0210 Forced conscription
"What if we refuse?"
Jialan didn't care much about the lord's requisition of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce's float boat, he was just curious about how much the Golden Power Society promised this lord, so that he was willing to risk angering the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, Keao Group, and Kemo University at this time, and go against them.
You must know that although Bruland still maintains the tradition of royal inheritance, it is not the King of Brulland, who lives in the royal capital of Voot and acts as a "mascot", but the lords of the cities in the vast land, the noble families and the so-called "Bruland Noble Council".
Moreover, because of the relationship between the three parts of the country, the nobles were not so harmonious with each other, and it was not uncommon for them to attack each other in order to compete for interests, and in New Sarn, a city with a very special status in the magic industry, it happened to belong to a single lord......
In other words, they really don't have to worry about being surrounded by the lord's army, and the "Tower Owl" Sky Knights, who are the most threatening to them, have already been dispatched, crossing the Dagger Strait and heading to the left swordhandle bay on the opposite bank (New Sarn happens to be in the right swordhandle bay, the location is far away from the Nightmoon outpost) to support the Nightmoon outpost and recapture the fallen Shadowlock Fort.
So at this time, the lord who did it wanted to recruit the float boats under their name, if they didn't agree, there was really no good means except forcible robbery, and the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, the Keao Group and the Kemo University, the three foreign forces in Colan State, Gilargo County, were not so easy to mess with.
Hearing Jialan's inquiry, the angry old dwarf Ding Bao Belen smiled. Said proudly: "What can we do if we don't agree with him, I immediately ordered all the floating boats of the three branches to take off and gather at our location." Not all lords are qualified to have a large number of empty knights!"
What the old dwarf didn't say was that even in the face of the Sky Knight, the floating boat was not without the ability to fight back, and the small city defense crossbow carried by the pod was enough to teach a lesson to the guys who looked down on these seemingly bloated and slow artificial flying objects.
This is just the old "light air floating boat" used by Brulan, if it is replaced by the new "air fire frigates" of the "Keao Airlines" jointly invested by the Keao Group, even the famous "Tower Owl" Sky Knights of New Sarn. It's not necessarily pleasing either.
Compared with other means of transportation, float boats are relatively safe, but they are hindered by the problem of carrying capacity. Unable to carry a large number of heavy shipborne weapons like large sea ships, the threat posed by some aerial monsters to the "light air floating boats" mainly used for transportation by the dwarf clan is really a headache for the gnomes for a long time.
But now the cost is low (the dwarf float is mainly expensive in the limited production of "light gas" consumption. "Fire Air Float". This problem was solved in one fell swoop. And because of various improvements, the role of the floating boat, which is a fat and clumsy artificial flying object, is no longer limited to the field of transportation.
Jialan smiled, since this is the case, then there is nothing to worry about, although the status of the Tower Foundation in New Sarn is far less noble than that of the University of Science and Technology in Kolambang, but it is not something that a foreign lord can be arrogant and arrogant.
In the case of not being allowed to bring a large number of private troops into the city. The only troops he could mobilize were the few guards around him, and the mercenaries temporarily recruited by the New Sarn Mercenary Guild. But unfortunately, the relationship between Jialan and his party and the mercenary guild is in the honeymoon period, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to hire mercenaries to deal with Jialan and his party from Coran State.
In this way, the only people that the other party can recruit are some fighters provided by the Golden Power Society, and the gangsters and hooligans who were summoned on the spot in New Sahn, and the slightly more regular fighters have already been recruited to the Night Moon Outpost in West Brulan County before.
To be honest, Jialan really didn't think that with such a force, he could "forcibly recruit" the Storm Shark, although his "big toy" had an amazing carrying capacity, but it was not designed as a carrier ship from the beginning.
The current cost has even surpassed the air shark of a war fortress, I believe it can give a big surprise to the enemy who attacked it for the first time, after all, on this, but a large number of Jialan combined with the arcane field and exotic technology are installed, and the experimental products designed are designed to do so, although the effect Jialan has not been tested, but it will not be too bad......
"They're coming!"
Hugo happily ran into the cabin, gesturing and pointing outside, and a group of silver-level mercenaries also looked at Jialan with expectant eyes, waiting for him to give an order.
Jialan was speechless for a while, as a "pacifist", it was difficult for him to understand these violent people with muscles in their brains, the fanatical desire to fight, although they had not encountered any chance to fight during this time, but they would not appear so hungry, right?
