Chapter 13: The Arrival of Refugees
Outside, lightning and thunder were still roaring, heavy rain was pouring in, and mobile troops were constantly gathering. Brad stared at the map, and the presence of ships was still not visible in the near sea, and only the map opened by the fish-man could reveal the black pressure ships in the distance first.
Brad couldn't wait to zoom in on the camera, and found that many human men cheered in the direction of the lighthouse before he breathed a sigh of relief, not orcs, sure enough, like the previous life, the refugees of Stormwind City came to Lordaeron first.
It's just that the refugees of Stormwind City in the previous life landed in Nanhai Town, but this time it was Jasper Collar. The reason for this historical discrepancy is that the ultra-long-range lighthouse with the condensation and amplification runes carved by Brad led the refugees of Stormwind here.
The jasper collar seemed to come to life, countless lights were lit up, and the major urban areas were bright, and after receiving the lord's order, the ordinary lords began to make a fire to boil soup and cook.
In the roar of the machinery, under the head of the Bled off-road, all the mechanical vehicles of the Jasper Collar were dispatched, and the front was a dense manned motorcycle force composed of humans and jackals, and in the middle were dozens of off-road, and in the rear were hundreds of vacant canvas troop carriers.
The main road of the Jasper Collar was forged by Brad with a cement-like substance invented by the alchemy laboratory of Dalaran, and although it was a little more expensive than the slate paved road, it greatly saved labor and time.
The entire dock is lit up by spotlights, and the Gnolls and Jade Guard are nervously erecting a simple canopy out of canvas, while the leader of Brad, Moore, and the Fishmen, Skakill Shatterfin, is accompanying Brad to watch the dark shadows of countless ships slowly approach.
"What a big ship this is, is the whole country relocated?" Moore said, looking at countless dark shadows.
Brad shook his head and said: "I guess it's just a refugee from Stormwind City, the territory of the Stormwind Kingdom is not weaker than the land of the entire Lordaeron Alliance, there are a large number of strongholds everywhere in the Elwyn Forest, the Fertile Fields in the West, the Dense Forest in the South, the Red Ridge Mountain, and the Swamp of Sorrow, and it is impossible to move them all." ”
Skakill said in a fish-man tone, "That's too many, tens of thousands, oh no, hundreds of thousands." ”
Brad zoomed the map closer, pointed to the galleon, and said, "Look at the draft, it must be overloaded." And this kind of ship is much smaller than the ship of our side and the goblins, but it can also carry nearly 500 people, and it is difficult to say if it is overloaded. But you see, the map counts 1,234 of these ships. ”
Skakill didn't understand how much it was for a long time, but Moore gasped, not frightened by the number of nearly a million people, but to understand the real reason why Brad had been building relatively small, but suitable for many people for half a year. Could it be that the young master had thought of it a long time ago? Moore looked at Brad suspiciously.
As if he understood what Moore meant, Brad nodded and said, "Now I understand." ”
The boat in the front row finally approached the dock, and with the assistance of Jade Guard, the people on board poured out of the cabin one after another, braving the rain into the simple canopy. A large part of these people were old people and children, who were ragged and emaciated. But instead of paying attention to the heavy rain, the refugees poured out excitedly, apparently disgusted by the tyrannical sea.
Finally, out of the crowd came a group of people in armor, the leader was tall, bald, wearing torn armor, with a resolute face, and his arms were crooked to protect two children.
To his left was a man with broad shoulders, emaciated, gray-haired, wrapped in a violet robe, holding a wand studded with purple gems in his left hand and a child in his right hand.
To the right of the leader was a brown-haired and brown-eyed young man, clutching the leader's cloak tightly, his costume was made of fine material, but it was as tattered as the other people's clothes because of the sea salt.
Under the leadership of Jade Guard, the leader walked towards Brad's side, and Brad didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly greeted him.
"Holy Light, salute to all of you." The leader shouted at Brad from a distance, with a pained expression on his face. "We are refugees from the Kingdom of Stormwind, for the sake of the old man and children, give us some food and water, and preferably a place to rest."
Brad stepped forward and said, "We are all human beings, and we should help each other. Let's move people to the town first, where there are warm houses and hot porridge. ”
"Thank you very much, are you the lord here?" The leader put the child down, took Brad's hand and said, "My name is Anduin Lothar, and I am, uh, I used to be the leader of the Knights of the Stormwind Kingdom. ”
Brad led the group inside: "My name is Brad Tirisfa, and this is the army leader of my domain, Moll van Ael, and this is Skakill Shatterfin, the clerk of the docklands. ”
Lothar also patted his forehead and said, "This is my partner Khadgar. Then he pulled the young man with his cloak forward and said, "This is our prince Varian Ureon. ”
"This is Nanhai Town, more than ten years have passed, I didn't expect such a big change, these lights are not weaker than magic lamps." Khadgar looked old, but his voice was crisp and loud.
Brad gently hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled: "You are wrong, this is Jasper Collar, and the town of Southsea is on the east side of the West Coast, and this is the west side of the West Coast. ”
"I'm very sorry, but I was very young when I went to the south, and my memory is a little blurry." Khadgar said apologetically.
Brad flashed the ring in his hand and said, "Senior brother is polite, I heard about your deeds, you were chosen to be the apprentice of the guardian Medivan, but it's just your face?" ”
"My teacher had an accident, and I was cursed." Khadgar looked gloomy, clearly not wanting to continue the topic. "Senior brother, you are also the mage of Dalaran, so who is your mentor?"
"My mentor was Kel'thugad, but unfortunately, I left Dalaran because of an accident."
A few people watched in silence as the refugees continued to disembark from the boat under the organization of the Jasper Collar, and the military personnel carriers went back and forth between the docks and the old town again and again.
At Brad's request, Lothar got into the strange vehicle, looking at the street scenery that was different from ordinary humans, although she was depressed, she couldn't help but ask: "Is Lordaeron already so convenient, it's really amazing." ”
Brad smiled without explanation, and directly took everyone to the Lord's Mansion.
After freshening up, everyone sat around the dining table, discussing problems while eating.
"I need to see the king immediately, not for a long time, and not for any chance to give the tribe, otherwise Lordaeron will be in danger." Lothar said solemnly.
Brad nodded and said, "It doesn't have to rain, but you don't have to worry, with my transportation, it will take you ten days to ride a horse to the royal capital, and I can send you there in two days." ”
"Really?" Lothar wondered.
"Trust me." ……