Black sail

Chapter 448 LXXXII. Blood Tax

The heartland of the Principality of Mulong.

Serin's subjective initiative is very strong. She is not only helping Black Sail, but also for her own benefit. However, Serin is a wealthy lady with a high status. She doesn't need these things. She is more concerned about the deep game between her motherland and Alan.

If Alan were to build a railway to the oasis country of Wadiniya, and then station engineers along the way, bypassing the Narrow Sea, a major blood vessel across the western continent would be formed.

The emperor's power is bound to be unstoppable, and this blood vessel will inevitably be connected.

Even if Army General Crocodile Island died, Alan, with its wealth of talented people, would definitely send more strong troops.

time.

Just delay it and give Lostra a window of opportunity to infiltrate Vadinia. When the Emperor's great railway enters the small territory of the Oasis Kingdom, he will find that his beloved has fallen and become a plaything of the major countries west of the Narrow Sea.

The target is! The Minotaur Emperor!
Serin is no longer a supervising officer. To be honest, although these thousands of pirates have been trained under the former Alan Knight Claude, they are only at the level of thieves' supporting troops.

Now Serin even works part-time as the Chief of Staff.

But it is basically equivalent to commanding the overall situation.

You can't expect any advice from Master Archer who's accompanying you.

Morrison's advantage is that he can fight, but his disadvantage is that this person who likes to make explosive speeches can only fight.

Even Shadi, the East Coast Idea King, can only answer that you are right compared to someone who graduated from a military school.

As for Micah.

“That’s how pirates in our Port of Heaven are, gambling big money and visiting big prostitutes.

We can’t stand outsiders, and outsiders can’t stand us.”

The Gobi Desert is swept by cold winds.

Micah, who was at the front of the team, pulled the reins to stop the horses, with his index finger against the base of the mountain.

“I remember all your kindness.

If you encounter difficulties, come to me and I will definitely help you. "

Micah jumped off his horse, gave Serin an ambiguous look, slapped himself, and ran quickly into the town to experience the local culture and customs of Muron.

There was a frown on Celine's forehead.

We have arrived at the destination of this trip.

The Kolor Highlands are a mountain range that cuts across the northwest of the Principality of Mulong.

If Alan wants to build a tunnel through Mulong, he must construct a tunnel and a railway bridge here. Otherwise, he will have to take a detour of no less than two thousand miles. Considering the cost and the cost of multiple round trips in the future, this is the place he must pass through.

Located in the middle and rear section of the railway, by building through the Kolor Highlands and bypassing the peninsula where the Forgotten Port of the Cross Alliance is located, one can enter the west of the Narrow Sea.

The several small functional countries behind them were also lackeys of Alan. Compared with this Hengduan High Ridge, those small hills and valleys were no longer considered natural barriers.
Therefore, the Collor Highlands are a must-fight place in this high-level game.

The people of Aram were not stupid. They sent advance soldiers to see what was going on.

But the tribal resistance organization in Mulong, coupled with the Seventh Amendment, kept General Alan out.

General Yalan's railway front is still at the front of the Principality of Mulong.

The reason why the people from the Seventh Amendment have not come to Golden Palm Harbor to pick up people is that they are too busy to do anything else and have been harassing the guerrillas at the front line.

For General Yalan, this is a battle for money and public security, so even with the advantages in soldier quality and equipment, he cannot completely crush the enemy.

The fighting spirit is incomparable, even though the difference in sacrifices is huge.

Putting aside the KB elements who support the amendment, this is an existential crisis for the native tribes of Mulong.

The Principality of Bema once had great hope of becoming one of the six permanent members of the UN. Look at its current situation. This is a lesson for us.

Not to mention some historical issues. The local tribes have united to resist the army. Although Alan is too powerful to settle all the new and old grudges together, he must at least survive this crisis.

With Lostra's covert and overt money, these Muron people are still very competitive.

The Marquis of Golden Palm Harbor has already greeted the lord of Corrol Highlands. Brothers, Black Sail is on the same front with the Resistance and Lostra.

The Lord of Collor Highlands was recently appointed and can be completely trusted.

Because the old noble Mulon who was bribed a month ago had his torso, limbs and head dismembered by the resistance army and hung at the city gate to dry. The climate in the highlands is dry, so it is too early for them to rot. There are just some flies flying around them, which is harmless.

The current Collor Highlands is considered the base camp of the resistance army. The current lord, who is also one of the big leaders of the resistance army, the Marquis of Golden Palm Harbor's Disobedience, is also sending him money.

The thousand or so men outside must have been discovered long ago.

Given the conditions in the Principality of Mulong, there is no special military fortress. The residential area and the military wall are integrated.

The thousand men and horses were exhausted, so they set up camp outside the town, and then went into the city to replenish fodder and food.

The local lord's envoy invited Serin and his party into the castle to discuss important matters.

"There is no one with the Seventh Amendment in your team, right?"

The lord's envoy was not a civil servant, but a soldier with rough skin, wearing a turban and carrying a musket. The Principality of Mulong was now in a mess.

