The career of an evil alchemist started when he picked up the Mad Sword Girl

"Well, we will definitely..." Lan Jie let out a long breath, "Now, I'd better tell you about the Black Snail Gang."

Then, Lan Jie began to introduce the Black Snail Gang to Lu Lin in detail.

This is also the first time Lu Lin really understands the details of the Black Snail Gang.

Like most gangs, the Black Snail Gang has many factions, but these so-called factions are actually more like small groups of cronies formed around certain core figures.

There are only two official factions of the Black Snail Gang.

The Zhengwo sect, which has existed since the gang was founded, and the Yewo sect, which emerged after taking over local forces.

The Black Snail Gang was not a gang in Diling Town.

The earliest members of the Black Snail Gang were actually just ordinary villagers in an ordinary village within the empire, living a peaceful life of farming, hunting, and relying on the sky for food.

It wasn't until an underground city appeared not far from the village that their peaceful life was broken.

No one knows the reason for the emergence of dungeons. These things are like mushrooms in the ground. They might appear inexplicably in a certain area one day.

As long as there is a dungeon, monsters will emerge from it and move around.

In order to fight against these monsters that disturb the peace of the village, the Black Snail Team, the predecessor of the Black Snail Gang, was born.

They are all the strongest men in the village. They use the common local black snail as a battle flag, pick up farm tools and wooden sticks and stand together to fight against monsters and defend their homeland.

Such days are said to have lasted for 20 years.

The Black Snails have also grown from the farmers' self-defense force into a civilian armed force with considerable combat effectiveness.

Sounds very beautiful, right?

But in fact, only the people of the Black Snail Team know how many difficult battles they have experienced and how many tragic deaths of their companions they have witnessed before they have gone through these 20 years.

As members of the Black Snail Team, they longed for the day when the Black Snail Team would be disbanded more than anyone else.

Finally, 20 years after they formed the team, they found their savior.

The Holy Religion brought a powerful hero. He had a tall and strong body and carried a long knife on his waist. His sharp sword skills and swiftness of the sword completely refreshed everyone in the Black Snail Team's understanding of manpower. Cognition.

The hero went to the depths of the dungeon alone, fought for several months, and finally succeeded in defeating the devil in the deepest part of the dungeon.

Since then, the monsters in the entire dungeon have completely disappeared, and the Black Snail Team can finally disband and live a happy and beautiful life...

Ok.

If so.

There would be no more Black Snail Gang.

No one expected that even though all the monsters in the dungeon had been eliminated, a large group of new residents would arrive near the village.

It is said that the person who came is the son of the king of our empire who has had countless wives. He was given a title and nearby land was given to him as a fief.

He brought a group of troops, a large number of slaves, and some craftsmen and workers here, intending to build a city nearby.

This city will be built using the resources in the already harmless dungeon, and then use the city as a base to continue to develop the resources deep in the dungeon.

This kind of thing is not uncommon. The dungeons that have not been vanquished are dangerous caves, but the dungeons that have been completely vanquished have become safe treasure troves. There are countless cities in the world, and it is in these cities that have been destroyed. It was built on top of the harmed dungeon, absorbing the resources of the dungeon as nutrients.

It is precisely because of these countless wealthy cities that the empire is now extremely powerful.

At first glance, this seems good.

After all, the place where we live is going to be improved, which is supposed to be a good thing.

The Black Snail Team also thought at that time that a good life with no worries about food and clothing would be waiting for them.

But in the end, in order to build the city, all of their ready-made young laborers were forced into the city by the new lord, and worked as coolies to build the city and build roads.

In the entire village, no one who could work or had strength was left behind.

While they were working as coolies, countless of them missed their relatives day and night, but the lord was said to have heard about the name of their Black Snail Team, and seemed to be on guard against them, and sent people to strictly guard them. Afraid that they would cause trouble, they were not given a chance to go home to visit their relatives.

These annoying days passed for several months.

It wasn't until Empire Day that they were able to get a holiday and go home to visit relatives.

But when they returned to their hometown, they discovered that the village they had spent 20 years and countless sacrifices of blood and companions to protect, their home, had been reduced to nothing in just a few months. A ruin.

Chapter 45 When the team gets bigger and there are fewer enemies, it becomes difficult to lead the team.

You can always trust the landlord's ability to produce stupid sons.

Prince Brother, who is not a fan of worldly things, can always come up with all kinds of genius ways to mess up everything.

Their shallow life experience always makes them like monkeys breaking off corns, breaking off this and losing that.

The Black Snail team's village was destroyed.

Not only their village, but almost all the villages in the nearby area were destroyed.

In order to complete the construction of the city as quickly as possible, the prince mobilized almost all the strong men in the nearby areas. Of course, he never thought about sending troops to protect these villages.

As a result, these villages, with only the old, weak, women and children left, completely lost the ability to protect themselves. Even if they wanted to hire people to guard the villages, there was no one to hire. Then, of course, they became the fat sheep in the eyes of the wild bandits.

