Chapter 121 [0119] Act on the News

After telling everything he knew, Ekko finally collapsed beside the bar as if he had completely exhausted all his energy. Today, he had run at least dozens of miles, and he had been busy in the mine carrying Victor's cutter for half a day. For a child, he had reached his limit.

Almost at the same time as he lay down, a slight snoring sounded.

Everyone looked at Ino, even Fandel and Hilko were no exception.

They were waiting for Ino to make a decision.

After all, since the explosion of the mine, the subsequent developments have completely exceeded the ability and even imagination of everyone present - whether it is the underground laboratory, the Noxians with ulterior motives, or Piltover who gave up Zaun...

There are so many things mixed together that it makes people's scalp numb just thinking about it.

However, Ino was not in a hurry.

Because after combining the news from Ekko, Kalya had almost figured out all the situations.

Heimerdinger and Camille have obviously reached a political alliance, intending to shrink their forces and clean up the parliamentarians who are sitting in the parliament and defecting to Noxus.

In order to achieve this goal, they chose to give up the Zaun Mine, and even the entire Zaun in exchange - you can do whatever you want in Zaun.

As for whether this will cause the Noxians to simply stay, or Piltover will no longer be able to control Zaun... Sorry, Piltover is not worried at all.

The city of Zaun is really too special. Most of the city is located underground, and there are very few direct connections with the outside world. The supply of materials is highly dependent on Piltover.

It is no exaggeration to say that without the port of Piltover, the people of Zaun will have nothing to eat!

Zaun once had a trade route connecting Kumangra or Kalduga.

However, with the opening of the Piltover Canal, the advantages of sea trade have been demonstrated, and land trade has quickly declined.

There is no other way. Going from Zaun to Kumangla by land requires crossing a jungle and an uneven hilly area. Even if everything goes smoothly, it will take at least three to five days. But going by sea only requires moving along the coast. There are no reefs or whirlpools along the way. If the wind and the sea are smooth, it can be reached in one day.

The cost difference between three to five days of feeding people and horses and one day of sailing is huge, so merchants naturally vote with their eyes closed.

In addition, the Piltover Parliament "kindly" reduced taxes on Zaun's imported food and other necessities of life, and even allowed these basic materials to be smuggled. As a result, Zaun's channels to the outside world were closed one after another, and the entire Zaun's foreign trade fell completely into the hands of Piltover.

Spreading out the map, Zaun is a large city, and hundreds of miles to the south is the famous granary city of Kumangla.

But in fact, Kumangla's food is transferred through Piltover before it flows to Zaun!

This means that once Piltover cuts off the supply, Zaun will quickly run out of food!

The blockade is not only a statement of non-participation, but also a preparation to strengthen control over Zaun and prevent Noxians from going too far.

Not only food, but many other basic materials in Zaun are facing similar situations.

Why can Piltover suck blood from Zaun?

Why can Piltover exploit Zaun's human resources and talent resources at will?

It's not just because Piltover has a big fist - a big fist is just a necessary condition, and what's more terrifying is the series of systems that go with it.

Imports and exports are controlled, leaders are bought off, smart people are absorbed...

Piltover is the real master of Zaun!

Ordinary Zaun people saw the Piltover people arrogant.

Some people went a step further and saw that Piltover transferred highly polluting industries to Zaun.

After thinking about it, some people found that Piltover was consciously absorbing Zaun's elites.

After conducting a socio-economic survey of Piltover and studying the history, economy and society of Zaun, Lux and Ino saw something far more shocking than these.

It is precisely because of this all-round mastery and control that the people of Piltover have the confidence to conduct strategic contraction at this time - Noxus personnel are willing to toss and turn, and if you cannot directly send troops to occupy it, Zaun will still be Piltover's Zaun after enough toss and turn.

After thinking about all this clearly, Kalya laughed silently.

If Piltover completely colluded with Noxus, I am afraid that even he would need to do some work.

Now that Piltover let go, they thought that it would make the Zaun people fear and be at a loss; it would make Noxus have some scruples.

In fact, whether the Noxians would have scruples, Kalya didn't know.

What Kalya knew was that the Zaun people only lost their shackles, but what they gained was the entire independent Zaun!

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The next day, Heimerdinger's proposal was formally passed by the parliament - except for Levi, the unlucky guy who colluded with Finn, everyone tacitly agreed with Heimerdinger's opinion.

Take back the law enforcers, block the entry and exit of personnel, and restrict the flow of materials.

Giraman and several neutral factions did not want the turmoil in Zaun to affect too much, so they agreed to ignore Zaun for the time being, let the law enforcers shrink their defenses, and maintain order in Piltover.

