Chapter 209: Do You Want to Live?
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In a depressing world, there is always someone to find some fun, and Colby is such a person, as a horse racer, there is nothing better than building a racetrack to bring back the feeling of being in the original world.
The racecourse is located in the triangle opposite the castle and the bazaar, and it took Colby to order the demolition of more than a hundred houses to build it, although it is only made up of simple wooden fences and flat land, but it is not only used for horse racing.
Whenever the rosette banner held high by the army of Corbina was planted in the corner of the racecourse, the civilians of the city of Kuro knew that it was the lord who had begun his entertainment.
Watching the enemy look embarrassed is an important means for Colby to rally his own civilization replicants, and involving civilians is a kind of ruler's grace, and it can also ease the resentment of the servants.
But today it seems different, Calby didn't involve most of the civilians in Kuro City.
"Are there no civilians?" After a knight in armor entered, he looked at Colby sitting high on the viewing platform, and muttered to himself in some surprise.
"Rogers, oh, my heavenly father, come quickly, I have been waiting for you for a long time." When Colby saw Rogers walking towards him, he immediately stood up from his position, spread his arms, and said with a smile.
"My lord, are you going to have a celebration today?" Rogers looked at the nobles sitting on the podium, then approached Colby, bowed his head and saluted.
Hearing this, Colby pointed to the merchants sitting at the bottom and said, "I want those merchants to see that it is the right choice to stand on my side in the future, they have been a little restless lately." ”
"My lord, I see, I'll let them do it with all their might." Rogers immediately understood Colby's intentions, mobilized the most elite knights, flaunted the force, reminded these merchants to remember the strength of Coro City, and placed their family property in Cooro City to attract more floating population, which is the most important thing, due to excessive taxes, many merchants have already planned to move to other towns, and today's move is to prepare to curb the trend of merchants moving out.
"Wealth is just a number for the ruler, and there are no civilization points that work, but with wealth, we must attract more civilians and build the city of Kuro into a core city beyond the surrounding towns." Colby thought to himself as he looked at Rogers, who had gone down to arrange for the manpower.
When these enemy captives die tragically under the hooves of their knights, those who see all this will feel the most direct spiritual shock.
Surrendering gold coins to the ruler is not a pleasant thing for the merchants, but if they lose their protection, no amount of wealth will have any effect, so the powerful merchants will choose a core town of the ruler to bet, take root in it, monopolize the main trading items, and willingly be the ruler's wool supplier.
The strength of the army is an important criterion for the big businessmen to bet on, although the core city of Albert is the dream of every English businessman, but the competition there is also very fierce, and the next best thing is the last resort.
During the war, not only did they have to bear heavy taxes, but they also had to face the various donations of the rulers, and the merchants of Couro City felt that they could not stay any longer, and Calby hired a large number of civilians on a large number of buildings, spending all their money and food, but the result was that Colby was alone, and they only had the same promise of protection.
"Our lord has no chance to participate in the war this time, so he has a lot fewer slaves than his lord, and in order to hire civilians to build towns, we need a steady stream of funds, so if this continues, we will be even more sad in the future." A businessman in a loose robe complained to his partner, looking at the prisoners of war as they began to enter.
"Why don't we make a proposal to the lord and ask him to buy some slaves from the lord of Tyne City, and we can split fifty percent of the exchange materials at one time, what do you think?" A very simplely dressed businessman suggested, observing the expressions of the others.
"I agree, if the proposal is rejected, I am ready to move to another town, so that I will be bankrupt sooner or later." A thin businessman immediately responded, but his voice did not dare to speak too loudly, but as he spoke, he paid attention to the position of Colby, who was sitting high on the viewing platform, with a cautious look.
"Alright, when this is over, let's go to the lord together." The loose-robed merchant thought for a moment, nodded and agreed, as the most powerful businessmen in Kuro City, their opinions represented the mainstream of the local chamber of commerce.
Looking at the merchants gathered together to discuss, Rogers was very disdainful in his heart, although defeating a weak enemy was a very boring thing, but this was the lord's order, and he had to obey it. A dozen knights were ordered to mount their horses with the help of their squires, and Rogers also took the shields and pistols offered by the squires.
The racecourse suddenly fell silent, and looking at Rogers and his party as they were ready, the audience immediately understood that this visual feast of killing was about to begin.
Rogers turned his head to look at Colby on the viewing platform, and just waited for Colby to give the order, and the show was ready to begin.
The prisoners of war were pushed into the side of the racecourse, and then the chains that bound them were lifted, and a box of worn weapons was dumped in front of the prisoners of war.
Zhou Dayong was expressionlessly pushed into the racecourse by the halberd guards, and unlike those prisoners of war, the chains on Zhou Dayong's feet were not lifted, but only the chains that bound his hands were untied.
As a reinforcement person, the memory of once charging into battle to kill England reinforcement people still brings a trace of scruples to Colby, even if Zhou Dayong is faced with such a disadvantage, Colby will not give Zhou Dayong a chance to exert 100% combat effectiveness.
"It's all broken copper and iron." Zhou Dayong saw the weapons thrown to the ground, and understood that today was the last day he lived in the world, and every weapon on the ground had a gap, all of which were defective products that had been used, and the heavily armed heavy knights in the distance were all well-armed, not to mention blocking the offensive, it was difficult to hurt the other party's hair.
"You have to find a way to get your hands on the enemy's weapon, preferably an axe or something." Zhou Dayong looked at the long iron chain connecting his legs, and thought in his heart, although he knew that the chance of success was very small, but the instinct to survive was better than everything, and he would never give up hope in his heart until the last moment.
"Do you want to live?" Zhou Dayong did not rush to pick up the weapons on the ground, but looked at the more than 20 Indian prisoners of war with desperate expressions on their faces, and said with some excitement.