1092: A rich history

Busen City.

Green Lawn Family.

After the conflicts of the past few days, the Green Lawn Family, relying on its deep foundation, has solidified its position as one of the three major families in Busen City.

And subtly, it even shows signs of becoming the leader of the three major families!

After all, among the three major families at this moment, only the Green Lawn Family is the original established Family within the City, with a foundation inherently stronger than the other two families.

At this moment.

Inside the Green Lawn Family.

A group of high-ranking members were discussing matters.

The Middle-aged man sitting in the first position below the empty main seat was the leader of this meeting, and also the interim Lan Family Head of the Green Na Family.

Green Na's younger brother, Obi.

Looking at the expressions of these high-ranking members, some deep in thought, some frowning, all indicated the seriousness of their current problem.

"I didn't expect the City Lord's Mansion to actually get the potion recipe. Now, Li Village's electric lights and appliances are probably finished."

During the meeting, a woman spoke slowly, with a hint of schadenfreude in her tone.

As her words fell, another voice with the same tone emerged: "Compared to seeing Li Village fall, I'm more looking forward to seeing the Eva Family, those guys who rely on appliances for a living, split up."

"A force formed by a bunch of merchants, are they even worthy of being called one of the three major families with us?"

"Hmph, I expected their end long ago!"

Amidst the voices of mockery, the interim Lan Family Head, who had remained silent at the head of the table, said in a deep voice, "So, should we help the City Lord's Mansion or not?"

This sentence directly pulled the topic back to the main point.

Just a short while ago.

The City Lord's Mansion sent them an invitation letter.

Inviting them to send a portion of their people to join the City Lord's Mansion's Army to encircle and suppress Li Village.

In fact, 'everyone knows' that Viscount Maurice destroying Li Village is just a matter of lifting a hand.

Inviting the Green Lawn Family at this time is nothing more than wanting to see the Green Lawn Family's attitude, so as to decide the allocation and favoritism of resources within the City for these major families in the future.

Normally, they should agree to this kind of invitation, and they must agree!

After all, this concerns the future development direction of the entire Family.

But the key is.

Their Lan Family Head, Green Na, who went to the Western Main City some time ago and has not yet returned, told these high-ranking members before leaving that they should not get involved in any orders from Maurice, because he is the interim City Lord, and they do not need to listen to him or worry about him.

Major events concerning the Family must wait until he returns.

It is precisely because of this that this meeting has fallen into such a strange atmosphere.

In fact, after so many days have passed, they have all deeply understood how dangerous and terrifying this unprecedented Darkness is.

They also guessed in their hearts that the Lan Family Head, Green Na, is very likely not to return.

After all, the hope of crossing this Darkness to return to Busen City is extremely slim.

"I think we should make some decisions ourselves. If we don't stand with Viscount Maurice at this time, it is inevitable that we will be targeted later." At the meeting, a purple-robed Magician said in a muffled voice.

His words did not elicit a refutation, nor a response.

Of course, this was more like silent agreement.

"Alright." Obi nodded slightly, and just as he was about to make the final decision, his breathing suddenly stopped, and he looked at the door of the meeting room with slightly widened eyes.

"Lan Family Head?!"

This voice contained intense disbelief, and even more, pleasant surprise!

"What? Lan Family Head?"

The others turned their heads to look.

When their eyes fell on the doorway, and they saw the Lan Family Head's characteristic robe, the atmosphere in the room instantly became chaotic.

"I'm back. From now on, how the Green Lawn Family acts will be entirely under my command." Green Na's tone was calm.

And this calm tone, however, directly suppressed everyone in the entire meeting!

Almost the exact same thing happened at the same time in another one of the three major families in Busen City.

That was the Cannes Family.

The Family managed by Dean, the Peak Silver Knight.

...

The night passed.

When the new day arrived, the dark sky remained.

Busen City, City Lord's Mansion.

After Maurice woke up, the first thing he did was to ask the people below: "How was the interrogation of those people yesterday? Did you get any information?"

Regarding Li Village's electrical equipment and power, etc., Maurice was still very concerned.

Although Busen City no longer needs to rely on electric lights to dispel the Darkness, it must be admitted that the invention of electricity is still an epoch-making existence.

