Chapter 199 Team Rocket

When other members of the forest patrol team arrived, they saw only a dozen poachers tied with ropes, all squatting on the ground.

There were many Pokémon corpses on the snow, including a human corpse that was cut in half, letting everyone know how brutal the battle that had just taken place was.

Jin Yan was sitting on a rock, smoking a cigarette, trying to calm himself down. He looked calm, without any trace of joy on his face after surviving a disaster.

"Captain, did you catch all these?" a member of the forest patrol team who arrived asked in surprise.

"They were all captured by Xia Yu. You're so slow. If Xia Yu wasn't here, you would have been able to collect our bodies if you came later." Jin Yan pointed at Xia Yu and said unhappily. If it weren't for Xia Yu, he wouldn't even be able to survive.

While Jin Yan was speaking, his eyes also fell on Xia Yu. Because he had been living in the mountains for many years and had no access to information, he had never heard of Xia Yu's name, or he had forgotten it after hearing someone mention it. After all, in the mountains, it was good enough to be alive, so there was no time to worry about other things.

He originally thought that Xia Yu was just a rich young man who came to gild his reputation, but he didn't expect that Xia Yu actually had a king-level powerful Alakazam protecting him closely. This also made Jin Yan curious about Xia Yu's identity.

"Let's go and take these poachers back." Jin Yan said, "Xiao Zhao, go back and write a report. The main credit should go to Xia Yu. The other Miss Zhao and I are just helpers."

"Yeah." Xiao Zhao was the girl transferred from Lin'an City. Her voice had the unique Wu dialect accent of the Jiangnan water town. She was wrapped in a thick cotton coat, so her appearance could not be seen, but she was not short.

The members of Team One were quite excited about having busted such a large poaching gang today, but they were more curious about how Xia Yu had caught these people. Given how ruthless the poachers were, they should not have surrendered so easily.

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On the way back, Xia Yu was worried. What happened today made him think a lot. He chatted with Jin Yan all the way: "Captain Jin, can I ask you something?"

"Whatever it is, just ask directly." Jin Yan was quite generous, and he also wanted to make friends with Xia Yu: "We are friends who have risked our lives together, so don't be so polite."

"I just want to ask you if you have heard of Xia Yong?" Xia Yu asked. He wanted to hear the story of his father.

"Of course I've heard of it." Jin Yan heard Xia Yu's question and turned to look at Xia Yu: "Xia Yong and Xu Xiu were the two most talented people in our mountain patrol team before."

"Xu Xiu?!" Xia Yu was a little unsure if the Xu Xiu Jin Yan was talking about was the Xu Xiu he knew: "Is it the wanted criminal Xu Xiu?"

"Yeah." Jin Yan showed a bitter smile: "Xu Xiu used to be my captain. Hey, Xia Yong, Xia Yu? What's your relationship with Xia Yong?"

"Xia Yong is my father." Xia Yu said politely; "Can you tell me about the two of them?"

Xia Yu was shocked. This was the first time he heard that his father and Xu Xiu knew each other. Recalling the experience in the secret realm of grass insects, Xia Yu had a vague feeling that his father was hiding something from him.

"What do you want to ask them? I don't know much."

"Whatever. I just want to hear their past stories. Anything is fine." Xia Yu said with a smile.

"Xu Xiu and Xia Yong are both my predecessors. I heard that they are about the same age. They came to the mountain patrol team. Xia Yong was sent by the association to support the patrol team, while Xu Xiu came on his own initiative." Jin Yan recalled the past and spoke.

"I heard that they are both very capable. Not long after joining the patrol team, they became the main force of their respective teams. A year later, they both became the captains of their respective teams."

"Later, at the end of the two years, Xia Yong subdued a burning worm and left the mountain patrol team. Xu Xiu stayed in the mountain patrol team for several years before leaving. Captain Xu Xiu has been working hard. Every time To catch poachers is the first line, to be honest, I really can't imagine what he would do. You also know what happened to him afterwards." Jin Yan suddenly paused when he said this.

"Actually, if you really want to ask something about Xu Xiu, you can ask Deputy Captain Xu Shanhe. Captain Xu has been here for decades. What should he know?"

"I understand. Thanks, Captain Jin." Xia Yu replied.

