Start with the Soul Forge

Chapter 368 368. Get rid of the bad habit of eating enough to feel full even with staple food (Third update)
"It's time to stop being silent and change is coming."

Mo Hao left the lounge and found Captain William in the slums. At this time, this area was apparently taken over by a gang composed of retired soldiers.

But in fact, this is the place where Mo Hao considered to gather a large number of soldiers without attracting too much attention.

Because this place itself is a gathering place for the families of soldiers who are asking for pensions. It is not difficult to understand why retired soldiers, after losing their source of income, mix with the families of those soldiers who died in battle and even form a gang.

Perhaps some police officers are worried about this, but Mo Hao learned from Xiyue that a police officer wrote a report on this and handed it to the desk of a certain congressman.

But the final result was that it was brought up as a joke.

From then on, Mo Hao understood that he could actually make bigger moves in the slums.

Soon, the gangs near the slums suffered a devastating blow. A group of thugs who gathered together because they had no jobs were obviously no match for the professional soldiers.

Especially when these soldiers had just come down from the battlefield.

In just one week, the slums were completely taken over by gangs made up of retired soldiers.

In this place, everyone, young or old, regardless of gender, had to work. The elderly and children were assigned some simple jobs, such as washing clothes for soldiers and workers, or doing some easy little jobs.

As for adults, they have more responsibilities, such as renovating surrounding buildings to block the sight of other interested parties.

Or use simple materials to build a relatively sturdy house that can at least block the cold wind at night.

In any case, in this area, even a dog has the responsibility of guarding and keeping watch.

But this job does not bring them all pain, because here they can get three meals a day. Although they can only see meat once a week, at least they can eat enough for every meal.

Not only people, but even guard dogs are no exception.

These people still know how to choose between working hard but being able to eat three meals a day, and not having to work hard but having to find food every day.

In addition, Mo Hao also gave the soldiers a task.

The soldiers' first task after joining the job was to eliminate the merchant who burned down the warehouse.

On the surface, he is a businessman who hoards goods, but in fact he is a cultist belonging to the evil god, and he has been secretly searching for the whereabouts of the lost grain.

Several times, he came close to finding the slums.

Mo Hao naturally couldn't keep him in such trouble for too long.

Mo Hao did not pay special attention to how the soldiers did it, but about the third day after the mission was issued, William came back with the merchant's head.

"Sir, mission accomplished."

"Tell me how you completed the task?"

"I led two teams to take turns to follow and kill the target when he left the city. The other side had accomplices who ambushed us when we came back."

It is not surprising that cultists have accomplices. Mo Hao is a little worried that he will be exposed because of this action.

"What are the casualties? And what happened to those accomplices?"

"We wiped out all the enemies and hid there for a day to make sure they didn't have any reinforcements."

"Four soldiers were injured in the operation, but no one died. All the guns and bullets used have been recovered."

The AK47 equipped to the soldiers was not something that should exist in this world whose technological level was only before and after World War I. I didn't know if it was because of its own particularity, but the Taixu Realm would instinctively restrict things that were inconsistent with the current world, but the AK47 that Mo Hao took out did not have any restrictions.

Even the Iron Slug, which has technology far beyond the current world, is the same. Therefore, Mo Hao pays special attention to confidentiality. At least before taking action, they must maintain their technological advantage, and confidentiality is the top priority.

Hearing that the soldier squad had wiped out the cultists' support, Mo Hao pondered for a moment, then asked, "Is there anything special about those ambushing people?"

"You mean those freaks?" William seemed to be familiar with [Mystery] and gave them a name full of contempt. "We have encountered many of these freaks on the battlefield. Bullets are difficult to kill them. Generally, we prefer to use grenades or artillery shells."

Mo Hao nodded. It seemed that [Mystery] did not completely restrain ordinary people. At least guns could still kill them. It should be more reflected in concealment.

Of course, Mo Hao would not look down on the other party because of this.

When entering the Great Void Realm, the voice I heard clearly said, "The explosion of productivity has caused extraordinary power to spread throughout the world."

This means that those [mysterious beings] are not incapable of using guns, tanks, or even airplanes.

As long as they have that resource, Mo Hao will have to face a group of extraordinary people driving planes and tanks.

Or rather, it is an army composed of extraordinary people.

Thinking of this, Mo Hao nodded, "Go back and write a report for me, and all the soldiers who are dispatched this time will receive a bonus and a day's vacation."

"The injured soldiers will have three days to recover. All medical expenses will be reimbursed by me. They will also receive bonuses. They can return to the team after they have recovered."

"Yes, sir!"

Mo Hao didn't really know how to win the hearts of his soldiers, but he knew that if he wanted others to work for him, he had to pay them enough first.

While eating the meat yourself, you should at least give soup to the people below you.

Let others know that there are benefits to following you, and then naturally people will follow you.

Not to mention that these soldiers went to the battlefield for their country and fought back from countless hellish battlefields, only to be abandoned by the gentlemen in Congress.

It would be absolutely false to say that they have no resentment. Not only do they have resentment, but it is also very big.

After experiencing completely different treatment at Mo Hao's hands, Mo Hao no longer believed that these soldiers would still work for the masters in Congress when he rebelled and seized the city.

The fact that Mo Hao did not specifically seek out the homes of congressmen and nobles to rob them was already a sign of his strict military discipline.

……

The next day, Mo Hao received two messages from Xiyue.

One is that Congressman Martin plans to invite Mo Hao to dinner, but Mo Hao feels that Congressman Martin has bad intentions.

"Treating, beheading, accepting as a dog, which one is he going to do?"

Mo Hao's mind quickly conjured up various possibilities of this invitation, house arrest, murder, or simply wanting Mo Hao to stop speaking.

There are so many possibilities.

But no matter which possibility it is, Mo Hao has no intention of rejecting this invitation.

It would have been fine if Senator Martin had simply argued with him with words.

If he uses force, Congressman Martin will regret it.

The second thing was that Zhang Xueqing and Su Zhilan finally arrived in the city.

(End of this chapter)