Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 449 Run, Li Lin's strength
The highest floor of Piltover North City, in the parliament building.

The Batian fighters who turned into chariots landed smoothly. Li Lin opened the car door for Caitlin and Karina, and walked straight to the spacious and empty reception hall under the dull eyes of the guards and passers-by.

The weekly regular council is usually nothing serious, and if there is an emergency, it will not wait until this time. Apart from the patrolling guards and law enforcement officers, there are no outsiders from other families in the council building.

Soon, the three arrived at the parliament hall.

It was still early, but several other members of parliament were already in place, talking and laughing and discussing something.

Caitlin glanced at Salo and Hoskal, then secretly poked Li Lin's waist, motioning him to look over.

"Look, the two of them had a conflict of interest before, and the relationship was very bad, and now they are all allies." She said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"The Polpok and Worthladon families are also running on us in the military field, as if they are still secretly smuggling arms out?
"In the past few months, I helped the Piltover police crack down on several serious smuggling cases of hex devices and thermal weapons, which were transported to Noxus through the Sun Gate sea gate, with the Gilaman family's logo printed on them. The logo, which contains hidden inferior products, is not our product.

"But with your mechanical engineers and smart brains, we strictly control any field of exporting goods, especially Hex technology and energy weapons, which are forbidden to be sold, and there are special tracking signals. That’s how it should happen.”

Caitlin paused, the implication was obvious.

Other families of Hex devices and energy weapons have also done research, but in terms of energy weapons, only the Gilaman family has made achievements relying on Li Lin's design drawings.

Other families involved in the military industry are nothing more than "getting hot", producing a batch of inferior products with safety hazards like "Vishla's Hex Vinyl Gun", which are piled up in the warehouse and no one cares about them.

Besides, except for the Piltover guards, or other families who want to purchase in limited quantities, the Gilaman family never sells such dangerous weapons to other countries, especially Noxus, which is also a bill passed by the parliament long ago.

In order not to lose money, or for other purposes, certain families secretly smuggled fake Hex devices out in the name of the Gilaman family.

If they succeed, it will not only have a certain impact on the good reputation of Gilaman's family for a long time, but Karina will also be attacked by other members of the Piltover Council.

"The political situation in Piltover is very serious now. Since your technology allowed the Gilaman family to get involved in various fields, even surpassing the Philos and Myrdalda families, these councilors have begun to secretly target us in private."

The two stood in the listening position not far from the congressmen's round table. Sergeant Grayson was not qualified to participate in the parliamentary discussions. She would report the situation when the meeting was about to end.

Li Lin and Kate, who behaved a little closer, quickly attracted the attention of several congressmen.

Meier and Heimerdinger smiled and nodded to them.

The eyes of the members of the other four families flickered, not knowing what they were thinking.

Li Lin's expression was indifferent, and he looked at them one by one. The calmness in the depths of his eyes put a lot of pressure on the four councilors, making them look away unconsciously.

"Don't worry, I have a measure." He secretly squeezed Caitlin's hand and comforted him softly.

When Karina was in place, they all had deliberate smirks on their faces, their eyes flickering, and they greeted the current head of the first family in Piltover.

Mel leaned forward slightly, leaned his elbows against the table, and held his chin with his hand, "Although the time is not up yet, since everyone is here, let's start the meeting early."

"Oh~~Yes, I still have important research topics to study recently, let's start quickly!" Heimerdinger said immediately.

Hoskar looked nonchalant, pinched his orchid fingers, and sharpened his nails with a knife, "What do we have today?"

"It's mainly the problem of the Hexgate." Karina looked around, "Since the establishment of the Hexgate, few people use cargo ships to transport goods, and the pirates in Bilgewater have been coveting us. What about the tower, especially the pirate leader who was nicknamed 'The Plague of the Sea'."

Li Lin raised his eyebrows, curious in his heart.

The hexgate at Bilgewater was built immediately after Shurima, at the same time as the Noxian Immortal Fortress, at least a year ago.

Even if Planck, the king of pirates, was affected and could no longer plunder the cargo ships of Picheng, shouldn't he have had a fit long ago?

But then Salo's words answered the question: "Didn't we build the Hexfly Gate in the territory of the Baju people? How dare those stinky pirates provoke the people of the Baju Church?!"

"To be precise, it was built at the junction of the north and south parts of Bilgewater. The Baru people allocated the land for outsiders to live in Bilgewater."

Wothraton tapped the table with his gold-gloved hand, making a sharp "thump, thump".

"Since that's the case, shouldn't the Baru people help us more?" Saro looked at Voslaton, scratched his beard, and looked puzzled.

"We had negotiated with those Blue Flame Islands...according to their locals, they should be called the believers of the Python Islands for a long time, and they reluctantly agreed with us to build the Hex-Flying Gate."

As soon as Vosladon finished speaking, Polpok interjected: "We spent a lot of money on the construction of the temple of the Baru people, and even alarmed their elders and the true Illaoi, but They said they wouldn't do anything for us and that we were on our own if we wanted to get a foothold in Bilgewater."

"Tch, what a bunch of ignorant natives..." Hoskar curled his lips in disdain.

