In the southern part of the Yangmu Kingdom, the fiefdom of the Augustine family, and the important port city of Nanshui, in the city hall, the consul responsible for managing this place looked shocked. He looked at the embarrassed commander and asked in shock: "What did you say?
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The commander's arm was still wrapped in a bandage, and the dust on his face hadn't had time to be wiped off. He was just standing there, looking so miserable.
He lowered his head and reported in a mournful voice: "There is a ship that sank almost all of our armed merchant ships... and it is blocking the Nanshui Port!"
He was still frightened when he mentioned this terrible warship. That warship actually easily sank all the ships flying the flag of the Poplar Kingdom that tried to leave the port, without letting any of them go.
The opponent's speed was astonishingly fast, and its firepower was indescribably powerful. Seeing that no ship in the port could get out, and none of the ships that were supposed to return home disappeared, the elves knew that something was seriously wrong.
The consul who was on duty in the Augustine family's fiefdom immediately grasped the key points from his subordinate's report and asked with emphasis: "A ship?"
"Yes, a ship." The subordinate also knew it was embarrassing, but he had to admit it, so he could only nod his head and replied.
If the other party really has dozens of warships, he can still exaggerate the report and save some face for himself.
But the other party really only has one battleship, so there is no way. After all, the consul is not blind. If he takes a look in person, the matter must not be hidden.
Hearing this answer from his subordinates, the governor of the city hall became even more furious: "Are you kidding me? Are they crazy?"
In his opinion, there are two warships and dozens of armed merchant ships in the entire Nanshui Port. If a warship from the other side rushes over to cause trouble, is there any reason not to be sunk?
Even his subordinates could not handle such a trivial matter, which made him feel that these subordinates were too useless and could not be reused.
However, before he could continue to lose his temper, this miserable-looking subordinate immediately defended himself: "Sir, I don't know whether they are crazy or not, but the two warships stationed in our port were all sunk by it!
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As soon as he heard this, the consul's face immediately turned pale. He really didn't expect that things would become so difficult when it came to him.
He really didn't expect that the two warships stationed in the harbor would be sunk. They were two heavy warships. There were forty cannons on each ship, which could be said to be a very powerful maritime force.
As a result, according to the reports from his subordinates, the two handsome sailing battleships seemed to have been sunk.
He stood up, stared at his men, and asked sternly: "What? What did you say? Tell me clearly! Didn't the two battleships defeat an enemy ship?"
"Yes, no!" the subordinate replied with a sad face and a depressed voice. When answering this question, he also recalled the horrific scene of the two battleships being sunk.
In just one turn, a battleship burst into flames, as if the ammunition had been detonated, and the entire battleship capsized and sank within a few minutes.
The governor of the city hall was trembling with anger and continued to ask sternly: "Which country is it from? Why does it come here to cause trouble?"
The place where he governs is the territory of the Augustine family. If the Marquis Augustine, who now dominates the kingdom with one hand, knew that he could not even defend his lair, he would probably skin him, right?
The subordinate handed something in his hand to the consul: "After the other party sank two of our warships, they let go of a few sailors and left this on them."
Because he didn't know who his opponent was, the city guard officer could only change the subject and cleverly avoided the consul's question of "which country it is from?"
"A note?" The consul took the thing and took a closer look and realized it was a note.
"There is a strange sentence written on it." His subordinate quickly reminded him.
The consul, who was a little frightened, finally realized what he was doing. He spread out the note and read the words on it: "Pay back the debt?"
After reading it, he was still confused. He raised his head and looked at his subordinate, hoping that the other party could give him some hints.
But the other party also knew nothing and could only say helplessly: "Yes, that's it."
The consul put the note on his desk depressedly, wondering: "What are you doing? Collecting debts? Collecting debts from a country in this way?"
The subordinate immediately shook his head and said: "I don't know what happened, but since the warship arrived here a few hours ago, no more of our ships can come in, and no more ship can leave Nanshui.
Hong Kong."
The frustrated consul had no good solution, and could only order: "The main fleet that bullied us is not here... Bastard, immediately send people to hurry up and send the news to the royal city and Osa Port! Request our main force
The fleet moves south to sink this provocative enemy warship!"
