Rhode Island Park Project

"..."

Vina was silent for a long time. Under Luo Hang's gaze, she finally spoke hesitantly, "It will be... very dangerous."

"It's not just dangerous, it's dangerous to everyone."

Luo Hang continued to look into Vina's eyes. "So, how do you think we should change this situation? Or, in other words, what are they missing?"

"……I have no idea."

"No, you know it all in your heart, Vina. You just won't say it."

Vina could hardly control herself from avoiding Luo Hang's gaze that seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, but Luo Hang's calm voice continued to ring out:

“It’s the rules.”

"..."

"For gangs that value brotherhood, this is something they don't want people to mention, but in fact, even the larger gangs in Londinium have their own rules.

No rules, no standards.

I know that for you, Vina, gang members are more like family, so you are unwilling to use rules to restrain each other, so there is no need to mention the issue of rewards and punishments.

But when a gang expands to the size of a city or even a country, the situation becomes so vast that it’s hard to describe it as a chasm.”

Vina lowered her eyes.

The doctor's voice came slowly. She didn't respond, but she couldn't refute it either. All she could do was clench her hammer tightly. Indra and Morgan beside her had complicated and anxious expressions. They wanted to comfort Vina, but they didn't know how to start.

On the contrary, Dagda, the knight of the tower, had his eyes shining, and the little girl stood beside her companion, her body straight, just like a knight in training.

This is where Vina and the Glasgow Gang are furthest removed from the King and the inner circle that leads a nation.

Vina, who grew up in a gang, actually yearns for the life of ordinary people, friendship, and family harmony. Compared with rigid and strict rules, talking about feelings is the preferred way to solve problems.

But a well-disciplined organization is different.

Yes, when talking about organization, the first word that comes to mind is "strict discipline".

Why did Kong Ming shed tears and execute Ma Su? Zhu Yuanzhang went from being a poor man to ruling the world, and he once beat his brother to death with thirty military sticks in public. Why did he have to make such a big sacrifice?

He was so calm that he even looked at the young lion in front of him, who was still young and had not even set foot on the path to becoming an emperor.

"The difference between an organization capable of only minor actions and a nation with a true future has been clearly laid out before you. If you don't want the people you lead to behave in this way in the future, you must cross this hurdle."

Vina bit her lip and fell silent, and Luo Hang's unconcealed voice once again reached the ears of several self-rescue soldiers.

If Luo Hang's previous words could only make people feel uncomfortable due to the insinuation, then the word "ugly" could be said to have truly irritated several people who were already anxious and irritable because they didn't know how to get through.

"You bastard! What are you talking about!!"

"Don't even think about running away!!"

Perhaps because they were right at the gate of their own base, or perhaps because there really was a sound of a string being completely broken in the air, the few people who had been holding their weapons and were nervous finally rushed towards Luo Hang, who had been talking nonsense with his back to them as if he was disdainful.

Chapter 4: The Clingy Empress Who Gives Up Her Kingdom for a Man Is the Most Loving (k)

"PhD!"

Seeing the self-rescue soldiers rushing towards them with weapons in hand, Amiya immediately shouted out, and the others standing next to Luo Hang also instantly became on high alert.

There was no need for Amiya's ability to detect emotions. As they got closer, with the help of the dim indicator light in the passage, the people in the front could already see the bloodshot and manic eyes of several self-rescue soldiers.

…These people have gone crazy.

More than one person realized this fact.

The soldiers of the Self-Defense Army were mostly ordinary citizens of Londinium, not steely soldiers. The precarious existence, the bloody and brutal battlefields, and the long periods of darkness underground had long since weakened the spirits of most.

Even without Luo Hang's provocation, the collapse of these people was probably only a matter of time.

In other words, this is the current situation of the entire Londinium Self-Defense Army.

"Let them be quiet."

Luo Hang, who had been standing in the same place, didn't even turn his head, but still had his hands behind his back, and his calm voice continued to ring out.

This was the main gate of the Londinium Self-Defense Army's stronghold, and clashing with them here was clearly not a good option. However, Chen Huijie and Amiya, who were beside Luo Hang, didn't hesitate at all. Even Horn, a Victorian soldier, solemnly knocked the charging person to the ground with his shield.

The chaotic wailing soon filled the passage continuously. Vina looked at the people lying on the ground, who might become her subjects in the future, and finally she just sighed slightly heavily.

At this moment, a complex sound of footsteps suddenly came from the depths of the passage, quickly becoming clearer and closer.

"Don't even move!!"

"Let go of the people you're holding!!"

More self-defense army soldiers wearing the same uniforms and holding various weapons, some simple and some good, rushed out and stared at Luo Hang and his group nervously.

This is also the worst-case scenario that most people can expect.

The situation between the two sides quickly became tense, but this time Luo Hang didn't need to speak. A slightly immature and hurried girl's voice sounded from behind the self-rescue army.

"Put down your weapons!"

"commander?!"

"Don't go any closer, those people are dangerous!"

Luo Hang finally turned around slowly and looked at the tense self-rescue army. A petite figure also walked forward from the agitated self-rescue army.

Just like moonlight leaking into the dark underground space, a young girl in a bright dress stood in Luo Hang's sight.

She was a young girl whose height and appearance were not much different from Amiya. A rare white horn pierced the sky from the center of her forehead like a unicorn. The thin girl was still slightly panting, as if she had run all the way here in a hurry from behind. Even standing in front of a stranger, she could not hide her disordered breath.

"Put down your weapons, we are not facing an enemy!"

As the girl spoke, she walked straight towards Luo Hang and his group.

The self-rescue army was suddenly in turmoil.

"Commander! You can't go through there!"

"They just attacked Witt and the others!"

