Chapter 172: Skull Banner
In the center of the town, where a high platform had been built out of wood, a human advertising man stood and shouted with a loudspeaker in his hand. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The deafening sound resounded throughout the town.
"It's so lively!" Locke couldn't help but say with some emotion, he hadn't encountered such a situation for a long time. In his impression, the last time he saw this kind of scene, it was in the downtown area of his previous life.
"Give me a gold coin!"
Bridget looked at the open-air stalls full of civilians and couldn't help but get a little excited. She turned around and asked Locke for money, and Locke brought her a dozen gold coins out, and she only took one.
"Come with me! Maybe you can help me with something! ”
Locke had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and follow, why are women so keen on shopping and shopping? It's the same with coming into this world.
Bridget first walked to a few stalls and took a look, and then walked to the end of the line and formed a long line. Seeing this, Locke had no choice but to follow.
"Hello, my lord."
"Your Lord, may the Holy Light bless you!"
"May the Light be with you, Lord Lord."
Along the way, all the civilians along the way saluted Locke, and their heartfelt smiles made Locke feel very pleased. He felt that what he had done had not been in vain.
"Your Excellency, come ahead of me!" The civilians in front of Locke and Bridget turned and said respectfully, "If it weren't for you, without your army, I might have died at the hands of those gnolls right now." ”
"No, we can't break the rules." Locke thanked him, "Let's wait, no hurry!" ”
However, Locke ignores the enthusiasm of the civilians, and he and Bridget are eventually pushed all the way to the front of the stall.
"Hello! Do you need anything? We have honey-roasted festive ham, spicy beef jerky, homemade patties from Gracou, festive cheese rings, gingerbread, sugar sticks, Winter Veil eggnog, sparkling cider, Winter Grandpa's ale wine, green flower tea, mixed bean wine, hot sand foam beer, holiday wine, etc., etc., we also have Winter Grandpa's costumes, in short, we have the goods related to the Winter Veil Festival. The middle-aged man selling the goods looked at them with a smile on his face.
"Hello, bring us two sets of winter grandpa's costumes. A set of greens for my stature. A set of red with his size! Bridget said, turning to Locke. Other than that! In addition to clothes, will be all your goods! We want 1,000 copies of everything! ”
"1000 ?!" The middle-aged man selling the goods looked at them in some surprise, and he took off the small round eyes on the bridge of his nose, "You're not kidding, are you?" ”
"I know you have magic backpacks, and your merchandise is in them. Please also don't worry about our purchasing power. Bridget took out a gold coin, tossed it in her hand, and threw it into the merchant's hand. This is a deposit, and you can send the rest of the goods there. ”
Bridget pointed to the tallest building in town.
"City Hall?"
"Yes."
"Well, the goods will arrive tomorrow afternoon at the latest. I wish you all a happy Winter Veil Festival in advance. The merchant smiled at them, grabbed the two colorful lollipops in the box behind him, and handed them to Bridget.
"I've got these two lollipops for you."
Bridget handed one to Locke and shoved the other into her mouth.
"What a familiar taste! It's been a long time since I've eaten it! Bridget squinted her eyes and savored the taste of the lollipop.
Locke shoved the lollipop into his mouth and chewed it. Tastes good, mint flavored.
"It's reckless, is this how lollipops are eaten?" Bridget gave Locke a blank look, "Do you understand how to eat like me?" ”
Bridget stretched out her playful tongue, and her tongue flexibly swirled on the lollipop, and Locke's face turned red instantly!
He hurriedly turned around, and at this moment, he remembered those women's in the island films he had seen in his previous life....! Oh, my God! I'm so evil!
"Hey! What's bad thinking about you? Still being by me? Bridget chased after her. Turned to look at him.
"Nope! Nothing! I can tell you very seriously! Absolutely nothing! Locke said with a serious face, "It's not early, I'm going to the docks, you can go here by yourself." By the way, those documents in the town hall were processed! ”
"Well," Bridget looked at Locke with some indignation, "you must have some bad ideas!" Hum! Don't let me know! ”
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Locke rode to the beach with a group of guards, and he spent some time at the beach every day.
He now opens and closes his eyes every day with news about eating.
I only hope that the goblins will arrive sooner.
"How's it going today? Captain Marslan. Locke handed his horse to the guards and asked the dock manager who greeted him.
