Chapter 103: Fermentation
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Next, the legion traveled from village to village, gradually penetrating into the heart of the kingdom of Stormgard. Along the way, the encounters were strikingly similar, which really made Cheng Xiaotian and his party understand the local folk customs.
After three days, they finally stopped their advance and set up camp in a forest, no longer going from village to village. Not for anything else, but because the money they brought out has been spent......
At the same time, at the entrance of the first small village in Riptide City, a huge team of carriages and horses drove over. Escorting the convoy was an army of 10,000 people, all of whom were short-cut and short-armed, and dressed strangely.
This one is the belated alliance army of grain conscription, that is, the Northern Army of Stormwind City.
When they arrived at Riptide City, they immediately occupied the palace and changed the original royal palace into the Governor's Palace of Stormgardshire, and Wendthor lived directly in it, and the army was scattered throughout the city according to the formation, which was considered to be the establishment of a temporary rule. Next, the army of grain was launched, and the commander-in-chief was Vivas, with an advisor - Vielan.
At the front of the legion, the commander-in-chief and the chief adviser walked side by side, Vielan's expression was calm, but Vivas was a little depressed. Vieland had persuaded him to raise the military flag, but he made excuses and refused, and the army marched into the countryside without explanation.
It was still that position, it was still the village chief Lancaster, and after seeing the mighty army coming over this way, he did not run away again, but greeted it with a smile. You don't need to look at the flag, with such a huge team, who else can have such strength except the alliance?
"Welcome to the arrival of the Alliance army, in Lancaster, the head of the lower village, may I ask, is there anything we can serve?" Lancaster asked, smiling as he stood in front of his horse.
Vieland laughed and was silent.
Vivas, who had been distracted, woke up in shock, looked at Lancaster who nodded, frowned, and said lightly: "Lancaster village chief?" I am an alliance...... Vivas, an officer of the logistics department, has come to collect food and grass for the army, and your village has already served as the people of Stormwind City, so it should be ......"
"Yes, yes!" Lancaster took over the conversation and said with a smirk: "There is a lot of food, and it has been prepared for the army a long time ago, please come with me."
Vivas was stunned by what he said, how can these people be considered invaders, and the local people are so supportive? Could it be...... There are traps!
But looking back, there are close to 20,000 people in total, what kind of trap can swallow so many people?
"Lead the way!" Vivas said gloomily, and with a wave of his horsewhip forward, Lancaster belched, and led the way.
Vivas and Vielan glanced at each other, urged the horse to follow slowly, and looked at Lancaster, who turned back to laugh from time to time, the two had different expressions, Vivas's eyes were as cold as a knife, and Vielan's smile was indifferent.
As three days ago, the army entered the village, but this time there were so many people that the team entered less than a tenth, and the tail stretched for a kilometer. Once again, the villagers gathered around Lancaster's house, eagerly awaiting.
Inside the barn, Vivas looked around cautiously, and even Vielan, who had always been grinning, put away his smile and remained quietly vigilant. Unlike just now, now only the two of them followed in this barn, if there were really a few masters in ambush, they would be on the road.
You know, there are quite a few strong people in the Arathi Basin, such as their lords.
Now, Vivas could almost conclude that if this was indeed a trap, then the ambush must be here, not to attack the entire army, but to kill the two leaders.
Lancaster was unaware of the murderous aura that the two of them inadvertently revealed, although he was tricky, but after all, he was only a farmer and a businessman, and he had little experience in fighting and killing.
"Two adults, please, right here." Lancaster opened the door of the warehouse, stood sideways by the door, smiled and made a gesture of please.
Looking at the deeper and deeper inner warehouse, Vivas and the others frowned at the same time, quietly put their hands on their swords, and began to walk inward step by step.
"There's still the smell of wheat outside, so I guess the grain was just piled up, right?" Vivas asked faintly as he watched left and right.
