Chapter 68 Rhythm
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
The Piltover Council had already sent people to deliver the negotiation documents to Black Alley, but there were too many things to deal with in Black Alley, so under Coven's instructions, Wei and Fandel delayed the negotiation time and time again.
Within this half month, changes were taking place everywhere in the entire city.
Fandel is very busy.
Since the victory of the war, he spent three days just distributing the spoils.
Then there was the matter of calming the restlessness of the people.
It took him nearly a week to suppress the people who wanted to go to Piltover to smash and loot.
Vandel's work isn't done yet.
The blockade of the bridge was lifted and the war was won, so the store managers in the dark alleys all wanted to take the opportunity to open up trade routes.
You can't let your life remain the same as before, right?
Wasn't the war in vain?
Therefore, many shop owners came to Fandel and asked Fandel, the boss of the underworld, to help them find new ways to make money.
Fandel, who was coerced by public opinion, had no choice but to negotiate with the out-of-town smugglers in the black market.
Taking advantage of Piltover's temporary fear of provoking Zaun, Fander proposed to the smugglers to increase their smuggling efforts.
He said that Black Alley will protect the safety of smuggling. If the goods are seized by Piltover, Black Alley will help to ask for it from Piltover. Even if there is another war, he will ensure that the interests of the smugglers will not be damaged.
After negotiating for a long time, Fandel finally gained the trust of the smugglers.
In this way, more than half a month had passed by the time Fandel stabilized the Black Alley again.
Apart from him, no one else was idle either.
Vi and Jinx are also very busy.
They have become the heroes of Zaun. Not only do they have to accept the worship of the people in the dark alleys, but they also have to compete with the middle-level alchemy barons.
Of course, there were also people from the upper market who came to pay their respects.
This caused Vi and Jinx to waste a lot of time socializing.
They wanted to give up the job.
But Ke Wen issued a mandatory order. He said that war is not a child's play. Since the decision to launch a war has been made, the aftermath must also be dealt with.
So Kewen forced Vi and Jinx to face those complicated and annoying social relationships, making the two little girls complain at home every night.
Their troubles don't stop there.
In addition to socializing, Vi and Jinx will use their victory to grow their gang.
After the war, a large number of Zaun people wanted to join the Blue Bird Gang, and the two little girls had to inspect and screen the people.
Fortunately, there are old members of the Blue Bird Gang to help, otherwise Vi and Jinx would not be able to do it at all.
In addition to gang matters, Vi and Jinx are also responsible for helping Janna in her missionary work.
Now, Janna's name is well known throughout Zaun.
But most Zaun people only know blind prayers.
They only chant 'Jana bless you' and make some selfish requests to Janna.
Of course this won't work!
Therefore, Vi and Jinx dedicated their last moments to the game.
They took several old members of the Blue Bird Gang to give lectures and preach everywhere, explaining the true teachings to all Zaan people.
Even as negotiations with Piltover were about to begin, Vi and Jinx were still unable to escape from their busy work.
This hard life will probably continue for a long time.
So the two little girls complained and complained at home every day. They used various methods to pretend to be pitiful, hoping that Ke Wen would let them go.
But they were disappointed, and Kewen remained stubborn and did not let them go or help reduce the workload.
There is no other way, Vi and Jinx can only bite the bullet and continue their work.
Fortunately, the negotiation day is coming, which can give them a few days of breathing space.
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In the past half a month, some changes had secretly occurred in other places in Zuan.
Hilko takes action!
After the war was won, Silko finally saw the real hope of making Zaun rise!
He has never been so close to the future!
For that future, Hilko dares to do anything!
Therefore, he did not participate in Zaun's celebration. Instead, he took advantage of Zaun's chaos and led his men to attack the alchemy barons in the middle square!
Hilko knows very well! What can really determine the direction of Zaun is the black alley on the ground floor and the square on the middle floor.
The upper border bazaar is more like the slums of Piltover.
