Chapter 43: Merciful Me
Rustling......
At the beginning of the night, when the light had not yet been completely obscured, the princess's castle stepped out of a troop of soldiers, armed with arquebuses, as soon as they appeared, they quickly stepped on the grass and walked towards the town near the castle, and then violently pushed the door open, but after a while, the inhabitants were driven out of their houses with arquebuses, and against these unarmed peasants, arquebuses were almost equal to weapons of destruction.
"Who are you?" The mayor of the town boldly asked, "This is the territory of the Kingdom of Jordan, and you are invading illegally." ”
Soon, the soldiers separated, Li Chao and the chief guard walked out, he ignored the noisy mayor of the town, but said to the chief of the guard: "Chief of the guard, let your soldiers drive these residents together, and then surround them with guns, let them wrap their heads and squat, don't let them move." ”
"It's ......." The head of the guard hesitated, "Li ...... Your Majesty, future King, is this too brutal. "These are all residents, and I really can't do it.
"Do you want to skip a meal?" Li Chao glanced at him, this guard chief is very sympathetic, he is a good person, so Li Chao decided to replace this guard chief after he went back, "Even if you don't want to eat, can you guarantee that the soldiers don't want to eat?" Even if the soldiers don't want to eat, can you guarantee that the nobles and princesses don't want to eat? ”
"Besides, I just asked you to surround these people, not to ask you to kill them, as long as they honestly don't resist, I will let them go then."
These will be his property in the future, and he will not harm his own property.
"Yes."
The chief of the guard gave the order, and soon the soldiers would bring together all the mayors and inhabitants of the town on the farm, and then they would be surrounded with arquebuses raised and their muzzles pointed at them.
"You ...... What the hell are you going to do? "Don't you know that this is the territory of the Kingdom of Jordan, and if you invade our Kingdom of Jordan, His Majesty the King will not forgive you." ”
Li Chao ignored him, and just said to the chief of the guard: "Divide a team of people to search for food from house to house." ”
"Yes."
The chief of the guard answered, and the mayor of the town immediately became anxious, "You can't do this. ”
"Why not?" Li Chao turned to look at the mayor of the town and said with a smile: "You are now my prisoners, and your property is also my spoils, according to the rules, it is a matter of course for me to take the grain." ”
"This is the territory of the Kingdom of Jordan, and you bandits ......."
"You're mistaken." Li Chao interrupted the mayor's words, he stared at the mayor, and said seriously: "First of all, this was once our land, and the Jordanian kingdom in your mouth just took advantage of our curse by the fairy and fell into a deep sleep to rob our land, if you want to talk about robbers, your Jordanian kingdom is a robber." ”
"Secondly, this is war, and war doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong, only victory or defeat, so do you understand?"
"Finally, if you don't get it, I don't mind letting you go to God, now, do you understand?"
The mayor of the town trembled all over, his lips squirmed twice, and finally he didn't dare to resist, "I see. ”
"It's good to understand."
Li Chao withdrew his gaze from the mayor of the town and turned to look at the other residents, "Which of you is a craftsman?" ”
Quiet!
Be quiet!
None of the residents surrounded by soldiers responded, Li Chao was also stunned when he saw this situation, he reacted and immediately added, "Don't worry, I asked the craftsman to help me create a thing, if it succeeds, I will be rewarded." ”
He took out a yellow-orange-orange gold coin from his pocket and threw it on the ground, making a ding-dong sound, "The reward is the gold coin." ”
Almost instantly, the scene fell silent, and the squatting residents looked at the yellow, orange, and orange gold coins lying quietly on the ground, their eyes were hot, but after a while, a muscular and indignant man stood up, he first glanced at the gold coins, and then asked, "Is the blacksmith a craftsman?" ”
"Count."
"Then I am." Dahan's eyes drifted to the gold coin from time to time, and then he glanced at Li Chao in awe, "My name is Adolf, I don't know this ......." He thought for a moment, and still called it what he had just heard, "...... Your Majesty, what do you want me to do? ”
"There's no hurry." Li Chao smiled, his eyes swept around the crowd, and soon two more blacksmiths stood out from inside, sure enough, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, "Are there still craftsmen?" ”
At the end, Li Chao added, "Blacksmith, mason...... Anyway, those who have anything to do with the craftsman are considered craftsmen. ”
The residents who were pointed at by the soldiers with arquebuses, you look at me, I look at you, and more than a dozen people came out one after another.
"Good." Li Chao nodded with satisfaction, "Report your name and occupation." ”
"My name is Anderson, and I'm a mason."
"Andrey, too, is a mason."
……
"Good." Li Chao nodded with satisfaction, "Then is there anyone else?" As long as you come out, I will be rewarded. ”
When the words fell, there was silence, and no one responded to Li Chao's words, but he was not annoyed, these dozen craftsmen were already a surprise, and they were enough for him to use.
Looking at the remaining residents, Li Chao immediately said: "Residents of an unknown town, I regret to tell you that you have been captured by us, and I declare that except for these craftsmen who have come forward, everyone else is my slave and my private property." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone exploded.
"How so?"
"You can't do that."
"I'm a craftsman...... I'm a craftsman. ”
The inhabitants of the town were in a surge, and many people stood up and wanted to resist, but as soon as they moved, the arquebuses were pointed at them, and looking at the muzzles of the black holes, the courage that those who stood up suddenly disappeared without a trace.
"But ......." Li Chao paused, and waited for his voice to be a little quieter before continuing: "I am merciful, you only need to be a slave for a month...... After a month, you will be free. ”
"Of course, if someone resists, I won't kill you, but you, and your family, will become slaves, slaves for life."
"Whether to obey me and be a slave for me for a month to restore my freedom, or to rebel against me and endanger my family to be my slave for life, you choose for yourself!"