Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Last Fire
The so-called last fire is, I don't buy sulfonite anymore.
This is a practice that will shake the whole crazy southern state.
Of course, before lighting the last fire, Luo Lan had to blow the flames.
This flame is to spread the news: in a month, His Royal Highness the Prince will not want sulfur stones!
Luo Lan gave a month for the people of the southern state to reconcile, but in fact, this reconciliation is the point.
When the news spread to the southern state, all the people were in a hurry, everyone had dug so much, car after car, the prince was going to stop?
That's not going to work.
So everyone went crazy, and in the last month, they threw all their family energy into the volcano, and everywhere people were rushing and shouting, not eating or drinking, and carrying the sulfur stone to the port.
Charles didn't understand Luo Lan's move a little, he felt that it was too much, and there was no substantial benefit.
Luo Lan smiled: "Charles, you have been too tired lately, you have neglected a big thing, think about it, what are you doing in Southern State at this time?" ”
Charles thought for a while and exclaimed: "They are harvesting wheat, Your Highness, you are forcing them to give up the wheat and let the wheat rot in the ground!" ”
That's right, Luo Lan is going to exhaust all the labor force in the southern state!
If there is no last month, many farmers will definitely divide their energy to harvest the wheat, because it is grain after all.
And now, everyone is crazy, they must earn the last month's gold coins, anyway, the north sells grain, and there is no need to distract themselves from harvesting wheat.
In the whole of Utan Pradesh, all the labour force has plunged into the volcano, and there was some restraint before, but now there is no restraint.
The officials could no longer care about the majesty of Gargo, and sent out troops, slaves, and even female slaves. They earn the most, with hundreds of gold coins at a time, not to mention how happy they are.
The originally ambitious generals were also moved, everyone was doing this, and if they didn't do it, they would lose a lot. This time, if you earn enough gold coins, you can go to the mainland at any time to enjoy the world of flowers.
Ciudad del Gargo.
With dark eyes, Gargo looked wearily at the only three ministers below.
"What about the rest?" Gargo's voice was shaking, he had been having nightmares all these days, dreaming that the damned Luo Lan had cut off his head with a knife.
"The new king, they are all sick, and they are not feeling well, so they did not come......"
"Damn!" Gargo slapped the dragon chair angrily, he didn't know how many times.
The faces of the three people below turned pale, and they secretly thought that they knew that they would not come.
"A bunch of rubbish! Loser! What's going on? What the hell is going on! Gargo roared in the sky, roaring at the people.
As a result, half a day passed, and two timid soldiers ran in, usually a large number of knights.
Gargo stared at the two soldiers, the fire in his eyes blazing: "What about the rest?" ”
The two soldiers knelt down and kowtowed, not daring to say a word.
"Drag it out and cut it!" Gargo cursed, but there were no extra soldiers to drag people to chop down.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the three ministers hurriedly dragged the two soldiers out.
Of course, they did not cut down the soldiers.
"What about General William? Why is he gone? Outside the palace, the three ministers anxiously asked the soldiers.
The soldier replied in horror: "General William's relatives had a conflict with the Marquis of Rose's private soldiers when they were digging sulfonite stones, and I heard that they had all been killed, and General William had already led his troops to the volcano." ”
"Ridiculous! What a thing! ”
The three ministers are going to cry, and now there is a complete collapse from the civilian population to the army, and no one can save them.
"I can only wait for another month, just wait for Luo Lan not to buy sulfonous stones."
"yes, yes, it's going to be fine...... By the way, no one has to harvest the wheat, what can I do? ”
"No matter what, are you afraid that you won't be able to buy food with gold coins? I heard that the north is full of grain, and they have a good harvest this year. ”
The Gargo Palace fell silent, and not a single ghost could be seen.
The sulfonite transportation line is crowded with people, and there is no end in sight.
High-quality sulfonite from the Nam-gun volcanic belt was mined on a large scale and all of it was transported to Nakajima State.
On the plains of the Nakajima State, Luo Lan calmly rode a horse to inspect his 500 rocket army.
The original 20,000 peasants have been disbanded, and they are going back to harvest wheat.
"Barrett, gather the Guards. Three hundred men, and you will follow Mead's soldiers, and learn how to operate trebuchets. After Luo Lan made his rounds, he ordered Barrett to work.
