Chapter 122: The Recalcitrant Merchant Alliance

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The Second Goblin Empire, which pursues militarism, is not a monolith, and although the battle plan of the Goblin Military Department to ambush Luo Zhengdao's fleet is extremely secretive, as long as two people know about it in the world, it cannot be called a secret.

In the mixed Xiangjiang merchant group, there are quite a few anonymous people with eyes and hands, who have quietly expanded their sources of information to the inner circle of the goblin empire through various profit transmission channels. Although there is still a big gap between the idea of buying the goblin boss as an informant, it is enough to get in touch with some scattered but strategically valuable information. For businessmen who are good at analyzing market trends and judging future trends, even fragmentary information can almost restore the truth if it is considered in combination with a variety of factors in the outside world.

It stands to reason that those who know the secret will not run out and talk nonsense, and it is not a small trouble to be found out by the goblins afterwards, but today Luo Zhengdao's fleet soldiers are coming to the city, and they have issued the most taboo people's ** easy terms, they do not take action to prevent the merchant group from uniting with the pirates to reach this truce agreement, and when the goblins are held accountable, they will also not be able to escape the responsibility, so there are some things that cannot be left to say.

"What! These damn greenskins are ......"

I heard that the goblins used themselves as bait for fishing, a merchant group boss was suddenly so angry that his face was bloodless, and outsiders often scolded them for being a group of lackeys raised by goblins, which was really not wrong at all, the second country of the goblin emperor actually waived even a word of notice in advance, obviously he didn't treat the merchant group union as a dish!

"Your Excellency, Vice President, please speak carefully, and don't involve the rest of us."

Touched by the yin and yang strange words of his peers, the business group boss knew that he was speechless, so he had to sit back in the chair by wiping his sweat, and wisely closed his mouth, this is a curse! The chairman next to him was still sad, and he sighed and said:

"You can't fight it, and you can't talk about it, so what do you say?"

"Why don't you find an excuse to stall for time!"

As soon as they heard this, the bigwigs present shook their heads, since Luo Zhengdao dared to shout out a negotiation condition that must be answered at an hourglass time, it proved that the other party was on guard against the joint tactics of the merchant group to delay the army, and if he played tricks on this, he was afraid that he would lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.

"Less nonsense, Count Flu is not one of those useless wastes, do you think people can't see it?"

"Everyone, or ......"

In the business circle, smart people are never out of stock, and someone has already picked a head, and of course the people here know that he has a way, and they have opened their mouths to urge:

"Don't babble, just say what you have to say!"

This big guy with a bright head and a sparse character flashed his eyes at this time, and said tentatively:

"We set fire to the port area to temporarily block the pirate attack, and it is estimated that the goblin fleet is not far away, and it is enough to delay for a while."

Hearing this, several bigwigs who are mainly engaged in the shipping industry immediately changed their faces drastically, and they really couldn't hold back the anger in their hearts, so they got up and scolded angrily:

"Bastard, what nonsense are you talking about? If we set fire to the port area, how will our business continue? ”

"Yes! Most of our wealth in the warehouse is burned down, will you pay for it? ”

What kind of person is the person who came up with this kind of bad idea, it is estimated that the answer is not to ask, this big guy with a rather bad character immediately spread his hands, made a look that I am actually very innocent, and said:

"Isn't there any other way for me! Are you going to hand over those untouchables, and then wait for the goblins to cut off our heads? ”

The life and death of others have nothing to do with themselves, and those bigwigs, who are destined to suffer heavy losses and heavy economic losses, have also given up their tough stance against arson under the persuasion of others, and at this time, the president of the Chamber of Commerce cannot pretend to be deaf and dumb, and sighs and says:

"Okay, how much oil do we have in stock?"

"About fifteen hundred barrels."

"Well, it's all poured into the sewers in the port area, ready to be lit."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

No matter what era or what system it is, the high-ranking people will not really treat the grass people as their kind, which is an unsolvable problem for the ages.

Since the establishment of the state system by mankind, it is good to have any name, whether it is called a chief, a nobleman, a king, an emperor, a president or a chairman, in the eyes of these high-ranking rulers, the flat-headed people are nothing more than NPCs with numbers on their heads. It is not so much that the commoners and the superiors are the same kind or compatriots, but that the cattle and sheep grazed by the superiors, and they usually shear wool or something, that is, the taxes on the surface and the soft knife and the exploitation trick of scraping the bones with the soft knife of inflation and printing bills. If the superior feels the need, those who are ruled have to sacrifice their blood and lives to seek additional benefits for them, usually these measures are implemented in the sacred name of the country and the righteousness, so the ancients in China said that the saints do not die, and the thieves are not stopped!

It was difficult for them to make a decision, but the intensity of implementation was not slow at all, and after a while, those private soldiers and thugs raised by wealthy businessmen entered the port area and began to set up arson.

"Hey, is there anyone left, if you want to survive, get out quickly."

