In Pavalich's Grizzly Bar, the atmosphere was lively and the tables were full.
After a curfew that lasted for nearly half a month, today the new mayor Sharon announced that the town officially lifted the curfew. To the delight of the citizens, those foreign soldiers with fierce faces left the town one after another in the past two days, leaving only a small number to continue to take charge of the city defense. But in order for these foreign soldiers not to affect the life of the town, Sharon deliberately set aside a piece of land in the eastern outskirts of the city, knocked down some of the original buildings, and built a new barracks.
After the barracks are completed, they will become the dwelling place of these soldiers. It will be designated as a military restricted area, and civilians are strictly prohibited from entering and leaving. The soldiers and civilians are virtually separated, thus giving the people a sense of psychological security. For this measure, many people praised Sharon for handling it wisely. Next, Sharon released the development plan for Pavalic in the next few years, including the plan to expand to the south, and for this purpose, hundreds of job opportunities will be added.
This will greatly boost the economic income of the citizens. After hearing the news, the people cheered continuously.
Humans are forgetful animals. After Sharon proposed a series of measures and programs beneficial to citizens. They have forgotten the dozen or so sleepless nights before, and they have also forgotten the bloody night of the handover of the regime.
Only some people can't forget, like Mary. Since her husband went to Bedes City and never came back, Mary knew that Hilo was in danger. And she and the children were released on the third day after Shiloh left, which confirmed Mary's thoughts from the side. Mary didn't say anything, but silently took the children back to the former home.
On the next morning, Sharon's steward, Old Rob, visited in person and brought a sum of money and a large amount of supplies for the winter. In the turbulent age, these things are enough to buy ten of Hilo's lives, let alone one. But Mary looked at the abundant supplies piled up in the warehouse, but she only wanted to exchange them for a Hilo. After all, that man was once the center of her world.
Now that he is dead, Mary seems to have lost her support point and is about to collapse at any time. But as soon as she saw the young child, she told herself to hold on.
Mary was not the only unlucky one in the wilderness. Relatively speaking, she has been very lucky. Because she met Beyoncé, she lost Shiloh, at least she was compensated accordingly. If it was someone else, if a civilian died, he would die, so how could there be any compensation for this.
Not only Mary was compensated, but also other citizens in the town. Under the instruction of Beyoncé, Sharon subsidizes some of the winter supplies for each small town resident to help them survive this winter better. After the chaos, there must be a great order. Only in this way can the turmoil brought to the town by outsiders such as Beyonce be calmed down, and the residents of the town can accept them and make them use them.
Charlotte and Austin also understood this truth, so when Beyonce made this suggestion, the two old men rarely objected. Perhaps it is more important for them to accept the arrival of Bides City.
To celebrate the good news one after another, the men flocked to the Grizzly Bar at this moment of the night, and only hot dancers and cold beer could vent their excitement at the moment.
But no one dared to approach the table in the west corner of the bar by the window. At first glance, there were only a few people sitting at that table. Compared with the lively atmosphere of the bar, that corner was obviously much quieter.
The round table made by old nanmu is full of more than a dozen dozen beers, and two men are fighting with each other. One was burly, as strong as a mutant orangutan; the other had a handsome face, a young man like an aristocrat. The two were pouring bottle after bottle of low-quality beer into their mouths, and then stared at each other, as if they were not drinking wine, but each other's blood.
This is probably the first time that the residents of the town have seen the murderous spirit of fighting wine.
Next to the two men sat two women, one of whom had a curvy figure, especially the pair of long legs on the table that made people think; the other looked younger, about fifteen or sixteen years old, but her chest It is very predictable to bulge. It's just that the expression is dull, sitting there quietly like a rag doll.
When the four of them walked into the bar before, many men whistled at the hot girl. A few guys who had already been drinking came forward to tease her, but within a second, the woman broke her hands and feet, and seeing the other three people turn a blind eye, it seemed that it was a very common thing. The troublemaker was immediately dragged away, but no one dared to go forward to provoke these four people who seemed to be capable people.
vomit!
