"Of course! But no one with a little knowledge would dare to touch this kind of motor vehicle exclusively used by the imperial [***] Ministry." Song Hu chuckled.
"You know it's from the military, but you still dare to recycle their things. Are you afraid that I won't cause enough trouble?" Qianye smiled half-heartedly.
A flash of light flashed in Song Hu's eyes, and he still said with a smile: "These troubles now will be nothing when you have money, guns, and people. Besides, you even offended the Zhao clan during the Tianxuan Spring Hunting.
If you are not worried, why do you care about a few minions in the military headquarters? I have seen too many of these guys who don’t know what the world is and how they behave without having the strength to match them."
Qianye's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he asked: "What should I do with this car now? Will anyone take it?"
"Of course I'll accept it, why not? For underground channels, you don't recognize the person but the product. As long as it's good, who cares about its origin? Besides, it's not difficult to find a craftsman to modify it."
Qianye nodded and said: "Well, I'll leave all the things here to you first. I plan to go further and take a look at the Black Mud Swamp."
Qianye was originally planning to go out of the city to explore the surroundings of Heiliu City, but he changed his mind after meeting Gu Liyu. He had a strong feeling that the war with the dark race might be around the corner, leaving him little time to slowly explore the wilderness.
In addition, the mercenary group now has everything in place, but the biggest bottleneck is the lack of money. With their current combat power, if they want to stop the dark warriors coming out of the swamp, they can only rely on their superiority in numbers and firepower, and the mercenary group's current equipment is still conventional.
Configuration, if you want to get some heavy firepower or make more ammunition reserves, gold coins are indispensable for any of them.
Therefore, Qianye decided to go directly to the Black Mud Swamp. On the one hand, he would explore the way for the upcoming war, and on the other hand, he would hunt down the dark races there, so as to alleviate some pressure on future defense.
Song Hu obviously quickly realized why Qianye suddenly changed his itinerary. He thought for a moment and said, "That's okay. The war is about to start. The dark race will definitely send out many outposts. If they can remove more of them, maybe they can be
When faced with difficulties, retreat and follow the easier path. But don’t force yourself, sir, your safety is the most important.” As he spoke, he pointed at the map and patiently explained the situation of the Black Mud Swamp in detail.
When Qianye was about to go out, Song Hu stopped him and took him to the row of bungalows behind the school grounds that were used as warehouses. Song Hu forcefully opened one of the iron doors, revealing a powerful-looking two-wheeled motorcycle in the warehouse.
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The seat of the car is half the height of an adult man from the ground, and the head and tail are more than three meters. It is like an elegant and dangerous cheetah lying down. The smooth and beautiful lines are full of the toughness and texture of metal, and are full of tension, as if it might emerge from the shadow at any time.
Jump up and pounce on prey.
"Where did this come from?" Qianye's eyes lit up and he asked. Such individual mobile machines are rare in Yongye, and heavy-duty trucks are the mainstream.
"I bought it second-hand after selling the hound. But this little guy is not cheap, especially since it only consumes fuel and energy when running."
This motorcycle is painted in black, and the exhaust pipe was originally a striking bright silver. Now one craftsman is painting it with lead-gray non-reflective paint, and another craftsman is adding weapon racks.
Judging from the worn bullet-hole-shaped rims and the obviously dented front fork, this is indeed a second-hand product. But two-wheeled motorcycles use Force Array engines, and those things are all handmade, so no one knows how to
It's cheap stuff.
Qianye's heart moved slightly. He calculated that the time it took Song Hu from selling the stolen goods to buying the goods would not exceed twenty hours at most. This shows how huge the hidden power of the transaction left by Song Zining was.
"It will take some time to transform, but it should be ready for use when you come back from the Black Mud Swamp."
Qianye circled the motorcycle several times. He liked machinery very much when he was in Red Scorpion. After arriving in Yongye Continent, he rarely came into contact with these things. For a moment, he had the urge to take it out and try the motorcycle. At this moment, Song Hu heard
Having said that, I thought of business again and couldn't help but pat the leather seat with regret.
Before the two of them walked out of the warehouse, they suddenly heard the roar of an engine overhead through the ceiling, shaking the entire row of houses.
Qianye and Song Hu looked at each other and hurried out. As soon as they arrived at the school grounds, they found a large shadow in the sky. They looked up and saw an aerostat floating dozens of meters above their heads, with its belly sticking out.
The several black gun muzzles and the thick armored shields on the boat indicate that it is a military aerial gunboat.
On the other side of the school grounds, in the direction of the gate of the mercenary regiment's base, several Wei family guards were walking quickly. Qianye recognized the tall guard at the head as the old man who often followed Wei Potian.
The Wei family guard came over, saluted and said hello to Qianye first, then pointed to the sky, and said loudly amidst the deafening roar: "This is a gift from the Crown Prince before he leaves! I hope you like it!"
Qianye was stunned for a moment before asking: "Gift? You mean, this military aerial gunboat?"
"That's right!" The Wei family guard was very proud.
"But there has to be a captain and a gunner, right?"
"It's all set up. Now I'm driving over to show you. It will stop at the airship base soon."