"Mr. Hoskar, this must not be heard by the Baru people." Heimerdinger immediately dissuaded, "Naga Kaporos, as the god of life in the Python Islands, is not just a illusory legend, she is It really exists!"

It's just a legendary sea monster, no matter how real it exists, can it come to Piltover to teach me?
Horskal obviously didn't take Heimerdinger's words seriously, with an absent-minded expression.

"You still have to listen to Senator Heimerdinger's advice, Senator Hoskall."

Although Mel despises these "brainless" guys, she still needs to be polite. Just as she always did, she kept a polite smile and reminded her a little.

Then, she turned her head and looked sideways, focusing on Karina, "Member Gilaman, what's the specific situation?"

"The gang of pirates set up checkpoints on the way from the tower to Bilgewater City, saying that they will collect half of our taxes, otherwise our goods will not be allowed to land on the island."

"How unreasonable! We have already paid [-]% of the tax to Planck, and it has only been a year, and he is so arrogant?!" Salo blushed and cursed.

"I said earlier that I shouldn't trust him and those Baju people." Hoskar said, "I've heard that the real person of the Baju Church had an affair with Planck."

Salo was stunned suddenly, "What else is there?"

It's not that he has never seen a picture of Illaoi, that kind of sturdy and strong woman is still...

Uh, he can only say that this ocean disaster is really hungry.

"Everyone, what we are going to discuss now is not these insignificant things." Seeing that the topic was off topic, Karina immediately stopped her.

A strange light flashed in Wothraton's eyes, and he glanced at Polpok, "Then what do you think should be done?"

Polpok and her seemed to have discussed it a long time ago, and immediately agreed: "Could it be possible that you want us to strengthen the guard? You know, this is a diplomatic issue."

What kind of diplomacy can Bilgewater, a city-state full of criminals, have? !

You have sent so many of your own guards to guard the towers in Noxus, Ionia and Shurima, why don't you talk about diplomacy?
A deep dissatisfaction appeared in Karina's heart, but her face was still calm.

"We can't compromise with Planck anymore, this will only make him gain an inch." She said, "He dares to ask for [-]% this time, and next time it will be [-]%. Next time, I am afraid that it will not directly occupy our Hexair The gate tower is gone."

"Then is it possible that we can still go to war with Planck?" Wothlaton asked back, giving Polpok a look.

"This is tantamount to going to war with all the pirates in Bilgewater. Not only does it violate our original intention of neutrality, but it will also get us into trouble in the city."

"A mere pirate makes you afraid like this?"

At this moment, Li Lin, who didn't want to hear these councilors gossip about such an easily resolved matter, stood up.

"Li Lin..." Kaitlyn looked anxious, but she didn't expect him to choose to show up at this inappropriate time.

Senator Voslaton and Polpok obviously intended to run on Karina, and Saro and Hoskar also turned to them.

Heimerdinger couldn't figure out the situation, and Mel was in a dilemma. He didn't want to hurt everyone's peace, and was trying to reconcile it.

Isn't Li Lin going out at this time to give the four councilors a chance to criticize Karina?

However, Kaitlyn quickly reflected on it, only to realize that today he intends to take over Piltover.

Although I don't know which way he will take, but from the current point of view, this may be his plan?

Caitlin stretched out her hand to catch Li Lin, but withdrew it, biting her lower lip lightly with her white teeth, slightly frowning, with a nervous and worried look on her face.

As soon as Li Lin's words came out of his mouth, the parliament hall fell into silence.

Including Karina, Mel, and Heimerdinger, the seven members of parliament seemed a little sluggish, not quite understanding the situation.

Right now, the parliamentarian meeting is going on, even if there is something urgent, at least wait for the congressmen to finish discussing the important matters before talking about it?
Seeing Li Lin approaching the round table of councilors step by step, Karina suddenly had a bad feeling and asked nervously, "Li Lin, what's the matter with you?"

"A Planck, why make it so complicated?" He smiled, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.

Under the shocked gaze of several people, part of the clothes on his body seemed to have turned into a black liquid, flowing down his legs to the ground, and then reunited, quickly turning into the appearance of a congressman's seat.

Li Lin pulled up the chair and sat next to Karina on the left hand side leading to the central gap.

He is obviously a craftsman, so what if he is famous in Shuangcheng?

How dare this guy be so arrogant?
This is the idea that emerged in the minds of the four congressmen.

"you……"

Sa Luo stared and was about to explode, but Li Lin said first: "The disaster of the ocean is not a problem for today's Picheng, and Bilgewater is not his world alone. Time to clean up."

After saying these words, even Mel and Heimerdinger showed a trace of doubt and solemnity in their eyes.

Today's Li Lin is so tough, compared with the approachable and easy-going personality in the past, he is a completely different person.

What is he trying to do?
"Li Lin..." Karina called out his name, but was also interrupted by him waving.

"Well, Bilgewater and the Hexgate aren't really the main issues today."

Li Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, and glanced at Saro, Horskall, Polpok, and Wothlaton one by one. The cold look in their eyes made their skin crawl.

"Today's meeting, we have to talk about the crimes you committed."

(End of this chapter)