Volume 3: Shadow Wars Chapter 26: The Situation is Turbulent
Urke looked at Alberta with a look of resentment, as if Alberta had deceived him. Ulke thought Alberta would follow him, but was taken by Erta. He looked at Alberta with a more attentive look, and at this time, Alberta waved to Urke, signaling him to be safe on the road.
The steam of the train slowly rose into the sky, the white smoke billowed out, the huge white smoke spread in the air, the steam of the train was pulled into the distance, the smoke extended outward, and the train was already moving into the distance......
Alberta looked at the departing train, and he also slowly left the train station. He came to the street of Abercinka, the capital of the Akron Yating Parliament, and after seeing off Lieutenant Colonel Elta, the city of Abercinka was about to usher in the night, and the night of Abersinka was heavy, as if someone had poured lead water into the air, and the dark clouds looked black and oppressive in the light of the sunset, like a palette of heavy tones, and painted a stroke on the color palette of strong ink colors, heavy and oppressive.
Alberta was walking in downtown Abercinka, and he walked the streets of downtown Abercinka, occasionally seeing a few people in groups of three or five, making loud noises, and constantly expressing his angry emotions in a loud voice. It seems that the Empire's invasion of the Duchy of Castilipa, and the war half a year ago, have erupted into a certain suppressed anger in the Akron Atyn Parliament!
That's a nice way to put it, but in fact, the attitude of the Principality of Castilipa towards the Akron Aine Council is very good, and the annual trade volume between the two sides exceeds 9 million gold coins, of which the Akron Aine Congress can earn more than 2 million gold coins of gross profit from the trade between the two sides every year. This accounts for almost 40 percent of the state revenue of the Aaron Parliament.
Before the Empire invaded the port of Epalai, there was a saying in the Akron Yatin Parliament: Make a lot of money, make a lot of money, it is better to know the people of the principality, saying that this is long, the road is short, and the trade of the principality is the most affordable!
In fact, before the war half a year ago, everyone in the Akron Atrian Parliament remembered the benefits of the Principality of Castilipa, but the sudden defeat of the Principality of Castilipa, coupled with the intervention of the forces of the Opperon Empire, made the situation in this small Parliament suddenly turbulent, and the unwitting people were instigated, and some of the living conditions were far worse than the previous ones, blaming the decline in their living standards on the vassals of the principality. Don't you know how much political convenience and economic benefits the principality has given to the court?
Alberta looked at the doors and windows of the shops on the street, the stone-smashed glass doors and windows, the garbage on the floor, and even the burning of individual buildings...... Especially when Alberta saw a certain burned building, his heart suddenly cooled! He remembered the flames of war...... The burning of war can only be seen in times of war, and Alberta can clearly see it with its own eyes at this time......
He let out a long sigh as he watched as the sky grew darker...... He knew that this was now the capital of the Akron Atyne Parliament, and the city of Apercinka was also the safest place in the Akron Atyne Parliament. This should be the safest place in the entire Parliamentary State. But now it's just as much like a small battlefield......
Alberta felt worried that it was not safe for a person like him to wander outside at night. Because from time to time, there will be a few groups of young people, I don't know which side of the force they are, and what outrageous actions they will make......
Alberta was walking down the streets, trying to find a hotel, but he never got it. He saw the growing number of young people in the streets, and the eyes of the people looked unkindly at the man dressed as a Capetian merchant and at the Epaclea. They all showed hostile countenance. In the minds of a part of the young people of the Akron Diet, both the Imperials and the Duchy of Casdilipa were bad, bad, and hateful. One is because of the infiltration of the power of the empire. The second is that the economy of the Principality of Casdilipa is in a state of semi-collapse. As a vassal state, the Akron Yatin Parliament is also in a further economic recession. And many, infiltrated by imperial power, blame the Casdilipa suzerainty for the unsatisfactory life.
Therefore, in the eyes of the young people of the Akron Diet Parliament, Alberta is also in need of hostility...... Because his decoration looks like that of an Epaclea.
At this time, a homeless man sitting by a street fire was about seventy years old. Yelled at Alberta, "Hey! Epaclea! What else do you have to do? Do you continue to oppress us? You have taken away our jobs, vassalized us, and seized the wealth of our country! What else to do now! Let's see how miserable we really are! O abominable Epacleea. ”
Alberta was stunned by the old man's roar, and he randomly felt that it was a very wrong decision to come to the street tonight...... He should have waited at the train station or even stayed overnight at a hotel near the train station. When it was dawn the next day, he would come to the streets of Abercinka to look for clues and investigate the situation.
