The lord's hall in Instria is a bit eerie. In order to save candles, Onruok only placed a minimum number of candlesticks on the surrounding walls. The candlelight that illuminated Onluok's seat could barely be seen.
Clear the words on the paper. And outside Onluok's seat, the candlelight and the hall are like the moon in the dark night. It has no illuminating effect, but only lights up to give people a little comfort.
Ella sat there in a daze. Every quarter of an hour, there were new battle reports about the Insteria Territory.
"Report! The remaining troops in the castle have given up resistance and surrendered!"
"Report! All armed forces in Instria have surrendered to us! They are being disarmed now!"
"Report! The eldest and second sons of Earl Onruok have been successfully captured, but his third son is now missing. He may have fled towards the border under the protection of his confidants!"
"Report! We caught the third son of Earl Unruok from the bed of a peasant woman! We have captured Earl Unluok's entire family!"
"We have strengthened border control as required to prevent the intelligence here from being leaked!"
"...to prevent information leakage?"
Ella smiled bitterly and repeated this sentence.
This war is already known to everyone in the Yinstria Territory. Even if a farmer goes out to go to the market, the information here will be spread quickly.
Even if she controls the border to the point that not even a bird can fly out, as long as there are foreign caravans or travelers who want to enter the Insteria Territory, regardless of whether she agrees or not, the Insteria Territory will
Abnormalities will be quickly noticed by outsiders.
They clearly negotiated well.
He obviously just wanted to come here to avoid the spotlight of the war.
But why was the Insteria territory so inexplicably captured by her?
Amy walked in holding a thick account book.
"Your Majesty, the materials in Insteria's treasury have been counted, but..."
"Just what?"
"This...well, suddenly I feel that Sweden is also quite rich - ah, no. It can't be compared like that."
Seeing that Ella's face looked wrong, Amy hurriedly shook her head and corrected her previous statement.
"Sweden is a whole kingdom, and its area is much larger."
"How many exactly are there?"
"Probably... enough to maintain Insteria's force of a thousand men for three months."
Maintaining an army of 1,000 men for one month is not enough for Ella's 20,000-strong army to last for five days.
"Hehe, hehe, hehe..."
Ella giggled like she had lost her soul
"Amy, I have a good idea. Let's fight back to Azov City directly from the road. As long as we capture every city along the way, we can safely transport the supplies there slowly..."
Amy's face was full of astonishment: "Your Majesty??? Are you ready to formally declare war on the Alemannic Federation???"
"I don't want to either! But isn't it already a declaration of war? We can't say this is a border dispute anymore, right? The border between Sweden and Insteria is half a continent apart!
!”
"Your Majesty...it doesn't matter, we are just stationed here for a short time. By the time the Alemanni Federation reacts and gathers the coalition forces to rush over, the island republic will probably have been captured long ago, and we will have already gone to sea..."
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"Even if this war can be over in ten days and a half, who will bear the military expenses for these ten days and a half? It's all the fault of the Island Republic! It is obviously a vassal state of the Qiqiu Empire, but it wants to declare war on the Qi Qiu Empire
! They lured the Qiqiu Empire’s fleet over, making it impossible for us to leave the port.”
"In that case, I have an idea." Amy said, "The wool comes from the sheep. The island republic is now in catastrophe. More and more wealthy businessmen should be fleeing abroad these days. Can we get rid of them?
Extorting a few customs fees, protection fees, etc. to subsidize the military...?"
Amy originally thought that Ella would scold this suggestion, but Ella suddenly jumped up with excitement: "What a great idea! Amy, why didn't I think of that! Come on, watch the coast more strictly! Then clean it up."
Clean a few luxurious rooms..."
"Okay... huh? Room?" Amy asked in confusion.
"I want those fleeing wealthy businessmen to feel at home! Then those wealthy businessmen will be more willing to come to me, right? Prepare some luxurious recipes! And let the pirates prepare a grand welcome ceremony..."
"Your Majesty! You don't call this extorting money, you call it opening a hotel!
!”
…
The pirates followed Ella's orders to prepare for the reception.
Ella took Amy and sat at the port in person, eagerly hoping that a group of wealthy businessmen would escape from the island republic soon.
I don’t know how long it took, but a merchant ship floated slowly over from the direction of the Island Republic.
Ella was overjoyed. Before the ship could stop, she led a group of pirates onto the deck and controlled everyone on the ship.
A bunch of poorly dressed crew members were taken out of the cabin and thrown on the deck. Ella looked around and felt a little disappointed: "Why are they all sailors and not a single rich businessman?"
A pirate laughed next to him: "King of Sweden, we have met many times. Businessmen like to pretend to be poor at times like this! Let's catch them one by one!"
Without waiting for anyone to give an order, the pirates rushed forward with tacit understanding and pushed the crew members down on the deck one by one. Then, the pirates began to tear the sailors' clothes. After the screams of ghosts and wolves, the pirates
The crew members were left in only their underwear.
The group of pirates patrolled back and forth several times, picking out people with luxurious underwear fabrics and particularly fair skin one by one. In the end, more than ten people were sent to Ella.
"I...I'm not a businessman!"
A man with pustules on his face begged pitifully in front of Ella.
"I have an infectious disease on my face. My wife is in poor health and died soon after she was infected by me. I sold all my belongings to buy a coffin to put her in. I am on my way back to my hometown.
Woolen cloth!"
Another pirate laughed: "Infectious disease? That's a good reason! Do you think that I won't dare to touch you? Let me see if the coffin contains people or treasures!"
Ignoring the man's pleas, the pirates forcibly pried open the coffin board. However, what lay inside was indeed not treasure, but a woman whose face was also covered with pustules. The pirates did not give up and wanted to turn the woman over.
To see if there were any jewelry underneath, the husband yelled and broke free from the pirates' restraints. He threw himself on the coffin and screamed in pain. No matter how hard the pirates beat him, he would not let the pirates touch his wife anymore.
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Ella couldn't bear it: "Forget it, maybe we made a mistake."
"But Your Majesty, the woman in the coffin has whiter and tenderer hands than you."
The man who was howling loudly choked suddenly. The pirates glared at him fiercely and threw him back in front of Ella.
The merchants shivered and kowtowed to Ella.
——Ella began to realize that there seemed to be something wrong with this welcome ceremony.
She tried to appease the frightened businessmen: "You don't have to be afraid! Although we are pirates, we will not harm you! Are you here to escape? As long as each person pays 500 Nomisma, you
Not only can you get our protection, but you can also enjoy the most luxurious hospitality like a state guest!
However, these words only frightened the group of businessmen into crying.
