Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 126: history

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Fei Lin didn't seem to notice Long Yuehong's silence, and continued to introduce:

"Wild Grass City is not big, and the layout is very simple. It is divided into south, south, north and west streets. There are also some alleys on each street. Well, only one car can enter and exit.

"South Street is mainly a market. You can buy all kinds of things if you find the right person, including cannabis from Elysium..."

Flynn didn't finish speaking, skipping the following content:

"The East Street is dominated by hotels, hotels, warehouses, and parking lots, and the West Street is a mixed bag of hunters' guilds, bars, teahouses, bathing centers, and nightclubs.

"To get to North Street, you have to cross the central square and the municipal building first, and then there is a small bridge with a dozen or twenty heavily armed guards on it.

"North Street is where noble masters, major manor owners, and wealthy businessmen live, and the City Lord's Mansion is also there."

Jiang Baimian and others knew what Fei Lin said. After all, there was Bai Chen, a competent guide, but they still listened very carefully and didn't seem to want to let go of any details.

As the convoy moved forward, Fei Lin retracted his gaze and asked thoughtfully:

"Do you have a hunter badge?"

"No." Shang Jianyao was very calm.

"No." Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong shook their heads, but Bai Chen didn't answer.

Flynn smiled:

"If there is a chance, register as a relic hunter.

"It's fine in other places. In Weed City, there is no hunter badge, so it's not so convenient."

"This place has become a city dominated by the Hunter Guild?" Jiang Baimian asked knowingly.

She has a certain understanding of Weed City itself, and Bai Chen is even more familiar with it.

Fei Lin thought about it seriously and said:

"From a certain point of view, it really counts."

He explained with a smile:

"You know what happened when Weed City was just established?"

"I don't know." Bai Chen, who was driving, answered first.

In the past, she was a wilderness wanderer who was tired of running around for a living. Her knowledge of Weed City was more focused on information that could be used immediately, and she hadn't paid much attention to its history.

Seeing that Jiang Baimian was also looking at half of his body, Fei Lin touched the gray beard around his mouth and said:

"At that time, the surviving people gathered here, and naturally formed a dozen armed groups.

"After a fierce internal conflict, there were only seven left, and no one could do anything about it.

"In addition to the threats of beasts, monsters, and 'unintentional ones', they realized that if they continued to fight like this, everyone would die, so they compromised with each other and set up a council, each armed group had one vote, and elected the city lord and shared it with the public. "

Hearing this, Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said:

"Primitive Military Democracy."

She then sighed:

"The cycle of human civilization..."

Primitive Military Democracy... Long Yuehong repeated this term in her mind, and found that she knew every word, but it was a bit difficult to understand when connected together.

Everyone is an employee of "Pangu Biology" and has received the same education. Why can the team leader master so much additional knowledge

Because she can read a lot of extracurricular books

Fei Lin was also stunned for a moment, not expecting to hear such an academic term.

Of course, with his knowledge of local systems, he easily understood what this meant.

"It doesn't matter whether it's primitive or not, as long as it's easy to use." Fei Lin expressed his thoughts and continued, "This allowed Weed City to spend the most dangerous period of time, and it has continued. Although this cannot be completely eliminated. Infighting, every power struggle is more or less accompanied by blood, but at least it is controlled to a certain extent.”

He looked out the window again:

"Later, Weed City became a vassal of the 'First City', and the leaders of the seven armed groups slowly evolved into great nobles in this area.

"They each have a group of small nobles under their command, who are in charge of the large and small manors built around Weed City.

"Hehe, the council also added two words and became the council of nobles.

"Later, the illegitimate son of a family climbed to the position of the local president of the Hunter Guild relying on his own efforts and the family's resources.

"This was nothing, but in an internal coup, the head of the family died out. In order to prevent the branch from inheriting, the illegitimate son was recognized, became the head of the family, and became a noble.

"He relied on his position in the Hunter Guild and the family's property and materials, and without attracting attention, he gradually attracted a group of powerful relic hunters. Well, this can also be called a mercenary in other places. Anyway, I Doubt, there are probably some Awakeners in there.

"In short, after several infighting, the illegitimate son was elected as the city lord. From then on, the power of the noble council began to be in name only, and the election system was played into a disguised family inheritance system."

