Chapter 332: Signs and Satellite Cities

When Lan Si sat down in the restaurant in the morning, Erwen brought a not-so-good news.

"The price of alcohol has fallen a bit."

Lan Si asked while eating bacon, "What caused it?"

"Is the Prohibition loosened?"

"Or something else?"

Erwen sat beside him, also picked up a piece of bread, and while adding things to it, said, "The distilleries have all started to resume work, but they are not producing alcohol, but medical alcohol."

"But you know... as long as the distillery starts to turn, it is inevitable that some 'inferior alcohol' can flow out."

Lan Si froze for a moment. He began to flip through a stack of newspapers by the table. After flipping for a while, he turned to look at Mero who was reading a book in the living room. "Where is today's 'International News'?"

Mero put down the book and stood up. "Is it not there?", he said and walked toward the door. "I remember taking them all back."

He didn't find the "International News" in the newspaper box, and then Mo Lisi ran a trip.

There was a newspaper stand outside the community, two minutes time.

At this time, Erwen also noticed Lan Si's change. "What's wrong?"

"Is this matter very serious?"

Lan Si ate the food in his mouth in a few bites. He nodded with a solemn expression. "Very serious and important!"

He paused as he said this, and everyone around looked over. Lan Si started his "Lan Si Small Classroom" again. "Under what circumstances do you think distilleries will produce alcohol?"

Honestly, the people here are all people without much culture, and people with culture can't mix to this point.

In this era, except for the Federal people, it is an impossible thing for people in the Empire to receive complete education!

The cost of education in the Empire is very expensive, and only wealthy families can let their children receive relatively complete basic education.

If you want to learn more advanced knowledge, that can only be outstanding learning, or the privileged class.

So these little friends from the Empire are at most literate, know how to read those words together, and some even read them not very smoothly.

Letting them draw any conclusions from the fact that distilleries are going to produce alcohol, they can't do it.

Of course, Lan Si didn't have much expectation that they could analyze anything, so he didn't wait too long and started a heuristic discussion.

"What do you think is the use of alcohol, especially medical alcohol."

They all know this. Some say disinfection, some say it is used to wipe wounds, and some say it can be used as fuel.

Lan Si nodded. "Yes, but the main use is still disinfection."

"Alcohol is not an easy thing to store. It has strong volatility. So many factories have started to produce alcohol. What kind of place, or under what circumstances, do you think can need so much alcohol?"

This question is not that complicated either. Erwen spoke first. "In a situation where many, many people are injured..."

He froze as he said this, because he thought of where it could be used.

Under Lan Si's encouragement, he said those two words—

War!

Lan Si pointed at him. "War, war is coming!"

"So the federal government relaxed the problem of alcohol production even in the environment of Prohibition, letting the distilleries work, because war is coming!"

"At that time, many people will be injured, there will be a large number of people injured on the front line, and they will need a large amount of alcohol and medical supplies."

While talking, Mo Lisi pushed the door and entered. He held a newspaper in his hand. "There is no extra newspaper at the newspaper stand at all. I heard that its price has risen to 30 cents a copy!"

"Damn, so high?!"

The subscription price of the "International News" averages out to only 2 cents per newspaper, which is already a relatively high price, and other newspapers only need 1 cent.

It has no sales at all in some relatively remote and backward places, just because the price is too high!

But now, its price has risen 15 times, which can only show that it indeed recorded very important news.

When Lan Si took the newspaper, it was indeed not beyond his expectation. The front-page headline wrote the huge headline "Negotiations Break Down, Shadow of War Shrouds Tanfei".

The scarlet exclamation mark was like being soaked in blood, revealing an uneasy atmosphere!

Today's news shocked the entire Federation. Many people wanted to know what happened. The newspaper office obviously underestimated people's fear of war, so that now newspapers can't be bought everywhere!

As for the newspapers in Lan Si's newspaper box?

It must be that the newspaper delivery person didn't deliver at all and took it out to sell directly!

Lan Si's attention was all on the report. The report stated that the results of the multi-party negotiations did not achieve the results people wanted, and the contradictions of the four parties could not be solved through negotiations.

In fact, the reasons for exporting war to the outside world often come from the dissatisfaction of the bottom-level people within the country with the status quo. If the national rulers cannot output firepower to external wars, then the final result is civil war!

Those people who were crushed by the heavy social pressure to the point of holding knives and walking have already reached the point of holding knives and walking. Whether this knife is stabbed at the ruling class or at the surrounding countries, there seems to be nothing to consider.

So they unhesitatingly planned to launch a war against the outside world. If they could take down a piece of land from a neighboring country, it would mean that the country had opened up an upward channel again.