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Back in the ranger camp, Roger had obviously heard about what had just happened. He looked at the dozen or so poachers with a frown on his face.

"Wang Ruilong?" Roger obviously knew the leader Wang Ruilong: "You have worked hard, go and have a good rest first, get some sleep, and leave the rest to me."

When Xia Yu returned to the house, Xu Shanhe had disappeared.

On the way back, he learned from other team members that Xu Shanhe also worked as a teacher in Qingshan Town, so he usually had to go out to teach at six in the morning and would not be back until nine in the evening. Occasionally, he would be delayed by something and would not be back until eleven or twelve o'clock. At the same time, he also had to participate in patrols on weekends. He was considered the hardest working person in the entire forest patrol team and the person most admired by all the team members.

After a simple wash, Xia Yu lay on the bed, looking at the mosquito net with a heavy heart and a frown. Today's encounter with poachers and the chat with Jin Yan and the poachers gave him some other cute ideas.

First of all, there are rangers. Their income can be said to be quite low. It can even be said that delivering takeout in big cities can earn more than the rangers. However, the only benefit of rangers is that after serving for two years, they can be allowed to capture a Pokémon in the wilderness!

Many people came here to support for two years. In addition to gold-plating their resumes, being able to tame a Pokémon in the wilderness area is also an important reason.

Next are poachers. Poachers face the risk of being captured by forest rangers and dying at the hands of wild Pokémon, but as long as they can return alive, the harvest from one poaching trip is enough for them to live a life of luxury for several years!

Both rangers and poachers are honest people who work hard, and the real beneficiaries are the other parties in the Pokémon poaching industry chain.

Pokémon poaching has formed a complete industrial chain. Poachers capture Pokémon and sell them to smugglers. Smugglers sell these illegal Pokémon to black markets in various places, and the black markets then sell them to people who need Pokémon.

Of the profits generated, poachers can only take about 10%, smugglers take about 30%, and the underground black market takes 60%.

For example, if a Pokémon is sold at a price of 1 million in the black market, the underground black market only needs about 400,000 to buy it from smugglers. Smugglers only need 100,000 to buy it from poachers.

With layer upon layer of exploitation and squeezing, poachers take the greatest risk and get the least money, while the underground black market takes the lowest risk and gets the most money.

Of course, the ones who suffer the most are the members of the forest patrol team. Not only do they receive the lowest wages, but they are also at risk of losing their lives at any time.

At this moment, Xia Yu had a bold idea in his mind: what if he were to integrate the entire industrial chain?

Integrating forest rangers, poachers, smugglers and the underground black market would be beneficial enough for many people.

For example, the forest patrol team. After the integration, their treatment and income will definitely increase significantly, and there will be no danger in performing their tasks.

Poachers will also see a huge increase in income, and they will no longer have to risk their lives fighting with forest rangers.

This is the most troublesome thing about smugglers, as the only thing they can increase is their income.

The benefits of the underground black market are more obvious, the supply is more stable, and there will not be a situation where you can't get Pokémon for several months due to stricter patrols.

Finally, it is also beneficial to the development and ecological protection of the wilderness area. As long as the forces of several parties are integrated, Xia Yu can just take away some Pokémon eggs like in the secret realm. This will not cause too much impact on the Pokémon population, and can ensure a stable source of income.

Integrating the entire poaching chain can be said to be a good thing that benefits many parties. Xia Yu naturally didn't even dare to think about it before, but as he owned the champion-level Pokémon Iron Warrior, his mind became active.

However, by doing this, Xia Yu will offend many people and touch the red lines of interests of many people.

The one that was offended the most was the Pokémon Association. The Pokémon Association set up a wilderness area, which not only protects wild Pokémon, but also sells capture quotas to the outside world.

The price of a capture spot in the wilderness area is as high as one million, but the money from the sale of the capture spots all goes into the hands of the Pokémon Association, and the patrol team members don't get a penny.

Xia Yu frowned and thought, this matter indeed has great potential, but it cannot be done openly.

He is still in the honeymoon period with the Pokémon Association so naturally he cannot challenge the Pokémon Association openly. Therefore, Xia Yu can only do it secretly or let others do it.

How about forming a new organization called Team Rocket? Recreate the glory of Team Rocket in this world.