Two Cities: I am building a mecha in Pi City

With Hilko's intervention, this Alchemy Baron meeting went smoothly.

Li Lin told the six alchemy barons present about his ideas for the construction of the bottom city who had not yet recovered from their panic.

Everyone is very willing to support him, but is it just hypocrisy and subterfuge on the surface...

The construction project in Zaun will begin soon, and the answer will be revealed by then.

However, based on Li Lin's observation of several people's expressions, at least three old acquaintances, Yi Ni, Barritt and Longfellow, would cooperate.

As for Bonnie, Li Lin could see the resentment and resentment flashing through her eyes from time to time.

This woman should have a close relationship with Finn, and it seems that she might be able to cause trouble secretly.

It's just that Bonnie only monopolized Zaun's dance hall industry, and his strength was relatively weak among the Alchemy Barons.

Coupled with the conflict of interest between Lenata and her recent acquisition of a dance hall, this alchemist baron cannot make too big a splash in a short time.

Of the two remaining Alchemy Barons, one can tell with a quick glance that Mrs. Voss is timid on the surface but harbors ulterior motives.

But Lannar still maintained a calm smile, hiding it so deeply that nothing could be seen.

But Li Lin knew that she had deals with the big families in Pi City, and her property was inseparable from Shangcheng.

Unless someone instigates it, there is a high probability that it will not conflict with aspects related to the construction of Zaun.

In addition, since Finn's death, the border market at the junction of Piltover and Zaun has no leader.

Li Lin originally poked Fandel secretly several times, hoping that he would take the opportunity to speak out at the meeting and take the border market into his own hands.

But what he didn't expect was that Fandel, who had a stubborn temper like a donkey, was still angry, completely ignored him, and remained silent until the end of the meeting.

Even if Hilko opened his mouth to leave the border market, he didn't say a word.

Originally, Li Lin had no intention of letting Hilko take advantage of this, but he really couldn't bring himself to say so.

As a member of the Gila Mann family, if he were to go to the border market, the other alchemy barons would only think that the upper city family was interfering in the affairs of the lower city.

Although in the final analysis, they will have to intervene in the future, at least they will gradually assimilate.

This is the "boil the frog in warm water" plan conceived by Li Lin. While building the bottom city, he vigorously promotes his name.

When Zaun develops, the people of Zaun will eventually remember that it was Li Lin who made them live a good life, not the alchemy barons.

Now is the early stage of the development of Zaun, so unnecessary conflicts should be avoided as much as possible.

After the Alchemy Baron meeting ended, Hilko was the first to leave and asked his men to recruit the people brought by Finn.

Maybe Finn is not very good to his subordinates.

This recruitment process turned out to be very smooth. Even if they learned about their boss's death, these guys didn't seem too surprised.

Immediately afterwards, Voss left with his own hands expressionlessly.

The four alchemy barons who were acquainted with Fandel said hello to him, and each led their own men and left in a hurry.

To Li Lin's surprise, Lannar came to him to greet him politely before leaving, and asked a few questions about the construction before letting the maid push him away.

For the next time, only Li Lin and Fandel, who was sitting silently on the chair, were left in the room.

Not long after, the brown-red double doors with silver-white inlays were pushed open again, and Bensuo, the stern Sevika and the bald man walked in with a gloomy look on their faces.

"Damn it, if I had known that Hilko would come today, I should have brought the shotgun in the store and shot him in the head."

"There are too many of them, Bensuo. If you really do this, we probably won't be able to walk out standing up today." The bald man rubbed his shiny forehead and said helplessly.

"You're just a coward, Cord. As long as Hilko's head is shot off with one shot, will his subordinates still listen to the orders of a dead man?" Bensuo crossed his arms and snorted coldly, and the fat on his face and body swayed. .

Severka ignored Bensuo's words and moved a chair to sit in front of Li Lin and Fandel. "Looking at the looks on Silko and the alchemy barons just now, you should have concluded the negotiation, right?"

