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    Chapter 272 Light and Dark

    Heinrich was laughing too.  It's just that he doesn't smile as carelessly, flamboyantly and unrestrainedly as others.  He pursed his lips lightly and smiled, looking at Lin Xiang with eyes full of kindness and compassion.

    Issuing currency is not just a matter of mechanical printing.  This involves a series of complex issues such as gold and silver reserves, material output, territory credit lines, etc.  In fact, in the areas surrounding Sosbia, in addition to skull dollars and red flag dollars, small-scale circulating currencies recognized by major families, there are also banknotes issued by the two major families, Ella Blake and Foriel.  Although the Karasa Wesen family, represented by the old man just now, also wanted to print their own banknotes, they were unable to do so due to lack of strength and low food production in the territory.

    ¡°Printing money means that huge amounts of wealth can be obtained from trade exchanges.  As long as you have the right to issue currency, the wealth of the territory will increase exponentially in a short period of time.  However, if these colorful little things are not recognized by the transaction parties, then they will always be just pieces of beautiful-looking waste paper that is actually of no use.

    Heinrich can completely understand Lin Xiang's feelings - as a lord, there is nothing more exciting than having independent financial rights.  However, at this time, suddenly asking all participating families to recognize the value of Long Teng Yuan is simply wishful thinking.  The so-called negotiation is just a superficial disguise and will only take a month at most. All the families in the surrounding areas who have secretly completed the private alliance will appoint their own private armed forces to form a joint army to launch a full-scale attack on the Soaring Dragon Territory in the name of crusade against the rebels.

    It is impossible for them to accept a sudden rise of a new force without any financial background.  The Luton family no longer exists, and it would be beneficial to everyone to carve up Sothbia together.

    The family alliance is an interest group that seems loose, but is actually entangled by various intricate relationships.  The intense radiation all over the earth causes various materials needed for human survival to be produced only from a few special and relatively independent areas - the Ella Brock family controls more than 100% of the alliance.  With more than 86% of cotton, the Friel family territory has two oil fields that can be exploited normally.  In order to have a considerable voice and currency issuance power in the alliance, Bergson racked his brains and expanded eastward along the old highway surrounded by heavy radiation areas to develop several large-scale sea salt production areas, including Cangying City.  , giving the Luton family a second important trading resource besides iron ore.  Due to regional, terrain, road and other factors, it is difficult or impossible for other families to go directly to the eastern coast like Sosbia. Almost all families are jealous of this hugely profitable trade route.  This ultimately constituted the main reason why the Alliance ignored Bergson's plea for help, but stood by indifferently, watching the Luton family's power change, and was swallowed up by Lin Xiang's overwhelming military strength.

    In order to form alliances, major families have intermarriages with each other.  Of course, the reason why the Alliance did not take the opportunity to send troops, or use high-pressure methods to force Bergson to hand over more benefits, also had its own concerns - sending troops was not a simple matter, and like the old times, the war in the wasteland world  , and also requires a large amount of logistical supplies as support.  Radiation that exceeds the normal endurance of the human body, coupled with an abnormally recurring climate without any rules to follow, has made the crop yields of all families only maintain basic consumption.  Occasionally there are a few bumper harvests or high yields, and most of the food is used as commodities to be traded with other forces in more remote locations, or used to recruit wilderness refugees and enrich the capital of the population within the territory.  Therefore, even for a powerful organization like the Ellabrook family, which is larger than Sosbia, the army within the territory can only maintain the critical point of balance between economy and material supply.  Once you decide to launch a war, you must first ensure that other forces surrounding the territory are absolutely friendly to you.

    A few years ago, Heinrich believed that Chief Ellabrauke would have sent troops to Sosbia without hesitation.  However, since the huge religious force "Sword of God" suddenly appeared in the north, all the balance in the region was shattered overnight.  The monks wearing blue uniforms and red crosses occupied the middle area between Ella Brauke and the Friel family.  The Skeleton Knights from the southeast and northeast of the coast are also squeezing and encroaching on the territories belonging to several major families.  Although the general manager of the Knights' Asian headquarters, Raphael Castle, has repeatedly claimed that the military advance is only aimed at the "Sword of God", the Knights have no intention of annexing other forces.  But in such a chaotic situation, there is no difference between a guarantee and a fart.

    What's more, external pressure is only part of the reason for the failure to send troops in time - every wasteland family has its own secrets. Even those small families with only tens of thousands of people under their rule, when faced with the disaster of destruction,  They will use their long-reserved reserve forces at all costs.

    ??This kind of thing is not unfounded. Heinrich heard the elders of the family talk about it more than once with lingering fear¡ª¡ªDecades ago, the major family organizations had just stepped out of the underground shelter and were competing with each other for light in the empty and desolate earth.  In the radiation zone, a small family that was forcibly annexed by neighboring forces, in desperation, brazenly detonated a small nuclear bomb stored in the old era, and perished with its opponents.

