Zhou Jinru was stunned. Kesha had obviously only heard the first half of the sentence. He then thought about it, and there was nothing wrong with it. The big girl in front of him was actually just a teenage girl in her heart. It was normal for her focus to wander.

"Kesha, there are still many things you have to do in the future."

Even if the girl in front of him only has symbolic meaning to Saint Aral, her existence is still indispensable.

After pulling the Rust Belt people out of the quagmire, they have to face a lot of problems. No matter how deep the family fortune Russell left behind is, it will be exhausted one day. They have to find a way of survival that suits them.

Kesha rubbed her eyes and dozed off: "Aguang, I think you know a lot more than me. Uncle Ask asked me to speak in front of the camera today. I tried many times before I managed to record it successfully."

Zhou Jinru thought that the scene that Asker wanted to record was nothing more than Kesha speaking in the Timos Manor, so that the anxious Rust Belt people could feel at ease.

"Take your time, once it's raw, the next time it's familiar."

Now Kesha does not have the qualifications to become a leader, so Aske is basically handling all the big and small things. It was not easy for Russell to be alone in the first place.

Kesha tilted her head and said with hope in her tone: "Aguang, why don't you come and help me? You and Uncle Aske will definitely get along! He doesn't have to be so tired."

Zhou Jinru laughed and said: "Have you forgotten that I also have Rhode Island? You have also met Amiya. In terms of status, she is still my immediate boss."

"Well, if you come to help me, Amiya will definitely be very sad."

Kesha was a little disappointed, but she quickly recovered her emotions: "Then I won't force you, you must protect Amiya."

Zhou Jinru chuckled and said, "That's my responsibility."

Asik's voice came from the door: "It seems you had a good chat?"

Zhou Jinru turned around and saw Aske walking in. He had previously seen him carrying a cane, but now he had already thrown it aside. He was walking vigorously and energetically.

"what have you found?"

"I find it has not been easy for you all these years."

Ask sighed: "Not only is it not easy, the master has to dye his hair white every once in a while, because only a sluggish Rust Belt Godfather will not irritate Colombia."

He looked at Kesha: "Miss, Mr. Aguang and I need to discuss the future development prospects..."

Kesha asked: "Do you need me to leave?"

"No, Kesha, you come with us," Zhou Jinru shook his head and turned to Asker, "Since she is sitting here, she has the right to know what we are talking about."

Ask asked in a low voice: "Is it too early?"

"Uncle Ask, I am no longer a child."

Kesha stood between the two of them, and Asik closed his eyes: "Aguang, they all said that you can take care of children. It seems that they are not lying."

Zhou Jinru didn't care whether he could take care of children or not, he just said: "Young age doesn't mean anything."

The three people left the reception room and walked in the brightly lit passage. From time to time they could see staff running back and forth. These people moved quickly, did not slack off, and did their work seriously.

Ask asked: "What do you think?"

Zhou Jinru said truthfully: "Mr. Timos left a lot of things."

"The things the master left behind can only help us overcome the current difficulties. There will be more troubles later."

Saint-Aral is a rust belt city. After becoming a mobile city, its own attributes have not changed. Not to mention the useless production capacity lost by land cities, in the blocks that move with the core city,

The retained machinery and equipment only account for a certain proportion, and most of the rest follow the agricultural production route. The first thing they have to do is to survive, and the second is to live better.

Zhou Jinru thought for a while, it would be hard to say if it were another organization, but in addition to Rhode Island, there is also the Integration Movement here. Let’s not talk about the reputation of the latter. Just the creation of the Snow Monster Team

The production capacity they produce is enough to make people jealous, which means they have the ability to help Saint-Aral overcome the initial difficulties. As for how to improve living standards in the future, it depends on the abilities of the independent city-state's own people.

He stopped and looked at Aske: "I would like to ask, who was the person who made the plan for Mr. Timos?"

"I don't know. The master didn't say anything. I don't have any understanding."

Zhou Jinru didn't intend to stop there. He pointed at his nose and asked, "Is it me?"

"How old was Mr. Aguang ten years ago?"

"I have no idea."

He didn't lie or have any mood swings. Asik was very calm and controlled his emotions very well.

"just kidding."

Zhou Jinru continued to walk forward, but had another thought in his mind.

Someone has prepared everything in advance, and all plans are moving forward according to the route designed by the other party. Occasionally there will be a slight deviation, but it will soon be smoothed out by the tide of the times.

In other words, one day in the past ten years, something happened that became the breaking point of the world of Terra...

Zhou Jinru had to wonder if that person was himself, because he had already seen another version of himself, and the core city beneath him was still another Rhodes Island.

"So who am I? I even plot against myself. Why do I do this so suddenly? Is it just to kill a senior member of the Deep Sea Council?"

Just as he was thinking, Asker suddenly asked: "Is Rhode Island going to Victoria next?"

