Chapter 72 The three major forces in the city
Lei Xiao's next trip is to find Kunbu, the president of the Kongqing Town Chamber of Commerce, who he accidentally rescued in the forest a few days ago.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that without that guy, he would not have been able to obtain relevant information about the Demonic Shadow Forest where his territory was located and the surrounding areas so quickly.
The most critical thing is the important information that the two human nations are at war.
Of course, there are also the second-level magic medicine Qi Condensation Pill and the cart of light crystals that the other party lost.
With this relationship, if you want to further understand the detailed information and power distribution of Kongqing Town, Kunbu is naturally the first choice for a breakthrough.
Since Kunbu is really well-known among the surrounding merchants, after a brief inquiry, Lei Xiao and Huzhang arrived in front of a store called "Nightingale's Song" without much effort.
Although the size of this shop is far less than that of the Phytocontinu Trade Fair just now, it is also the most eye-catching one among the surrounding shops.
"Let's go in." Lei Xiao nodded to the knotweed and took his own steps first.
"Welcome to the Nightingale's Song!"
As soon as I walked in, a young man who looked to be in his twenties came up to him immediately.
I saw him speaking politely to Lei Xiao and Huzhang in a familiar voice: "This store specializes in all kinds of top-quality knitwear, aromatherapy and glass products. It can be wholesaled or retailed. It can also provide professional private customization. Please two of you." Guests are free to choose.”
"We are not here to buy anything. Is your boss here?"
Lei Xiao waved his hand and went straight to the topic.
"Who is looking for me?"
Before the young clerk could reply, a middle-aged man with a big belly and a brocade robe walked out of the back room of the spacious shop.
Needless to say, the person who came was none other than Kunbu.
When he got closer, the middle-aged businessman looked up and down at the disguised Lei Xiao and Hu Zhi, and his greasy face was full of doubts: "Do you two know me?"
Looking at the puzzled fat face of the other party, Lei Xiao smiled faintly and just took off the hood of the illusion cloak, and his original appearance was immediately revealed in front of Kunbu's eyes.
"It turns out you are here, my lord! Come on, please come inside!"
Kunbu immediately recognized Lei Xiao, who had saved his life in the Shadow Forest and sent someone to escort him all the time. He was surprised and happy at the same time.
Of course, the main reason why this middle-aged businessman was so enthusiastic was because Lei Xiao let Nan Xing reveal his aristocratic status at that time.
The aristocratic young master who is guarded by experts is obviously a big shot that a civilian businessman like Kunbu, who has a little money but yearns for power, is eager to make friends with.
After respectfully letting Lei Xiao and Hu Zhi enter the ornately decorated reception room in the back room.
While Kunbu was carefully pouring tea in an exquisite glass teapot, he seemed to inadvertently ask Lei Xiao: "I wonder if you, sir, have made a special trip to visit the villain today. What are your orders?"
"Your Excellency, you're very polite. I can't talk about your orders. I just have a lot of money recently. I want to see how the overall environment of this town is. If possible, I would like to do some small business here."
Lei Xiao still maintained a faint smile and responded with the words he had prepared: "Because I have always been conservative and never fight an unprepared battle, especially the overall safety and security of the city. Important criteria for consideration, so please give me some advice.”
"Sir, you have asked the right person! I have to say, I really admire your unique insight!"
Kunbu's eyes lit up, knowing that his chance to perform had come.
I saw him rubbing his hands excitedly and quickly starting to introduce it nonstop.
"To be honest with you, the scale and strength of this Kongqing Town have already reached the standards of a small city."
"It's just that the current city lord is afraid of paying more taxes to the royal family, so the change has not been made."
"As for the security situation in the city, you can rest assured. There are currently more than 2,000 people in the garrison directly under the city lord alone."
"The Lord of the City has several third-level experts with extraordinary strength under his command, including the Lord of the City himself..."
Through Kunbu's meticulous description, Lei Xiao learned.
The military strength of this Kongqing Town can be said to be extremely impressive.
First of all, the city lord himself is a third-level nine-star powerhouse.
It seemed that the aura of the third-level peak powerhouse in the center of the city that the tiger stick sensed when he first entered the city was undoubtedly the city lord himself.
Secondly, under the city lord, there are three loyal third-level powerhouses.
One of them is responsible for the city defense standing army of about 2,000 people, basically composed of first-order soldiers.
The other one is in charge of the city lord's personal guard, which is composed of elite second-level soldiers and has a size of about 100 people.
As for the last one, he has been mobilized to the battlefield on the kingdom's border with another 1,000-man standing army.
"In this case, let's leave aside the third-level strongman and the 1,000 first-level soldiers who were recruited."
"Currently, the main defense force in the city is composed of 3 third-level powerhouses including the city lord himself, 100 second-level powerhouses, and 2,000 first-level soldiers..."
After listening to the middle-aged businessman's introduction, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
"Sir, in addition to these regular troops, there are two important forces in the city."
I saw Kunbu adding tea to Lei Xiao while continuing: "That is the major permanent mercenary groups and Phytolacca Trade Fair."
"Oh? Phytolacca Trade Fair is one of them?"
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and said in surprise.
"It seems that your Excellency already knows something about Phytolacca Fair."
Kunbu put down the exquisite glass teapot, nodded and said: "The Shanglu family, one of the kingdom's wealthy families, has two third-level powerhouses in charge of this business in Kongqing Town. There are nearly a hundred guards in total."< br>
"As for the two third-level experts, one is the president himself, and the other is the chief appraiser, Master Fang Hai."
After a pause, Kunbu added: "It is said that the president of the trade fair in Kongqing Town belongs to a branch of the Shangluc family and is not very popular with the family, so he was assigned to a remote place like Kongqing Town. .”
"I understand."
Lei Xiao nodded, frowning and asked: "What about the other mercenary force?"
"Sir, the mercenary forces in the city are a bit complicated."
Kunbu took a sip of the steaming black tea and continued the introduction.
"There are more than 1,000 mercenaries in the city. Some of them, led by the Blood Scorpion Mercenary Group, number about 200. They wear the same pants as the city lord."
"When it is inconvenient for the garrison to come forward, these people are often the ones who do some dirty and dirty work for the city lord."
"With the support of the Lord of the City, and the leader of the Blood Scorpion Mercenary Group himself, who is a long-established third-level veteran, these people usually run rampant in the city, and they dare not make people angry. ”
Kunbu sighed softly, then raised his head and added: "By the way, I heard just now that Shui Mang, the deputy leader of the Blood Scorpions, seemed to have food poisoning for no apparent reason..."
"Maybe it's retribution."
Shaking his head in confusion, Lei Xiao looked sharply and asked Kunbu again: "Does it mean that the reputation of this city lord is not very good?" (End of Chapter)