Chapter 199: The Best Way to Hitchhike
If you want to do it, you have to do it with a big vote!
With the help of the warm monsoon in October, the merchant ship from Tongue Island only sailed for six days, and returned to the southern part of the chaotic sea area smoothly......
Well, in fact, Mr. Crent was too exaggerated, Lin Taiping did not be brave enough to go directly to Lisbon Island alone, but fished on the nearby island for half a month, until the beginning of November, when he changed his appearance with the help of magic, mixed with several merchant ships that came to trade, and landed on Lisbon Island smoothly.
Speaking of which, this is not the first time Lin Taiping has come to Lisbon Island, just half a year ago, when he was teleported to the chaotic sea, he appeared in a certain alley on this island, and because of this, he met the mermaid sister who was on the run, and was chased by a large group of demon wolf knights for several streets, and finally joined the orc pirates inexplicably......
And now, back to this original starting point, especially when he saw that he and Angelina's bounty notices were still posted on the street, Lin Taiping was really emotional, and of course, by the way, he couldn't help but complain, why Angelina's bounty was three times higher than his own, would beauties be treated preferentially?
"Don't be kidding, are you still in the mood to ponder this?" Seeing him standing in front of the bounty announcement and commenting happily, Mr. Krent, who came with him, couldn't help but wipe his cold sweat desperately, until this moment on the island of Lisbon, there were murderous armed soldiers patrolling everywhere, and in just half an hour just now, there were five or six guards on guard.
"Ah, I've put on makeup. Lin Taiping gently touched the fake beard on his face, and looked around with a smile. "Then again, in less than half a year, it seems to be a lot of depression here, I remember the last time I visited, there were at least a few hundred shops on Main Street, how come not even half of them now?"
Mr. Krent couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking that the question was simply superfluous.
Of the six islands under the Duke's Bloodsa Crown, Lisbon, located on the Golden Route, is undoubtedly the most prosperous commercial island for decades. This commercial island has generated countless commercial tax revenues, like a huge gold mine that never dries up, and it has continuously transported wealth to the Duke of Bloodsa, which is why it is called "the Duke's money bag".
However, in the past few years, with the ambitious expansion of the Duke of Bloodsa's army, and his frenzied oppression of dry and fishing, even the prosperous island of Lisbon has begun to be overwhelmed, and the high commercial taxes have forced a large number of merchants to either go bankrupt or move out. Fewer merchant ships came and went to the port, the volume of trade fell sharply, and even the shops in the city closed their doors.
Especially in the last six months, Baron Mills, who succeeded his father as consul. It is simply extortion and ingenuity, and he has not only increased dozens of tax items in one go, but also asked merchants for donations in various names, such as the birthday of the Duke and the inauguration celebration of the Baron. Even last month, he forced the merchant to donate a large sum of money, citing the fact that his beloved Gallic horse had just given birth to a foal......
In this case, the island of Lisbon is boiling with resentment from top to bottom. But no one dared to openly express their dissatisfaction, because the last big businessman who expressed dissatisfaction has now been collectively hung on the dock to dry, which is enough to make anyone obediently shut up, and change their words to praise the Duke and his son for their benevolence, wisdom and martial arts.
"Really, it's really kind-hearted!" Lin Taiping heard this, and immediately stood in awe of the Baron Mills, "Wait, when it comes to hanging on the dock to dry, I suddenly remembered those guys from the Golden Chamber of Commerce, should they have been hung now...... Wait, what is this?"
Standing in front of the bulletin board on the street, he was still admiring his wanted notice, but after a few casual glances, he found that a new notice was posted in the center of the bulletin board, the content of the notice was very simple, just announcing that Baron Mills was going to hang a group of smuggling black-hearted businessmen in public this evening......
"Uh, the so-called black-hearted businessman, does that mean?" Lin Taiping and Mr. Krent glanced at each other, and suddenly had a very bad premonition, in other words, those guys were going to be hanged in minutes because they were unwilling to cooperate with Mills, or because they had signed a magic contract and couldn't reveal secrets?
"Damn it, Mills, that butcher!" Mr. Krent imagined the tragic scene, and suddenly trembled with rage, and grabbed Lin Taiping's arm tightly, "Lin, we must not watch them hang like this, we should ...... now" Get out of Lisbon!"
