Edric the Fat, Baker the Old Man, and Thiel the Afro can be said to be the three most important people in the entire branch sect.
Edric runs a transport kingdom in the third area on the surface, and he monopolizes all freight, shipping, air transport and other businesses in the area. Even federally controlled products often appear on Edric's delivery list. In Edric's hands, more than 100,000 people are serving his kingdom, ranging from federal dignitaries to workers with oily faces. It is these people of all kinds that constitute this huge and strict transport kingdom.
"There's nothing out of reach of my hand."
This is a sentence that Edric often talks about. He is like the uncrowned king of the third district, and it is also the administrative district with the most powerful influence on the surface of Bethkind. Of course, it is because of Horn's support that Edric was able to sit in his current position and live on this road of fighting for power.
During the more than fifty years since Edric's transportation kingdom rose to stability, Bethkind's main family has also invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this area. It was a long war that lasted two generations, and a deep friendship was formed between Horn and Edric. It is an inseparable complex emotion where blood, friendship and interests are entangled together.
The old man Baker is Horn's uncle, and he is one of the older people in the entire Presbyterian Church. His territory is in the 8th district, in the dark world of that administrative district, the name of Baker the Butcher can instantly shut up a crying child. Baker was one of the largest drug suppliers in that borough, and the road he traveled could only be described as bloody, and it was a real bloody road. Every inch of the ground on Baker's road was filled with blood and meat paste!
Baker's nickname is not for nothing, and the competition in the drug industry will only be more tragic than Edric's. Bethkind's previous patriarch, Chalos, was unwilling to touch the drug business, so he didn't have much support for Baker. Baker had limited leverage and resources from his master's house, but he managed to carve out a territory of his own in District 8.
Of course, people like this have nothing to do with honesty, so in the precarious days when Horn took over the family, Baker even frantically wanted to assassinate the heir of the main family. After that, they were killed by Horn and the secret warriors that had just been established. Baker's three sons were all killed by the secret warriors. Even Baker's front teeth were beaten away by Horn himself.
After the mad dog was beaten away, he obediently chose to surrender. Horn also had to admit that with Baker around, some things were much easier to deal with.
The last Tyre, his property is not fixed in any administrative area on the surface like the previous two elders. Among the 22 administrative districts on the surface, Tire's industries spread over more than half of the administrative districts. His business covers a wide range, including weapons manufacturing, oil refining, mining, dangerous species trading/selling, casinos, restaurants, etc. From the depth of the industry, he is far inferior to the other two elders, but far surpasses them in breadth.
This gave Thiel a huge and important benefit, and that was intelligence. It is no exaggeration to say that Tell is Bethkind's eyes and ears on the surface. Through him, Bethkind can accurately understand all kinds of information on the surface.
Among the three, Edric and Horn have the deepest friendship, Baker hates it deeply, and Thiel is neutral. Presbyterian
The other elders also each choose a tree from among the three. Formed a unified, yet distinct faction structure.
It can be imagined that it is not easy as the patriarch to control the complex and powerful forces of the offshoot clans. Among them, it is not enough to rely solely on the status of the main family and the side clan, the most important thing is strength!
The so-called power includes the thriving bloodline of the main family, endless talents, and even a huge family army, as well as top experts who can suppress one side, etc. Only with these powers can the main family firmly suppress the Pangzong. Just like when Horn took over the family back then, opposition arose everywhere. Horn simply ignored the chaotic Panzong, pulled the army directly into the chaotic battlefield, attacked the planet of the Blade Demon, and finally brought back the head of the Demon General Habik, all the voices of opposition died overnight All disappear in between, this is the shocking effect of power.
Even after so many years, even if there are many elders in the Ponzong who regard Horn as an enemy like Baker. But after so many years, no one dared to stand up against Horn, but could only occasionally make things difficult for him from the level of family rules.
Horn's purpose in dealing with the sects is also very simple. As long as Edric, Baker and Tell can be controlled, the other sects will not have any disagreements. This is his method.
Simple and direct.
After the three most important figures among the elders arrived, the other elders also arrived one after another. Walking into the conference hall, it is inevitable to exchange pleasantries. So it was not until more than half an hour later that Horn announced the start of the meeting. According to the previous process, the first link is that the elders of the Panzong reported on the family business profile and profit data they presided over in the past five years.
This year was no exception, so it started with Edric. The big fat man moved his butt, but he didn't get straight to the point, but said, "Everyone, I found something interesting recently."