    Power and wealth gave these families enormous power unimaginable to ordinary people in the old days.  They mastered and controlled many secrets of human society at that time.  Biological viruses, radioactive raw materials, arms factories, nuclear waste, and powerful weapons of destruction that were strictly prohibited by the military ruling treaty at that time were also part of the family wealth, just like food, drinking water, and various daily necessities.  Before determining whether the opponent has the ultimate trump card that he cannot defend against, any astute family leader will infiltrate slowly and secretly while maintaining the current fixed state.  After all, the scale of war in the wasteland world is much smaller than that of national wars in the old era.  The fall of a city may mean the destruction of a family.  Even a docile animal like a rabbit will fight to the death at all costs when cornered.  What's more, a family that has enjoyed wealth and power for decades is even less likely to give up its interests easily.

    Based on various factors, all members of the family alliance agree to adopt a wait-and-see attitude towards the rebellion within the Sosbia territory.  The people in power, including Chief Ella Bullock and others, agreed that if the "rebels" from Hidden Moon City could capture Gargasoni Castle, it would mean that the Luton family had no control over it at all.  Any WMD worth worrying about as a trump card.  As for the parasitic and evolved soldier Ella Brock and the Friel family, who are the main forces of the war, plus the eight small power organizations in the surrounding areas, the huge coalition formed by the merger can completely defeat only one city.  The hidden moon "rebels" were all wiped out.

    All in all, this so-called trade negotiation is actually just a cover to hide the truth from others.  It takes time for the family alliance army to assemble, the opponent's reality needs to be tested, and the intelligence sent back by the foreign spies needs to be verified. Although I have no good impression of Lin Xiang, a suddenly rising upstart, and I am not prepared to accept him as a member of the alliance group, but  Family alliances must be superficial.

    Trade negotiations are a very good excuse.  Experienced family representatives can search for various information that is useful to them from the other party's conversation and other aspects.

    Conspiracies need to be covered up.  Whatever the end result is, it requires a process of mutual engagement.

    The atmosphere in the conference hall was very noisy, and the family representatives were whispering to each other and talking.  The sarcasm, ridicule, and contempt projected from everyone's eyes all contained naked desire and greed. In their eyes, Lin Xiang, who was sitting at the head of the long table,  , just a big piece of greasy fat.  They are thinking about how to cut and divide it into parts so that they can get enough profits from the upcoming war.

    Ten yuan, five yuan, and one yuan, three "Dragon Teng Yuan" with a group-shaped coiled dragon pattern, were neatly placed on the table in front of Lin Xiang.  No one is interested in them. In the eyes of family representatives, it is simply unimaginable for a rebel leader to eagerly launch a new currency without any credit value less than half a month after overthrowing the original forces.  Stupid behavior.  In other words, this young man named Lin Xiang has never considered the feelings and possible acceptance of other surrounding forces.  Impulsive, wanton and crazy, no one would be willing to use such unrecognized banknotes, even if it is used to wipe their butts, they will feel panicked.

    "This guy is the most brainless idiot I have ever seen in my life¡ª¡ª"

    This voice comes from an old man with gray hair and dense wrinkles and shriveled skin on his face, depicting "experience" and "wisdom".

    "It's okay to be a little stupid. The problem is that his thinking is very crazy. Maybe, after taking over the old Sosbia territory, we should build a mental hospital specifically for him. I like this kind of paranoid type very much.  A delusional patient. Lock him up in an iron cage, drink brandy and biscuits, and carefully appreciate his rude actions and roars. I really like having such a collectible humanoid pet."

    A skinny man with long hair tied into a ponytail with a ribbon spoke sideways, his tone full of undisguised desire, and at the same time he stuck out his pink and sticky tongue and licked his lips greedily.

    "These guards are very powerful. I really don't know where he got so many parasites from. Maybe we should send someone to talk to them privately. As long as we can pay a high enough price, I believe they will accept us.  employment.¡±

    Next to him, a bald man sitting on a chairThe man was squinting his eyes and carefully observing the parasite guards standing around the hall.  These words immediately aroused bursts of approval from the surrounding crowd.

    Since ancient times, the earth has continued its history in a dirty environment full of interest disputes.  The rich always have more material things than the poor.  Most of the family representatives present had been transformed with enhanced potions, and they could not detect any supernatural aura from the rebel leader named Lin Xiang.  Obviously, these soldiers scattered in the hall must be willing to accept orders from him out of material temptation.  It couldn't be easier to deal with such an army - with mellow wine, sexy women, and bundles of huge bills, smash them all over their faces, and they will immediately turn their guns around as quickly as possible and become part of their own camp.  .