"There is a sense of historical reappearance..." Jiang Baimian laughed after hearing this, "This is why the local Hunter Guild is relatively strong."

Flynn nodded:

"Yes, now every city lord will also serve as the local president of the Hunter Guild."

"It seems that in different places, there will be some changes in the Hunter Guild. I still have too little knowledge before." Jiang Baimian is very satisfied with understanding this.

Bai Chen suddenly asked:

"That illegitimate child is the stone statue in front of the municipal building?"

"Yeah." Fei Lin smiled, "Hulde, known as the greatest city lord of Weed City to date. When he was alive, he let go of many restrictions, making Weed City the most developed, most dynamic and most agricultural in the monk wasteland. If it weren't for the basic city, in this climate this year, Yecao City would not be short of food.

"However, after he was elected as the city lord, when he was paving the way for the next generation, in order to gain the support of the 'First City', he abolished many important industries in Weed City and switched to importing from there. In this respect, Weed City has completely become a ' The first city's vassal.

"But it's good for us. Every year, we run between Weed City and 'First City' many times."

As the head of a business group that traveled far and wide, he was able to get these secrets at his fingertips.

While talking, the convoy turned into East Street and drove outside a hotel.

The hotel's name is "Miri Hotel" and it occupies three rooms facing the street and the corresponding third, fourth and fifth floors.

Next to the hotel is an alley with a gate of iron fences facing away, leading to an empty courtyard surrounded by buildings.

This is the parking lot of the hotel.

The convoy of the "Sangzi" business group arrived here skillfully.

A middle-aged man wearing a knitted melon rind hat and a thick army green cotton coat came out of the guard booth, opened the door, and said with a smile:

"Are you here again?"

He rubbed his hands together, shivering a little from the cold wind.

"Isn't this looking at your daughter?" The "rootless" in front joked and let the car drive into the parking lot.

Seeing that Bai Chen took the initiative to step on the brakes and stopped the jeep on the street, Fei Lin asked regretfully:

"Are you going to find a place to live by yourself?"

"Yeah, I won't bother you anymore, lest you have to be implicated in the future." Jiang Baimian said frankly.

"What's there to be afraid of? Xiaoshang and I are brothers!" Fei Lin raised his hand and patted Shang Jianyao's shoulder.

"It's a brother, so you can't get involved." Shang Jianyao replied seriously.

He immediately looked at Fei Lin, and no one wanted to show weakness.

Finally, Fei Lin sighed and said:

"Then you have to be careful about everything, come to me if you have any difficulties, we should stay here for a few days. Hey, the situation is getting clearer now, the nobles and the manor owners should also be able to see it. , it is not so easy to buy food."

After the exhortation, he got out of the car, held Shang Jianyao's hands tightly, and said reluctantly:

"Hope to see you again!"

"See you for sure!" Shang Jianyao shook the clasped hands of both sides.

Farewell to Fei Lin and his party, Bai Chen let the jeep continue to drive forward.

"Where are you going now?" Long Yuehong finally had a chance to ask after holding back for a long time.

Jiang Baimian pointed at Bai Chen with his chin:

"Let Xiaobai play freely and arrange whatever you want."

"..." Bai Chen frowned, "Team leader, why did you give me a nickname?"

"The old names within the group are not close." Jiang Baimian said with a smile, "You can also call me Sister Jiang, Sister Mian, or Dabai."

"You are so naive." Shang Jian Yao, a passerby, said.

Jiang Baimian raised his left hand to get it out of the back of the passenger seat.

The tiny arc above it flashed away.

Bai Chen didn't speak, and let the car drive to the end of East Street, along the road at the edge of the city wall, and circled back to the south.

Jiang Baimian thought about it for a while and continued:

"After settling down, we will have lunch first, and then contact the company's intelligence personnel according to the agreed method, and meet at the preset time at our preset place.

"I have observed the intelligence officer secretly and there is no problem. After no one was following, I asked Shang Jianyao to go up and 'make a friend' with him..."

At this time, the jeep turned into an alley on South Street and stopped in front of a row of houses.

Long Yuehong looked out, and the first thing she saw was a sign:

"Affordable Gun Shop"

Under the signboard, on the wall with severely damaged white tiles, someone wrote a line in black ink:

"Return bad pistols, bad rifles, bad submachine guns."