The internal contradictions could be eased, whether it was the pressure in terms of economy or other aspects, it could be greatly reduced, and society would become stable and prosperous again.

If they lose, it actually doesn't matter. The population within the country has been consumed once, and social resources have become abundant again, so the contradictions are naturally solved.

So this war had no possibility of resolution from the beginning. The so-called geopolitical problems, cultural problems, and racial problems were all excuses for starting a war.

Federal representatives also participated in this negotiation. Now these consuls have begun to gradually withdraw from Tanfei.

The entire report did not clearly state that war would break out, just saying that there was a great possibility of war breaking out, without mentioning guesses about scale and time.

On the following pages, the cruel Imperial Emperor who wanted to eat people also spoke, saying that he supported the people of Tanfei to use weapons to defend national honor...

Undoubtedly, the "International News" once again blacked the Imperial Emperor by the way. As the most correct position, they once again received unanimous praise from federal readers.

Lan Si passed the newspaper to others. He scratched his eyebrows. "Get more weapons, I feel this war will last for a long time."

The entire city, the entire Federation, seemed to be shrouded in a shadow because of this bad news.

In the morning, Imperial gangs from Jinxing City sent people over. Jinxing City is to the west of Jincheng, and it is also one of the satellite cities of Jincheng, which is also a city that is sucked blood.

Jinxing City has many factories and a perfect industrial system. Some factories in Jincheng couldn't bear the cost here, and eventually chose to develop in Jinxing City.

This also made Jinxing City gradually become prosperous, although it has been sucked blood and swallowed by Jincheng bit by bit.

However, it cannot be denied that it has also become more prosperous because of Jincheng. A large number of factories provided a large number of jobs, and stable jobs increased the income of urban residents, allowing them to have more funds available for free disposal.

This money is the foundation of happiness.

The workers in these factories want to have a drink after a day's work.

There are not many gangs in Jinxing City, of course, it also has something to do with the city not being big. Adding up, there might be about a dozen gangs, and the scale is not very big.

The person who came was a middle-aged man in his forties, with two subordinates in their thirties. When he saw Lan Si, he looked a bit shocked, but soon restrained it.

"Mr. Lan Si, I am very happy to see you in person, although I have already heard some of your deeds in Jinxing City, but when I see you..."

He revealed some smiles. "You see, I am still shocked by your youth!"

Lan Si extended his hand and shook his, letting him sit in the chair opposite. "How is the situation of Imperial immigrants in Jinxing City?"

This middle-aged man is named Damon. His gang scale in Jinxing City is not very large. Adding up core members and peripheral members, there are only about 100 people.

Because Jinxing City is not like Jincheng, there are various huge interests and consumption places. Many people make money in Jinxing City and will take a car to Jincheng to consume.

In the absence of huge interest conflicts, the scale of gangs is generally not large.

The rapid rise of the Lan Si family in Jincheng has begun to radiate influence to the surrounding areas. This is a new gang different from the Camilla Gang. Imperial gangs in surrounding cities are encouraged by this!

If an Imperial gang like the Five Great Families can appear, then Imperial gangs in surrounding cities will get huge development opportunities because of this.

It seems to be like this now!

Damon couldn't get a stable alcohol channel in Jinxing City. Just like Gario (Fides is the leader of the Imperial gang), intermittent sales are actually a blow to their business.

When drunks want to drink and you don't have it, they will leave, and it is highly likely they won't come again.

So when Enio found him and asked if he was willing to take alcohol from the Lan Si family, he agreed immediately.

"We are not like Jincheng here, where gunfights happen every day...", he also laughed when he said this.

"There are too many factories there, and we can't deal with factories. Their workers are many, but dealing with ordinary people has no meaning."

"Gangs are actually quite harmonious, because there is no need for competition."

"Our main income comes from strip clubs and providing flesh business, and smuggling some meat."

Smuggling beef from the Yalan region to the Federation is indeed a profitable business. There are also people doing these businesses in Jincheng.

Making one or two cents per pound is already a lot. It is a hard business, and it is also illegal.

Lan Si sympathized with him a bit. "I can provide you with a stable supply of alcohol, and your situation will get better."

Damon nodded repeatedly. "The sales of alcohol in Jinxing City are very good. I believe we can sell at least 50,000 to 100,000 worth of alcohol every month!"

This might not be enough for Lan Si for a week, but Jinxing City is a small city after all, you can't ask it to be like Jincheng.

Lan Si nodded. "This time, give you 60,000 worth of alcohol first, you can choose the variety yourself."

"Damon, I'll say a few things outside of business."

