The northern city wall is made of a large amount of shale containing iron ore. In order to build this twelve-story city wall, it is said that Duke Newman invited three great magicians from the Magic Guild of Bena Province.
Their 'Explosive Flame Technique' detonated two towering stone thorns buried in the middle of the mountains on both sides.
It was these two hundred-meter-long stone thorns that collapsed and blocked the Duodan Canyon. The craftsmen of Bena City built this nearly 400-meter road with a large number of iron-containing shale strips.
The meter-wide city wall reaches the mountain walls on both sides of the canyon and blends into the mountain.
The rough surface of the shale has now been made into wall stacks by masons. The city wall is also very wide. Even if there are many bed crossbows placed on it, there is still a lot of space behind it to store various supplies.
Suldak and quartermaster Handel inspected some defense facilities on the city wall. What is gratifying is that the ordnance on this city wall is very well preserved.
It is estimated that Mayor Marco had no excuse to touch the ordnance on the city wall, so these ordnance could be preserved.
"I will truthfully report the situation here to the military department. The final decision needs to be made by the military department and the Wilkes City House of Representatives. After all, Mayor Marco is a noble baron, and he is under the orders of the Green Empire's nobles.
Protection, even if he goes too far, we have no right to interfere." Quartermaster Handel touched the cold rocks on the wall, looked at the lush woods at the foot of the mountains on both sides of the canyon, and said slowly.
He turned to look at Surdak and said with a smile: "No matter what happens to a noble who is willing to go to a remote border town in the plane, when he was young, he was at least a group of people who were willing to dedicate their youth to the empire.
Even if the military takes a tough stance, the House of Representatives will probably come forward to protect them."
Surdak also knew that the Green Empire nobles themselves were a powerful class, and even the pores on their bodies were meticulously protected by the Imperial Code. As long as they were not guilty of treason, murder (nobles), heresy and other heinous crimes, the Imperial Code
The death penalty is rarely imposed.
In fact, Surdak never thought that Mayor Marco would be guillotined by the military. The most he could do was to pay a fine and then be sent to a more barren and remote place, such as an isolated island prison to serve as a warden.
Kind of drudgery.
Handel added: "They probably made a plan. The material supply convoy from the Logistics and Military Supplies Department will arrive in Dodan Town in the next few days. They took the opportunity to make a fortune. They probably offended others too much.
It became what it is now.”
Suldak told Quartermaster Handel that the slave trading group secretly controlled by Mayor Marco was robbed by an adventurous group composed of exiled criminals controlled by the trading group. Later, these exiled criminals were also in the woods outside the town.
Handel suddenly realized it, patted his thigh and said: "Let me just say, something must have gone wrong. It turned out to be because of this incident. Generally speaking, the local business group would not dare to offend the local governor too much, but
I have also heard about the boss behind the trading house here. He can be so bold. It seems that the conflicts between the two did not accumulate in a day or two."
Surdak took an alloy bow from the guard soldier nearby. He wrapped a circle of linen thread around the handle of the bow's back. It felt very good to hold. The bow's back was also polished due to frequent wiping.
Bright.
Suldak used to be a shield warrior, but later learned riding skills and became a one-turn knight with an aura of power. His archery skills were indeed not very good.
However, he did not pick up the alloy bow to show off his archery skills, but to fully draw the alloy bow and throw it high into the sky.
Since we were standing on a forty-meter-high city wall, the stainless steel arrow flew to the highest point and then fell downwards in a parabola shape. It landed on the grass two hundred meters below the city wall, still very powerful.
About two-thirds of the entire arrow was inserted into the soil.
Quartermaster Handel knew that Surdak had something to say, so he withdrew his gaze and stared at him.
“Even if the alloy bow can only shoot two hundred meters, can the Wilkes City Military Headquarters support a few catapults?” Suldak asked Quartermaster Handel.
Handel only felt that his feet were a little weak, and said to Surdak with a slumped face: "Commander Surdak, you really dare to think about it! You probably don't know about the stoning in the Bena City Ordnance Workshop.
