Chapter 1066 297. Satellite City
Sunset Plain, Tunbu City.
As a satellite city of the new royal capital, the city lord is undoubtedly the most leisurely position.
No need to be bound by the rules and regulations of the new royal capital, and scheming with the nobles all day long. There is no need to eat ashes at the border and worry about the Skaven Demon Freedom Blade. You can also collect tolls and city tax, and ask for some supplies from the new royal capital if you have nothing to do.
Just give golden grain to useless guards.
Fortunately, the staff made a good suggestion not long ago: mix sand into the millet and sprinkle sawdust into the wheat.
The Lord of Montella felt that he was still very conscientious, and only mixed less than one-fifth of it. He paid the original price and only made 20% of the profit.
“But why does it feel like it’s a bit much?” Lord Montella held up the grain mixed with sand, and the fine sand leaked out from between his fingers.
This seems to be almost half done.
"The grains are larger than sand, so they are all at the bottom." The staff said quickly.
"Oh~"
The Lord of Montra obviously had little knowledge or common sense, so he shook off the sand in his hand and took the handkerchief believing it was true.
"Report!"
The embarrassed messenger ran over at this time, exchanged glances with the staff, and shouted with surprise:
"Great victory on the front line! Soldiers of the Kingdom Annihilated 130,000 enemy Liberty Blades at the border, and the minions of Liberty City surrendered in tears! ”
Listening to the good news from the front line, the Lord of Montella said to his staff with a arrogant look on his face: "If I go to the front line, I can drive them back to their hometown before January next year."
"My old master is looking down on you too much. .”
The staff smiled flatteringly. At this time, the guard rushed in with a look of panic:
“Lord City Lord, a group of Freedom Blades appeared outside the city. They said that the army has entered Sunset Plains!”
“What, freedom? The Blade also forged battle reports?" the staff exclaimed.
"What?" Lord Montella didn't hear clearly.
"I, I, I... I mean, Liberty City must be forging battle reports!"
The guard who reported the news panicked: "No, we have already seen the smoke and dust in the distance, the Liberty City army Just a dozen miles away..."
"Don't panic!"
Montra City Lord and Liushenwuzhu's staff said, with a sure chance of victory: "They are probably just a group of refugees known as the Blades of Freedom. Get the cloak given by the king, and I will go to the battlefield in person!”
"Oh... OK!"
The staff hurried to the city lord's mansion, but instead of getting the cloak, they packed their things to escape.
He spent several months coaxing the stupid city lord, and finally made a lot of money. If he didn't run away, he would be free of the Free Blade.
On the other side, the Lord of Montra did not wait for his staff to come back, so he anxiously took a car to the city wall in person.
Looking at the magnificent city wall more than six meters high in the distance from the car window, the Lord of Montella sneered and told the refugees that they could not pry out a single brick even if they knocked for a day...
But why is it so noisy on the other side of the city wall?
“The city lord is over there!”
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the chaos on the edge of the city wall paused, and then they all rushed over.
The Lord of Montella looked panicked, and the guard captain pulled out his sword: "Lord Montella, I will protect you, please leave quickly!"
The Lord of Montella looked at the loyal guards and was greatly affected. Touched: "What's your name?"
Unexpectedly, the guard next put the cold sword blade across his neck and roared in the distance: "I am Florin, I have captured the city lord!"
He also wanted to use the blade of freedom. Before the beaten Montella could react, he was surrounded by the Blades of Freedom...
No... they seemed to be city guards!
"You betrayed me?!" Montella said sadly.
"You give us food mixed with sand, are you worthy of our loyalty?" The angry guards surrounded him, and then someone shouted, "There is one over there! He is the aide of the city lord!" ", the guards ran halfway and caught the sneaking figure in the distance.
“It’s just a little bit of sand, what else are you dissatisfied with, civilians can’t even eat it if they want!”
Montra believed that he had never treated the guards badly. Unexpectedly, they surrendered before the Freedom Blade arrived!
A guard shot back: "Then why should we protect you! For the half of sand and sawdust!?"
Wait, half?
Montella was stunned and looked at the ashen-faced aide who was dragged over: "What's going on? Why did they say there was half sand."
The ashen-faced aide said feebly: "You are full. But the people below also have to divide it..."
The city lord adds a little, the staff adds a little, the grain officer, the quartermaster add a little, each captain adds a little, it's almost half...
Montra's eyes were splitting: "You mistook me, you mistook me!!!"
The satellite city of the new royal capital, with a population of tens of thousands, has Tumbuk City where the Knights are stationed, and there is no resistance. If not, open the door.
"Open the city gate and welcome Annan! Annan will not pay for his food when he comes!"
The cry of the Blade of Freedom outside the city, like a mountain roaring and a tsunami, poured in.
The civilians on the street were stunned. Some fled in all directions, some hid in shops, and some rushed out.
“What should I do with this guy?” a guard asked.
Montra realized that they were talking about him, and raised his voice and said: "My father is——"
In the chaos, Montella was kicked by someone who didn't know who, and he fainted immediately.
The south city gate was lost, and the knights stationed in Tunbu City were preparing to dispatch. As a result, they put on their armor and mounted their horses. Before they left the camp, news came that the north, west, and east city gates had been lost one after another. .
"Why so fast?! There is no resistance from the four gates?!"
The knight leader did not believe it, and the knight who reported the news said: "Ten knights and mages have arrived from the Blade of Freedom! "
The knight leader shouted: "Ten knights? Are we a kingdom or are they a kingdom?"
The battle to capture Tunbu City came to an end in only twenty minutes.
With the city gate lost and enemies several times their size flooding into the city and capturing the city lord, they were unable to form the resistance they yearned for.
The nobles in the city welcome the Blade of Freedom...there's nothing they can do if they don't like it.
After taking over Tunbu City, Little Small followed the old rules and handed over the city defense to the legion, and went to the dungeon himself.
Montra, the lord of Tunbu City, is a bit stupid.
This is a compliment, because he is not bad, and even has a kind of... simplicity.
He has never done any bad things. He usually stays in the city lord's palace. He is completely opposite to Annan. The only bad thing he did was that he was instigated by his staff and "only" mixed one-fifth of the sand.
In the end, because of this bad thing, he was betrayed by his subordinates and took the city without bloodshed.
He thought that his staff had mistaken me.
Little Small went to the staff again, and the staff flattered him and said that he had admired the Blade of Freedom for a long time and wanted to help, so he came up with this idea to make the guards resentful of the city lord.
"So we still want to thank you?" Xiao Si Mo smiled half-heartedly.
If the guards hadn't noticed that this guy was running away with a bunch of gems, Little Small might have actually believed it.
"That's not necessary! It's enough for the adults to remember my kindness..."
"Okay, then I'll hand you over to the guards."
"Thank you, sir...eh?"
When the staff reacted, he seemed to have said "Give yourself to the guards" instead of "Give the guards to yourself"...
(End of this chapter)