Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 153 The Invitation from the Ijibai Family

Leaving the bodies piled outside the headquarters of the Salafi armed group was a deliberate decision by Song Heping.

More than two hundred bodies were piled on the road in the alley.

Just like a pig that has been slaughtered in a slaughterhouse.

The scene was certainly very bloody, but also shocking.

I believe that anyone who sees this scene will break out in a cold sweat.

Should we fight against the “musician” defense?
This is a crucial issue that every leader of a small armed group must consider.

Is it survival?
Or destruction?

Choose for yourself.

How strong is your organization?
Think for yourself.

Psychological warfare.

This is a course that any top elite special forces member has learned.

Special operations include psychological warfare.

At around ten o'clock the next day, his subordinates came to report to Song Heping that the construction team had arrived.

Song Heping went out to see that it was indeed the construction team that had arrived.

The team leader was a British engineer, and the remaining twenty or so people were local workers.

Song Heping was very surprised by the high efficiency of the US Army Engineering Department.

"I'm Paul, the project manager. The deadline is very tight. Colonel Curtis has ordered that the repairs be completed within a week to ensure the normal operation of the water station. So, please keep an eye on this area for the time being and don't let our safety be threatened. If anyone on my engineering team is killed or injured, I will report it to the higher-ups and have you replaced. Do you understand?"

This was the first sentence that the team leader engineer Paul said to Song Heping.

He gave Song Heping an unconventional opening speech in an almost condescending and commanding tone.

Song Heping was simply unable to do anything.

This is crazy...

Who are you?
Originally, Song Heping planned to get along well with them.

After all, for a period of time in the future, before the maintenance work is completed, everyone will have to live together in this water station day and night, and they will see each other every day.

I didn't expect to meet such a weirdo.

Song Heping suddenly felt that his eyes had been opened.

I've heard that there are many weirdos in the Yiligo Temporary Management Committee, but I didn't expect to meet one of them today.

The reason why the temporary management committee is so strange is that many foreigners come here to find jobs.

After the fall of the Shadamu government in Iligo, this place basically became like a testing ground.

Because Americans are worried about loyalty issues, any former Ba'ath Party members who were fools in government departments will never be hired, and only former opposition members will have a place.

But the problem lies here. In the past, all the important officials in the Irigo government departments were basically members of the Renaissance Party and were Shadamu's subordinates. Now announcing that they will never be hired again is equivalent to a complete overhaul of the previous government agencies. Bureaucrats are sometimes also the key to maintaining the operation of the agency.

Without these bureaucrats, many specific tasks cannot be done, which leads to extremely poor work efficiency of the interim management committee.

In other words, the Americans are very smart, so they recruited a large number of talents from various countries to join the Interim Governing Council. Various "talents" from Britain, the United States and other Western countries came in droves, and all came to this war-torn land to show their talents.

The question is, if someone is really capable of doing well in his own country, why would he be willing to come to such a war-torn place?

No matter how high your salary is, you still have to live to spend it, right?

So most of the people who come here are the oddballs among the “talents”.

The Paul in front of us obviously belongs to this category.

"Good good..."

Song Heping was so angry that he laughed.

"I will definitely perform my duties faithfully, don't worry, Mr. Paul."

He was too lazy to argue with this idiot.

"Mr. Paul, then start your work. I promise that no one can threaten your safety."

After saying that, Song Heping walked to the side and asked his men to bring a table and a teapot, so that he could make tea and watch the fun.

Originally, Song Heping wanted to ask someone to help clean up the bodies in the pump room.

This seems to be a no-brainer.

Why bother?
Let the noble and proud Mr. Paul do it.

Paul began to shout at his construction workers, ordering them to bring the equipment in immediately and start inspecting the water pumps in the pump room. He also asked people to check whether the water pipes were unobstructed. From time to time, he interspersed some dirty words such as "idiot" and "stupid donkey" in his mouth.

Song Heping brought a table and made some tea, then drank it leisurely while waiting to see what Paul was doing.

Sure enough, Paul was quickly caught.

He took people to open the door of the pump room, and then heard his shrill screams.

"Oh! God!"

Paul's screams startled even the birds in the trees.

Song Heping originally wanted to let his mercenaries clean up the corpse in the pump room, but when he saw Paul's arrogance, he gave up the idea.

After all, there was no clause in the security contract that stated that the security team had to help clean up any sanitation in the water supply station. All engineering matters had nothing to do with the defense of the "Musician" and were the engineering team's own business.

Paul ran more than ten meters away, knelt under a tree and vomited for a long time, vomiting out all the bile.

"Send someone to clean up the bodies!"

Paul got excited.

"That's your duty."

Song Heping sneered, "Mr. Paul, if you have our contract, please read the terms carefully. If not, ask Colonel Curtis for a copy and see if there are any clauses requiring us to assist you. We are only responsible for your safety. As for other work at the water supply station, it is not within our company's scope of responsibility."

Only then did Paul realize that Song Heping was not someone to be trifled with.

But he had no choice, so he ordered the workers to move it.

Those workers were not soldiers, and had never seen such a scene. The corpses were rotting and there were maggots and flying insects everywhere. No one was willing to do this job.

At this moment, a man suddenly came to the door to report that a local man had come to the water station and wanted to see Song Heping for something.

"They said they wanted to see our leader, so I thought he might want to see you, the boss."

This is what the subordinate who came to report said.

"Was there a body search?"

The polar bear was very alert.

Because we had just cut off the headquarters of the Salafi armed forces last night, local people came to look for us today.

Isn't it a human bomb?
"We've searched it, no problem."

Song Heping said, "Then go and meet him."

