MTL - I Like This Dream!-v2 Chapter 91
The Thunderbolt team set off with ribbons and salutes, but what greeted them was not flowers and applause.
The first batch of less than one hundred people used the teleportation array to jump over half of the distance, and the rest rented chariots and horses to move forward, and successfully reached the Vengalo defense line before winter. The Bungalow line of defense was different than expected, very... deserted.
There is no purpose-built road, and they set foot on dirt roads trampled by people and horses coming and going. According to common sense, this kind of road should be quite lively, but even if you saw villages along the way, you didn't see many people. Seeing the emblems representing royal appointments on the convoy, people avoided and hid in the houses, leaving them only a house with closed windows and doors.
Going further north, the earth and stone dwellings become tents. There were indeed people smoking between the tents. The alpha of the barbarians was shirtless in the temperature that was already considered winter for the southerners, with a shaved head and tattoos carved on their scalps that only they could distinguish. These thick-framed barbarians stared at the convoy outside the tent, talking in low voices in the language of the barbarians, like a pack of wolves looking at a passing herd of beasts, thinking about whether they can eat or not.
Earl Anna saw the people who came to greet them outside the Vengalo Fortress. The leader was a knight without a complete set of armor, followed by an adjutant without armor, and an infantry squad. It was rather shabby for the line that greeted the new chief.
"I hope you will forgive me, Earl Anna!" The leading knight dismounted and saluted, "Derek of the Glorious Knights salutes you! The sinner Ronald fled in fear of crime, and his cronies swept away the armaments and property, and brought the rebellious party along with him." Fleeing, only I wait for someone I can't trust to stay. The border of Wenjialuo is so poor now, it is really a shame!"
Soon An Xu saw what this "poor" looked like.
The earl's residence is just a tent one size bigger, and it is still patched, so it is barely airtight. It was furnished with poor workmanship, and the bed, covered in large chunks of fur, was warm but warm, and looked exactly like a savage's bed. As for the others, whether they were servants or important persons they brought, they could only live in simple tents, and they had to stoop to get in and out. The head maid, Flora, who was one step ahead, met An Xu, her face was bruised and purple, with anger and shame piled up on her face.
From the day Flora came with the transfer order, the supreme commander here, Derek, has been shirking all demands. The mansion where the new commander lives? Unfortunately, the rebels fled in fear of crime and burned down the old house. Want to make a new one? Alas, the people were either coerced by the rebels or fled because they were afraid of being implicated. The rest are soldiers, and soldiers can't do this. If you don't believe me, ask, see, no one will answer. Want to recruit? Yes, but it's a pity that the land here is sparsely populated, and whether you can recruit people depends on luck.
"This group of daring and arrogant barbarians!" Flora complained about the old loach's bad deeds, her lips trembling with anger, "It's so far that even the earl's expenses are reduced! It's clear that they are colluding and stealing You are tricky! Fortunately, you are here..."
The arrival of the Earl is of no use.
Flora's recruitment notice, which is so high that the common people in Thunder Castle can be tempted, is still ignored; anyone in Anxu's group will be met with cold reception wherever they go; After a while, they yelled like killing pigs, and a group of people quickly gathered in the camp where no one could be found just now. They surrounded these foreigners with unfriendly expressions, and the atmosphere was disturbing.
"Chris, you were on the Bungalow defense line before?" An Xu asked, "Has it always been like this here?"
"The people on the Bangalore defense line are a bit xenophobic." Chris replied, "The rebellion of the commander who has been stationed for many years makes them more wary of outsiders."
The former knight still seldom opened his mouth, but if An Xu asked him, he would say a few more words. An Xu couldn't remember when this change occurred, probably when they came near Wenjialuo? Maybe it's because the map of Wenjialuo is Chris's former home court, and he needs to make an introduction narration, An Xu guessed.
"Is it xenophobic?" She recalled the information she had read before departure, "I heard that Prince Ronald's recruitment made everyone recruit. It should have caused many outsiders to go to the Bungalow defense line."
"Hundreds of years of tradition can't be changed in four or five years." Chris shook his head, "There are many people coming and going in the beast tide, and many of the people who stayed behind regarded themselves as New Bungalow, and become xenophobic."
A long report can be made on the cultural ecology of the Bungalow border.
The southern frontier of human beings has advanced to the south several times, but the Wenjialuo line of defense in the north has a history of more than 200 years. The cold temperature and the collusion of alien beasts make this ancient line of defense unable to continue to advance north. Even at the current latitude, it is quite harsh for people with backward technology. In order to maintain the Bungala line of defense, the original king sent all the criminals here and used the Knights as their supervisors.
