Chapter 1054 - Future Commander, I Also Want To Join The Prosperous Northwest (1/2)

A total of 67 passengers were isolated from the refugees. Ren Xiaosu did not worry about them and just continued to shake hands with the rest with all his might and congratulate them on settling into a new home and life.

Wang Yuexi and the others were also standing nearby, lamenting from the bottom of their hearts that the future commander was way too patient. A few days ago, they thought the future commander had shaken the hands of every refugee because he was very enthusiastic at the beginning. They felt he would probably not continue doing so by the time the next few groups arrived.

After all, it would be really tiring to shake hands with tens of thousands of people.

In the end, they underestimated Ren Xiaosu's patience and felt very ashamed of their own thoughts.

After Ren Xiaosu handed over all the refugees to Wang Yuexi, he slowly walked towards those 67 people. ”Tell me, who are all y'all?”

One of the Zhou Consortium officials said softly, ”We're just normal refugees. Future Commander, why're you asking something like that?”

Ren Xiaosu chuckled. ”Look at who's standing around y'all. I ordered the Northwest's armed soldiers to watch over all y'all. Do you think I'd treat refugees with an attitude like that?”

But even though Ren Xiaosu said that, the Zhou Consortium officials still refused to tell the truth. ”Future Commander, you've misunderstood. We're really just normal refugees.”

”Since you're so tight-lipped, I guess y'all must be spies.” Realization dawned upon Ren Xiaosu. Then he said to the Northwest soldiers next to him, ”Take them to the military base's prison and interrogate them properly. Tell Zhang Xiaoman that I'll be heading to the Central Plains to recruit more refugees later. I hope he won't torture these people to death before I return.”

When these cowards from the Zhou Consortium heard this, they nearly peed their pants. ”Future Commander! Future Commander! We'll talk! I'm the deputy director of the Zhou Consortium's Ministry of Commerce. I really couldn't stay in the Zhou Consortium any longer, so I decided to flee to the Northwest. I heard there's a plan to make the Northwest prosperous. I think I can contribute….”

Ren Xiaosu pondered it for a moment. Actually, he could not keep these people here no matter what they said. It was not that the Northwest was prejudiced against those from other places, rather, Ren Xiaosu was worried spies were actually among them.

It did not really matter to him that the Zhou Consortium officials had fled here, but it would be very troublesome if any spies managed to infiltrate the Northwest.

Those people must have brought along some jewelry. If it were Ren Xiaosu, he would definitely care about such things. But the Northwest did not lack these. Compared to the wealth of the entire Northwest, the valuables that a dozen or so Zhou Consortium officials had brought were not even worth a mention.

But if spies were hidden among them, it could prove extremely disastrous in the future.

Kill them all? Ren Xiaosu was not that cruel.

He said to the 67 people, ”Wait here for now.”

After that, he went off to the side and whispered to the Great Hoodwinker.

The Zhou Consortium's officials muttered among themselves, ”Will he send us back to the Zhou Consortium? I insulted Zhou Qingyang over the phone….”

One of them shook his head and said, ”That's impossible. We're already here, and we even have lots of money on us, so how could he possibly make us go back? He's just hinting that we should pay up a little. Afterwards, let's each contribute a little to bribe this so-called Future Commander of the Northwest. I don't believe he won't be tempted.”

”You're absolutely right.” Another Zhou Consortium official said, ”Is there anyone in the world who doesn't love money?”

These Zhou Consortium officials were also very open-minded. Furthermore, they had survived in the Zhou Consortium's bureaucracy for many years, so they were well versed in the unwritten rules. As such, they were prepared to cough up some money.

After Ren Xiaosu finished discussing things with the Great Hoodwinker, he returned. ”I'm sorry, but y'all aren't welcome here in the Northwest.”