Barrett was excited and uneasy: "Your Highness, is there going to be a war with the Southern States?" They have 2,000 elite soldiers, and 350 cavalry, and we can't find any 10 qualified cavalrymen. ”
Barrett was a little timid, and although he felt that firearms were terrifying, he was still afraid of Gargo's elite soldiers.
"Afraid of what? Just do it. The horses from the north have been brought to you, and there must be no mistake in the cavalry regiments of your Guards in the north for the horses in the north. ”
"Yes!"
In just one month, it passed in the blink of an eye.
Barrett's training was very hurried, but fortunately, Nakajima also had a lot of soldiers, these soldiers were trained by Charles before, and most of them were archers, unqualified archers.
And under the training of Mead, an old sailor, the Guards also quickly mastered the skills of using trebuchets.
As for the other shield soldiers and spearmen, the quantity is not large, and the quality is not up to standard.
If any general were allowed to lead these soldiers, he would surely want to cry without tears, because these soldiers are a rabble.
Even Luo Lan's Rocket Army is a rabble.
"I lack a general, so this time I can only rely on firearms."
The January deadline has arrived.
The wheat in the southern state of Utr Pradesh was unharvested and basically wasted, and with the rains, the wheat began to rot.
However, the enthusiasm of the people is still on the sulfonite stone, Luo Lan made it clear that he didn't want the sulfonite stone, but the people still looked at the sulfonite stone to the port, but it was piled up in a few days.
It's a pity that the fishermen are no longer dry, and they have no money to receive.
Many peasants wept bitterly, and after many days of hard work, they did not even earn ten gold coins.
The city of Gargo is finally lively, and the populace is beginning to return in chagrin.
The generals and officials also returned, and one by one they went to the court in high spirits to listen to the government.
Gargo stared at them coldly, like a wild beast.
"It's good, I don't even listen to the king's orders, it's good......"
Everyone shuddered and lowered their heads.
Gargo was silent for a long time before he said: "Forget it, Luo Lan didn't do anything, it seems that he really just believed in the dream, everyone is still good brothers, train the soldiers as soon as possible, don't waste it." ”
As soon as Gargo said this, the palace immediately relaxed, and everyone laughed, saying that they would resolutely support Gargo.
While everyone was laughing, news spread in the southern state.
"I saw the envoy of the Sea Spirit Kingdom in the Middle Island State, holding the king's edict and canonizing Charles as the lord of the Southern State."
"Charles is the ...... Steal. The son of a woman in love, I didn't expect him to be canonized as a new lord. ”
"This was a decision made by Count Abbe before his death, and his personal maid went to see the king in person. It is said that in order to escape Gargo's pursuit, the maid also hid in a pit. ”
This news was naturally spread by Luo Lan, and he also pasted the canonized parchment so that everyone could see the king's seal.
Soon, the news reached Galgor.
Gargo's face changed greatly, and he was most sensitive to this matter, because Count Abbe did not give him the inheritance until he died, but he didn't expect to secretly give it to Charles.
"Impossible! Whoever dares to spread rumors again will be put to death! ”
The most draconian decree ever issued in the history of Utan Pradesh has caused a stirring of waves and aroused great resentment among the people.
In the midst of all this turmoil, Prince Roland's envoy suddenly arrived, and he demanded that Galgo abdicate in the palace and welcome Charles into the throne.
Due to the large team of envoys and horses, they also specially pulled half a cart of gold coins to congratulate Charles on becoming the new lord, so it attracted the crowd to watch.
Gargo was cornered.
In the uneasy discussion of the officials, he almost killed Luo Lan's envoy, but the ministers tried their best to stop him and did not let him succeed.
The messenger was furious and fled all the way and shouted: "Gargo has rebelled!" Gargo rebelled! ”
The entire city of Gargo was shocked, and the people were bewildered, and the next blow came quickly.
"I would like to inform the subjects of the southern states that Gargo has blatantly disobeyed the king's orders and intended to kill the northern envoys, which is a heinous crime. From this day onwards, grain will no longer be sold in the north as punishment. ”
The grain merchants withdrew, the waterway was closed, and the people of the southern state, whose pockets were full of gold coins, were dumbfounded, there was no food!
In Nakajima Bang Castle, Luo Lan and Charles looked at each other and smiled.
From severe winter to early summer, which lasted more than 100 days, a big net was finally cast.