As a result, bandits were raging in the surrounding area, and waves of bandits robbed homes in nearby villages, causing trouble and causing several deaths from time to time.

As time went by, the village residents became panic-stricken, starved of food, and lived miserable lives.

In desperation, most residents had no choice but to abandon their villages and seek shelter near the cities being built.

At first, the prince didn't feel anything was wrong. He just felt that his newly built town had attracted some poor refugees, so he simply had people build simple shacks outside the city for these people to live in.

Later, more and more people gathered outside the city, and the prince finally realized that something was wrong. After sending someone to investigate, he realized that he had done something wrong. Almost all the surrounding villages were in chaos, at least within this year. Taxation in the neighborhood should be considered completely finished.

But what could he do now that it was too late to let people go back and rebuild the village. In desperation, the prince could only build a large number of temporary shacks near the town and provide food to the villagers on a regular basis every day. Then all efforts will be made to build towns. As for the issues of village reconstruction and land cultivation, they will be considered after the completion of town construction.

Anyway, now that the new city is being developed, it is easier for him to apply for money and food from his own father, and he will not be unable to afford the food rations of these residents.

He thinks well, and in fact, he is: indeed generous enough.

But the members of the Black Snail Team were already disheartened.

Although they later found most of their relatives in the resettlement area outside the city, when they heard their relatives tell how the bandits trampled on the village they had guarded for 20 years and insulted their relatives over and over again, Their anger could no longer be restrained.

All this anger has to go somewhere.

The lord is willing to take in their families and provide them with food. In their simple understanding, the lord is a good person.

In this case, their anger was naturally directed at those thieves and bandits.

It was also that day that the Black Snail Team officially became the Black Snail Gang.

Taking advantage of their vacation, they left the city directly, took up arms, and pointed their fingers at the nearby bandits.

The prince at the top quickly learned about this because he had been monitoring them, a local armed force. However, he heard that their target was a nearby bandit, and after thinking about it, he let them go.

Anyway, he himself will have to deal with these thieves sooner or later. Now that someone is taking the lead, it may not be a bad thing for him. If he sends someone to stop them, he will have to send an extra manpower. Whether he can pull them back is unclear. explain.

The Black Snail Gang did not disappoint their prince brother. Relying on the combat experience accumulated from fighting monsters for many years, their road to suppressing bandits was smooth, but there was no bandit or bandit that they encountered. Can beat them.

Of course, it is impossible for them to kill all these bandits. In most cases, they kill the leader and the gangsters among them, and then separate them. They will lead them as the Black Snail Team once did with newcomers, in order to strengthen their own army. Team.

Over time, the Black Snail Gang grew from dozens of people at the beginning to hundreds of people.

That was also the time when the Black Snail Gang had the largest number of members in its history.

There are more and more people, and fewer and fewer bandits dare to fight against them. With more people, more and more rations are consumed. Gradually, they can no longer support their daily consumption by just making money and buying food. .

The days are getting harder and harder, and some problems have even begun to appear within the Black Snail Gang. Some small groups are dissatisfied with their current life, so they join the gang and run away secretly, and actually become bandits again.

The Black Snail Gang initially tried to deal with these traitors, but after one or two attempts, they stopped doing so.

Not to mention the friendship between the traitor and the gang member. The gang members value friendship, so they feel somewhat uncomfortable when they start fighting.

The most important thing is that there is no gain at all from conquering these traitors who have just defected.

The Black Snail Gang has always made a living by conquering bandits and confiscating their supplies. However, the traitors who have just defected are almost as poor as the Black Snail Gang. There is no profit from beating them. Instead, they are killed every day in the process. It will only be a waste of money and food.

As the situation of the Black Snail Gang became worse and worse, the leader of the Black Snail Gang at the time also realized that it was not a long-term solution to continue like this, and it was almost time for them to find a place to stay.

At first, they wanted to go back and forth from wherever they wanted, but after all, they were now nominally a gang wandering around. In the eyes of others, they were no different from bandits.

In addition, there are so many of them. If they really return to their place of origin, God knows whether the prince will recognize their good people's account.

Even if they could identify the dozens of people they ran out of, what about the rest?

What should they do?

After all, they were all bandits. Who would dare to surrender to a lord without being charged with a bunch of crimes of burning, killing and looting?

In the end, some members who couldn't let go of their loved ones chose to leave the Black Snail Gang and return to their hometowns. Some members formed gangs and left the Black Snail Gang and became bandits. In addition, the last remaining hundreds of people followed the gang leader and started another career. Find his way.

After many twists and turns, they finally found this earthly town.

As the territory of the Goblin Tribe, the identity of bandits was not as taboo here as in other places. Moreover, the gangs in the town were very powerful at that time, and the Goblin Tribe lords at that time also needed the help of armed forces like them.