According to Jialan's thoughts, since there is no need to ignore the other party, then it is enough to lift the float boat into the air, can the other party still fly up to attack them?
But including the old dwarf Ding Bao Belen, everyone seemed unwilling to let the other party be so arrogant, and Jialan could only shrug her shoulders: "Okay, but let's talk about it first......
Before he finished speaking, a group of people rushed down the spiral ladder of the Storm Shark with a whoop, and the old dwarf ran the fastest, and after watching Jia Lanlen for a while, he remembered that the old dwarf was not a magician.
Although he is a bit unprofessional, he has the rank of junior wind magician, what is he doing in front of the fighters?
After packing up his unfinished research materials, Jialan looked out of the porthole and found that the mercenaries and the other party were already facing each other under the Storm Shark, but the situation seemed to be a little bad.
After thinking about it, Jialan took a high-grade wand from Governor Lauren Clifford of the "Hammer of Eternity Auction House" as a gift, and walked slowly down.
The location where they are is the floating boat mooring yard built by the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce not far from the suburbs outside New Sarn City, and the surroundings are quite empty, so they can find the arrival of the other party early, and the other party's group of about hundreds of people is violently surrounding the huge Storm Shark.
The other party is obviously not worried about the Storm Shark escaping, because in their concept, if the float boat is an artificial aerial vehicle, if it wants to take off, it needs to carry out a lot of preparatory measures, but it is not something that can fly in a short period of time, which is why they suddenly attacked the floating boat mooring ground of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce.
It is believed that the news that all the floats in the other three moorings have taken off and escaped before they went to forcibly recruit has reached the ears of this lord, so he will be angry and hurry to capture the big guy of the Storm Shark.
As soon as Jialan walked to the old dwarf's side, he heard the big man riding a tall horse and wearing gorgeous knight's armor on the opposite side said arrogantly: "Your Excellency Belen, your behavior has made me very angry, do you plan to make an enemy of Brulan?"
The old dwarf said mockingly, "Huh, you are an enemy of Brulan, Lord Krahn, when is this news, why hasn't anyone informed me of the president of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce?"
"Is it not your Excellency going to tell me that you have not received a call order from the Brulan Military Department?"
With undisguised greedy eyes, the knight on the opposite side raised his head to look at the huge hull of the Storm Shark above, and said with a gloomy threat: "Now I order you to hand over control of all the floating boats, they have been taken over by the Brulan Military Department!"
"Huh, you mean the contract of employment for the transportation of supplies issued by the Brulan military?"
The old dwarf with a face full of "surprise" said: "I remember that our Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce has refused to sign that employment contract on the grounds that the front line is too risky, what does this have to do with what kind of conscription order?"
"Despicable dwarf, do you think I'm talking to you right now?"
The knight at the head roared angrily: "Order! I am ordering you to hand over the control of the floatboats! All the floatboats under the name of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce have been recruited by the Brulan Military Department as front-line transports! Don't let my sword rest on your neck to explain the meaning of this sentence!"
The old dwarf sneered and sneered disdainfully: "When will the Brulland Military Department also be qualified to recruit foreign agencies?"
When the two sides were mocking me, Jialan asked Hugo, who looked a little nervous next to him, in a confused way: "Who is this very arrogant guy?"
"Viscount Reynolds di Krahn, lord of the city of Avadai in the north of West Bruland. ”
Hugo, who simply said the identity of the other party, but did not explain it in detail, stared at the other side with his eyes firmly on the other side: "Your Excellency Jialan, you'd better let your subordinates come down too, we seem to be in some trouble......"
Looking at the other side with some confusion, Jialan understood why Hugo and them were so nervous, the hundreds of messy miscellaneous soldiers didn't need to worry, Hugo and Carter's nearly 100 silver mercenaries were enough to abuse each other.
But the bad thing is that there are eight gold-level warriors around this Viscount Kran, and even Viscount Klarn himself is a big knight who has reached the gold level, although Jialan also has two gold-level warriors on their side, Hugo and Carter, but they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.
Once the two of them are entangled by each other in battle, the opponent's high-level combat power will cause serious damage to the silver mercenaries under their command!
This is not the most serious, behind Viscount Krahn, there are two high-level magicians with arrogant expressions, and from afar, you can feel the surging wind and fire magic fluctuations on their bodies! (To be continued......) u