Chapter 734: The southern border of the Duchy of Rhône
On October 8, the southern border of the Principality of Rhône, it was cloudy.
A year and a half ago, there were often hordes of giants wandering outside the walls, occasionally storming the walls, and most of the time they were outside with some "delicacies" delivered to the door.
Refugees have been coming from the Giants' occupation in a steady stream, and many of them are still looking forward to returning to the bosom of the Duchy of Rhône, which was not possible before, because some of the big names in the Duchy of Rhône thought that the influx of refugees would have a bad impact on their lives.
About half a year ago, the revolutionary army defeated the government army and recaptured the area, and many people in the revolutionary army hoped to recruit more people to replenish their revolutionary power through this place that attracted refugees, and for a while they spent a huge price to clean up the giants outside.
As a result, the refugees rarely appeared again, I don't know where the news came from, it seems that there is a nobleman of the Lorraine Empire who recovered the former Gonza City, and recruited all the refugees, the documentary in July confirmed the news, and recently it was rumored that the policy of Gonza City is very good, and young adults go there as long as they have a little skill, even if they have the strength, they can easily get a suite, and register as the first batch of citizens of Gonza City, if the strength is enough or there are specialties in some aspects, enter some important departments, and immediately become a person with status and status。
I don't know if this news is true or not, but it does not prevent it from becoming an after-dinner conversation here, because there are indeed many people who are about to lose their lives here and go to the farther south overnight after hearing the news to find a way to survive.
"Did you hear that? More than a dozen ran out last night, counting those people some time ago, are there fifty this month?"
The soldiers standing guard on the city walls leaned their weapons to the side casually, sharing gossip from various places.
"There must be, I tell you, the documentary is ...... Some time ago, our cinema here was shown as an encouraging movie, have you seen it recently?"
"No, I thought about it yesterday, the movie theater said that there was something wrong and I can't watch it for the time being, what's wrong?"
"Well...... this"
He stopped talking, and his eyes stayed on the cigarette in the mouth of the person opposite him for a moment.
"Hey, brother, come on, I bought it with half a month's salary, and I definitely won't give it to ordinary people. ”
Hurriedly took out one and handed it over, and then gave it to it, and the envious eyes of the few soldiers surrounding him were very useful.
"That's right, I'm telling you, just because the documentary made a lot of people run away, and the top banned it!"
"And this kind of thing, ban movies...... If they raise our salaries and get good food, who will run, you look at our days now, when I first joined the revolutionary army, Lao Tzu thought that I could live a good life, saying that I wanted to knock down those nobles and rich people, and then divide their property, now it seems that it is ...... People have been defeated a lot, but what about the money? What about the grain? War is not based on one mouth, it is we who go up with real swords and real guns!"
His words can be regarded as saying that the hearts of the people are bent, revolution, this word may be sacred in the hearts of some people, but in the eyes of a considerable number of people, this is a way to live, no revolution, no way to live, then you can only go up and fight, for the time being, it can't be said that the spell is wrong, at least they have also laid a lot of places, the problem is that life is still the same bird after winning the war.
Thinking of the environment in which they were currently found, everyone fell silent.
"Hey, anyone? Can you open the door?"
Voices could be heard near the gates, soldiers leaning against the wall looked down, and in the mist caused by the cloudy weather, two men on horseback were looking up and waving their hats at them.
"Who, where did they come from!"
"We are members of the Mercenary Guild, we came from Gonza City, we have a mission in the Principality of Rhône, take a shortcut, this is the road fee!"
A gold coin was thrown onto the city wall, and the soldiers opened the city gate with all their hands, and no matter where it was, gold coins were always the best bargaining items.
Wearing a long black trench coat, Kailot, and Bashas, who was also dressed in the same costume, rode horses and officially entered the territory of the Duchy of Rhône, there was no lively town as imagined, behind the city wall, there was still a large wasteland, and occasionally you could see some simple houses built of wooden planks scattered, with this cloudy and cloudy day, it always made people feel a sense of desolation.
