 yuan a year. This is the foundation of my army raising and the painstaking efforts of me over the past 10 years. It is located less than twenty kilometers from Zavrol. If Zavrol loses, then Ron will bear the brunt. If Ronlun is ruined, I will be ruined. Jonathan said solemnly.

"You called us together for this?"

"Yes, you are the only brothers and colleagues I can trust, of course, if you help me, I will not disappoint you." Jonathan flicked his glass, "Rayco, your minister's father won't help you with anything but give you a small life, you should know better than me that you have too many brothers, and you're just an illegitimate child." Of course, if there is one or even several officers in charge of the army standing behind you in the future battle, I think the ending will probably be comfortable. ”

"Path, Jack Pader's settlement, I'll help you knock it down, in addition, one-fifth of Ronun's income will be unconditionally contributed, and in the future, you will be one of Ronun's shareholders, what do you think?"

Paz crossed Erlang's legs and applauded, "It's so generous, it's flattering." ”

"As for Tong Yao, I don't know what you want, you mention it, I have it, I will definitely provide it."