Long before this gathering, Otto had already been preparing the necessary supplies and weapons for the war.
In order not to be noticed by the pirate kingdom in advance, these materials were disguised as trade goods, first piled up in Hamburg, then mixed with other goods and transported to Stade, and loaded on foreign trade merchant ships.
In the eyes of others, these merchant ships are just going out to the ocean to trade with the Tianfang Empire. But after Otto raises his army, these merchant ships will directly turn into supply ships and sail into the pirate kingdom with him.
He thought that this matter was carried out very secretly, but who knew that pirate robbery would suddenly happen!
The messenger who delivered the message opened the curtain of the carriage and whispered in Otto's ear: "Your Excellency, should we snatch these goods back?"
Otto pushed back the impulse in his heart. He is a calm person. Although he is always impulsive, when it comes to making decisions, he can always handle it calmly. In this regard, he feels that he is better than that person.
The neurotic Count of Île-de-France is much better.
"No. By the time we lead our troops and rush over, those pirates may have already run away."
This is a common tactic used by pirate kingdoms. They often plunder along the coast, and then board the ship to escape before the enemy's army arrives. The pirates have the world's leading shipbuilding technology. As long as they get on the ship, ships from other countries cannot catch up with them.
Through this tactic, pirates can use a squad of just a few dozen people to plunder a huge empire. The lords along the coast of the Alemannic Federation have suffered even more.
"But sir, our troops lack equipment, so the next action will be..."
"There is still a lot of inventory in Hamburg. Now that the matter is over, let them transport it directly overland."
Hamburg is an inland city. A river runs through it and flows to the sea after passing through Stade. Although pirates also used the advantage of small boats to enter the inland river to plunder, since Otto built a fortress on this river, pirates
Our ship can't get in.
As for taking the land route to Hamburg, it is absolutely impossible for pirates. In order to escape in time, they will not go too far from the coast. Even when Sigurd invaded, his troops did not dare to bypass Otto.
The territory goes directly to Hamburg, because Otto will cut off the retreat.
So this route is absolutely safe.
"I understand, sir, I'll do it right now."
The messenger gently lowered the curtain of the car window and disappeared into the dark alley.
At the same time, Stadler led.
"Why is no one coming at all?"
Ella's complaints grew louder every day.
The camp has been set up for several days, and has even been reinforced and expanded several times. The indigenous people in the Stade Territory are also familiar with Ella and the others, and they come here from time to time to buy some daily necessities. But the transaction volume is really huge
Too little. If you include the daily consumption of Ella's thousands of soldiers, Ella has been losing money.
"Why! Even if we are regarded as pirates, even if the lords want to temporarily signal troops from various places, they should have arrived by now! Why can't we even see a shadow?"
Amy looked at all this and whispered to the side: "Isn't it because His Majesty scared away all the merchants... He brought thousands of people to do 'trade', and everyone would be scared."
"Thousands of people are not many, right? I am Baselisa of the Seven Hills Empire, King of Sweden of the Kingdom of Heroes? We are in the Alemannic Federation? I would be in danger if I didn't bring so many people, right? West Seven Hills
The emperor of the empire was deposed because he believed in the Alemanni too much!"
"Hmm...it seems to make some sense."
"Run! Run! Let them run! Stade is just a transit place, they can run without any scruples. What about Hamburg? That is the headquarters of many chambers of commerce! I will immediately lead my troops to chase them to Hamburg to see them
Can you still keep running!"
"Your Majesty! Wait a minute!" Amy hurriedly grabbed Ella who was about to rush out of the cabin and give the order, "If Your Majesty does this in Hamburg City, he will definitely be regarded as a pirate again! And as His Majesty, he went deep into Aleman like that
The Nigerian Federation will be mistaken for a pirate kingdom that is waging war against the Alemannic Federation!"
"Don't worry, I know what I know. In order not to be misunderstood by others, I have already thought of a way to prepare the soldiers! Amy, come with me and take a look! I think they have already changed their clothes!"
Amy followed Ella out of the deck with suspicion. What appeared in front of her was a group of pirates wearing toga robes.
The toga is the most traditional costume of the Empire of Seven Hills and the official clothing of citizens of the Empire of Seven Hills. In the Empire of Seven Hills, people who do not wear toga robes will be kicked out of the racetrack, the Colosseum, and even the gathering square.
Going out. And depriving a person of the right to wear a toga is regarded as a severe punishment.
Depending on the status, the toga will be decorated with different trimmings. The most common toga is just pure white wool fabric, while the toga worn by the emperor of the Seven Hills Empire is purple robe embroidered with gold trim. This batch
The toga that the pirates are currently wearing is white, but with some trimmings, it can barely be considered a high-end product.
"Soldiers of the Seven Hills Empire never wear toga! So toga symbolizes peace! Amy, look, no one will be afraid of us this way!"
"Your Majesty..." Amy pointed at the group of pirates, her hands trembling a little, "How many people did you let wear togas?"
"One thousand people! All the soldiers on the ship have already put on toga! Now they look like a group of civilized Seven Hills Empire people!"
"Why doesn't Your Majesty use ordinary toga robes, but use rimmed ones? These are all our goods! One piece can be sold for at least ten fen, and a thousand pieces is ten thousand fen! That is equivalent to fifty nomes.
Horse! His Majesty just changed hands and spent fifty nommes on the horse?"
"Gu...it doesn't matter, you have to pay first and then make profit! Wearing such luxurious clothes, you will never be regarded as a pirate again!"
Amy couldn't help but hold her forehead: "Okay, I originally suspected that the traditional costumes of the Seven Hills Empire would be marketable in the Alemany Federation... As long as these three hundred thousand pounds of goods can be sold, fifty
Nomis horses are nothing."
"That's right? That's it!" Ella shouted to the soldiers full of energy: "Listen, everyone, leave half here to watch the ship, and the other half will go to Hamburg with me to discuss business!"
"What about the goods?" a soldier asked. They had no carriages and horses, so there would be some problems transporting the goods to Hamburg.
"Well... just save some money and don't rent a carriage or horse yet. Stay on the ship and just bring a few samples with you this time!"
"As you command!"
As a result, there were very few goods that needed to be moved. The empty-handed soldiers picked up axes one after another.
The toga robes made it difficult to tie an ax around the waist, so the soldiers carried the big axes on their shoulders. Some soldiers felt too hot, so they took off their inner clothes and exposed most of their shoulders. Just like that,
This group of soldiers wearing togas, half-shirtless and carrying large axes walked off the "Flying Zealander" in a swaggering manner.
Amy looked at the back in a daze. As the lord of the Pirate Kingdom, Ella is now deep into the Alemanni Federation. It is really unreasonable for the escort around her not to be armed. But now with weapons like this... isn't it?
