Chapter 1049 - Be Back In Two Days (1/2)

How did Zhou Shiji die? Could the Zhou Consortium's soldiers possibly not know? Everyone in the Alliance of Strongholds knew how he had died, and it was at the hands of none other than the owner of the armor.

Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, ”Looks like y'all know who I am.”

Abducting the refugees would surely cause a huge uproar. Moreover, Ren Xiaosu still had to make many more trips back here, so he felt he would have to reach some sort of consensus with the new head of the Zhou Consortium.

If he could not reach a consensus with him, he would beat a consensus out of him.

It was not that Ren Xiaosu wanted to be this attention-seeking on purpose, but he knew the current situation. What did these refugees mean to the Zhou Consortium? In normal times, they were a population that provided the labor force. But now they were a ticking time bomb that was a potential security risk.

So while the Wang Consortium did not want to see the refugees join the Prosperous Northwest, the Zhou Consortium hoped enough of them would leave.

Under such circumstances, the appearance of Ren Xiaosu and the Great Hoodwinker was basically helping the Zhou Consortium solve their issues!

On the surface, the Zhou Consortium would definitely not admit Ren Xiaosu was helping them. But privately, they had to be heaving a sigh of relief. Therefore, they would definitely not stand in Ren Xiaosu's way.

As for the feud between the future commander of the Northwest and the Zhou Consortium, it had blown over.

After Zhou Shiji was assassinated by Ren Xiaosu, the Zhou Consortium's spokesperson often proclaimed they would retaliate against such behavior by the Northwest. But as time passed, the Zhou Consortium still did not take any action, because the Zhou Consortium was headed by someone who used to be constantly oppressed by Zhou Shiji.

When the garrison officer mentioned Zhou Shiji and Zhou Shoushi, he addressed them as ”old bastards” without any respect at all.

Superiors always set an example for their subordinates to follow. Whatever stance the higher-ups had, the subordinates would display the corresponding attitude.

Would they want the new head of the Zhou Consortium to avenge Zhou Shiji and take it up with the Northwest? No way!

Moreover, the most critical problem was Ren Xiaosu's ability to take the head of an enemy general who was protected by 10,000 soldiers. He was really that terrifying. The new head of the Zhou Consortium was willing to offend anyone but Ren Xiaosu.

Otherwise, some lucky bastard would take over for him before he had even warmed the seat as the head of the Zhou Consortium yet.

At this moment, the garrison troops at the campfire looked at Ren Xiaosu's armor. Although they did not recognize Ren Xiaosu, the armor was highly distinguishable. As such, everyone cocked their weapons and retreated a dozen steps back, but no one dared open fire.

Ren Xiaosu said, ”I'm here to help the Zhou Consortium this time. Aren't y'all annoyed over handling these refugees? I'll bring some of them back to the Northwest so that they won't starve to death and you don't have to be tied down by these security risks anymore. Wouldn't that be a win-win scenario? I think you definitely can't make the decision, so you'd better report back to your superior.”

That garrison officer was looking uncertain as he signaled to a soldier beside him to hurry back and inform their superiors about this.

Soon after, Zhou Qingyang, the new head of the Zhou Consortium, received a call and learned that Ren Xiaosu wanted to take some refugees away. His subordinates were asking him how to handle this.

After pondering it for a long time, he replied, ”Convey our thanks to the Northwest for extending a helping hand to our Zhou Consortium during this time of crisis.”

This man was also a coward. Otherwise, he would not have been oppressed by Zhou Shiji for so many years. It could be said that no one was really capable enough to take charge of the Zhou Consortium after Zhou Shiji's death.

After Zhou Qingyang hung up, the secretary in the official residence thought for a moment before saying, ”Sir, although the refugees are a burden to us now, population is the foundation once we start rebuilding the Zhou Consortium. If we just let them take the refugees away like this, aren't we being too easily pushed around? We're importing grains from the South, so not all of these refugees will have to die from starvation.”

Zhou Qingyang's expression darkened. ”Do I need you to teach me?”

Even if Zhou Qingyang were stupid, he could still understand his secretary's point. But it was Ren Xiaosu they were facing. Surely they did not want to anger and provoke him into slaughtering his way here again when it had only been a short while since Zhou Shiji's mourning period had passed, right?

So what could he do? He was also very much in despair!