After Luo Lan and others left, the off-road vehicle convoy drove towards the Central Plains with the yellow sand rolling behind them. Their destination this time was actually the Central Plains.
On the way, Luo Lan didn’t even dare to open the car window. He was worried that if a gust of wind blew in, he would eat a mouthful of sand: “Only those in the 178 Fortress regard this ghost place as a treasure. As if guarding, I am about to go to the colorful world of the Central Plains. Thinking about it, I am still a little excited."
Zhou Qi sat next to him, but he had been silent for a long time, seeming to be thinking. What happened? He suddenly said: "I can understand that you want to open up the railway line, but now that the Southwest has nothing to worry about, why do you always look like you are full of a sense of crisis?"
Zhou Qi once He is the secretary of the Qing Presidium, so despite his careless appearance, he is not stupid.
So he could tell from Qing Zhen’s behavior of sending the girl to the northwest that the Qing family was determined to form an alliance with 178 Fortress: “And how did you convince 178 Fortress to agree to our building the railway? ? You know, after the railway is really built, it will only take one day for 111 to go to 178 Fortress, or even less. "
In this way, if the Qing family captures it in the future. As long as a solid advance base is established in the front, this railway will be like a lifeline, continuously transporting soldiers and military supplies.
By then, the speed of transporting troops will probably be faster than that of mechanized troops!
"Wait a minute," Zhou Qi said to himself: "Do you have a common enemy? But where is this enemy? It can actually make you feel like you are facing a formidable enemy."
p>"It's a bit exaggerated to face a powerful enemy," Luo Lan said with a smile: "This can only be regarded as a precautionary measure! The price we paid is not small. First of all, if 178 Fortress encounters a foreign enemy again one day, Qing The troops are rushing to the battlefield."
"What?" Zhou Qi was stunned for a moment: "Can Zhang Jinglin allow you to move the army next to him?"
"Of course not," Luo Qi said. Lan shook his head: "Starting from today, the Qing clan will open a corridor from the farther west mountains to our southwest, diagonally into the hinterland of the plateau. If someone besieges Fortress 178, we will support and outflank them from behind."
"It's not easy to open up this corridor in the mountains," Zhou Qi said with emotion.
"It is also not easy to get Fortress 178 to agree to our railway merger. It can only be said that both parties have made concessions and efforts," Luo Lan said calmly.
"Okay, even if Zhang Jinglin believes that you will go to support when the time comes, then who are the enemies of the Qing family?" Zhou Qi asked.
"The Wang family of Zhongyuan," Luo Lan said with a smile, "You can't think of it, right? In fact, I didn't expect at first why Qing Zhen would care so much about this Wang family."
" This is interesting." Zhou Qilai was interested: "I heard that Wang Shengzhi is still in a wheelchair and always likes to be kind to others. Are you afraid of this kind of person?"
"We are not afraid of any mistakes.Who?" Luo Lan looked at the loess outside the window: "But the Qing family is not as stable as imagined. Now the Qing family holds more than 40 barriers and has become the seemingly most powerful organizational force in the entire barrier alliance. Now, big trees attract the wind, and many people will start to pay more attention to the land in the southwest. "
"What does this have to do with the Wang family? "Zhou Qi knew very little about Wang's consortium, so he asked this question.
"Wang Shengzhi spent ten years twisting Wang's consortium into a rope, and then opened it again The most important resource channel in the northwest, the policy of compulsory military service has been implemented for ten years. At first, it may not be obvious. Wang's active troops are not particularly large, but as time goes by, it will be different. Once the war starts When the war comes, almost all adult males under the age of 35 in the Wang family can immediately become soldiers," Luo Lan said calmly.
"It's just military service," Zhou Qi said doubtfully: "You want To say that this is the only way to judge that he is always ready to launch a war against others is to be regarded as a crime of infliction. "
"More than that, Qingzhen said that the Wang family had begun to purchase silk at high prices in the early years, and the location of the Zhou family consortium was one of the most suitable places for breeding silkworms. Many Zhou family refugees fled there. Silkworms were raised in the mountains, and the Wang family quietly purchased them at high prices and provided material subsidies. Guess what, the year before last, the Zhou family found that there were fewer and fewer refugees, many factories were short of manpower, and they almost didn't have enough food to eat! Luo Lan chuckled and said, "Of course, the Wang Consortium has done many things. "
"I want to know what Qing Zhen thinks of the Wang family? " Zhou Qi frowned.
Luo Lan said calmly: "He said that the Wang family has the ambition to unify the Barrier Alliance. "
"That's why Zhang Jinglin and Qing Zhen thought of going together, so they agreed to your proposal, and then the two parties secretly joined forces to resist future risks," Zhou Qi sighed and said, "Can't everyone live a good life? Isn’t it great to make money, pick up girls, and enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth? Why do some people always want to collect everything in the world?
Luo Lan smiled and said: "You and I have seen a lot of human greed, but this Wang Shengzhi is not greedy... This is the most terrifying thing." Moreover, the Qing family has some old rivals for many years. For example, the leader of the mob has never let go of his prejudice against us. For example, the Pyrotechnics Company has also disliked us for a long time..."
"Let you Putting it this way, there is still a feeling that the whole world is the enemy..." Zhou Qi said speechlessly: "What I am curious about is, does the Qing family really have a nuclear base? "
Luo Lan laughed happily and said: "Guess? ”
Zhou Qi curled his lips and said, “It’s just a mystery.”
Luo Lan suddenly sighed: "It would be great if we could get Ren Xiaosu to our side before. If he was at the 111 barrier, my brother wouldn't have to stay in the military camp every day." ”
“Who are you looking down on? Zhou Qi was unhappy: "Didn't I stay by his side before?" What, you don’t believe I can protect him? In what way am I inferior to Ren Xiaosu? ”
"Do you dare to break the 146 barrier alone?" Luo Lan asked curiously.
Zhou Qi paused: "Pretend I didn't say that! But now that I'm in the Central Plains, who will protect Qing Zhen?"
"A guy named Zheng Yuandong has returned. "Yes," Luo Lan said with a smile: "He is more powerful than I thought."
"Zheng Yuandong? Sounds familiar"
"You should be more powerful." Familiar with his code name, Yong Ye, he is now a transcendent."
The convoy was not driving slowly towards the Central Plains. This time, Luo Lan and Zhou Qi's mission to the Central Plains seemed to have suddenly become important. Get up, they want to use gold to obtain cheap friendship in the chaos of the Central Plains, and then try to delay it as long as possible, so that the day they are most worried about will come later.
This will buy Qing Zhen more time to integrate the resources of the entire southwest.
Of course, it would be better if the danger could be nipped in the bud.
"By the way, what's going on with the Qinghe Group?" Zhou Qi asked: "Don't you need to worry about that?"
"No need."