Chapter 262 115. Man, Woman, Liliana
The vacant houses in Xingyue Bay were filled with residents of Louis City.
Eli Ruishi had no time to build new houses because all his hands were diverted to strengthening and expanding the city walls.
The city wall in the north is two meters wide and five meters high. The walls in the south and east are even more perfunctory and only two meters high. You can climb over them with a little jump, and even the dwarves can't stop them.
If the rat people continue to go north along the Kingdom of Ruikan'er, they will hit a wall in front of a 10-meter-high city wall - but there seems to be no difference between a two-meter-high and a ten-meter-high city wall in the face of the overwhelming rat tide. .
Xingyue Bay, which had been idle for a few months, was busy again.
The things Ulmit needs are gradually being piled into the warehouse. Tools and cement can be provided by Xingyue Bay, while food and horses can only be transported from Breeze City.
Ingrid and Annan reported on the price of food: "Each pound of wheat flour has only increased by two copper coins compared to previous years, but as the Rats approach, the food shipped from the south will become less and less or even disappear. We need to stock up on more food.”
“I’m worried that if we have more, there will be less for the civilians,” Annan said hesitantly.
Ingrid said Annan's worries were unnecessary - by then all food would be monopolized by the nobles.
Annan signed the decree with confidence, allowing Xingyue Bay to acquire farmland on a large scale, and then told Olmedo about this before the new issue of "Xingyue Bay News" was released. As a result, she said that the city government had already begun the acquisition.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I thought you knew... weren't you buying grain?"
"Well...I know."
Annan asked Leila to tell her eldest sister the news, and then mobilized all residents to pickle the sea fish and dry it in the sun. Dried salted fish will not go bad even after being stored for several years, and can be used to defend against intruders when necessary.
A beautiful scenery soon appeared in Xingyue Bay - rows of salted fish hanging on the clothesline, and the smell of fish was everywhere.
"Do you want some?" Annan asked Urmit.
"No..."
There are two months until the autumn harvest. With the speed of the rat people and the size of the Kingdom of Ruikan...it will be at least next spring before the rat people have a chance to enter. Northern Territory.
But Annan couldn't imagine why the rat people would run to the foot of the snow-capped mountains, just like he couldn't imagine why the thirteen clans of rat people went straight to the north.
Three sailboats set out earlier today. Their purpose was to go to Yongye Port to find Haiying to buy more ships. Annan was inspired by Louis City. If the Rat Men really arrived, they could escape to the island.
After a few days of busy work and enough food purchased, a new week has arrived.
The new issue of "Xingyue Bay News" is on sale. Evelin's voice sounded in Xingyue Bay, Breeze City, and Snow Mountain Fortress at the same time:
"Thirteen clans of rat people are heading north!" The Violet Kingdom has fallen! The Kingdom of Rekaner has set up a defense line! 》
“The McKenna Skaven crossed the Obiris Strait, climbed over the Elf Pass and the Black Iron Mountains, and captured the Violet Kingdom. The king and the royal family met with misfortune. Only Earl Ulmit remained in Star Moon Bay. Take refuge, “I want to return home and rebuild the kingdom house by house! "He said. The rat army is pressing on the border, and the city-states along the way have moved to avoid it. The Kingdom of Ruikan'er is in danger!"
"The second prince Vitalig was poisoned and died on suspicion of treason. The King of the North was framed for participating in the rebellion and was wanted."
"The second prince Vitalig of the Kingdom of Rekaner died of poisoning. He was previously the acting king. The eldest prince was suspected of treason. At the same time, the King of the North, who was thousands of miles away, was also framed and participated in Vitalig's rebellion plan. Laurence's previous head of the family said: That is [expletive] impossible, and [expletive] Annan is not possible at all. Just [expletive] will not let the [expletive] nobles do the [expletive] dirty work, this is the [expletive] royal family trying to [expletive] fight for the rights."
"..."
< br>“This week’s weather forecast: There will be a massive rat tide in the southern part of the Kingdom of Ruikan.”
……
"How far are we from Xingyue Bay!"
The girl stuck her head out of the shaking car window and asked.
“Three weeks at most.” The merchant leader in front quickly replied, “We are not far from Breeze City.”
“Oh, I’ve finished reading the Sorcerer’s Stone.”
"Uh... do you want another magic stone?" The merchant leader's heart was bleeding. "No, do you have any books here?"
"Yes! It's just something that has been seen... Do you mind?"
"The teacher said that the more people know, the closer the knowledge is to the essence, of course."
The business leader ran back to the truck, snatched the book that an apprentice was holding, and gave it to the girl.
""The Law Breaks the Sky", written by Annan Reeves, King of the North...Huh?"
"This is true. The locals all know that Mr. Annan hid in the town to recuperate after being attacked, and wrote this book, as well as the sentence "Thirty years to the east of the Pulani River, thirty years to the west of the Pulani River!" shouted the apprentice who was following.
"Thirty years east of the Pulani River...?"
"Master Annan did not use thirty years, he only used three months to catch his attacker and solve the problem The crisis in Breeze City was solved, and the rat-man conspiracy was uncovered!”
The excited apprentice was filled with admiration for Annan.
"Then I want to take a closer look... Is this your book? This is for you." The girl took off one of her rings and threw it to the apprentice.
"I...I can't have it." The apprentice returned the magic ring under the crazy hint of the caravan leader.
“Take it, exchange the things you like for the things I like, and the equation holds.”
The girl retracted into the carriage, and the caravan leader stared covetously at the magic ring on the apprentice’s hand. : "I gave your book to her..."
After the words fell, dust rose up from the road in the distance, and a group of knights galloped past.
A few days later, the dusty knights came to the gate of Breeze City, but they were blocked by the guards. The knight captain took out the king's decree and declared: "We come from the royal capital with the king's will!"
People around the city gate stopped to look.
“King of the North, Annan Reeves colluded with the second prince Vitalig to rebel.”
Everyone in front of the city gate stared at the knights whose armor was covered with dust. I don’t know who suddenly shouted shouted: "They are the bastards who framed Jack!"
"Get out of Breeze City!"
"Catch them!"
The raging shouts caught the knights off guard, and they pulled out their swords with their exhausted bodies: "What are you going to do!"
"Sorry, they have some misunderstandings with you..."
The guards pouring out from the city separated everyone from the knights. The guard captain raised his head and said to the knight captain:
"I suspect that you are pretending to be a knight of the kingdom. Please dismount and accept our investigation."
……
With all the busyness these days, Annan always felt like he had forgotten something. Layla's fishing? Urmit's supplies?
Until he came to the study and saw the broken magic mirror, Annan finally remembered what he had forgotten.
Picking up the broken magic mirror, Annan thought for a while and asked: "Mirror, magic mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
The cold words came from the broken mirror. Drilled out of the mirror:
“Lilliana Lore.”
(End of this chapter)