Anyway, Nanshui Port is the home base that the Augustin family has been operating for many years. It not only has a newly built steel smelting factory, a machinery production workshop, a military train workshop, but also the strongest castle.
Moreover, in a strategic location near the bay, the Augustine family built a fort and equipped it with 50 Cyric muzzle-loading cannons, which could be said to be impregnable.
So he was not afraid that the enemies at sea would really break into the port, so he could say to go out and call for reinforcements.
At this time, the tax officer on the side couldn't stand it anymore and finally reminded him: "By the way...which country does this warship belong to? Do we need to investigate it?"
When asking for help, if you didn't even figure out where the enemy came from, you would definitely be punished. So as soon as he said his words, the expressions of several people suddenly became more exciting.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! One by one, the elves felt like they were mourning for their heirs, and the consul was so angry that his breathing was out of rhythm: after these city guards lost a battle, they even
The enemy came back to report the news without knowing who he was.
He had asked this question just now, but was interrupted by the other party and covered it up. Now that the question was raised again, the consul immediately asked again bitterly: "Have you seen its flag clearly?
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The city guard officer could only shake his head and replied with an embarrassing answer: "I don't know, it's a weird totem with two beards, and I don't know what it is."
The tax official frowned. He had never heard of such a pattern. There were no similar patterns in the emblems of the nearby elves and orcs.
So he pinched his chin and asked and answered himself as if talking to himself: "Clan emblem? No way?"
"It looks like a clan emblem, not a royal flag." The city guard officer nodded immediately and said.
After glancing at the mayor of the city hall who had no idea, the tax collector asked again: "Why don't we ask someone to ask questions under a white flag?"
Upon hearing this question, the confused mayor also looked at the city guard officer, as if asking, "Yes, is that okay?"
The officer spread his hands and explained in a dumbfounded way: "There is no way to get closer, the other party won't negotiate at all... The ships that approached were immediately sunk, and our forts couldn't hit the other party at all..."
Just as he was listening, the mayor of Nanshui City of the Yangmu Kingdom immediately turned pale: "Huh? The fort can't even hit it?"
He originally wanted to rely on fortifications such as forts and castles for support for a while, but now that he heard that the forts could not defeat them, he immediately became more panicked and desperate.
The elven city guard officer no longer wanted to conceal the report, and immediately nodded and said: "Well, the fort can't hit it either. The second battleship originally escaped into the range of the fort, thinking it could get cover, but the other side just sank it.
They captured our second warship, then blew up the fort into a state of disarray, and then retreated beyond the range of the fort."
His injury was caused by the fort. After the opponent bombarded a section of the fort and destroyed about seven or eight coastal defense guns, they swaggered back to the sea and stayed there!
As long as any ship wants to enter or leave the port, it will be attacked. However, the opponent's artillery fire is extremely accurate, so no fewer than 20 ships have been sunk.
In the end, the Archon still held back something he didn't know if it was a question or a sigh: "What kind of monster is that...?"
The officer, who still had a bandage on his arm, once again proved his incompetence by answering angrily: "My subordinates don't know either."
Finally, there was no good way. The mayor had no choice but to bite the bullet and issue the order: "Take your people and guard the fort! You cannot let the enemy land, do you understand?"
The officer looked sad and started to take precautions: "Sir! If the other party really enters the harbor, there is nothing we can do to stop them."
As soon as he slammed the table, the mayor was furious. He roared loudly, and his voice changed his tone: "The city guards must not take a step back! Bastard! Even if you die, you will die on the fort!"
The officer of the city guard could only lower his head and said in agreement: "Yes! Sir!"
Soon, several fast horses rushed out of Nanshui City and galloped towards the direction of the Royal City and the Osa Military Port.
At the same time, a foreman in charge of production found his immediate boss in the Augustine family's factory and reported: "Sir, the 20 tons of iron ore expected to arrive have not been accounted for... My subordinates don't know what to expect.
It’s up to you to decide how to deal with it.”
"Huh?" The middle-aged human who had been working for the Augustine family and was now the head of the workshop frowned and took the list of goods.
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Today’s first update, I’m out of control after staying up late and coding... Thanks to the pure male reader for the tip, thank you very much.