The time of the elders meeting is very long, and no one will stop the occasional elders from getting involved in some irrelevant matters at the meeting. So Horn didn't interrupt the fat man, but just looked at him with a smile. Edric let himself lean forward, almost pressing his upper body against the table. Even with the sturdiness of Lightning Rock, this stone table creaked lightly under the weight of the fat man.
"Recently, in my transportation channels for controlled products, I found that one of the orders was actually delivered by Yuanguan. The Yuanyu of the Dark Twilight King Snake!" The fat man laughed.
Baker showed his yellow teeth and sneered, "Tenth-level dangerous species, although rare, shouldn't make you so fussed, right?"
"What do you know, the person who stepped into the grave with one foot probably has less than half of his head rotten." The fat man nodded his head and continued: "The interesting thing is not this source jade, but the source jade that came from It was sent from Babylon, and it was designated to be sent to an old guy in Area 11 on the surface. This old thing was bought by the old guy at a secret auction through an agent of Babylon. As for the owner of the source jade On the column, fill in the names of Leon and Allen."
"Leon? Isn't that the kid from the William family?"
"Who is that Allen?"
"Alan... sounds familiar."
The afro-headed Tire raised his head at this moment, glanced at the discussing elders and said with a smile: "I think you are all confused, isn't Alan the kid that our great Horn patriarch has devoted himself to cultivating in recent years?"
Horn spread his hands and said with a smile: "Since it is put together with Leon's name, it should be our little Alan. Hey, boy, he even hunted a king snake."
After returning to Babylon, Allen and Horn mentioned that they had hunted a group of dangerous species, and cooperated with Leon, using his identity to handle the matter on their behalf. Horn didn't ask in detail at the time, but only encouraged him to make more friends like Leon. I never thought that the two of them actually killed a king snake. Now that I heard about it, I was a little surprised at the moment.
"No, no, this is not the most interesting. I know William's family held an autumn hunt recently, and people checked it out. Master Leon of William's family has always been at the second place on the list. And our little Alan, On the afternoon when the autumn hunt started, he fell out of the top ten list, and his name could not be seen on the second day." Edric said pretending to be mysterious.
An elder standing on Baker's side said: "So this is the person cultivated by Patriarch Horn? Ha, it's fine if you don't make it into the top ten, but you haven't even entered the list? This is really disappointing. I suggest that you should Cancel his family sponsorship because he is not eligible!"
Baker smiled and declined to comment.
Edric looked at the elder with idiot eyes, and just about to speak, Tire turned a ruby ring on his hand and said: "I don't think you understand what the fat man said. Leon keeps showing up On the list, which means he has been busy hunting during the autumn hunt. If I remember correctly, the place where the autumn hunt is held is Whisper Forest. There is indeed a king snake there, but I heard that its snake nest is far away. At the border of the forest, at the border with Xuanyun Snow Mountain."
"That kid named Leon wants to maintain his advantage. I don't think he has time to go all the way to hunt near the Xuanyun Snow Mountain. Looking at our Alan, he fell out of the list. I remember he was dead The winner of the ring, if a person like this can't beat a few dangerous species, I won't believe it if he kills them. So there is only one possibility, and that is that our little Alan didn't hunt obediently, but went deep into the forest. Put the names of Yuanyu and the two of them together, I don’t think I need to go on.” Tell spread his hands and said: “The truth is that our little Allen hunted a king snake alone, and then used it in the name of William’s young master. the shot."
Horn nodded and said, "Alan has indeed gone to the depths of the forest, as evidenced by a bear skin of a tyrant in my study. But hunting king snakes..."
"Maybe it just happened that the King Snake was in a weak period, because the controlled products sent from the secret auction also contained the bones of the Snow Giant. That's right, they are also owned by these two little guys." Edric waved his fat hand and said, "It must have been a fight between the king snake and the snow giant, and our little Alan took advantage of it. But I have to say, the little guy is surprisingly lucky."
Baker, who had been silent all this time, finally opened his mouth and said, "Even so, this trivial matter is worthy of Edric's big mention at the elders meeting? Edric, you are making too much of a fuss."
The fat man smiled and said, "I don't think it's inappropriate to discuss our family's future star at the meeting. Instead, it's you, Old Baker. I suggest you pay more attention to family affairs. If you don't have enough information And if you make a wrong judgment, you will regret it in the future.”
There was a cold look in Baker's dead eyes: "What do you want to say, Edrick!"
(end of this chapter)