After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the door.

When I arrived at the gate, I saw a local man standing there with a donkey in his hand. He was a young man.

Seeing Song Heping coming over, he took a look and guessed that he was the leader of the mercenaries here, so he saluted and said, "Your Excellency, Sir, I am here to seek an audience on the orders of the patriarch." As he spoke, he took out something like a letter from his arms and handed it over respectfully.

Song Heping didn't understand what he said, but it was obvious that this man was a messenger.

So he took the letter and opened it, but he didn't recognize the Irigo characters inside.

Song Heping handed it to Samir who was translating beside him.

After reading it, Samir said, "Boss, this is a letter from the head of their tribe, inviting you to visit them."

"Guest?" Song Heping was very surprised. He had been in Yiligo for half a year, and this was the first time he had dealt with people like local tribal leaders.

Many places in Irigoe, especially the remote ones, still preserve tribal traditions. A tribe may be a village or a small town.

The clan leader is the most respected person among them.

Here, no matter how successful you are outside, you have to listen to the tribe leader in the tribe. Losing the support of your family and tribe is a very terrible thing.

"Where are you going as a guest?"

Song Heping asked Samir.

"Ijibai Village." Samir turned to the young man and asked, "Where is your village?"

"West, about 20 kilometers away."

The young man said.

Samir translated the young man's words to Song Heping. Bai Xiong objected first, "Boss, I advise you not to go. Let alone 20 kilometers, it's not safe even within 5 kilometers of the water station. We just wiped out the Salafi armed forces last night. There are so many messed-up organizations here, and no one can tell what connection they have with the local tribes. What if they set a trap for us? Going there will be a death sentence! If they want to find you, let the tribe leader come himself!"

What White Bear said makes sense.

But Samir objected: "Andre, you can't say that. Tribal leaders are very respected people. Their influence in the local area is very great. Asking them to come here would be disrespectful to them."

"Respect?" White Bear shrugged. "What's there to respect? How come they're so powerful they can't even protect their own home?"

His words deeply hurt Samir's self-esteem.

Suddenly, the company commander's face turned pale and then red, and then red and then pale.

In the end, Samir swallowed his anger and said to Song Heping, "I think we should go."

Song Heping's eyes fell on Samir's face, and he nodded slightly and said, "Tell me your reasons."

Samir asked, "Boss, do you know why the US military is in such a hurry to build a water supply station here?"

Song Heping said: "Win over people's hearts."

Samir nodded and said, "That's right, what we are trying to win over are the hearts of these clan leaders."

He picked up the letter and pointed to the seal on it.

"This is an ancient family, with a rich history, evident in their seals. They're quite famous in this generation. We're conducting security operations on their territory, and if we could gain their support, we'd be much safer. Just like the Salafi militia last night, I'm sure they were backed by some of the local ancient families. Without their support, the Salafi militia wouldn't have been able to operate here for so long without being eradicated."

Song Heping roughly understood what Samir meant.

The tribe is the local tyrant.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake.

No matter how strong your fighting ability is, you are just a tiger, and a tiger cannot withstand a pack of wolves.

If you offend the nearby big families and tribes, you may not be killed for sure, but you will definitely be in trouble.

Humanity and sophistication.

It seems that this problem is not only found in China.

It's here too.

"Okay, tell the messenger to set a time. I will go meet their clan leader."

Samir's eyes showed admiration.

He became more and more convinced of Song Heping.

From last night's battle to today's distribution of money, and then to the compensation for the dead mercenaries, all reflect Song Heping's extraordinary leadership.

Bai Xiong strongly objected to this invitation, but Song Heping dared to accept it calmly.

The spirit and vision are different.

After a conversation, Samir told Song Heping that the head of Ijibai Village invited Song Heping to arrive at Ijibai Village before dinner this evening, and the head of the village would invite Song Heping to have dinner together.

"Tell him I agree."

Song Heping was very straightforward and asked Samir to tell the young man.

The young man seemed very happy after hearing the translation. He bowed again and then rode his donkey away from the water station.

"Boss, you actually agreed to him?!"

White Bear found it incredible.

"This is Yiligo. We just wiped out a local armed group last night. Aren't you afraid that they'll invite you over and just—"

Having said that, he raised his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Song Heping looked at the young man's receding figure and said without any worry, "If they really want to be my enemy, there's no need to make it so complicated. They can just mobilize their own people to fight us. Why would they bother inviting us to dinner?"

White Bear said: "Just go for it, they can't beat us!"

Song Heping pointed to the Tigris River in the distance and asked Bai Xiong, "Andre, who does this water supply station supply water to?"

The white bear was stunned.

Samir said, "Of course it's the nearby residents."

Song Heping asked, "Is Yijibai Village considered a nearby village?"

Samir nodded. "Of course."

Song Heping said, "That's right. This water supply station is also beneficial to them. Drinking clean water is better than carrying water from the river. So they have no reason to fight us."

"In that case..."

Samir asked with some confusion, "Then why did he invite you, the boss, to dinner? Just to show his support?"

Song Heping frowned.

He didn't understand it either.

But I vaguely feel that it's not that simple.

"We'll talk when we meet."

White Bear asked, "Do you want us to send some more brothers to accompany you when the time comes?"

Song Heping shook his head and said, "No need. Aren't you afraid that this is a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain? If you transfer all the brothers away to protect me alone, what if armed militants come and attack?"

The hunter asked anxiously, "How many people do you plan to take with you?"

Song Heping pointed at Samir beside him and said, "Just take Samir with you. That's enough."

"Just the two of you?!"

Everyone present was shocked.

　Asking for a monthly ticket! Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)