But soon, she noticed something wrong with Fandel's mood, and looked at Li Lin with a puzzled expression, "Why, you haven't reached an agreement?"

"It's settled, Fandel is not angry because of this matter."

Li Lin pointed to the side of the hall, where Finn's charred body was still lying there undisposed of.

Bensuo poked his head out and glanced in the direction he was pointing, his face suddenly shocked, "Holy crap, how did this stupid guy like Finn become like this?"

"Didn't Hilko just say that this guy is dead?" the bald man Codd explained.

"Of course I heard it, tsk tsk... I just didn't expect this guy to die so miserably." Bensuo clicked his tongue, "Just die. Anyway, this idiot hasn't done anything good in the past few years."

"Did you kill him?" Sevika raised her eyebrows slightly with an expression of surprise.

Hilko didn't reveal who killed Finn just now.

But judging from the miserable and fragmented body of this guy, ordinary weapons would not have such power.

Therefore, only Li Lin can do this.

"You are too impulsive, Li Lin." Before Li Lin could respond, Fandel, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

Li Lin opened his mask, and his calm eyes met his.

"Are you sad for him? Have you forgotten how he treated you before? In Finn's heart, you are no longer his boss."

"That's what I said, but..." Fandel looked hesitant, "But after all, he has fought with us before, and he is our brother..."

"Hehehe..." Li Lin couldn't help laughing.

His eyes quickly passed over the faces of Bensuo, Sevika and Cord, taking in all their expressions.

"Brother? See if your brothers and sisters recognize him?"

Fandel was stunned for a moment, then looked at the three of them.

Sevika was okay. She usually didn't have much expression on her face, and she kept a cold expression at this time, so she couldn't tell anything.

But the expressions of Benso and Cord were more of gloating over Finn's death, and they didn't look sad at all.

"Do you really think that if you save Finn's life, he will listen to you honestly? Don't be stupid." Li Lin snorted, "I think you should know his nature very well."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ben Suo on the side responded and persuaded: "Li Lin is right. Fandel, you don't know what Finn has done in recent years.

"We know you are nostalgic for old friendship, but this guy really deserved his death. He has a very deep heart. Getting rid of him can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people."

Even Benso said this, and the resentment in Fandel's heart dissipated a bit.

"Sigh... Even if that's what you said, you shouldn't do that in the meeting." He looked gloomy and sighed.

"I didn't want to do this originally, but he was too out of touch."

Li Lin paused for a moment and continued with an indifferent attitude:

“This is the case for controllers who have been at the pinnacle of power for a long time, especially in an environment like Zaun. You must show more power than others, so that others will know that you are not someone to be trifled with, and then they will respect you.

"This is Zaun's survival law Fandel. Although it is inappropriate to describe it as the law of the jungle, I can't think of a better word... You should know these better than me."

To be honest, Li Lin felt that Zaun's situation was actually somewhat similar to Noxus' national philosophy in some aspects.

As a person who has no power and no personal power, it is very common to be bullied by others.

If you don't want to be bullied, you have to join a powerful gang, or be so strong that others don't dare to provoke you.

After saying this, the eyes of Bensuo, Sevika and Cord changed when they looked at Li Lin.

They didn't expect that a person from the upper city knew the rules of the lower city so well, as if he had grown up in the lower city since he was a child.

Fandel opened his mouth hesitantly, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh again helplessly.

These words are really similar to Hilko’s philosophy...

Li Lin didn't intend to give up, "So Fandel, why don't you fight for the border market?"

"One dark alley is enough. I'm tired of fighting for power and profit..." Fandel shook his head, "But no matter what, I will do my best to help you build the city, as long as you can use me."

Li Lin wanted to say something more, but was stopped by a look from Sevika sitting opposite.

Immediately, she said with a hoarse voice: "Okay, let's stop here today. It's time to go back."