The most shameless alchemist in history - Chapter 872
Chapter 872
“Analyzing the intelligence we have now, there is only this possibility.” The officer said affirmatively.
“Du Lei…? Why does he have to fight us?” Henry felt very puzzled.
“No, he is not against us. It seems that many years ago, he had studied at the same college as Lord Messiah, so they knew each other a long time ago.”
“So that’s the case, then it’s not surprising.” Henry nodded thoughtfully, finally sorting out the ins and outs of the matter.
“So your Highness, what strategy should we adopt for River Bend City now?” The officer asked Henry what he meant.
“What about your opinion?”
“Watch the changes.” The officer said calmly.
“It’s a good time to watch the changes, then we will wait patiently. I am looking forward to my brother. What stupid mistake will he make next?” Henry looked into the distance and compared with his brother. Sure enough, he is much more patient!
The naval battle that took place in Hewan City was a major event, which shocked the entire Numa Country and even the entire northern continent.
For a while, all countries were talking about it, but Zezhicheng, which was in the vortex of the storm, remained silent about this naval battle.
In fact, this is also easy to understand. After all, not long ago, Zezhicheng declared the Duke of Messiah invalid and sent a fleet to deal with River Bay. The Old Port also used the banner of revenge for Dohama and sent The fleet came to persecute River Bend City.
At the beginning, all parties believed that River Bay City would not be able to withstand this pressure, either surrendered or defeated, but with the sudden participation of the Griffin Legion, the combined fleet fell short, and the situation happened. Reversal, the first reversal was that Zezhicheng suffered a heavy blow. It was difficult for them to have the power to stop the fleet from launching the second round of offensive. After all, the capital city itself was in a very unstable state.
In the past, there were many different opinions on the use of troops in River Bend. The city of Zezhi was the one who withstood the pressure and insisted on attacking River Bend, but now he was defeated. This has allowed William to bear huge criticism. I have to stand up and take responsibility.
On the other hand, the situation is that Snow Country’s troops are dispatched, which means that Snow Country is on the side of River Bay City. Although Snow Country’s interference in Numa Country’s internal events is easy to attract criticism, but you have to know before that During the Snow Civil War, all countries participated.
At that time, the country of Numa originally supported the country of wind and planned to carve up the country of snow. It was only Messiah who insisted on meeting with the Congress of Snow, and successfully persuaded the old king Charles to let Numa country join the country of Snow. It’s in the camp, so Messiah and the Kingdom of Snow originally had friendship.
And not only in the country of snow, but also in the country of mountains and the country of rain, publicly condemned the unfair behavior of the country of Numa, and attacked the river bay city without any authorization. The method of war to solve problems is extremely irrational.
When His Royal Highness William saw the statements of various countries in the newspaper, he could be said to be miserable, because he was the one who was hurt, but when he saw the newspaper, it seemed that he was behind the scenes, in the interior of Numa no country. To him is also insatiable.
His Highness William was not the only one who was under pressure. When Helden returned to the Old Port, his vigorous fleet had been wiped out when he set off. This made him greatly injured. Not only did his dream of becoming the Duke of the Bay be shattered, even him. Today’s status is very difficult to preserve.
“Master Helden, this is a notice issued by Bogaman, the patriarch of the Boll family. He publicly announced in the newspaper that he is leaving our Octopus family.” In Helden’s office, his assistant handed him a copy of today’s Newspaper, reporting on the current situation.
“What? Bogaman, their Boer family has been a vassal of our Octopus family for more than a hundred years. If it weren’t for our Octopus family to reward him with a bite of food, their family would have been a hundred years old. The past was destroyed, where can there be today! This is the time when our Octopus family is the weakest and needs him the most to repay him. He actually broke away from us at this time?” Haierden was furious at this, and said angrily.
“This… Twenty years ago, the Boll family tried to break away from our Octopus family, but it was suppressed by the previous Patriarch. Now Lord Dohama is no longer there. Sir, you have just experienced defeat. , So they are completely predictable.”
The assistant was very calm. He calmly analyzed the current situation and asked Helden to figure out his current situation. After all, this was his job.
“Never let him go as he pleases. If anyone declares to leave our octopus family at this time, and everyone thinks they can step on us, how can our octopus family gain a foothold? No, send troops to fight them immediately. Let them pay for their arrogant behavior!”
Helden was furious, he immediately issued the order, and planned to personally lead the invasion of the Boer family territory.
“But my lord, now we have just experienced a big defeat. We are weak. The surviving soldiers are very tired, and all of them are discouraged and war exhaustion is very high. I am afraid that sending troops at this time is not appropriate… and Boll The family has shown loyalty to River Bend. I believe River Bend will soon send people to the Boer family’s territory. It would be unwise to go to war with them at this time…” the assistant continued.
“Damn it, can I just swallow?” Helden slammed an angry fist on the table, and swallowing was never his style.
But now he was forced to this point, which made him more angry and unwilling to think about it.
“My lord, there’s one more thing…” The assistant saw Helden like this and knew that he was angry. It was not sensible to report at this time.
But he knows that reporting is his duty, and if things get worse because of the lack of timely reporting, it is his responsibility.
“What’s the matter?” Helden was very angry at what the Boer family had done, but he also knew that he was helpless now.
I just experienced a disastrous defeat in Riverside City. If I compete with Riverside City at this time, I am afraid I will only lose again.
And before that, Zezhicheng supported him, and he more or less supported it, but now Zezhicheng doesn’t speak anymore.