After saying that, the Wei family guards waved their hands vigorously in the air and made a gesture. The airship slowly turned around, pulled up, and headed towards the airship base in Black Current City.
The guards of the Wei family did not stay long and left in a hurry. Only Qianye and Song Hu were left standing there.
There was no joy on Qianye's face, but Song Hu next to him said with a smile: "Congratulations, young master!"
Qianye looked a little calmer and said calmly: "Congratulations for what?"
"Of course it's a new weapon! In addition, the young master will have to work harder to make money in the future."
Qianye let out a sigh of relief and had no intention of picking up Song Hu's words. He was from an elite imperial corps and had extensive knowledge of military equipment. Naturally, he knew that things like aerostats were money-burning gadgets.
The floating gunboat left by Wei Potian was regarded as his own private property, so it was quite small. Even including the cockpit, it could only carry no more than thirty people at full capacity. It only had two ground-to-air dual-purpose guns. But then
Small aerostats are also aerostats, and their daily maintenance, power and ammunition consumption, as well as professional captains and gunners all cost a lot of money.
In Qianye's impression, the minimum monthly total cost of a military aerial gunship like this is at least five to six hundred gold coins. In other words, the consumption of this big guy alone exceeds the cost of the entire mercenary group.
The cost does not include the price of replacement parts.
It can only be said that on the Evernight Continent, military-grade aerostats are indeed a powerful weapon, but they are of little use to Qianye. If the mercenary group grows to thousands of people in the future and can read and garrison Blackstream City, owning a
Gunboats are even more powerful.
In the end, Qianye could only smile bitterly. He really didn't know how to evaluate today's gains.
Wei Potian is sometimes very intuitive, but sometimes he is so careless that it makes people laugh. Qianye looked at Song Hu, who also had a look of helplessness on his face and spread his hands towards him.
At that moment, Qianye didn't waste any more time and directly packed up his luggage and weapons, put them all on a light off-road vehicle, and then drove out of the city.
The Black Mud Swamp is vast and full of bottomless swamps. Outside of the swamp, poisonous insects, various native beasts, and even hook-scaled crocodiles are deadly threats to humans. Only high-level warriors can survive in the swamp. Travel through.
However, the dark races can avoid these dangers through various means. The dark aura exuded by demons and vampires can drive away vicious creatures lower than themselves, including of course swamp creatures. Among the spider demons' servants are swamp spiders. In this category, only werewolves are not very adaptable to the swamp environment, but they can ride on swamp spiders through the swamp area.
Therefore, the Black Mud Swamp has always been almost a one-way passage between humans and the dark territory. The army of the dark race can attack human territory from here, but the human army is rarely able to attack through the swamp.
It was almost evening when Qianye drove to Heini Town. On the Evernight Continent, night had already fallen at this time. He bumped through a forest of trees with almost no obvious lanes. According to the map position, the town should be at the other end of the forest. .
However, looking from a distance, Heini Town is dark, with almost no lights visible. There are only one or two dim and faint flickers, which can easily be mistaken for the phosphorescence in the wilderness.
Qianye stopped and used dark vision to carefully observe the town ahead, but found nothing unusual. That should mean that Black Ni Town has entered a state of combat readiness in advance, so it has implemented night control, which is understandable.
Since Black Nid Town is the border town of the war zone and is close to strategically important areas such as Black Nid Swamp, there is a fairly large outpost with about a hundred expeditionary soldiers stationed all year round. Although they are under the jurisdiction of Black River City However, he was actually quite marginalized in the 7th Division, so not only was he not affected by Wu Zhengnan's incident, he was also very enthusiastic about Qianye's arrival.
After Qianye handed over the authorization letter, he entered Heini Town accompanied by several garrison officers. According to convention, when a mercenary group assists in the defense of settlements at the town level or below, they will obtain the highest command authority. In other words In short, these defenders will all fall under Qianye's command from now on, and Qianye's sixth-level soldiers are far superior to everyone present. Therefore, the attitude of these officers towards Qianye is almost flattering.
Qianye did not go directly to the mayor's house. Instead, he parked his car on the main street of the town and walked around first.
The walls of Heini Town are five meters high and are quite strong, indicating that this place has been an important place for many years. The town has a much larger population than Dengta Town, but its area is only half of Dengta Town. The houses in the town are densely built. , the roads are extremely narrow, and there are only two main roads in the town, one horizontal and one vertical, that Qianye's light off-road vehicle can barely pass.
When Qianye walked into the town, he discovered that some low-mounted light sources close to the ground were still working, and the suppressed light shone heavily on the road. Although it prevented him from being unable to see his fingers, it made people feel even more uncomfortable. At the same time, there was still something in the air. There was an indescribable odor permeating the air, so strong that it made people sick. The smell here was stronger and more pungent than the musty smell of the swamps outside the town.
Regardless of the open space in the streets or alleys, there are scavengers lying everywhere. They lie on the ground and sleep soundly, taking up the already crowded and cramped passages without even a place to stay.
Looking at such a scene, Qianye frowned slightly. As far as he could see, the number of scavengers and homeless people in the town might reach one or two thousand. Compared with the number of registered permanent residents, this was a very considerable number.
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