In view of the hard work of being a supervisor here, the Royal Knights at that time were divided into two parts (one with a shield and a firebird as a banner, and one with a lion and a golden halo as a badge), and they took turns stationing in Urburg and Wenzhou. Gallo. However, when it came to the next generation of kings, the division of labor changed: the king who ascended the throne held tightly to her confidant knights in Urburg, and dispatched his threatening brother with the knights who were close to him. Bungalow defense line. Since then, the Royal Knights have split into the Knights of Glory, and it has become a tacit royal tradition to drive threatening brothers and sisters to the northern defense line.
Under the high pressure of the cold, beast tide and political struggle, the aboriginal barbarians, the descendants of the sent criminals and the unwilling knights here have combined into a closely related ecological circle. I am afraid that even the royal court of Yamenan, which promoted its formation, would not realize how united and exclusive this country is within a country.
"What if I asked you to inquire?" An Xu suddenly thought, "Is Chris from here?"
"I'm afraid it will backfire." Chris smiled wryly.
"Can you pretend to escape successfully and join them?"
"..."
Chris was speechless at this outrageous idea, so he shook his head.
The people who joined the army on the Bangalore line for the purpose of recruiting talents came from all corners of the country, loose and unorganized. Most of the people were absorbed by this place after being screened by the beast tide, and became xenophobes whose words and deeds were not much different from the locals. A small number of people gathered around other heretics because it was difficult to integrate. The typical one was Chris’s. Wind Knights. Chris didn't know how long ago, the Gale Knights, in the eyes of the superiors, has become a trash can that gathers troublesome people and will be thrown away in the future.
Connector? Who should I connect with? Since returning to the Bungalow defense line, Chris has not seen a familiar and harmless person.
Omega is in the Gale Knights, and went to Urburg with him. Maria, a non-staff providing armaments, lives with her children in a hut outside Ashwood, in what is now a wasteland. A small team that was familiar with the Gale Knights disappeared entirely, and the scattered familiar faces were also missing. Chris hoped that they were just avoiding because they were afraid of being implicated.
"Forget it." An Xu muttered, hugging Chris's arm and shaking it, "I don't want you to be an undercover agent."
Chris silently looked at the Earl who was getting tired of talking halfway through the business, and felt that he was getting used to it. He was silent for a while, but he still couldn't help grabbing An Xu's hand that was under his clothes, and reminded: "The Knights of Glory are quite rich, and there is more than one branch left behind in the Vengalo defense line."
"Oh oh oh." An Xu replied, not sure if he listened.
Count Anna is not a perverted dude after all, she asked Derek in person that day. The other party still pushes back and forth, crying poorly with that exaggerated expression.
"The sinner Ronald searched for the people's fat, the people's anointing and the army's rations, and fled with his cronies in fear of crime!" He cried and dragged his voice, "In order to avoid mutiny, we had to give all the remaining money to the Knights and the army. Up to now, even those who are loyal to His Majesty like me have not been able to get our own salary!"
The head maid Flora was filled with righteous indignation, and An Xu burst out laughing. The words in her head just now were like this: The **** boss Ronald, who owed 350 million from eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, ran away with his cronies! We have no choice but to take the money to pay wages, Ronald bastard, you are not human, we have worked hard for you for more than half a year, if you don’t pay wages, you pay me back my hard-earned money, pay me back my hard-earned money!
Confused by her sudden laugh, Derek looked up and met eyes that were half-smiling.
"The Jiangnan leather bag factory is a scam, do you know that?" said the Earl.
Jiangnan? Is there a river near here? Derek wondered.
"Forget it, let's get straight to the point." An Xu said, breaking his fingers, "First of all, I want a warm room with a bathroom and toilet, and the sound insulation is better. Second, everyone I bring must live Clean dormitory, dormitory standard, you can ask Flora, she will tell you. Then, the agricultural team needs a greenhouse, the medical team needs a hospital, and it’s time for the people in charge to hand over... Alas, everything needs to be explained in detail It’s too much trouble, I’ll ask Charlotte and the others to compile a list of requirements for you, and it will be completed within three days, understand?”
"But, Lord Earl!" Derek was tongue-tied, but unexpectedly the topic turned back to the beginning, "Now the bungalow border warehouse is empty..."
"The problem is not being poor." An Xu interrupted, "It doesn't matter if you are poor. I'm super rich. The main reason is that I don't have people. To be precise, it's not that I don't have people. It's that you don't cooperate. It's fine if you don't cooperate. The trouble is you It’s also dragging its feet, walking around to confuse the crowd. But I thought about it, this is actually not a problem, as long as I kill you.”
"So, I'm actually not begging you, nor ordering you." Earl Anna paused and said, "Just for convenience, I ask a question in advance: Do you want to go to work obediently now, or do I Take some time, kill you first, and then start work?"
