Chapter 251 Refugees Unable to Leave
Yang Hui took Baki Lulu to Maddock to discuss the refugee deal, but was taken directly to Maddock's office by his younger brother. As soon as they entered the door, the smoky environment made the two frown.
"Madock, you let the guests stay in such an environment to discuss business?"
"There is no way, we are just garbage collectors, how good can the environment be?" Maddock shrugged casually, but still turned on the ventilation system to the maximum to make the indoor air a little fresher.
"This kind of clumsy temptation can be put away, Maddock, don't think I'm easy to fool."
Yang Hui did not enter the house, but waited for Maddock to come out. He knew that this office was not a room for receiving guests. Compared with the smoky room, the reception room was not luxurious, but it was definitely clean and tidy.
"Of course, I don't have the idea of fooling you, Yang Hui, you are the most distinguished regular customer, but she... hehe." Maddock sneered at Baki Lulu beside Yang Hui.
"What do you mean?" Baki Lulu frowned.
"It's nothing. Although we are garbage collectors and do whatever it takes to survive, we are not blind or deaf. After all, some businesses look like hot cakes, but they are actually hot potatoes. Don't you think so? Miss soldier of the Earth Army."
"You!"
Baki Lulu subconsciously wanted to draw her gun, but Yang Hui stopped her.
"How did you find out?" Yang Hui's brows also frowned. He had prepared to hide the identities of Archangel and Baki Lulu before coming here.
"Nothing, just heard some interesting information." Madok shrugged, and then immediately put away his casual and dissolute look and became extremely serious, "So Yang Hui, is the transaction object you or her?"
"...It's me."
"I understand, please come this way."
"What's the matter?" Baki Lulu asked Yang Hui, which contained two meanings. One was to ask Yang Hui why the other party knew her identity, and the other was that the other party's attitude was not very friendly to the Earth Army.
"Let's talk about it later. Let's solve the refugee problem first."
"...Okay."
Coming to the clean and tidy reception room, Yang Hui took Baki Lulu to sit opposite Maddock.
"What? Is it strange that I know your identity?" Maddock saw Baki Lulu staring at him with burning eyes, shook his head and smiled.
"..."Although there was no answer, the silence and sight had told Maddock the answer.
"Seven hours ago, [Heliopolis] collapsed. Rumor has it that it was done by the Atlantic Federation and ZAFT."
"This..." With a simple message, Baki Lulu has already got the answer. It seems that the understanding of the Waste Recycling Merchants Union is still too superficial. The other party also has its own intelligence system.
"Okay, Maddock, a group of refugees have been accommodated on the ship. I want to entrust you to receive them and send them back to Orb. Name a price."
"I can't do it."
"...What happened?"
Yang Hui didn't think Maddock was playing tricks. A direct refusal meant that he really couldn't do it, instead of waiting for a price.
"The last batch of scheduled ships left two days ago. There are no ships heading to Earth in the short term."
"Not even one?"
"No, we have all kinds of situations."
"...Okay, I get it."
After the conversation, Yang Hui took Baki Lulu away directly, but before leaving, Maddock gave Yang Hui a piece of information.
"If you are in a hurry, go through the wreckage area. Maybe there will be a surprise."
"...Thank you."
"You're welcome. After all, you are our most distinguished guest."
After leaving, Baki Lulu hurriedly asked: "Wait! What happened? Did the talks break down? Or is it because of my identity..."
"It has nothing to do with you. Although the Earth Union, especially the Atlantic Federation, has always been the most unwelcome customer of the Scrap Recyclers Union, it will only make things difficult and raise the price."
"What's going on? Why can't we accept refugees?"
"I didn't tell you before that the Scrap Recyclers Union is actually divided into two groups. They are the Earth Faction and the Universe Faction. Each of them is a separate faction, and both want to be the boss, so the relationship between them is not very good. However, the two sides have not completely cut off their ties, and there are still exchanges and transactions. Therefore, the two sides have drawn boundaries and cannot easily cross the boundaries. Every once in a while, there are a batch of regular ships traveling between the two sides. If you miss it, you can no longer cross the border. This is the rule. Those who violate the rules will be expelled from the union. "
"Is there such a relationship?"
"Yes."
"But the person before was not..." Baki Lulu was talking about Luo, because Yang Hui entrusted him to go to Earth, and the other party agreed.
"He is an exception. Luo is the only one who has no clear faction, but has established good relations with both sides."
It must be said that people with good luck have privileges wherever they go. For example, Luo, his strongest dog shit luck often finds some difficult-to-find treasures for both factions. Not only that, relying on his good luck, he has helped both sides resolve many conflicts.
In addition, Luo's technology is the first person recognized by all scrap recyclers. Whether it is the universe faction or the earth faction, they have asked him for help. He has a wide range of friends, so he has become the only exception.
