Hotel Santoro 1801.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window, the red sun in the early morning is jumping out of the sea level. When the morning light fades away, the sea and lake are as blue as a gemstone mirror, dotted with green pearls and scattered islands in the distance.
Lu Ming sipped his tea while listening to Qing'e Shijiu reporting on Erika's study and life at Santoro Business School.
Ao'e Jujiu has always been there to protect Erika and is now Erika's classmate.
"Oh, I made a friend." Lu Ming smiled slightly.
Today is Sunday, and Erika's new friend originally wanted to ask Erika out to play, but Erika declined.
"Is the little guy up?" Lu Ming asked.
"Seventeenth Madam has gotten up early. Miss Chen Xiaoya came to visit and they are chatting now!" Qing'e Nineteen said respectfully. Within Qing'e, everyone calls Erika Seventeenth Madam. Although Liuli is no longer the Sixteenth Madam, but has returned to the respected position in the West Palace, the title of Sixteenth Madam has naturally become vacant.
"Oh, the little girl is here again! That's great." Lu Ming smiled.
Chen Xiaoya is the granddaughter of the big banker Chen Huanxing. She is about the same age as Erika and is in the second year of junior high school.
Although she was asked by her grandfather to make friends with Erika at the beginning, she has been coming so frequently recently. Naturally, she really likes Erika. This is also normal. Regardless of gender, who would not love this beautiful girl who came out of a comic book
"Go and invite the wife!" Lu Ming said. Commissioner Zhang's "wife" was naturally Erika.
Not long after Nineteen went there, there was a knock on the study door, and the pure and beautiful Erika, wearing a pink floral kimono, wooden clogs and white socks, came in with a happy face, "Master, do you want to study with Erika?"
Obviously, this was the moment that Erika had been looking forward to the most, but unfortunately it never came true.
When Lu Ming asked her to go to business school, he also said that he would not have to go to school and would study with her by reading textbooks in the future.
Now he comes to the study again, causing Erika to misunderstand.
Lu Ming coughed and said, "No, I'm going to Biyun Island to take care of some things. You can come with me to see our island. You have never been there before. It's a good opportunity to bring your friends there. The scenery there is quite nice."
"Oh, good! Xiaoya is here!" Erika was not disappointed with her husband and nodded happily.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Also, call your good friend from the business school and ask her to go with you."
"Okay!" Erika was even happier. It was obvious that she didn't go out with this new friend and never invited her to her home because she didn't have her husband's permission. But then she made a bitter face and said, "It seems that she doesn't have a phone at home..."
Lu Ming smiled: "Nineteen can find her, let Nineteen contact her."
Naturally, Nineteen had already conducted a detailed investigation on the people who were close to Erika.
Erika's friend in the business school is called Papada. Her mother is mixed-race, and she is a mixed-race illegitimate daughter. Her living conditions are not very good. She has been working to earn money since she was a child, but she seems to be very smart, so she was able to get into Santoro Business School with high scores and received a full scholarship, and her life has finally settled down. Because the full scholarship of Santoro Business School is enough to cover tuition, books, food and accommodation, etc., there is still some money left for students' daily expenses, which completely solves all worries for high-quality students, so they can study with peace of mind.
Of course Lu Ming would love to have such a new friend.
However, even if Erika's new friend is not a mentor or friend in the traditional sense, she will not interfere.
"Well, thank you, master!" Erika nodded happily on the other side.
…
From Feldman, we took a helicopter to Biyun Island. The flight time was more than 200 kilometers and it took less than an hour to arrive.
Needless to say, the helicopter service was provided by the flight service company that the guard company had registered early on, which now belongs to the Qinghai Tourism Company.
Not long after Lu Ming arrived at Biyun Island, Gegelun from Sandano Island and his men arrived leisurely on a speedboat as agreed.
Gegelun looked to be in his early twenties, with dark skin and a flat nose, a typical traditional Mitai appearance.
He was wearing a plaid shirt and white pants, with his chest and belly exposed, revealing his bronze chest, the typical image of a tropical island playboy.
Under the parasols near the beach, a small white round table was placed with tropical fruits and iced juice. Lu Ming sat opposite him. Behind him stood several men from the Mitai tribe with guns hanging on their backs, looking very fierce.
