Chapter 283 is completely possible!
In this small room, the sound of silver coins hitting each other sounded continuously, accompanied by the sound of turning pages in the ledger.
The financial activities of the entire Rapid City are concentrated in this small area.
Since mid-February, the Megdi Chamber of Commerce has basically taken over all activities of the Rapid City Council, especially finance.
It almost moved entirely to the headquarters of the Megdi Chamber of Commerce and stepped into the red watchtower.
After all, Catherine, the hostess of the Megdi Chamber of Commerce, is the temporary ruler of Rapid City and the commander of the Rapid Army.
In Rapid City's current war cabinet, four of the six people are Catherine's people.
During this period, citizens and craftsmen have been actively raising funds and contributing resources to continuously expand troops, purchase weapons and equipment, and repair city walls.
The first batch of 1,200 French mercenaries have arrived in Rapid City via Kasha County.
Today's Rapid City has 2,000 city guards, 1,200 French mercenaries, 1,400 mountain mercenaries, and Catherine's own 900-person direct guard.
At the beginning, she relied on the cavalry of the direct guard to capture the city gate of Rapid City and drown the mayor originally appointed by the church in a water tank.
After that, Catherine quickly hired a 1,400-strong mountain mercenary army. Together with the black knights bought from Dardenne, they raided and defeated the Temple Knights stationed nearby, and then secured their position.
In the past few days, Carter and Mitnet were running around, using both soft and hard tactics to build momentum. With the help of the Ayr people, they successfully gained the allegiance of less than half of Lower River County.
Currently, the southwestern part of Rapid City that borders Kasha County is basically included in Catherine’s rule.
This relationship is more like vassalage and restraint than domination.
However, this was only temporary. The church was simply caught off guard by the successive uprisings. The next six months will be the period that determines its fate.
As the logistics director of the Rapids Army, Pellet had heard Her Excellency Catherine's analysis of the situation in the previous meeting, and naturally he did not dare to slack off.
Holding a slide rule and aligning the multipliers, Pettier did the math in his head while sorting the accounts into categories.
"Come here, come here, I have something good to see here..."
"What is this? Is it the new "The Sister in Trouble"?"
"More exciting than "The Sister in Tragedy", it's the battle report of Fort Joan of Arc!"
Putting down the slide rule, rubbing the corners of his eyes, he walked around the solid wood table and came to the little desk by the door responsible for sending and receiving letters. Around the officials.
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s a battle report from the Salvation Army at Fort Joan of Arc.”
Fort Joan of Arc, the Salvation Army?
Pétier had heard the name before, often from friends during the months when he was ill and bedridden.
It is said to be a group of peasant rebels who ran out of the Black Bone Swamp.
A command company was stationed at Fort Joan of Arc in order to capture this group of peasant rebels.
Since it is a battle report, does it mean that they were wiped out?
Fort Joan of Arc is located behind Rapid City. If the Salvation Army holding back the Order Company is destroyed, then it will be their turn next.
"Give me Kangkang!"
Pettier grabbed the battle report from his subordinates' hands and read it at a glance.
But after a few glances, he suddenly put his head to the paper, and his eyes were almost glued to the paper.
"Mr. Pettier, don't you know a word?"
Funny laughter immediately sounded next to him. Pettier has an easy-going personality and gets along well with these subordinates.
But today, he did not laugh along. Instead, he pointed to a name like a sleepwalker and asked: "Horn Gallar, is this the Pope's real name?"
"Yes, don't you know?" "
"I have been sick since July last year and have been recuperating. I only recovered in February and joined the Rapid City Citizen Guard... So the leader of the Salvation Army is Horn Gallar, not Is it called Hos Galar?”
“No, that’s his uncle.”
“His uncle’s name is Segal. Why did he become Hos?”
Several subordinates looked at each other, and one of them asked tentatively: "Do you know him?" I’ve been sleeping for more than a year!”
Petier responded while continuing to read the battle report. He read the battle report several times before falling down on his chair in disbelief.
"Well, how could he do it? He is the grandson of the Saint, he..."
This kind of stimulation is like knowing that the adopted son's roommate slept in the lower bunk in college and fucked his feet every day. , I haven’t seen the big warlord in Southeast Asia for half a year after graduation.
Who can take it easy?
Before Pettier could recover, Karl pushed in the door with the fresh battle report. "Impossible, this is impossible!"
He was also followed by the triumphant Sissi. He was wearing a smart and slim hunting suit. He was obviously a man wearing men's clothing, but why? It looks like a woman disguised as a man.
"It's completely possible." Sissi greeted the confused Pettier, and then followed Carter upstairs. "If you ask Lady Catherine, you will only get the same result."