The Zaun people there can get sunlight and breathe relatively fresh air.
In addition to the water source problem, the living environment in the border market is more like a backward area, which is completely different from the interior of the Rift Valley.
Therefore, the Zaun people in the border market rarely care about the internal affairs of the Rift Valley. In contrast, there are no large forces in the border market, they are just gangs composed of a few small gangsters.
Compared to the black alleys and mid-level squares, the Zaun people in the border market have little say. They are unable to participate, or they do not want to participate in major events related to Zaun.
The Zaun people at the border market basically had a muddle-through attitude.
Therefore, if you want to truly decide the future direction of Zaun, those who can make the decision must be the three giants of the black alley and the alliance of alchemy barons in the middle level.
But compared to the alchemy barons in the middle square, the three giants in the black alley are too kind!
Even though Fandel has changed, he still has the idea of compromise.
Hilko believed that Vandel would never achieve anything big and could only be a prestige mascot.
But Vi and Jinx are quite capable.
But the two girls are still too immature.
Their strength can suppress everything, but if they want to play any conspiracy, I am afraid that Wei and Jinx are no match for those alchemy barons.
Hilko watched for several days.
He found that Ke Wen had no intention of interfering at all. After the war was won, he rarely showed up, and his appearance made him look like a little transparent.
After discovering this, Hilko knew that he had to help.
He must help Black Alley get rid of those alchemy barons who are holding them back! We can't let those bastards steal the fruits of victory in the war, and we can't let those bastards reverse the course of history, and let the fire of hope that finally appeared in Zuan be extinguished!
Therefore, Hilko quietly took action!
He blitzed!
With his thugs, Silko made the thugs drink the shimmering potion and killed the alchemy barons in one night!
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Of course, Hilko did not act impulsively.
The ones he chose to kill were all the alchemy barons born and raised in Zuan, those losers who only knew how to live in a nest.
However, those Alchemy Barons with Piltover background did not move.
It's not that Hilko is worried about sparking another war, it's that he means what he says.
Since it was said that Zaun's future would be decided by Vi and Jinx, it would naturally be up to Vi and Jinx to decide whether to trigger a war.
Therefore, Silko kept the alchemy barons who were backing Pi City and did not kill them. He planned to ask Vi and Jinx for their opinions later.
In this way, Hilko killed nearly half of the Alchemy Barons.
The following time was used by him to take over those factories and deal with matters that allowed the factories to continue operating.
At the same time, he also completely came to the surface and temporarily had a confrontation with the alchemy barons who were not killed by him.
Everything will wait until Zuan is completely stabilized. Now he only needs to help Wei and Jinx stabilize the factory properties.
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The time finally came for the day of negotiations between the two cities.
Both sides of the bridge were once again blocked by both sides, and the poor were driven to the outside.
The negotiation place was in the center of the bridge, but the time was strangely at night.
Zaun's side is led by Fander, Vi, and Jinx.
They were followed by ten heavily armed men from the alley, and they came to the center of the bridge together.
On the Piltover side, Councilor Myrdalda took the lead, and behind her was Grayson, who had resumed his position as director. Behind them were also followed by ten heavily armed law enforcement officers.
The two sides met in the center of the bridge, and the Piltover side had already arranged their negotiation seats.
"First meeting, the leaders of Zaun."
Midarda subconsciously used words.
Seeing that she could not let Zaun's side start a conflict over who was the leader, she smiled and greeted: "I am Mel Myrdalda, one of the members of Pilvoorv. Please take a seat. I hope we will be here today." Let’s have a smooth negotiation tonight.”
"He looks like a dog..."
Jinx doesn't care about occasion or words.
She tilted her head and looked at Medalda and said: "You are a little special, there seems to be something about you..."
Midarda just smiled gently and stretched out her hand again to invite her to sit down.
But there was only one seat opposite her.
Fandel noticed this, he raised his eyes and looked at Grayson, then took a half step back with a smile.
"Celeste."
