Chapter 60: Repairing the City Gate
The thick gates were like papier-mΓ’chΓ© under Zeenard's fist, just a punch, and they were instantly torn apart!
The rumbling sound of the city gate collapsing, which was particularly piercing in the morning silence, immediately attracted a group of guards.
The group of thirty guardsmen, armed with spears and dressed in gray cloth, with a sign of two crossed swords embroidered on the left chest, appeared to be Larry Brown's Civil Guard.
In the Tudor Dynasty, if there is no lord, there will be a supreme governor, and if there is a lord, and the lord does not arrive, there will be an acting city lord, and the acting city lord is appointed by the lord, and in special cases like Chrysanthemum City, it is appointed by the emperor.
The acting city lord cannot form a city guard, but he can set up 10,000 civil guards to assist in the regular protection work, and the other major defense work is taken care of by the nearby garrison.
The Cheetah Legion should be responsible for the main defense of Chrysanthemum City, and the 30,000 militia guards that Larry Brown has formed are far beyond the maximum number he can build!
It's just that Chrysanthemum City is far away from the emperor, and Larry Brown is the right minister, and Mercedes VII may not know some of the information, and even if he does, he can only turn a blind eye.
After all, the Guards are not regular troops, and their discipline, strength, momentum, etc. are not the same as those of the regular army, but the thirty Guards who are now surrounding are all fierce and abnormal, and they are also tall and big, not much worse than the regular army!
If they weren't facing Li Xie's group!
Seeing the thirty guards surrounding him, Li Xie and the other guards all showed bloodthirsty eyes, they were the real regular army! And after following Li Xie for a long time, they were too comfortable and needed some fun!
However, their expressions of excitement instead of fear made the thirty guards stunned!
They originally wanted to see which of the unsightly ones had destroyed the city gates, and wanted to show their majesty by beating them up, but now, it was clear that the lamb had rushed into the wolves!
"Who are you?" asked the thirty guards timidly as soon as they ran out but all retreated to the city gate.
Kano stood up and shouted, "Go tell Larry Brown that the evil duke is here, and tell him to come out and kneel to pick him up!
"Hahaha......"
A burst of laughter came from inside the city gate, and a group of people immediately walked out, the leader of the group, wearing a golden brocade robe, with a golden double sword cross on his chest, seeing his gray hair, but the skin on his face was smooth and ruddy, you knew that he was old, but his life was very moist!
Beside this leader, there are more than a dozen people who are also richly dressed, who should all be nobles, and behind these people, there are more than a hundred people's guards, and they are violent!
"Xiaguan Chrysanthemum City, Acting City Lord, Earl Brown Larry, meet the evil duke. Larry Brown came to ten meters in front of Lee Xie and bowed to him.
The nobles on the left and right also reported to their homes and bowed to each other.
Li Xie smiled, but he didn't respond, but he was thinking in his heart, how to get these people!
It was only a short time after the city gate was broken that these people came out, obviously waiting to see a good show!
Such a boring trick will only make Li Xie even more disgusted with them!
"Don't be strange, my lord has been rampant with bandits and robbers recently, the north gate is generally open at ten o'clock, I don't want the adult to arrive before ten o'clock, the lower officials are in a hurry, or too late to greet the adult. Larry Brown bowed again, apologetic.
"I see, it doesn't matter. It's just ......" Li Xie smiled and said, "The city gate of this duke has been destroyed, and it must be repaired......! This duke has always had clear rewards and punishments, and whoever destroys the city gates should repair them, right? β
Larry Brown laughs and says, "Adults are wise, and it's all up to adults." β
"Hmm...... So, my acting city lord, you say, whose responsibility is it for this city gate to be broken?" Li Xie said again.
Larry Brown still smiled: "Naturally, it is the responsibility of the lower officials, it is the late arrival of the lower officials that caused the destruction of the city gates, not to mention, the city gates of Chrysanthemum City should naturally be repaired by the lower officials!"
It seems that if I don't scratch you, I'm sorry for the party and the people!
Li Xie smiled amiably: "Okay, since the Marquis of Brown has assumed this responsibility, this duke can't let you down, and the city gate will be handed over to you to repair! β
Larry Brown smiled slightly, and said to himself: Don't you mean to give you money? Sure enough, as the legend says, you want money to die! However, money is just money! It is a small meaning! Then he said: "That is natural, the money for repairing the city gate will definitely be sent to the duke!"
"No, no, no...... You don't understand!" Li Xie said: "You can take your time to repair the city gate, but this money, Duke Ben wants to see it now! As the saying goes, bad things don't go out, good things spread thousands of miles, Duke Ben's reputation for good money, you must have heard of it, I don't know if you have heard, if Duke Ben can't see gold coins, he likes to kill people?"
Larry Brown narrowed his eyes, and sure enough, he was a person who dared to kill people in the court! and smiled: "My lord, how much does it cost to repair this city gate?"