After all, besides the most common electric lights, there are also various electrical appliances, which are all treasures!

If he masters these and offers them to the King.

Then, in Maurice's opinion, it is very possible for him to be granted the title of Earl, or even Marquis!

"Lord City Lord, those people from Li Village were interrogated to death. Basically, they didn't reveal any technology, and those who said they knew something didn't manage to utter a few words in the end."

The guard simply reported the summary.

"They all died? And you didn't get anything out of them in this situation?" Viscount Maurice's expression froze for a moment, then he shook his head slightly in disappointment: "It seems those pieces of trash really didn't know anything. No wonder Li Changkong allowed them to leave Li Village."

"Well, I didn't expect these guys to provide us with any gains anyway."

"Give the order, the entire Army will be reorganized. Three thousand Knights will be dispatched to Li Village after dinner!" Maurice said in a serious tone.

Due to the unsafe environment, Busen City currently has an Army of eighty thousand.

Sending out three thousand Knights does not put much pressure on Busen City.

This still leaves fifty thousand people to maintain order within the City.

In fact, dealing with a Village of only three thousand people, with a population base of slaves, so many Knights is truly overkill.

Maurice certainly knew this.

The reason he sent so many people was mainly to transport the various equipment from Li Village.

Otherwise, simply destroying Li Village could be done with even less than a thousand Knights!

After giving these instructions, Maurice turned to the Vice City Lord, Fei Kui, on the other side: "What is the attitude of the Green Lawn Family and the Cannes Family in the City?"

After deciding to depart last night, he sent a signal to these two families, intending to favor them with resources.

Normally, these two families would not refuse this matter.

However, Fei Kui's answer made Maurice frown.

"Those two families are not cooperating. They don't show any intention of listening to our command at all, and there has been no reply."

These words fell into Maurice's ears, making his expression considerably grim.

"It seems these two families still haven't figured it out. If their Lan Family Heads were here, they could communicate with me on equal terms, but now they don't have a strong leader, and they still won't listen to us. I really don't know where they get their confidence."

Speaking of this, Maurice waved his hand: "Never mind. Since they've chosen this way, we'll deal with them later."

"It's troublesome to cultivate three families who will listen to us again, but it's not difficult."

...

An hour later.

Outside the city walls of Busen City.

The well-prepared Army of thirty thousand, with overwhelming momentum, followed a group of City Lord's Mansion experts ahead, heading towards Li Village!

People in the City who noticed this situation were all trembling with fear, feeling that something big was about to happen.

And after this elite force left, within the City, members of the Green Lawn Family and the Cannes Family, the two major families, began to act...

...

Li Village.

To avoid the spread of panic, Li Changkong did not inform the villagers about the challenges Li Village was about to face.

At the same time, he also captured and imprisoned the hidden spies.

At this stage, Li Village is still focused on engineering projects.

Mainly because the villagers of Li Village have very ordinary combat power. Informing them of the current situation would only cause panic and chaos, and would be useless.

Li Changkong himself did not expect the villagers to be able to resist the enemy.

His real trump cards are only the Man Bull Legion and the San Ziye.

"Master, Maurice's Knight Legion has set off, with a total of thirty thousand troops."

Standing behind Li Changkong were the San Ziye, and the one reporting the information was Dean.

"How have you arranged things within Busen City?" Li Changkong asked the San Ziye.

Dean's tone was serious: "Now that Maurice has taken out all the elite soldiers and capable generals, there are not many high-ranking officials left in Busen City with much strength or ability. Our people are gradually carrying out decapitation strikes and replacements."

"As long as this head-on battle with Maurice is won, Master, when you go to Busen City, you can directly take over the entire City!"

"It seems this battle will be a historic one, a significant mark in the historical process of our Li Village's growth." Li Changkong stood with his hands behind his back.

He didn't know how to describe his current feeling.

Clearly, he only had the three thousand-strong Man Bull Legion and the San Ziye on his side.

The opponent, however, had a full thirty thousand elite soldiers and capable generals!

Despite such an unequal comparison of strength, he didn't feel the slightest tension, but rather a sense of confidence that the advantage was with him!

It was as if the System had already guaranteed his success, and victory was already determined!