He reminded softly: "Go ahead."
Wei was stunned for a moment.
She looked back at Fandel, and after a while, she stepped forward under Fandel's encouraging smile.
"Are you okay?"
Jinx stood there and mocked, "This black woman has a shrewd face, don't be fooled by your solid head."
"Shut up!"
Wei turned around and glared at Jinx, but also said with a guilty conscience: "Speak when it's your turn to speak up!"
"Fine."
Jinx spread his hands and shrugged: "Then let me keep an eye on it for you."
"Have you decided yet?"
Midalda's voice with a slight smile sounded.
She looked at Wei and then at Jinx, then she said with her eyes bent, "I think that little girl should be more suitable for negotiation."
"yes."
Wei sat down coldly, looked at Myrdal and said calmly: "She is indeed better suited to negotiate than me, because she will put the muzzle of the gun in your face and make you agree to all her conditions."
"Oh?" Myrdalda chuckled: "Then I have to thank you, thank you for allowing me to save my face."
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Wei looked impatient: "Tell me, what do you want to negotiate? Completely surrender to our Zaun?!"
"of course not."
Myrdalda smiled warmly: "But before showing our sincerity, please let me briefly talk about the harm of war to both sides."
Next, Midarda began to analyze the military strength of both sides.
She didn't say anything threatening, but she also explained Pilvotov's hidden military strength seemingly inadvertently.
Vi immediately retaliates, stating that she and Jinx can destroy Pilvoorv alone.
In this regard, Myrdalda still looked elegant and indifferent. She said that Piervotov just didn't want to cause a bigger war.
Otherwise, Zaun can be easily completely destroyed by simply covering the Rift Valley with saturated artillery fire.
Vi immediately put on the background of 'Janna'.
Myrdalda, who was born in Noxus, immediately gave examples of the legendary gods in the world and pointed out the limitations of the gods in terms of belief.
Wei was not Ke Wen, so she was immediately intimidated.
Seeing this, Midarda immediately changed his words and began to talk about some friendly and peaceful scenes between the two cities.
The negotiations completely fell into Midarda's rhythm.
On the other hand, Zaun's side, even with Jinx on the side to help with alertness, was still unable to seize any initiative in Midarda's rhythm.
Above the negotiating table, at the top of a pillar in the center of the bridge.
There is a small platform three meters square at the top of the column. At this time, Ke Wen and Camille are standing side by side on the platform.
The two of them looked down at the negotiation table below and listened to the sounds in their own ways.
At the same time, Coven and Camille were also negotiating.
"It's time to take back those factories of your Philos family."
Kewen said softly: "Your family's crystal synthesis process pollutes the environment too much. At least one-third of Zaun's toxic haze is emitted by your factories."
"You can cancel those factories."
Camille also said softly: "But that will interrupt our family's industrial chain. Will you be responsible for making up for the loss?"
"I know what you want, but not yet."
Ke Wen shook his head: "The Hex Crystal has not really come out yet. When it does come out, our cooperation on crystals will officially begin."
"Then I can't do it."
Camille said in a low voice: "The sudden interruption of the industrial chain will cause instability in our Feros family. Whether it is internally or externally, there are many people who are eyeing our Feros family. You don't want to lose our Feros family." The most suitable collaborator, right?”
"Do you think I believe it?" Ke Wen chuckled: "Just interrupting the artificial crystal business chain will make your family unstable? If that were the case, your Philos family should have been eliminated long ago."
"You're really not a good negotiator."
Camille's tone seemed a little helpless: "Negotiations always reveal the bottom line bit by bit, but you always like to get it right in one step."
Shaking his head slightly, Camille compromised: "Forget it, tell me what kind of compensation you can give."
"Let me first provide you with a batch of Hex energy crystals."
Ke Wen smiled and said: "The limit of the number is one hundred. It doesn't matter whether you use them to arm yourself or show them to the outside world."
"Okay." Camille adjusted herself to Ke Wen's rhythm...