Alberta was a little shocked, he suddenly felt overwhelmed for the first time. The citizens of Abai Xinka on the opposite side are all unwitting bewitchers. They have no sin at all. But those imperial infiltrators and the mercenary soldiers of the empire don't know where a conflict is arranged.
Alberta couldn't bear to hurt these poor citizens, especially not because he couldn't...... If he really did this, then it would mean that the already gunpowdery city of Abercinka would cause an even more serious diplomatic incident because of a conflict between the people of Epaclea and the people of Abercinka!
This will further worsen the already difficult relationship between the Duchy of Casdilipa and the Akron Atrian Parliament. It may even be because of such an incident that the two countries will directly break out into war!
This is undoubtedly another situation that the Empire is happy to see......
So Alberta was a little overwhelmed all of a sudden.
Seeing these angry youths come up. Alberta keeps moving backwards...... He saw piles of fires rising in the streets, and many young people gathered around them, glaring at each other......
Alberta kept backing down, and suddenly he saw a stout man with tattoos in the crowd, vaguely ready to do something.
Alberta could see at a glance that this man had experienced war, and his eyes revealed murderous intent! Although he tried his best to hide it, what was revealed in his eyes was an uncontrollable enthusiasm for the war......
Alberta suddenly thought of the infiltrating forces of the Empire. He saw with his own eyes that he was sure that there was an infiltrating force of the Empire stirring up the situation in the Akron Yatin Parliament. And the tattooed man looked like a mercenary warrior. Alberta kept backsliding, and he even saw the glowing dagger in the mercenary soldier's hand. If he were to stab the dagger, Alberta would have fired back, which would have led to a serious diplomatic confrontation immediately.
At this critical moment, when Alberta was almost unable to retreat, there was a crowd behind him......
A gunshot shook the surrounding crowd. An elderly sheriff dressed in a sheriff's uniform. Came to the center of the crowd, holding an old-fashioned single-barrel shotgun. Shooting at the sky is a shot!
The crowd around them naturally split their ways. The old sheriff came to Alberta's side, loaded his shotgun, and then said sharply, "I don't think you guys want to be happy!" Know John Sr! That's me! On Uncle Ben's territory, do you still want to cause trouble? Hurry up and get out of here! ”
Maybe it's because evil doesn't prevail over good. The mercenary soldier tried to attack the old sheriff with a dagger, but was frightened away by the old sheriff's righteous glare.
The old sheriff pulled Alberta aboard, mounted his horse, and quickly left the cluttered spot of the street.
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The old sheriff dismounted, and he said to Alberta, "Let me tell me...... You're an Epaclea, and you don't have to worry about it......" The old sheriff's slightly fat body and his round belly made it inconvenient for the old sheriff to dismount without anything important.
After the old sheriff dismounted, he kept saying to himself: "Old...... Leg inconvenience...... Please come down! Your Excellency the Epaclea! ”
Alberta dismounted, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't. John the old sheriff walked in front and Alberta followed. Alberta came to a small, not-so-luxurious inn. He said to Alberta, "Please go up." As far as I know, the innkeeper still has a good impression of the Epacleas......"
Alberta thanked him briefly, but he found that John the old sheriff had no intention of leaving. Instead, after registering with the shopkeeper, he followed him upstairs and entered room 403, which he had just opened.
The sheriff sat down in a dangling chair beside the bed, and said to Alberta, "It's not a good place here, but it's ...... You've got to live! After all, the luxurious hotels are occupied by those Imperials, if you don't want to get into trouble......"
Again, Alberta thanked him. The old sheriff still had no intention of leaving, on the contrary, he said slowly: "Before...... People remember the benefits of the Principality of Casdilipa, and now ...... People are about to forget the bounty that the Duchy has bestowed upon us. I don't know what's wrong with our kingdom! In times of crisis, they do not unite with the principality, but they want to oppose the principality...... When I was younger, my children grew up listening to their fathers talk about the friendship between the Duchy and the Imperial State, and now ...... People are being seduced by the power of the Empire to try to go to war with their overlords! What a ridiculous thing this is......"
Alberta didn't respond, he looked at the old sheriff who called himself John, and he didn't know what the old sheriff meant...... So Alberta just looked at the old sheriff......
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