Kelot is accustomed to having a not detailed but well-organized plan before the action, this trip to the Principality of Rhône, he originally made a plan from the city of Gonza, take the train to Oshelin first, and then transfer to the long-distance train, it takes three or five days to directly arrive at the territory controlled by the Principality of Rhône, and then show his identity as an inspector and easily enter the capital of the Principality of Rhône.
However, before leaving, Kellot suddenly changed his plans, not for anything else, because Lisa, the granddaughter of the elder Don in Oshelin, had received news through the Aoki Foundation that someone from the Revolutionary Army had contacted her...... It's not the revolutionary army of the Lorraine Empire, those people have long been the old customers of the black merchant team under Qingshu, and this time it is the revolutionary army in the southern region of the Principality of Rhône, who wants to buy a large amount of arms from the black merchants.
As the largest black market merchant under Qingshu, Lisa's current black merchant team not only did not become weaker after the abdication of Old Donn, but relied on Qingshu's development to become stronger, and the arms they have are, the question is whether they can sell it, Lisa knows that Gonza City is not far from the southern area occupied by the Rhone Revolutionary Army, so she doesn't dare to agree to the other party's request at will, thinking that if it is used to fight Gonza City, her own behavior is considered a capital enemy, and it is too stupid to sell weapons to the enemy of her own backer.
After receiving the news, Kailot's reply was very fast, which roughly meant that Lisa should not have any scruples and let go of her hands and feet to sell, the people are the revolutionary army of the Principality of Rhône, and no matter how much arms they sell to the other party, it will not have anything to do with the Lorraine Empire, anyway, it is Gonza City that has signed a contract with the government of the Principality of Rhône, not Qingshu.
While agreeing to sell arms in large quantities, Kailot suddenly became interested in the revolutionary army of the Principality of Rhône, everyone knows that the domestic problems of Rhône have reached the point of no return, and the grievances between the government army and the revolutionary army are not to be said, reconciliation is simply impossible, in other words, the two sides are destined to have a war, and there will be nothing more than two outcomes at that time.
The revolutionary army won and fought the Duchy of New Rhona.
The government and the army won, and the aristocracy succeeded in defending the ancient system.
When the time comes, the black merchants will sell weapons to the revolutionary army, and Qingshu can completely help the government army...... No matter who wins or loses, Qingshu can't suffer a loss after all, what he has to do now is to see how the quality of both sides is, judge which side has the big winning side, and make it easier to "bet".
Therefore, the investigation that Channing said to the government of the Principality of Rhône was not perfunctory, the messenger of this expedition was the leader of the green tree, and the object of the investigation was the two parties that were incompatible in the Principality of Rhône, and the results of the investigation did not dare to say that the future would be decided, but it could also play a role that could not be ignored in some aspects.
"Boss, the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army is said to be in the city of Lazina in the southern region, I looked at the map, the distance we get there is about three days on horseback, I suggest to take the train, here is about six kilometers to the north, there is a train station. ”
Bashas looked at the map and analyzed a reasonable route, and this time Kailot only took him on the road, and this kind of chores were naturally undertaken by him.
Six kilometers away, not far, that is, half an hour, Kelot and Bashas could see a decent town appear in front of them, just decent.
"Is the southern part of the Duchy of Rhône so unbearable? ”
Like most countries, the Duchy of Rhône has its own rich and poor regions, but what Kailot didn't expect was that the gap was so big, and the town in front of him looked like a simple collection of low, shoddy, crooked buildings, and there were no residents in action, and he couldn't feel the vitality of the town.
The two rode into the town, just as they had guessed before entering the town, there were not many people in the town, and the few people who were active on the street were mostly women with gauze covering their cheeks, as well as old people and children.