Without any hesitation, the young girl came to the interested Luo Hang and bowed politely.

"I am Clovisia, commander of the Londinium Self-Defense Forces. I apologize for the behavior and disrespect of our soldiers earlier."

Everyone else around Luo Hang was a little stunned.

This seemed a little different from what they had imagined. The Self-Defense Army members were still lying on the ground. As the commander of the Self-Defense Army, shouldn't he be irreconcilable with them at this time?

Even if you are more rational, you shouldn't be the one to apologize, right?

However, Luo Hang still looked at the girl in front of him, or should I say, Clovisia, with a smile on his face.

"It seems I finally see why the Self-Rescue Army has been able to hold on until now. They have a good commander."

"Please don't say that. Every soldier in the Self-Defense Army has made an indelible contribution to the current results."

"Regarding this, I'm more accustomed to confirming it with my own eyes."

"I think you'll get the same answer as me."

Without continuing to talk to Clovisia in front of him, Luo Hang turned around with a smile, looked at Vina who was a little dazed, and asked with some amusement:

"Very surprised?"

“…Yes, a little.”

Vina hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

To be honest, she had already prepared for the relationship between them and the Self-Defense Army to completely break down or even become hostile, but the current situation seemed... quite harmonious?

"hehe,"

Luo Hang looked back at Clovisia in front of him, "Do you want to explain or should I?"

The bright unicorn girl smiled helplessly: "Let me do it."

She turned around and looked at the equally restless Self-Defense Army team behind her, and sighed slightly.

"Our friends stood outside our gate from the very beginning, never crossed the cordon, and never posed any threat to our people.

When did we, the soldiers of the Self-Defense Army, become so compelled to threaten and detain people who are not even within our base?

"this--"

The self-rescue army, which had been full of resentment before, looked at each other in bewilderment.

It was not until this time that they noticed that the group of people opposite had been standing outside the entrance like a dividing line, while their companions fell down after rushing out, but apart from crying out in pain, they did not see any really serious injuries.

A group of people felt aggrieved, but they were in the wrong!!

Speechless!

Clovisia was also helpless.

When the people below do something stupid, she is the one who has to apologize in the end.

Otherwise, why would she take the risk and bow her head in front of so many people, and even make her own people excited?

Clovisia sighed as she looked at her people. Luo Hang turned around and looked at Vina, whose eyes were slightly wide open and seemed to be in a trance. In contrast to his previous coldness, he blinked one eye easily:

"Very surprised?"

He asked the question again with a smile.

"I……"

Vina seemed a little unsure of how to answer, but this time Luo Hang didn't let Miss Vina continue to struggle and gave her the answer directly:

"This is the second lesson I'm teaching you, following and building upon the first: rules are dead, but people are alive."

"If one can become king simply by following the rules, then why are there mediocre monarchs and wise monarchs?"

"Rules are meant to govern people, not for people to be governed by rules. Finding reasonable ways to achieve the results you desire within the rules is what a truly capable monarch should learn."

Vina, who had been depressed and heavy all the time, seemed to have a light in her wide eyes for the first time, and Luo Hang also raised the corner of his mouth towards her lightly.

Sticking to conventions has never really been his style, and there's probably no need for him to explain what a Victorian king who only understands rules and what's right would be like.

Even if he wanted to turn his pet into a majestic empress who ruled the world, what he wanted was not a cold-blooded lion king who could sacrifice him, his teacher and owner, when necessary, but a cute little lion who was majestic outside and could not leave his arms at home.

A empress who is willing to sacrifice her kingdom for a man, that's what people like, right?

There is a sequel to the story of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang almost beat his brother to death with thirty military sticks in public, after the beating, he personally carried his brother back to the wedding room where he and his wife had just married and let his brother lie on his wedding bed.

He changed his clothes and applied medicine himself, and asked his wife to bring water for his brother to wash his feet.

After the incident, the brothers did not turn against each other. Instead, they became completely obedient to each other from then on.

"Rules, rules are always made by people, they are not there from the beginning."

Luo Hang looked at the serious Vina in front of him and softly said the conclusion of the second class, "The king makes laws for the people to follow and for future generations to follow, just to prevent foolish monarchs from ruining the foundation of their ancestors and to provide foolish monarchs with a way to avoid making big mistakes.

But problems will always arise, and temporary rules can never solve future problems.

People who are accustomed to relying on rules to solve problems will blame obviously unsatisfactory results on the fact that the rules are like that, but they forget how people solved problems when there were no rules.

Remember Vina——"

In a gentle and low voice, he imbued the young king in front of him with his own mark:

“For the incompetent, rules are just a fig leaf for incompetence and laziness. But when you are capable, rules will become your most powerful weapon.”

The king makes the rules, not is ruled by them.

If everything had been done according to the rules, Luo Hang should have just followed the instructions of the self-rescue soldiers and detained Krosier at the door. After meeting Clovisia, there was still a high possibility that Krosier could be brought in.

This was within the rules, and no one could say that Luo Hang was wrong, but everyone felt uncomfortable and heartbroken.

It is obviously correct, but why can't it bring good results?

Luo Hang chose an approach outside the rules, and the price he paid should have been a break with the self-rescue army that he had been able to cooperate with. However, the self-rescue army in front of them was so frustrated that they could not speak and could only watch their commander apologize to Luo Hang.

This is the manifestation of ability.

When faced with the same rules issue, some people simply say "there's nothing we can do," while others understand how to find solutions within the rules and acceptable limits. The difference between them is self-evident.

In any case, in front of a group of indignant self-defense army soldiers, Luo Hang and his group, accompanied by Clovisia herself, walked into the gate of the self-defense army base openly.