Chapter 036. The helplessness of lack of funds

The chaos caused by the thieves from the Ketuf River has subsided, and the head of the thug hanging high on the spear has been stuck at the crossroads of the streets. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The infantry of the INFO City Guards continued to patrol as usual, and it seemed that the former prosperity of the outer harbor had returned. But this is only the surface of hypocrisy, and as Levi and the sailors walked along the way, they saw not only the sad and terrified faces of the pedestrians, but also the corpses of civilians who had fallen to the ground and had no one to collect them.

Although the waters around Grey Mist City were often attacked by pirates, it was only a few years ago that the walls were breached, and the murderous enemy rushed in and slaughtered, perhaps recalling the war that broke up with the South Trumchi Sea twenty years ago. But the war of twenty years ago has long been blurred with time, and the comfortable life has also made the residents of Gray Mist City forget their vigilance and fear, and only after this terrible scene came, they were slaughtered like pigs and sheep that they felt the darkest and most painful experience in their lives.

This is also the first war that Levi encountered when he came to this world, and he walked on the road with solemnity and heaviness on his face. On the street ahead, four flatbed carts pulled by horses were slowly approaching, and the surrounding pedestrians avoided looking, because all the pallet carts were pulling headless corpses. Blood dripped down the brick and stone streets as the carriage swayed, and Levi's eyes sighed slightly, those were the corpses of the city guards.

The iron-clad armor was the standard armor of the port defense team outside the Grey Mist City, and these headless corpses were still covered with these tattered things that had been cut by scimitars. Levi stretched out his hand to let the sailors behind him move to the sides of the street, and at the same time bowed their heads in silence. After all, they were warriors who died defending the walls and gates of the outer harbor, no matter what they did in their lifetime, or who they oppressed, but they chose to stick to their posts in the end, which is worthy of writing off and being admired.

The Ketuv River thieves like to cut off the heads of their enemies, which is a sign of merit for them and also enhances their reputation for brutality. At the same time, it is also a serious morale blow to the people of the enemy who collect the corpses, so that their opponents do not dare to resist them easily. The same is true of the fallen city guards, whose iron-clad armor is still stained with dark red blood, and the damaged leather armor can no longer be repaired, which is enough to show how fierce and sudden the attack on the city walls and gates was.

But Levi also narrowed his eyes slightly, and slowly clenched his fists, because this matter is not so simple. Baron Charrison's faintly revealed words also made him understand that this attack on Grey Mist City and the destruction of the city might just be a joke. Neither the barracks in the warehouse area nor the barracks in the outer city came to support, and only the hundreds of men at the mouth of the Ketuv River were left alone. Although the attack and plunder of that group of water thieves was not long, it was close to half an hour, and those reinforcements could climb here even if they were crawling, how could there be no movement of support at the end of the day?

"The governor of Grey Mist City is seriously ill, the Samar City River Patrol Team has been wiped out, and the walls of the Outer Harbor have been easily breached."

Taking a deep breath, Levi looked at the dock area in front of him, which had been reduced to ashes and ruins, and couldn't help but let out a cold snort in his nose, if there was no cat in it, then only the stupidest fool would believe it. Especially as the cry of grief and indignation in his ears increased, many businessmen who came from far away sat in the ruins of the warehouse that was still emitting black smoke and cried, and Li Wei couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly: "It's really inseparable from anywhere, a dirty power struggle." ”

Levi didn't know what was going on, and he didn't want to get involved in some of the struggles between the nobles. He was not a virgin, and he did not want to do anything for these miserable commoners and bankrupt merchants. But the views brought by his previous life still made him feel a certain depression about it, once the power struggle at the top involves the people at the bottom, then no matter who wins or loses, it is a kind of sadness for the common people, because they cannot decide their own fate, and can only go with the flow in vain.

The dock area has arrived, and most of the control towers that were originally made of masonry and timber have collapsed, and the berths on the pier that were built by driving wood into the water have been sprinkled with grease and set on fire, and the entire wooden deck has been burned to the ground, except for the bare wood on the water, and it is still very black and ugly. Many sailors are also spontaneously cleaning the streets of the dock area, barely sweeping a normal road from the rubble.

It seemed to sense that the riots in the outer harbor had subsided, and many fishing boats and merchant ships were also slowly driving back on the sea, but looking at the ruins of the wharf that was already a mess, they were also stunned and stopped at the entrance of the outer sea breakwater, but they didn't know whether to come in or leave. A fire is more like a premeditated attempt to burn all the wooden berths to the ground, and even if the reconstruction work is not completed in four or five days.

"You guys seem to be in trouble?"

The first mate Green, who was still on guard, saw Levi and them coming, and he also reached out and jumped over the side of the boat and jumped to the shore, but looking at the Spanish sailors behind Levi, he quickly noticed that something was wrong. Frowning slightly, he carefully looked at the bodies of Levi and the sailors behind him, the orange standard military uniform was already a little dirty, and he looked at the black ashes on the knees of many of them, and looked up to Levi and asked, "It seems that this escort is not peaceful." ”

"Add's from the Rotten Algae Gang." Levi nodded, and also spat at his feet, as if he felt that it was very unfortunate to say this word. Ordinary thugs would not dare to attack them, the size of twenty men and the standard uniform, as well as the flintlock pistol in their hands, were enough to make anyone shiver in their hearts. The mob who only knew how to rob was asking for money, and apart from Eddie's garbage from the Rotten Algae Gang, there really weren't many people who dared to attack him and his Spanish sailors easily.

"Oh, that damn guy, it's really bad luck to meet it."

First Officer Green was also slightly surprised, but he didn't ask too much. The conflicts between Eddie and them have been almost countless in the past two years, and looking at the chaotic appearance today and the traces of the fire, he can also understand that Levi is probably a real deal. In the past, they must have been guilty of killing people in the streets because the order of Grey Mist City was still there, but now they escorted a nobleman back to the inner city and attacked a group of thugs, which was justified and rewarded.

"If you don't kill him, it will be more trouble." Shrugging his shoulders, Levi looked at Hall, who had also jumped off the heavy Galie warship, beckoned him to be here, and at the same time said helplessly to the first mate of Green next to him: "At that time, the Rotten Algae Gang is estimated to be endless." "Harold, the boss of the Rotten Algae Gang, is just such a son, and the entire Grey Mist City knows that he dotes on this son, and he usually goes out with more than a dozen elites of the Rotten Algae Gang, and the average small gang will be so frightened that they will leave in a hurry when they see this Eddie, for fear that Harold will use this reason to swallow them up again.

This is already the most common excuse for the Rotten Algae Gang to annex small gangs, and I don't know how many similar excuses there were in the original development process, and they also used the power of the city defense team to suppress and annex those originally chaotic small gangs. And even many businessmen who came from far away and had no foundation in Gray Mist City were imprisoned because of this trick, and they were released after paying a large amount of bail, which shows that the arrogance of the Rotten Algae Gang and the city defense team is simply unscrupulous.

"But Captain Levi, we're still in trouble now."

First mate Green also nodded to Hall who came over next to him, and at the same time took out the small notebook in his pocket, and after turning a few pages, his expression was also a little helpless, looking at Levi and sighing slowly: "Yesterday morning, our twenty barrels of herring were all sold, and they were not affected by the water thieves." After a pause, he still spoke: "But our current funds, to maintain everyone's basic expenses, seem to only last for a month." ”

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