    As time passed by, the interest of the family representatives gradually shifted to the guards.  No one took Lin Xiang, who was sitting in the first place, seriously anymore. They commented on every soldier unscrupulously.  It seems that those are goods on the market for free purchase.  In fact, between mercenaries and employers, such behavior is not surprising.

    The expression on Lin Xiang's face did not change at all. The body modified by the parasitic virus has powerful and sensitive hearing senses. He can hear the sounds in every corner of the hall clearly and unmistakably.  No matter what those family representatives were discussing or secretly making plans, Lin Xiang's face was still as hard as ice, and his eyes did not waver at all.  It was as if the person sitting on the luxurious high-backed chair at the head of the long table was not a living person at all, but a frozen sculpture.

    The different encounters between people are indeed full of wonderful mystery.  Lin Xiang in the old days was just a soldier with a mind full of politicized and simple thinking.  At that time, in his consciousness space, the words that appeared most frequently and were most deeply remembered were words such as "It is the bounden duty of soldiers to obey orders", "Personal interests must be subordinated to the overall interests", "For the great party, we must be ready to sacrifice at any time"  Life, forever faithful" and other words with irresistible imperatives.  He had also imagined that, like the revolutionary martyrs such as Huang Jiguang and Dong Cunrui, in a fierce battle, he would end his life in a tragic and dramatic way that attracted everyone's attention, becoming an eternal classic in the red textbooks of the Republic, and becoming an indispensable person for future generations.  The glory that has been forgotten has become a strong and tenacious cornerstone at the foot of the national historical milestone.

    The most effective tools for transforming human brain thinking are environment and time.

    The survival tone of the wasteland world is very simple - apart from killing and being killed, you can never find a third type that can take care of both aspects.  In the eyes of old-era political workers, Lin Xiang's changes are definitely a typical example of being corrupted by capitalism.  But at least he is still alive, and precisely because he is still alive, all residents within Hidden Moon City's sphere of influence will not be threatened by hunger, thirst, war, etc.  It is precisely because of this quiet change in him and out of interest that more and more people are uniting around him.  Getting bigger and bigger.

    There is no doubt that Griffith is a wise man with a shrewd mind and careful thinking.  Before Lin Xiang showed up or even formed an interest alliance with him, the fat regional manager was already secretly seeking absolute control of Emma City and its surrounding areas.  He was like a fat leech parasitic on Sosbia, racking his brains and trying every means to absorb the blood and nutrients belonging to the Luton family to make himself thicker, stronger, and fatter.

    In order to replace the Luton family, Griffiths formulated an extremely large infiltration plan that would take decades, or even hundreds of years, to succeed.  To this end, he spent a lot of resources to train and bribe a large number of spies hidden among civilians.  The fat man's vision was very far-reaching, and the area of ??spy infiltration was not limited to the old territory of Sosbia. All the family forces adjacent to it, and even more distant institutions, had spies who accepted Griffith's orders to lurk secretly.  The scope of intelligence collection is not only about pure military power, but also about population, food production, resource types, terrain, and routes. Over the past few decades, the entire wall has been filled with relevant information stored in the secret compartment of Griffith's office.  If he hadn't met Lin Xiang, a young parasitic who possessed powerful force, showed enough kindness to him, and even saved his life, these things would always belong to Griffith alone.

    Before conducting this so-called "negotiation", Lin Xiang had carefully analyzed all the information on the family alliance - this is a powerful group that relies entirely on interests.  Trade profits are the most critical factor in the existence or destruction of the alliance.  If it weren't for the unpredictable means of mutual destruction in each family's hands, the most powerful Ella Brauke or the Friel family would have swallowed up all the other forces in the surrounding areas.

    This kind of concern is not groundless.  SoloTaking Sibiya as an example, if Lin Xiang hadn't unexpectedly met Xiao in Cangying City and accepted the allegiance of this woman who wanted to rebel and seize control of the clan, the remaining members of the Luton tribe living in Gargasoni Castle would probably have  Crazy enough to detonate those few kilograms of iridium stored in a secret warehouse.  These nuclear energy raw materials with strong radioactive elements are enough to reduce all living things within a radius of more than ten kilometers of the entire castle to ashes.

    Relevant information fed back from various channels has been piled in a thick pile on the table in the city lord's office.  Lin Xiang has long been aware of the various actions of the family alliance in secretly gathering troops.  He is not afraid of war. The comprehensive strength of the "Vulture Mercenary Group" and the Hidden Moon City Guards is far stronger than the family alliance armed forces.  Simple wars can only cause unnecessary consumption of materials and money.  The simplest and most practical method of control is to bring all or most of the benefits into one's own pocket by fostering internal rebels, like Sosibia.  a!  ~!
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