"yes, yes!" Lancaster replied: "The price of grain has risen so much now, and the grain out there was bought by a group of Kalimdor traders three days ago, and the price is ...... Two gold coins in a bag. ”
Vielan was stunned, and the light in his eyes flashed, and now, the town of Nanhai has sealed the port, where are the Kalimdor merchants from? And what businessman would buy grain at such an outrageous price?
"Oh, really?" Vieland instantly regained his composure, standing outside the door of the inner warehouse and casually responding, looking in.
The layout of the inner warehouse and the outer warehouse are exactly the same, except that the light is dim, and there are a large number of sacks in the middle of the box, all of which are bulging with the fragrance of wheat, which should be fresh wheat.
However, this did not dispel the doubts of the two, but made them more vigilant, these wheat are really too good! The army went to the countryside to collect grain, and it was good for ordinary people to take out some old grain, how could they give away so much fresh grain?
"The Lancaster Village Chief is indeed a good citizen of my Stormwind Kingdom." Vivas said casually, stepping into the inner warehouse, his hand already gripping the hilt of his sword, and Vielan followed.
Facing a 50-square-meter grain pile, Vivas and Vielan frowned and observed.
At this time, even if Lancaster was sluggish, he sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so he immediately shook the original offer out of his mind, stepped forward and said cautiously: "These grains are a little bit of our village's heart, so give the chief a preferential price, a bag of gold coins."
Hearing this, Vivas turned his face and turned his head to stare at Lancaster. A bag of gold coins? At least three times more expensive than the market price! How dare you slaughter the occupation army?! What's more, the Grand Duke of Berval just asked them to come to collect grain, and he didn't give a single copper horn.
"You mean, a bag of gold coins? Sell to us? Vivas asked grimly, taking a step forward.
Lancaster couldn't help but shudder, nodded subconsciously, and took a step back.
On the other hand, Vielan's attention was attracted by another thing, he was a red dragon, born with a magical sense, and there seemed to be strange elemental fluctuations in this wheat pile, which seemed to be ......
Vielan wasn't a dragon mage after all, and he couldn't really see it, so he stretched out a hand and pressed it.
The moment he came into contact with the wheat pile, an unexpected situation happened, only to hear a soft "snort" sound from the center of the wheat pile, and then layers of flames gushed out from the cracks in the sacks, and the huge grain pile burned in a blink of an eye.
"Nope! My grain! Lancaster panicked, ignoring Vivas's murderous eyes, and cried and threw himself into the fire. This is the food entrusted to him by the whole village, if it is gone, everyone will never spare him!
As soon as he ran a few steps, Lancaster felt his heart tighten, and the world was spinning, and he was slammed to the ground.
Turning over in a daze, he was greeted by a hideous and terrifying face, which he wouldn't have recognized as the chief named Vivas if it weren't for some of the features.
Vivas has completely lost his mind, first showing himself the grain, then daring to pay a sky-high price, and finally burning it in front of himself! Where did these people get their guts?!
"What do you think you are?" Vivas gritted his teeth and fell with a knife in his hand, and before Lancaster could scream, a head flew out of the barn. Blood shot out from his neck cavity and sprayed on the burning grain pile, steaming up a thick blood mist.
Enraged, Vivas stepped out of the barn, raised his foot and kicked Lancaster's head out the door, striding out of the door, Vielan following with his hands folded.
Outside the door, countless villagers gathered, waiting to receive their share of the money, all looking excited. In such a festive atmosphere, a blood-stained human head flew out and rolled down at the feet of the people.
The people looked down and screamed, and the frightened villagers screamed loudly and ran to their homes.
Vivas walked out with a bloodstained sword, glanced at the villagers who were scattered and fled, exhaled and shouted: "Go door to door to search for food, don't let go of a grain, those who dare to resist, will be killed!"
Hearing the commander's order, the soldiers of the Northern Legion echoed loudly, and the sound of drawing swords and swords immediately rang out, and the soldiers who were expressionless just now turned into hungry wolves in a blink of an eye! They have suffered all the failures, exclusions, and neglects along the way, and they have long been on the verge of breaking out, and today, they can finally vent! (To be continued.) )