The aristocratic young man let out a muffled sound, his expression changed, he turned around and leaned against the corner of the wall, and already vomited wildly. On the other side, the gorilla-like man laughed heartily and said, "How is it? Boy, you are a million years too early if you want to compete in wine with me."
The woman with her legs on the wine table frowned and said, "Berrien, you can't spit farther, you're so dirty!"
It took a few minutes to spit out the contents of my stomach. The aristocratic man wiped his mouth and sat back, looked directly at the orangutan man as if facing a deadly enemy, and said, "Again! I can't lose to an uncivilized monkey!"
"Even if you drink to death, you can't beat me!" the orangutan man replied.
Looking at the two, the long-legged beauty shook her head and said, "A man becomes stubborn, like a child who hasn't grown up. Are you right, Yeliu."
The rag doll-like girl showed confused eyes, tilted her head and thought for a long time before saying, "I don't know."
The long-legged beauty showed a discouraged expression, and said: "It's really nerve-wracking to be with you, the only thing that is normal is probably the head."
After pouring a can of beer into his mouth, Berrien snorted and said, "Zero? He's considered normal? If he was normal, he should have dealt with the woman from the Black Rose family long ago, right?"
The long-legged beauty posted: "What do you know? That's demeanor?"
"I don't understand?" Berrien sneered and said, "Why don't you sleep with me at night, and I will show you what true demeanor is. Su!"
Su looked at Berrien up and down, and said with a sneer, "Forget it, sister, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on after a few blows."
"Do you dare to underestimate me?" Berrien jumped up, and when he was about to say something, a voice suddenly came in.
"So you are here."
A man walked over, but it was Zero in black clothes and pants. During the non-war period, it is naturally impossible for Zero to run around in tactical uniforms, but he also has the temperament of a nobleman in casual suits. Especially his profound facial features carved out of marble, as well as the strange golden right eye, made him handsome with some mystery, forming a fatal attraction to women.
When he arrived, Berrien, who was quite good-looking in the first place, was immediately put to shame. The difference between the two is like brandy and beer. Even if it is the same wine, there are differences in texture.
The arrival of Zero made the eyes of the women in the bar brighten. One of the scantily clad beer girls approached Zero, rubbed her plump chest against Zero and said, "Sir, do you want to drink beer?"
Zero looked at the dozen or so dozen beers left on Brown's table, and said with a smile, "Sorry, I don't think there is any need."
Having said that, he still gave some tips. It's not much, but it's worthy of a girl's hard work overnight. The girl left with a smile on her face, and after taking all these benefits, she didn't care about the little thing that the orangutan man touched her ass.
"Hey, this chick is hot enough." Brown looked at his big hands and smiled.
Su Bai glanced at the gorilla, looked at Ling and said: "How is it, boss. Did you gain anything from tonight's spoils sharing meeting?"
Zero sat down and ordered a beer. He took a sip and said with a smile: "It's not only rewarding, it's beyond our previous expectations."
Hearing these words, except for Yeliu, the eyes of the other three lit up.
As Zero said, the harvest this time exceeded expectations before departure. In addition to the planned basic reward of 200 dwarf hard labor, because of the great contributions made by Zero and his team in this operation, especially the killing of the monster Naga, in the whole operation, Zero One side's performance was extremely dazzling.
Not to mention anything else, just the battle of Naga. Afterwards, the professionals under Beyonce made an assessment based on the soldier's description, the destruction of the dungeon and other factors, and concluded that the Naga was equivalent to an enemy with a strength of level nine.
And the ability users under Zero and's banner killed a powerful ninth-level enemy, and their contribution even surpassed the previous battle in the city. And judging from the situation at the time, the battle with the Naga was extremely important. If it hadn't been for the zero-level people to take advantage of Naga Mo's evolution to completely kill it, when Naga evolved to its full form, even if the three giants moved twice as many troops, they might not be able to take the city of Bidis.
