Chapter 148: Speech and Fear
The next day, it was estimated that the situation in the city had stabilized, and the ban began to be lifted.
So for the next two days, the internal personnel of the liberation regiment were fully busy. The organization is running at a high speed, and personnel arrangement, intelligence gathering, cargo trading, and the hiring of ship sailors are all carried out in an orderly manner.
Donner sits in the center of the shop, assisted by Jason and Hans, giving orders one after another.
And the only one who is free is probably old Yuri, lying on the rocking chair that Donner arranged for the craftsman to build, holding the teapot and enjoying himself.
Three days later, the speech of the great navigator and intrepid explorer Cogellan in the central square of Manhill City will begin.
Early in the morning, Donner and the others took a carriage and rushed to the central square, which was already crowded with people.
Sailors, mercenaries, and captains from almost all of the city have gathered here, as well as countless people watching the excitement.
The rare pomp and circumstance of this decade, the legendary adventure and sailing stories, the heroic and fearless civilian heroes, any of them, are enough to attract the attention of the people.
The whole square was lively and discussed, and many vendors saw the business opportunities and shouted and sold everywhere with their burdens.
Countless people in the streets of the four urban districts were still walking out of their homes and towards this side, and even the civilians of the slums were standing in the corners, looking with their feet on their feet, although only a black and oppressive human head could be seen.
The central square, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, is already crowded, and countless thieves are busy.
Hans opened the way in front, and Donner and the others followed, squeezing all the way forward, causing many citizens to look angrily, but after seeing Hans's strong figure and the hidden knives of several guards on the side, they all closed their mouths.
In the center of the central square of Manhill is a square platform called Xingxingtai, which is usually used to carry out hangings.
Directly north, there is also a high platform with many seats behind it, which is where the magistrates and inquisitors pronounce their sentences, and where the nobles watch.
At this moment, there were already many low-ranking nobles waiting above, Donner squeezed into the front row, and Hans and the others surrounded him in the center, also waiting quietly.
Half an hour later, a horse-drawn carriage entered the field, and it was none other than Cogellan.
Gogellan whispered to the servant of the City Lord's Mansion, who drove the carriage away, and then walked alone up the stairs to the high platform due north.
"Gagenn, Gorgellon. ”
"Heroes, heroes. ”
People cheered loudly, and the voices came together to almost shake the sky.
Donner whispered to a few people, "What about the Titans, and the companions he brought into the City Lord's Mansion?"
"Don't know?" Jason shook his head, "The intelligence agents didn't find out what was going on. ”
Donner didn't speak.
On the high platform, Gogellan was still dressed as a captain, he took off his hat, waved his hat to the people below, bowed and said, "Thank you for your love, thank you for your support." ”
The crowd below shouted again, some even whistled.
Gegellan pressed his hand and said in a loud voice: "Next, Gegellan, please be quiet and let me say a few words." ”
Most of the people were quiet, and only a few were whispering.
Gellan tried his best to straighten his body, and a smile appeared on his vicissitudes of life: "The purpose of coming to Manhill City today to give a speech is mainly to share with you the experience of my disappearance for three years, and to tell you about the experience of sailing in the past three years. ”
"It was an unforgettable voyage. It's also a thrilling and wonderful journey. ”
"Many people may not know why I risked my life to explore the treacherous ocean. ”
"I tell everybody because ......"
Gogelon paused, and the people below craned their necks and waited for the words below.
"Because...... I want justice for my friend Oakes, I want to seek the truth, I want to break the lies of the Holy See. This sentence was shouted out by Cogellan.
These words made the people below in an uproar and completely boiled.
This...... This is a blatant challenge to the Holy See!
"Who's Oakes?" asked Donner, frowning.
"I once heard the teacher say that he was a great scholar and astrologer in the Western Continent, and the teacher admired him very much. Jason knew about this, and he said, "But I heard that five years ago, Oakes was branded a heretic by the Holy See and burned at the stake because he published and proposed the "Theory of the Circle of the Earth" and "The Theory of the Center of the Earth." ”
Donner looked surprised.
Cogellan continued: "The evil Holy See knew of my plan, and for this reason they began to hunt me down, so I had to flee to the port of Bray. ”
"The free Breeport made me feel the enthusiasm of the people, and the great Governor of Breeham, the wise Duke of Camelot, accepted the offer of a merchant from all walks of life, and he supported my plan, and I was financed for it. ”
"I assembled a fleet of twenty sea-going ships from Brey Harbor and passed through the chain of pearl islands, which is home to the Fish-People, and I rounded the Southeast Peninsula to avoid the trolls and goblins. ”
"With the help of the pirates of the Red Bay, I escaped from the Holy See, and I traveled along the Titan continent to the Cape of Pesta. ”
"I chased the sunset, I rode the waves, I braved the hurricane, I crossed the endless sea, for which I lost my companions, my loved ones, half of the fleet. ”
"But it was all worth it, because, I arrived on a whole new continent, yes, I discovered a whole new continent. ”
The people below were shocked again, and countless people showed incredible expressions.
"That whole new continent, which I named Ochs, is inhabited by a group of natives, I call them goblins, who are not yet civilized, and who are fighting against a creature I name an ogre, which is almost semi-primitive. ”
"But I didn't stop, I wanted to explore the new world, so I walked north along the coastline until I reached the end of the glacier. ”
"I knew I wouldn't be able to go north, so I continued to sail into the depths of the sea to the east, where I lost my way, but I kept following the footsteps of the sunset, and finally ...... A few months ago, I came to the port of Shivana. ”
"Oh my God, I've been sailing in the direction of the sunset, and I've come to the kingdom of Eternal Winter, you know, if I keep chasing the sunset, I'll be back in Breeport. ”
"Do you know what that means? it means that I set out from Port Bray, sail all the way west, and finally return to square one, which means that I have walked along the ground. ”
Many people didn't understand the meaning and reasoning when they heard it, but after hearing the explanations of others, they finally realized it.
This...... It means that the earth is round, otherwise it would be impossible to walk back to the same place.
Everyone was in an uproar, which had completely subverted their cognition.
Instead of the surprise of discovering a new mystery, they felt a sudden and inexplicable sense of fear.