"Then can he..."
"It's difficult. You saw his ship. It can't hold many people. It's impossible to take all the refugees away."
"...I understand."
Baki Lulu also gave up the idea of asking Luo for help. After all, the handling of refugees could cause disputes if not handled with care. If not all refugees could be taken away, who should be taken away? Who should be left behind? How to determine this?
Rather than letting them argue and not being able to completely get rid of the trouble of refugees, it is better to leave them all behind temporarily. It just so happens that some volunteers can fill the vacancies of the Archangel.
…
Back to the Archangel, Baki Lulu reported the situation to Malu.
Of course, now on the bridge, there are many people and many things to say. She only reported the supply of materials and the situation that refugees could not be accepted.
"Eh? Can't we get off the ship?"
"How could this be?"
"Didn't we agree that we can get off here?"
"Liar! You are all liars!"
…
"Silence!" Baki Lulu shouted angrily, quieting down all the quarreling people.
"Let me explain." At this time, Yang Hui took the initiative to stand up. After all, they are all citizens of Orb.
"Little kid? Who are you? What qualifications do you have to explain..."
"My father is Yang Hongyu, do I have the qualifications?" Yang Hui glanced coldly at the shouting man. He was the one who started the quarrel just now.
"Yang Hongyu? Who is he? Don't think..."
"You are the young master of the Yang family!"
The man wanted to shout at Yang Hui. He has always been a person at the bottom of society. It is normal that he doesn't know people above him. He also wants to take this opportunity to gain some benefits for himself.
But he has never heard of Yang Hongyu, but others have. Among the refugees who were rescued, there are also several people with good status. For example, the doctor who treated Malu's gunshot wound after boarding the ship is a doctor ranked in Orb.
"It's me, Dr. Brunot. It's been a long time since I last saw you."
"It's you, Young Master Yang. What's going on? Why do we have to stay on the ship of the Earth Army?"
"The situation is a bit complicated. There are no ships going to Earth in a short time, so we can't hand you over to them. But I promise that I will send you back to Orb safely." Yang Hui promised everyone.
"...I know, Master Yang, I believe you."
With the first one, there will naturally be the second one. They all accepted Yang Hui's promise, but some people wanted to make trouble. But Yang Hui just said one sentence to make these people stop.
"You can get off the ship now, and the consequences will be at your own risk."
Get off the ship by yourself? What a joke! They don't understand the Scrap Recyclers' Union. In their eyes, they are just a group of hyenas who collect junk. It is safer to stay on the ship than to get off the ship and stay with the hyenas.
After solving the refugee problem, Yang Hui went back to his room to rest. He has been busy since boarding the ship and has not had a good rest.
Baki Lulu also wanted to rest, but there were still things to report to Malu and Mu.
"What? Orb is..."
"Yes, yes."
Hearing Baji Lulu's report, Malu and Mu were not calm. If what the Scrap Recyclers' Union saw and did shocked them, Orb was developing his own MS.
"What is this? Is Orb planning to start a war?" Mu covered his face and said with a headache.
Then, Baki Lulu hesitated for a moment and told the two of them all the explanations Yang Hui had given her.
After listening to them, the two of them fell silent.
"Haha, what an incredible kid, is he really only 16 years old?" Mu laughed bitterly at himself.
"It's because of the different positions. It's really hard to imagine what kind of environment he grew up in." Malu sighed and said.
This sentence resonated with Baki Lulu. Born in a military family, she was educated with iron-blooded ideas since childhood and lost the childhood that normal children should have. When other children were playing with friends, she had to face mountains of learning materials and training lists that could never be completed.
But... she felt that what she had experienced might not be a big deal in front of Yang Hui, because Yang Hui's knowledge and skills were much better than hers.
When she thought of this, Baki Lulu felt a sense of heartache inexplicably.
She felt different inexplicably, but Yang Hui was still a teenager and had to go through so much, so what was the meaning of her being a soldier?
"Captain, should we report this information?" Bakilulu asked for the first time. This time, she was shaken.
"Report it, don't forget our identity." Malu said this tiredly. There was no other way. This was the duty of a soldier.
"... Understood."
"By the way, didn't you buy anything else? Didn't you say there were a lot of complete MAs? It can increase our combat effectiveness." Mu asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, he was greeted by Malulu and Bakilulu's look like a fool.
"Who will drive?"
"Do you have money?"
"Uh..."
Mu was embarrassed. He was the only regular driver on the Archangel, and Kira still forced him to drive the Strike Gundam. If it weren't for the volunteers, the crew members of the Archangel would not be complete, and...
Mu almost forgot that the supplies for the Archangel were all paid for by Yang Hui.