Good news, many acquaintances, friends, and family members are still alive.
The bad news is that after so many years, without Lu Ping'an as the backbone, most people have their own pursuits. They are not together now, not even on the same continent.
Of course, with the door opening again and the arrival of human reinforcements, they should come to join them after receiving the news. But ten years have passed, and it is normal for them to have reasons why they cannot leave.
"Take your time, don't rush, the situation is indeed a bit beyond expectations."
At least, there is good news, that is, the "Rebirth Chamber of Commerce" has been operating stably in this world.
In fact, if someone refers to the Chamber of Commerce, without adding other pronouns, they are referring to the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce.
What did they do?
It was the work he did when Lu Pingping was still there.
Traveling for business in one divided city after another, while bringing benefits, it also brought hope and peace. If the other party was not willing to make peace, they would take the initiative to give them peace.
The Chamber of Commerce is a neutral force that spends most of its time doing its job, but the reason why it is called the Ark of Salvation is because they often do a lot of thankless things.
"Pirates are always a big problem, especially the Lava pirates who have lost their base."
These guys are not bad in strength, have a firm will to fight, and have no moral restraints. They are happy to raise the butcher knife against creatures that are "not of the same race".
Therefore, when they need supplies or even just for revenge, they can easily massacre the city. However, due to many reasons, such small groups of defeated stragglers are numerous and troublesome, but they always cause a lot of harm to the people.
After all, most cities are still city-states, with everyone responsible for their own responsibilities and eating their own food. It is indeed quite uncomfortable to face the powerful ships and guns of the regular warships of the lava pirates alone.
For a period of time, the Redemption Ark was dedicated to chasing these defeated soldiers, especially after receiving commissions from other middle and lower towns.
Similarly, there are various obviously thankless tasks such as disaster relief, evacuation of victims, and resistance to invasion by superior forces.
At the same time, what is more eye-catching is that all its services are not free.
"Everything has a price and nothing is untradeable" is the motto of their chamber of commerce. All "service providers" will receive their bills afterwards and must repay them.
But they will not force people to die like those unscrupulous businessmen. They will provide some channels to "make money", and there will be no problem if they follow the pointed out route and develop honestly.
They have professional logistics and production teams, and are particularly good at investment in industry, agricultural manufacturing, and mineral mining. Often, after a period of polishing and research, they can come up with a "long-term investment income in exchange for debt" cooperation agreement, and can even help your town get it.
Come up with a five-year and ten-year development plan.
It can be said that after doing this, in a few years, let alone debts, small villages will often turn into towns, and towns will have their own development path.
Of course, in this process, they also follow their own principle of "transaction of all things" and will take away equivalents including services, human resources, minerals, long-term leases, etc., but this practice of teaching people to fish makes it even more difficult for them to do so.
People benefit, and some people even hope that their city will be hit by a disaster and let them come over to re-plan the development.
It is also because of this almost paranoid pursuit of "long-term win-win" that it is even considered too "charitable" in the eyes of outsiders, giving it the reputation of the "Holy Ship Chamber of Commerce".
"I knew it"
Lu Pingan smiled and said nothing more.
Perhaps with Guan at the helm, the Chamber of Commerce will naturally develop like this, and a complete logistics, industrial, and agricultural development system will always be the biggest bargaining chip for the Reborn Chamber of Commerce.
To make it work, it naturally requires a snowballing operation of new "urban projects". It has been in the plan for a long time, but it has not been implemented for a long time. Now it seems that they have implemented it very well.
Always insisting on "equivalent exchange" can save a lot of trouble and the possibility of being kidnapped by morality. Just help if you can, and refuse directly if you can't help.
If you don't have the ability to pay, we can provide you with the opportunity to work to pay off your debt.
If there are no profitable industries around, the logistics team can even try to create industries.
This is the reconstruction of the city, but in this process, it is also the reconstruction of civilization, but this time, too many human colors are embedded.
"Due to their existence, we, the Changshou Clan, have a good impression of the human race."
This is a bit exaggerated. There are often good and bad in the group. Adults have to learn to separate each individual before determining whether it is good or bad. However, the existence of the Redemption Ark has indeed improved the overall favorability of the group by a few percentage points. Every meeting has a certain
The good impression is already quite outrageous.
Lu Ping'an smiled and nodded, without revealing his relationship with the Chamber of Commerce.
"So, the Chamber of Commerce also has its own circle of influence?"
"Well, it's hard to say whether it counts as a force or not. Because most of them are on the Ark, traveling all the way. There are often 'shop branches' left in the places they leave, but in fact they are basically run by the Changshou Clan themselves.
, they are not that, that kind of "
Halfway through, Zhao Zhaochuan got stuck. He didn’t have much vocabulary and couldn’t describe it.
"Military organization? The kind that occupies territory?"
"Yes, yes, that's what it means. Other forces are grabbing territory, but they don't seem to be interested at all. They seem to be more interested in saving people and making a fortune, but they are not particularly greedy for money."
Although it is said very lightly, Lu Ping'an himself knows the difficulty. To be able to become a neutral faction, either you have no value in being attracted, or you have the strength to threaten other forces. Obviously, the armed forces of the Chamber of Commerce have also changed over the years.
A lot of growth.
"Xue En is already famous. It seems that the security team appears quite frequently."
Every familiar name and what they were doing made Lu Pingping breathe a sigh of relief.
At least, he hasn't heard of anyone's death yet, and most people haven't changed their original intentions.
But Lu Ping'an and he still have no intention of joining the others.
"Let's take a look first."
Looking at the storm that was starting to start outside, Lu Pingan decided that he could fish for two days first.
It's not that he really doesn't care as he has been "resting" for months, but that he is waiting.
Waiting for the foreign reinforcements to arrive, waiting for the war to restart.
Waiting for the arrival of our own reinforcements and their new plans.
Waiting for those mysterious bosses to prepare the "heavy gifts" for the warring parties that they had previously promised.
Wait for the situation to become clearer, rather than jumping directly into the center and becoming cannon fodder.
With Lu Ping'an's current ability and identity, as long as he shows up, the news will quickly spread to all the insiders, and then there is a high chance of being pulled into the center of the vortex. If you take into account the popularity and strength of the current Chamber of Commerce, it is almost 100%.
100% thing.
"Just wait and see who can't hold it anymore"
Lu Pingan knows that many people have prepared their own "plans". They can't afford to wait, and they will invest everything in this new "casino" and spend big bucks.
Therefore, Lu Ping'an wanted to take a look at the situation, and he was already prepared to wait for several months.
The result? After only three days, some people couldn’t wait any longer.