"These members of the Black Snail Gang who have traveled all the way here are now the Zhengwo Sect."

"It's just that after so many years, there were not many women among the Zhengwo sect. Gradually, the inheritors became earth spirit hybrids."

"To this day, the mixed bloodline is no longer obvious. However, the responsibilities of the Zhengwo Sect have not changed much. The town guards are basically from us, and they are responsible for protecting the town."

Chapter 46 Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.

Lan Jie said and took a sip of tea.

"Now, the main business of the Zhengwo Sect is still to help the mayor train guards, or to undertake some escort tasks."

"This doesn't sound like a gangster at all," Lu Lin said, holding his cheeks.

"We shouldn't be gangs in the first place," Lan Jie sighed, "Remember what I said before, when the Black Snail Gang first arrived here, the gangs in the town were very powerful. After the Black Snail Gang arrived, they started to Deal with local gangsters."

"The Black Snail Gang was so powerful at that time, it shouldn't be difficult to destroy the local gang, right?" Lu Lin asked.

"No, on the contrary, it cannot be eliminated at all," Lan Jie shook his head. "At that time, they said they were gangs. To be precise, they should be local forces that are not controlled by the mayor and have their own armed forces."

"This kind of force, if its members are really separated one by one, who is not the relative or child of the local residents? If they are uprooted, the result will be tantamount to turning the entire town upside down."

"The mayor at the time also understood very well that it was impossible to eradicate this kind of forces, and he could only find ways to manage them."

"Since they were dissatisfied with the mayor's management methods, the mayor decided to let the Black Snail Gang try gang management methods."

"Bangzu didn't disappoint the mayor at the time. They acted like a foreign gang and went directly to the local gangs to compete with them for the boss position."

"This is very clever. If they, as the mayor's men, deal with these people, the local gangs will definitely join forces with the local forces to cause trouble, making it impossible for the mayor to step down."

"But if it is a foreign gang, the nature of the matter is that the gang will seize power. In this way, the local gang will not ask for help from local forces, because asking for help is tantamount to admitting defeat in the gang war, and they cannot afford to lose this person."

"And the way to fight for the boss is very simple and crude. You just open the ring and fight. Whoever has the strongest fist will be the boss. This is also the easiest way to convince these people."

"It seems that this is how the tradition of deciding gang leaders through duels has been established? These former local gangs are now the Yeshu sect, right?" Lu Lin touched his chin, "But it has been so many years? What is the difference between the two sects? Is it still this big? Even though they have all been taken back, the Zhengwo Sect and the mayor just let the Yewo Sect continue to behave like this?"

"No matter how long time passes, the essence remains unchanged," Lan Jie said helplessly, "Behind the Zhengwo sect is the mayor, supported by the power of the lords, while behind the Yewo sect are local snakes, chambers of commerce, and wealthy families, who are local As long as both forces exist for a long time, Zhengwo Sect and Yewo Sect can only coexist."

Looking at Lan Jie, Lu Lin held his chin in one hand and fell silent for a moment.

He had never realized that this seemingly inconspicuous town was so complete.

The core of the conflict between the Night Snail sect and the residents seems to be due to the lord's inaction, but unexpectedly, the real root cause is still class conflict.

The Yewo Sect is a sword used by the big businessmen to show off their power, and it is a weapon used by the local powerful class to oppress the people at the bottom.

The conflict between the Zhengwo Sect and the Yewo Sect is the conflict between the lords' power and the local power. It is a pure struggle of interests. Although the two sides will continue to fight, they will not really fight to the death.

"I suddenly felt that my price was too low," Lu Lin said abruptly, "It seems that what I have to deal with is not as simple as a group of local ruffians..."

"Haha, the price has been negotiated, but there is no reason to change it," Lan Jie smiled, "Besides, the situation is not as complicated as you think. Those local forces are by no means monolithic. There are also struggles between them. This time In addition to helping the Yewo Sect seize the position of gang leader, I am afraid that he also wants to increase his influence in the Yewo Sect. This is not only suppressing us, but also eroding the power of other local forces. We will attack him. , other forces will not take action."

"Okay, what you said makes sense," Lu Lin nodded, "Then, will our Lord take action against our actions?"

"It's a pity, probably not," Lan Jie shook his head slightly, "According to the usual practice, he won't help us with things, but when the things are done, he will help us block the trouble later."

"If you do it well, you can help me a little. If you don't do anything wrong, it has nothing to do with him. Haha, it's quite similar to that," Lu Lin smiled.

, "Things are more troublesome than expected. However, I was worried before that you would deduct my wages after the work is completed. Now it seems that since I am working for the official, I should at least not worry about you defaulting on the bill."

"It's natural," Lan Jie said solemnly, "Moreover, this is not only to do things, but also to avenge my brother. Just for this reason, it is impossible for me to default on the bill."

"Okay, I see you are a man, I believe you," Lu Lin nodded.