Poof! Lin Taiping's mouth suddenly spurted blood, wait, did I hear me wrong, looking at Lao Ke's excited and angry trembling appearance, I thought you were going to rush into the execution ground to save people without hesitation?
"I want to save them, but the question is how can we save them if it's just the two of us?" replied Mr. Krent, wiping away his tears and sighing, "So, since there is no way to save them, I can't bear to watch them hanged...... Alas, maybe the only thing I can do is take care of their inheritance, which is really sad. ā
Where do you look sad?" Lin Taiping touched his chin speechlessly, and grabbed Mr. Crent, who was already preparing to flash: "Old Ke, I'm afraid you can't accept the inheritance, because I suddenly feel that we should be very heroic to kill the execution ground, and fight bloodily to live and die together...... Ahem, doesn't that sound hot-blooded?"
Hot blood, you wool, Mr. Krent suddenly burst into tears, don't be kidding, just the two of us, dare to say that we went to the execution ground to save people, is this an active and enthusiastic door-to-door delivery, not to mention that it is almost evening, we don't know where the execution ground is, and even if we know, we can't rush over.
"Well, that's a problem. Lin Taiping touched his chin in distress, and Mr. Krent suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that he was really too anxious, and immediately took the hot iron to build yƬ and said, "So, since we don't have time to rush over now, it's better to ...... it early." Wait, what do you want to do?"
Before the words fell, in Mr. Crent's frightened gaze, Lin Taiping suddenly cleared his throat, strode to the middle of the street, and then took a deep breath, raised his arms and raised his head to the sky and shouted-
"Long live the Golden Chamber of Commerce!Baron Mills, you're a son of a bitch!"
In an instant, the whole street was silent, and everyone turned their heads neatly with that kind of worship and horror, and after a few seconds, the roar of iron hooves suddenly sounded, and countless iron-clad soldiers and demon wolf knights surged out, like a black angry tide, surging from all directions......
Then, a few minutes later, Lin Taiping was already sitting in the free carriage, staring at each other with Mr. Krent, and happily went to the execution ground surrounded by the "enthusiasm" of hundreds of armed soldiers.
"Look, isn't this convenient?" Seeing that the wilderness execution ground where crows were flying was just ahead, Lin Taiping turned his head happily and looked at Mr. Krent, who was in tears, "You don't need to find a guide, you don't need to pay the fare, you can get to the execution ground directly, and you are guaranteed to be in time." ā
Mr. Krent desperately banged his head into the carriage, why, why, why would I be allowed to meet such a brain-sick bastard?
Well, resentment or regret, it was too late to say anything, and only a moment later, the carriage escorting the prisoners had already arrived at the Wilderness Execution Ground, a wilderness dedicated to the execution of hangings, even the ground was bright red as blood, and there were countless crows nearby that smelled the smell of flesh and blood, and their piercing chirps hovered in mid-air, waiting for a feast of flesh and blood.
At this moment, because a new round of hanging is about to begin, hundreds of armed soldiers have already surrounded the entire execution ground layer by layer, these armed soldiers in black armor, expressionless swords and solemn stands, watching the two unlucky guys throw themselves into the net, their cold eyes are full of sarcasm, without any trace of pity.
"Two fools, get down!" Several armed soldiers opened the car door, viciously pushed Lin Taiping and Mr. Krent out of the carriage, and immediately sent someone into the execution ground to report, two or three minutes later, a middle-aged man dressed as a butler hurriedly came, and glanced at the two prisoners gloomily: "It's really not afraid of death, take them in, Lord Baron will be happy to see a few more corpses on the gallows." ā
"Yes, sir. Several armed soldiers respectfully received the order, and immediately drove Lin Taiping and Mr. Krent into the execution ground, not far in front of them, a high execution platform had been built, and a dozen bloodstained black merchants were dejected, forcibly pressed to stand in front of the gallows, desperately waiting for death.
Maybe inadvertently, a few of the black businessmen reluctantly raised their heads, and when they saw Lin Taiping and Mr. Crent, who were being escorted over, they suddenly opened their mouths in disbelief, but just as they were about to exclaim, Lin Taiping suddenly shook his head imperceptibly and made a hint not to say anything.
However, at this very moment, a craggy figure in a red cloak suddenly stood up in the dense group of black armed soldiers, and turned its head gloomily, letting out a sharp and piercing laugh.
"It's funny, it looks like there will be two more fools swinging on my gallows?" (To be continued......)