Utopia

Compared to Maron's wild thoughts, Sogen, the mayor, came to an airship to observe the situation in the northwest of the city.

"Mayor, for now, as the cold winter season is about to fade, the army of the Kingdom of Golson will temporarily stop harassing us."

"Is it still impossible to guarantee the safety of the outer areas?"

"Difficult. Especially once the monks of the Ascetic Church appear, our defense pressure will suddenly increase."

"Can't beat them?"

"Of course not, the problem is that this requires our militia to have a certain degree of adaptability. The monks of the Ascetic Church are not slow to act, and their spells can also cause large-scale damage."

Listening to the local militia chief's introduction to the situation of the Golson Kingdom repairing the city wall and preparing the army in the distance, Sogen wanted to let the border defense troops launch a round of assault to see if the border residents of the Golson Kingdom could stop them?

However, he was a civilian official and had no power to command the border defense troops. Even the commander of the border garrison in Lengchuan City stood beside him, observing the border area of ​​the Kingdom of Golson more than a thousand meters away; he could not directly ask for troops to clean it up.

Civil and military affairs do not interfere with each other, which is one of the iron laws stipulated in the constitution of the Kingdom of Negan.

So Sogen looked at the officer beside him, and the officer nodded and called the signalman to report to his superiors.

Sogen was helpless about this. He had heard of the rules of the army. After a whole set of rules and procedures, he was in no mood to continue to understand.

In short, he looked at the snow outside, where a large group of construction workers were constantly repairing the city wall that had no use at all under the watch of a small number of armed supervisors.

"Huh? What is that? Do we have a caravan going out to trade with them?"

"Mayor, this month we have no caravan approved to come out to trade with the Kingdom of Golson."

As reported by his men, a group of traders with a truck fleet made Sogen and all the passengers using telescopes on the airship feel alert.

This is the so-called smuggling.

Although during the Ruyi Town period, Sogen used Turan Company to trade to harm the Principality of Akern. However, with the development of the Kingdom of Negan and the changes in relevant policies.

Sogen had to strictly control the circulation of various commodities according to the requirements of Congress.

Of course, he would not have any restrictions on domestic towns. He would even take the initiative to have more in-depth exchanges with other towns and personally receive entrepreneurs who are willing to invest and build factories in Lengchuan City.

[To be honest, I have been using it recently, both Android and Apple are available. ]

After all, everyone knows that Lengchuan City is currently the westernmost city in the Kingdom of Negan. If trade and material flow with other towns in the country are not well managed, the entire city will definitely become a dead city.

As the mayor here, Sogen must not let Lengchuan City become a dead city. On the contrary, he must let Lengchuan City gradually strengthen its economic strength while facing the military pressure of the Kingdom of Golson.

For this reason, he is more and more disgusted with smuggling. So he gave instructions to his men to ambush these smugglers who dared to go out and trade with the Kingdom of Golson without any approval.

At the same time, Xin Duo, who sent two members of the smuggling group to the police station, did not leave the police station gate far. Since she knew that there was a stalker coming to her door, she realized that she didn't know why she was targeted by the smuggling group.

And what made her unconvinced, or unreal, was that these smugglers all had guns on them.

Yes.

In front of a master like her who is proficient in magic, guns are actually equivalent to children's toys.

But as a country that increasingly restricts the circulation of guns in the civilian field, the Negan Kingdom is a very troublesome thing to own a gun.

Not to mention how many people will stare at you with strange eyes when walking on the street, the registration and approval of the gun department of the police station are reviewed from time to time, which is a headache for civilian gun owners.

Just like Beth's mother, after she owned a gun, various guarantees, registration forms, commitment documents, etc. were not completed. It is estimated that one review will not be completed for more than three days.

Not to mention that the new pistol and submachine gun used by Beth's mother are new products. If it weren't for the help from the Marle City Arsenal (actually, it was the strong recommendation and support of her mother, Xin Duo, Susha Xin Mi)...

Don't even think about it.

But before that, Xin Duo carefully observed her surroundings.

There was no stalker.

Could it be that these guys... No, she was not followed because she was near the police station?

The murder case in front of the police station made Marong complain, and he did not hesitate to talk about the current situation of the police station.

So she knew Marong's hard work, and...

Hmm?

She... wanted to meet with Marong again? Tell him in person that she was followed by the private salt dealer this month?

In fact, even if Xin Duo didn't say it, Marong knew the general idea after coming out of the interrogation room.

"I didn't expect that I was going on a blind date, and these guys would start to follow me... and they didn't even let Xinduo go."

"Ma Rong, are you sure they are..."

"I need more important evidence."

"That's not enough, they even told us about their home base."

"So we have to prepare for a surprise operation and go over to search directly."

After talking to his colleagues, Maron took his police armor, new pistol and a shotgun in his hands. An operation of the private salt gang that coincided with the mayor's instructions was about to be launched with the joint assistance of the militia and police officers.

"But you have to use this Hawk pump-action shotgun..."

"It's a matter of habit."

Maron was helpless in the police car. In response to the questions of his colleagues who were sitting in the back seat, he had to say that he had developed a hobby of using shotguns during his time at the police academy.

The reason was that the use and maintenance of shotguns was a compulsory course for him during his time at the police academy. Moreover, compared to the Japanese people, even the army used shotguns, only members of the security company and police stations in various places in the Kingdom of Negan would use them.

As for why... save bullets.

Shotguns, especially manual ones, also have a function of temporarily loading other types of ammunition.

For a police officer like him who has no time to take care of the scenery on both sides of the road and is ready to go to the destination to find out, it is one of the best means of security.

You have to know that he can't guarantee whether his opponent will have the ability of forbidden magic or not, which can block his magic power and greatly restrict his actions.

He must not forget to bring the gun he needs. Just like the baton that always accompanies him even when he is off work...

If he can't ensure safety, how can he ensure everyone's safety?