The output of the catapult is less than a hundred units per month, not only because the main support pole of the catapult requires adult iron wood, but also because the magic rune plate inlaid on each catapult is simply unavailable. It is said that the inscription masters union wants to ensure the magic pattern structure
Due to the installation period, orders for other magic rune plates for other catapults have been suspended."
Suldak once participated in the Battle of Moyunling. At that time, the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment attacked the Evil Ghost Legion on Moyunling. Two catapult regiments were mobilized to participate in the battle. He had never thought about catapults.
It is so popular in Bena Province.
Handel saw Suldak pondering, and then continued: "These dozens of catapults were only produced by Duke Newman's own handwriting, and the ordnance workshop was able to produce them. According to the requirements of Charles the Great, all provinces were required to
Forty percent of the catapults produced must be handed over to support plane wars in other provinces of the empire."
The plane of the lords of Bena Province is currently not attacked by the Dark Legion, so the situation is considered relatively good among the many provinces in the empire.
However, even if it has not been directly attacked by the Dark Army, the main army in the Bena Province is now Handanar County, which is trapped in the Warsaw plane.
In addition, various strategic materials within Bena Province must be allocated a certain quota to support other provinces of the empire.
Handel complained to Suldak: "The remaining catapults have to support the Bena Army in the Warsaw plane. The remaining catapults are distributed as needed throughout the province. Strategic ordnance such as catapults cannot be rotated anyway."
Come to Bai Lin’s plane!”
As an old quartermaster with more than 20 years of service, Handel knows these things very clearly.
Finally, he held Suldak's hand and said to him earnestly:
"The fire scale bombs shipped this time have also been accumulated over a long period of time. When the beast tide attacks the city, we may save as much as possible. Besides, the beasts killed by the fire scale bombs are basically useless.
The value is far less than shooting it to death with a bow and arrow. Even if there is a hole in the fur, you can still sell it."
“I know, when you said that, I remembered something and asked you to bring more salt next time.” Suldak patted his forehead and said.
“Salt?” Handel couldn’t understand.
Surdak smiled and said: "When the beast tide comes, there will be so many beast carcasses to eat and we can't finish them all. I plan to pickle them all and make bacon. If I can't finish them all, I can put them in the storage room and keep them for how many years."
It won’t be bad!”
Handel looked confused, but there was no shortage of salt in Wilkes City. He just said: "Bacon? Okay, I will send you a cart of salt next time..."
Then he thought of something and reminded Surdak: "Commander Surdak, what you have to do now is to make a list based on the real needs here as much as possible before I leave, and send it to you next time.
The supplies may not be as comprehensive as this time, but supplies will definitely be replenished in a targeted manner."
Seeing that the military headquarters in Wilkes City still attached great importance to this beast tide, Suldak felt a little more relaxed and said, "Okay, the list will be handed over to you tomorrow morning."
The three of them walked along the rough stone steps to the bottom of the city wall, and saw a clerk of the town hall running up from below.
Perhaps he neglected to exercise and only climbed more than a hundred stone steps, using both hands and feet. He looked panicked and stuck his tongue out of his mouth like a dead dog.
Seeing Suldak, the secretary was sitting on the steps in a state of exhaustion. He breathed for a long time and then said:
“Commander Surdak, Mayor Marco took away all the property in the town hall treasury last night and secretly left Dodan Town with his family!”
Suldak sent Samira to monitor Marco last night, having a premonition that he might escape with his money.
Now that I heard that Mayor Marco really ran away, I wasn’t too surprised.
But in front of everyone, he still had to pretend, frowning and asked in a deep voice: "Why are you reporting now?"
The clerk's face turned pale, and he complained softly to Suldak: "Those of us who are subordinates, how dare we spy on the mayor, but now someone discovered that the tax collector was tied up in the vault, and we rescued the tax collector.
Only then did I realize that it was the mayor who took away the treasury property."
Suldak looked at the shocked Handel and said, "Let's go to the town hall right now."
Handel also didn’t expect that Mayor Marco of Dodan Town would be so restive that he even absconded with the money.
At this time, I could only bite the bullet and say: "I guess I won't be able to run very far. Do you want to send some cavalry to chase me along the way?"