The corners of Li Xie's right mouth grinned: "It's not much, just 10 million, Duke Ben thinks that the wooden door is not arrogant, he has to build a golden door, 10 million should be enough!"
10 million gold coins?!
Larry Brown's eyebrows jumped, and before he could speak, a person next to him said in a strange manner: "Ten million gold coins?
Li Xie moved his gaze and clasped his hands into fists: "What is this called?" I didn't remember it just now. β
"Viscount Herman, Inspector!" Herman said coldly, looking at his appearance, he was quite disdainful of Li Xie! And obviously, he was not as well-informed as Larry Brown or a few high-ranking officials in Chrysanthemum City, he only knew that Li Xie was a duke, and he didn't know who Li Xie was!
"It turned out to be the Patrol Division...... Li Xie smiled and said: "Fan Di, someone slandered this father as a robber, according to the law, how to deal with it?"
"My lord, according to the ......"
"Die!" Before Fandy Serre could finish speaking, Zeenard gave Li Xie the most concise reply!
"Oh, it seems that our Zeon is more familiar with the law, so let's put our patrol secretary in place. Fan Di, do it!" Li Xie's tone was so flat, and the smile on his face was so harmless!
Li Xie's surname and past experience don't seem to be so easy and casual to kill, it seems that there is something affecting him, but he himself didn't realize this! The real Li Xie has never even killed animals!
Van Di Serge was still hesitating, according to the law, in fact, he just punished and apologized for the loss, and the crime was not to death! As soon as he hesitated, Zeenard rushed ahead of him again, and saw a cloud of dust and smoke jumping under his feet, and he flashed in front of the inspector, and under the stunned looks of everyone, he grabbed the throat of the inspector and twisted it hard, only to hear a gada, and the poor inspector had already broken his neck!
When he fell to the ground limply, Zeenard had already returned to Li Xie's side and said coldly: "Kill, let me come!"
At this time, Larry Brown relieved himself from his shock, looked at Li Xie in horror one by one, and instinctively took a step back!
If you say kill, you kill!
Where can such a person be provoked?
There were only two people standing in place, one was Larry Brown, and the other was standing next to Larry Brown, a person with an ordinary face but sharp eyes, it seemed that Reddy Gaga said that the eighth-order summoner in the Civil Guard, Larsenberg, perhaps, only an eighth-order summoner, can be so calm!
Larry Brown's face was gloomy, his eyes were shining, and he had a thought in his heart: This man is really like a legend, he kills people if he doesn't agree with him! And he is not only a master of Van Dee Serre, but also the tattooed man! Am I going to continue according to the previous arrangement? Or do I re-evaluate? No! He must be killing chickens and monkeys, and taking the opportunity to establish his authority! If I am afraid of obedience now, the initiative is in his hands, and these nobles in Chrysanthemum City are all grass on the wall, and I am afraid that they will also turn to attach themselves to him! This must not be the case! That's right! He must be a murderer, but he will never kill on a large scale, he is greedy for money, and he will not want a ruined city!
Thinking of this, Larry Brown smiled: "Your Excellency is resolute, and the officials will obey you!" This person slandered your lord, he really deserves to die, if he is dead, he will die, come on, clean up the corpse!"
As he spoke, Larry Brown took out a crystal card from the space ring and continued, "My lord, this is 10 million, please accept it for the purpose of repairing the city gate." β
Huh?
Li Xie was slightly surprised, and glanced at the black crystal card in Larry Brown's hand again, it was the highest-grade crystal card with a storage limit of 10 million gold coins, this guy took it out casually, it seems that Larry Brown's oil and water in Chrysanthemum City is far beyond Li Xie's imagination!
In this way, Li Xie had a new plan, and said with a smile: "Duke Ben suddenly has a new idea, this 10 million gold coins will be put there for the time being! So, it's almost noon, Duke Ben hasn't eaten yet, you go and call all the nobles and nobles in the city, and hold a banquet to welcome Duke Ben, and then return the 10 million to Duke Ben, how about it?"
Hearing this, Larry Brown smiled even more on his face, and said secretly: Sure enough, I guessed correctly! This guy is greedy for money! Hmph, the banquet? Isn't he just trying to scrape all the nobles in the city? Very good! I'm afraid that you are not greedy for money! If you are not greedy for money, I can't deal with you!
"I'm sorry, sir. Larry Brown bowed again: "The lower official is busy with affairs, and he still needs to prepare the transfer documents, and it seems that he is not free at noon, but the lower official has scheduled a dinner party at night, and at eight o'clock in the evening, the lower official is waiting for the lord in the city lord's mansion." β
"Dinner?" Li Xie didn't care.
"If the official has something, he will leave first. Adults, please feel free to do so. With a wave of Larry Brown's hand, all the people on his side retreated into the city, and there was no one left to entertain Li Xie!