"Mr. Zhang, I went to the East China Sea for a trip, but when I came back I heard that Greenforna Island was holding an election?" Gegelun's face looked a little ugly. He was not a fool, so he naturally knew what the changes in Biyun Island in the past few days meant.
Lu Ming smiled: "Going to the East China Sea? Why didn't you inform me? I was your tour guide. Did you take the Qinghai Travel Company's plane? How was it?"
"Well, flying is fun. You can see the clouds in the sky. The clouds are very interesting. There are all kinds of them. It's magical!" Ge Gelun suddenly got excited when talking about going to Donghai. "Donghai is also good. The buildings there are so tall that all the buildings in Feldman combined can't compare to them!"
Suddenly he realized what was going on and glanced at Lu Ming angrily, "Let's get down to business first!"
Lu Ming smiled. This guy had naturally been investigated before. He was a guy who yearned for the outside world. You could tell from the fact that he could speak Middle-earth. To the tribal traditions, he was more like a rebel in many ways.
Qinghai Tourism Company opened a regular route from Donghai to Feldman, and he couldn't wait to try it out.
You know, for a small tribe like Sandano Island with tens of thousands of people, although he is the successor of one of the big families and the future elder, you can imagine how powerful these families can be when they jointly control a poor island with tens of thousands of people? As a successor, he should not have too much pocket money. The price quoted by Qinghai Travel Company for flying from Feldman to the East China Sea is not low, which is a big expense for him.
But he was so excited to try it out as soon as the route was opened, which shows his yearning for the outside world.
This trip was a brand new tempering of his life experience, but unfortunately, he had no one in the tribe to confide his excitement to, and he might even be severely scolded by his elders.
I brought up the topic on purpose, and this guy couldn't hold it in anymore.
"You should have told me that I'm from Donghai!" Lu Ming said with a smile, "If you had told me, I would have treated you well. I think I happened to be in Donghai during the days you were there!"
Gegelun snorted: "People from Donghai, Donghai may be a good place, but it's true that you look down on people!" Obviously, he encountered discrimination when he went to Donghai with his skin color and appearance.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "If I entertain you, nothing unpleasant will happen!"
On the beach over there, two tall blonde beauties walked over. They were Britney and Kate. Britney was wearing a light blue suit and Kate was wearing a black suit. Both of them had curvy figures, and with black stockings, beautiful legs and high heels, the professional lady outfits made the two ladies extremely sexy and alluring.
Britney is used to being submissive, but Kate is biting her lip, obviously feeling humiliated. She certainly doesn't think it's unpleasant to talk about things on the beach in a professional suit while enjoying the sea breeze, but being ordered to do so by someone who controls her personal freedom is another matter.
Ge Gelun looked at the two beautiful Western girls sitting on the left and right of this Central Continent man with envy, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Let's talk business!"
Lu Ming smiled, "Well, let's get down to business, Brother Gegelun, you should also know that there is no reason for our city to pay taxes to your Sandano Island! Moreover, even if I want to pay..." He pointed at Britney, "This is the city's auditor general. Such illegal expenditures will not pass her review!" He pointed at Kate again, "This is the secretary of the mayor's office, um, that's my secretary, the city's finance and taxation assistant, and she also disagrees with paying taxes to your Sandano Island."
Gren frowned.
Lu Ming said: "You should also know that your behavior now constitutes extortion, so if the city disagrees, what do you want to do on Sunano Island? Send someone to rob openly?"
Ge Gelun was silent for a while, "I can't explain it when I go back."
Lu Ming smiled, "I know you didn't want to come anyway. Just follow my instructions when you go back. Tell your elders that I am an outsider, but I am not one of those Central Continent merchants who only know how to save money and are afraid of you. I am also an observer stationed in the local area by the Eastern Alliance. If you insist on using force, I am afraid there will be big trouble." He paused, "In fact, if you change your mindset, making friends with me is a good choice. Of course, I look down on your elders, but you are different. You are a new generation of Mitai people, with avant-garde ideas and the courage to try. The route from Donghai to Feldman has just been opened, and you are the first batch of passengers. For this reason, I think you are a good guy."
