At the forefront of Luoyue Town's army, Earl Philip reined in his horse and looked up at Su Yu at the top of the city.
At the same time, he waved his hand toward the rear, signaling the army to stop temporarily.
After receiving instructions from the supreme commander, the army behind him stopped advancing, and under the command of non-commissioned officers at all levels, they adjusted their formations and prepared to attack the city.
Su Yu jumped down from the city wall more than 8 meters high, used [Flash Technique] to land, and walked slowly towards Earl Philip: "Yes, I am your nemesis. I wonder what the Earl's conditions are?"
"Nemesis, let me ask you." Earl Philip raised his riding crop and pointed at Su Yu with an arrogant expression: "I heard that you are going to develop a deep-water port on the seaside in the northeastern corner of Apushi Territory. Is this true?"
"This is true, and the deep-water port is already under development. Is there any problem?"
Coastal cities must have a high-quality deep-water port to carry out ocean trade.
Moreover, in the next expansion pack, Oran City and the Demacia State of the Wind Chime Empire will open up a "golden route", which is a perfect investment outlet. So Su Yu has already started planning the layout in advance.
"Since you admit it, then my conditions are here." Earl Philip stared at him with a smile:
"My condition is: your territory will stop developing deep-water ports. At the same time, you must sign a magic contract with me, and your territory will never get involved in ocean trade. As long as you sign the contract, I will withdraw immediately!"
"Humph, why?" Su Yu laughed angrily.
The reason why he chose his territory by the sea was to take advantage of the ocean trade to make more money. Now he actually wants him to never get involved in ocean trade? Isn't this a dream?
"It depends on the powerful army behind me and the livelihood of the eight thousand dock workers in Luoyue Town!" Earl Philip said righteously:
"More than 90% of Oran City's maritime trade passes through our Luoyue Town, which is also the source of food and clothing for tens of thousands of residents in our Luoyue Town.
Now that you develop a new port on the seaside, it will definitely seize our share of ocean trade. By then, how many dock workers will be unemployed? How many residents will be hungry, homeless on the streets, and their families will be ruined? Have you ever thought about this problem?
"
Listening to Count Philip's righteous words, the soldiers behind him immediately looked at him with admiration.
In the past, the soldiers had a very bad impression of the count, and everyone was often oppressed by the count.
But now, the count actually considers the livelihood of thousands of dock workers, which makes the soldiers feel warm in their hearts.
The soldiers discussed in low voices with the familiar soldiers around them:
"Your Majesty the Earl is right. My third uncle is a dock worker and he has three children at home. If he loses his job, what will the whole family do?"
"Our Luoyue Town has become rich because we rely on shipping. How can we let others get a share of the pie?"
"Yes! For the sake of Luoyue Town, we must not let other ports develop and grow!"
"For Luoyue Town!"
The soldiers shouted slogans loudly, and the morale of the army increased steadily.
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And Earl Philip's performance was not over. He looked at Tina suspended in mid-air and said coldly:
"Tina Garcia, you Unicorn Knights have no right to participate in the battles between lords! I advise you to leave now, otherwise I will sue the Supreme Military Court of Oran City for what you have done!"
"Are you teaching me how to do things?" Tina drew her sword angrily.
She learned this sentence from her nemesis, and it feels very appropriate to use it now.
But at this time, a faint voice suddenly came from the city wall of Apxi City: "I am the Commander-in-Chief Francis Tina. We are indeed not qualified to participate in the battle between the lords.
I'm sorry, Lord Nemesis, but I and the more than 300 guards of the city lord's palace behind me will not participate in this battle."
After Francis finished speaking, he waved his hand, and more than 300 elite soldiers jumped down from the inner wall of the city wall. Suddenly, a large blank appeared in the wall of Apxi City.
Seeing this scene, the morale of the Luoyue Town army outside the city soared! Many soldiers were ready to move and wanted to rush directly to occupy the city.
.......
Earl Philip's aggressiveness, the strength of Luoyue Town's army, Tina's heroic appearance in mid-air, Commander Francis' betrayal...
The scenes of this scene are transmitted to major offline live broadcast platforms through the cameras of various anchors on the city wall.
Currently, the most popular live broadcast rooms on all major offline platforms are all about the live broadcast of this city defense battle.
Moreover, this is the last and most difficult wave of city defense battles, and it is extremely popular.
The major live broadcast rooms are full of barrage, and everyone expresses their opinions on the barrage:
"No wonder the lords of Luoyue Town came to attack. It turned out that Mr. Ke had tampered with their cake."
"Don't mention it, this Earl Shaver is quite good at inspiring people. Now the morale of his troops is very high."
"Chief Commander Francis suddenly rebelled, and President Ke's side is in danger!"
"Come on Mr. Ke! Don't fall short."
"Come on Mr. Ke!"
.......
Of course Su Yu knew that the entire network was paying attention to this city defense battle.
Su Yu was not surprised by Commander Francis' sudden betrayal.
After all, Francis is a guard of the city lord's palace, and Su Yu has severely offended the city lord Claude. It would be damned if he didn't jump out and do something at this critical moment!
But out of politeness, Su Yu still shouted in the direction of Francis: "Sir Francis, I don't mind if you don't participate in this fight. Thank you for helping me defend against the previous bandit attacks."
Then Su Yu turned to look at Earl Philip: "As for this Earl, as far as I know, the dock workers in Luoyue Town are living a very difficult life now. Not only do they need to work long hours, but their pay is also very meager.
You usually make a lot of money by exploiting them, why are you thinking of speaking for them now?
If you really care about the unemployment problem of these dock workers, then so be it! You let these dock workers come to my territory, and each family will be given a settlement fee of 50,000 psychic coins. At the same time, I will also guarantee to provide them with jobs.
The salary you get personally is at least 1.5 times the salary in Luoyue Town! Are you satisfied with this?"
As soon as Su Yu finished speaking, there were bursts of exclamations from the troops in Luoyue Town.
The morale that the soldiers had just built up immediately dissipated a lot, and they quickly started discussing with the acquaintances around them.
"50,000 psychic coins? Did I hear correctly?"
"Dockworkers earn about 400-600 Psychic Coins a month, and 50,000 Psychic Coins is enough to cover their income for seven or eight years!"
"The settlement allowance is too much! I suddenly regretted not becoming a dock worker."
"Could this Lord Nemesis just talk casually to fool us?"
...
Su Yu heard the soldiers' doubts and said loudly: "I can use my status as the 'Emperor's Special Envoy' to guarantee that the promises I made are not false!"
As he spoke, he took out the golden token given to him by the princess, raised it high, and showed it to all Luoyue Town soldiers.