"What happened?" Hearing the noise from outside the ship, Li Ang wanted to go out immediately to see what was wrong.

However, before he left, the first mate quickly grabbed him and said, "Young master, don't go, this is all explained by General Sima!"

Because Sima's core arrangement was guessed by Li Ang, and the first mate thought Li Ang already knew it, so he did not tell Sima Gang's follow-up explanation in time. Now that he saw that Li Ang was going out, he realized that Li Ang did not know the subsequent arrangements, so the first mate quickly continued: "Those are bandits nearby. When we transported aid supplies here a few times, we had already dealt with them. Most of them were civilians nearby. Because they really had nothing to eat and didn't want to leave this area, they turned into bandits."

"Yeah." I heard that ordinary civilians had to be bandits because they had no food. Li Ang didn't feel much disgusted with these thieves, so he temporarily gave up his plan to go out and asked the first mate: "What are they doing now?"

"They are helping us carry the goods." The first mate explained truthfully.

Li Ang was very surprised at this statement, so he asked: "Why did the bandits help us transport goods?"

The first mate continued to truthfully explain: "Because we will pay them."

"How much?" Li Ang thought it was much more reasonable when he heard that he would be paid.

However, after Li Ang asked this, the first mate obviously hesitated for a moment, but he could not lie to his young master, so he said after a while of silence: "Half of our supplies."

"Half means?"

"Half of the supplies used to aid those victims."

"Ce Na! Isn't this a robbery??!!" Originally, Li Ang heard that these civilians were forced by life and had to be bandits, and he also had some sympathy for them. Now, when he heard what they did, he immediately became very upset.

After hearing Li Ang’s words, the first mate immediately reminded: “They are robbers.”

"Okay... you are right..." Li Ang, who has always been responsible for complaining about other people's work, was immediately sluggish by his subordinates today. However, a group of thieves wanted to divide half of the village's supplies, and Li Ang was still very uncomprehensible, so he asked: "How many of these bandits are there, and how many are there in Ximu Village?"

"There are about twenty bandits, and there are more than 300 residents in Ximu Village now." When Li Ang asked about this information, the first mate who had run on this channel three or four times could still answer. However, his answer made Li Ang even more unhappy, because a group of thieves with only twenty people actually divided half of the supplies of 300 people, so Li Ang was very unhappy - although the one who was robbed was not Li Ang's caravan, they sent these goods!

So Li Ang, who was unhappy, continued to ask: "How strong are those bandits?"

"It's neither strong nor weak. They are stronger than ordinary soldiers, but they lack high-end power."

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" After hearing the first lieutenant's analysis, Li Ang immediately gave such an evaluation. If these bandits had high-end power, they would have gone to a wealthier place to make money. Who would have been stuck in this scorched earth in war? So Li Ang asked the first lieutenant again: "Is there any more specific measurement criteria?"

"More specific? There is indeed. When I first came here, General Sima asked his personal guard Zhao Tian to come with me. Zhao Tian was quite powerful. He defeated their leader in just about fifteen moves." Hearing that Li Ang wanted a more accurate standard, the first mate gave a more accurate standard.

Li Ang was not sure what level Zhao Tian was, but when he and Xu Zhe came together that day, he was still controlled by Les with one move, so his level was at its limit. Although Leon may not be able to beat Les, his Liang Sai'er beat him up that day. After understanding this comparison, Li Ang also gained some understanding of the strength of the leader of the thieves.

To describe it in two simple words, that is: not strong.

Since the other party was not strong, Li Ang naturally became even more confused: "Their strength is not strong, why do we still give half of the nutrients to them? Didn't Zhao Tian defeat their leader that day? There was no need to give them the supplies, right?!"

"Because we don't have private soldiers!" Hearing Li Ang's question, the first mate was also very frustrated. "Although General Sima has a good personal guard, our Juventus consortium actually does not have its own private army. Although there are many down-and-out mercenaries in the refugee camp and some deserters with anonymous names, General Sima said: You need to form a private army yourself."

"This Sima!" Li Ang heard the first mate say this and pronounced the name fiercely. Because he clearly appointed the consortium to that guy, he was still so lazy, so the trouble fell on Li Ang again. Of course, Li Ang was not unable to understand his thoughts, that is, this is: the private soldiers of such individual consortiums must be created by the most core people to ensure their loyalty.

Although Sima is a kind of act of showing loyalty, Li Ang believes that he just wants to be lazy. After all, according to his personality: Compared with being lazy, it is simply not worth mentioning. That guy has been lazy during the two years of studying abroad, so for him, finding various possible opportunities to be lazy is in line with his style of conduct.

But no matter whether he is lazy or not, Li Ang can't find him now, so Li Ang said to the first mate next to him: "We will talk about other issues later. You should bring the sailor with combat capabilities first. I am going ashore to meet this thief leader."

"But... Master Sima's suggestion is not to attack them!" The first mate heard that Li Ang had completely ignored the general's explanation and shouted out in embarrassment. However, Li Ang didn't believe Sima planned to shrink to the end, so he asked back: "What is Sima's original words? I don't believe it is: 'Don't attack them'."

Li Ang’s inference was correct, so the first mate nodded and then repeated truthfully: “The original words of General Sima were: If there were no private troops, it would be better not to get along with these thieves casually. But I am only responsible for managing the economy, so as a businessman without armed forces to protect, some protection fees should be paid.”

"Is this fucking guy forcing me to form a private army?" Hearing the first mate's repetition of the original words, Li Ang could not understand Sima's true intentions. However, even if Sima didn't say it, after understanding the importance of the private army to the consortium, Li Ang would naturally take the initiative to form it, so he replied to the first mate: "Bring someone with me, I will form a private army... No, Sima, it turns out that he has already calculated this point at the beginning... This is really... private army, we already have it!" (To be continued. Please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!)
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