"Report to the Legion Commander, we have built sixteen more docks in the past few days. If the fleet arrives, we can load and unload 28 ships at a time. ”
The head of the docks, Captain Maslan, reported. Then he asked with some confusion, "Commander, will we really have a large trading fleet here to deliver supplies?" ”
"That's for sure. I have already paid the deposit. Locke said as he walked towards the sea. Without those supplies, everything we have here would have collapsed. Our Fifth Army will find itself in an extremely difficult situation. This will be a big blow to us now. ”
"I am sure that the fleet will arrive in these days. Let our fishermen keep their eyes peeled and keep an eye on the distant sea when fishing. ”
"How's your security here?" Locke asked Captain Marslan, "In the future, you are the most important place for us. ”
"There are no more gnolls around here. According to fishermen's descriptions, there are no fish-man villages on the coastline here. And the threat from the ocean is beyond our means. Captain Maslan reported as he looked at the blue sea. Commander, we chose this geographical location, then the Navy is indispensable. I hope you will pay attention to this issue. ”
"In the future, we will have a navy." Locke looked at the sea and was a little silent, "The navy will also be our focus on development." For now, let's hold on. If there are any sea beasts in the sea, then hide and don't fight. ”
Locke patted Captain Marslan on the shoulder, "There will be, we will have everything, in the future, we Lordaeron will rise again here." ”
Captain Maslan looked at Locke with excitement, and Locke looked at him with a smile, "I'm leaving, looking after our docks." I'll come back tomorrow. ”
After more than half a month, Locke became familiar with the captain Maslan, who was in charge of guarding the coastline.
This Captain Maslan was a young man of only 28 years old, and his ancestors were once in Lordaeron's navy. It was only in his father's generation that he was squeezed out of the navy. The descendants of this military aristocracy yearn for the navy beyond the reach of others.
He didn't like being an officer in the army now, and what he longed for was the kind of sea life in the navy. He also wanted to conquer the seas, conquer pirates, and defend Lordaeron's coastline like his ancestors.
In Locke's mind, he could cultivate it. Let's see if you can become a candidate for admiral after the Crusaders.
"So, I'm leaving." Locke rode on Lightning's back, "I'll leave it to you here!" ”
At this moment, the shouts of fishermen suddenly came from the sea in the distance. They rowed their fishing boats in terror towards the shore at a rapid pace.
"What's going on over there?"
"Commander, forgive me for not sending it! I'm going to see what's going on! Captain Maslan gave a quick salute to Locke, then turned and began to direct the soldiers at the docks to prepare for defense.
After this incident, Locke naturally couldn't go.
He turned over and dismounted, handed his horse to the guards, and ran quickly to the shore, waiting for the fishermen to come to shore.
After a while, the frightened fishermen returned from the sea. They left the fishing boat on the shore and ran to Captain Marslan.
"My lord! A huge fleet appeared on the surface of the sea in the distance! Their numbers overshadow! And they're flying pirate flags! The fisherman said in horror, "They're coming in our direction!" ”
"Oh?! Pirate? Locke was surprised? How is it not a goblin trade caravan?
However, he was not slow to react.
Locke turned to the guards who had come with him. "Order the C Wing to assemble quickly! Come to the beach to help! Let Major Paul bring all the recruits! Just go! ”
"Captain Maslan, gather all the civilians on the docks and let them all go and pick up stones. If these pirates are going to disembark and attack us, they will be stoned. Locke commanded Maslan, "Oh! That's right! Now some civilians are separated to dig trenches in the forest behind. If the pirates attack with cannons, burrow into the trenches to avoid the cannonballs. ”
Captain Maslan took the order and got busy.
Locke looked towards the far end of the ocean, and the shadows began to appear, and the sails of some ships began to appear on the sea, one after the other.
Soon, the sails became real, and they began to emerge from the sea level.
"So much!" Locke looked at it with some surprise, in his eye sockets. At the end of the sea level are white sails, and they cover the sea!
Locke looked at it a little anxiously, he didn't expect it. It's not trade ships, it's a huge fleet flying pirate flags!
Soon, the huge fleet on the sea approached the coastline, and they stopped not far from the shore. Locke saw the fleets begin to drop iron anchors into the sea.
At this point, the first smaller ships left their fleet. They are heading towards the sea at a very high speed.
Locke could clearly see that there was a black skull pirate flag hanging on the ship's flag.