Obviously, River Bay City at this time was also overwhelmed and couldn’t take care of him at all.
“The Gorse Bank urged us to ask about the loan and asked us to settle the payment before the end of the month, otherwise, we will take the necessary actions.” The assistant continued to report the second important thing, his face was calm, but When Helden learned of this incident, his sorrow changed drastically.
“What are you talking about? Gorse Bank? They dare to run to my head and ask for money? Are they crazy? That guy Fernand, he said well when he took the loan, and the time of repayment does not matter. , As long as you cooperate with their Gorse Bank, he was still smiling when I saw him before, but now we have just lost the battle, how long has passed before he came to ask for a loan!”
Hearden was very angry when he heard about this. You must know that he only had a drink with Fernand, the head of the Gorse Bank not long ago, but in a blink of an eye, the other party turned his face and refused to recognize him. This made Helden feel himself. Was humiliated.
“But the contract we signed with Gorse Bank did expire last month.” The assistant said hesitantly.
“Then return the money to him, it’s really damn, the kind of disgusting guy, it’s better to let him get out early.” Helden waved his hand and said.
“But sir, we have no money.” The assistant said the biggest problem currently facing him.
“What? No money? How could there be no money? Shouldn’t we still have 5 million lire on our account?” Helden said in a daze.
“We did have this amount in our accounts a week ago, but my lord, we lost a lot in this battle. We need to pay soldiers’ wages, ship repairs, and pensions for soldiers who died. Three million lire.”
“Isn’t that there are two million lire?” Helden still has the most basic arithmetic problem. Five hundred minus three hundred must be two hundred.
“There are still two million liras that have been frozen by major banks. Major banks, including Gorse Bank, were worried about the chain reaction after the defeat, so they frozen our funds in advance and deducted them for debt repayment. In fact, the funds that can be used in our accounts are less than 100,000 lire, and there are a large number of businessmen blocking outside, asking for payment.” The assistant continued.
“Payment? What payment?” Helden was still at a loss, because he was not usually responsible for these things, and he didn’t know it.
“The materials expropriated from these merchants before the start of the war, including food such as flour and ham, as well as guns, ammunition, and even the production costs of military uniforms, were also made in advance and paid after the war. Under normal circumstances, after victory , We will all get a generous sum of money, and everyone is happy to invest in us. In the past, we won the battle and there would be no problems, but this time we lost, so the problems exploded.”
Assistants are usually responsible for handling these matters, so he is more clear than Helden.
“Damn… These guys, don’t make trouble early, don’t make trouble late, but after we lose, we all jump out to make trouble. It is really unforgivable. It would be nice to kill them all!” Haierden only realized this time. A deep sense of powerlessness, all the problems came to my door.
“By the way, sir, there is one more thing.” The assistant thought for a while and said again.
“What’s the big trouble?” Helden was already heartbroken at this time, where could he be a little bit proud before?
“It’s not a big trouble this time, but… River Bay City sent someone over to see you, and I’m waiting outside now.” The assistant said hesitantly.
Helden was very surprised by the messengers sent by River Bend City. He didn’t know what it meant to send people at this time.
But he went to see him anyway, and at the same time Helden went to see the messenger of River Bend, a grand banquet was held in River Bend to celebrate the victory.
The nobles who had fled before the war started came back one by one. After the war ended, the port blockade was lifted, and the merchants finally shipped the goods blocked in the port, which eased their losses to a certain extent.
And at the banquet, the Duke of River Bay announced a message that all merchants who suffered losses due to goods trapped in River Bay during the naval battle in River Bay would receive a percentage of the Gorse Bank. Of the payout of twenty.
This made the businessmen cheer, it was a timely rain for them, and it finally made them feel much better.
“Then Lord Messiah, I am looking forward to our further cooperation with Gorse Bank in the future.” A young man bid farewell to Messiah and left after a toast. , Had to entertain these leaders from all walks of life.
“Then after meeting this Mr. Fernand, can I rest?” Messiah asked Bill next to him.
“This…there is no special person to see next, sir, do you have anything to do?” Bill looked at the itinerary. There are more than a dozen names recorded on it. These are all Messiah needs at the party. People who meet alone.
The Fernand from the Gorse Bank just now was the last person on the list.
“There is nothing special. I just want to go out and get some air, so I’ll leave it to you here. I’ll go out first.” After Messiah confirmed that her work had been completed, she breathed a sigh of relief, and soon she left the banquet. Hall, went to the balcony.
Through the balcony, you can see the stars are shining outside, and there is a round moon in the sky.
You can still see a person’s back through the moonlight.
“Why don’t you go to meet those guests? It looks like you should be very busy today.” Du Lei turned around and said with a smile.
“I’ve finished meeting, and I’ve been seeing all kinds of people. I’m really exhausted, but now I can take a good rest.” Messiah exhaled.
“It doesn’t seem to be an easy task to be a duke.”
“This is also something that can’t be helped. Those people must be seen, and they must be considered for the benefit of the entire river bay area. By the way, those people also want to see you Du Lei, why don’t you see them?” Messiah Ya curiously said.
Many people knew that Du Lei was also at this banquet before, and they all hoped to meet Du Lei, and hoped that the Messiah would introduce him.
Especially Fernand from the Gorse Bank just now was very interested in Du Lei.
But Messiah knew that Du Lei didn’t like seeing too many strangers, so he blocked him.
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