"Border war?" Du Dian was a little surprised. He had heard these words faintly before, but he didn't have time to understand them in depth. He wondered: "Does it mean the war inside the wall?"
Flynn nodded, "The frontier mainly refers to the radiation zone outside the fortress. In this highly radiation zone between the fortress and the huge wall, besides the beasts that have been corrupted by the devil, there are also some wildlings who have been expelled from the country. Their appearance is similar to ours, but they are big and poorly clothed. They call themselves "ancestors", and we are used to calling them savages. But in fact, they are no different from beasts, mushroom hairs drink blood, are bloodthirsty and warlike, even eat their own kind of babies, extremely cruel! "
"The savages have repeatedly violated the border and want to invade the living area and plunder resources. The duty of the army is to guard the frontier of the fortress and resist the savages and monsters."
Hearing Fulin's words, Du Dian was stunned. He didn't expect that there were savages living in that desolate area.
"Self-proclaimed ancestors... Do ancestors refer to the survivors of the last century? Are they the descendants of the survivors left over from the disaster period three hundred years ago?" Du Dian wondered, "But, inside the wall All of them should be the descendants of those survivors, and if they were the descendants of those survivors, they should live a comfortable life and live in the center of power in the new era, so how could they be deported to the border?"
He thought about it for a moment, but he couldn't figure it out. Three hundred years is not long, and it is not short. Maybe the ancestors of these savages were not directly traced back to the last century, but were eliminated during the early struggle for power within the wall. It is also possible that the group of people.
"How many of these savages are there?" Du Dian asked Flynn: "It should be difficult to survive in the living environment in the radiation zone, and if the radiation is too strong, they will even be sterilized. During such a long battle, they Not extinct?"
Fulin shook his head and sighed, "It is reasonable to say so, but in fact their number has not decreased, but has increased year by year. When the military department realizes this, their scale is no longer something that the military department can easily eliminate. Relying on the defense of the fortress is a hard battle, and the military department is now a headache for this matter, which is why the military department has seldom intervened in the secret transactions of other consortiums in recent years."
Du Dian frowned slightly, thinking: "Did the Holy See not intervene in this matter?"
"The Bright Holy See and the military are in the same pair of trousers. Naturally, they are helping the military. But the Bright Holy See has to fight against the Dark Holy See. It's too busy to take care of itself. How can we allocate a large force to reinforce the border war?" Fulin sighed and said: "In the past few years In residential areas and slum areas, the military has launched six mandatory conscriptions, which have already aroused public grievances, and only the commercial areas are relatively peaceful, with no riots."
Hearing his words, Du Dian was thoughtful and thought to himself: "The Dark Holy See should know some news about this matter. The Temple of Elements prohibits human body research, but the alchemists of the Dark Holy See do not prohibit it. Maybe the military department will secretly entrust the Dark Holy See The alchemists of the life faction help them find the secret of the increase in the number of savages. If the savages are bred by themselves, then these savages must have evolved antibodies that resist high radiation. If these antibodies are sold on a large scale, it will be harmful to poor areas and residents. For the people in the district, it is no less than a life-saving medicine!"
"Besides, this thing is also useful to me."
"I don't have a light physique. If the radiation value accumulates to more than four points, if you hunt again, the cumulative progress of the radiation value will increase rapidly. Even if you only need to go outside the wall once or twice, the radiation value will soar to more than ten points. When the power of radiation will cause obvious damage on the body, such as skin deformation, body deformity, and even sterilization, you can only buy the holy water of the Holy See of Light at an expensive price to wash it."
"If this savage really has anti-high radiation antibodies in his body, it will be an inexhaustible holy water of light for me, and even fundamentally, he can also have a "bright physique"! "
Thinking of this, Du Dian's eyes flickered slightly, and he began to think.
Flynn saw Du Dian meditating and did not bother him. After a while, Du Dian came back to his senses and asked Fulin, "Did the Mellon Consortium send us an invitation to buy this time?"
Flynn was slightly stunned. He didn't expect him to suddenly jump to the matter of the consortium, and said: "No, they should know that the Bron family has no relationship with you, and they came here for nothing, so they don't want to lose face."
"It should be more than that." Du Dian said with deep eyes, "Maybe they are ready to formally attack us."
Flynn was startled, his expression changed for a moment, and he sighed: "You have made a name for yourself this time, which is equivalent to giving them a warning. It is the most resource-saving way to eradicate you in the cradle as soon as possible. If they want to do something, the market in Songuo Town The city is a good springboard. In addition, the surrounding cotton industry can also kill our economy. The town of Yade is already in danger, and the tax revenue is very little. We can only rely on the follow-up dividends of the Scott Consortium's new textile machines, and You sold the crossbow this time to support it, but there is no source for it, after all, it is not a long-term solution."
Du Dian glanced at him and said: "If they want to do it, they will never start with the cotton industry, nor will they start with the market in Songuo Town and the small town of Yade. These are small industries. It is completely plundered, and it is not enough for one-tenth of the dividend of the new textile machine."
Flynn's face changed slightly: "They want to start with the Scott Consortium? They are enemies, and they shouldn't join forces to deal with us, right?"
"If you can get rid of another thorn in the side, it is not uncommon for the enemy to join forces, but Scott will not join forces with them, but will take this opportunity to sell us a good deal and win us over." Du Dian's eyes were deep, slowly Slowly said: "Old consortiums like the Mellon Consortium, if they don't move, they will act like thunder, and use formal commercial competition methods to suppress us. The efficiency is too slow, and it is difficult to directly dig out the roots. , to crush us to death is as simple as crushing an ant to death."
Flynn's eyelids twitched and his face was ugly. This is not the deepest worry in his heart. He was so worried that he didn't even want to bring it up, for fear of being hit by his own words. But at this moment, Du Dian said it. He knew that it was inevitable. Things, formal means of business competition, can't help the Mellon Consortium get to where it is today. The consortium giants standing above many wealthy businessmen like this are not competing for pure financial resources, but for dark blades and personal connections behind the scenes. .
"They sent people to assassinate you last time. They probably won't use this method again this time. If they assassinate me, I'll be a poor old man. It's fine if I die. They can see clearly that the consortium relies on you, and It is you who can threaten them, not my old bones." Fulin was silent for a moment, and said slowly.
Du Dian narrowed his eyes and said: "There are too many means to deal with us. We can't defend against them one by one, so we don't need to be prepared. The best defense is to attack. It is not only them who should take action, but also us."
Flynn was taken aback and looked at him, "Should we make a move? To the Mellon Consortium?" This is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg!
Du Dian slowly said: "Although the Mellon Consortium is a giant and indestructible to us, the structure of the Mellon Consortium is not a whole. To kill a person from the outside requires a dagger, but to kill someone from the inside If you want to kill him, you only need to let him swallow a small rusty iron piece, and you can kill him, and you don't need to use your physical strength at all."
Fulin was stunned for a while, then stared at him, and said: "Since you have anticipated this, you must have planned and prepared before becoming famous. Tell me, how do you want me to cooperate?"
Du Dian showed a smile on his face, and said: "When the money is in hand, I still need your help to find some helpers for me."
"Helper?" Fulin was slightly stunned, "Where can I find it?"
"Where thorns bloom."