The Seventh Amendment seems to be helping Mulon fight against Alan, but in fact, its interests are different. As one of the most notorious KB organizations in the Western Continent, it is in the first echelon and must want to control these transportation networks and make some war profits.

Now the Mulong Resistance Army is courting disaster, but it has no other choice. Without these faith warriors, the Kolor Highlands might have been overthrown.

"Don't worry, I know you don't allow people over there to station troops. It's just me and our country's designated partners."

After nailing the leash stake into the ground, Serin replied calmly, "As for which country it was, there was no need to name it."

The lord's messenger was confused, it seemed that this woman was the leader of this gang.

Of course, Serin was not the only one who came to Lostella. She was accompanied by former Lostella's senior intelligence personnel, all of whom were top-notch experts who had been screened through layers of screening.

Morrison asked his men to take good care of the horses. He looked at the natural scenery of the Korol Plateau. The mountains here are steep and the roads are winding. Although it is a Gobi Plateau, there are still some vegetation. The wild grass makes this lonely place even more bleak and desolate.

The towns here are far smaller than the port cities, but the resistance headquarters built on the mountain still has a population of nearly 100,000. It would take more than half a day to tour the city of Corrol.

Morrison only knew one thing: the interests of the Black Sails were different from those of the local people in Mulong. The railway would be built and this place would inevitably suffer a devastating blow and would have to surrender.

Black Sail only needs to hold on until the end of the year and kill Army General Crocodile Island, then they can report to Lostra. In this way, the matter of Fafna will be completely settled, and no one will ask about the matter of Long anymore. Lostra's investment can also support the construction of Heaven Port, but the conflict between Donghai and Alan will be further intensified.

"Hurry up, there's no food to eat these days because we've been traveling, so hurry up and treat them to good food and drinks."

Archer was already very impatient. He used to live a god-like life in Paradise Port, and any snacks that cost less than a silver coin were kept away.

Shadi thought Archer would be disappointed soon. It was wartime now, and if the leader of the resistance was a righteous man, the best he would get was bacon slices.

The inland of Mulong is a very miserable place. The land itself is not very rich. Now Lord Alan comes in to set up projects to make money, and the puppet government makes money. So you tell me who is getting profited.

Led by the lord's envoy, the core personnel followed into the city.

But Micah, who had been holding it in for days, had come in.

But the city of Korol was different from any city Micah had ever been to.

The architectural style is somewhat different. The top of the building is more of a dome, and it makes good use of the symmetrical stone column structure. The details of the wall carvings repeat the triangular structure and colorful patterns. Mullon's aesthetic is unique.

However, the buildings in the city seemed to have been unattended for a long time, as if they had been hollowed out. The section from the main road to the castle seemed unusually empty, even though there were people flowing around.

What’s even more different is…

Just like the nobles who levied heavy taxes and levies during the civil war in the Principality of Pema last year, for every three grains of rice people eat, two of them are spent on military expenses.

Under such circumstances, countless residents migrated to seek refuge, and those who could escape fled, even if they had to become refugees in other countries.

But it is not that easy. In times of national crisis, the border checkpoints used to block our own people are very strict.

Those who could not escape were captured and forcibly conscripted by the resistance organization because they had no choice but to do so. Otherwise, they would not be able to compete with Alan at all. Without a steady supply of military reinforcements, they could only wait to be killed.

There are many people who, because of this extreme situation, have given up everything and are even willing to go to the Alan-controlled area in the eastern section of the railway just to escape this nightmare and give their families a place to live in peace.

Micah was wandering in the city of Coral and stopped.

There were no prostitutes in the resistance base camp, and women were rare, only rough women like the resident nurses.

There was no commercial activity on the dilapidated brick streets. Disabled soldiers with broken limbs and bloody bandages sat in every corner of the streets, looking up at the sky.

There were too many of them, and they were just waiting to die. The infected lesions from the trauma made their eyes cloudy and yellow, and they kept coughing or making intermittent groans.

Everyone knew this was a losing battle.

Defeat is inevitable.

When fighting against the puppet government, we won victory after victory and were unstoppable.

But when the "Advance Movement" was officially launched and the Alan army entered the pass, they were defeated and out of control. Although the battle line was still at the front half of the railway, it was also a last gasp.

Amid repeated extortion, forced conscription of militias, and defeats, the prestige and reputation of the leaders of the United Resistance Army plummeted to the bottom.

This city exudes boundless despair.

The trampled weeds on the brick streets broke, and it seemed as if every dead branch falling to the ground could be heard. The violent whirlpool did not even spare the edge of the high mountain.

Micah, who was staying there, waited for Serin and her group to arrive.

"Go to hell."

Morrison had a forced smile on his face and didn't seem to care much about these defeated soldiers.

Xia Di is ashamed, could you please say less?

"It's so unlucky. Everyone has a damn dead look on their face."

Archer took a quick sip from the flagon to calm himself.

Serin rolled her eyes. Could she really make a good plan with these insects? She could only take it one step at a time and wait for Sarrett to finish his business and come back for help as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)