Chapter 186: City-wide blackmail

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By this time, after fighting for most of the night, the whole city had set up the flag of England.

The once bustling and prosperous city is now as silent as death, with doors and windows closed tightly, and the streets are not the slightest bit popular at night with blood.

And the street, which was once full of sludge and garbage, is now dyed a bewitching red, and the streets are randomly placed with mutilated body limbs, and English soldiers with blood on their faces are holding various weapons, groping for each corpse one by one, hoping to get some money.

Navy Rear Admiral James. Rio Shesley and Privy Council Chancellor Kyle. Lance, the two of them walked the corpse-strewn streets, oblivious to the soldiers' fumbling for the corpses.

The patrolmen who passed by the two from time to time also looked curiously at the two walking in the middle of the night, casting puzzled eyes.

James and Chancellor Kyle walked side by side, talking and laughing.

"Lord Lance, how many gold coins do you think the city can collect?"

Pointing to the shops in front of him, he didn't have to think about how prosperous he usually was, and the gold coins were flowing like a river.

At the thought of this, Major James drooled, his eyes were full of greed, and he looked at everything in front of him presumptuously.

Caught off guard, the minister Kyle, who had been discussing the loss, was a little stunned for a while, then shook his head, his dark blue eyes rolled for a moment, thought about it, and said:

"Mr. Major, according to my estimate, the city of Francico receives almost ten thousand pounds in taxes every month, and excluding the payment to the King and all kinds of expenses, the surplus must be about three thousand pounds a month."

"Really? That's a lot of money, and sure enough, it's a rich city! ”

Hearing His Excellency's explanation, Major James almost swallowed his tongue.

Despite that, Major James saw a corpse in a pool of blood in front of him, kicked it lightly, and stepped over.

"If that's the case, then we'll have a great harvest this time!"

"Yes! Tomorrow I will go to Paris to meet King Henry II of France! I think his face is probably black to the coals, and it's pleasant to think about! Smiling, Kyle's two handfuls of beard moved and looked happy.

"Yes! Your Excellency, I wish you every success tomorrow and the completion of the tasks assigned by Your Majesty! With a few echoes, Major James stopped and blessed him.

"It's a simple task, and I can't wait to see how depressed Henry II is!"

A few laughs, Kyle. Lance accompanied Major James for a walk, and then went back to rest, tomorrow he had to hurry, and it was important to hurry up and rest.

Major James, on the other hand, walked tirelessly, or made a round, and the whole city was basically in a state of calm, and the resistance was completely wiped out.

The next day, Kyle, who barely rested for a few hours. Lance got up in a hurry, took a few guards and servants, and hurriedly rode in a carriage to Paris.

And Major James got up early to bid farewell to Kyle. After Lance, he did not go back to sleep again, and patrolled the troops.

Due to the repeated orders before the siege and the fact that the damage of the besieging soldiers was not great, the English army at this time was like a model army in later generations, and the autumn did not commit any crimes.

In addition to the 500 patrols arranged by James overnight, the rest of the soldiers were arranged to watch the prisoners in the barracks in the city, and the soldiers who had not slept all night were also very emotional.

The routed soldiers, as well as the captured prisoners, plus the dead defenders, were looted over and over again by the English soldiers, and even their clothes were stripped of them.

So, the dead were thrown out into the sea by the soldiers, and the captives were covered with a cool breeze, and only a linen underwear was left to cover up a thing or two.

And when Major James arrived at the barracks, the soldiers were red-eyed, counting their booty, and some even fought over a silver coin.

Under the escort of the guards, Major James came to this smoky barracks, and the whole person was a little bad.

"Go and call them all, including the patrolling, except the gatekeepers!" Major James tilted his neck and whispered to the guards next to him.

Watching the sleek guards leave, Major James coughed and said sharply:

"Look what you look like, making noise for a little thing, and not gathering!"

And the soldiers, who were in a state of fuss, finally found out that their commander was coming, and hurriedly stood up and stood together in the order of the ships.

So, when everyone arrived, what appeared in front of James was a queue of more than 30 teams.

Looking at the soldiers with blood on their clothes but high morale, James nodded in satisfaction.

"Guys! Last night's harvest was just a snack before the big meal! Today I will make your harvest more abundant! ”

Major James's words aroused the active genes in the hearts of the soldiers, and suddenly, the atmosphere in the barracks seemed even hotter.

Major James smiled slightly, as he expected.

"Today, you have given you the task of knocking on the door of a man who looks rich, and if he is a merchant or a nobleman, then you need to make them pay a ransom of a hundred gold coins!"

"If you knock on the door of an ordinary person, you only need to ask them to pay ten silver coins!"

"Don't take more, don't rob, don't harass women!"

"After taking the money, you need to explain that the king of France asked you to take it, remember?"

At the end of the sentence, Major James shouted loudly.

"Got itβ€”" shouted the soldiers.

"Put all the money in my hands, I have seven layers, you have three layers, don't try to hide it from me, I will send someone to supervise it!"

Finally, Major James' words were full of warnings.

After that, the soldiers formed groups of three or five and began to extort the whole city.

"Knock knock!" Picking up the spear in his hand, the soldier hurriedly knocked on the door of an ordinary house.

The man and hostess and the child huddled together and trembled with fear.

Seeing that the door could not be opened, the soldier directly opened the door violently in a fit of anger, came to the room and looked at the trembling family and said, "Hurry up and take out ten silver coins!" I still have urgent matters and don't have time to delay! ”

Since the city of Francico is not far from England, borders the English Channel, and is located in the Normandy region, English is familiar to them.

The man got up tremblingly, took out a box containing money, walked slowly to the soldier, and put it in his hand.

The soldier took one look, took ten silver coins, and after that, returned the box to the man, and walked out quickly.

The man breathed a sigh of relief, but the soldier came back and said, "This is what the king of France told us to take!" ”

After that, the stunned family was left directly.

And today, the whole city is filled with violent knocks on doors.