The shouting was just a façade, and the thugs themselves knew that it would be too late to evacuate the slum-dwellers before they set fire to the shantytowns. If you really want to transfer these people out, don't be delusional in three or two days, shouting twice before setting fire, it's not so much kindness as crocodile tears.

"Ignition!"

"Bang-"

As several torches were thrown together, flames more than a person high suddenly burst out in all directions along the wet marks poured with fire oil, and the speed with which the fiery snakes rolled and spread was dizzying. In the blink of an eye, the flames of the wind engulfed a large part of the port area, a simple structure made of wooden planks, hay and broken bricks, with nearly zero fire resistance. At this moment, another gust of wind blew, and the flames rose to the height of a three-story building, and the scorching heat forced the thugs far beyond the barrier to retreat from the obscenity.

Frankly, no one intends to kill the poor who live on the margins of society, but unfortunately they have fallen victim to another great plan of the big guys. If this tragedy had been born in the old world, it is estimated that they would still have the opportunity to occupy some corner space on the social news pages of newspapers and television, followed by a wave of abuse on Weibo that seemed to be righteous and strict but did not deviate from the system issue, and a mouthful of human hope how glorious the lighthouse would be, and then the flames of the polemic spread, and the five cents and cents flew around, and when the debate on the forum gradually lost its heat, those victims became cold statistics.

In a new world where wars are raging and human lives are like grass, the deaths of those on the margins of society are as obscure as they were when they once existed in the world, just like a clump of weeds growing on the side of the road, quietly withering and withering in the cold wind.

Seeing the rapidly spreading fire in the port area on the flagship Avenger, Luo Zhengdao showed a stunned expression, and after a moment of speechlessness, he shook his head and sighed and said:

"I actually set fire to the port area by myself, I underestimated the merchant group and these bastards!"

Zola Hegel, who was temporarily pulled by Luo Zhengdao to be the captain, handed over the steering wheel to the first mate, walked quickly to Luo Zhengdao, and said:

"An orange flare has just been fired from the open sea, and there are already signs of activity in the goblin fleet."

Knowing that the goblin was not sure enough not to make a move lightly, Luo Zhengdao nodded firmly at this time and said:

"Well, leave the giant cannon behind to continue bombing the port, send two more cruisers to protect it, and the other ships will go to sea with the flagship to meet the goblins."

"Okay, I'll go and signal the fleet."

Naval communications technology in the old world relied on optical signals such as flags before wireless light, and no matter how loud you were born, it was mythical to want people hundreds of meters away to hear what you were saying in the cold whistling sea breeze. Although the new world has magical power, the cost of not being able to hold this thing is not low, and only the flagship organized above the Yaling naval detachment can be equipped with magical artifacts of long-range communication, this configuration density is already quite extravagant, counting on the fact that every warship can communicate instantly, and the amount of gold spent is enough to build another fleet of the same size.

Whether in the day or at night, light signal communication is a relatively cheap and easy to use means, especially in the daytime, the use of mirror reflection sunlight to produce a regular code signal, the transmission distance is farther than the flag, and at night with the oil lamp with a shading device can also achieve the same effect.

At this time, as the flagship Avenger continued to signal the assembly of the whole team to the surrounding pirate ships, the pirate ships that were shelling and suppressing the harbor batteries regrouped and lined up in a column to sail to the open sea to join the sentinel detachment. Even if he knew that the goblin empire would only make a move this time, Luo Zhengdao was still full of confidence in winning, and the pirate invasion was in full swing, since he had caught up with this good time when the beacons were burning everywhere, it was impossible for the goblins to mobilize too much strength to ambush him, and at most he could only draw a goblin fleet that was about the same size as the Modo Blackwater Pursuit Fleet. This kind of Cheng Dù's strength gap, Luo Zhengdao, who has extremely rich experience in escaping, asked himself if he couldn't beat him and it was not difficult to get out, and the goblin wanted to keep him, not as easy as shouting a few slogans.

"Report, there's a cruiser at the lookout, presumably an outpost of the goblin fleet."

The bad news conveyed by the lookout hand was already expected by Luo Zhengdao, and he waved his hand nonchalantly and said:

"Zola, knock it off, give the greenskin some color and see."

After serving Luo Zhengdao for a long time, he has proved his ability and loyalty, and he can win trust and be able to take charge of himself. Temporarily captaining the flagship Avenger, he was satisfied with his elevated status, and when he heard Luo Zhengdao's words, Zola Hegel grinned and said:

"Okay! Excellency. Slackers, let's deal with those greenskins! ”

ps: When I wrote today's chapter, the highest wanted has been full of 400,000 words, and the results are relatively bleak at present, we can't compare with the first-line gods, thank you for smashing a lot of red tickets to crabs, so that I can show off on the tail of the first echelon. You don't need to worry about eunuchs without books, with my code level, 600,000 words of manuscript and 2,000 words written every day, the whole book is no pressure. I'm just disappointed that not many people read this book.