Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 26 Take the initiative
"Brother Jiang, you don't know. This Evil Wolf Mercenary Group isn't just robbing our Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group. While the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group is not small, it's only a medium-sized mercenary group. In Qizhou, the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group not only dares to rob medium-sized mercenary groups, but if they catch up, they even dare to rob large mercenary groups! Some of their mercenaries are so arrogant that they have already called themselves the "little bully" of the Qizhou mercenary groups. It's really infuriating just to think about it!"

Qi Mangu said this and spat again.

"This Evil Wolf Mercenary Group is so powerful and acts so recklessly. Since they are in Qizhou, won't the Lord of Qizhou City care about it?" Jiang Xuan asked doubtfully.

There were nine hundred states in the original country. Except for the state where the imperial capital was located and the state where the six major families were located, the rest of the states had city lords. Although the city lords of each state were called city lords and sat in the cities of each state, they were the highest managers of each state and were in charge of all affairs in each state.

However, some city lords, due to external pressure, will give up some of their power or interests, retreat to the sidelines, and become idle and hands-off managers. The current city lord of Yingzhou is such a city lord.

Some city lords, though not under external pressure, were unwilling to get involved in the tedious affairs of a state due to their personalities and similarly chose to take a back seat.

Judging from what the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group did in Qizhou, the mayor of Qizhou City should also be a hands-off boss.

"City Lord Bai is a good one. However, in Qizhou, being a city lord is not an easy job for anyone."

Hearing Qi Mangu say this, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but think of Xu An's words and what he saw and heard at the Green Lake Auction House.

Qizhou is obviously superior to Yingzhou in overall strength, but the difference between Qizhou and Yingzhou is not just the difference in overall strength.

In Yingzhou, there is the Prince Rong's Mansion in charge. Even the Lord of Yingzhou City has to consider the Prince Rong's Mansion's opinion before doing many things. Occasionally, when there is a conflict between the two, the Lord of Yingzhou City always finds a good way to get out of it.

But this is not the case in Qizhou.

Yingzhou has a Chamber of Commerce, which is controlled by three major families. Although it is actually controlled by the Xu, Xing and Jiang families, it is indirect control after all, and in name it is still the Chamber of Commerce as a whole.

Qizhou does not have a unified organization like the Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce, nor does it have Prince Rong's Palace.

Except for the mayor of Qizhou City, almost all other interests in Qizhou fell into the hands of the two major families, the Wu family and the Gao family.

In other words, the civil interests of Qizhou are almost entirely controlled by the two major families, the Wu family and the Gao family.

Since the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group said that Qizhou's Bai City Lord was a good city lord, it was naturally impossible for this Bai City Lord to shelter such a notorious Evil Wolf Mercenary Group.

Then, there are not many possible situations left.

"Anyone who has been to the Green Lake Auction House knows that the Wolf Mercenaries are the Gao family's thugs. It's the Gao family..."

Qi Mangu was speaking angrily, but Bei Tao suddenly covered his mouth and he couldn't hear the specific words.

"Be careful!"

Bei Tao forced a helpless smile and said to Jiang Xuan, "Brother Jiang, don't take what he said seriously. He just likes to talk nonsense."

"What I said is true..."

Although Qi Mangu's mouth was covered by Bei Tao, he did not stop talking under Bei Tao's hand at all, and his face showed an unconvinced look.

When Jiang Xuan saw the appearance of these two people, he immediately found them very cute.

However, judging from the behavior of these two people, they don't seem to be lying.

His expression turned slightly serious, and he patted Bei Tao's shoulder seriously and said, "It's okay, I understand this."

This confirmed the claims of the buyers and sellers at the Green Lake Auction House. The Wolf Mercenaries and the Gao family did indeed have a significant vested interest. Take the Green Lake Auction House incident, for example. The Wolf Mercenaries openly sold their looted items at the auction house, yet the Gao family remained silent. Even the most clueless person couldn't help but suspect a connection between the two parties.

However, what puzzled Jiang Xuan the most was the Wu family, another major family in Qizhou. Since the Wu family and the Gao family were both major families, they were naturally rivals in Qizhou. Why did the Gao family act so badly, while the Wu family did nothing?

However, whether it is the Wu family or the Gao family, they are not the primary issues that Jiang Xuan needs to consider at the moment.

The first thing before him was how to find the pills hidden by the fat man in the cave north of Qizhou City as soon as possible.

The next thing was how to safely deliver the bottle of muscle-strengthening powder that he had bought for Xu An at the Green Lake Auction House to Xu An.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but feel a headache. Although the bottle of Qiangjinsan seemed to be sold at a price higher than the normal price, it was successfully bought after all, which was not surprising.

As for the Falling Leaf Spear Technique Secret Manual, it cost three hundred taels of silver. Although it was nothing compared to the Tendon Strengthening Powder that cost one hundred and fifty thousand taels, it was still three hundred taels after all.

Although Xu An seemed to be very righteous and had quite a bit of money, no matter how much money he had, it belonged to someone else and he had to pay it back after spending it.

How can I pay back these three hundred taels of silver?

"It's the Wolf Mercenary Group!"

"Everyone on alert, prepare to meet the enemy!"

Just when Jiang Xuan was worrying about how to pay back the three hundred taels of silver, the vanguard of the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group issued a warning.

Afterwards, a deputy leader of the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group issued orders to all the mercenaries.

As the saying goes, enemies often meet on a narrow road. It is not known whether the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group has a connection with the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group or a grudge against them, but they once again encountered this rather difficult Evil Wolf Mercenary Group.

However, this time the target of the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group was not the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group, but another mercenary group escorting carp.

"Do you want to fight or not?" A deputy leader of the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group looked at the burly leader Bei Hao.

However, at this time, Bei Hao was staring at the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group that was robbing another mercenary group in the distance, without saying a word.

Seeing this, the two deputy leaders did not dare to ask any more questions. They started to discuss the matter next to the leader Bei Hao.

"The Evil Wolf Mercenary Group is currently fighting with another mercenary group. We should take this opportunity to take the things back!" said the younger deputy leader.

"Unless the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group fights with two mercenary groups at the same time, otherwise, with their strength of five heavenly-level warriors, our Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group cannot contend with them. We should take the opportunity to bypass them and avoid the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group." The older deputy leader retorted.

"Bypass? What else do we have now? All the fish have been looted. We might as well give it one more try. If we can't win, the unprofitable Wolf Mercenary Group won't pursue us relentlessly." The young deputy leader shouted.

"Cheng!"

"puff!"

Just when Bei Hao was about to make a decision, a man from the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group, who was close to the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group, fell to the ground.

As the member of the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group fell to the ground, the members of the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group finally reacted and looked in the direction of the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group, ready to find the person who attacked.

(End of this chapter)