Seeing this scene, Kailott immediately understood why the town seemed to be lifeless, because the men in the town had been recruited into the revolutionary army if nothing else, and the pillars of the family had been poached, and none of these women, the elderly, and the children left behind could guarantee that they would receive a crumpled letter late one night, which contained little but hurtful enough, and that it would come with three silver coins, which could be the richest income for a family in the future......
"This is war, in order to fight for that glimmer of life, you have to fill it with the lives of I don't know how many, heh!"
In Kailot's view, this goal has been partially achieved, because there are indeed many people who have been freed from the exploitation of the aristocracy, and this part of the people is also divided into two groups, one group is the group of people who have made meritorious contributions in the war, they have become superior people and enjoy the benefits of the revolution, and the other group of people are not very lucky in the war, so they have become subordinate people, and even the dregs of the revolution have not been able to turn on.
"Where's the train station?"
Bashas stopped a thin, yellow-faced woman on the side of the road and tossed over two pieces of cake that he had brought with him, who devoured one and hid the rest of the cake in his arms as if it were a treasure, showing them the way.
"Bashas, you're not acting properly. ”
Kellot, who was watching from the side, whispered.
"What's wrong?"
"What do you think there is so much in this town right now?Drive!!"
The legs are clamped between the horse's belly, and the horse hurries a few steps.
"What ......"
Before Bashas could continue to ask questions, the old people and children gathered in the surrounding alleyways had already surrounded him, and as for Kailot, he had already reached another street corner.
After waiting on the other side of the block for about ten minutes, Kailoth was sitting on a bench on the side of the street and rubbing his stomach to the tide, a cloud of sand and gravel gathered next to him, condensing into the appearance of Bashas, the relics of the molar-level archdemon, Bashas already had an ability similar to the elementalization that Kailot had at the high level of the Pure Spirit in the heart refining.
It's just that Bashas has differentiated into real gravel, and the volume is at most the size of a person, and Kailot's elementalization is obviously much stronger than him.
"Lost everything?"
Kailott glanced at Bashas, and came over, everything else was gone, so it seemed that he should have given up the things around him in order to escape, and the holder of the Great Demon Bloodline was robbed by a group of helpless old people and children, and he didn't know how many people's big teeth would laugh when he said it.
"The horses and money bags were given to them, and the maps and documents I kept were stored in the space scrolls. ”
Thankfully, Bashas knows what to throw and what not to lose.
"Next, pay attention to this world, who knows if there are any people who have ill intentions among those who come around, restrain your kindness, at least don't be so open-minded to help others, sometimes you have to do good deeds secretly, just like the cake you just gave to the woman, what do you think she will meet with the cake?"
There was no need to expand on that point, and Kelott was not interested in discussing with Bashas about how to do good.
When I arrived at the train station, the situation here was similar, even more serious than just now, there were a large number of old people and children squatting on both sides of the road at the door, and their eyes were looking at the people who came and went.
The train station was guarded by soldiers, after all, it was an important transportation station, and what would it look like if it was occupied by a crowd of beggar-like people.
After Kailot's reminder, this time Bashas chose to follow behind his master without saying a word, the two of them are burly enough, and they also exude an aura that is not easy to mess with, as if no one is around, no one dares to come up, there is no way to do this, Bashas's food and silver money have been taken away just now, if they are surrounded again, what will happen to the crowd who can't get anything can be said.
"Proof of identity!"
The soldier guarding the train station saw that the two were about to enter, and raised his hand to stop him, and Kelott handed over his mercenary badge, which Qian Ning had prepared a long time ago.
"Go over there, it looks like there's a good guy coming again!"
When they checked their identities, there seemed to be a commotion in the crowd behind them, and the title of "good person" should have been a compliment, but in the shouts behind them, there was always a special meaning in it.
"Tsk, the fat sheep is here again. ”
The soldiers guarding the door solved Kelot's doubts, and in the eyes of those people, "good people" and "fat sheep" were probably equated.