Clearly Damon is older than Lan Si, but at this time his respectful performance is not like a middle-aged man facing a young man.

In this world, power is the core factor that determines who is big, not age!

"We are all immigrants from the Empire. We all know that survival here is very difficult, so I have always had an idea."

"We should unite to form a state of maintaining efficient communication. You encounter trouble, you can't solve it, I can help you."

"I encounter trouble, I can't solve it, you can also come to help me."

"As long as we unite, even if we don't take the initiative to bully others, those who want to bully us have to weigh whether they can chew on all of us!"

Damon asked cautiously after hearing this. "We need... my meaning is, will we become a gang?"

Lan Si saw his caution and denied his statement. "I don't want to swallow you, just a simple alliance, advance and retreat together, that's all."

"I have seen too many Imperial people discriminated against in the Federation. We don't want to be discriminated against. If we want to get fairness and justice, we must let the Federation people value us!"

"Fists, wealth, status!"

Damon nodded and said, "No problem, this is too good, Mr. Lan Si!"

"And I believe your success can better help me, help us, avoid detours and traps on this road, and can walk faster and faster!"

The rapid rise of the Lan Si family was not noticed by anyone at first, and was even slightly suppressed halfway. Damon, including Imperial people in Xigu City, felt that the Lan Si family would soon disappear.

Just like countless Imperial gangs that tried to stand up but were pressed down before!

But when the Lan Si family proved again that the Imperial District was its own private land, they began to realize that a gang that existed without blackmailing and kidnapping its own people was born.

Damon said it from his heart. He hoped to get some experience in gang management from Lan Si, allowing his gang to grow faster.

Of course, the premise of all this is that there must be money!

And smuggling alcohol well made up for this short board. If Lan Si didn't want to swallow him, he was willing to identify with Lan Si and treat him and the Lan Si family as the "main family".

Then Lan Si took Damon to visit the training process of gang members, changing a batch every week.

These gang members have to accept shooting, fighting, and methods of fighting with cold weapons such as daggers and knives.

Also need to carry out cooperation of many people, three, five, ten.

Seeing these, Damon and his two deputies had an incredible look!

Because they felt that Lan Si was not cultivating a gang, he was cultivating his own private armed forces!

He couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Lan Si, are these... really necessary?"

He couldn't understand, they were just a gang!

Lan Si looked very casual

"Tell Mr. Damon your name, where you are from, and whether you have a family..."

This young man stood as straight as a giant while he recounted his situation; Damon still did not quite understand Lanse's meaning, and the others also looked at Lanse, somewhat failing to understand the purpose of him doing this.

Lanse, however, said, "Your life is precious, my life is also precious, and their lives are just as precious!"

"The purpose of accepting militarized training lies in protecting their precious lives when they encounter sudden situations or face some fire-fight missions."

"I believe that the young men who have received training can all know how to act in order to survive to the maximum extent and take down more enemies!"

"You are not consumables!" Lanse looked at the guy who should be about the same age as himself, and he raised his hand to give a military salute.

The young man was so moved that his eye sockets turned red, and he also returned the salute, which made everyone appear exceptionally moved!

Only then did Lanse turn around and look at Damon, "This is the purpose."

"I hope that every one of us can live longer and live better under this damn world!"

Lanse spent almost the entire day with Damon, taking him to visit his own industries and also going to those bars to let him understand the operation method of his bars.

These things were still very avant-garde and advanced for the people of this era; at this moment, Damon also gradually understood that Lanse's success was absolutely not a coincidence, and he would definitely be able to go further than anyone else!

This day brought him many shocks and also brought about many thoughts; when they went to the hotel in the evening, Damon made a request, as he also wanted one or two instructors.

Regarding this, Lanse did not refuse, but they were only lent to him, because Lanse himself was short of people on his side.

Damon brought cash, the alcohol was loaded onto the vehicle in the evening, and before dawn the next morning, the group set off.

In order to avoid accidents on the road, Lanse also arranged for some people to escort them over.

From here to Jincheng, it is only a little over one hundred kilometers, and one can make a round trip in a day.

After seeing Damon off, Lanse gathered the people from the Empire Chamber of Commerce.

The group sat in the room, discussing some of the situation over these past two days.

They vaguely had a feeling that Lanse gathered them together just to talk about this matter, or rather, to profit from this matter!

For these two months, they had not stopped thinking for a moment about making money like the last time!

Some even regretted that they had taken out too little, and even gave themselves a few slaps in the face.

This time, they must take out all their money; they could not let down such a good money-making opportunity again!

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Lanse finally arrived.

He actually was not late; it was the others who had arrived early.

The moment Lanse entered, everyone stood up.