The group of people walked down the city wall. Suldak learned some information from the scribe named Earp, and then said:
"Mayor Marco and his family should have left Dodan Town last night. It is about a day's journey now. Andrew, find a few local guides in the town and send a team of cavalry to all possible roads.
We must find Mayor Marco back."
“Yes!” Andrew saluted with a military salute and rode away.
Quartermaster Handel glanced at Suldak with some sympathy, and secretly lamented that he was unlucky. Among the five pass towns, he chose Duodan Town. Since arriving in Duodan Town in the morning, he has not been able to do anything until now.
After having a good meal, we also encountered something nasty like the mayor absconding with money.
Just after climbing the city wall with Surdak, he exhausted his last strength. Now he didn't even have the strength to ride a horse, so he called his deputy and asked him to call his magic caravan. He saw the coachman holding a plate.
He put the last bit of peas into his mouth and wiped his greasy mouth with his sleeve, feeling even hungrier.
…
Mrs. Luna sat at her desk with a haggard face, her usually meticulously combed hair a little loose.
Helding a quill in her hand, she was writing absentmindedly on a piece of parchment. She didn't even know what she was writing. She just felt that her life, which had been passable before, seemed to have suddenly turned upside down.
Although she has been looked down upon and spurned by the people in the town in the past few years, after all, the person behind her is Mayor Marco, the most conscientious governor in the town. Those who spurned her will still look fawning in front of her.
She also pretended not to know what these people were saying about her behind her back.
As long as her life is decent, she can be regarded as Mayor Marco's mistress. What's the point of a mistress?
Anyway, in this small town, she is not the only mistress of Mayor Marco, and how many women would still be envious of her!
She knew that in the past two years, she had gotten a little older. When she reached middle age, she had a few shallow wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Even Mayor Marco rarely stayed overnight at her place recently. She knew that Marco
After finding two more young sisters in the town, my life is no longer as comfortable as before...
But after all, he was still his secretary, and he at least needed to help him with some official duties.
But now, she was completely panicked.
Without Mayor Marco behind her, holding up an umbrella to protect her from the wind and rain, she didn’t know what her life would be like in the future.
Mrs. Luna is married, and her husband’s family is also a prominent family in the town.
Now Marco ran away like a lost dog without even taking him with him! Mrs. Luna covered her face, she simply didn’t dare to think about her future life...
A magic caravan parked outside the town hall. Mrs. Luna quickly calmed down her mood, rubbed her stiff face, and stood up to greet the people who came to clean up the mess.
Suldak walked into the town hall.
The receptionist standing at the front desk immediately stood up, and other officials standing in the lobby on the first floor who were talking about each other also gathered around him.
Seeing Mrs. Luna coming down the stairs, Suldak asked seriously: "How is the tax collector?"
Mrs. Luna stretched out her hand to tuck her long golden hair behind her ears, pretended to be calm and smiled at Suldak, and said:
“Still in the lounge, tied with a rope all night, both legs were so swollen that I couldn’t walk.”
Suldak frowned and said with some displeasure when he saw so many people surrounding the reception hall of the town hall:
“Take me to see.”
Mrs. Luna led the way. She did not go up to the second floor, but walked straight along the corridor on the side of the reception hall.
Suldak followed and asked:
“Have the town’s losses been calculated?”
Mrs. Luna stopped. She didn't see the young commander's furious appearance and thought he was a very rational person. She handed the prepared account book to Suldak, hoping that he would know more about Dodan.
Town accounts.
Suldak didn’t reach out to pick it up.
As the local garrison, Surdak has no intention of taking over the town of Dodan.
Mrs. Luna hugged the account book back to her chest, pursed her lips and said, "All the 1,357 gold coins in the safe of the treasury were taken away by the mayor."
Suldak asked with some astonishment: "The treasury in Duodan Town only has more than 1,300 gold coins?"
Mrs. Luna frowned slightly. The more than 1,300 gold coins were almost accumulated from the tax revenue of Duodan Town this whole year.
But what she read in Suldak's eyes was 'Is it only a little money?'