This is not a secret. Amiya informed Saint-Aral of this news in the previous meeting. The ship docked in Saint-Martin has begun preparations for setting sail, which means that once this mobile city is free from natural disasters

Once the area is covered, they will set sail and leave Colombia.

"So, has your company decided how to face those big nobles?"

Zhou Jinru frowned slightly: "Our purpose is only to retrieve the frigate, and we don't plan to stay in Victoria for long. Rhode Island is tantamount to intervening in Victoria's affairs. In fact, we basically have no business partners in Victoria."

Victoria has its own medical research institute, just like Columbia's Rhine Life, and Rhode Island has no idea of ​​getting involved.

If Kelsey had not advocated reducing Rhode Island's daily consumption and storing the frigates in Victoria's Royal Port, Rhode Island would not have moved even half a step toward Victoria.

Zhou Jinru had read the minutes of the meeting from more than a year ago. Kelsey's actions were very confusing. She seemed to have foreseen the decline of Rhode Island and even made relevant preparations in advance.

Is this true for the omniscient and omnipotent Kelsey?

A few minutes later, they stood in the dormitory area of ​​the core city, which had been temporarily transformed into a guest residence. They were called visitors, but they were just under house arrest.

"Aguang, the person you meet is inside. I guess your energy is limited and you can only meet one person at a time, so take your time."

Zhou Jinru couldn't help but take another look at Aske, who seemed to have guessed his true plan and said no more.

He opened the door in front of him and walked in. What he saw was an extremely simple dormitory decoration. There was a chair next to a wooden table, and the clothes hanger was beside the door. One third of the room was occupied on the right side.

There is a wooden bed on the wall, and sitting beside the bed is a man holding a thick book.

When the man saw someone coming in, he looked up and his expression changed slightly: "What do you want to do?"

"It's not a very important matter. I only ask two questions and then leave."

The man was quite nervous, because the tall and thin young man in front of him was the commander who captured them!

Zhou Jinru pulled up a chair, sat carelessly opposite Victoria's pilot, and raised a finger: "The first question is very simple. Has there been any major geological disaster in Victoria within a year?"

Is this the problem?

The pilot was stunned for two seconds, thinking he was going to ask about some military secrets or some confidential information. Unexpectedly, the other party only wanted to know about geological disasters.

But there have been no geological disasters since last year, and he couldn't answer, so he shook his head and said he didn't know.

Zhou Jinru rubbed his eyebrows and declared that his first question failed. The other party did not lie, or did not even have the conditions to lie, because every steam mecha pilot is Victoria's precious wealth, most of the time

They all live in military camps and seldom go out, so they don’t know much about less important natural disasters.

"Second question, who are you loyal to when you take the oath?"

This question was even simpler. It wasn't even a question. The pilot immediately replied: "Our allegiance is to His Majesty King Aslan!"

"Okay, no more questions now, bye."

Zhou Jinru turned around and left without any intention of looking back. Watching his back disappear behind the door, Victoria's pilot secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Jinru then went to the second room, followed the same example, and finally stood in front of Asker, indicating that he could leave.

Ask asked in confusion: "Aguang, your two questions are completely unrelated, what can you ask?"

Zhou Jinru shook his head, said nothing, and left the core city of natural selection. On the way back to the Rhode Island camp, he thought a lot.

These two questions are indeed unrelated because they point to different purposes. The former is asking about natural disasters in Victoria, and the latter is asking about Victoria's rulers.

The two pilots of the former said they didn't know, which means that there was indeed no natural disaster that shocked the country in Victoria. The abnormal situation in the active volcano mentioned by Provence was probably just a farce. There should be another hidden reason for the disappearance of the lamb.

the latter……

Nowadays, the person who sits in Victoria's dominant position is still Aslan, who is of Vina's race, but she has been in exile and has been unwilling to go back, which shows that the situation is not as optimistic as imagined.

Both pilots firmly expressed their loyalty to Aslan, which fully shows that Aslan's status has not been shaken. Then the problem arises. The Pardoner who followed them to St. Aral is actually a real Aslan.

Kaz people, and have command authority over the pilots of the steam mecha...

Zhou Jinru's eyes were dark, and he gently wrote a person's name on the palm of his hand: Tracys.

"It's really not a good choice to go to Victoria now. The Sarkazi who can command the army is still loyal to Aslan's army. Putting the two together can only mean that he is tied to Aslan, or

He said that Aslan has to be tied to him, after all, Vina is still with me, and the words of Aslan's guardian must be taken seriously."

"So...the problem still lies with me."

Zhou Jinru sighed and forced himself not to think about why everyone had a tacit understanding and stopped working for more than a year. That was no longer called a turning point, but a breaking point.

While returning to the camp, I suddenly heard another round of artillery fire from the direction of the Rhode Island camp. I quickly asked: "Which round of artillery fire is this?"

"In the third round, while the doctor was still staying in the core city of natural selection, there were two shellings."
To be continued...