The guard at the door signaled that only two people could get in.

Tu Wentan had no choice but to ask a more trustworthy subordinate to follow him.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the office on the fourth floor.

Tuk Tuk——

Lao Xie knocked on the door.

"Enter!"

Li Yu was sitting on the sofa in the center, smoking a cigarette and looking at the door.

Next to him, the third uncle also crossed his legs and looked at the door curiously. Sitting next to the third uncle was Wu Jianguo.

Li Tie and Cannon were sitting on the stools at the back. There was a thumbnail map of the Northern Territory on the table. When someone knocked on the door, Li Tie quickly put the map away.

The door was pushed open.

After Lao Xie walked in, he bowed slightly and said respectfully to Li Yu and his third uncle:

"City Lord, Minister, I brought them here."

Li Yu waved his hand, but looked behind him.

I saw a short but rather strong man looking at me with confusion, and a young man following him.

Li Yu did not stand up, but pointed to the seat next to him and said:

"sit."

This was not the first time that Tu Wentan came to this office, but it was Governor Yuan who sat here before.

But now, sitting here is a strange and handsome young man. Could it be that this is Yuan Zhi's son, who looks like he doesn't want to grow up.

When he saw Wu Jianguo, he felt calm. He didn't meet anyone he knew along the way.

He had seen this Wu Jianguo before when he came to the northern border.

With his heart full of doubts, he hurriedly walked over, stood and said:

"It's okay, it's okay. I can just stand. I wonder what you call me, City Lord?"

Li Yu raised his eyebrows and said lightly:

"My surname is Li, sit down and chat."

Then he greeted the cannon behind him:

"Cannon, give these two a cup of tea."

When Tu Wentan saw Li Yu asking him to sit down again, he didn't dare to stand anymore.

The first time may be to be polite, you can stand to show your dignity and order, to show weakness.

But if I ask you to sit down for the second time, it is an order.

If you don't know the truth, you may offend someone, and your attempts to please will be counterproductive.

But after he sat down, his butt only dared to touch the sofa a little bit, and his body tensed up tightly.

Li Yu and the third uncle next to him looked at each other.

Just now on the way Tu Wentan came over, Li Yu had already discussed it with his third uncle.

Sanshu and Li Yu were not sure about the forces affiliated with the Northern Territory, but Wu Jianguo had stayed in the Northern Territory for a relatively long time.

He does know a little bit about it.

I also learned about the situation of the affiliated forces in the north from Wu Jianguo.

Surrounding the Northern Federation, the farthest affiliated force is 500 kilometers away from here.

The nearest one is only fifty kilometers away. Among them, there are some big and small forces.

There are twenty-six in total.

These forces take the initiative to transport protection money to the Northern Federation every quarter.

Before Li Yu and the others invaded the Northern Territory Federation, these forces happened to have paid protection fees to the Northern Territory a few days ago.

So for now, most of the forces may not know that the Northern Territory has changed its owner.

Wu Jianguo was not very impressed by Tu Wentan, he just knew that he was a small force.

Relying on a natural cave in the suburbs of Langshi, a small force with a hundred people was established.

This natural cave is surrounded by steep hillsides.

Resembling a bowl, the surroundings of the cave are steep at 80 or 90 degrees, with rugged rocks.

But there is an open space in the center. There is no obstruction above this open space, and the sun can shine through.

However, the area is not large, only about ten acres.

There are entrances at the front and back of the cave, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. One man can guard the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it.

Because of this, they were able to resist the zombie wave with their extremely weak firepower.

However, because their power is really weak, they have been harassed by other forces around them.

In the end, he fled to the north and was able to survive.

Li Yu originally wanted to ignore these forces because he was too lazy to bother.

And once these forces cause trouble or have conflicts with each other, they have to go over and mediate.

It's not worth spending a lot of energy just for those protection fees.

However, when Wu Jianguo revealed the amount of protection fees these forces paid to the North every quarter, Li Yu changed his mind.

Also...it's not like you can't take in some younger brothers...

In addition, the third uncle also mentioned that since Yuan Zhi escaped, the place of escape is likely to be among these forces.

If these forces are not gathered together,

Once Yuan Zhi convinces these two dozen forces to fight back together, it will also be a threat.

In addition, the third uncle also mentioned two reasons why Li Yu had to do this.

One is to use these forces to let them find the whereabouts of Yuan Zhi.

The other is to use these forces to expand their influence in the north, and even lure some people to the Oil City to help build a trading market.

Therefore, under the persuasion of his third uncle and Wu Jianguo, Li Yu planned to talk to Tu Wentan first, and take this opportunity to tell the other twenty-five forces through Tu Wentan and let them take the initiative to come and see him.

If anyone doesn't come, don't blame him for being rude.

And for those who don’t come, it’s very likely that Yuan Zhi is in that force.

....

Li Yu withdrew his gaze, looked at Tu Wentan calmly and said:

"I always pay attention to efficiency in my work."

"You said you have encountered a problem. The force next door to you is causing trouble for you. What is the name of that force? How many people are there? How strong is it?"

Tu Wentan saw that Li Yu was straight to the point, so he put aside his doubts.

He doesn't care who is in charge of the Northern Territory, as long as he can help him.

So he quickly said:

"That force is also an affiliated force in our northern territory and is very powerful.

It's very close to us in Gu County.

The name is the Dawn Group. There are about three hundred people. They were lucky enough to seize a county-level police station with about dozens of guns.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! They blatantly violated the rules of our Northern Federation and launched attacks like other affiliated members. This is a slap in the face of our Northern Territory."

When Li Yu heard this, he looked at Tu Wentan a little funny.

Is just having dozens of guns called strong?

But it's understandable, after all, having a gun is already rare in the apocalypse.

Many times, guns only serve as a deterrent.

Without bullets, a gun is no different than a fire stick.

Tu Wentan saw that Li Yu was silent, so he continued:

"City Lord Li, I don't know what changes have taken place in the Northern Territory, but we still firmly support the Northern Territory. As long as the Northern Territory exists, we will definitely pay the protection fee every quarter."

Li Yu looked at Tu Wentan and felt that he was somewhat interesting.

Tu Wentan's meaning is very clear.

It is to tell Li Yu that he is not loyal to a certain person, but he is loyal to the North.

As long as whoever controls the Northern Territory, he will pay the protection fee to whomever he wants and listen to whoever does it.
To be continued...