Gegelun nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll talk about it when I get back." He immediately realized that he had become someone else's junior without realizing it, but if he thought about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with it. Just looking at his various behaviors, he could tell that he was obviously several levels higher than Gao Youchang. He was probably the real upper class of Central Continent. The elders of his own tribe all had old-fashioned thinking and had no idea how big the outside world was.
However, now in Antigua, the idea of excluding people from Central Asia is becoming more and more prevalent among the Mitai people. It is hard to say what will happen in the future, so it is better not to get too close to him.
Thinking about something, Gegelun stood up to say goodbye, and Lu Ming watched him get on the boat with a smile.
He turned around and said to Britney and Kate who were standing behind him, "Just feel free to walk around and have fun!" After that, he waved his hand and hurried away.
Kate gritted her teeth as she looked at his back, "He really treats us as slaves!"
Britney shook her head slightly, "You can't say that. How can there be such free slaves? Our life is so comfortable now. It was him who saved us in Shengjing. Otherwise..." A trace of gloom flashed across her pretty face, and she shuddered at the thought of those terrible scenes.
Kate frowned and looked at her, thinking about the pampered life the four of them had lived in Shengjing, the glory and splendor of having Shengjing at their feet. But now, even her own companions have become submissive and shameless.
But what right did he have to look down on her? He was tough on the surface, but in the end, he still had to do whatever the devil wanted him to do.
As I was thinking about it, I suddenly felt sad and a tear fell from the corner of my eye.
…
On the tree-lined path in the rubber forest, security team leader Liu Dachui stood next to Lu Ming.
Opposite him was a very sturdy middle-aged Mitai man named Anutin. He was standing in front of Lu Ming and looked very uneasy.
Liu Dachui didn't know why the boss called this man over. He wasn't one of the forty or so foremen, just an ordinary worker, not very prominent. He had no impression of this Mitai worker at all.
Lu Ming looked at Anutin and said calmly, "I don't care who you were or what you've been through, but with your knowledge, you should know that Antigua will soon be in chaos. Someone is fanning the flames of the trend of rejecting the people of Central Continent, and it will explode sooner or later."
Liu Dachui was even more surprised and wanted to translate, but Lu Ming waved his hand and said, "No need, he can understand."
"So, you want to live a stable life here? Or, if you want to live a stable life here, you need to unite, take up arms and protect your homeland!" Lu Ming looked at him and said, "You have seen a lot of the world, you should know that the Central Continent bosses in Antigua are really good bosses. The civilians in those tribal islands are all poor, and what is the difference between their status and that of slaves? The so-called Antigua is the Antigua of the Mitai people. If the superstructure is all Mitai people, will life really be better?"
Anutin bowed his head and said nothing.
"As for me, let's be frank. I definitely didn't come to Antigua to run a rubber plantation, although this rubber plantation is quite large." Lu Ming smiled and said, "Well, you can select the people later, about a hundred people. We have a standing security team, and we also need militia to protect our homes. There should be very few Mitai people who have never touched a gun since childhood. You can select those with good qualifications. In addition to production, we will also train people with firearms. Members of our militia will receive additional salary and allowances."
"Okay, go ahead and discuss this with Liu Dachui. Let's call this militia organization the Greenforna Free Militia. Liu Dachui will be the director and you will be the deputy director, but you will be the main person in charge."
Lu Ming waved his hand and said to Liu Dachui: "Let's go!"
Grandma Tuolong secretly patrolled the residents on the island and then found Anutin. He was definitely not an ordinary person. He had an obvious different aura, as if he was responsible for many deaths and was a tough guy. Grandma Tuolong secretly captured him and tortured him, but he endured the severe pain and said nothing. It was only after Grandma Tuolong gave him medicine that he revealed his life story.
He was originally from Asenquna Island, which is the island with a population of one million that produces poppies. He was the mercenary leader of one of the drug dealers' armed forces. Ten years ago, his employer raped and killed his sister after getting drunk, and when he sobered up, he simply killed his entire family. He escaped by chance, and after hiding for several months, he finally seized the opportunity, killed his employer and fled, and came to Biyun Island to hide his identity and become an ordinary worker, and even married and had children, and lived a new life.
Grandma Tuolong released him and left him a note asking him to obey the orders of her, the new island owner.
But of course, there is no need to tell Liu Dachui about this.