The Noxian faction was very uncomfortable. Many of their interests were in Zaun, and blocking Zaun would damage their strength.

Unfortunately, they had received a death order, and they must not let Camille interfere with Noxus's actions again. Originally, Cassiopeia was still thinking about whether she could win over Jagu, but after the "Cyclops" incident, she thought she needed to devote all her energy to the excavation of the ruins.

In this case, it would be great to reach a tacit understanding with Piltover.

Only Levi, who hoped to expand his power by joining forces with Finn, was knocked dizzy by this stick. Unfortunately, he was not a powerful councilor. When others reached a consensus, he seemed particularly insignificant.

However, fortunately, he colluded with Finn early enough. Before the complete blockade, Levi could at least send some supplies as support.

By the way, remind Finn to let go and do what he wants, as long as he doesn't provoke the Noxians.

So, when Finn woke up in the morning, he received a batch of supplies sent secretly, as well as a reminder from Levi - don't worry about the Noxians, use these things well, and expand your influence during the blockade.

Finn, who had no idea of ​​the truth behind the scene, was overjoyed.

This was insider information from the Council!

I really got in touch with the Council this time!

Finn, who had been planning to build a new middleman base, now had more confidence than ever before - Zaun was about to face a blockade, and although each alchemist baron had supplies, his own supplies were particularly abundant!

With these supplies as a backing, his own middleman base would soon be able to replace Fulgrim's Tavern!

Let alone Fandel and Hilko, who were finished - at this moment, even if he knew that these two guys had survived the disaster, Finn was very confident!

Fandel was loyal and fair.

But loyalty could not turn into food!

Hilko was smart and well-informed.

But he had no news from the Piltover Council!

Man is made of iron and food is made of steel, and if you don't eat for a meal, you will be hungry.

When the blockade is strict and the food supply is insufficient, you will all be dumbfounded!

However, after calming down, Finn soon realized a serious problem - if he hoarded food while others hoarded guns, wouldn't he become someone else's granary?

In Zaun, the big fist is the hard truth!

No, he must prepare means to deal with strong enemies - especially means to deal with powerful mages.

To this day, Finn still has lingering fears when he thinks of Ino's performance that day. Recently, he doesn't even add ice cubes when drinking.

It just so happens that the few sets of rune steel armor that he collected with great difficulty before were borrowed, and it seems that there is no return...

Anxious Finn began to throw money around, using gold hex to bribe gangsters and expand the scale of his thugs, and at the same time, he began to inquire about more rune steel armor in the black market.

Ordinary thugs are too weak when facing mages, and he must have means to deal with mages!

Judging from the results, Finn's luck seems to be good.

Just this morning, the black market received news that two sets of armor really flowed into the black market.

Moreover, these two sets have been authenticated by professionals. They are not the retired goods like last time, but "genuine Demacia goods with the inscriptions erased".

"Wearing it, you can move freely in the Noxian mage group, and those idiots waving their staffs can only stare at you."

Finn was overjoyed when he got the news, and immediately contacted the black market to meet the seller.

The seller was a guy he had never seen before, wearing a mask without showing his face.

Finn didn't feel familiar with the figure, and after thinking for a while, he gave up guessing the identity of the seller.

The rune steel armor is the key!

Because he was in a hurry to buy, Finn was willing to compromise on the price.

However, because of the large-scale recruitment, he was a little tight on money now, and he couldn't take out too much gold hex for a while.

However, as if he was blessed by the goddess of luck, when Finn tried to bargain, the other party said very humanely, "We can also accept other physical payment methods, the price is fair."

Finn, overjoyed, immediately said, "Do you want the food?"

This question made the masked trader stunned for a long time, and finally nodded.

"Yes."

In this way, Finn paid one-fifth of the food he got from Levi in ​​exchange for two sets of exquisite rune steel armor that looked extremely exquisite and reliable at a glance.

Compared with these two sets of armor, the one he lent to Hilco before was simply garbage!

Worse than garbage!

After getting the armor, Finn directly wore one for himself and one for his most trusted bodyguard.

Then, after spending some time and happily putting it on, Finn found that the armor fit well elsewhere, but only the chest was not right.

Why did he feel empty in the front after putting it on?

Didn't the seller say that this was the standard style of Demacia's nobles?

Are the chest muscles of Demacia nobles all this big?

Kalya's small class: The interests of the councillors:

In the Piltover Council, the more councillors lean towards the Noxian position, the more and more direct their interests in Zaun - compared to the "more ambitious" Firoz family, the Giraman family and Heimerdinger, they focus more on trade and low-end manufacturing, both of which are closely related to Zaun's human resources.