industrial lord

Chapter 205 Countermeasures against the enemy
The dark clouds of war have already appeared over Hanma City, but the city still drinks wine and dances.

The first muffled thunder in the dark clouds came from three people who looked like beggars.

A middle-aged couple came to the city gate with a ten-year-old child. The torn and dirty clothes and the mud on his face and hands had not just been wiped off.

They looked very tired, and the guards at the city gate wanted to stop them, but the middle-aged man took out a letter from his arms, and the three of them were quickly sent to Duke Wesson's mansion.

Frederick went to Shupeia's home today to attend a reception held by him. Shupeia had just introduced him to Bokner, who runs a shipyard. Before he had time to introduce other big businessmen, someone rushed to whisper something in his ear. .

"Understood." Frederick's face sank, causing Shupeiya and others to feel a little bit of a shock.

"I have something urgent to leave." His words made everyone present feel bad, "Everyone, please take care of yourself."

After finishing speaking, Frederick turned around and left without hesitation, leaving a group of people looking at each other in blank dismay.

In the living room, Helmut, who came back on horseback, saw his parents and younger brother, and listened carefully to the latest information brought by his father.

Helmut's family was a down-and-out aristocrat, and he still had the ability to eat, so Helmut's father worked as a grassroots officer in the Danma Kingdom to make money.

After he received his son’s letter, he acted as if nothing had happened at first, and then the whole family took advantage of the last Sunday in September to go to church and ran away without a sound. And sausage and olive oil bought the day before.

They brought the shocking news to Frederick and Helmut that Danma had amassed an army of 6 men.

Although more than half of the Danma Kingdom's army is conscripted farmers, the main force is the 5000 standing army formed by the lords and the [-] mercenaries hired from the Dark Land.

The regular army here in Hanma City has 500 members from the upstream regional cooperation organization and 2000 people from the city defense army in Hanma City. Each ship owner can have thousands of soldiers on board, and more than [-] combat-capable sailors.

"There are two more news." Frederick relayed the latest information to the Grand Duke of Mainz and Bain, "First, there are spies from the Kingdom of Danma in the city, and they will try to seize Chengmen. Second, Pia The Kingdom of Sturt will surround West City at the same time to disperse our combat power."

After hearing this, the Grand Duke of Mainz raised his right hand and wanted to smash the armrest of the sofa to vent his anger. Frederick hurriedly said, "Don't smash it! This is a 200-year-old antique sofa!!"

Grand Duke Bai En said with a smile: "It's okay, let him smash it. He has a sofa at home that was sent by the royal family of the Second Pulan Empire. It's almost 400 years old. If you smash it, ask your fiancée to move it home."

Frederick immediately said, "Okay, let's smash it."

The Grand Duke of Mainz glared at the Grand Duke Byrne, put his hand back on his thigh lightly, and said angrily, "It is impossible for the Danma Kingdom to gather so many troops without leaking the news in advance, but there is no news in the city. Someone must be in collusion with Danma Kingdom!"

Hanma City and Nuremberg City in Wessen State are both free cities, as long as they pay enough taxes, they don't care about it. The mayor and judges are elected by the citizens. In fact, several big families take turns to sit in the manor.

For these high-level families, it doesn't matter who pays taxes, it depends on which side pays more.

Obviously, Danma Kingdom is giving more now.

They have experienced a lot of similar things, and they have made many plans in this area. They don't need conclusive evidence at all. They can tell what kind of fox is coming from the opposite side by smelling it.

Frederick relied on the prestige of victory in the Six-Day Defense War and ransacked the homes of all the people in Nuremberg who had paid for the mercenaries in the city. The family members of these people, no matter men, women, old or young, physically did not even have underwear left. He left the city, but in Hanma City, he had little say.

The same is true for the two grand dukes. They are guest troops and cannot integrate into the power system. Even if they kill all the high-level officials in Hanma City, it will be useless unless they block the Elbe River.

"We can only rely on ourselves." Grand Duke Byrne said in a deep voice, "We can call Earl Delden to discuss it together."

The Grand Duke of Mainz nodded.

Frederick also agreed, and he and Mrs. Delden have a little friendship, and he also sent a batch of revolvers, which can be talked about.

Moreover, Earl Delden is the deputy head of the royal knights. In addition to the vassals, he also brought the knights under his control, which is also powerful among the nobles of all parties.

Now, like other nobles who came to garrison the Elbe River, he thought it was a fishing trip, and everyone was enjoying themselves in the city.

Earl Delden arrived soon. He just woke up and thought that Duke Wesson invited him to dinner and drink, but he was taken aback by the latest military situation.

"Ask for help." He said in a deep voice, "The four of us jointly wrote a letter to the king, asking him to send the royal mage team over."

The three of Frederick and the others also had the same idea just now, so they naturally agreed.

Then Earl Delden asked, "How are you going to fight?"

Archduke Byrne pointed at Frederick and said with a smile, "Listen to this kid's idea, maybe my son will hold a three-day and three-night banquet to celebrate."

Frederick deliberately sneered, and then revealed his plan.

Earl Delden frowned after hearing this, and asked Frederick, "Do you really have a grudge against the two of them?"

Frederick smiled and said nothing.

Grand Duke Bai En said: "Just kidding, don't underestimate us. As long as you follow the plan, we will have no problem."

Seeing what he said, Earl Delden could only say: "Well, I hope you can hold on."

After discussing some details, the four went to work separately. In the next few days, some small things happened in Hanma City.

The next night, while Earl Delden was attending a ball, a knight of the Royal Order quarreled with another knight.

Seeing that the two were getting more and more agitated, and they were about to fight, Earl Delden went over to dissuade them, and said: "It seems that you are all idle, so how about it, I will hold a knight competition in my defense area in 10 days. I'll let you two play the first game, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" Frederick immediately answered happily from the side, "I paid out the bonus, No. 11000 florins, No. 2600 florins, three or four 400 florins and 300 florins. 200 florins for the quarterfinals, 100 florins for the quarterfinals, no matter which game you win, you will get an extra 50 florins!"

There are not many group entertainment activities these days. The knight competition is very popular, and the prize money is generous, many people are tempted.

For those who are strong, 1000 florins is not a small income, and more importantly, the honor of No.1.

The winning bonus of 50 florins is also very attractive to those mediocre knights. If they can win two games, it is equivalent to almost a year's income.

People in Hanma City suddenly discovered that the number of foreign nobles who came to the reception and dance on the second day decreased by more than half. High-strength locals also went.

Several things happened at this time. The armies of the Dukes of Mainz and Bain clashed with the locals for stealing chickens and ducks from the village. Although no one was killed, many farmers were beaten to death.

When the lawsuit came to the fore, the two great justices were urging their subordinates to train in order to achieve good results in the conference, so they impatiently decided to build a winter camp outside Hanma City, and everyone went in to wait for the winter to come.

The place is not far from Hanma City, just on two small hills more than 500 meters outside the gate of Dongcheng City.

This matter was discussed for a long time among the high-level officials of Hanma City. They thought that they and the civilian husbands would only have more than 3000 but less than 4000 people, and they would not be able to build a strong fortress for a while, so they agreed.

Then Frederick came on the stage to burn the soul of civil engineering and exert his ability.

(End of this chapter)