And even if it is won, it is not known whether the black gold can be preserved.
So under this premise, Beyoncé used her three-inch tongue to forcefully deduct 2% of the black gold profit from the mouths of two old foxes, Charlotte and Austin, to pay zero. contribution made. Two percent doesn't sound like much, but it's actually quite a lot. Considering that black gold generates billions in profits every year, that 2% is already about 20 million.
Although Charlotte and Austin accounted for the bulk, they had to invest corresponding funds to build a crude oil factory, recruit workers, and develop sales channels. And they have already planned to make Pavaliqi the first window city for black gold sales. Expansion to the south is part of the whole plan. The amount of manpower and material resources to be invested for this is already tens of millions.
And Zero doesn't have to do anything, and he can get a bonus of 20 million yuan every year, which is a piece of pie that has fallen from the world. Naturally, Beyoncé's support was indispensable during this period, and even as a third-party notary, she made Zero and the two old foxes sign a sharing contract, so as to restrain Helburn and Planning from fulfilling their promises.
Beyoncé has done this, even the blind can see that she has affection for Zero University, how can the two old foxes of Charlotte not see it. They didn't want Ling to be tied to the chariot of the Black Rose family. It must be known that Ling and his ability users can kill monsters equivalent to ninth-level powerhouses, which has proved Zero's ability and value. A potential ally like this is welcome anywhere, and the two couldn't help but regret that they underestimated Zero at the beginning, thinking that he was a pawn used by Douglas to promote the military exploits, but they didn't expect that Zero really had that strength.
But now, no matter whether Beyoncé is true or false, she has successfully tied Zero and the Black Rose family together. If he wanted to win someone with a strong ability like Zero into his arms, he would have to differentiate and lure him, but the investment was as large as building an army. The two old foxes wanted to do this, but they had to think carefully.
After all, whether he succeeds or not depends on Zero's own will, but judging from what Zero has shown up to now, he is not the kind of person who can break his promise for the sake of profit.
The two of Charlotte understand that this kind of thing can only be done step by step, and there is no rush at all, otherwise it will arouse Zero's resentment, and it will be even more difficult to separate him and Beyoncé. Therefore, when Beyonce proposed a dividend, the two would agree, not only because of the situation, but also to leave a little favor for Zero.
There are many key points in it, how can Zero understand them one by one. He only knew that the bonus of this black gold alone was several times more than the reward for this operation.
As for the loss, it was within zero's expectation. In the battle outside the city of Pavalic and the early contact battle of the Naga, the soldiers he brought lost 327 people. The dead soldiers will automatically send corresponding pensions to the families of the war dead according to their nameplate information. Those who can survive will be rewarded.
As for the Suji people who made great efforts, Ling even generously promised that each person would receive nearly one million rewards. Among them, some adjustments were made according to the strength of the output. For example, Su, who had zero battles until the end, got two million. Regarding this result, Berrien has no objection, after all, instead of contributing anything, he contributed to the evolution of Naga.
Zero didn't deduct his salary, and Berrien had already snickered.
Brown didn't contribute anything in the Naga War, but he played the role of a commander from the beginning to the end, so he was also rewarded with half a million yuan. The gorilla was in a good mood, stood up and shouted, "Drink hard tonight, I'll pay for it!"
Brown's call immediately made the atmosphere in the bar more intense. A few girls even came to Ling and their table, and invited Brown, a high-ranking guest, to the bar for a drink. Brown didn't have anything to say, and went to have a good time with a few women in his arms.
Zero looked at his back, shook his head and laughed, but didn't stop him. After the war, everyone needs to relax, and the unrestrained style is just a form of Brown's relaxation. And all of this needs to be premised on survival.
Swaying the beer in his hand, Ling poured the cold liquid into his mouth in one gulp, letting them flow through the esophagus and then into his body. He silently experienced the feeling when these things flowed into his body, and being able to feel the coldness of the beer was proof of his existence.
It's good to be alive!