Author: Arion's Dolphins

Chapter 231 Merchant Ship

There were no more twists and turns in the follow-up. Norton's soldiers moved forward little by little, squeezing the remaining enemy space, and then began to use artillery and magic to concentrate firepower for a round of volleys, blowing up the only position that was still maintained.

, the enemies no longer had any fighting spirit and chose to surrender one after another.

It is not a perfect victory, because there are many high-level enemy combat forces and ordinary soldiers who escaped. The soldiers are okay, but those high-level warrior mages are really difficult to locate and track. Unless they are willing to spend a lot of effort to deal with it, they are basically

It is impossible to touch the opponent's shadow.

But in general, this is harmless. In the end, the power represented by Julia and the third prince won, and Norton, as the battlefield commander, finally found what he wanted to see most──the bodies of Kane and several nobles under his command.

Oran's alchemy level is quite low, and the alchemy bomb is very expensive, but they are willing to spend the money, and this operation is worth the money.

Although it will cause very complicated follow-up problems, it generally saves a lot of trouble. If the most powerful heir to the throne dies, their competitiveness for the throne will naturally decrease.

Although it is not impossible to continue to support other side descendants, the losses of the traditional nobles and merchants after this battle are not small. The purpose of Julia and the third prince is not to kill them all. After all, they are not two completely hostile people.

The war between races has almost reached its conclusion, so it's time to sit down at the negotiation table and have a good talk, and this time it is undoubtedly Tang Zhao's side that takes the lead.

Instead of pursuing the defeated troops, they simply cleaned the battlefield and buried the soldiers who died in the battle. They even held funerals for the nobles who died in the battle with corresponding etiquette. Then the Guards returned to the city with Norton's soldiers and opened the

The city gate made a gesture of welcoming visitors.

On the first day after the battle, Julia and the third prince returned to the royal capital again, and then majestically put on the victor's posture and began to deal with all matters surrounding the royal capital.

Originally, Tang Zhao knew very well that there would be factions that took advantage of the situation and defected during this period, but he did not expect that the first people to come would be Rudolf and the others.

In addition to himself, there were also designated envoys from many big businessmen for the purpose of conducting formal negotiations.

Neither Rudolf himself nor the businessmen behind him are firm, and their attitude towards war is just a means to gain benefits. When the risks exceed the possible benefits, they must think carefully. For example,

Now, they are very willing to sit at the table and negotiate. After all, Julia is not trying to kill them all. It is a matter of spending money to eliminate the disaster.

In fact, the mobilization ability of Rudolf's side is far from reaching its limit. There is still a lot of effective force, and its economic ability is much stronger than that of Julia's side. If we fight seriously, the outcome is not certain, but Rudolf has already

I have lost confidence and am not ready to play the second game.

He himself is not a war maniac or a professional military aristocrat. Without the determination and courage, things would have become a bit troublesome if Kane had not died, but there are no ifs.

This is not one of those powerful gods. Resurrection is simpler than death. For most living beings, death is truly dead, and there is no possibility of resurrection.

On the side of the traditional nobles, except for a few small and medium-sized nobles who had not expressed their stance before, the remaining nobles have not reacted at all, and are not in a hurry. According to Julia's own words, the overall situation is now decided, and it is only a matter of time before the mess is cleared up.

It’s unclear what Julia had talked about with the Church of Heim before, but they did come to help in the end. In places where the church has branches such as Yintao City, Luford and the Royal Capital, soldiers wearing heavy armor sent out to help when there were insufficient manpower. The garrison maintains law and order, because the Church of Heim has always had a good reputation and the effect is remarkable. A few hundred people plus an equal number of garrison can maintain law and order in these places.

In the end, the Church of Helm chose to help Julia. On the surface, this matter was not a big deal. It seemed to be just maintaining order, but the subtext was that they had already taken sides.

He had nothing to do here, and Tang Zhao did not intend to stay in this unfamiliar place. After explaining the matter of material trade and supply to Julia, he took a horse vulture back to Karak Solma. .

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More than half a month has passed, and nothing seems to have changed, except that there seem to be more furnaces smoking day and night in the canyon. After Luford was captured, the defensive pressure was greatly reduced, and more dwarves were able to return to the smelting work.

Tang Zhao's return did not cause any big disturbance, which was in line with his wishes. After all, there were still about a thousand people stationed in Luford, and there were tentative attacks from the enemy there. Although they were easily repelled in the end, it also shows that Don't take it lightly.

After returning to the stronghold, Tang Zhao took good care of himself for a few days. After the situation was basically stable, he officially showed up at the stronghold.

In fact, there was nothing for him to worry about. His subordinates had already taken care of it, so he could just sit back and relax.

The rare free days lasted for several days and ended with a large number of cargo ships from the royal capital unloading their goods at Luford.

There were messengers in the fleet who explained the situation, but Tang Zhao generally knew that, to put it bluntly, the situation in the royal capital had been basically stable, and goods could be transported normally for trade. This was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Lu Fudd, who had been feeling anxious in recent days. cardiac.

Most of the supplies are conventional trade goods, but there are also a few ships specially supplied to Karak Solma: grain, cloth, iron ingots and medicinal materials account for the majority, which are all urgently needed by Tang Zhao and others. Except for In addition, there are many things that can be called luxuries, namely wine, books, and food such as cheese, dried fruits, and honey.

All people in the stronghold are living creatures with their own thoughts and feelings, not alchemy puppets, so they also have their own reasonable needs. After getting rid of the survival crisis, they will naturally ask for more, such as entertainment and satisfying their appetites.

Karak Solma can be nearly self-sufficient in most of its basic living supplies, and its needs have been met. The remaining small and medium-sized settlements with a few thousand people should not be demanding and behave in a short period of time. It is better to buy from outside.

Anyway, Oran is currently fighting a war and has imported a considerable amount of weapons and equipment from them. Karak Solma is not short of money and can buy whatever money can buy. These things are not expensive anyway.

This can also be regarded as an alternative way to release goodwill. If the deficit is too large, someone will try to stop the loss, and then the gain will outweigh the loss.

In addition, Tang Zhao also asked people to study the mass production of alchemy puppets, hoping to supplement the labor force.

PS. I'm sorry that something has happened these past few days. First, my computer broke down, and then my uncle was hospitalized due to acute illness. It scared me so much that I was just busy with these things on the weekend and didn't bother to update.
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