Ignoring Sissy, Karl stubbornly went upstairs and came to Catherine's office.
Catherine was not sitting in the office. Instead, she was sitting in the tea room outside the office, talking about a pamphlet with Brother Martin of Brago Monastery.
Seeing Karl coming in such a hurry, Catherine knew what was going on at a glance. Before Karl could speak, she said bluntly:
"They are not playing tricks on you, I confirmed it. Yes, it's true." Catherine pointed to the office, "The heads of the three Order Knights are inside. I hope it can break your prejudice."
After being hit in the head by Catherine, Carl squeaked twice and walked quickly. When he arrived at the door of the room, he hesitated for half a second before pushing the door open and entering.
"What do you think of this saintly grandson in the Blago Monastery? His status as the pope..." Catherine asked as if casually.
"Dean Juanno once said, if it is good for Qianhe River Valley, then we believe it." Picking up the book "Sacred Way of Salvation", Martin flipped through it casually , "We may not be able to clearly say that he is the pope, but we can deny that he is the devil."
"As long as we continue to win and deny that he is the devil, then he can only be the saint and the pope." Pick up the vortex Catherine took a sip of the steaming black tea from the porcelain tea cup with floral leaves and stuffed the biscuit into her mouth.
Holding the statue of the icon, Martin smiled and said nothing.
The previously closed mahogany door opened again, and Karl walked out like a sleepwalker, followed by Sissy with a smiling face behind him:
"How is it? It's true."
"Those are 100 knights of the Order. If I could see it with my own eyes..."
"That's not possible." He put down the tea cup gracefully, Catherine stretched lazily, "I still need you to help me take care of the coalition of those half-hearted knights and the temple knights in the north."
Karl sat down on the chair: "It's really not possible. To think that the biggest hidden danger behind us was actually solved by this group of farmers... the Salvation Army."
"Yes." Catherine was worried for several days as she swept the biscuit crumbs from her knees to the ground. There were more smiles on his face, "In this way, those scum knights can be more stable, and we can finally take our hands."
At the beginning, Catherine's lowest expectation was that the Salvation Army would entangle the Order Company, and her highest expectation was to defeat the Order Company and expel them.
But the Salvation Army gave everyone a big surprise.
Not only did the edict be suppressed until only a few dozen attendant knights escaped, but even the King Xian knights were driven away.
The difference between defeat and annihilation is huge!
Under the current situation, as long as Catherine successfully opens the road eastward.
Then Longsand County, North County, South Mound County, Lower River County and Cashier County can be connected into one immediately.
The ferocious mountain people from North and South Mound counties, the food from Ibe Plain and Kasha County, and the secret party army from Black Snake Bay in the south are constantly advancing.
The orders of Fort Joan of Arc are eliminated one after another. As long as the middle can be connected, everything will be alive.
To advance, you can go straight to Feiliu Castle, and to retreat, you can go north to join forces with Meliati.
By then, the battle strength will reach 20,000. Prince Kong Dai currently has 9 command companies, oh no, 8 command companies, and they all have to think carefully about whether to take action.
The Kingdom of Leia is currently on the brink of civil war and cannot spare any effort to control them.
Qianhe Valley’s dream of independence has never been so close!
It's a pity that the teacher can't see it. Catherine's expression suddenly dims and the teacher can't see it.
"It's getting late, I should go." Martin stood up, drew a cross, and bowed to Catherine.
Sissi smiled and handed him the backpack: "Are you so anxious, Dean Ludwick? Are you here now and asking you to go back?"
"No, I'm not going back." Martin stuffed the booklet into his backpack. "I'm going to go to Castle Joan of Arc to see with my own eyes how Lord Horn is going to build a "Sacred Way of Salvation" "
Farewell to several people, Martin put on his hood and disappeared into the stairwell.
Looking at Martin's leaving figure, Catherine suddenly said: "Sissi, what are the hobbies of this Saint Sun Horn? Does he have any living relatives and friends? Is he married?
In this way, you make a list of these, the more detailed the better, and give it to Mitnet tomorrow, um, before tonight.
Get ready tomorrow, and go to Fort Joan the day after tomorrow, with respect. Mr. Horn jointly discussed the attack on the church forces in Gouhu Township.”
If this Salvation Army really has the strength to defeat the Order Company, then as long as they are brought over, wouldn't there be a force to balance the existence of Meliati?
In this era, whoever masters violence has the most say.
“Huh?” Sissi blinked, “I have to go to the dock to clear customs in the afternoon.”
“I won’t run away two days late.” She squeezed Sissi’s shoulders. , Catherine said earnestly, "You have to prioritize things."
(End of this chapter)